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A: 歡迎來到美語訓練班，我是楊琳！
B: 我是Kat, 楊林，今天咱們教什么呀？
A: 今天咱們要聊聊中彩票，策劃一場夢幻婚禮，學學怎么才能培養出淡定的氣場，還要告訴大家怎么說“搶風頭”。
B: Sounds good! But first, let's learn a word.
Learn A Word outsource
今天我們要學的詞是outsource. Outsource is spelled o-u-t-s-o-u-r-c-e, outsource. Outsource 外包。奧巴馬政府宣布將采取新舉措振興就業市場。US President Barack Obama says he will propose new tax incentives to encourage U.S. companies to bring jobs back to the United States instead of outsourcing them abroad. 美國總統奧巴馬表示，他將提議新的稅收方案，鼓勵美國公司將就業機會留在美國市場，而不是外包到外國。Many tech giant companies such as Apple and Microsoft now outsource their assembly lines to China and India. 蘋果和微軟等很多科技巨頭公司現在都將生產線外包到中國和印度。好的，今天我們學習的詞是outsource, outsource, outsource.
A: Some people argue that outsourcing contributes to the high unemployment rate in the U.S. 有人說，產品和服務外包是造成美國失業率高的一個原因。
B: Yeah, they say that by outsourcing production and service jobs to foreign countries, U.S. workers have fewer opportunities to get employed.
A: 所以，奧巴馬要把稅務優惠留給那些在美國本土創造就業機會的公司，這也是為了解決美國工人的就業問題。
B: It sounds like a good plan, but we will have to see how it works out in reality.
A: 好了，咱們說的這些經濟政策啊，失業啊，太嚴肅了，聊點輕松的好不好？
B: 好啊! 不如就說說——中彩票!
Popular American: Grand; Catch
今天李華要做心理學實驗， 騙Larry說她中了一百萬美元， 看Larry會有什么樣的反應。李華會學到兩個常用語：grand 和catch。
LH: Larry, Larry!!
LL: Hi Li Hua. Why are you so excited today?
LH: 我中樂透了！一百萬！我發財了。
LL: Oh really? Are you going to take me out to dinner?
LH: 請你吃飯？你的要求還真不高，我決定啊，分你一半！
LL: You're giving me half a million?! What's the catch?
LH: The catch...那是什么？
LL: A catch is any tricky or concealed drawback to a deal. You're definitely not giving me half a million dollars for no reason. It's okay, tell me. What's the catch?
LH: A catch 是指某件好事的附帶條件？哦，我明白了，你是不相信我會因為友誼分一半獎金給你，你覺得這么好的事情一定有catch, 對嗎？
LL: Of course. I wouldn't give my own brother that much.
LH: 哎，好吧，我交待。其實我沒中獎啦，是心理學課要做研究。我才想要試探試探你的反應。
LL: So this is all for your Psychology class. I knew it. What if you really won a million dollars? Would you share the money?
LH: 如果我真中了獎，當然會分你一點嘍。嗯，一千塊！怎樣，我這朋友夠意思吧？
