英语听力精选进阶版 6795

Rosie: Hi and welcome to Authentic¹ Real English. Today we're having an office party with the whole BBC Learning English team.

Helen: And we're eating some delicious cakes and pies that Jen has baked for us. 我的同事 Jen 还带来了她做的蛋糕和水果派。Have you tried the apple tart²?

Rosie: Mmm... It's so tasty... Jen really has a lot of different skills, doesn't she?

Helen: Yeah, she really gets involved in loads of different activities. 她做好多事情，可忙了。She's always organising different parties, goes rowing... and did you know she works as a weather presenter³ at the weekend too?

Rosie: And she's a really good cook - this blueberry crumble⁵ is just delicious. She really does have a finger in every pie.

Helen: Err⁴, really? 这些糕点味道是不错，不过 Jen 把手指放在里面，太不卫生了吧！I think I've just lost my appetite.

Rosie: That's not what I meant when I said she has a finger in every pie. It means she gets involved in a lot of different things.

Helen: 你是说如果某人 has a finger in every pie, 意思是他们做很多事情，样样活动都参与。Is it a good thing then?

Rosie: Well, in this case, when I said Jen has a finger in every pie I meant it as a good thing, but it can sometimes suggest someone gets involved in things when they shouldn't.

Helen: So it can be a good or a bad thing. Let's have a look at some examples:

If you need any information just ask Annabel. She has a finger in every pie and always knows the answer.

At work I'm a teacher but I also do some accounting⁶ and organise⁷ the end-of-term play. I like to have a finger in every pie!

"I can't seem to do anything without him being there – yesterday I went to the photography club and he was there." "Well, unfortunately he does have a finger in every pie."

Helen: 原来这个短语也有贬义，也就是指某人多管闲事，参与不应该管的事情。

Rosie: Shakespeare used it in his play Henry VIII. In the play it's used as a criticism of someone who gets involved in everything when he shouldn't:

No man's pie is freed

From his ambitious finger.

Helen: So the person criticised here feels the need to put his 'ambitious finger' in every single pie that is baked... 莎翁在他的舞台剧《亨利八世》中也提到了这个短语，其中一个角色非要尝每一个烤好的派。

Rosie: Yes, which means he gets involved in things he shouldn't.

Helen: 莎翁的剧本说法稍有不同，现在我们说 someone has a finger in every pie.

Rosie: Yes, it's slightly less poetic⁸ than "No man's pie is freed from his ambitious finger".

Helen: 的确听起来没有莎翁的剧本那么好听，不过意思都一样。Well, this is all very interesting, but I think I might have a slice of peach pie... 这么多好吃的水果派，我还饿着呢，可不能放弃。

Rosie: No pie is freed from your greedy fingers, is it Helen? Only joking...

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 tart   

adj.酸的；尖酸的，刻薄的；n.果馅饼；淫妇

参考例句：

• She was learning how to make a fruit tart in class.她正在课上学习如何制作水果馅饼。
• She replied in her usual tart and offhand way.她开口回答了，用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。

3 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

4 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

5 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 organise   

vt.组织，安排，筹办

参考例句：

• He has the ability to organise.他很有组织才能。
• It's my job to organise all the ceremonial events.由我来组织所有的仪式。

8 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。