弗兰克·阿巴内尔 02

[00:11.27]-- 弗兰克·阿巴内尔
[00:15.86]-- 飞行员？医生？律师？大学老师？
[00:22.24]-- 不！
[00:25.39]-- 他只是一个高中还没毕业的孩子！
[00:31.71]-- 一个极具天赋的骗子！
[00:36.06]-- 一个普通人！
[00:45.65]Frank Abagnale  弗兰克·阿巴内尔
[00:57.18]fraud  欺诈
[00:59.67]upon  在…的时候
[01:02.84]confess  坦白
[01:05.67]juvenile² offender  少年犯
[01:13.71]One of the early signs of his future
[01:16.45]as a fraud came when after purchasing a car,
[01:20.96]he persuaded his father to lend him his Mobil card.
[01:25.63]This way, he could purchase car parts,
[01:29.16]such as tires, batteries, and engines,
[01:33.06]without actually accepting them,
[01:35.76]but receive money from the dealer,
[01:39.31]so that he could sell the parts to earn a profit.
[01:43.98]Not realizing that the card was in his father's name,
[01:48.57]he made well over $5,000 doing this to pay for dates,
[01:55.36]before the local Mobil branch sought his father
[01:59.40]out for questioning and expecting payment.
[02:03.44]Upon being confronted,
[02:05.72]Abagnale confessed to his father that
[02:08.96]"it's the girls that make me crazy,"
[02:12.97]but escaped punishment from the incident.
[02:16.70]Later, he was placed in a special Catholic Charities school
[02:21.51]for juvenile offenders³ by his mother for four months.
[02:34.08]讲解
[03:38.24]语言点
[03:41.52]fraud  骗子 / 假货
[03:49.26]No one would believe him any longer
[03:51.64]for he once was a fraud.
[04:00.24]well
[04:10.95]My son is well past forty ,but still unmarried.
[04:19.42]upon
[04:21.21]on
[04:22.12]upon
[04:27.78]He jumped with joy on hearing the news.
[04:34.42]confess  承认，供认
[04:38.76]confess an error
[04:43.19]I must confess myself completely puzzled by the question.
[04:57.25]confess
[04:59.98]The criminal confessed to the priest.
[05:30.77]exploit  利用
[05:33.14]alter  改变
[05:35.43]desperate  穷途末路的
[05:38.42]con¹ artist  骗子
[05:49.07]Living alone in New York City after running away,
[05:53.32]he became known as the "Big Nale",
[05:57.17]later shortened to just "Big".
[06:00.73]He decided⁴ to exploit his mature appearance
[06:04.43]and alter his driver's license⁵ to make it appear
[06:08.84]that he was ten years older to get a job.
[06:13.32]However, Abagnale,
[06:14.99]posing as a high school dropout⁶ in his mid-twenties,
[06:19.54]quickly learned the more education one has,
[06:23.74]the more one is paid.
[06:26.19]Desperate to survive,
[06:27.97]he soon began working as a con artist to earn money.
[06:43.11]讲解
[07:21.10]语言点
[07:24.34]alter = change  改变
[07:29.28]The weather alters almost daily.
[07:36.32]alert  警惕的，提防的
[07:47.12]be alert to  警觉的
[07:51.21]She is alert to every sound and movement.
[07:58.55]desperate  令人绝望的，不顾一切的
[08:04.68]desperate cry for help
[08:09.33]desperate illness  绝症
[08:12.06]desperate to  极度渴望的，非常期望的
[08:17.57]long for
[08:20.06]for sth. / to do
[08:23.43]He was desperate for work to provide for a large family.
[08:55.36]One of the early signs of his future
[08:58.14]as a fraud came when after purchasing a car,
[09:02.58]he persuaded his father to lend him his Mobil card.
[09:07.18]This way, he could purchase car parts,
[09:10.93]such as tires, batteries, and engines,
[09:14.70]without actually accepting them,
[09:17.27]but receive money from the dealer,
[09:20.90]so that he could sell the parts to earn a profit.
[09:25.26]Not realizing that the card was in his father's name,
[09:30.16]he made well over $5,000 doing this to pay for dates,
[09:36.85]before the local Mobil branch sought his father
[09:41.01]out for questioning and expecting payment.
[09:45.07]Upon being confronted,
[09:47.48]Abagnale confessed to his father that
[09:50.99]"it's the girls that make me crazy,"
[09:54.45]but escaped punishment from the incident.
[09:57.90]Later, he was placed in a special Catholic Charities school
[10:03.15]for juvenile offenders by his mother for four months.
[10:09.63]Living alone in New York City after running away,
[10:13.70]he became known as the "Big Nale",
[10:17.66]later shortened to just "Big".
[10:21.17]He decided to exploit his mature appearance
[10:24.92]and alter his driver's license to make it appear
[10:29.30]that he was ten years older to get a job.
[10:33.49]However, Abagnale,
[10:35.37]posing as a high school dropout in his mid-twenties,
[10:39.94]quickly learned the more education one has,
[10:44.04]the more one is paid.
[10:46.68]Desperate to survive,
[10:48.42]he soon began working as a con artist to earn money.

1 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。

2 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

3 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

6 dropout   

n.退学的学生；退学；退出者

参考例句：

• There is a high dropout rate from some college courses.有些大学课程的退出率很高。
• In the long haul,she'll regret having been a school dropout.她终归会后悔不该中途辍学。