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,這裡有好多高樓大廈。
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!