英语听力精选进阶版 6631

Diarmuid: Hello and welcome to Authentic¹ Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Diarmuid.

Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid?

Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter².

Feifei: 打火机。

Diarmuid: Yes, I think she might have been trying to smirt with me.

Feifei: 他想和你干什么 smirt?

Diarmuid: Yes, smirt, S.M.I.R.T, smirt. Now smirt is a slang³ word to describe flirting⁴ with another person when you are smoking.

Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting.

Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created.

Feifei: 原来是这个意思，今天早上问 Diarmuid 借火的这个女孩子其实对 Diarmuid 有好感，所以以借火为由和他搭讪。

Diarmuid: Yes, but I didn’t have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation.

Feifei: Was she pretty?

Diarmuid: She was very pretty.

Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again. 现在在英国几乎所有的公共场所，像办公室，饭馆儿，就是禁烟的，所以想抽烟的朋友们只能去户外抽烟。 What do people usually say when they are smirting?

Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting:

Example

A: Hi, could I borrow your lighter?

B: Sure.

A: Thanks. Are you new here?

B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department.

A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you.

B: I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other.

Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely. 不知道我什么时候才能遇到梦中的白马王子呀！

Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt.

Feifei: I know.

Diarmuid: Ok, well that's all for today.

Feifei: See you soon.

Diarmuid: Bye.

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 slang   

n.俚语，行话；vt.使用俚语，辱骂；vi.辱骂

参考例句：

• The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
• Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。

4 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分