The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺詞
Presenter/Producer: Helen Hu
Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen.
Chen Li: And I’m Chen Li. Hello!
Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Chen Li: 英語是一種十分程式化的語言，所以了解現(xiàn)實生活中人們經(jīng)常使用的固定表達和俚語自然就很有用了。
Helen: Today’s expression is ‘breaking news’. Breaking news.
Chen Li: Breaking news. 可以解釋一下意思嗎？
Helen: Well breaking news is a brand new news story of something that has only just happened.
Chen Li: 是的，在英語中，一個事件突然發(fā)生，通常會用到動詞break。意思是一條突發(fā)性新聞，所以breaking news就是突發(fā)事件，最新消息。
Helen: And it’s quite possible that breaking news is so new that it’s the first time you will hear that news story.
Chen Li: Breaking news 就是從來就沒有聽過的新聞.
Helen: You might hear a news reader on the TV use the expression breaking news.
Chen Li: 是的，一個新聞主持人常說breaking news來談論突發(fā)事件或者你正在新聞網(wǎng)頁上看到的新聞。
Helen: Here’s some language to help you understand the clip.
Chen Li: Reports 報道 a crash 撞車事件 arrested 被逮捕
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Breaking news now….we’re getting reports of a bus crash in central London…(fade)
And now some breaking news…..7 men have been arrested in north of England following a….(fade)
Helen: Well I have some breaking news for everyone…
Chen Li: Really? What’s that Helen?
Helen: Well the breaking news just in is…well we’ve come to the end of the programme.
Chen Li: That’s not really breaking news is it? We always end the programme about now.
Helen: Well you’ve just got time to re-cap today’s expression.
Chen Li: 我們今天學到的是breaking news ? 突發(fā)新聞,最新消息
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Helen: Join us for more Real English next time. Bye.