BBC生活對話-想法不切實際

最新 06-17

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有想法有什麼問題？

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Hello, I』m Rob…

大家好，我是羅布……

…and I』m Feifei and this is The English We Speak.

……我是菲菲，歡迎收聽地道英語。

Feifei, you』ve travelled all over the world but have you ever been to la-la land?

菲菲，你環遊過全世界，但你去過愛樂之城嗎？

Ha – you mean Los Angeles – the city of angels. It』s an amazing place, full of film stars!

哈，你是說洛杉磯，天使之城。那是個很棒的地方，有許多電影明星！

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Sounds great and you』re very clever – la-la land is the informal name for Los Angeles… but there is another la-la land.

聽上去很棒啊，你也非常聰明，愛樂之城是洛杉磯的非正式名稱……但還有另外一種愛樂之城。

And where is this other la-la land?

那另外一座愛樂之城在哪裡呢？

It』s usually in someone』s head! Like our boss – he wants me to write all these scripts, edit them and make him a cup of tea – by the end of the day. He really is living in la-la land!

通常在某個人的腦袋裡！比如我們老闆，他想讓我在這天結束的時候，把所有稿子都寫出來，把它們都編輯好，再給他泡杯茶。他可真是生活在愛樂之城裡啊。

Our boss is living in la-la land – but the last time I checked he was living in London!

我們老闆住在愛樂之城，但上次我看他還住在倫敦啊！

Well Feifei, if someone is living in la-la land it can also mean they are in a fantasy world where they believe impossible things might happen – but they are being unreasonable and not being realistic.

菲菲，如果一個人住在愛樂之城，也表示他們住在一個幻想世界中，在那裡，他們相信不可能的事情會發生。但他們是不理智的，也是不切實際的。

Just like our boss.

就像我們老闆。

Someone in la-la land doesn』t really understand how things really are – take a listen to these examples…

生活在幻想之都的人不了解事情本來是什麼樣子的，聽一下這些例子吧……

She』s clearly living in la-la land – how can we ever afford to buy a house with the little money we earn?

很明顯，她的想法不切實際，我們掙這麼點錢，怎麼能買得起房子呢？

My boyfriend』s living in la-la land if he thinks I』m going sailing with him – I get seasick!

如果我男朋友覺得我會和他一起去航行的話，那他可真是不切實際，我暈船啊！

That』s la-la land – a phrase to describe someone who is unreasonable or out of touch with reality.I know the feeling – I』ve got lots of work to do too and I』m going on holiday tomorrow… I don』t suppose you could help me?

那個「愛樂之城」，是用來描述某人不理智或脫離現實的短語。我知道那種感覺——我也有許多工作要做，可我明天就要去度假了……我覺得你不會幫我對吧？

Feifei you really are living in la-la land –I』ve told you I haven』t got any time.

菲菲，你真是不切實際，我都告訴過你了，我一點時間都沒有。

Ah well, I just thought I』d ask.

好嘛，我只是想問問嘛。

Anyway, where are you off on holiday to this time?

那你這次度假要去那裡呢？

Can』t you guess?

你能猜一下不？

La-la land?

愛樂之城？

Bye!