The english we speak(BBC教學)第18期:phone slang 電話俚語
Finn: Hi, and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Finn.
芬：大家好，歡迎來到我們所說的英語。我是芬。Feifei: And I'm Feifei. This is the programme in which we teach English slang, idioms and new language in general.
菲菲：我是菲菲。我們在這個節目教大家常用的英語諺語、習語和新語言。Feifei: What was that?
菲菲：那是什麼？
Finn: Oh sorry, I was going to mention I brought along some sound effects today from the BBC sound effects cupboard.
芬：哦，對不起，我剛纔本來打算提一下我從BBC音效室帶來了一些音效器械。Finn: That one there, was a... well how would you describe it, Feifei?
芬：那個東西是一個...你怎麼形容它，菲菲？Feifei: A buzz?
菲菲：嗡嗡聲？Finn: Yes, a buzz, very good. Now another one, much lighter this time...
芬：是的，嗡嗡聲，很好。現在另一個，這次輕了許多。Feifei: Yes - I'd call that sound a kind of tinkling sound.
菲菲：是的，我會稱呼這種聲音爲叮噹聲。Finn: A tinkle. OK, we've had a buzz and a tinkle, now listen to this...
芬：叮噹聲。好的，我們有一個嗡嗡聲和一個叮噹聲，現在聽聽這個。Feifei: Well, that's easy - it's a bell.
菲菲：這個很簡單，這是鈴聲。Finn: Absolutely right. A buzz, a tinkle and a bell...
芬：完全正確。一個嗡嗡聲，一個叮噹聲和一個鈴聲。Feifei: OK - I'm hoping you're going to explain the connection with English slang?
菲菲：好的，我希望你能解釋一下這些和英語俚語的關係？Finn: Well, it's about es. All three words can be used instead of the word 'call' in this sentence...I'll give you a call later tonight.
芬：好的，是關於這個的...電話。這三個單詞可以替換以下這個句子裏的“電話”。我今晚會給你打電話。Feifei: I'll give you a call. Right - we could say:I'll give you a buzz later tonight.
菲菲：我會給你打電話。對，我們可以說：我今晚會打給你。Finn: Or:I'll give you a tinkle later tonight.
芬：或者，我今晚會打電話給你。Finn: Or, yes, you guessed it:I'll give you a bell later tonight.
芬：或者，是的，你猜到了，我今晚會會打電話給你。Finn: That's it, easy. Right; so you now have three new ways to talk about making phone calls. But what about the word for phone itself?
芬：就是這樣，很簡單。所以現在你有三種新的方式來說打電話了。但是電話這個詞本身怎麼樣呢？Feifei: OK - well, that was the sound of a dog!
菲菲：好的，這是狗的聲音！Finn: That was my dog, Frankie. Shhh, Frankie! Believe it or not,'dog' is a slang word for 'phone' - it comes from a special kind of London slang called Cockney rhyming slang...
芬：那是我的狗，弗蘭基。噓，弗蘭基！信不信由你，狗在俚語中可以代替電話，它來源於一種倫敦俚語叫押韻俚語。Feifei: Yes - this is a good one. Dogs like bones, and the phrase 'dog and bone' rhymes with 'phone'... Dog and bone, phone!
菲菲：是的，這個不錯。狗喜歡骨頭，而且“狗和骨頭”和“電話”押韻。狗和骨頭，電話！Finn: It does, in some parts of the UK you'll hear it used in the same way as the phrase: 'on the phone'... So, you'll hear: 'on the dog'.
芬：是的，在英國的一些地方，你會聽到以某種方式用在短語“打電話”裏。所以，你會聽到“打電話”。A: Where's Malcolm?
A:馬爾科姆在哪？B: He's on the dog.
B:他在打電話。A: Tell him to come and find me when he finishes, ok?
A:他一打完就讓他來找我，好嗎？Finn: Be quiet, Frankie! On the dog. Great, so we've heard buzzes,tinkles and bells - even a dog, and now - one more: listen very carefully...
芬：安靜點，弗蘭基！我在打電話。很到，所以我們聽了嗡嗡聲，叮噹聲和鈴聲，還有狗叫聲，現在，再來一個，仔細聽...Feifei: Finn, you're blowing onto the microphone...
菲菲：芬，你在對着麥克風吹...Finn: I am indeed. Another word for 'phone', used in the same way as 'dog', is 'blower'...
芬：我確實是。另一個“電話”的詞，和“狗”的用法一樣，“吹風機”。Feifei: As in, you're on the blower...
菲菲：比如，你在打電話。Finn: On the blower. Perfect.
芬：在吹風機上。太棒了。Marc's been on the blower for three hours!
馬克打了三個小時電話了！Philip loves to talk on the phone. He's always on the blower.
菲利普喜歡打電話，他總是在打電話。Finn: Great - I hope we've learned some useful expressions today! And hope the lovely BBC sound effects can help you remember them...
芬：很好，我希望我們今天學到了一些有用的表達法！希望BBC音效可以幫助你記住它們。Feifei: Actually, I have one sound effect for you:
菲菲：事實上，我有一個音效給你：Finn: A lion?!
芬：獅子？Feifei: Indeed...
菲菲：是的...Finn: Oh, I don't know this slang expression, Feifei. It must be very new! So, can we say: 'I'm on the lion'?
芬：哦，我不知道這個俚語表達。菲菲，它一定是新的！所以，我們可以說，我在獅子上嗎？Feifei: No...
菲菲：不可以...Finn: Or, maybe: 'Give me a lion'?
芬：或者，也許，給我一個獅子？Feifei: No, again, I'm afraid...
菲菲：不是的，恐怕...Finn: Or: 'That's the lion ringing'?
芬：或者，獅子在響？Feifei: No. It has nothing to do with phone slang, I just like the sound of lions roaring!
菲菲：不。這和電話俚語沒有任何關係，我只是喜歡獅子的吼叫罷了！Finn:Join us again for more The English We Speak.
芬：加入我們瞭解更多我們所說的英語。Feifei: Bye.
菲菲：再見。Finn: Bye.
芬：再見。
