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To Nick Helen: 大家好，欢迎收听地道英语。我是 Helen. Rob: And Im Rob. Helen: 我刚才看到你在找你的耳机，后来你找到了吗? Rob: No, you know, I looked for them everywhere. Someone must have nicked them. Helen: Nicked them? Rob: Oh, sorry, what I meant is that someone stole my headphones. To nick something means to steal something . Helen: Nicked 被人偷走了。Thats terrible. 这个词是怎么拼写的呢? Rob: Its spelt N.I.C.K. nick. To nick something. Helen: 哎呀，我儿子的好朋友就叫 Nick, 怎么这么巧。好多人都叫 Nick, 是不是很久以前叫 Nick 的人经常偷东西?才会有现在这个解释呢? Rob: No, not at all, Nick is a great name. But this is different. Here the word nick is a verb and its British slang too. Helen: 那就让我们来听两个例子吧，你能听出来什么东西被偷掉了吗? Example Man: Someone nicked my bike this morning. Lady: Oh, no. Did you report it to the police? Man: Yes, I did. Man 1: Where are the chocolate biscuits I was saving? I am sure I saw them yesterday. Man 2: Sorry, I dont know. Blame Dave, hes always nicking things. | 
