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影片对白
Walter: The tall one with red hair is your cousin Irene...
Annie: You'll recognize her by the disappointed look on her face.
Walter: Who is married to Harold, who ran off with his secretary.
Annie: But came back because Irene threatened to put the dog to sleep if he didn't.
Walter: Your brother Dennis is a professor at Johns Hopkins, who's married to Betsy.
Annie: The most competitive woman in the world.
Walter: I don't see how I'm going to remember all this.
Annie: Oh, well, Walter, you will.
Walter: Your uncle Milton lost all of his money...
Annie: and some other peoples'...
Walter: in a pyramid scheme. Don't mention the IRSor the federal business system.
Your mother is Barbara. Your father is Cliff.
Annie: My father has electric trains.
Walter: Really? Am I what they had in mind?
Annie: Oh, Walter they're going to love you!
妙词佳句
1. run off with sb.
在很多部电影中都听到过这句话，虽然在日常生活中没有用过，但是大家还是知道的好。它的意思就是“和……私奔”，或者再柔和一点：因为感情的关系和另外的一个人生活在一起了。比如“杰克和他的前女友在一起了”就可以说成是 Jack ran off with his ex-girlfriend.
2. put the dog to sleep
这句话的表面意思是“把那只狗给弄睡了”，实际上可不是这么回事。这里的dog 可不是狗的意思。在美国俚语中dog可以指丑女人。整句话的意思就是“把那个女人给干掉”。
我们来举个例子：
如果你还不娶我的话，我就把那女的给杀掉。
If you don't marry me, I'll put the dog to sleep.
3. IRS: Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)是美国财政部的一个机构，职能是执行税收法。Revenues are collected through individual income taxes; corporation taxes; excise, estate, and gift taxes; and social security taxes.
文化面面观
What is a Pyramid Scheme?
Pyramid schemes now come in so many forms that they may be difficult to recognize immediately. However, they all share one overriding characteristic. They promise consumers or investors large profits based primarily on recruiting others to join their program, not based on profits from any real investment or real sale of goods to the public. Some schemes may purport to sell a product, but they often simply use the product to hide their pyramid structure. Pyramid Scheme就是我们汉语中说的传销。没有人能从中赚到钱，除了背后的组织者。在此部电影中Annie的舅舅就是因为这个而被抓了。
There are two tell-tale signs that a product is simply being used to disguise a pyramid scheme: inventory loading and a lack of retail sales. Inventory loading occurs when a company's incentive program forces recruits to buy more products than they could ever sell, often at inflated prices. If this occurs throughout the company's distribution system, the people at the top of the pyramid reap substantial profits, even though little or no product moves to market. The people at the bottom make excessive payments for inventory that simply accumulates in their basements. A lack of retail sales is also a red flag that a pyramid exists. Many pyramid schemes will claim that their product is selling like hot cakes. However, on closer examination, the sales occur only between people inside the pyramid structure or to new recruits joining the structure, not to consumers out in the general public.
Pyramids are quite seductive because they may be able to deliver a high rate of return to a few early investors for a short period of time. Yet pyramid is illegal because they inevitably must fall apart. 传销最终都是以失败告终的，因为它不可能永无止境的接收新会员，而一旦计划失败，很多会员，也就是处在金字塔最底层的人就会损失掉很多钱，甚至会是倾家荡产。
考考你
1. 什么是pyramid scheme。
2. 在美国俚语中dog 除了有狗的意思，还有什么意思？
莉莉老师是一位英语爱好者,她一直使用能飞英语软件学习英语,愿意同大家分享英语学习的经验,加入我们能飞学习团体吧,给您一个新的英语学习体验,UC群:6929359 ,如果那位愿意参与,请贡献一个QQ群,以我们的英语爱好者互相交流,互相分享学习快乐!
免费使用此片断的流程:
1、使用能飞英语视听学习机，没有安装能飞英语视听学习机,请下载安装：
http://www.langfly.com/sfdownload/LangFly_3_2_15_66.rar
2、下载该片段和配套字幕，并且放在同一目录里：
该片段下载地址:http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/video/sleepless1.wmv
配套的字幕: http://www.langfly.com/posts/downloadAttach/28.page (右键"目标另存为",保存时在文件类型选"所有文件")
3、加载片段到能飞英语视听学习机，办法如下：
4、绑定使用，如下：(用户：langfly 密码：langfly，强制刷新打上勾)
5、既可使用该片断学习了，享受快乐吧！如想快速了解和使用软件的全部功能，请看我们的软件录像：
http://www.langfly.com/recoder/recoder.jsp
影片对白
Walter: The tall one with red hair is your cousin Irene...
Annie: You'll recognize her by the disappointed look on her face.
Walter: Who is married to Harold, who ran off with his secretary.
Annie: But came back because Irene threatened to put the dog to sleep if he didn't.
Walter: Your brother Dennis is a professor at Johns Hopkins, who's married to Betsy.
Annie: The most competitive woman in the world.
Walter: I don't see how I'm going to remember all this.
Annie: Oh, well, Walter, you will.
Walter: Your uncle Milton lost all of his money...
Annie: and some other peoples'...
Walter: in a pyramid scheme. Don't mention the IRSor the federal business system.
Your mother is Barbara. Your father is Cliff.
Annie: My father has electric trains.
Walter: Really? Am I what they had in mind?
Annie: Oh, Walter they're going to love you!
妙词佳句
1. run off with sb.
在很多部电影中都听到过这句话，虽然在日常生活中没有用过，但是大家还是知道的好。它的意思就是“和……私奔”，或者再柔和一点：因为感情的关系和另外的一个人生活在一起了。比如“杰克和他的前女友在一起了”就可以说成是 Jack ran off with his ex-girlfriend.
2. put the dog to sleep
这句话的表面意思是“把那只狗给弄睡了”，实际上可不是这么回事。这里的dog 可不是狗的意思。在美国俚语中dog可以指丑女人。整句话的意思就是“把那个女人给干掉”。
我们来举个例子：
如果你还不娶我的话，我就把那女的给杀掉。
If you don't marry me, I'll put the dog to sleep.
3. IRS: Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)是美国财政部的一个机构，职能是执行税收法。Revenues are collected through individual income taxes; corporation taxes; excise, estate, and gift taxes; and social security taxes.
文化面面观
What is a Pyramid Scheme?
Pyramid schemes now come in so many forms that they may be difficult to recognize immediately. However, they all share one overriding characteristic. They promise consumers or investors large profits based primarily on recruiting others to join their program, not based on profits from any real investment or real sale of goods to the public. Some schemes may purport to sell a product, but they often simply use the product to hide their pyramid structure. Pyramid Scheme就是我们汉语中说的传销。没有人能从中赚到钱，除了背后的组织者。在此部电影中Annie的舅舅就是因为这个而被抓了。
There are two tell-tale signs that a product is simply being used to disguise a pyramid scheme: inventory loading and a lack of retail sales. Inventory loading occurs when a company's incentive program forces recruits to buy more products than they could ever sell, often at inflated prices. If this occurs throughout the company's distribution system, the people at the top of the pyramid reap substantial profits, even though little or no product moves to market. The people at the bottom make excessive payments for inventory that simply accumulates in their basements. A lack of retail sales is also a red flag that a pyramid exists. Many pyramid schemes will claim that their product is selling like hot cakes. However, on closer examination, the sales occur only between people inside the pyramid structure or to new recruits joining the structure, not to consumers out in the general public.
Pyramids are quite seductive because they may be able to deliver a high rate of return to a few early investors for a short period of time. Yet pyramid is illegal because they inevitably must fall apart. 传销最终都是以失败告终的，因为它不可能永无止境的接收新会员，而一旦计划失败，很多会员，也就是处在金字塔最底层的人就会损失掉很多钱，甚至会是倾家荡产。
考考你
1. 什么是pyramid scheme。
2. 在美国俚语中dog 除了有狗的意思，还有什么意思？
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