The english we speak(BBC教學)第24期:legend 傳奇
Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. We're in Finn's kitchen, and he's hard at work.
菲菲：大家好，歡迎來到我們所說的英語。我們現在位於芬的廚房裏，他正在辛苦地工作。Finn: Hello.
芬：大家好。Feifei: Finn. What are you doing?
菲菲：芬，你在幹什麼？
Finn: Just sawing this table.
芬：只是在鋸桌子。Feifei: Sawing the table? Why?
菲菲：鋸桌子？爲什麼？Finn: To make it round; a nice round shape.
芬：把它弄圓，一個好看的圓形。Feifei: OK? Not quite sure why?
菲菲：好吧，但是爲什麼要這樣呢？Finn: So I can have a round table. Like King Arthur...
芬：這樣我就可以有一個圓桌子了，和亞瑟王一樣。Feifei: You mean like King Arthur in the British legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Finn, that sounds a bit weird.
菲菲：你指像英國傳說裏的圓桌騎士王的首領亞瑟王那樣。芬，這聽起來怪怪的。Finn: OK fine, don't laugh. Actually, hang on, I'm not very good at DIY. My saw is stuck - it won't move.
芬：好吧，不要笑。事實上，等一下，我不太擅長手工製作。我的鋸子卡住了，它動不了了。Feifei: Give me that. You need to do it like this, nice and smooth.
菲菲：把它給我。你得這樣用，好用順暢。Finn: Thanks Feifei, you're a legend.
芬：謝謝，菲菲，你真是個傳奇。Feifei: No problem Finn. A legend. Unlike King Arthur and characters from myths and legends, who didn't really exist - you'll also hear the word 'legend' used to describe people around you.
菲菲：沒關係，芬。一個傳奇。不像亞瑟王和神話傳說裏的並不真實存在的人物，你會聽到“傳奇”這個詞用來形容你身邊的人。Finn: Yes - in British slang, we say someone is a legend if they do something very helpful, very generous or very successfully - like in these examples:
芬：是的，在英國俚語裏，當別人幫了很大的忙，很慷慨或是很成功的時候，我們說他是一個傳奇，比如：Thank you for that mate - you helped so much with the party today. You're a legend.
朋友謝謝你，今天的派對你幫了很大的忙，你是一個傳奇。A: Hey, I found your car keys.
A:嘿，我發現了你的車鑰匙。B: Oh great - you're a legend. I've been looking for an hour!
B:哦，太棒了，你是一個傳奇。我找了一個小時了！He's a legend. He drove me to the airport at 5am.
他是一個傳奇，他早晨5點開車送我去機場。Finn: And there we have it, a perfect round table.
芬：我們做好了，一個完美的圓桌子。Feifei: Well done Finn. I'm impressed. Now what?
菲菲：太棒了芬。我很震驚。現在怎麼辦？Finn: I thought we could invite a few friends round for dinner. Trouble is, I'm absolutely awful at cooking.
芬：我覺得我們可以邀請一些朋友來吃晚餐。但問題是，我完全不會做飯。Feifei: Never fear - I'll do my special Sunday Roast...
菲菲：不要害怕，我會做我的週末特別烤肉。Finn: Feifei, you are a legend.
芬：菲菲，你是一個傳奇。Feifei: Well, you can buy the ingredients! We'll need beef, potatoes, flour, carrots. Before you go off to the shops, can you remind everyone of our website?
菲菲：那麼，你可以買一些原料！我們需要牛肉，土豆，麪粉，胡蘿蔔。你去商店之前，你可以提醒大家我們的網址嗎？Finn: Of course - . See you next time everyone!
芬：當然可以—。下次見！Feifei: Bye.
菲菲：再見。
