英语听力精选进阶版 6786

Li: Hi and welcome to another edition of Authentic¹ Real English. 今天我的搭档是Neil. 唉，你的情绪怎么这么激动呀…

Neil: Ah, Li, I'm really, really excited! Actually, I haven't even got a script on me for the programme! I don't need a script! I don't need anything! I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams!

Li: Oh, that's nice. Neil 你怎么一夜之间就成了暴发户?

Neil: … a Mercedes Benz, a Porsche. Maybe well I could get a motorcycle as well and a small boat ... maybe a big one… a yacht²! I could get a yacht!

Li: Neil, you are going bananas!

Neil: Bananas?! No cheap old fruit for me any more… I am having caviar, champagne³, lobster⁴!

Li: Neil! 你没听我在说什么，我说的是 you have gone bananas!

Neil: Sorry Li. I'm very excited because I won the lottery⁵! You know, this week they've got this big jackpot to offer and I got all of the numbers right!

Li: Wow, Neil. 你真有运气，竟中了六合彩！

Neil: And 'to go bananas' has nothing to do with food, as you know. It's an expression in English we use when we are so excited that we act almost out of control!

Li: 这是一个很奇怪的短语，表示情绪超常地激动，狂喜或狂怒，我看最好还是举例示范一下吧。

Neil: Good idea. Let me write my shopping list while we listen to some examples of the use of this expression that has nothing to do with the actual fruit:

I'm so happy that I finally got my promotion⁶. Yesterday I went bananas! I ended up running around the office, hugging and kissing my boss and every single co-worker! They probably thought I was mad.

After the team scored its fourth goal in the final the fans went bananas and started to shout and jump up and down!

Neil: So 'to go bananas' is not an expression about food but about behaviour. It means to behave in a very over-enthusiastic way, like you've gone crazy – an explosion of happiness!

Li: 是啊，你这激动的情绪也感染我了，现在我也想去买点什么， 咱买不起大船，但是我可以买条小船儿，可以在浴缸里玩儿一玩儿或者拿到湖里区去玩儿玩儿，然后再去动物园。

Neil: The zoo? Why the zoo?

Li: 我们说了半天香蕉，我很想去动物园去看看猴子，买一些金黄色的香蕉喂喂猴子! Shiny golden bananas!

Neil: The colour of gold! The most beautiful colour there is! Golden bananas …

Li: Here is another one, 再给你一个。

Neil: The monkeys might even think that they've won the jackpot too!

Li: Goodbye!

Neil: Goodbye!

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 yacht   

n.游艇，快艇

参考例句：

• He was responsible for the location of the missing yacht.他负责查明失踪游艇的下落。
• He planned to cross the Pacific by yacht.他曾打算乘快艇横渡太平洋。

3 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

4 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

5 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

6 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。