The english we speak(BBC教學)第238期:Give me credit 稱讚我

Li offers to buy Rob something using her credit card — but Rob's looking for another type of credit. What can it be? Join them in this programme to hear another English phrase in use.

莉提議用她的信用卡爲羅布買東西，但是羅布想要的是另一種。那是什麼？請收聽本期節目，找出節目中使用的英語短語。

Li: Hello, this is The English We Speak with me Li...

莉：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目，我是莉。

Rob: And me Rob. So Li, here we are, shopping again... So, what is it you're going to buy today?

羅布：我是羅布。莉，我們又來購物了……你今天要買什麼？

Li: Me? No, I thought you wanted to buy something? You said to me this morning give me credit — so here we are, all my credit cards, look, including my gold one — impressive, hey?

莉：我嗎？不是我，我覺得是你想買東西吧？你今天早上跟我說，借款給我——你看，這是我所有的信用卡，我的金卡也在裏面，引人注目吧？

Rob: Yes. But Li, I didn't actually mean...

羅布：對。可是莉，我不是那個意思……

Li: (Interrupting) So I'll buy something on my credit card and you can pay me back later — that's giving you credit — right?

莉：（打斷羅布）所以我會用我的信用卡給你買東西，你之後再還我就可以了，你就是這個意思，對吧？

Rob: Err, wrong Li. Although it's a nice idea. To give me credit means give me praise or appreciation for something I've done. And this morning I walked the dog, washed the car, did the shopping, and I still got to work at 9 o'clock! So please, give me credit!

羅布：錯了，莉。不過這是個不錯的主意。give me credit的意思是爲我做的事情稱讚我。今天早上，我溜了狗，洗了車，還去購物了，而我依然能在早上九點準時上班！所以，請表揚我吧！

Li: OK, I'll have a think about whether you deserve credit while we hear some more examples of this phrase in action...

莉：好，我們先來聽聽這個短語的例句，在這期間我會想想你是否值得表揚。

Examples

例句

We must give credit to our sponsors who helped pay for this new building.

我們一定要稱讚幫助我們購買這座新大樓的贊助商。

I'll give her credit for her beautiful handwriting, but the answers she gave in the test were all wrong!

我會稱讚她漂亮的字體，不過她在測驗中給出的答案全是錯的！

Give me credit — I worked all night to get the project finished!

表揚我吧，爲了能完成項目我工作了一整晚！

Li: So to give someone credit means to give them praise. I get the word credit now Rob. This has nothing to do with money, so I'll put away my credit cards... I'm not going to give you financial credit or credit in terms of praise.

莉：所以這個短語的意思就是稱讚某人。羅布，現在我明白credit這個詞了。它與錢沒有一點關係，所以現在我要把我的信用卡收起來……我既不會給你信用卡也不會稱讚你。

Rob: No praise? Why's that?

羅布：沒有稱讚嗎？爲什麼？

Li: You didn't walk the dog because you haven't got one, the car is still dirty, and I did all the shopping! So don't take the credit for things you haven't done!

莉：你沒有溜狗，因爲你根本就沒養狗，你的車依然很髒，而且購物的是我！所以你不能因爲你沒做過的事而居功！

Rob: OK. Well, here's another phrase for you — give credit where it's due...

羅布：好。我這裏還有一個短語——該表揚就給予表揚。

Li: Meaning?

莉：什麼意思。

Rob: You should at least acknowledge the things I have done — like turning up at the studio today to record this programme!

羅布：你至少應該認可我完成的事，比如今天出現在演播室錄製這期節目！

Li: Of course, Rob, you are a credit to the BBC!

莉：當然了，羅布，你是BBC廣播公司的驕傲！

Rob: Ahh, thanks Li. Err... any chance I could borrow your credit card now?

羅布：啊，謝謝，莉。額……現在我還能借你的信用卡嗎？

Li: Bye!

莉：再見！

Rob: Bye Bye!

羅布：再見！

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重點講解：
1. give sb. credit 相信…具有（某種優良品質）；稱讚；認可；
例句：Bratbakk had more ability than the media gave him credit for.
布拉特巴克比媒體稱讚的要有才華。
2. put away 把…收起；放好；
例句：Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的牀收拾得很整潔，衣服也收起來了。
3. in terms of 在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
例句：An idea is expressed in terms of action.
思想依靠行動表達。
4. turn up （常指出其不意地或經長久等待後）出現，到來，露面；
例句：He's still hoping something will turn up.
他仍在期待機會出現。
5. a credit to 爲…贏得好感的人（或事物）；
例句：He is one of the greatest British players of recent times and is a credit to his profession.
他是近代英國最偉大的運動員之一，是這一體育運動的驕傲。