The english we speak(BBC教學)第35期:Born yesterday 輕易欺騙
Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Feifei. And, as usual, I'm waiting for Neil, who's late. I think I'm going to get some revenge by playing a few jokes on him - especially as he forgot my birthday yesterday.
菲菲：大家好，歡迎來到我們所說的英語，我是菲菲。和平常一樣，我正在等尼爾，他遲到了。我覺得我要報復他一下，和他開個玩笑，尤其是他昨天忘記了我的生日。Neil: Hi there, sorry, I'm late. Welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil and with me today is Feifei.
尼爾：大家好，不好意思，我遲到了。歡迎來到我們所說的英語，我是尼爾，和我一起的是菲菲。Feifei: I've done all of that.
菲菲：我已經做過這些了。
Neil: OK, how are you, Feifei?
尼爾：好的，你好嗎，菲菲？Feifei: Not... good...
菲菲：不太好。Neil: Oh dear. What's the matter?
尼爾：哦親愛的，發生了什麼？Feifei: I can't believe you forgot.
菲菲：我不敢相信你忘記了。Neil: Forgot? Oh no, what have I forgotten?
尼爾：忘記？哦不，我忘記什麼了？Feifei: What haven't you forgotten? Well, for a start, you were supposed to meet me an hour ago.
菲菲：你麼忘記什麼？首先，你本應該一個小時之前就到達的。Neil: Really? I thought I was only five minutes late.
尼爾：真的嗎？我以爲我只是晚了5分鐘。Feifei: An hour and five minutes late. Secondly, you were supposed to be dressed smartly as we are meeting that very famous guest later.
菲菲：你晚了一個小時零5分鐘。其次，你本應該穿光鮮一點因爲我們一會兒要見一個很有名的客人。Neil: Famous guest?
尼爾：有名的客人？Feifei: Yes, our very famous guest.
菲菲：是的，我們非常出名的來賓。Neil: Who's that, then?
尼爾：那是誰呢？Feifei: How could you forget that Justin Bieber is coming in?!
菲菲：你怎麼能忘記賈斯汀比伯要來呢？Neil: What!? My hero, Justin Bieber?! Where?! When?! Hang on a minute, Justin Bieber isn't coming in. I wasn't born yesterday, Feifei.
尼爾：什麼？我的偶像，賈斯汀比伯？在哪？什麼時候？等一下，賈斯汀比伯不會來的。我不會被欺騙的，菲菲。Feifei: You weren't born yesterday but I was - well, twenty-something years ago. It was my birthday! And you forgot! In English, if you want to tell someone that they haven't made you believe an obvious lie, you can say I wasn't born yesterday. Here are some examples:
菲菲：你不是昨天生的但是我是--大約20多年前的的昨天。昨天是我的生日！你忘記了！在英語中，如果你想告訴某人你沒有被他明顯的謊言欺騙，你可以說我又不是昨天生的。以下是一些例子：A: Did you know that I was the third man on the moon?
A:你知道我是第三個上月球的人嗎？B: I wasn't born yesterday. You're British and I know that no British people have walked on the moon.
B:我又不是昨天生的。你是英國人，我知道還沒有英國人上過月球呢。A: Learn Russian in 3 days with just one minute's study an hour!
A:一小時學一分鐘，三天學會俄語！B: Those adverts are so stupid! The only way to learn a language is years of hard study and practice. I wasn't born yesterday.
B:那些廣告太傻了！學習一門語言的唯一方法就是長年的學習和練習。我不會被欺騙的。Feifei: So, you can say "I wasn't born yesterday" to show that you are not easily fooled.
菲菲：所以，你可以說“我又不是昨天生的”來表示你不會被輕易欺騙。Neil: And I wasn't born yesterday, so I know that Feifei's claim it was her birthday yesterday isn't true.
尼爾：我不會被輕易欺騙，所以我知道菲菲聲稱她昨天生日是假的。Feifei: No, that bit is true.
菲菲：不，這個是真的。Neil: Yeah, right. As I say: I wasn't born yesterday.
尼爾：是，對啊。正如我說的：我不會被輕易欺騙。Feifei: I was! I really was born yesterday. I had a party and everything. Where's my card and present?
菲菲：我就是！我真的昨天生日。我舉辦了派對和所有東西。我的賀卡和禮物呢？Neil: You're not going to fool me.
尼爾：你不會欺騙了我的。Feifei: Argh, you're so annoying! I never forget your birthday, Neil.
菲菲：啊，你太煩人了！我從沒忘記你的生日，尼爾。Neil: I know it wasn't your birthday yesterday...
尼爾：我知道昨天不是你的生日...Feifei: It was!
菲菲：昨天就是！
