BBC英语教学
地道英语
Milk it 利用时机 榨取好处
内容简介
Rob 在寻求他人的尊重、同情和善意。不过菲菲知道 Rob 在耍什么把戏。她用 “milk it” 这个动词短语描述 Rob 利用一切时机，骗取同情的行为。听他们的对话，学习英国人在日常对话中常用的地道表达 “milk it”。
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Feifei
大家好，欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。我是冯菲菲。
Rob
… and don’t you know who I am?! I’m Rob.
Feifei
Yes, we all know that, Rob.
Rob
Yes, but I am the Rob – Rob of Authentic Real English. There is nobody else like me.
Feifei
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don’t milk it!
Rob
Eh? Come on, show me some respect. Oh, Ouch! I seem to have pulled a muscle – oooh, that hurts.
Feifei
Come on, Rob - you hardly moved.
Rob
Ouch! It’s in my lower back. It’s so painful. Oh, I don’t know if I can carry on.
Feifei
You are milking it again!
Rob
Feifei – what am I ‘milking’ exactly?
Feifei
Everything! “Milk it” 这个表达的意思是 “充分利用一件事情、一个处境，从而获得同情、尊重或骗取他人的善意”。Rob 就经常假装可怜，获取同情，所以我才对他说 “You are milking it!”。
Rob
Are you talking about me?
Feifei
Of course I am, Rob. Let’s hear some examples of other people ‘milking it’.
Examples
OK, don’t milk it, Sam! You’ve told me a hundred times you’ve got tickets for the World Cup final.
Tom’s had a week off with a cold? I think he’s milking it now.
Since her promotion, Freya keeps bossing us around and telling us to call her ‘Miss Brown’ – she’s really milking it!
Feifei
这里是 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语”。刚刚我们讲过了 “milk it” 这个动词短语的意思。我们通常用 “milk it” 来描述一个人充分利用一件事情，一个处境，来从中获取同情、尊重或好处。So Rob, have you got what ‘milking it’ means?
Rob
Yes, I do, and I seem to have recovered from my pulled muscle, but I’ve become so… thirsty, I was wondering…
Feifei
… if I could get you a drink of milk?
Rob
No, Feifei. I was thinking of a cup of coffee. You are so very kind and generous.
Feifei
You’re milking it again, Rob. Actually, I’ve got just the thing for you. Hold on…
… meet Daisy.
Rob
A cow! How do I milk that?
Feifei
I’d start down there somewhere. Good luck. Bye.
Rob
Bye.
