The english we speak(BBC教學)第23期:weather idioms 有關天氣的諺語

Li: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I'm Yang Li. I am waiting for Jen to arrive in the studio, but she's outside and she's in a really bad mood, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to teach you some weather idioms. What do you think? Jen's looking really angry. Have a listen…

李：大家好，歡迎來到BBC學英語的我們所說的英語欄目，我是楊李。我正在等待珍來到演播室，但是她正在外面而且她心情很差，所以我覺得這會是一個教大家天氣俚語的好機會，你們覺得呢？珍看起來很生氣。聽聽看...

Jen: (Screaming and shouting)

珍：（尖叫大喊）

Li: She has a face like thunder. If you have a face like thunder, it means that you are very angry indeed. And Jen definitely seems angry!

李：她滿面怒氣。如果你滿臉陰雲密佈，這意思就是你的確非常生氣。而且珍確實看起來很生氣！

Jen: It's so unfair. When things go wrong for me, they always go badly wrong. It never rains but it pours!

珍：太不公平了。當事情在我身上出錯的時候，它們總是變得極其糟糕。不鳴則已，一鳴驚人！

Li: There's another weather idiom. Did you hear it? Jen said "it never rains but it pours." That's something that people say when they think they have very big problems. I wonder what Jen's problem is? Oh, here she comes!

李：這是另一個關於天氣的俚語。你聽到了嗎？珍說“不鳴則已，一鳴驚人”。人們在遇到很大的問題的時候用這個短語。我很好奇珍的問題是什麼？哦，她來了！

Jen: Hi Li. Sorry I'm late. I'm so upset. The boss said that I would get a promotion if I finished all of my work by midday. I finished everything by 12 o'clock and now the boss is ignoring my emails about the promotion and won't talk to me.

珍：你好李。不好意思我來晚了。我太難過了。老闆說如果我中午之前完成了我的任務就給我升職。我12點以前完成了所有工作，可現在老闆忽略了我升職的郵件而且不理我了。

Li: I think you're just chasing rainbows, Jen. If you chase rainbows, it means you are trying to do something that will never happen.

李：我覺得你在做白日夢，珍。做白日夢意思是你在嘗試永遠不可能發生的事。

Jen: So you don't think I'll get a promotion?

珍：所以你覺得我不可能升職？

Li: No, I don't think so. I think the boss was probably just trying to get you to finish your work more quickly.

李：是，我認爲不可能。我覺得老闆可能只是想讓你快點完成工作。

Jen: He tricked me! There he is! I'm going to go and talk to him!

珍：他騙我！就是他！我要去找他評評理！

Li: Well, that all sounds like a storm in a teacup to me. If something is described as 'a storm in a teacup', it means that a person is exaggerating their problems and making their problems sound worse than they actually are. Here's Jen coming back in! Well? What did he say?

李：這聽起來有點小題大作了。如果一件事被形容爲“小題大做”，這意思是一個人誇大他們的問題而且把問題形容的比真實情況糟糕。看珍回來了。那麼，他怎麼說？

Jen: He said that he was pleased with my work and that we'll talk about the promotion next week. He also said that I can have the rest of the afternoon off!

珍：他說他很滿意我的工作，而且我們下週會討論升職的事。他還說我可以休息一個下午！

Li: You see, Jen? Every cloud has a silver lining! The idiom means that you can always find something positive, even in a bad situation.

李：你看到了吧，珍？任何事情都有好的一面！這個俚語意思是你可以在所有事上看到積極的一面，即使是不好的境遇。

Jen: You're absolutely right. What do you think I should do with my free afternoon, then?

珍：你說的太對了。那麼你覺得我下午應該做點什麼呢？

Li: Well, I'd go and sit in the park, the weather's lovely today! Join us again for another edition of The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.

李：如果是我，我會去公園坐坐，今天天氣太好了！加入我們來獲取另一版本的BBC學英語之我們所說的英語。

Both: Bye!

一起：再見！