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Is Victoria Beckham really posh? |
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Jo:I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning English.
Oliver:大家好,我是Oliver,地道英語(yǔ)和大家一起學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)代英式英語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的流行詞匯和實(shí)用表達(dá)。這些詞兒和短語(yǔ)都是現(xiàn)在英國(guó)人當(dāng)中非常流行的。So what's today's word Jo?
Jo:Well today's word is posh. P.O.S.H. posh.
Oliver:嗯,Jo,我覺(jué)得我知道這個(gè)詞兒,posh,它好像是前辣妹合唱團(tuán)中的成員,著名球星貝克漢姆的妻子的昵稱吧.
Jo:Oh very good Oliver. Yes David Beckham's wife Victoria also has the nickname Posh.
Oliver:這個(gè)詞兒是用來(lái)說(shuō)優(yōu)雅的人的嗎?比如有些上流社會(huì)的人,十分富有、衣著華麗、彬彬有禮、周旋在各種時(shí)尚社交場(chǎng)合什么的。
Jo:That's right Oliver. So people who are rich, with nice clothes, who speak nicely and have good manners and might be called posh. We might also call someone posh as a joke.
Oliver:你是指,說(shuō)什么人 posh也可能是開(kāi)玩笑的。比如說(shuō),你的一個(gè)朋友,開(kāi)始喝很貴的葡萄酒,那你就可以拿他開(kāi)玩笑說(shuō):
Jo:You're getting a bit posh aren't you?
Oliver:在這個(gè)時(shí)候,posh就不是真的優(yōu)雅的意思了,而是假高貴的意思了。一般來(lái)說(shuō),人們更喜歡用在評(píng)論什么人的時(shí)候,而很少當(dāng)面說(shuō)別人,除非像剛才我們聽(tīng)到的那樣是開(kāi)玩笑。
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A: We're moving house – we've found a nice place next to the park.
B: Ooh that's a bit posh isn't it?
Jo:In fact Oliver, you are looking a bit posh today – are you going somewhere special?
Oliver:是嗎?哦,那可是真要謝謝你! Actually I am going out to a nice restaurant – in fact you could probably say a posh restaurant - with my friends tonight!
Jo:Well you look very smart. I don't often see you looking so posh!
Oliver:那你就是說(shuō)我平時(shí)看起來(lái)不怎么樣啦!好了,不開(kāi)玩笑了,還是看看我們今天學(xué)到的詞兒吧 posh – 優(yōu)雅的。
Jo:And that's about all for today. You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Don't forget to log onto our website www.bbcchina.com.cn
Oliver:再見(jiàn)。
Jo:See you.
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