走在大街上，時(shí)常會有些衣著破舊的老夫妻過來和你問路，說出來尋人，找不到人了，沒錢吃飯了，讓你給他們點(diǎn)錢吃口飯。實(shí)際上，這些人中有很多是騙子，他們故意編了可憐的故事來騙錢。但這還算是輕的。還有些人假裝殘廢、假裝沒錢輟學(xué)、或是抱著昏迷的小孩討錢，這些小孩很可能是他們買來的孩子。像這樣的人編得那些可憐的故事就可以用 sob story 表達(dá)。
Sob是哭泣的意思，story就是故事。Sob story的意思就是“某人編造一個(gè)令人傷心的故事來贏得別人的同情，甚至于讓別人給錢來幫助他”。下面是一位女士在描述她怎么聽了一個(gè)sob story以后受騙的：
Usually I don't give money to beggars. But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars.
一般我是不給乞丐錢的。但是，這個(gè)看上去挺不錯(cuò)的年輕人告訴我他需要錢坐公共汽車去看他那快要死的媽媽。他說得這么悲慘，我就給了他兩塊錢。
世界上好心人是不少的，下面這個(gè)例子又是一個(gè)人上了sob story的當(dāng)：
On my way to work this man stopped me and said that he hadn't eaten in three days so I gave him a dollar. On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and now I know he had given me a sob story.
在我去上班的路上那個(gè)人擋住了我，對我說，他已經(jīng)三天沒有吃東西了。所以我給了他一塊錢?？墒牵以诨丶业穆飞峡匆娝邕M(jìn)了一輛新汽車開走了。我這才知道他說的全是假的。
Sob是哭泣的意思，story就是故事。Sob story的意思就是“某人編造一個(gè)令人傷心的故事來贏得別人的同情，甚至于讓別人給錢來幫助他”。下面是一位女士在描述她怎么聽了一個(gè)sob story以后受騙的：
Usually I don't give money to beggars. But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars.
一般我是不給乞丐錢的。但是，這個(gè)看上去挺不錯(cuò)的年輕人告訴我他需要錢坐公共汽車去看他那快要死的媽媽。他說得這么悲慘，我就給了他兩塊錢。
世界上好心人是不少的，下面這個(gè)例子又是一個(gè)人上了sob story的當(dāng)：
On my way to work this man stopped me and said that he hadn't eaten in three days so I gave him a dollar. On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and now I know he had given me a sob story.
在我去上班的路上那個(gè)人擋住了我，對我說，他已經(jīng)三天沒有吃東西了。所以我給了他一塊錢?？墒牵以诨丶业穆飞峡匆娝邕M(jìn)了一輛新汽車開走了。我這才知道他說的全是假的。