The english we speak(BBC教學)第335期:It comes with the territory 在所難免
Sometimes there are things you have to expect in a certain situation or position and there's a phrase to describe this. Find out in this programme as Neil does some daydreaming and Feifei gives him a reality check!
有時特定的情況或狀況肯定會引發一些事情，有一個短語形容這種情況。尼爾在做白日夢，而菲菲讓他面對現實，請收聽本期節目瞭解這一短語。Neil: Hello, I'm Neil...
尼爾：大家好，我是尼爾。Feifei: ... and I'm Feifei and this is The English We Speak.
Neil: Do you know someone asked me for an autograph the other day?
尼爾：你知道那天有人問我要簽名嗎？Feifei: Your autograph!
菲菲：你的簽名！Neil: Yes, they thought I was someone famous – which of course, I'm not.
尼爾：對，他們以爲我是名人，當然了，我並不是。Feifei: Well you are sort of famous – being a presenter of The English We Speak.
菲菲：嗯，可以說你是名人，你是地道英語節目的主持人。Neil: Oh yeah! Maybe I am. People want to take a selfie with me, buying me presents, me at the Oscars winning awards, fans everywhere, cameras flashing...
尼爾：哦，對！也許我是名人。人們想和我自拍，送我禮物，我獲得了奧斯卡獎，到處都是我的粉絲，照相機的閃光燈閃個不停……Feifei: Neil, Neil wake up – I think he's daydreaming. Don't get carried away. You know if you were famous, you'd get lots of public attention – it comes with the territory.
菲菲：尼爾，尼爾，醒醒，我想他是在做白日夢。不要得意忘形。你知道，如果你很有名，那你是會得到很多公衆關注，這是理所當然的。Neil: You're right Feifei – the paparazzi would be following me everywhere – I wouldn't like that – but you used a good phrase there – it comes with the territory.
尼爾：你說得沒錯，菲菲，無論我去哪裏，狗仔都會跟着我，我可不喜歡那樣，不過你剛纔用了一個很不錯的短語，“理所當然”。Feifei: Yes. When something comes or goes with the territory it means it's something that is expected as part of the position or situation.
菲菲：對。某件事情“comes or goes with the territory”，意思是某件事是由某種情況所引起的。Neil: Let's hear some examples....
尼爾：我們來聽幾個例句。Examples
例句The job involves a lot of travelling, but I guess that comes with the territory.
這份工作要經常出差，不過我想這也是在所難免的。If you're gonna play rugby, you're gonna get hurt – injuries go with the territory!
如果你要玩橄欖球，你就會受傷，受傷是在所難免的。Feifei: So the expression it comes with the territory means something is to be expected as part of a certain situation. Let's face it Neil, perhaps it's a good thing that we're not famous.
菲菲：所以這個表達方式的意思是說，某件事的發生是由一個特定的情況所引起的。尼爾，我們面對現實吧，我們不是名人，這可能是件好事。Neil: I guess so. I'll just carry on teaching English and making tea for everyone.
尼爾：我也這樣想。我會繼續教英語，也會繼續給大家泡茶。Feifei: Well in our job, tea making comes with the territory.
菲菲：在我們的工作中，泡茶是在所難免的。Neil: You're right – I think I'll go back to daydreaming. Bye.
尼爾：對，我想我要回去繼續做白日夢了。再見。Feifei: Bye.
菲菲：再見。
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重點講解：
1. wake up 醒；醒來；
例句：I wished I'd just wake up from this nightmare.
我真希望我能馬上從這場惡夢中醒來。
2. sth. comes with the territory 是難免的事;是必然的事；
例句：Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory.
做人權工作是要冒風險的。這是難免的。
3. carry on 繼續；接着；堅持；
例句：The assistant carried on talking.
助理繼續說下去。
4. go back 回去；
例句：Let us go back to the subject we were discussing.
讓我們回到剛纔討論的題目吧。
