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Neil: Hello. I'm Neil.
尼爾：大家好，我是尼爾。
Helen: I'm Helen. And Neil is speaking in that rather strange voice because he's in a strange position.
海倫：我是海倫。尼爾用那種非常奇怪的聲音說話，原因是他現在的姿勢非常奇怪。
Neil: That's right. I'm bending over backwards–or trying to.
尼爾：沒錯。我正在向后彎腰，或者是試圖向后率。
Helen: Bending over backwards. The problem is that you're not very flexible are you?
海倫：向后彎腰。問題是你不是很靈活，不是嗎？
Neil: No. Even if I bend forwards I can hardly touch my knees, and certainly not my toes.
尼爾：對。即使我向前彎腰，我也很難碰到膝蓋，當然更碰不到腳趾了。
Helen: Well, look at me!
海倫：嗯，看看我！
Neil: Wow! Helen! I had no idea you could do that! You can bend over backwards all the way to the floor!
尼爾：哇！海倫！我都不知道你能做到！你竟然能向后彎腰，并手掌觸地！
Helen: Yes. Anyway, maybe we should explain why we're bending over backwards.
海倫：對，不管怎樣，可能我們要解釋一下我們為什么要向后彎腰。
Neil: Oh, yes, of course. That's because today's phrase is:
尼爾：哦，對，當然了。那是因為我們今天要學習的短語就是：
Helen & Neil: To bend over backwards!
海倫&尼爾：To bend over backwards!！
Helen: Listen to these examples and see if you can guess what it means.
海倫：來聽幾個例子，看看大家能否猜出這個短語的意思。
I would bend over backwards for you–just let me know how I can help.
我會竭盡全力幫你，只要告訴我我怎么能幫到你。
Julia bent over backwards to make sure everything was right for their visit.
朱莉亞竭盡全力確保他們訪問期間一切順利。
Neil: Did you guess the meaning of 'to bend over backwards'?
尼爾：你猜到這個短語的意思了嗎？
Helen: It means to go to great lengths or to put in a lot of effort for someone or something.
海倫：意思就是為某人或者某事想盡辦法或是付出大量努力。
Neil: Like, "I would bend over backwards to make you happy", Helen.
尼爾：比如“我會竭盡全力讓你幸福”，海倫。
Helen: Ahhhh. Thank you Neil. Let's hear some more examples:
海倫：啊，謝謝你，尼爾。我們再來看幾個例子：
I bent over backwards to get Jim what he wanted, but he never thanked me.
我想盡辦法讓吉姆得到他想要的東西，但是他從來沒有謝過我。
I'll help you a bit, but don't expect me to bend over backwards.
我會幫你一點，但是別指望我會不遺余力地幫你。
Neil: Oh, ooof!
尼爾：哦，天哪！
Helen: Are you okay?
海倫：你還好吧？
Neil: I need to sit down, I think I've hurt my back!
尼爾：我要坐下來，我想我弄傷了我的后背！
Helen: Ah, Neil, you must be careful not to bend over backwards too often!
海倫：尼爾，你要小心，向后彎腰不要做過太頻繁！
Neil: Yes.
尼爾：沒錯。
Helen: Or you should just bend over backwards figuratively, but not literally! That's all for now. Bye!
海倫：或者你應該象征性地做一下，而不是按字面意思做！我說完了。再見！
Neil: Bye!
尼爾：再見！
