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在生活中,难免遇到让你心烦、令你讨厌的人或物。听主持人的对话,学习一个用来形容这类情况的地道表达。
(关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。)
Feifei
大家好!欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。我是冯菲菲。
Roy
… and me, Roy. Who’s the person in the grey suit speaking to Neil?
Feifei
I’m not sure, but he looks very elegant. He looks really familiar.
Roy
Hmm… is it Brad Pitt?
Feifei
No, it’s not. But I’m sure I recognise his face. It’s really bugging me.
Roy
What? The man’s face has a bug on it?
Feifei
No, Roy. 我刚刚说的是 “It’s bugging me.”,意思是 “这事儿真让我心烦”。单词 “bug” 可以用来表示 “令人烦恼”,一件事情可以 “bug someone(让某人心烦)”,一个人也可以 “bug someone(令他人讨厌)”。So, what I meant was he seems really familiar, but I’m still not sure who it is, and it’s really annoying me!
Roy
Ah… That makes sense. Yeah, it’s bugging me too. I’ll go and ask who it is while we listen to some examples.
Examples
My car is always breaking down. It really bugs me that they can’t fix it.
My friend is bugging me about going to the cinema, but I don’t want to go.
I’m sorry. I don’t mean to bug you by asking you again, but I forgot if you wanted tea or coffee.
Feifei
这里是 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。刚刚我们给大家举例讲解了表达 “bug someone” 的意思和用法。我们可以用 “bug someone” 来表示 “让某人心烦,令人讨厌”。So, Roy, did you find out who the person in the grey suit is?
Roy
I did, yes.
Feifei
And?
Roy
And you’ll never guess who it was!
Feifei
Oh, just tell me who it was and don’t bug me!
Roy
It’s Rob! He had a haircut and a new suit on. He looks amazing!
Feifei
Wow! I should have guessed. That’ll bug me for a while.
Roy
Well, I don’t want to bug you any longer. Bye.
Feifei
Bye.