評論
打印
William: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, I'm William Kremer.
Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li.
William: And your task, Yang Li, is to guess today's word, OK?
Yang Li: OK.
William: Awesome. Li, try a piece of cake…
太棒了，李，先來塊蛋糕吧。
Yang Li: A cake? Oh, thanks! It's nice…
蛋糕?太好了，謝謝。
William: Do you like it? Awesome. They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?!
你喜歡嗎？很棒的。蛋糕很好吃，對吧？
Yang Li: Yes, I think I know what this week's word is. It's, erm…
是的，我想我猜到這周要學(xué)的詞了，它是……
William: Hang on, try some of this coffee as well, Li – it's really…
等下，喝點這種咖啡，李，它很……
Yang Li: Awesome?
很棒？
William: Ha... Exactly, you got it. Ok, listen to this. Which three adjectives are used?
正是，你已經(jīng)學(xué)會了。現(xiàn)在聽下錄音，句中用到了哪3個形容詞？
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Example
This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent.
聚會很棒，食物很好吃，酒也很不錯。
Yang Li: Awesome, amazing and excellent.
William: That's right. Awesome means excellent or amazing.
Yang Li: Awesome 這個詞的意思是太棒了，太好了。這個詞由來已久，原本的意思是令人感到震驚驚訝，不過美國俚語把它變成了一個高度贊揚性的詞兒，意思是太好了！
William: Yes, these days the word can be used to describe almost anything.
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Examples
These shoes are awesome.
這些鞋子很棒。
This is an awesome radio programme.
那個廣播節(jié)目很棒。
Wow, you are awesome at singing, mate!
哇，你很擅長唱歌，兄弟。
William: And there is one slightly different usage of this word. Listen to this.
