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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
欢迎收听《一分钟英语》，在这里我们将教授您一些美式英语中的俚语。
Like most people, Americans want to look good.
和大多数人一样，美国人想要漂亮。
And many people exercise every day.
许多人每天都去健身。
Have you ever heard this phrase?
你听过这个短语么？
No pain, no gain.
没有付出，就没有回报。
Hey, you look great. Have you been exercising?
嘿，你好漂亮啊。你是在健身么？
Yeah, every day for the last three months.
是的，最近的三个月天天都去。
Well, it must be so hard to exercise for so long.
哇喔，锻炼这么长时间一定很辛苦。
Yeah. But I want to look good. And you know -- no pain, no gain.
是的。但是我想要漂亮，你也是知道的——没有付出，就没有回报。
In American English, to "gain" something means to get something.
在美语中，gain sth的意思是得到某物。
And often, it takes hard work, especially when you are exercising.
经常，这需要下大工夫，尤其是对于锻炼来说。
So in our example, although it might be hard to exercise so much, in the end she gained the look she wanted.
所以在刚才的例子中，尽管健身很辛苦，但是最后她获得了自己想要的。
No pain, no gain.
没有付出，就没有回报。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。
