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A: 欢迎来到美语训练班，我是杨琳！
B: 我是Kat, 杨林，今天咱们教什么呀？
A: 今天咱们要聊聊中彩票，策划一场梦幻婚礼，学学怎么才能培养出淡定的气场，还要告诉大家怎么说“抢风头”。
B: Sounds good! But first, let's learn a word.
Learn A Word outsource
今天我们要学的词是outsource. Outsource is spelled o-u-t-s-o-u-r-c-e, outsource. Outsource 外包。奥巴马政府宣布将采取新举措振兴就业市场。US President Barack Obama says he will propose new tax incentives to encourage U.S. companies to bring jobs back to the United States instead of outsourcing them abroad. 美国总统奥巴马表示，他将提议新的税收方案，鼓励美国公司将就业机会留在美国市场，而不是外包到外国。Many tech giant companies such as Apple and Microsoft now outsource their assembly lines to China and India. 苹果和微软等很多科技巨头公司现在都将生产线外包到中国和印度。好的，今天我们学习的词是outsource, outsource, outsource.
A: Some people argue that outsourcing contributes to the high unemployment rate in the U.S. 有人说，产品和服务外包是造成美国失业率高的一个原因。
B: Yeah, they say that by outsourcing production and service jobs to foreign countries, U.S. workers have fewer opportunities to get employed.
A: 所以，奥巴马要把税务优惠留给那些在美国本土创造就业机会的公司，这也是为了解决美国工人的就业问题。
B: It sounds like a good plan, but we will have to see how it works out in reality.
A: 好了，咱们说的这些经济政策啊，失业啊，太严肃了，聊点轻松的好不好？
B: 好啊! 不如就说说——中彩票!
Popular American: Grand; Catch
今天李华要做心理学实验， 骗Larry说她中了一百万美元， 看Larry会有什么样的反应。李华会学到两个常用语：grand 和catch。
LH: Larry, Larry!!
LL: Hi Li Hua. Why are you so excited today?
LH: 我中乐透了！一百万！我发财了。
LL: Oh really? Are you going to take me out to dinner?
LH: 请你吃饭？你的要求还真不高，我决定啊，分你一半！
LL: You're giving me half a million?! What's the catch?
LH: The catch...那是什么？
LL: A catch is any tricky or concealed drawback to a deal. You're definitely not giving me half a million dollars for no reason. It's okay, tell me. What's the catch?
LH: A catch 是指某件好事的附带条件？哦，我明白了，你是不相信我会因为友谊分一半奖金给你，你觉得这么好的事情一定有catch, 对吗？
LL: Of course. I wouldn't give my own brother that much.
LH: 哎，好吧，我交待。其实我没中奖啦，是心理学课要做研究。我才想要试探试探你的反应。
LL: So this is all for your Psychology class. I knew it. What if you really won a million dollars? Would you share the money?
LH: 如果我真中了奖，当然会分你一点喽。嗯，一千块！怎样，我这朋友够意思吧？
