地道美语听力播客859: 当铺

Jamaica: I need to raise some cash right away. I’m thinking of hocking a few things. You’ve used the pawnshop down the street before, right?

米加：我需要马上用钱。我在考虑典当一些东西。之前你去过大街不远处的一家当铺，是吗?

Nolan: Yeah, a few years ago when I lost my job. I needed a short-term loan to tide me over until I could find a new one.

诺兰：是的，那是多年前我失去工作时去的。在我找到新的工作之前，我需要一笔短期贷款帮我度过难关。

Jamaica: Is the place legit?

米加：那个店合法吗?

Nolan: It seemed to be. I have no complaints.

诺兰：好像是。我没有任何意见。

Jamaica: That’s good. How would I go about pawning something?

米加：好的。我应该拿哪些东西当呢?

Nolan: It’s pretty simple. You bring the pawnbroker something that’s worth money to use as collateral and then you get a loan for a fraction of its value. Then, you have 90 days to repay the loan, plus interest and fees.

诺兰：这很简单。你递给当铺老板一些值钱的东西作为抵押品后，你会得到抵押金的一部分贷款。接着，你有90天的时间来还清贷款，包括利息和手续费。

Jamaica: How do I redeem my item?

米加：我怎样赎回我的东西呢?

Nolan: You just show them your pawn ticket.

诺兰：你仅仅需要让他看抵押收据。

Jamaica: That sounds pretty simple. What if I can’t repay the money by the deadline?

米加：听起来很简单。如果在规定时间内我没有还清贷款呢?“

Nolan: Then you forfeit your item. The pawnshop tries to sell it to recoup the money they lent you.

诺兰：那么你就为你的东西处以罚金。当铺会尽量将这些东西卖出去，来弥补他们借给你的钱的亏损。

Jamaica: Okay, I’m going to do it. I’m going to pawn my collection.

米加：好吧，我就这样做吧。我打算抵押我的收藏品。

Nolan: Your collection of what?

诺兰：你收藏的什么?

Jamaica: Action figures. I have the entire collection of ESL Podcast action figures. There’s Jeff, Lucy, Warren, Jessica, Adriano, Pao, LeeAnn, Alison . . .

米加：一些动作明星。我有ESL Podcast里所有的动作人物，有杰夫、露西、华伦、杰西卡、鲍、李安、艾莉森。。。。

Nolan: I said something worth money, remember?

诺兰：我说的是有价值的东西，记得不?