評(píng)論
打印
William: Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm William.
威廉：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節(jié)目，我是威廉。
Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li…
楊莉：我是楊莉……
William: And your task, Yang Li, is to guess today's word, OK?
威廉：楊莉，你來猜猜今天要講什么短語吧？
Yang Li: OK.
楊莉：好的。
William: Awesome. Li, try some of this cake…
威廉：太好了。莉，來嘗嘗這塊蛋糕……
Yang Li: A cake? Oh, thanks! That's very nice…
楊莉：蛋糕？哦，謝謝你。太好了……
William: Do you like it? Awesome. They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?!
威廉：你喜歡嗎？太棒了。蛋糕很好吃，對(duì)吧？
Yang Li: Yes, and I think I know what this week's word is. It's…
楊莉：對(duì)，我想我知道這周要講的詞了。就是……
William: Hang on Li, try some of this coffee as well–it's really…
威廉：莉，等等，再來嘗嘗這杯咖啡，它非常……
Yang Li: Awesome?
楊莉：棒？
William: Exactly-it's really awesome. You got it. So listen to this. Which three adjectives are used in this clip?
威廉：沒錯(cuò)，真的非常棒。你已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)了。來聽聽下面的例子。在這個(gè)片段中用了哪三個(gè)形容詞？
Example
例子
This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent.
這個(gè)派對(duì)太棒了。食物非常好吃。紅酒也很美味。
Yang Li: Awesome, amazing and excellent.
楊莉：三個(gè)形容詞為太棒了，令人驚嘆和妙極了。
William: That's right. Awesome means excellent or amazing.
威廉：沒錯(cuò)。Awesome就是太棒了，令人驚嘆的意思。
Yang Li: Awesome. This word has existed in English for a long time, hasn't it?
楊莉：太棒了。這個(gè)詞由來已經(jīng)久，對(duì)吧？
William: Yes, and it used to mean awe-inspiring. So awe means great respect or admiration, so something that’s awesome or awe-inspiring makes you feel great respect and admiration.
威廉：對(duì)，原本的意思是令人感到驚嘆。awe的意思是非常尊敬或欽佩，所以如果用來形容某樣?xùn)|西就是說那個(gè)東西讓你尊重且贊賞。
Yang Li: Full of respect and admiration. But now it just means cool?
楊莉：滿含敬畏和贊賞。但是現(xiàn)在只有太棒了這個(gè)意思嗎？
William: Exactly, and that’s thanks to the influence of American slang. So the word can now be used to describe almost anything.
威廉：沒錯(cuò)，這是由于受到美國俚語的影響。所以這個(gè)詞幾乎可以用來形容任何事物。
Examples
例子
These shoes are awesome.
這些鞋子太漂亮了。
This is an awesome radio programme.
這檔廣播節(jié)目太精彩了。
Wow! You are awesome at singing, mate!
哇！伙計(jì)，你唱得太棒了！
William: And there is one slightly different usage of this word. Listen to this.
威廉：這個(gè)詞還有一種不同的用法。來聽這個(gè)例子。
Example
例子
A: Are you free to come for hotpot tonight?
A：你今晚有時(shí)間來吃火鍋嗎？
B: Yes, I should be.
B：有，我會(huì)去的。
A: Awesome. That makes four of us!
A：太好了。這樣我們就有四個(gè)人了！
William: So what does awesome mean in that clip, Li?
威廉：莉，awesome在剛才的例子中是什么意思？
Yang Li: It's like when we say 'great' at the beginning of a sentence.
楊莉：和用于句首的great的意思差不多。
William: Well, that's it, yeah, exactly. Awesome can also be used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate agreement or approval.
威廉：嗯，沒錯(cuò)，就是這個(gè)意思。Awesome也可以用在句首表示贊同或是認(rèn)可。
Yang Li: Awesome! That's clear now.
楊莉：太好了！現(xiàn)在都弄明白了。
William: Awesome. And that's the end of this awesome programme.
威廉：太好了。我們今天這期精彩的節(jié)目就要結(jié)束了。
Yang Li: William, do you have any cakes left?
楊莉：威廉，你還有蛋糕嗎？
William: Er, just one. Do you want to share it, Li?
威廉：額，只剩一塊了。莉，我們來共享吧？
Yang Li: Awesome. Bye.
楊莉：太好了。再見。
William: Bye.
威廉：再見。
