倒爷、黄牛、票贩子

每年春运高峰，票贩子的生意总是红红火火，不少旅客为了顺利返乡，只能忍气吞声备受票贩子的盘剥。记一下吧，看看所谓的“倒爷”或“黄牛”如何用英文来表达。记的同时，心底也祝愿，但愿有那么一天，“黄牛、票贩子”将永远成为历史。

Fan Deliang, 25, a television editor, bought a ticket through one of his college classmates.

If Fan could not book a ticket, he would probably go to thescalpersand try his luck. When even the scalpers fail, he would have to buy a plane ticket, which is generally two times the price of a train berth ticket.

报道中的范先生比较幸运，大学同学提前为他“搞”到了一张火车票。否则，他就只能求助“黄牛”购买高价火车票了，或是拿出高于卧铺车票两倍的价钱购买飞机票。

由报道可知，“票贩子”相应的英文表达是“（ticket）scalper”，指“以暴利为目的，转手倒卖车票、戏票、球票或电影票的人”。

此外，这里顺便再提两个和“倒票”很有关系的动词词组：“to buy out（买空）”和“to sell out（卖空）”。春运期间，“黄牛”们会通过各种关系抢先一步“买空”车票，等到旅客们到售票点时，车票自然是“卖空”了。