The english we speak(BBC教學)第141期:Bounce 離開
William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is William Kremer.
威廉：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是威廉·克萊默。Li: I'm Yang Li.
莉：我是楊莉。William: Li, do you mind if we don't look at a phrase today?
威廉：莉，我們今天不學習短語，你介意嗎？
Li: Don't look at a phrase? So what do you want to do today instead?
莉：不學習短語？那你今天想做什麼呢？William: Erm, nothing actually. I've got to go and meet a friend at the airport.
威廉：嗯，實際上也沒什麼。我要去機場接一個朋友。Li: So what are you saying, William? That you don't have time for today's programme?
莉：威廉，你在說什麼？你沒有時間主持今天的節目了嗎？William: Is that all right?
威廉：這樣行嗎？Li: Oh well...
莉：哦……William: Well, thanks Li! I'm just going to bounce.
威廉：嗯，謝謝你，莉！我要離開了。Li: Hey, William, wait, wait! What do you mean? What did you say just now?
莉：嘿，威廉，等等！你是什麼意思？你剛剛說了什麼？William: I'm just going to bounce; I'm going to leave.
威廉：我要離開了；我要走了。Li: I think we need to hear another example of that phrase.
莉：我想我們需要聽聽這個短語的其他例子。Man: Hey Tom-where are you going? The party's just getting started!
男：嗨，湯姆，你要去哪啊？派對馬上就要開始了！Man 2: Ah sorry dude, I gotta bounce. I'm on an early shift tomorrow.
男2：啊，抱歉，夥計，我要走了。我明天要上早班。Li: In that clip we heard someone saying he had to leave a party.
莉：剛剛我們聽到一個人說他必須要從聚會上離開。William: Yes, that's right. He said "I gotta bounce".
威廉：對，沒錯。他說“我要離開了”。Li: To bounce usually means for something to go up and down. But where does this slang usage come from, William?
莉：bounce通常是指某個東西上下晃動。不過威廉，這個俚語來自哪裏？William: Well, 'bounce' meaning 'to leave' comes from the USA and it's urban slang, so it's something that young cool kids might say.
威廉：bouce這個詞的離開一意來自美國，這是一個城市俚語，這是一個很酷的孩子們會使用的詞。Li: Not you, then.
莉：那就不是你用的詞了。William: What do you mean?
威廉：你什麼意思？Li: Well you're not young or cool. You are a middle-class Englishman in his thirties.
莉：嗯，你既不年輕也不酷。你是一個三十幾歲的英國中產男子。William: Li, that's not fair! I listen to hip hop. And one of my jumpers has a hood.
威廉：莉，這不公平！我會聽嘻哈樂。我還有一件帶兜帽的毛衣呢。Li: Anyway, we have talked about a phrase now. So if you like, you can bounce now.
莉：不管怎麼說，我們已經講了一個短語。所以如果你願意的話，那你現在就可以走了。William: Right. Bouncing.
威廉：好的。我走了。Li: Now that he's gone let's relax with some nice music...
莉：既然他已經離開了，我們來聽一些優美的音樂放鬆一下……重點講解：
1. all right
令人滿意的；可接受的；
eg. Is it all right with you if we go now?
我們若現在就走，你同意嗎？
eg. 'How was school?' — 'It was all right.'
“在學校還好嗎？”——“還可以。”
2. up and down
上上下下；來來回回；
eg. He looked me up and down and then asked me a few questions.
他上下打量了我一番，然後問了我幾個問題。
eg. He was worried about his mother and walked up and down in the room.
他爲他母親擔心，便在屋裏來回走。
3. now that
既然；由於；
eg. Now that everything is set up, it is time to see how much of a difference it makes.
既然一切都已就緒，現在可以觀察它帶來了多大的差別。
eg. Now that the bubble has popped, the question is what happens to all the excess housing.
既然地產泡沫已經破滅，那麼接下來問題在於，過剩的房屋將何去何從。
