英语听力精选进阶版 6573

Neil: This is Real English from BBC¹ Learning² English. I'm Neil.

Yang Li: 大家好，我是杨莉。

Neil: Today we're looking at English idioms.

Yang Li: 英语中有许多成语，特别精彩，值得专门记下来，今天我们学习那一个， Neil?

Neil: Todays idiom is – to kill two birds with one stone. To kill two birds with one stone.

Yang Li: Oh, 这个成语听起来很残忍！一个石头砸死两只鸟。

Neil: It does a bit. But it's a very useful idiom. It means³ to do two things at the same time, when you might have done just one.

Yang Li: 那到是，听起来是一个非常有用的成语。当我们可以同时做两件事情而不是一件事，我们可以说 I killed two birds with one stone. 在汉语里我们就说一箭双雕。

Neil: So the Chinese is similar then? Here's an example of how to use it in English.

Examples

I went to Beijing on a business trip but a lot of my family live there too, so I killed two birds with one stone – I worked hard but saw my family as well.

I'm making a birthday cake for my sister tonight - but it's my flatmate's birthday on Tuesday so I think I'll add just a few extra ingredients⁴ and make two cakes – kill two birds with one stone.

Yang Li: 上面对话说到这位女士去北京出差，因为自己的亲戚都在北京所以顺便就去探亲了。 She killed two birds with one stone. 不管怎样，我们得快点儿走了！ Neil, do you want to go for a coffee?

Neil: Where are you going?

Yang Li: Just the coffee shop across the street.

Neil: Brilliant. I can go to the internet cafe next to the coffee shop and check my emails.

Yang Li: Ah, kill two birds with one stone?

Neil: Yes, I can kill two birds with one stone. Coffee and emails! Let's go.

Yang Li: 如果大家想学到更多的地道英语都可以登陆我们的网站 www.bbcchina.com.cn. Thanks for listening. 下次再会。

Neil: Bye.

1 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

2 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。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

4 ingredients   

n.（混合物的）组成部分( ingredient的名词复数 )；（烹调的）原料；（构成）要素；因素

参考例句：

• All ingredients are readily available from your local store. 所有的原料都可以方便地从你当地的商店买到。
• We never use second quality ingredients to build building. 我们决不使用次等材料用于建筑。 来自《简明英汉词典》