The english we speak(BBC教学)第37期:cook the books做假账

Neil: Hello and welcome to the BBC Learning English kitchen with me, Neil, and my assistant, Feifei.

尼尔：大家好，欢迎和我一起来到BBC学英语的厨房，我是尼尔，我的助手，菲菲。

Feifei: Yes, welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I am very excited today because Neil has asked me to be his assistant in the BBC Learning English kitchen.

菲菲：是的，欢迎来到BBC学英语之我们所说的英语。我今天很激动因为尼尔让我在BBC学英语的厨房当他的助手。

Neil: That's right. I've started boiling the water in the saucepan and now I'll prepare the ingredients.

尼尔：是的。我已经开始在平底锅里煮水了，而且我现在已经准备好原料了。

Feifei: Oh, I'm so excited! I wonder what Neil's going to cook. So what are the ingredients?

菲菲：哦，我太激动了！我很好奇尼尔将要做什么。那么原料是什么呢？

Neil: There we go.

尼尔：我们开始啦。

Feifei: Neil, I think you are emptying your bag from the library rather than the supermarket!

菲菲：尼尔，我觉得你是清空你的书包从图书馆而不是超市里。

Neil: No Feifei, this is right. I'm going to cook the books.

尼尔：不菲菲，这是对的。我打算烹饪书本。

Feifei: Cook the books?! Are you crazy?!

菲菲：烹饪书本？！你疯了吗？

Neil: Yes, Feifei. I might look happy and full of joy but there's something terrible I have to admit.

尼尔：是的，菲菲。我也许看起来很开心而且满是欣喜，但是我必须承认有糟糕的事发生了。

Feifei: Oh no. What's that?

菲菲：哦不。发生了什么？

Neil: Well... I have serious financial problems. I'm millions of pounds in debt.

尼尔：我遇到了严重的经济问题。我欠了上百万英镑的债。

Feifei: Oh no! How will cooking the books help?

菲菲：哦不！那烹饪书本有什么用呢？

Neil: It's an expression in English. If you 'cook the books', you change the numbers in a company's financial records so you can take some of the money for yourself illegally.

尼尔：这是一个英语的表达法。如果你“烹饪书本”，你改变了一个公司的经济记录，所以你就可以私自非法盗取一些钱财。

Feifei: Neil! That's not like you. Let's hear some more examples of that phrase being used.

菲菲：尼尔！这不像你。让我们来听一些这个词组用法的例子。

A: Did you hear Dave the accountant got fired for stealing from the company?!

A:你听说戴夫，那个会计因为在公司做假账被开除了吗？

B: Yeah, he'd been cooking the books for years.

B:是的，他盗窃很多年了。

A: The chief executive of that bank got sent to jail for cooking the books.

A:那个银行的首席执行官因为做假账被关到监狱里了。

B: Well I think he deserves it. Fraud is a serious crime.

B:我觉得他罪有应得。诈骗是很严重的罪。

Feifei: Hmm, so are you cooking the books so you can pay off your debts?

菲菲：嗯，所以你要做假账来支付你的债吗？

Neil: Yes, it's the only thing I can think of. I'm desperate!

尼尔：是的，这是我能想到的唯一的事。我太绝望了！

Feifei: I don't think that's a good idea, Neil. Fraud is a serious crime. Oh, but hang on. What's that floating on the top?

菲菲：我不觉得这是一个好主意，尼尔。欺骗是一个严重的罪。哦，但是等一下。那个上面的是什么？

Neil: Oh it's just a lottery ticket. I use them as bookmarks.

尼尔：哦那只是一个彩票。我把它们当书签用了。

Feifei: Let me check the lottery numbers on my smartphone.

菲菲：让我用智能手机来看看彩票数字。

Neil: What's the point? I never win.

尼尔：有什么意义呢？我从来没赢过。

Feifei: Actually Neil, you've won!

菲菲：事实上尼尔，你中了！

Neil: I've won? I'm a millionaire! My problems are over! Let's celebrate! Let's have a meal! Here - this one I've just cooked.

尼尔：我中了？我是百万富翁了！我的问题解决了！我们庆祝吧！我们吃大餐吧！这里，我刚做的饭。

Feifei: Neil didn't cook the books in vain. Mmm - these books are actually delicious!

菲菲：尼尔烹饪的书本没有白做。嗯，这些书的确很美味！

Neil: Not bad, are they?!

尼尔：还不错，是吧？！