On the Blink 機器發生故障，不靈了

Feifei: Hello everybody. I'm Feifei, and welcome to another Authentic Real English from BBC Learning Engl...
大家好，我是菲菲。歡迎大家收聽我們的地道美語學習……

Dan: Erm, hang on a minute Feifei.
呃，等一下，菲菲。

Feifei: Dan what are you doing? 我們得開始錄節目了！你說說我整天跟這些一點兒都不專業的人一起工作，氣死我了。

Dan: It's this machine Feifei. It's on the blink.
菲菲，是設備的問題，It's on the blink.

Feifei: It's what?
你剛剛說它怎么了？

Dan: On the blink. It isn't working properly.
意思就是不能正常運轉。

Feifei: Ahh, on the blink. On the blink 的意思就是機器出了故障，不靈了。It's a common phrase to use when machines are not functioning, and it's our Authentic Real English phrase today. Is that machine working yet Dan?
這句話常用來表示設備無法正常運轉，也是我們本期的話題。丹，現在設備運轉正常了嗎？

Dan: No, not yet.
還沒有。

Feifei: Well, while you try to fix that, let's hear some more examples of people using the phrase on the blink.
那么，趁你修理機子的功夫，我們先來看幾個例句吧。

Examples

A: Is that a new phone?
這個電話是新的嗎？

B: Yeah, my other one's on the blink, so I'm using this while it's being repaired.
是的。我的另一個壞掉了，正在修。我就暫時先用這個。

A: Did you see that programme last night?
昨晚那個節目你看了嗎？

B: No my TV's gone on the blink again; I can't watch anything.
沒有。我家電視又出故障了，什么都看不了。

Feifei: In the second example we heard the speaker say that his TV's gone on the blink. You can use on the blink with the verb to go, so we'd say something's gone on the blink, that it went on the blink, or that it's about to go on the blink. OK Dan, have you fixed that machine yet? Or is that still on the blink?
在第二個例子中，我們聽到那個人說他的電視機"has gone on the blink"。"blink"這個詞還可以和動詞"go"連用，既可以說"something's gone on the blink"，又可以說" it went on the blink"，還可以說"it's about to go on the blink"。丹，你把機器修好了沒？它還是不能用嗎？

Dan: No, all fixed. It should be working perfectly now.
不，已經修好了。現在用著肯定沒問題。

Feifei: Excellent. So it's bye from us. And don't forget to check out more Authentic Real English programmes on our website.
太好了。那么現在該說再見了。歡迎大家在網上收聽我們的其他節目。

Dan: That's bbcukchina.com. Bye!
網址是bbcukchina.com。再見！

Feifei: Bye!
再見！