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Feifei is ironing a huge pile of clothes before she goes on holiday. But Neil thinks this is 'long'. Learn a useful expression to describe boring jobs in the programme.
菲菲在度假前要熨一大堆衣服。不過尼爾認為這太“無聊”了。請在本期節目中學習這個形容無聊工作的有用表達方式。
Neil: Hi Feifei, what are you up to?
尼爾：嗨，菲菲，你在忙什么？
Feifei: Hi Neil. Oh, I'm just... ironing a few clothes.
菲菲：嗨，尼爾。哦，我只是在熨幾件衣服。
Neil: That's a big pile of clothes.
尼爾：這可是一大堆衣服啊。
Feifei: I'm going on holiday! Everything has to be neat and clean.
菲菲：我要去度假了！所有東西都要干凈整潔。
Neil: You're even ironing your shorts!
尼爾：你連短褲都要熨！
Feifei: Nothing like perfectly ironed shorts.
菲菲：沒有什么比得上完美熨燙過的短褲。
Neil: Nah, that's long, Feifei!
尼爾：不是，這太無聊了，菲菲！
Feifei: They're shorts – not long!
菲菲：這些是短褲，并不長！
Neil: Haha – very funny. You know what I mean.
尼爾：哈哈，真有趣。你知道我是什么意思。
Feifei: Long is British street slang which we use to talk about a task which is boring and not really worth it.
菲菲：“long”是英國街頭俚語，用來形容一項任務無聊又不值得。
Neil: Exactly. Ironing is long. It's dull and takes forever.
尼爾：沒錯。熨衣服就非常枯燥。而且無趣又耗時。
Feifei: That's because you do it all wrong. Here, let me show you, while we play these examples.
菲菲：這是因為你做得不對。來，我來教你，這期間我們來聽些例句。
Examples
例句
I can't believe you're cleaning the whole house. That's long, bro. Come out and enjoy the sun.
我真不敢相信你要打掃整個房子。伙計，那太無聊了。我們出去享受陽光吧。
A: Why don't you stick with your diet?
A：你為什么不堅持節食？
B: Dieting is long. I just eat what I want and go to the gym instead.
B：節食太枯燥了。現在我吃我想吃的食物，然后去健身房鍛煉。
Neil: You know, Feifei, you're right. Ironing isn't so bad.
尼爾：菲菲，你是對的。熨衣服也不是那么糟嘛。
Feifei: Just you wait. You'll be ironing your socks before you know it.
菲菲：別急。熨襪子的時候你就知道了。
Neil: So, where are you off to on holiday?
尼爾：你打算去哪里度假？
Feifei: I'm travelling around the world for five months!
菲菲：我要用五個月的時間去環游世界！
Neil: Wow, five months! That's long.
尼爾：哇哦，五個月！好長的假期啊。
Feifei: Aha – but do you mean long – as in boring?
菲菲：哈，你的意思是說無聊嗎？
Neil: Of course not... Five months is a long holiday. Have a great trip!
尼爾：當然不是了。五個月可是個長假。祝你旅行愉快！
Feifei: You can do all my ironing when I get back.
菲菲：我回來的時候你可以幫我熨衣服。
Neil: So long, Feifei. Bye!
尼爾：那太無聊了，菲菲。再見！
Feifei: Bye.
菲菲：再見。
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