知心大姐英語口語解讀
John: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m John.
Jean: And I’m Jean. Hello!
John: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Jean: 英語是一種富有成語和不同語言習(xí)慣的語言，所以要想學(xué)習(xí)地道純正的英國英語，了解英國人常用的通俗語言和表達(dá)方式也是非常重要的`。
John: Today’s expression is ‘a(chǎn)gony A.G.O.N.Y. – aunt A.U.N.T’ –agony aunt.
Jean: Agony 通常是痛苦苦惱的意思，aunt是阿姨的意思，那這兩個(gè)詞放在一起不就成了“苦惱阿姨”了嗎？！
John: Well you would normally find an agony aunt in a newspaper or magazine. An agony aunt will give advice to people who write to them about their personal problems.
Jean: OK – 原來這個(gè)agony aunt其實(shí)就是我們中國話“知心大姐”的意思。大家有了什么苦惱煩心的事情就可以寫信給報(bào)紙雜志上的知心大姐專欄，詢求指教和幫助。
John: Agony is another word for pain.
Jean: 是的，agony就是指身體上或者精神上的痛苦。知心大姐之所以叫 agony aunt就是因?yàn)樗且晃粠椭鷦e人排解痛苦的人。不過John，一般這些給知心大姐寫信的人都有一些什么樣的痛苦難題呢？
John: Well maybe you think your boyfriend is seeing another woman, or you might be a 16 year old who is pregnant.
Jean: Ah 就是說如果你的伴侶有了外遇，或者你意外懷孕了等等這樣很個(gè)人的痛苦和難題。
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A: What are you reading there?
B: Oh I’m reading the agony aunt section in the newspaper – I love reading about people’s problems and the advice they give.
A: I feel like an agony aunt at work sometimes – people are always telling me their personal problems
B: You must be good at giving advice!
A: I am pretty good….
John: So come on Jean, be honest – have you ever written to an agony aunt?
Jean: Honestly John – I have never done that. But I do enjoy reading the agony aunt columns in magazines though.
John: It must be quite depressing being an agony aunt though – and to have to listen to people’s problems all the time.
Jean: But you can help people with the advice you give – I think it would be interesting – 不過我本來就比較愛管別人閑事，嚴(yán)格來講應(yīng)該算是Nosy而不是個(gè)agony aunt。
John: Well everyone – now you know – if you have any problems you can send them to Jean at BBC Learning English!! Anyway, that’s today’s expression ‘a(chǎn)gony aunt’
Jean: Agony Aunt – 知心大姐。好了今天我們BBC Learning English 的地道英語節(jié)目就到這了.
John: See you next time.
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