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只听到一句话就被说服了？表达 “you had me at...” 就用来表示对方刚说到某个关键词或理由时，你就已经完全被说服，不需要再听下去了。听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Georgie 学习这个地道表达的用法。

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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
I'm fine, thank you, Feifei. How are you?

Feifei
I'm very well, thank you.

Georgie
Now, I've got an idea. If we can finish everything on our to-do list by 4pm today, I say we finish work early and check out that new shop that's just opened by the office.

Feifei
You had me at early finish!

Georgie
Really? No more convincing needed?

Feifei
Nope! I guess if we've done everything we need to do, there's no issue.

Georgie
Great. Well, that is the expression we're learning in this programme – 'you had me at'. You said 'you had me at early finish' which means you were totally convinced by my idea as soon as I mentioned finishing early.

Feifei
Exactly. So you can say 'you had me at' then whatever noun or noun phrase it was that convinced you. Time for some more examples.

Examples
They invited me to a cat cafe. I'm not really a coffee person, but they had me at cats.

My friend tried to convince me to go on holiday tomorrow because she found some cheap flights. But to be honest, she had me at holiday.

I got invited to a party, and I didn't really wanna go. But they had me at karaoke.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学制作的 “地道英语” 节目。在本期节目中，我们正在学习如何使用表达 “you had me at…”。“You had me” 的字面意思是 “你得到了我”，不过在 “you had me at” 这个表达中，它真正表达的意思是 “你一下就把我说服了” 或者 “这一点立刻打动了我”。所以，当人们说 “you had me at…” 的时候，意思就是 “你刚一提到这件事，我就立刻被说服了”， 或者 “我当时立刻就想答应了”。

我们使用这个表达的时候，通常是想强调 “在对方为说服我们而列出的一系列条件中，有某一点特别有吸引力，以至于连后面的内容都不用听，我们一听到这一点就已经被说服了”。

Georgie, it's quite an informal expression, isn't it?

Georgie
Yes, it's very conversational, and often meant to be quite funny. It makes it sound like you're only interested in that thing, whether it's free food or finishing work early. And there are a few similar expressions, aren't there?

Feifei
Yes. One we've covered on this programme before is 'say less', which means you don't need to say anything else to convince me.

Georgie
Yes, or 'I'm sold!' All of these mean something similar to 'I'm convinced'.

Feifei
要注意，“you had me at…” 是一个非常口语化的表达，不太适用于正式或者严肃的场合。此外，和 “you had me at…” 意思相近的说法还有 “say less” 和 “I'm sold”。“Say less” 的意思是 “无需多说，你已经说服我了”；“I'm sold” 则表示 “我被说服了” 或者 “我买账了”。这些表达都可以用来说明对方提出的某一点已经足以打动你或让你认同，无需再多作解释。

Georgie
OK, let's recap. If you say 'you had me at', followed by a noun or noun phrase, it means you were totally convinced after hearing that word or phrase. See you next time.

Feifei
Goodbye!

Georgie
Goodbye!