The english we speak(BBC教學)第20期:what's his face 那個長相的人
Finn: Hi Feifei. Did you enjoy the party last night?
芬:你好,菲菲。昨晚的派對你玩的好嗎?Feifei: Yeah, great Finn. You?
菲菲:是的,很好,芬。你呢?Finn: Oh yeah, caught up with so many old friends!
芬:哦是的,和好多老朋友見面!
Feifei: Yeah me too. What's his name was there.
菲菲:我也是。有個不知名的小夥子在那兒。Finn: Oh yeah, what's his name again? He was dancing crazily!
芬:哦是的,他的名字是什麼來着?他跳舞很瘋狂!Feifei: Oh, can't remember. Erm... Thingy.
菲菲:噢,記不起來了。嗯...什麼東西。Finn: Yeah, begins with 'S'... Simon? Sandy?
芬:是,S開頭的...西蒙?桑迪?Feifei: S... thingamy.
菲菲:S...某人。Finn: Oh, oh - and what's his face was there too!
芬:哦哦,還有那個模樣的小夥子也在那!Feifei: Oh, what's his face? The singer?
菲菲:哦,哪個模樣?那個唱歌的?Finn: Yeah, he was singing wasn't he!
芬:是的,他當時在唱歌不是嗎!Feifei: And his new girlfriend... what's her face?
菲菲:還有他的新女朋友,名字叫什麼的女孩?Finn: Well, hopefully your memory is better than ours!
芬:好吧,希望你的記憶比我們的好!Feifei: Yes, as you might have worked out, the phrase 'what's his face' is used when you can't remember a man's name.
菲菲:是的,正如你理解的那樣,“長那樣的那個人”這個短語可以用在你記不起來一個人名字的時候。A: Who's that?
A:那是誰?B: It's what's his face.
B:那是那個長相的某個人。Feifei: Or 'what's her face' for a woman!Wow, isn't that what's her face?
菲菲:或者“那個長相的女人”來形容女性!哇,那不是那個長相的女人嘛?Finn: Other phrases you might hear are:
芬:你可能聽到的其他短語:Feifei: What's his name?
菲菲:他叫什麼?Finn: Thingamy.
芬:什麼什麼。Feifei: What's her name?
菲菲:她叫什麼?Finn: But of course, I'm sure you'll never have that problem.
芬:但是當然,我確信你永遠不會遇到這種問題的。Feifei: So you won't need to learn today's The English We Speak phrase.
菲菲:所以,你不需要今天的我們所説的英語。Finn: Anyway. Have to go now.
芬:不論如何,現在得結束了。Feifei: Where are you going this afternoon?
菲菲:你今天下午要去哪?Finn: Oh you know, what's it called?
芬:哦你知道的,那個叫什麼的地方?Feifei: Oh there, yeah! Say hi to what's his face for me!
菲菲:哦,那裏!幫我跟那個叫什麼的人問好!Finn: Will do. And let's remind everyone to visit bbclearn... Erm... What is it?
芬:會的。然後我們來提醒每個人訪問bbclearn...嗯...什麼來着?Feifei:
菲菲:Finn: For more phrases.
芬:來獲取更多的俚語。Feifei: Bye.
菲菲:再見。Finn: Bye.
芬:再見。