地道英语

Rear its head（坏事）冒头

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生活中难免遇到各种不顺。这不，主持人 Phil 刚买的新电脑不断地出现问题，先是扬声器坏了，现在又中了毒。每当 Phil 解决了一个问题的时候，一个新的问题又出现了。Phil 用这件事为例，给大家介绍如何用 “rear its head” 来表达 “不好的事情出现苗头”。

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（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。I'm Feifei.

Phil
And I'm Phil. We have an expression which is about a bad thing appearing or starting to happen. It's 'rear its head'.

Feifei
Rear its head. 表达 “rear its head” 形象地描述了 “令人不愉快的、不好的事情出现苗头，冒头”。Phil，你这是遇到什么事情了吗？

Phil
I bought a new computer last week!

Feifei
That sounds great!

Phil
No, not great. I can't get it to work properly. The speakers don't work, it has a virus. Every time I think I've fixed it, a new problem rears its head!

Feifei
Oh no. That's typical, isn't it? 我也总是遇到这种情况！I always find when I need to do something important, IT problems rear their heads.

Phil
I'm learning that I need to be better prepared so that when any problems rear their ugly heads, I can sort them out.

Feifei
Well, it's always good to be prepared! Let's hear some more examples.

Examples
Attendance on the course was good until colds and flu reared their heads in the winter.

I was working outside until the wet weather reared its head and I had to go inside.

Food prices were going down, until drought reared its ugly head.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。以上我们学习了表达 “rear its head” 的用法。它的意思是 “一件坏事冒头、发生”。在上面的例句中我们听到了 “rear its head” 的另一个说法 “rear its ugly head”，这里用 “ugly（丑陋的）” 来强调 “令人讨厌的坏事发生”。

Phil
Yes, we don't use it to talk about good things; it's always problems that rear their ugly heads.

Feifei
The end of this programme is rearing its ugly head now, so we have to end here.

Phil
Yeah, we'll see you next time! Bye!

Feifei
Bye-bye!