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Popular American Back on your feet, B.O. (bee-oh)
現在播送《流行美語》。 李華前陣子傷到左手，最近剛剛康復。今天Larry到醫院來看李華。李華會學到兩個常用語：back on your feet 和B.O.。
LL: Li Hua, are you feeling better now?
LH: 嗯。你看，我現在都能搬東西了呢！
LL: Whoa, be careful! But hey, it looks like you're back on your feet again!
LH: Back on my feet? 我腳沒有受傷啦，只有手而已。
LL: No, that's not what I meant. To be back on your feet is a general saying referring to a person who has recovered or healed from an illness.
LH: 啊，你說 I am back on my feet 是指我手臂養好了，恢復了，是嗎？
LL: Yes. I understand why you would think I was talking about your feet, though. A sick person is usually in bed all day. Therefore, when we say that a person is back on their feet, that means they can get off the sick bed and walk around feeling healthy.
LH: 喔。原來 to be back on your feet 是說一個病人已經不用再整天躺在病床上，可以自由走動的意思。
LL: That's right. Can you give me an example?
LH: 好啊。Larry, I really hope you get back on your feet soon.
LL: You...you hope that I will get well soon? But I'm not even sick...
LH: 可是你臉色好差喔。
LL: That's not true. Ohhh..ughhh...what is that smell??
LH: 咦？有不好聞的味道嗎？在哪里？
LL: Li Hua! You didn't shower the whole time you were in the hospital did you? I can smell your B.O.
LH: B.O.? 你在說什么啊？我可是天天洗澡呢！
LL: But that smell...B.O. is body odor. I don't think you showered, Li Hua.
LH: 你說我有體臭？！怎么可能呢？我真的每天都清洗呢。
LL: Then what's that smell??
LH: 我真的不知道你在說什么。難道……
LL: See?! You didn't shower!
LH: 如果不是我的話，那一定是你！
LL: It cannot be me. I shower everyday and I put on cologne this morning. Li Hua, maybe you're not back on your feet yet. You can't even remember if you showered or not.
LH: 怎么這樣說。我只不過是手骨折，記性并沒有變差啊。And no, I do not have B.O.
LL: Fine then. But hey, you've learned two slang expressions today! Back on your feet and B.O. do you know how to use each?
LH: 嗯。B.O. 就是體臭的意思。For example: Larry had such horrible B.O. that I almost passed out. Larry 的體臭難聞到我差點昏過去。
LL: I do not have horrible B.O.! You were the one who smelled like—
LH: 舉個例子嘛，干嘛那么認真。那么 back on your feet 是康復的意思。我可以說，My hand is back on my feet, 我都康復了。
LL: You used B.O. correctly. But the phrase, back on your feet, refers to a person. You cannot say your hand is back on its feet. Instead you should say that you, the person, are back on your feet.
LH: 喔。To be back on your feet 是形容康復的人，而不是形容受傷的部位。所以我得說，I am back on my feet.
LL: That's right. But oh, that smell! It's okay, Li Hua. You can tell me if you didn't shower in a while. I understand. I won't mind.
LH: 可是真的不是我的 B.O. 啊。啊！我知道了！一定是這個！
(Li Hua holds out a bag of food.)
LL: Oh my goodness! What is that?
LH: 這是臭豆腐！其實很好吃的，而且又香。你是因為沒吃過所以不習慣它的味道。
LL: Stinky tofu? Why do you have stinky tofu?
LH: 喔。剛才爸媽來過了。知道我很愛吃臭豆腐，就帶來給我吃的啊。來，你也嘗一塊。
LL: Phew! Thanks but no thanks. I don't want to make people think I have terrible B.O. But hey, I'm sure glad to see that you are back on your feet!
今天李華從 Larry 那兒學到兩個常用語，一個是 back on your feet, 表示一個人“恢復健康”；另一個是 B.O., 也就是“體臭”的意思。這次《流行美語》播送完了，謝謝收聽，下次節目再見。
A: 哦！原來 back on your feet 就是恢復健康的意思！ Yao Ming is 100% back on his feet after his retirement from the NBA.
B: That's great! I bet a lot of athletes have to retire early because of health problems and injuries.
A: That's true! 不過還是希望我的偶像林書豪不要受傷！
B: Haha. Rumor has it that Jeremy Lin has a girlfriend.
A: What?!! 你聽誰說的！一定是在造謠！
B: Well, I'm not sure if it's a rumor or not. But you know, there will always be gossip around a popular public figure like him!
A: 在今天的美語怎么說里，我們就來看看傳謠言用美語怎么說！
