地道英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí):Knackered 疲憊不堪

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地道英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí):Knackered 疲憊不堪
    Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen
    Zoë: Hello, 我是劉佳。歡迎收聽我們今天的地道英語(yǔ)。
    Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
    Zoë: 英語(yǔ)和中文一樣,有很多的俗語(yǔ)。所以要想更好的掌握這門語(yǔ)言,就要對(duì)英語(yǔ)里的日常用語(yǔ)和習(xí)慣表達(dá)了如指掌。
    Helen: That’s right, Zoë. And today’s word is very informal and very typically British too.
    Zoë: So what’s the word, Helen?
    Helen: Today’s word is knackered. K.N.A.C.K.E.R.E.D. Knackered.
    Zoë: Knackered. 是什么意思呢?
    Helen: It’s a very informal way to say you are very tired.
    Zoë: 我明白了,knackered就是 太累了,太疲憊了的意思。不過(guò)這是個(gè)非常隨便的說(shuō)法。
    Helen: That’s right.
    Insert
    A: You look really tired.
    B: I am. I’m knackered. I could go to sleep right now.
    Helen: Knackered is a useful word because it also has another meaning.
    Zoë: 哦?還有第二個(gè)意思,是什么呢?HELEN?
    Helen: Well, you can also use the word knackered to describe something as broken.
    Zoë: OK, Knackered 還可以表示壞了的意思.
    Helen: Yes, that’s right. If a machine is broken and can’t be fixed, we can say it is knackered.
    Insert
    A: Is this computer broken?
    B: Yeah, it’s knackered. We should just throw it away and get a new one.
    Zoë: 好了,現(xiàn)在讓我們來(lái)復(fù)習(xí)一下今天學(xué)的吧?
    Helen: Good idea. Today’s word was knackered, which can mean tired for a person or broken for a machine.
    Zoë: Knackered有兩個(gè)意思,一個(gè)是表示特別累,疲憊的意思;另一個(gè)意思說(shuō)的是壞了。
    Helen: Well, Zoë. It looks like we’re out of time.
    Zoë: 我們下次節(jié)目再見.
    Helen: Goodbye.