To Nick
Helen: 大家好,欢迎收听地道英语。我是 Helen.
Rob: And Im Rob.
Helen: 我刚才看到你在找你的耳机,后来你找到了吗?
Rob: No, you know, I looked for them everywhere. Someone must have nicked them.
Helen: Nicked them?
Rob: Oh, sorry, what I meant is that someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something .
Helen: Nicked 被人偷走了。Thats terrible. 这个词是怎么拼写的呢?
Rob: Its spelt N.I.C.K. nick. To nick something.
Helen: 哎呀,我儿子的好朋友就叫 Nick, 怎么这么巧。好多人都叫 Nick, 是不是很久以前叫 Nick 的人经常偷东西?才会有现在这个解释呢?
Rob: No, not at all, Nick is a great name. But this is different. Here the word nick is a verb and its British slang too.
Helen: 那就让我们来听两个例子吧,你能听出来什么东西被偷掉了吗?
Example
Man: Someone nicked my bike this morning.
Lady: Oh, no. Did you report it to the police?
Man: Yes, I did.
Man 1: Where are the chocolate biscuits I was saving? I am sure I saw them yesterday.
Man 2: Sorry, I dont know. Blame Dave, hes always nicking things.
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