無聊時光 BBC地道英語

最新 07-14

哈嘍小夥伴們，

BBC地道英語又來啦！

今天的學習內容是啥子呢？

先來假設一下，

當從周一就開始盼望的周末終於來臨時，

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卻因為天氣或其他原因，

打亂了你的遊玩計劃，

只能無聊地呆在家中。

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該如何表達這種心情呢？

wet weekend!

這就是我們今天要學習的地道表達啦！

Wet weekend

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Hello.I』m Feifei and this is The English We Speak.

大家好。我是菲菲，歡迎收聽地道英語。

… and hello, it』s Rob here. Good weekend Feifei?

……大家好，我是羅布。周末過得不錯吧，菲菲？

Amazing – the weather was great so I went on a trip to the seaside. And you were going camping weren』t you?

棒極了——天氣很好，我去海邊旅行了。你去野營了對吧？

I was but it turned out to be a bit of a wet weekend.

是很好，但後來就有點變成了「濕漉漉的周末」。

Oh no, you mean it rained? That』s unlucky, the sun was out all weekend here.

噢不，你是說下雨了？那真是太不幸了，這裡整個周末都出太陽了。

Oh well the weather was fine – but I didn』t go. The car broke down again so I stayed at home, doing DIY all weekend – boring!

噢，天氣還是很好的，但我沒去。車又壞了，所以我待在家裡，整個周末都在自己做手工，太無聊了！

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So a wet weekend doesn』t have to involve rain?

所以「濕漉漉的周末」跟雨沒有關係咯？

Nope. A wet weekend means a boring and disappointing time.

沒有。「濕漉漉的周末」就是說無聊且令人掃興的時光。

And it doesn』t have to be at the weekend either?

那它也不一定指在周末吧？

Correct. This phrase just means the situation is boring just like a wet weekend is. You can also use the expression to describe boring people. Here are some examples…

對。這個短語是指很無聊的情形，就像「濕漉漉的周末」一樣。你也可以用這個短語來描述無聊的人。這裡有一些例子……

That was a wet weekend, my friends were coming to stay but cancelled at the last minute.

真是太令人掃興了，我朋友本來要來住，但卻在最後一刻取消了。

My cousin』s a bit of a wet weekend, he』s got no personality and nothing to say.

我表哥有一點無聊，他沒有個性，也沒有什麼可說的。

I had to do my accounts yesterday – it was like a wet weekend in a paint factory!

昨天我不得不算賬，這就像在油漆廠一樣無聊！

So a wet weekend describes a boring or disappointing experience or person. Well I』m glad to say that you』re not a wet weekend Rob – I like your sense of adventure, so when are you going to go camping again?

所以「濕漉漉的周末」描述的是無聊或是令人掃興的經歷或人。我很高興說你並不是一個「無聊的人」，羅布——我很喜歡你的冒險精神，那你什麼時候再去野營呢？

Next weekend.

下周末。

Oh really. Have you seen the weather forecast?

噢真的嗎。你看天氣預報了嗎？

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