【摩登家庭】“你要再这样，我就把你换掉！”

【句子】Hey, pretty soon you’re gonna be north of 40, and I’m gonna have to trade you in for a newer model, am I right, buddy? 【Modern Family S2E17】
【发音】[heɪ] [ˈprɪt.i] [su:n] [jɔ:(r)] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [bi:] [nɔ:(r)θ] [əv] [ˈfɔ:(r).ti] [ænd] [aɪm] [ˈgə.nə]/[ˈgɑ:.nə] [hæv] [tʊ] [treɪd] [ju:] [ɪn] [fɔ:(r)] [ə] [ˈnju:ə(r)] [ˈmɒd.əl]/[ˈmɑ:d.əl] [æm] [aɪ] [raɪt] ['bʌdi]
【发音技巧】pretty闪音；north of连读；am I连读；
【翻译】嗨，马上你就40多岁了，我将不得不找个更年轻的模特来换掉你了，哥们你说我说的对吗？
【适用场合】
首先这里出现的north of 的用法，我们很久以前在公众号里讲过，口语当中north of可以在这里理解成more than的含义。

trade in
换掉（以旧换新）
trade sth. in for sth.
也可以说trade in sth. for sth.
use something as payment or partial payment for a new purchase

eg: My brother trades his car in every year so he can get the newest model on the market.
我哥哥每年都把他的旧车以旧换新，这样他就能买到市面上最新的车型了。

eg: I used to love trading in my old video games so I could buy new ones.
我以前喜欢卖掉我的旧的电子游戏，这样我就可以买新的了。

eg: I traded my old car in for a new one.
我把我的旧车以旧换新，买了一个新的。

eg: You could trade in all your old records for some new CDs.
你可以用你所有的旧唱片换一些新唱片。

eg: We traded our little car in for a bigger model.
我们把我们的小款式的汽车以旧换新，换成了更大的型号。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
Some people prefer to trade in their old cars to the dealer, but we feel we'll do better by simply selling it.