地道英语在线听-Pants 差劲，倒霉

Are this clown's pants "pants"?

Neil: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning¹ English, I’m Neil

Helen: And I’m Helen. Hello!

Neil: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Helen: 和汉语一样，英语语言里是充满了成语和口语词的，所以学习和了解这些短语和口语词是非常有用的。尤其这些说法和语言都是英国人日常说到用到的。那Neil，我们今天要来学习的新词是什么呢？

Neil: Today’s expression is pants. P-A-N-T-S.

Helen: What? Pants, 不是短裤的意思吗？

Neil: Well, yes pants is another word for underwear² in British English but this is also a word that people use nowadays to mean rubbish.

Helen: Rubbish 就是没用、差劲儿的意思，那pants也是这个意思吗? Neil，你能给我们举个例子说说吗？

Neil: Well anything that you think is rubbish you can say 'pants'. I didn’t like the film, I thought it was pants.

Helen: 原来如果我们要说某件东西很没用，很没意思的话，我们就可以用Pants这个词。

Insert

A: Oh no, I’ve forgotten my train pass – pants!

B: Oh no, I guess you’ll have to buy a ticket today then.

A: Have you seen the news? The Madonna concerts have been cancelled!

B: Pants, I was really looking forward to that!

Helen: 这么听来，Pants这个词的用法又不同了。就是如果某件不好的事情发生了，你可以用Pants来表达你胸中的不快或愤懑。就像咱们中国话说得“气死我了”“太倒霉了”一样。

Neil: I tell you what is pants Helen…

Helen: What’s that then Neil?

Neil: Well we’ve reached the end of the programme…

Helen: That is pants…好了让我们来回顾一下，今天我们学到的英国通俗口语词是pants，可以是很没用、很差劲的意思，也可以当作一个感叹号一样来宣泄一下不快的情绪“真气人”“太倒霉了”都可以用pants来替代。

Neil: And that’s all we have time for today. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. We’ll see you next time.

Helen: Bye for now.

 

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 underwear   

n.衫衣，内衣，贴身衣

参考例句：

• He had removed his underwear.他已脱去了内衣。
• They left off their woollen underwear when the weather got warm.天气转暖的时候，他们不再穿羊毛内衣。