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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Feifei.
大家好，歡迎來到地道英語節(jié)目。我是菲菲。
And I'm Neil.
我是尼爾。
Where's… your beard?
你的胡子…去哪兒了？
I, uh, shaved it off. I fancied a change. Beards are such a thing these days.
我，呃，把它刮掉了。我想換個風(fēng)格。現(xiàn)在留胡子挺流行的。
Yup, ever since beards became a thing, I've found them a bit boring.
是啊，自從胡子流行起來后，我就覺得它們有點(diǎn)無聊了。
'A thing'. Of course, we know what the word 'thing' normally means, but what does 'a thing' mean here?
“A thing”。當(dāng)然，我們知道“thing”這個詞通常的含義，但在這里，“a thing”是什么意思呢？
Our phrase for today means 'a trend' or 'something recognisable in popular culture'. If beards are 'a thing', it means they've become fashionable: lots of people have them.
我們今天的短語意思是“一種潮流”或“流行文化中可識別的事物”。如果胡子成了“a thing”，就意味著它們變得時尚起來：很多人都留起了胡子。
Yes. Cats on the internet – they're a thing.
是的，網(wǎng)上的貓——它們很流行。
Oh, fidget spinners. They're definitely a thing.
哦，指尖陀螺，這玩意兒確實(shí)火過一陣子。
Fidget spinners?
指尖陀螺？
Yes, those little metal or plastic toys that you spin on your finger. Know them?
是的，就是那種你可以在手指上旋轉(zhuǎn)的小金屬或塑料玩具。知道嗎？
Oh, those things that kids everywhere are playing with.
哦，那些東西啊，全世界的小孩都在玩。
Not just kids. Anyway. What else is a thing? Listen to these examples.
不只是孩子。總之。還有什么例子呢？聽聽這些例子。
Using funny GIFs in your message is such a thing.
在消息中使用搞笑動圖很流行。
You know parkour: the sport of running and jumping across buildings? Why is that such a thing?
你知道跑酷嗎？就是在建筑物間奔跑跳躍的運(yùn)動。它為什么這么流行呢？
Organic powdered food. Since when has that been a thing?
有機(jī)粉末食品。它是從什么時候開始流行的？
A well-known use of this phrase was after American personality Kim Kardashian posted a picture of herself pregnant, with the words "pregnancy lips".
這句話的一個著名用法是在美國名人金·卡戴珊發(fā)布了一張自己懷孕的照片后，她配文“懷孕嘴唇”。
It's not a term that many people had heard of, and prompted responses like this: "Pregnancy lips? Is that even a thing?"
這種說法沒多少人聽說過，還引發(fā)了這樣的反應(yīng)：“懷孕嘴唇？真有這回事嗎？”
Yes, when someone refers to a trend you haven't heard of, or that you doubt exists, feel free to respond with 'is that even a thing?'
是的，如果有人提到你沒聽說過、或者你懷疑是否真實(shí)存在的潮流時，不妨用“is that even a thing?”來回應(yīng)。
But there's little doubt the phrase 'a thing' is itself 'a thing' – it's now been included in major dictionaries.
但毫無疑問，“a thing”這個短語本身就是“一種現(xiàn)象”——它如今已被收錄進(jìn)各大詞典。
There we are. A thing. No plans to grow the beard back, then?
好了。一個東西。那么，不打算再把胡子留回來了？
Only when being clean-shaven becomes too much of a thing!
只有刮胡子變得過于流行時我才會留！
Bye.
再見。
