BBC地道英語口語:Cashpoint自動取款機
Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen.
Zoë: 還有我，劉佳。歡迎收聽地道英語。
Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Zoë: 英語也和中文一樣，會不斷產生一些新用法，要想時刻的跟上潮流，說一口流行地道的英語，最好的方法，就是和我們的地道英語一起來學習這些新鮮詞彙和習慣表達。
Helen: There’s no better way, Zoë.
Zoë: So what have you got for us today Helen?
Helen: Today’s a little bit different because we have two phrases to describe the same thing.
Zoë: Sounds interesting. What is it?
Helen: Well, today’s first word is cashpoint. C.A.S.H.P.O.I.N.T.
Zoë: 是把cash和point放在一起了嗎？
Helen: Exactly – cash and point.
Zoë: 那什麼是a cashpoint?
Helen: A cashpoint is a machine outside or near a bank which allows you to take money from your account.
Zoë: 哦，明白了。A cashpoint 就是一臺自動取款機。
Helen: Exactly, put your card in, enter your secret number, and you can take out money.
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A: Oh, I haven’t got any money on me.
B: Don’t worry. We can go to a cashpoint. There are lots of cashpoints on the High Street.
Zoë: Now Helen, didn’t you say that we had two phrases today?
Helen: Well remembered, Zoë. In the UK we have another slang name for a cashpoint. We call it a hole in the wall. Hole. In. The. Wall.
Zoë: Hole in the wall. 牆裏的一個洞？這也說的是自動取款機嗎？
Helen: Yes, but many people call a cashpoint a hole in the wall because they are usually built into the outer wall of a bank.
Zoë: 好了，讓我們來複習一下，自動取款機在英語裏有兩個表達，一個是cashpoint,或者說hole in the wall.
Helen: Well, it’s time to go. See you next time for more Real English…
Zoë: See you next time.
