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Now come on Li, concentrate, I need you to help me finish this quiz in the newspaper.
现在来李，集中注意，我需要你帮我完成这个报纸上的谜语。
If I get all the questions right, I might win a holiday.
如果我答对了所有这些问题，我也许能赢得一个假期。
Oh right. I love quizzes, especially if it means you can win a holiday!
哦好的。我喜欢谜语，特别是当它意味着你可以赢得一个假期！
OK Rob, what’s your next question?
好的，罗伯，下个问题是什么？
Right. It says here, what is the capital city of Chile?
好的。这里说，智利的首都是哪里？
Easy. Santiago.
简单。圣地亚哥。
Good. Next, what is the name of the world’s largest ocean?
太棒了。下一个，世界上最大的海洋叫什么？
The Pacific – of course!
大西洋，毋庸置疑！
Wow – you’re good Li. You really know your onions.
哇，你很棒啊李。你的确精通这些啊。
I know my onions? Err, was there a question about onions?!
我知道我的洋葱？额，有关于洋葱的问题吗？
No Li!
不是李！
Good, because that is one thing I don’t know anything about, onions – except that they make me cry.
很好，因为这是个我一点都不懂的东西，洋葱，我只知道它们会让我流泪。
Don’t cry Li. It’s a compliment.
不要哭李。这是一句恭维。
If someone says you know your onions, it means you are experienced in something or you know a lot about a particular subject.
如果有人说你知道你的洋葱，意思是你精通某事或你在某一个话题上知道的很多。
So really, it means you’re clever!
所以的确，这意味着你很聪明！
Oh really?! But why ‘onions’?
哦真的吗？但是为什么是洋葱？
It is a strange term and some people say it comes from a man called S.G. Onions who made fake coins to help teach children about money.
这是个很奇怪的说法，有些人说这来自于一个名为洋葱的制作假币来教授孩子关于金钱的知识的人。
If they learnt about money they would know their onions.
如果他们学会了金钱就知道了他们的洋葱。
I see.
我懂了。
So knowing your onions means knowing a lot about something. Well that describes me very well then!
所以知道你的洋葱意思是精通某件事。那么这很好的形容了我！
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Now come on Li, concentrate, I need you to help me finish this quiz in the newspaper.
现在来李，集中注意，我需要你帮我完成这个报纸上的谜语。
If I get all the questions right, I might win a holiday.
如果我答对了所有这些问题，我也许能赢得一个假期。
Oh right. I love quizzes, especially if it means you can win a holiday!
哦好的。我喜欢谜语，特别是当它意味着你可以赢得一个假期！
OK Rob, what’s your next question?
好的，罗伯，下个问题是什么？
Right. It says here, what is the capital city of Chile?
好的。这里说，智利的首都是哪里？
Easy. Santiago.
简单。圣地亚哥。
Good. Next, what is the name of the world’s largest ocean?
太棒了。下一个，世界上最大的海洋叫什么？
The Pacific – of course!
大西洋，毋庸置疑！
Wow – you’re good Li. You really know your onions.
哇，你很棒啊李。你的确精通这些啊。
I know my onions? Err, was there a question about onions?!
我知道我的洋葱？额，有关于洋葱的问题吗？
No Li!
不是李！
Good, because that is one thing I don’t know anything about, onions – except that they make me cry.
很好，因为这是个我一点都不懂的东西，洋葱，我只知道它们会让我流泪。
Don’t cry Li. It’s a compliment.
不要哭李。这是一句恭维。
If someone says you know your onions, it means you are experienced in something or you know a lot about a particular subject.
如果有人说你知道你的洋葱，意思是你精通某事或你在某一个话题上知道的很多。
So really, it means you’re clever!
所以的确，这意味着你很聪明！
Oh really?! But why ‘onions’?
哦真的吗？但是为什么是洋葱？
It is a strange term and some people say it comes from a man called S.G. Onions who made fake coins to help teach children about money.
这是个很奇怪的说法，有些人说这来自于一个名为洋葱的制作假币来教授孩子关于金钱的知识的人。
If they learnt about money they would know their onions.
如果他们学会了金钱就知道了他们的洋葱。
I see.
我懂了。
So knowing your onions means knowing a lot about something. Well that describes me very well then!
所以知道你的洋葱意思是精通某件事。那么这很好的形容了我！
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