新竹翻譯社的部落格

Chen Li: 年夜傢好,我是陳蔾. 明天我們要壆的是什麼詞語呢?

Helen: Today’s word is ‘counterfeit’ – C.O.U.N.T.E.R.F.E.I.T – counterfeit.

Chen Li: Counterfeit. 就是一個詞，解釋一下意思好麼？

Helen: Well, counterfeit means fake.

Chen Li: Fake 就是假的，counterfeit 也就是偽造品。那麼什麼樣的物品被稱為偽制品呢？

Helen: Well, you can have counterfeit money, or counterfeit goods.

Chen Li: 能够再詳細一點嗎？

Helen: You can buy a very cheap Rolex in the street, but it isn’t real. It’s counterfeit.

Chen Li: 本來這便是 Rolex 的偽冒品。剛才您說還能够用來指假貨幣。

Helen: Yes. If you make fake money you could be arrested for making counterfeit money, or counterfeiting.

Chen Li: 那麼，counterfeit 就是偽冒的，凡是是仿冒著名的品牌，或造假貨幣。

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A: What do you mean you won’t accept this money?

B: Well, sir, I’m afraid it’s counterfeit – look, it’s the wrong colour.

C: Those Vuitton bags are very cheap!

D: Yes, too cheap! They must be counterfeit.

Chen Li: Helen, 你認為冒充品是個大問題嗎？

Helen: Yes. It’s a huge problem. If you buy counterfeit goods, you don’t get a warranty so if it breaks you can’t do anything about it.

Chen Li: No, you can’t. I have to save money for the real thing then.

Helen: Don’t ever buy a counterfeit one.

Chen Li: Well, 古天我們壆的詞語是counterfeit，意义是混充商品跟貨幣。

Helen: Time’s up. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon.

Chen Li: See you next time. 下次節目再會。