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Welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Neil.
歡迎來到地道英語節目，我是尼爾。
And I'm Feifei.
我是菲菲。
Actually, Feifei, can you help me with something?
其實，菲菲，你能幫我個忙嗎？
Go on.
說吧。
There's this girl I like. I want to ask her for coffee. But I don't want to seem too serious or creepy or anything. Just friendly.
有個我喜歡的女孩，我想約她喝咖啡，但不想顯得太嚴肅或讓人不舒服，就是友好地邀請一下。
And you're writing her a message? OK.
你在給她編輯消息？好。
I just can't find the words.
我實在找不到合適的用詞。
Easy. Stick a couple of emojis on there. Much less formal!
簡單，貼幾個表情符號上去，就沒那么正式了！
You mean, like, a smiley face?
你是說，比如，一個笑臉？
Yeah, but those are so last year.
是啊，但這些都已經過時了。
Maybe a love heart?
或者一顆愛心？
Seriously? That's a bit too much. You need to up your emoji game!
不是吧？那有點過頭了。你的表情包水平得提升一下了！
My emoji game… like an emoji of a video game… or a football?
我的表情游戲…像電子游戲的表情包…還是足球？
No. The phrase 'to raise your game', or 'to up your game', means to improve.
不是，“to raise your game”或“to up your game”的意思是提升、改進。
Yes, it's a good phrase. Feifei, you're not working hard enough, you need to up your game!
嗯，這個表達很不錯。菲菲，你不夠努力，你得加把勁了！
That's not true… but good use of 'up your game'. The phrase has now developed a bit. We often add what we're trying to improve before the word 'game'.
才不是呢……不過“up your game”這個表達用的不錯。這個短語現在有了一些發展。我們經常在“game”這個詞前面加上我們想要提升的內容。
Like this:
像這樣：
I never finish novels. I need to up my reading game.
我的小說都沒讀完過，我得提升閱讀水平了。
I badly need to work on my interview game before my big interview next week.
我急需在下周的重要面試前好好準備我的面試技巧。
You could do with a bit more exercise, mate. You should raise your running game!
老兄，你得多鍛煉鍛煉了，該提升你的跑步水平啦！
Great. Hope those examples help. Any progress with that text message?
很好。希望這些例子能幫上忙。那條短信有什么進展嗎？
Here goes: "Lucy. Please have a coffee with me tomorrow." And then some coffee emojis.
內容如下：“露西，明天請和我一起喝杯咖啡。”然后是一些咖啡的表情符號。
Well, it's direct! But I still think we need to up your emoji game. Actually, and your texting game. Oh, and your dating game… We've got a lot of work to do!
嗯，很直接！不過我還是覺得你需要提升一下表情符號的使用技巧。實際上，還有你的短信交流技巧。哦，對了，還有你的約會技巧……我們有很多工作要做呢！
Oh, ok. Well I already sent the message. Let's hope it works! And she's replied already.
哦，好吧。嗯，我已經把消息發出去了。希望這招能管用！而且她已經回復了。
No way, what did she say?
不是吧，她說什么？
"Neil. I thought you'd never ask! I'd love to have coffee. 3pm?" And then a couple of big smiley emojis.
"尼爾，我還以為你永遠不會開口呢！我很樂意一起喝咖啡。下午3點怎么樣？"后面有幾個大大的笑臉表情符號。
Wow, congratulations. Maybe it's me who needs to up my game.
哇，恭喜啊，或許是我該加把勁了。
Looks like it!
好像是哦！
Bye.
再見。
