The english we speak(BBC教學)第15期:Ginormous巨大的
Finn: Hi, I'm Finn, and today in The English We Speak we're in Feifei's home country - China.
芬：大家好，我是芬。今天的我們所說的英語欄目我們來到的菲菲的家鄉，中國。Feifei: Welcome, welcome... what do you think, Finn?
菲菲：歡迎歡迎，你覺得怎麼樣呢，芬？Finn: Well, Feifei, there are so many... skyscrapers.
芬：嗯，菲菲，這裏有好多高樓大廈。
Feifei: Lots of tall buildings. Impressive, aren't they?
菲菲：非常多的高樓。它們令人印象深刻，不是嗎？Finn: Absolutely. Look at that one. It's gigantic!
芬：當然了。看那一個，它好龐大啊！Feifei: Oh the Jin Mao Tower, yes it's pretty gigantic.
菲菲：哦，金茂大廈，是的它很龐大。Finn: And this one is really... enormous!
芬：還有這一個，實在是巨型！Feifei: Yes, it is. The Oriental Pearl Tower is enormous.
菲菲：是的，東方之珠的確是巨型。Finn: And this one is absolutely... ginormous!
芬：還有這個確實很巨大！Feifei: Gi... what? Finn, you just made that word up.
菲菲：什麼？芬，你剛剛自造了一個詞。Finn: No, seriously, ginormous is a word! It's very informal, and means, well gigantic and enormous. Kind of a combination of both.
芬：不，是真的，巨大的是一個詞！它是非正式的用法，而且意思是巨型的，龐大的。有點像兩個詞結合起來。Feifei: Gigantic, enormous - ginormous. And you're right - the World Financial Centre is ginormous!
菲菲：巨型的，龐大的-巨大的。你是正確的，世界金融中心很巨大！Finn: Can we go to the top of the tower?
芬：我們可以去塔頂嗎？Feifei: Sure. While we take the lift up, listen to these examples.
菲菲：當然可以。趁電梯上升，我們來聽幾個例子吧。Look at that old mobile phone from the 80s - it's ginormous!Those carrots are ginormous!
看那個80年代的手機，它們好巨大啊！那些蘿蔔好巨大！Feifei: Here we are. Wow, what a view!
菲菲：我們到了。哇，好棒的景象！Finn: It's incredible, isn't it? Do you know how high up we are?
芬：難以置信啊，不是嗎？你知道我們現在有多高嗎?Feifei: Hmmm... I don't know. Let me guesstimate.
菲菲：嗯...不知道。讓我猜估一下。Finn: Guesstimate?
芬：猜估？Feifei: Oh, you don't know that word - it's a combination of 'guess' and 'estimate'.
菲菲：哦，你不知道這個詞，這是“猜”和“估計”的結合。Finn: Aha - I see! So how tall do you think this ginormous tower is?
芬：啊哈。我知道了！所以，你覺得這個這個巨大的塔有多高？Feifei: About 500 metres?
菲菲：大約500米？Finn: Pretty tall! We're high above all the 'smog'.
芬：太高了！我們遠遠高於煙霧之上。Feifei: You mean a combination of smoke and...?
菲菲：你指結合起來煙和？Finn: Fog, yes. Actually Feifei, I'm really scared of heights. Shall we go back down?
芬：霧，是的。事實上，菲菲，我其實很恐高。我們可以下去嗎？Feifei: Oh, you really are a ginormous coward Finn!
菲菲：哦，你實在是一個巨大的懦夫，芬！Finn: Hey, come on, Feifei! Right, let's remind everyone to log on to for more phrases! Bye.
芬：嘿，不要這樣，菲菲！好的，我們提醒大家登陸 來獲取更多的短語！再見！Feifei: Bye!
菲菲：再見！
