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近日，四川一寺庙住持张某在直播间买家具时认识了女主播蔡某，并与之发生了关系。蔡某的丈夫钱某发现后，让妻子再次约张某见面，并用秘拍设备，拍摄了妻子和张某再次发生关系的视频。此后，钱某以网络曝光要挟，要求张某支付了200万元（其中100万为家具费用）。之后又多次要挟，经多次谈判，张某被迫同意向钱某分期付款330万元。检方称，张某在支付钱款后因担心以后继续被敲诈，拨打了电话报警。
据悉，该住持身兼四川省佛教协会副会长、成都蒲江县佛教协会会长等职，去年还当选省政协委员。网友评论：这则新闻太炸裂，三人都没什么底线……今天这则新闻中，“敲诈”“分期付款”“狗血”“没有底线”英语怎么说？来听节目。
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1. They were blackmailing me.
他们敲诈我。
2. We paid for the car by/in instalments.
我们分期付款买了这辆车。
3. They decided to mortgage a house.
他们决定贷款买房。
4. The plot of that TV series is so over-the-top.
那部电视剧的情节太狗血了。
5. There is no moral compass in that person.
那个人毫无底线。
【口语积累】
1. 敲诈 blackmail
敲诈某人某物：
blackmail someone into (doing) sth
extort sth from sb
chisel sb out of sth
Her kidnapper extorted a $175,000 ransom for her release.
绑架者勒索175,000美元作为释放她的赎金。
She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
她以向报纸公开他们的恋情要挟了他很多年。
They were blackmailing me.
他们敲诈我。
You chisel them out.
你去敲诈他们。
It's a shakedown. They're just looking for money.
这是敲诈。他们只想要钱。
The mobsters tried to shake down the small business owner by demanding protection money.
黑帮分子试图敲诈那位小商户，要求他交保护费。
2. 分期付款 by/in instalment
分期付款：pay by/in instalments
免息：interest-free
贷款购买：finance
贷款买房：mortgage a house
We paid for the car by/in instalments.
我们分期付款买了这辆车。
They provide interest-free payment by installment.
他们提供免息分期付款。
He had it financed.
他是贷款买的。
You can do instalment to purchase things, e.g, laptop.
买某些东西可以分期付款，比如笔记本电脑。
They decided to mortgage a house.
他们决定贷款买房。
I am a family man with a mortgage.
我是个有家室的人，还有住房按揭要还。
3. 狗血 melodramatic
过于夸张的：melodramatic/over-the-top
荒谬的：ridiculous
The plot of that TV series is so over-the-top.
那部电视剧的情节太狗血了。
I think these soap operas are too melodramatic.
我认为这些肥皂剧的内容太狗血了。
I couldn't believe how ridiculous the plot of "Lost in Time" was.
我简直不敢相信《时光迷失》的剧情有多荒谬。
4. 没有底线 have no moral compass
没有底线：have no moral compass
没有原则：without principles
行为不正：lack decency
There is no moral compass in that person.
那个人毫无底线。
He is completely without principles.
他毫无原则。
They lack any sense of decency.
他们没有底线可言。
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