The english we speak(BBC教學)第331期:Pull a fast one 欺騙

Neil has just bought a fancy new phone from a man on the street. But when it stops working, Feifei is thinks the phone seller has pulled a fast one. What does this mean?

尼爾剛纔在街上從一個男人手裏買了一部新手機。但是這部手機壞了以後，菲菲認爲尼爾被那名商販騙了。這是什麼意思。

Feifei: Welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Feifei.

菲菲：歡迎收聽地道英語節目，我是菲菲。

Neil: And I'm Neil. Feifei – what do you think of my new phone?

尼爾：我是尼爾。菲菲，你看我新買的手機怎麼樣？

Feifei: Let's have a look – hmm... it looks... unusual.

菲菲：我看看，嗯……看上去有些不同尋常。

Neil: It's great. This guy sold it to me. He said it was a top-secret new model – it's not been released in the shops yet. Here, look...

尼爾：這部手機非常棒。賣給我的那個人說這部手機是絕密的新型號，店裏還沒有上架呢。你看，這裏……

Feifei: How do I... unlock it?

菲菲：我要怎麼解鎖？

Neil: You just... err... it's frozen. Let me just... no.

尼爾：你只要……額……手機死機了。我只要……哦不。

Feifei: Who did you say you bought it from?

菲菲：你剛纔說你是從誰那裏買的手機？

Neil: A guy on the street.

尼爾：街上的一個人。

Feifei: I hate to say it Neil, but I think he pulled a fast one on you!

菲菲：尼爾，我不想這麼說，可是我覺得他騙了你！

Neil: But he... oh no.

尼爾：可是他……哦不。

Feifei: Sorry. To pull a fast one means to deceive or play a trick on someone. We say you pull a fast one on or with somebody. The phone seller pulled a fast one on Neil. Listen to these examples:

菲菲：抱歉。pull a fast one這個短語的意思是矇騙或欺騙某人。可以搭配介詞on或with來表示欺騙某人。那名手機商販欺騙了尼爾。我們來聽幾個例句：

Examples

例句

The shopkeeper tried to pull a fast one on me. He gave me a 5-pound note as change instead of a 20-pound note.

這名店主企圖騙我。他找給我5英鎊零錢而不是20英鎊。

Don't you try and pull a fast one with me! I know you're not really sick. Get back to work.

你不要企圖欺騙我！我知道你不是真的病了。回去工作。

Neil: So, that's it. All that money wasted. What an idiot. Oh, is that my phone?

尼爾：就是這樣。那筆錢是白花了。我真是個白癡。哦，是我的手機響了嗎？

Feifei: Sorry, it's mine. Hello? Yes... No, I don't think so... Thanks!

菲菲：抱歉，是我的。你好？是的……不，我不這麼想，謝謝！

Neil: Who was it?

尼爾：誰打來的？

Feifei: The guy called to say I've won a million pounds. All I have to do is give him my bank details and he'll pay me.

菲菲：打來電話的那個人說我贏了100萬英鎊。他讓我把銀行信息告訴他，他會打錢給我。

Neil: Someone else trying to pull a fast one!

尼爾：還有其他人在企圖行騙！

Feifei: Sadly, yes! I could do with a million pounds. I'd even buy you a new phone, Neil.

菲菲：對啊，真是不幸！我想要100萬英鎊。我甚至可以給你買部新手機，尼爾。

Neil: You're too kind.

尼爾：你真是太好了。

Feifei: And that's it for this edition of The English We Speak. Bye.

菲菲：以上就是本期地道英語節目的全部內容。再見。

Neil: Bye.

尼爾：再見。

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重點講解：
1. pull a fast one on sb. 欺騙；哄騙；愚弄；
例句：No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
無疑有人在程序性問題上騙了她。
2. play a trick on sb. 開（玩笑）；耍（花招）；搞（惡作劇）；
例句：Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.
有人搞惡作劇整她，在最高的臺階上拉了一根繩子。
3. instead of 代替…；而不是…；
例句：He chose the gun instead of the cap and gown.
他選擇當兵而不是上大學。
4. get back 回去；
例句：That's enough chat get back to work.
別再聊了，回去工作吧。