全网最酷美语怎么说:第12期 乌龙

 　　Nick:Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching¹ series "how do you say this in American English."

　　Nick:大家好，我是Nick.

　　Brad:大家好，我是Brad

　　Nick:今天我们要讲的一个词组，是叫做"乌龙"。大家都知道，乌龙就是说在一个很大的，在中文中，指一个很大的错误。比如说，我们今年颁奖的奥斯卡，他就是一个大乌龙。不小心颁错了。明明是颁给Moonlight.最后颁给了La La Land.那这是一个乌龙。像这种类似的。包括我们踢球，乌龙球，事实上也可以用这个词组。我们叫mix-up.So brad, have you watched the Oscar ceremony?

　　Brad:Oh yeah. That was a couple of weeks ago.

　　Nick:That was so freaking funny.

　　Brad:Yeah well they completely mixed up who got to win the award. That was pretty embarrassing².

　　Nick:The best picture was for La La Land, no no no, I was gonna say La La Land but I can't make the same mistake. It was for moonlight. The moonlight boy or moonlight? Whatever…I don't really watch movies, sorry guys. It wasn't La La Land, but the announcer³, warren beatty, he got it wrong. He got the total wrong thing. So that's a stage mix-up.

　　Brad:yeah, it's a classic⁴ mix-up. You wanna know another example? One recently happened to me was I coached soccer, or you call it "football" in China?

　　Nick:Well, yeah in China, I think most people, they call it "football" instead of "soccer". But in the united states, we all call it "football" that "football". (橄榄球)

　　Brad:Anyway, I was coaching football, and I was teaching these kids what to do. And too many of them were mixing up which is the goal. They needed a score port and extremely frustrating⁵ and getting everything down. They could score very well. But they were mixing up which net they score.

　　Nick:This is the biggest mistake.

　　Brad:Ok, I was like, "stop mixing up the goals." Score! Where I was standing⁶ was the left goal, but they were at the wrong left.

　　Nick:So they got the wrong net?

　　Brad:Yeah wrong net every time

　　Nick:That's ridiculous

　　Brad:I have no idea how they can mix that up, but they were…

　　Nick:So it also happens in professional games, right?

　　Brad:Yeah I'm pretty sure that can happen.

　　Nick:Like somebody just got the wrong net. It's possible. Brad刚刚说，教人家踢球的时候，"Did you coach that football team before?"

　　Brad:Yeah

　　Nick:他在教人家踢球的时候，小孩子嘛。对了，有一点穿插讲一下，在美国，football不是指足球，指的是橄榄球。我们都把橄榄球叫做football.虽然说它是用手进行的一项运动，但是它叫football.我也是很郁闷。但它就是这么叫的。他们叫足球，叫做soccer,不是叫football。其他国家我不是很清楚，但是大家来美国，一定叫football橄榄球，足球叫做soccer. 不然别人会理解错。当然了，在情境下可能比较难理解错，但是没有必要犯这种不一样的说法的错误。刚刚说到，他说小孩子老是把球门给踢反，把球踢向自己家的网，这就非常尴尬了。虽然你得分多，但是你是给对方得分啊。包括这样的事情同样会发生在职业赛场上，我们管这个叫乌龙球。A mix-up ball. You can say like a "mix-up ball, right?"

　　Brad:Yeah you can say that.

　　Nick:就是一个乌龙球，把这个球踢到对面，不对，踢到自家的网上，让对面得分。也是一件非常awkward，非常尴尬的一件事。以上就是今天就是讲解的主要内容。I'll see you guys next time

　　Brad:Bye everyone.

　　Nick:Bye.

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

2 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 announcer   

n.宣布者；电(视)台播音员，报幕员

参考例句：

• The radio announcer said it was nine o'clock.电台播音员报时9点整。
• The announcer tells the listeners what programme comes next.广播员告诉听众下一个是什么节目。

4 classic   

n.经典作品；adj.经典的，一流的；古典的

参考例句：

• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
• The football match was a classic.那场足球比赛堪称典范。

5 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。