The english we speak(BBC教學)第336期:All over the shop 到處都是

Feifei has gone missing and Neil goes looking for her. Why does he use a phrase about shops? Learn an everyday English slang expression.

菲菲不見了，尼爾到處找她。爲什麼他用了一個和商店有關的短語？請學習這個常用的英語俚語表達。

Neil: OK. Not again. Why oh why is Feifei late for the studio this time? Seriously... That does it. I'm gonna give her a call... Great. Let me go out and take a look. Feifei?! Feifei, where are you. Where has she gone? Oh, is that...? There she is!

尼爾：哦，不是又這樣吧。爲什麼菲菲今天錄節目又遲到了？說真的，我受夠了。我要給她打個電話。很好，我去外面看一下。菲菲？！菲菲，你在哪裏？她去哪兒了？哦，那是……？她來了！

Feifei: Oh, oh, hi, Neil.

菲菲：哦，你好，尼爾。

Neil: Where have you been? I've been looking all over the shop for you!

尼爾：你去哪兒了？我一直在到處找你！

Feifei: All over the shop? Well, I wasn't in a shop. I was in... the toilet!

菲菲：在商店的各個地方找我？可是我沒去商店。我去廁所了！

Neil: Thanks for the information.

尼爾：謝謝你告訴我。

Feifei: And yes, before you tell me – I do know what all over the shop means. It means 'everywhere'.

菲菲：好的，在你告訴我之前，我知道all over the shop這個短語是什麼意思。它的意思是“到處”。

Neil: Well, I'm just glad I've found you. Now we can finally start the programme and explain this expression: all over the shop. Oh, we've already done that.

尼爾：我很高興我找到你了。現在我們可以開始節目並解釋all over the shop這個表達方式了。哦，我們剛纔已經解釋過了。

Feifei: Yes. It usually means 'everywhere' – when describing a search for something, or an untidy arrangement of things. Like in these examples:

菲菲：對。這個短語通常指“各個地方”，在我們找某樣東西，或者東西擺放不整齊時使用。就像下面這些例句裏的一樣：

Examples

例句

Where were you? We looked all over the shop for you.

你去哪兒了？我們到處找你。

He left his dirty washing all over the shop. Our house was a real mess!

他把要洗的髒衣服扔得到處都是。我們家真是太亂了！

I spilled wine all over the shop when I tried to open that bottle. Oops.

我在試圖打開那瓶紅酒時，把酒灑得到處都是。真糟糕。

Feifei: It can also describe someone or something very disorganised. Listen to this:

菲菲：這個短語也可以描述某人或者某物非常亂，來聽這個例子：

Example

例句

Sorry, I'm a bit all over the shop this morning. I forgot my ticket, my phone... I left my laptop at home. What's wrong with me?

抱歉，我今天早上有點亂。我忘了帶票還有手機，我還把筆記本電腦也落在家裏了。我到底怎麼了？

Neil: So there you go. You can look all over the shop for something or someone.

尼爾：沒錯。你可以“到處”尋找某人或者某樣東西。

Feifei: And you can also leave things all over the shop – like the dirty clothes.

菲菲：你還可以把東西扔得“到處都是”，比如髒衣服。

Neil: And you yourself can also be all over the shop – describing someone who is forgetful or disorganised. Though not you, of course, Feifei.

尼爾：你自己也可以處於“很亂”的狀態，這是描述某人很健忘或是沒有條理。當然這不是在說你，菲菲。

Feifei: Never me.

菲菲：我從來不會這樣。

Neil: And that is the expression for this programme. Thank you, Feifei... Feifei? Feifei? Where's she gone? Oh, a message. "Just off to the shops. Need anything?" Very funny. Bye!

尼爾：這就是本期節目要學的表達方式。謝謝大家，菲菲……菲菲？菲菲？她去哪兒了？哦，我收到一條短信。“我去商店。要帶什麼東西嗎？”非常有趣。再見！

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重點講解：
1. be late for 遲到；
例句：We'll be late for the meeting if we stay any longer.
再不走我們開會就要遲到了。
2. all over the shop 到處；各處；
例句：This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.
這使他們可以肆意到處惹是生非，而不用擔心受到懲罰。
3. of course （表示通常、顯見或衆所周知的事實）當然，自然；
例句：Of course there were lots of other interesting things at the exhibition.
當然，展覽上還有很多其他有趣的展品。