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Neil thinks Feifei's a snowflake but it's not a compliment. In The English We Speak, learn a very modern use of an old word which refers to people who get upset if you challenge their opinions.
尼爾認(rèn)為菲菲是容易不高興的人，這可不是稱贊。在本期地道英語節(jié)目 中，我們將學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)古老詞匯的現(xiàn)代用法，形容那些在自己的觀點(diǎn)面臨挑戰(zhàn)時(shí)會(huì)生氣的人。
Neil: ...Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, I'm Neil. (conspiratorially) Feifei will be joining me in just a second. She's a little bit... sensitive, so I'm going to try to deliberately upset her - just to teach you an expression in English!
尼爾：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節(jié)目，我是尼爾。（悄悄地說）今天和我一起主持的是菲菲，她馬上就來。她有點(diǎn)……敏感，所以我要故意惹她生氣，我這么做只是為了教大家一個(gè)英語表達(dá)方式！
Feifei: Hi Neil.
菲菲：你好，尼爾。
Neil: Oh hi Feifei! What do you think of the new Justin Bieber album?
尼爾：哦，你好，菲菲。你認(rèn)為賈斯汀·比伯的新專輯怎么樣？
Feifei: Oh it's just great. I love it!
菲菲：哦，非常棒。我非常喜歡！
Neil: Really? (Pause) I think it's rubbish. You must have terrible taste to like Justin Bieber.
尼爾：真的嗎？（停頓）我認(rèn)為那簡直就是垃圾。你喜歡賈斯汀·比伯，可見你的品味一定糟透了。
Feifei: Neil that's so rude!
菲菲：尼爾，你這樣說太無禮了！
Neil: It's not rude – it's just a difference of opinion. Honestly Feifei, you're such a snowflake.
尼爾：這不是無禮，這只是觀點(diǎn)不同。說實(shí)話，菲菲，你真是一個(gè)愛生氣的人。
Feifei: Oh you mean beautiful and totally unique?!
菲菲：哦，你的意思是說我漂亮又獨(dú)一無二？！
Neil: Err, no... I mean you melt easily. You can call someone who gets offended or upset too easily a 'snowflake'. Here are some examples:
尼爾：額……不是，我的意思是說你很容易融化。你可以稱那些容易被激怒或容易生氣的人為snowflake。下面是一些例句：
Examples
例句
A so-called friend of mine deleted a comment I made on his social media page just because I didn't agree with him. What a snowflake.
我一個(gè)所謂的朋友刪除了我在他的社交媒體主頁上留下的評(píng)論，只是因?yàn)槲也毁澩挠^點(diǎn)。他真是一個(gè)容易生氣的人。
There are so many places you can express yourself these days but at the same time everyone gets offended so easily. You can see why it's called 'generation snowflake'.
現(xiàn)在有很多可以表達(dá)看法的平臺(tái)，但同時(shí)所有人也更容易被激怒。所以他們才被稱為“雪花一代”。
Neil: Generation snowflake. This expression refers to young adults who are too sensitive to handle criticism of their opinions.
尼爾：雪花一代。這個(gè)表達(dá)方式指那些過于敏感，以致在自己的意見遭到批評(píng)時(shí)無法應(yīng)對的年輕人。
Feifei: This is pretty insulting, Neil.
菲菲：尼爾，這太侮辱人了。
Neil: It IS pretty insulting, Feifei – but you're only upset because you're such a snowflake... Though, of course you're also unique and beautiful...
尼爾：菲菲，這是很侮辱人，不過你會(huì)不高興，是因?yàn)槟愫苋菀咨鷼狻．?dāng)然，你確實(shí)獨(dú)特又漂亮……
Feifei: Oh I see – trying to be nice in case you offend me? Who's the snowflake now, Neil!?
菲菲：哦，我明白了，我要友好一些，以防你激怒我？尼爾，現(xiàn)在到底誰是容易生氣的人！？
Neil: Well it's just better if we all get along, isn't it? Good Bye!
尼爾：嗯，如果我們和睦相處的話會(huì)更好，不是嗎？再見！
Feifei: Bye!
菲菲：再見！
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