英语听力精选进阶版 6699

Feifei: Hello everybody. I'm Feifei, and welcome to another Authentic¹ Real English from BBC Learning Engl...

Dan: Erm, hang on a minute Feifei.

Feifei: Dan what are you doing? 我们得开始录节目了！你说说我整天跟这些一点儿都不专业的人一起工作，气死我了。

Dan: It's this machine Feifei. It's on the blink.

Feifei: It's what?

Dan: On the blink. It isn't working properly.

Feifei: Ahh, on the blink. On the blink 的意思就是机器出了故障，不灵了。It's a common phrase to use when machines are not functioning, and it's our Authentic Real English phrase today. Is that machine working yet Dan?

Dan: No, not yet.

Feifei: Well, while you try to fix that, let's hear some more examples of people using the phrase on the blink.

Examples

A: Is that a new phone?

B: Yeah, my other one's on the blink, so I'm using this while it's being repaired.

A: Did you see that programme last night?

B: No my TV's gone on the blink again; I can't watch anything.

Feifei: In the second example we heard the speaker say that his TV's gone on the blink. You can use on the blink with the verb to go, so we'd say something's gone on the blink, that it went on the blink, or that it's about to go on the blink. OK Dan, have you fixed² that machine yet? Or is that still on the blink?

Dan: No, all fixed. It should be working perfectly³ now.

Feifei: Excellent. So it's bye from us.

Dan: Bye!

Feifei: 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 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。