The english we speak(BBC教学)第331期:Pull a fast one 欺骗

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?

尼尔刚才在街上从一个男人手里买了一部新手机。但是这部手机坏了以后，菲菲认为尼尔被那名商贩骗了。这是什么意思。

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

菲菲：欢迎收听地道英语节目，我是菲菲。

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

尼尔：我是尼尔。菲菲，你看我新买的手机怎么样？

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

菲菲：我看看，嗯……看上去有些不同寻常。

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...

尼尔：这部手机非常棒。卖给我的那个人说这部手机是绝密的新型号，店里还没有上架呢。你看，这里……

Feifei: How do I... unlock it?

菲菲：我要怎么解锁？

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

尼尔：你只要……额……手机死机了。我只要……哦不。

Feifei: Who did you say you bought it from?

菲菲：你刚才说你是从谁那里买的手机？

Neil: A guy on the street.

尼尔：街上的一个人。

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

菲菲：尼尔，我不想这么说，可是我觉得他骗了你！

Neil: But he... oh no.

尼尔：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这个短语的意思是蒙骗或欺骗某人。可以搭配介词on或with来表示欺骗某人。那名手机商贩欺骗了尼尔。我们来听几个例句：

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.

这名店主企图骗我。他找给我5英镑零钱而不是20英镑。

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

你不要企图欺骗我！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?

尼尔：就是这样。那笔钱是白花了。我真是个白痴。哦，是我的手机响了吗？

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，我不这么想，谢谢！

Neil: Who was it?

尼尔：谁打来的？

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：打来电话的那个人说我赢了100万英镑。他让我把银行信息告诉他，他会打钱给我。

Neil: Someone else trying to pull a fast one!

尼尔：还有其他人在企图行骗！

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

菲菲：对啊，真是不幸！我想要100万英镑。我甚至可以给你买部新手机，尼尔。

Neil: You're too kind.

尼尔：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语节目的全部内容。再见。

Neil: Bye.

尼尔：再见。

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重点讲解：
1. pull a fast one on sb. 欺骗；哄骗；愚弄；
例句：No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
2. play a trick on sb. 开（玩笑）；耍（花招）；搞（恶作剧）；
例句：Someone had played a trick on her, stretched a piece of string at the top of those steps.
有人搞恶作剧整她，在最高的台阶上拉了一根绳子。
3. instead of 代替…；而不是…；
例句：He chose the gun instead of the cap and gown.
他选择当兵而不是上大学。
4. get back 回去；
例句：That's enough chat get back to work.
别再聊了，回去工作吧。