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单词 “rope” 不可仅以作名词，意思是 “绳子”，还可以作动词，意思是 “用绳子捆、绑”。英语表达 “rope someone in” 正是以 “用绳子套住某人” 这个意象来比喻 “用花言巧语说服某人做一件原本不想做的事”。听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Georgie 学习表达 “rope someone in” 的用法。

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Feifei
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them, too! I'm Feifei, and I'm joined by Georgie. How are you, Georgie?

Georgie
Oh, I'm pretty tired today, Feifei. My mum roped me into doing lots of gardening at the weekend. I should've said no because I didn't really have much time, but she can be very persuasive.

Feifei
Oh no, you were roped into doing gardening. Now, I know what a rope is. It's like a very thick piece of string. But some of our listeners might not have heard it used as part of a phrasal verb. So, Georgie, what does it mean to rope someone in?

Georgie
Well, it means to persuade someone to do something for you, often when they don't really want to do it. So, my mum roped me into doing lots of gardening at the weekend – she persuaded me when I didn't really want to do it.

Feifei
It might help to think about this visually. It's like the persuader is throwing a metaphorical rope around the other person to bring them into the activity.

Georgie
Right. And Feifei, when was the last time you were roped into something?

Feifei
Oh, I was roped into organising this birthday party. It's taken three full weekends. I think it's time to hear from our BBC Learning English colleagues.

Examples
I can't come to drinks tonight. Sarah's roped me into helping her move into her new house.

I offered to make a cup of coffee for a colleague, and before I knew it, I got roped into making one for the whole team.

I visited my parents at the weekend, and my mum roped me into cleaning out the attic – so unfair!

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。刚刚我们一起学习了短语动词 “rope someone in” 的用法。“Rope” 的意思是 “绳子”，而 “rope someone in” 形容的就是 “像设下圈套用绳子套住一个人一样，用花言巧语说服某人做原本不想做的事情。”

Georgie
Yes. But this phrasal verb is very commonly used in the passive form – to be roped into something. It's commonly used as a complaint, that something is being done to you. I was roped into doing all that gardening at the weekend.

Feifei
Yes, and I'm always roped into organising things.

在使用中，我们经常用 “rope someone in” 的被动语态 “be roped into something” 来抱怨 “自己被说服去做了不愿意做的事情”。

Georgie
OK, let's recap. We learnt 'rope someone in' which means to persuade someone to do something for you. Thanks for joining us.

Feifei
Bye!

Georgie
Goodbye.