The english we speak(BBC教學)第226期:A sticky situation 兩難境地
Rob has bumped into someone and got himself into a sticky situation. What can this mean and can Feifei help him get un-stuck? Listen to this programme and learn a new expression about a difficult, awkward or sensitive situation.
羅布撞到人了，使自己陷入了困難的境地。這是什麼意思，菲菲能幫他擺脫困境嗎？請收聽本期節目，學習有關困難的、難處理的或敏感的境地的表達方式。Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.
注：音頻與文本並不完全對應。Feifei: Welcome to The English We Speak with me Feifei and... Rob... Rob? Where's Rob?
菲菲：歡迎收聽地道英語節目，我是菲菲……羅布，羅布？羅布去哪裏了？
Rob: (Door opens) Oh hi Feifei... you couldn't lend me ￡10, could you?
羅布：（門開了）哦，你好，菲菲……你能借我10英鎊嗎？Feifei: Rob! You're supposed to be presenting this programme. Anyway, what do you need ￡10 for? And what's that... stuff all over your clothes?
菲菲：羅布！你應該主持節目。不過你爲什麼需要10英鎊？你衣服上那是什麼？Rob: Well, I was running to get to the studio and I bumped into a woman.
羅布：哦，我在跑着來演播室的路上撞到了一位女士。Feifei: Right... So, what do you need ￡10 for?
菲菲：嗯……那你爲什麼需要10英鎊？Rob: Well, you see, she dropped a big box she was carrying and said I would have to pay for the damage — and if I didn't, her daughter would be really upset!
羅布：你看，她拿着的一個大盒子掉了，她說我要賠償她的損失——如果我不賠償，她的女兒會非常傷心的！Feifei: Oh! Rob, you are in 'a sticky situation'.
菲菲：哦，羅布，你陷入了兩難的境地。Rob: A sticky situation, yeah, that's true. You mean I'm in a situation that is difficult to get out of?
羅布：兩難境地，沒錯。你是說我處在一個難以擺脫的困境中，對吧？Feifei: Exactly! Rob, here's ￡10 — now you can go and un-stick the situation!
菲菲：完全正確！羅布，給你10英鎊，現在你可以擺脫這個困境了！Rob: Thanks Feifei. I think we should hear some examples of this phrase while I go and pay the woman...
羅布：謝謝，菲菲。我想我去賠償那名女士的時候我們可以聽一下這個表達的例句。Examples
例句I'm in a sticky situation: I said I'd go to the cinema with Pete but I've also promised to go for a drink with John.
我陷入了兩難境地：我說過要和皮特去看電影，可是我又答應了和約翰去喝酒。It was a sticky situation — neither side would agree on who caused the accident.
這是一個棘手的情況，雙方在事故責任方的問題上無法達成一致。We're in a sticky situation — we've got to catch the train but we haven't got enough money to buy a ticket.
我們陷入了困難的境地，我們得去趕火車，可是我們沒有足夠的錢買車票。Feifei: So a sticky situation is a difficult, awkward or sensitive situation. (Door opens again) Ah, Rob, you're back...
菲菲：所以這個短語指困難的、難處理的或是敏感的境地。（門又開了）啊，羅布，你回來了……Rob: . She's happy now and is going back to the bakery again.
羅布：對。她現在很高興，她又返回麪包房了。Feifei: The bakery? Why? What was in that box she was carrying?
菲菲：麪包房？爲什麼？那拿着的那個盒子裏有什麼？Rob: It was a big birthday cake for her daughter.
羅布：給她女兒的大生日蛋糕。Feifei: Oh no — you were in a sticky situation in more ways than one!
菲菲：哦不，你剛纔可不止是陷入棘手的困境！Rob: I suppose I was.
羅布：我想也是。Feifei: Bye Bye.
菲菲：再見。Rob: Bye.
羅布：再見。
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重點講解：
1. bump into （無意地）碰撞，衝撞；
例句：They stopped walking and he almost bumped into them.
他們停下了腳步，結果他差點兒撞到他們身上。
2. get out of 擺脫；逃避；
例句：She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.
她要靠運氣才能擺脫那樣的困境。
3. agree on 商定；議定；就…達成協議；
例句：The two sides failed to agree on every point but came to an accommodation.
雙方並非在每一點上意見都一致，但已達成和解。
4. in more ways than one 不止一種意義；不單是這樣；
例句：These local elections may prove a turning point in more ways than one.
這些地方選舉從許多方面來說都是一個轉折點。
