The english we speak(BBC教學)第16期:Crystal Clear 和鑽石一樣清楚
Li: Welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Li and with me is Rob. Hi Rob.
李：歡迎大家來到我們所說的英語欄目，我是李，和我一起的是羅伯。你好，羅伯。Rob: Hello Li.
羅伯：你好，李。Li: So Rob, thanks for offering to help me build my new wardrobe. It's come in a hundred pieces and I don't know where to begin.
李：所以，羅伯，謝謝你來幫我安裝新衣櫃。它有上百個零件，我不知道從哪裏開始。
Rob: No problem Li, I'm happy to lend a hand. I'm great at building furniture!
羅伯：不用擔心，李，我很樂意幫忙，我很擅長安裝傢俱的！Li: Good because the instructions seem to be so confusing. This bit here… doesn't fit… here.
李：太好了，因爲說明書感覺很讓人困惑，這裏和那裏不太合適。Rob: Let's have a look. Give it to me. Let's have a look at these instructions. Yes, simple, it's crystal clear!
羅伯：讓我們看一看，把它給我。讓我們看看這些說明。是，很簡單，和水晶一樣清楚明白！Li: Crystal clear? The instructions are crystal clear? Rob, my wardrobe may look fancy but there are no crystals in it.
李：水晶一樣清楚？這些說明和水晶一樣清楚？羅伯，我的衣櫃可能看起來很耀眼，但是這裏面可沒有水晶。Rob: I know that. I just mean the instructions are obvious – they are simple and clear to understand. If we say something is crystal clear we simply mean it is absolutely clear. Is that clear?
羅伯：我知道，我只是指這些指示很明白。它們很簡單，很容易理解。如果我們說一個事物和水晶一樣清楚，就是說它很容易理解。明白了嗎？Li: It is. You mean it's easy to understand. I suppose, literally it means as clear as a crystal?
李：是的。你指它很容易理解。我猜，字面上它指和水晶一樣透明吧？Rob: Exactly. Let's hear some examples of this idiom in action:The man's directions were crystal clear and we arrived at the station made it crystal clear that we wouldn't be going to the party.
羅伯：是的。讓我們來聽幾個關於這個短語的例子吧：那個男人指的路和水晶一樣清楚，我們提早就抵達了車站。媽媽說的非常明白，我們不能不參加派對。Li: So in those examples, crystal clear was used to mean extremely clear or easy to understand. But Rob, what I can't understand is why you find these instructions crystal clear and I can't?
李：所以在這些例子裏。和水晶一樣清楚指非常清楚或很容易理解。但是羅伯，我不能理解的是爲什麼你能理解這些指示而我不能？Rob: That's easy – you had them upside down.
羅伯：這很簡單，你拿反了。Li: Silly me!
李：我真傻！Rob: But if you just put that piece of wood in there… and put a screw in there… and hook the doors onto there… your wardrobe will be complete. Is that clear?
羅伯：但是如果你，把這塊木頭放到這...然後放一個螺絲在這...然後把門勾到這裏...你的衣櫃就完成了。明白了嗎？Li: Crystal clear!
李：非常明白！Rob: Good. But as I'm here now, I'll finish it for e you go… what do you think?
羅伯：很好。但是剛好我在這，我會替你完成。來吧...你覺得怎麼樣？Li:Yes, it seems quite solid… oh no…Oh dear. Now I know what is really crystal clear.
李：這看起來很結實...哦，不要...哦天啊。現在我覺得很清楚了。Rob: Oh yes, what's that?
羅伯：哦，是的，什麼清楚了？Li: I will never ask for you to help me build a wardrobe again. Is that clear?
李：我不會再找你幫我安衣櫃了。清楚了嗎？Rob: Crystal!
羅伯：非常清楚！Both: Bye.
一起：再見！
