Not the End of the World 還不是像世界末日那么糟糕

Li: Hello, welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English, I'm Yang Li, 大家好。

Tracy: And I'm Tracy.

Li: Tracy, I've been meaning to ask you if you have moved house yet?

Tracy: No unfortunately not. Someone else beat us to the last place that we liked.

Li: 別人搶先在你之前租下了這套公寓，確實這不是個好消息。那你現在肯定很失望吧？

Tracy: No, it's ok. I mean it's not the end of the world.

Li: 那倒也是，并沒有那么遭。

Tracy: I'll just have to start looking for somewhere else.

Li: Yeah, it's not so bad. 可能你下一個找到的公寓會比這個還好。

Tracy: I'm sure I will find somewhere nicer. Now Li, did you hear the phrase I used instead of 'it's not so bad'?

Li: 你剛才說 "it's not the end of the world".

Tracy: I sure did and that's a really common phrase that people use to describe something that has happened which is not so bad.

Li: The end of the world would be pretty bad.

Tracy: Yes the end of the world would be terrible,

Li: 可怕的，

Tracy: catastrophic,

Li: 毀滅性的，

Tracy: and disastrous.

Li: 災難性的。Ok, 看來在我們使用這個短語 it's not the end of the world 的時候，我們想表達的意思是某件事沒有那么的糟糕。

Tracy: You've got it Li.

Li: 讓我們聽聽下面這幾個人是如何使用這一表達 it's not the end of the world.

Examples:

A: You look upset what's wrong?

B: I am upset, I got passed over for that promotion.

A: Oh don't let that upset you, there will be loads of other opportunities. It's really not the end of the world.

A: Hey, what's the matter?

B: Well, my boyfriend just broke up with me. It feels like the end of the world.

A: Oh dry your tears and try to cheer up. There are plenty of other nice guys out there.

Li: 剛才說話的這個女孩子其實是夠不幸的，她說當她的男朋友和她分手的時候，it felt like the end of the world.

Tracy: Yes, but I think she'll be fine. It's not really the end of the world.

Li: 不過今天的節目可是接近尾聲了。

Tracy: Yes, that's it for today but make sure you visit our website for more Authentic Real English programmes.

Li: 是的，希望大家有時間來拜訪我們的網站 www.bbcchina.com.cn. Bye.

Tracy: Bye.