我们讲的英语第209期:Full-on 紧张

Harry and Feifei talk about a colloquial expression popular with young people for when things or people are very intense.
哈利和菲菲在谈论一个深受年轻人欢迎的口语表达，用来表示事态或某个人令人很紧张。

Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.
注：本节目可能出现文本与音频不完全相符的情况。

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei and joining me is Harry.
菲菲：大家好，欢迎收听地道英语节目。我是菲菲，今天和我一起主持节目的是哈利。

Harry: Hello! And the expression we are going to look at today which we hear a lot in colloquial speech is 'full-on'. So, Feifei — did you have a good weekend?
哈利：大家好。今天我们要讲的表达方式是口语中经常听到的“紧张”这个词。菲菲，你周末过得愉快吗？

Feifei: It was quiet. I stayed home most of the time. I watched a couple of old, black and white films with my grandmother on Sunday. That was the highlight. How about you?
菲菲：我周末过得很安静。我大部分时间都待在家里。我周日和祖母一起看了几部黑白老电影。这就是亮点。你呢？

Harry: Well, your weekend sounds quite... relaxed. Well, my weekend wasn't like your weekend at all. I went to the launch party of a new bar on Friday — that was quite a night! Then on Saturday my friends took me to a night club that went on until morning!
哈利：嗯，你的周末听上去很……放松。我的周末跟你的可完全不同。我周五参加了一个酒吧的开业派对——那真是很精彩的一晚！之后周六我朋友们带我去了夜店，我们一直玩到第二天早上！

Feifei: Wow! That sounds exciting. Clubbing though — aren't you a bit old for that sort of thing?
菲菲：哇！听起来真令人激动。不过，你的年纪去夜总会玩会不会太老了？

Harry: No, I'm not too old, but to be honest — it was a bit full-on.
哈利：不会，我年纪也不是很大，不过说实话，太激烈了。

Feifei: Full-on? What do you mean?
菲菲：Full-on？你是什么意思？

Harry: Well, the music, the dancing, the drinking, the energy. It was very intense. I'm not old, but I'm not as young as I was.
哈利：嗯，音乐、跳舞、喝酒、精力。令人精神紧张，我虽然不老，不过也不年轻了。

Feifei: Right. So full-on means it was very intense.
菲菲：没错。full-on的意思就是令人非常紧张。

Harry: Yeah. I think I'll need a few days to recover; it was so full-on.
哈利：对。我想我需要几天来恢复一下；太激烈了。

Feifei: What else can be full-on?
菲菲：full-on还有什么意思？

Harry: Some people are a bit full-on. A bit extreme. Not relaxing.
哈利：有些人让别人精神紧张。有点儿过度，不放松。

Feifei: I know what you mean. Sarah's a bit full-on isn't she?
菲菲：我明白你的意思。萨拉就有点儿让别人精神紧张，对吧？

Harry: Yes, she scares me. She stands so close when she talks to me and stares straight into my eyes. Work can also be full-on when it's busy.
哈利：对，她让我感到害怕。她和我说话的时候站得离我非常近，而且直直地盯着我的眼睛。工作非常忙的时候也会令人紧张。

Feifei: Work has been a bit full on lately hasn't it. We've had to do loads of overtime to get the new project finished.
菲菲：最近工作一直很紧张。我们不得不经常加班来完成新节目。

Harry: It has been full-on, yes. Let's listen to some more examples.
哈利：对，一直很紧张。我们再来听几个例子。

Examples
例句

Man: Have a good holiday?
男：假期过得愉快吗？

Woman: To be honest, not really. We were up at 6 am every day to get as much sightseeing done as possible and didn't get to bed till midnight. It was so full-on. I feel like I need another holiday.
女：说实话，并不愉快。我们每天早上都六点起床，尽可能多的游览各种风景，直到午夜才睡觉。太令人紧张了，我觉得我还需要休个假期。

I really don't like children's parties. All those excited, screaming kids. It's too full-on.
我非常不喜欢孩子们的派对。到处都是兴奋尖叫的孩子。令人精神紧张。

London's too full-on. I need to move to the countryside.
伦敦会让人精神紧张。我要搬到乡村去住。

Feifei: Well, if you want a more relaxing weekend next time, come and watch some films with me and my grandmother. It's really laid back.
菲菲：如果你下次想轻松地过周末，可以来我家和我还有我祖母一起看电影。真的非常放松。

Harry: That sounds a lot less full-on. I'll do that.
哈利：听起来确实不会感到精神紧张。我会去的。

Feifei: Join us again soon for The English We Speak.
菲菲：请记得收听下一期地道英语节目。

Harry: Bye!
哈利：再见。