The english we speak(BBC教學)第338期:Long 冗長乏味的

Feifei is ironing a huge pile of clothes before she goes on holiday. But Neil thinks this is 'long'. Learn a useful expression to describe boring jobs in the programme.

菲菲在度假前要熨一大堆衣服。不過尼爾認爲這太“無聊”了。請在本期節目中學習這個形容無聊工作的有用表達方式。

Neil: Hi Feifei, what are you up to?

尼爾：嗨，菲菲，你在忙什麼？

Feifei: Hi Neil. Oh, I'm just... ironing a few clothes.

菲菲：嗨，尼爾。哦，我只是在熨幾件衣服。

Neil: That's a big pile of clothes.

尼爾：這可是一大堆衣服啊。

Feifei: I'm going on holiday! Everything has to be neat and clean.

菲菲：我要去度假了！所有東西都要乾淨整潔。

Neil: You're even ironing your shorts!

尼爾：你連短褲都要熨！

Feifei: Nothing like perfectly ironed shorts.

菲菲：沒有什麼比得上完美熨燙過的短褲。

Neil: Nah, that's long, Feifei!

尼爾：不是，這太無聊了，菲菲！

Feifei: They're shorts – not long!

菲菲：這些是短褲，並不長！

Neil: Haha – very funny. You know what I mean.

尼爾：哈哈，真有趣。你知道我是什麼意思。

Feifei: Long is British street slang which we use to talk about a task which is boring and not really worth it.

菲菲：“long”是英國街頭俚語，用來形容一項任務無聊又不值得。

Neil: Exactly. Ironing is long. It's dull and takes forever.

尼爾：沒錯。熨衣服就非常枯燥。而且無趣又耗時。

Feifei: That's because you do it all wrong. Here, let me show you, while we play these examples.

菲菲：這是因爲你做得不對。來，我來教你，這期間我們來聽些例句。

Examples

例句

I can't believe you're cleaning the whole house. That's long, bro. Come out and enjoy the sun.

我真不敢相信你要打掃整個房子。夥計，那太無聊了。我們出去享受陽光吧。

A: Why don't you stick with your diet?

A：你爲什麼不堅持節食？

B: Dieting is long. I just eat what I want and go to the gym instead.

B：節食太枯燥了。現在我吃我想吃的食物，然後去健身房鍛鍊。

Neil: You know, Feifei, you're right. Ironing isn't so bad.

尼爾：菲菲，你是對的。熨衣服也不是那麼糟嘛。

Feifei: Just you wait. You'll be ironing your socks before you know it.

菲菲：別急。熨襪子的時候你就知道了。

Neil: So, where are you off to on holiday?

尼爾：你打算去哪裏度假？

Feifei: I'm travelling around the world for five months!

菲菲：我要用五個月的時間去環遊世界！

Neil: Wow, five months! That's long.

尼爾：哇哦，五個月！好長的假期啊。

Feifei: Aha – but do you mean long – as in boring?

菲菲：哈，你的意思是說無聊嗎？

Neil: Of course not... Five months is a long holiday. Have a great trip!

尼爾：當然不是了。五個月可是個長假。祝你旅行愉快！

Feifei: You can do all my ironing when I get back.

菲菲：我回來的時候你可以幫我熨衣服。

Neil: So long, Feifei. Bye!

尼爾：那太無聊了，菲菲。再見！

Feifei: Bye.

菲菲：再見。

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重點講解：
1. a pile of （一個壓着一個擺放整齊的）疊，摞；
例句：Your letter got buried under a pile of papers.
你的信壓在一堆文件下面了。
2. stick with 堅持(做…)；
例句：They prefer, in the end, to stick with what they know.
他們最終選擇了繼續做自己熟悉的事。
3. get back 返回；回來；
例句：The tide is turning; we'd better get back.
漲潮了，咱們最好回去吧。