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Neil: Hi there, Helen. Now, something really funny happened to me on my way here this morning.
尼爾：嗨，海倫。今天早上我來上班的路上發生了一些非常奇怪的事情。
Helen: Oh, really? Do tell me. I love a funny story!
海倫：哦，真的嗎？一定要告訴我。我最喜歡聽有趣的事情了！
Neil: Right. A man got on my bus wearing his shoes on the wrong feet.
尼爾：好啊。有一個穿錯了鞋子的男人上了我坐的公交車。
Helen: OK. And what happened next?
海倫：好。那之后發生了什么？
Neil: Then he started speaking to me. He asked if I liked Shakespeare.
尼爾：然后他開始和我說話。他問我是否喜歡莎士比亞。
Helen: Oh, right.
海倫：哦，好的。
Neil: And then he started reading one of Hamlet's famous speeches!
尼爾：然后他就開始朗讀《哈姆雷特》里一段著名的臺詞！
Helen: Yeah, Neil?
海倫：尼爾，就這樣？
Neil: Yeah?
尼爾：怎么了？
Helen: You told me it was a funny story. But I'm not laughing. It's not funny. It's a bit weird.
海倫：你跟我說這是個好笑的事情。可是我沒有笑。這并不好笑。而是有點兒怪異。
Neil: Yeah - I meant funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha.
尼爾：是啊，我就是說這是個奇怪的事情，而沒有說是好笑的事情。
Helen: Funny peculiar?
海倫：Funny peculiar是什么意思？
Neil: Yes, 'funny' is usually something you laugh about. But sometimes we use 'funny' to mean 'strange' or 'weird'. Because it has these two meanings - sometimes people want to make it clear which one they mean. 'Funny ha-ha' is for things which make you laugh, and 'funny peculiar' describes...
尼爾：嗯，funny這個詞通常用來指好笑的事情。但是有時我們也用這個詞來表示奇怪或是怪異。因為這個詞有兩個意思，有時人們要講清楚他們用的是哪個意思。Funny ha-ha就是指讓你大笑的事情，而funny peculiar則用來形容……
Helen: It describes things which are weird!
海倫：用來形容怪異的事情！
Neil: That's it. These are our phrases in today's The English We Speak. Let's hear some examples.
尼爾：沒錯。這就是今天地道英語節目要學的兩個短語。我們來聽一些例句。
A: Martin was late every day last week.
A：馬丁上周天天都遲到。
B: That's funny.
B：那真奇怪。
A: You mean funny peculiar?
A：你是指奇怪嗎？
B: Yeah, it's strange. He's always on time.
B：對啊，很奇怪。他總是很準時的。
A: I went to a funeral last week. Everyone there was in a good mood. It was funny. Funny peculiar, I mean.
A：我上周參加了一場葬禮。那里的所有人心情都很好。真奇怪。我的意思是那很怪異。
B: Yeah that does sound a bit odd. But a funeral is a celebration of someone's life.
B：是啊，那聽起來是有點兒奇怪。葬禮是對某個人一生的贊美。
Helen: Anyway, Neil, thanks for your story about the guy on the bus. Do you know what happened on my way to work today?
海倫：尼爾，不管怎么說，謝謝你和我們分享了公交車上那個男人的故事。你知道我今天來上班的路上發生了什么嗎？
Neil: No?
尼爾：什么呀？
Helen: The bus driver was telling jokes.
海倫：公交車司機講了笑話。
Neil: That's funny, peculiar. It's odd for bus drivers to tell jokes. But was the joke funny ha-ha?
尼爾：那真怪異。公交車司機講笑話，這事兒真是奇怪。不過那個笑話好笑嗎？
Helen: Sadly, no! A bit like your jokes.
海倫：不幸地是，不好笑！和你的笑話有點兒像！
Neil: Hey - that's not true! My jokes are funny!
尼爾：嘿，那不對！我講的是奇怪的笑話！
Helen: They're funny - peculiar!
海倫：它們都很怪異！
Neil: Thank you so much, Helen.
尼爾：海倫，非常感謝你。
Both: Bye!
二人一起：再見！
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