我们讲的英语第256期:Potty 发疯

You may have heard of the word ‘potty’, especially if there are babies around. But do you know what makes Neil ‘go potty’? Find out in the programme.
你可能听过potty这个词，尤其是在附近有小宝宝的情况下。但是你知道为什么尼尔“go potty”吗？请收听节目并找出答案。

Helen: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Helen and joining me today is Neil.
海伦：大家好，欢迎收听地道英语节目。我是海伦，今天和我一起主持节目的是尼尔。

Neil: Hello everyone.
尼尔：大家好。

Helen: Neil, tell me about your first ever job.
海伦：尼尔，和我说说你的第一份工作吧。

Neil: I worked in a supermarket stacking shelves when I was sixteen.
尼尔：我16岁的时候在超市整理货架。

Helen: How was it?
海伦：工作怎么样？

Neil: It was quite boring: just moving things from one place to another. But I was very happy when I got my first week's pay.
尼尔：工作非常无聊：就是把货物从一个架子搬到另一个架子上去。但是我拿到第一周的薪水时非常高兴。

Helen: And how long did you stay in your first job?
海伦：你第一份工作干了多长时间？

Neil: Not very long: about three months during the summer holiday. If I'd stayed there any longer, I would have gone potty.
尼尔：不是很长，大概在暑假期间做了三个月的时间。如果我在那里待的时间再长一些，那我可能会疯掉。

Helen: What? Potty? Did you have to get permission to use the toilet?
海伦：什么？上厕所？你用厕所还要经过允许吗？

Neil: Oh no, nothing like that. Nobody needed permission to go to the toilet.
尼尔：不是，不是这样。不会有人上厕所还要经过允许的。

Helen: Well, you said you would have gone potty. My baby son has to be reminded about his potty every day.
海伦：可是你刚才说你要上厕所。我每天都要提醒我的小儿子上厕所。

Neil: No, they are two very different things. If someone is potty or is going potty, that means they are crazy or going crazy. Here are a few examples:
尼尔：不是，这是两回事。如果说某人potty或是go potty，意思是他们可能会发疯。下面是例句：

Examples
例句

My boss wants me to work on New Year’s day for no extra money. He must be potty.
我的老板希望我在新年那天工作，而且没有加班费。他一定是疯了。

She’s potty to sell off her car so cheaply.
她要以这么便宜的价格卖掉她的车，她一定是疯了。

Neil: There is another meaning to ‘potty’. If someone is really keen on something we can use the phrase ‘to be potty about something’. For example, I really like Japanese comic books, so I’m potty about them.
尼尔：potty还有另一个意思。如果某人非常热衷于某事，我们可以用be potty about something这个词组。举例来说，我非常喜欢日本漫画，我对日本漫画很着迷。

Helen: I see. I’m potty about miniature owls: I've got nearly one hundred of them at home.
海伦：我明白了。我对猫头鹰模型很着迷：我家里有近百个猫头鹰模型。

Neil: Well, I am glad we cleared up the meaning of that. It wouldn't do us any good if people heard us arguing over potties.
尼尔：我很高兴我们解释清楚了这个词的意义。如果人们听到我们就便盆争论，对我们可没什么好处。

Helen: Oh no. They’d think we've gone potty.
海伦：哦不。他们会以为我们要上厕所。

Neil: Bye.
尼尔：再见。

Helen: Bye.
海伦：再见。