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Rob: Hello and welcome to the English We Speak. My name is Rob.
羅布：大家好，歡迎收看地道英語節目。我是羅布。
Helen: And hello, my name is Helen.
海倫：大家好，我是海倫。
Rob: Hold on Helen, hold on. We can't hear you properly. I think your microphone is playing up.
羅布：海倫，等等，等一下。我們聽不清你說的話。我想你的麥克風有問題。
Helen: Playing up?
海倫：有問題？
Rob: Sorry, I didn't quite catch that.
羅布：抱歉，我沒聽清楚。
Helen: Let me just push this button. There! Hello. Now, you said the microphone was playing up?
海倫：讓我來按一下這個按鈕吧。嗨。你剛說麥克風有問題？
Rob: That's right. It wasn't working properly. If something isn't working as it should be, we sometimes say it's playing up.
羅布：沒錯。麥克風出現問題了。如果某樣東西沒有像本應該的那樣運作，我們就會說它出故障了。
Helen: Up–not down?
海倫：是用up，不是用down嗎？
Rob: Nope. Playing down is a different expression that means something totally different.
羅布：不是。Playing down是另一個完全不同的表達，表示的是完全不同的意思。
Helen: OK. So as the picture on my TV at home is flickering, I can say my TV is playing up?
海倫：好。就像我家里那臺電視的畫面一直在閃爍。那我就可以說我的電視出問題了。
Rob: Exactly. Let's hear about some other things that are playing up…
羅布：完全正確。我們再來聽一些這個表達的其他例句……
I don't think I'll be able to give you a lift to work today, my car's been playing up.
我想我今天不能載你去上班了，我的車壞了。
My phone keeps playing up. Every time I dial a number, it just switches itself off.
我的電話一直有問題。每次我撥號碼，它都會關機。
Helen: That sounds like my phone! So if something isn't doing what is should do then it's misbehaving?
海倫：聽起來和我電話的問題一樣！所以，如果某樣東西不像以前那樣正常運行，就是出問題了？
Rob: Ha Ha! Well, you could say that. It's just like people. When they misbehave we can say they're playing up. Like this…
羅布：哈哈！你也可以那么說。就像人一樣。當他們不適的時候，就是他們感到了疼痛。就像這樣……
Sorry but I'm going to be late. The children have been playing up and I've still got so much to do.
抱歉，不過我要遲到了。孩子們一直不舒服，可是我還有很多事要做。
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Helen: Children are very good at playing up2; it's usually because they want attention.
海倫：孩子們很不聽話；通常是因為他們希望被關注。
Rob: Now, Helen, could I have your attention now please because playing up is also something you can say to describe a part of your body that's not working properly.
羅布：海倫，現在請你聽我說好嗎，因為playing up這個表達也可以用來形容你身體的一部分感到不適。
Ow! I'm going to have to lie down; my back's playing up again.
噢！我要躺下來休息。我的后背又疼了。
Count me out of this weekend's football match; my leg's playing up so I need to rest it.
這周末的足球比賽我就不參加了；我的腿很疼，我需要休息。
Helen: So it seems playing up refers to anything that's not working or behaving as it should. Now Rob, my leg's also been playing up so I wonder if you could give me a lift home in your car?
海倫：看來這個表達指任何不正常的工作或是行為。現在，羅布，我的腿也很疼，所以我在想能不能搭你的順風車回家？
Rob: No way - oh it looks like my microphone's playing up now!
羅布：沒門，看起來現在我的麥克風壞了！
Helen: No Rob, it's you who's playing up - now switch it back on!
海倫：不，羅布，是你在搞破壞，現在把麥克風開開！
Rob: Oh, oh OK then Helen!
羅布：哦，哦，好的，海倫！
Helen: Let's go then. Bye!
海倫：那我們走吧。再見！
Rob: Bye.
羅布：再見。
