地道英语在线听-Counterfeit 伪造品

Helen: Hello. This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Helen.

Chen Li: 大家好,我是陈藜. 今天我们要学的是什么词语呢?

Helen: Today’s word is ‘counterfeit¹’ – C.O.U.N.T.E.R.F.E.I.T – counterfeit.

Chen Li: Counterfeit. 就是一个词，解释一下意思好么？

Helen: Well, counterfeit means fake.

Chen Li: Fake 就是假的，counterfeit 也就是伪造品。那么什么样的物品被称为伪造品呢？

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

Chen Li: 可以再详细一点吗？

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

Chen Li: 原来这就是 Rolex 的伪冒品。刚才你说还可以用来指假货币。

Helen: Yes. If you make fake money you could be arrested for making counterfeit money, or counterfeiting².

Chen Li: 那么，counterfeit 就是伪冒的，通常是仿冒有名的品牌，或者造假货币。

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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, 你认为假冒品是个大问题吗？

Helen: Yes. It’s a huge problem. If you buy counterfeit goods, you don’t get a warranty³ 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, 今天我们学的词语是counterfeit，意思是假冒商品和货币。

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Chen Li: See you next time. 下次节目再会。

1 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。

2 counterfeiting   

n.伪造v.仿制，造假( counterfeit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was sent to prison for counterfeiting five-dollar bills. 他因伪造5美元的钞票被捕入狱。 来自辞典例句
• National bureau released securities, certificates with security anti-counterfeiting paper technical standards. 国家质量技术监督局发布了证券、证件用安全性防伪纸张技术标准。 来自互联网

3 warranty   

n.担保书，证书，保单

参考例句：

• This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
• As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人，我们已经向银行开出了担保书。