Diarmuid: Hello everybody and welcome to this week's Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Diarmuid. 大家好，歡迎來到來自英倫網的地道英語節目。我是圣保羅。

Wang Fei: And I'm Wang Fei. So what are we going to learn today Diarmuid? 我是王飛。今天我們要學習什么呢，圣保羅？

Diarmuid: Today's expression is heads up. 今天的表達是警告。

Wang Fei: Heads up?

Diarmuid: Yes, heads up. That's two words. Heads: H.E.A.D.S. and up: U.P. 是的，head up，有兩個單詞。

Wang Fei: Heads up. 是“向上看”的意思嗎？Diarmuid. Those are two very simple words. I'm guessing the meaning is to look up. 圣保羅，這是兩個非常簡單的詞。我以為意思是查閱呢。

Diarmuid: I can see why you would think that but in fact the meaning is very different. 我知道為什么你理解的字面意思和它們真實意思不一樣。

Wang Fei: 大家注意了，今天的 heads up 這個短語并不是它的字面意思，所以不能望文生義。

Diarmuid: Yes, let me explain. Heads up actually means a warning or a passing on of information. 是的，讓我解釋一下。事實上heads up意味著一種警告或者信息的傳遞。

Wang Fei: 原來這個短語的意思是“發出警告或傳遞重要消息”的意思。

Diarmuid: That's right. 就是那樣。

Wang Fei: 我們能不能這么說: I'm giving you a heads up that the boss is in a very bad mood today. 我警告你啊，老板今天心情不好。

Diarmuid: Very good, Wang Fei. That's exactly how to use it. With the phrase heads up we often use the verb give. So you give somebody a heads up. 王飛，很好。這個詞組就是這么用的。我們常用give來和這個詞組搭配。所以說你給某人一個警告。

Wang Fei: 這里，我們要用 give 這個動詞和 heads up 搭配，give somebody a heads up.

Diarmuid: That's right. Now let's hear some examples: 是這樣的。現在看看下面的例子：

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A: Make sure your work is up to standard. The boss is going to inspect your work later on today. 確定你的工作達標了，老板今天晚些時候要來檢查你的工作。

B: Thanks for the heads up. 謝謝警告了。

A: I'm going to give you a heads up that there'll be a surprise exam tomorrow. 我想警告你啊，明天可是有場意外的考試的。

B: Lucky you told me. I need to revise. 幸好你告訴我了。我需要去復習。

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Wang Fei: What a useful expression, Diarmuid. Now I have a heads up for you. 圣保羅，這個詞組真實用。現在我就要給你一個警告。

Diarmuid: Really? What's that? 真的嗎？那是什么？

Wang Fei: The heads up is that we have nearly reached the end of the programme. 警告是我們就要接近節目的尾聲了。

Diarmuid: Gosh! So we have. 天啊，的確是這樣。
He is giving a serious heads up.