【美国习语】90 猫哭老鼠假慈悲，编造故事骗同情
【节目介绍】:本节目每天早上9点更新，介绍美国的习惯用语，让大家有更开阔的语言视角。适合各个阶层的人学习，难度中等。大家只要听写出音频中的例句就可以了，本期一共四段例句。听写不需要打引号，句子间也不用编序号。音频中听到的所有习语，提交后都均可在译文部分找到。Hints:
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In his speeches the mayor always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people. But I don't see him doing anything to help them.
Usually I don't give money to beggars. But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars.
On my way to work this man stopped me and said he hadn't eaten in three days so I gave him a dollar. On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and I know now he had given me a sob story.crocodile tears
sob story
今天我们要给大家介绍两个和眼泪有关的俗语。大家知道，眼泪的英文字就是tears。 英文里有一个说法，叫做：crocodile tears。Crocodile就是鳄鱼。Crocodile tears和中国人常说的"猫哭老鼠假慈悲"是一样的意思。Crocodile tears这个俗语来自一个古老的神话，说是鳄鱼往往发出一种哭的声音来引诱那些它们要吃的动物，然后一面吃一面流眼泪。这当然不是事实，但是这个说法已经成常用语。下面我们来举个例子：
"The truth is that Pete never liked his rich uncle John. But you should have seen his crocodile tears when the old man died and left him a million dollars."
这句话是说："皮特从来都不喜欢他那有钱的叔叔约翰，这是事实。可是那老人去世的时候给他留了一百万美元，你可真该看看皮特当时那假流泪的样子。"
下面这个例子说的是一位政客：
"In his speeches the mayor always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people. But I don't see him doing anything to help them."
这是说："这位市长在讲话时总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人非常同情。但是，我并没有见到他做些什么来帮助他们。"
我们要讲的另一个和"哭"有关的俗语是：sob story。Sob是哭泣的意思，story就是故事。Sob story的意思就是某人编造一个令人伤心的故事来赢得别人的同情，甚至于让人给钱来帮助他。下面是一位女士在描述她怎么听了一个sob story以后受骗的：
"Usually I don't give money to beggars. But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars."
这位女士说："一般我是不给乞丐钱的。但是，这个看上去挺不错的年轻人告诉我他需要钱坐公共汽车去看他那快要死的妈妈。他说得这么悲惨，我就给了他两块钱。"
世界上好心人是不少的，下面这个例子又是一个人上了sob story的当：
"On my way to work this man stopped me and said he hadn't eaten in three days so I gave him a dollar. On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and I know now he had given me a sob story."
这个好心人说："在我去上班的路上那个人挡住了我，对我说，他已经三天没吃东西了。所以我给了他一块钱。可是，我在回家的路上看见他跨进了一辆新的汽车后就开走了。我这才知道他说的事全是假的。"
我们今天讲的两个习惯用语都是和眼泪有关的。它们是：crocodile tears和sob story。Crocodile tears从字面上来翻译就是：鳄鱼的眼泪，实际上也就是"猫哭老鼠假慈悲"。Sob story是编造悲惨的故事来赢得人们的同情。
美国习惯用语: 第九十二课就讲到这里。欢迎下次再一起来学习美国习惯用语。再见。
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