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Neil: Hello, I'm Neil. What a miserable day it is today! Hey, I think that's Li! What on earth's she doing?! She's on her hands and knees in the mud. Li!
尼爾：大家好，我是尼爾。今天真是痛苦的一天！我想那是李！她到底在做什么？！她的手和膝蓋都在泥里。李！
Yang Li: Oh! Hello!
楊李：哦！你好！
Neil: Are you okay?
尼爾：你還好嗎？
Yang Li: Yes, I am fine, thanks.
楊李：我很好，謝謝。
Neil: Is there any particular reason you are in the mud?
尼爾：你待在泥土里有什么特殊的原因嗎？
Yang Li: Oh yes, I am making myself dirty.
楊李：哦，對啊，我在把我自己弄臟。
Neil: Ri-ight.
尼爾：好吧。
Yang Li: For the neighbourhood festival–it's tonight you know!
楊李：為鄰居節做準備，你知道今晚要舉辦鄰居節！
Neil: I know. But I think I'm going to be having a shower and making myself clean, rather than dirty. Maybe this is some kind of low-cost spa treatment...?
尼爾：我知道。可是我認為我要去沖個澡，把我自己洗干凈，而不是弄臟。也許這是某種便宜的水療護理方法……？
Yang Li: No, this is not a beauty treatment, the festival coordinator told us to do this.
楊李：不，這并不是美容保養，節日協調員讓我們這么做的。
Neil: Did he?
尼爾：他這么說了？
Yang Li: Yes, last week he asked each of us to contribute and said if it's going to be a success, you must all get your hands dirty.
楊李：對，上周他讓我們所有人都參與進來，而且他說如果要想成功慶祝這個節日，你們所有人都必須要把手弄臟。
Neil: Ohhhhhh!
尼爾：哦！
Yang Li: What?
楊李：怎么了？
Neil: I don't think he meant you should actually come with dirty hands. It's an expression!
尼爾：我想實際上他的意思并不是讓你把手弄臟。這是一個表達方式！
Yang Li: An expression?
楊李：一個表達方式？
Neil: Yes. 'To get your hands dirty' means to get really involved in the work–including the parts that are not enjoyable-rather than standing back and watching others do it.
尼爾：對，這個短語的意思是實際參與到工作中，包括那些可能不太有趣的部分，而不是置身事外看其他人工作。
Yang Li: Oh.
楊李：哦。
Neil: For example.
尼爾：下面來舉個例子。
Woman: Unlike other bosses, Mr Stevens really likes to get his hands dirty. It's as if he's one of us.
女：與其他老板不同，史蒂文斯先生非常喜歡親自動手。就像他是我們中的一員一樣。
Man: Mary pretends to work hard, but I've never actually seen her get her hands dirty.
男：瑪麗假裝努力工作，可是我從來沒看見過她親自動手。
Yang Li: So what I was actually being asked to do was to get fully involved in festival preparations–I wasn't being asked to arrive with dirty hands.
楊李：所以實際上他是讓我完全參與到節日的準備工作中，而不是讓我把手弄臟。
Neil: Yes.
尼爾：沒錯。
Yang Li: You know what? I don't care, I was really beginning to enjoy myself in the mud, and I'm sure my skin feels softer. Come on Neil, try, this is fun. Let's get our hands dirty–for real! Come on…
楊李：你知道嗎？我不在乎，我已經開始享受在泥土里的感覺了，我確定我的皮膚會感覺更柔軟。來吧，尼爾，試試，這很有趣。我們來把手弄臟吧！來啊……
Neil: I'd rather not... no, please... argh!
尼爾：我寧愿不要……不，拜托不要，哎呀！
Yang Li: Come on, Come on, Come on...
楊李：來吧，快來啊，來呀！
