The english we speak(BBC教學)第295期:Barefaced 厚顏無恥的

Rob's making some bold claims that Feifei can't taking seriously. Has he really got some good news or is he just telling outrageous lies? Luckily Feifei has a phrase that can describe his actions. Learn all about it in this programme.

羅布說了一些大膽的話，不過菲菲不會把他的話當真的。他真的有好消息嗎，還是他說的只是可恥的謊言？幸運的是菲菲有一個可以形容他這種行爲的短語。請收聽本期節目瞭解詳情。

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei and joining me today is Rob.

菲菲：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是菲菲，今天和我一起主持節目的是羅布。

Rob: Hi everyone. Ah Feifei, what a lovely day it is today.

羅布：大家好。菲菲，今天天氣真好啊！

Feifei: What? It's raining. You seem to be in a good mood.

菲菲：什麼？現在在下雨呢。你看起來心情不好。

Rob: Yes. I've done all my work and the boss has given me the rest of the day off... so I'm off. Bye.

羅布：沒錯。我完成了所有的工作，老闆說我今天可以下班了，我要走了。再見。

Feifei: Hold on Rob! Could you at least stay and present this programme?

菲菲：等等，羅布！你能不能留下來主持完這期節目？

Rob: Oh OK then. I suppose there's no rush to go shopping and spend the bonus he's given me is there?

羅布：哦，好的。我想也不用急着去購物，花掉老闆給我的獎金。

Feifei: Oh come on Rob. This doesn't sound like our boss. You're telling me a barefaced lie.

菲菲：得了吧，羅布。這聽起來不像我們老闆的作風。你說的全是可恥的謊言。

Rob: Barefaced? No no, this really is my hairy face — look!

羅布：沒有鬍鬚的臉？不是，不是，這真是我長滿鬍鬚的臉，你看！

Feifei: No — the word 'barefaced' can literally mean 'having no beard' but we also use the word to mean 'without any disguise' or 'being deliberately bold and shameless'. So Rob is a 'barefaced liar' because he's obviously telling a lie without any embarrassment. Sorry Rob, I think you're lying but let's hear some more examples of this phrase...

菲菲：我不是這個意思，barefaced這個詞字面上的意思是“沒有鬍鬚”，不過我們也用這個詞來形容“毫不掩飾”或“露骨又無恥”。所以，羅布是一個“無恥的騙子”，因爲很明顯他毫不尷尬地說了謊。抱歉羅布，我認爲你在說謊，我們還是先來聽幾個相關例句吧。

Examples

例句

The company's claim that profits had jumped by ten per cent was obviously a barefaced lie.

公司稱利潤上漲了10%根本就是無恥的謊言。

John was at the pub last night bragging about his goal-scoring again — but we all know he's a barefaced liar.

約翰昨天又在酒吧吹噓他的進球得分了，不過我們都知道他是無恥的騙子。

Feifei: Someone being barefaced means doing something without shame, and Rob — you are being a deliberate and outrageous liar aren't you?

菲菲：用barefaced來形容某個人，意思是他厚顏無恥地做了某事，羅布，你是個無恥的騙子，對吧？

Rob: Oh well, yes, I suppose so — I was doing it to show you how great I am.

羅布：哦，嗯，我想可能是吧，我剛纔那樣是想讓你看看我有多優秀。

Feifei: Well it didn't work — and I'm going to show you my 'bear' face now.

菲菲：嗯，那並沒什麼效果，現在我要讓你看看我的“熊臉”。

[BEAR ROAR FX]

（特效：熊咆哮的聲音）

Rob: Wow that's a real 'bear' face but at least you haven't got a beard — although if you did have one, maybe you'd look less... fat?

羅布：哇，那真是一張“熊臉”，不過你沒有鬍鬚，如果你有鬍鬚的話，可能你看上去就不會那麼胖了？

Feifei: Huh! Barefaced cheek!

菲菲：哈！這真是厚顏無恥的行爲！

Rob: Time to go I think. Bye.

羅布：我想節目該結束了。再見。

Feifei: Bye.

菲菲：再見。

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重點講解：
1. hold on 稍等；等一下；
例句：Hold on a minute till I put my coat on!
等一下，讓我穿上外套！
2. at least （表示相對於不利條件或糟糕情形）起碼，不管怎樣；
例句：He should at least have come to say good-by.
他至少也該來道個別(然而卻沒來)。
3. come on 得了吧；算了吧；
例句：Come on, don't you think you're evading the issue?
得了吧，你不認爲你是在迴避這個問題嗎?
4. be going to do sth. 想要（做…）；決定（做…）；
例句：I'm going to give the house a good cleanup.
我準備把屋子好好打掃一下。