The english we speak(BBC教學)第320期:On the box 上演的電視節目

Neil and Feifei are moving house and they're surrounded by cardboard boxes. Feifei has had enough of packing. So when Neil makes a suggestion involving another 'box', Feifei isn't happy!

尼爾和菲菲準備搬家，他們周圍都是紙箱。菲菲對一直打包感到厭煩。所以，當尼爾提了一個包含“box”這個詞的建議時，菲菲很不高興！

Feifei: Plates... OK. Spoons... all packed. That's one box full. The kitchen is finished, Neil!

菲菲：盤子……好了。勺子……都打包好了。一個箱子裝滿了。廚房收拾完了，尼爾！

Neil: All packed? Well done. Now let's move on to the bedroom.

尼爾：都打包好了？做得好。現在我們去收拾臥室吧。

Feifei: OK... I'm exhausted. In today's The English We Speak, Neil and I are moving house, and there's just so much packing to do. The house is full of cardboard boxes!

菲菲：好……可是我已經精疲力盡了。在今天的地道英語節目裏，尼爾和我要搬家，我們有太多東西需要打包。房子裏全是紙箱！

Neil: I know, I know Feifei. Listen, let's just finish this room and then we can sit down, relax and see what's on the box.

尼爾：我知道，我知道，菲菲。聽着，我們把這個房間收拾好以後就可以坐下來放鬆一下，看看電視。

Feifei: Neil, the last thing I want to do is look at any more boxes! I need a break.

菲菲：尼爾，我最不想做的就是再去看箱子了！我需要休息。

Neil: Oh, of course. What I meant was: see what's on TV! 'On the box' is a slang expression meaning 'on TV'.

尼爾：哦，當然。我的意思是：看看有什麼電視節目！“在電視上播出的節目”是一種俚語表達，意思就是“上演的電視節目”。

Feifei: Ok, why didn't you just say 'on TV'?! Anyway, let's play some examples while we finish packing.

菲菲：哦，那你爲什麼不直接說“上演的電視節目”呢？！總之，在我們完成打包的同時來聽幾個例句吧。

Neil: Good idea.

尼爾：好主意。

Examples

例句

A: See anything good on the box last night?

A：昨晚看什麼好的電視節目了嗎？

B: Yeah! There was this great new series about spies.

B：看了！有一部關於間諜的新電視劇很棒。

A: What are you up to tonight?

A：你今晚有什麼安排嗎？

B: Not much, just gonna relax in front of the box.

B：沒什麼事，就看看電視節目放鬆一下。

Neil: Yes — you can also relax 'in front of the box', which means in front of the television. And which reminds me, Feifei: where is the box, I mean, our TV?

尼爾：是的，你也可以說“在電視前面”放鬆一下，也就是說在電視機前面。這倒提醒我了，菲菲，箱子，我是問我們的電視在哪兒呢？

Feifei: Oh, oh yes. I, err... packed it away already. But I don't remember which box I put it in.

菲菲：哦，對，我，呃……已經把它打包了。但我不記得把它放到那個箱子裏了。

Neil: You mean the box, is in... a box? But we've packed 20 boxes already. Which one is it in?

尼爾：你是說電視在……箱子裏？但我們已經打包了20個箱子了。電視在哪個箱子裏呢？

Feifei: Sorry! Let's just finish packing and then go out for dinner.

菲菲：抱歉！我們打包完以後還是出去吃晚飯吧。

Neil: Yes, I've had enough of these boxes too, bye.

尼爾：好，我也已經受夠這些箱子了，再見。

Feifei: Bye!

菲菲：再見！

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重點講解：
1. well done 做得好；
例句：Well done is better than well said.
說得好不如做得好。
2. be full of 有大量…的；滿是…的；
例句：The boy is full of fire and courage.
這男孩充滿激情和勇氣。
3. sit down 就座；坐下；
例句：Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa.
休斯示意他在沙發上坐下。
4. finish doing sth. 結束；做畢；
例句：As soon as he'd finished eating, he excused himself.
他一吃完就告辭離開了。