評論
打印
Li: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Li.
李：大家好，歡迎收看地道英語節目。我是李。
Neil: And I am Neil. Li, let me tell you about this strange dream I had yesterday… we weren't here. We were somewhere else, in another country…
尼爾：我是尼爾。李，我跟你說說我昨晚做的奇怪的夢吧，在夢里我們并不在這里。我們在其他地方，在另一個國家……
(Sound of dreamy music)
（夢幻般輕柔的音樂）
Neil: We were lucky to find these cheap tickets and fly here to the United States, weren't we? This is a wonderful place, Li.
尼爾：我們很幸運地得到了這些便宜的機票，然后飛來了美國，不是嗎？李，這真是個很棒的地方。
Li: Yes, this is a wonderful place!
李：是啊，這地方真棒！
Neil: …where we found a boat and decided to sail on this river! Blue sky, blue water… Don't you feel at one with nature, Li?
尼爾：我們找到了一艘船，然后決定在這條河上航行！藍藍的天，藍藍的海水……李，你能感到和大自然融為一體了嗎？
Li: Of course, yes, I do feel in harmony with nature. But we've been sailing for a while now and I'm not sure where we are… Where are we, Neil?
李：當然了，我當然感受到同大自然融為一體了。可是我們已經航行了一段時間了，我不確定我們現在在哪里……尼爾，我們在哪兒？
Neil: I'm not sure either. What I can say is that… this boat is rocking a lot, isn't it? …
尼爾：我也不知道。我能說的就是……這艘船搖晃的很厲害，不是嗎？
Li: Yes, but it must be normal.
李：是，不過這很正常。
Neil: … and I must confess I'm not a very strong swimmer…
尼爾：我必須要承認，我并不擅長游泳……
Li: Don't think about it Neil, just admire the view.
李：尼爾，別想那些，只要欣賞風景就好。
Neil: But I have a sinking feeling!
尼爾：可是我有不祥的預感！
Li: A sinking feeling Neil?! What's going on? Are your feet wet? Can you see water coming into the boat?
李：尼爾，你有下沉的感覺？！怎么了？你是弄濕了嗎？你看到船進水了？
Neil: No, there's no water in the boat. Having a sinking feeling is what you say in English when you realise something bad is happening or about to happen.
尼爾：不是，船里沒有進水。在英語中sinking feeling的意思是你意識到有某些不好的事情要發生。
Examples
例子
Man 1: I bought shares in that company but the stock market has just crashed! I have a sinking feeling that I've lost all my money!
男1：我買了那家公司的股份，可是股市崩盤了！我有不祥的預感，我可能會損失掉所有的錢！
Woman: The meal in this restaurant was very tasty but I have a sinking feeling that I've forgotten my wallet at home and I don't have money to pay the bill!
女：這家餐廳的食物非常美味，可是我有不好的預感，我好像把錢包落在家里了，我可能會沒有錢結賬！
Man 2: Oh the main player in the team has just got a red card! I've a sinking feeling that my team is going to lose this match!
男2：隊里的主力隊員剛得了張紅牌！我有不祥的感覺，我們隊可能會輸掉這場比賽！
Li: So, what is this sinking feeling that you have, Neil? If it's not the boat, what is it?
李：那尼爾，你那不祥的預感是什么？如果不是船，那是什么？
Neil: Well, while we were admiring the view a few minutes ago I saw a sign over there on the bank of the river that said: Niagara Falls. I've heard this name somewhere and I don't think it's good. I don't remember why but…
尼爾：幾分鐘前我們在欣賞風景的時候，我看到河岸那邊有個標志寫著：尼亞加拉瀑布。我以前聽說過這個地方，我覺得那并不是很好。不過我不記得原因了……
Li: What?! Niagara Falls! Did you say that? It has a vertical drop of some 50 metres, Neil! Do you know that?
李：什么？！尼亞加拉瀑布！你剛剛是說了這個嗎？這個瀑布的垂直高度有50米，尼爾！你知道嗎？
Neil: Yes, now I remember! I saw it in a movie! I have a sinking feeling! Grab this life jacket, Li!
尼爾：對，現在我記起來了！我在電影里看到過！我有不祥的預感！李，抓住那件救生衣！
Li: Thank you. Now I have a sinking feeling too!
李：謝謝你。現在我也有不祥的預感了！
Neil: Here we goooooooooooooooo!
尼爾：要來了！
Li: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
李：啊！
(Sound of alarm clock)
（鬧鈴聲）
Neil: And that's when I woke up, Li.
尼爾：李，我就夢到這些，然后我就醒了。
Li: That's good, Neil. But now I have a sinking feeling.
李：尼爾，很好。不過現在我有個不祥的預感。
Neil: Why is that?
尼爾：是什么？
Li: We have been so distracted chatting about your dream that we've missed our train and we will be late for work! Let's run and get a taxi. Come on. Bye!
李：我們一直在分心聊你做的夢，所以我們錯過了火車，我們上班要遲到了！快，跑起來，我們去打車吧。快點。再見！
Neil: Bye!
尼爾：再見！
