The english we speak(BBC教學)第201期:Viral 傳播迅速

Li is proud of her cat video. She thinks her pet Fluffy is sweet and cute. But does Rob agree with her? Listen to the programme to find out.

莉對她的貓咪視頻感到自豪。她認爲她的寵物弗拉菲甜美又可愛。那羅布與她意見一致嗎？請收聽本期節目並找出答案。

Li: Ahhh… So cute! Sweet and cute!

莉：啊……太可愛了！甜美又可愛！

Rob: Cat videos on the computer, Li?

羅布：莉，你在電腦上看貓咪視頻嗎？

Li: Yes, yes Rob. They're adorable!

莉：是啊，羅布。它們太可愛了！

Rob: What makes people so obsessed about these cat videos? Let me watch this one with you.

羅布：人們到底爲什麼對這些貓咪視頻這麼着迷？讓我和你一起看看。

(cat meowing)

（貓喵喵叫的聲音）

Rob: Oh, I've seen this one! It's everywhere! Look how many people clicked on this site to see it. About one hundred thousand by now!

羅布：哦，我看過這個！到處都有這個視頻！看看有多少人在這個網站上觀看這個視頻。點擊率竟然有10萬！

Li: Yes, everybody loves Fluffy!

莉：是啊，所有人都喜歡弗拉菲！

Rob: Fluffy. Yes. This cat is fluffy and … crazy!

羅布：弗拉菲。是啊，這隻貓的確是毛茸茸的，而且很瘋狂！

(cat growling)

（貓咆哮的聲音）

Rob: Look! It's gone viral!

羅布：看啊！這個視頻傳播得非常迅速！

Li: What do you mean? Fluffy is MY cat and she's very well-behaved and healthy. No virus in my cat!

莉：你是什麼意思？弗拉菲是我的寵物，她舉止得當而且很健康。我的貓身上沒有病毒！

Rob: In English, the expression 'to go viral' is used for a picture or a video which has become extremely popular by being circulated quickly and broadly on the internet.

羅布：在英語中，go viral這個表達用來形容一副圖片或一部視頻在網絡上快速、廣泛地傳播，非常受歡迎。

Li: Oh, viral… you mean it spreads quickly like a virus.

莉：哦，viral意思是指像病毒一樣迅速傳播。

Rob: Yes. It can be used with a verb, 'to go viral', or just as an adjective before a noun. You can say 'viral video'. 'Viral' is today's expression in The English We Speak. Let's hear some examples of how it's used.

羅布：沒錯。這個詞可以和動詞搭配，用go viral表達，或是用作名詞前的形容詞。你可以說‘迅速傳播的視頻’。Viral就是今天地道英語節目要學的表達方式。我們來聽些例句，看看這個詞的用法。

Examples

例句

A video of First Lady Michelle Obama dancing with a turnip has gone viral on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of people have watched her video in support of healthy eating.

第一夫人米歇爾·奧巴馬手舉蘿蔔跳舞的視頻廣爲傳播。有數十萬人觀看她的視頻，支持健康飲食。

Viral videos are big business nowadays and even marketing companies are posting amateur-looking videos in the hope of cashing in on the trend.

傳播迅速的視頻是現在的大買賣，甚至連營銷公司都會上傳業餘視頻，希望在這股潮流中分一杯羹。

Li: So the viral part of what you said has been explained, but what about the 'crazy cat' part?

莉：那你剛剛說的viral這部分是解釋清楚了，那“瘋狂的貓”又怎麼解釋？

Rob: Li, I'm sorry. The good part is that it's gone viral so everybody finds your cat interesting. But the bad part is…

羅布：莉，我很抱歉。好的方面是這個視頻傳播廣泛，所有人都知道你的貓很有意思。但是壞的方面是……

Li: Is…?

莉：是什麼？

Rob: Is that you've got a very angry cat! Very fluffy and very angry! I know you love your pet but you've got to admit it is funny. Let's watch it again.

羅布：就是你有一隻非常容易生氣的貓！一隻毛茸茸又愛生氣的貓！我知道你很愛你的寵物，可是你要承認它很好笑。我們再看一遍吧。

(cat growling)

（貓咆哮的聲音）

Li: It is funny!

莉：它很好笑！

Rob: You see? There you go. Fluffy is a star!

羅布：你看到了吧？就是這樣，弗拉菲是個明星！

Li: Yes. Thank you, Rob!

莉：是啊。謝謝你，羅布！

Rob: You're welcome. Bye bye.

羅布：不客氣。再見。

Li: Bye.

莉：再見。

(cat growling)

（貓咆哮的聲音）

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重點講解：
1. in support of
維護；支持；擁護；
eg. The judge quotes various cases in support of his opinion.
法官引證了各種案例來支持他的判決理由。
eg. They signed a petition in support of the workers' demands.
他們在請願書上簽名，支持工人的請求。
2. in the hope of
懷着（…發生的）希望；
eg. He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college...
他努力學習，希望能被一所工程學院錄取。
eg. We will be analysing all the things she has told us in the hope that we can locate the person responsible.
我們將分析她告訴我們的所有事情，希望能找出罪魁禍首。
3. cash in
利用；從中牟利；從…中撈好處；
eg. Residents said local gang leaders had cashed in on the violence to seize valuable land...
居民們說，當地的幫派頭子用暴力奪取寶貴的土地。
eg. Certain big oil companies attempted to cash in on the energy crisis.
某些大石油公司企圖從能源危機中撈到好處。