BEC商务英语辅导 差劲倒霉

　　Are this clown's pants "pants"?
　　Neil: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Neil
　　Helen: And I’m Helen. Hello!
　　Neil: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
　　Helen: 和汉语一样，英语语言里是充满了成语和口语词的，所以学习和了解这些短语和口语词是非常有用的。尤其这些说法和语言都是英国人日常说到用到的。那Neil，我们今天要来学习的新词是什么呢？
　　Neil: Today’s expression is pants. P-A-N-T-S.
　　Helen: What? Pants, 不是短裤的意思吗？
　　Neil: Well, yes pants is another word for underwear in British English but this is also a word that people use nowadays to mean rubbish.
　　Helen: Rubbish 就是没用、差劲儿的意思，那pants也是这个意思吗? Neil，你能给我们举个例子说说吗？
　　Neil: Well anything that you think is rubbish you can say 'pants'. I didn’t like the film, I thought it was pants.
　　Helen: 原来如果我们要说某件东西很没用，很没意思的话，我们就可以用Pants这个词。
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　　A: Oh no, I’ve forgotten my train pass – pants!加入收藏
　　B: Oh no, I guess you’ll have to buy a ticket today then.
　　A: Have you seen the news? The Madonna concerts have been cancelled!
　　B: Pants, I was really looking forward to that!
　　Helen: 这么听来，Pants这个词的用法又不同了。就是如果某件不好的事情发生了，你可以用Pants来表达你胸中的不快或愤懑。就像咱们中国话说得“气死我了”“太倒霉了”一样。
　　Neil: I tell you what is pants Helen…
　　Helen: What’s that then Neil?
　　Neil: Well we’ve reached the end of the programme…
　　Helen: That is pants…好了让我们来回顾一下，今天我们学到的英国通俗口语词是pants，可以是很没用、很差劲的意思，也可以当作一个感叹号一样来宣泄一下不快的情绪“真气人”“太倒霉了”都可以用pants来替代。
　　Neil: And that’s all we have time for today. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. We’ll see you next time.
　　Helen: Bye for now.