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我们讲的英语第153期:Awesome 太棒了

2014-09-01来源:和谐英语

我们讲的英语第153期:Awesome 太棒了

William: Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm William.
威廉:大家好,欢迎收听地道英语节目,我是威廉。

Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li…
杨莉:我是杨莉……

William: And your task, Yang Li, is to guess today's word, OK?
威廉:杨莉,你来猜猜今天要讲什么短语吧?

Yang Li: OK.
杨莉:好的。

William: Awesome. Li, try some of this cake…
威廉:太好了。莉,来尝尝这块蛋糕……

Yang Li: A cake? Oh, thanks! That's very nice…
杨莉:蛋糕?哦,谢谢你。太好了……

William: Do you like it? Awesome. They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?!
威廉:你喜欢吗?太棒了。蛋糕很好吃,对吧?

Yang Li: Yes, and I think I know what this week's word is. It's…
杨莉:对,我想我知道这周要讲的词了。就是……

William: Hang on Li, try some of this coffee as well–it's really…
威廉:莉,等等,再来尝尝这杯咖啡,它非常……

Yang Li: Awesome?
杨莉:棒?

William: Exactly-it's really awesome. You got it. So listen to this. Which three adjectives are used in this clip?
威廉:没错,真的非常棒。你已经学会了。来听听下面的例子。在这个片段中用了哪三个形容词?

Example
例子

This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent.
这个派对太棒了。食物非常好吃。红酒也很美味。

Yang Li: Awesome, amazing and excellent.
杨莉:三个形容词为太棒了,令人惊叹和妙极了。

William: That's right. Awesome means excellent or amazing.
威廉:没错。Awesome就是太棒了,令人惊叹的意思。

Yang Li: Awesome. This word has existed in English for a long time, hasn't it?
杨莉:太棒了。这个词由来已经久,对吧?

William: Yes, and it used to mean awe-inspiring. So awe means great respect or admiration, so something that’s awesome or awe-inspiring makes you feel great respect and admiration.
威廉:对,原本的意思是令人感到惊叹。awe的意思是非常尊敬或钦佩,所以如果用来形容某样东西就是说那个东西让你尊重且赞赏。

Yang Li: Full of respect and admiration. But now it just means cool?
杨莉:满含敬畏和赞赏。但是现在只有太棒了这个意思吗?

William: Exactly, and that’s thanks to the influence of American slang. So the word can now be used to describe almost anything.
威廉:没错,这是由于受到美国俚语的影响。所以这个词几乎可以用来形容任何事物。

Examples
例子

These shoes are awesome.
这些鞋子太漂亮了。

This is an awesome radio programme.
这档广播节目太精彩了。

Wow! You are awesome at singing, mate!
哇!伙计,你唱得太棒了!

William: And there is one slightly different usage of this word. Listen to this.
威廉:这个词还有一种不同的用法。来听这个例子。

Example
例子

A: Are you free to come for hotpot tonight?
A:你今晚有时间来吃火锅吗?

B: Yes, I should be.
B:有,我会去的。

A: Awesome. That makes four of us!
A:太好了。这样我们就有四个人了!

William: So what does awesome mean in that clip, Li?
威廉:莉,awesome在刚才的例子中是什么意思?

Yang Li: It's like when we say 'great' at the beginning of a sentence.
杨莉:和用于句首的great的意思差不多。

William: Well, that's it, yeah, exactly. Awesome can also be used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate agreement or approval.
威廉:嗯,没错,就是这个意思。Awesome也可以用在句首表示赞同或是认可。

Yang Li: Awesome! That's clear now.
杨莉:太好了!现在都弄明白了。

William: Awesome. And that's the end of this awesome programme.
威廉:太好了。我们今天这期精彩的节目就要结束了。

Yang Li: William, do you have any cakes left?
杨莉:威廉,你还有蛋糕吗?

William: Er, just one. Do you want to share it, Li?
威廉:额,只剩一块了。莉,我们来共享吧?

Yang Li: Awesome. Bye.
杨莉:太好了。再见。

William: Bye.
威廉:再见。