Diarmuid: He smokes too many cigarettes.
他吸烟太多了。
Diarmuid: Spring Festival is a big holiday period.
春节是最重要的节假日。
Diarmuid: When's the big holiday period in Beijing?
北京最长的节假日是何时?
Diarmuid: it struck a whole new style of architecture.
它体现了一整套新型的建筑风格。
Diarmuid: or: Do you want to go out for dinner tonight?
你想今天晚上出去吃饭吗?
Diarmuid: We could say something like, "I'm off to pastures new".
牧场新意思就是重新开始一段新生活。
Diarmuid: They also have an extensive department on film and drama.
还有一个庞大的电影和戏剧部门。
Diarmuid: Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill.
纳尔逊将军,惠灵顿公爵和丘吉尔首相的葬礼都是在此举行的。
Diarmuid: Lord Nelson; the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill.
纳尔逊将军,惠灵顿公爵和丘吉尔首相的葬礼都是在此举行的。
Diarmuid: What can we say too someone if we have just used a swear word?
是啊,如果我们已经不假思索的骂了一句脏话,那怎么能够挽回局面呢?
Diarmuid: Yes, you could say, "I'd love to but I'm working late tonight".
我真的很想去,可是今天晚上会工作到很晚。
Diarmuid: Absolutely. We can use the word ain't instead of all of those words.
多么实用的一个单词啊,我们可以用它来取代很多其他单词,对不对?
Diarmuid: or: I'm really sorry but actually I have to finish an assignment tonight.
真的不好意思,我今天晚上有作业要完成。
Diarmuid: And I'm Diarmuid. You know Li, it was so nice to meet your friends last night.
穆达是在说我们昨天晚上的聚餐,他在餐桌上认识了我的许多朋友。
Diarmuid: Second-hand and antiquarian books, and sheet music; they have something for everyone.
他们还有旧书和古物古玩类的书刊和各种乐谱。
Diarmuid: Yes, let me explain. Heads up actually means a warning or a passing on of information.
原来这个短语的意思是“发出警告或传递重要消息”的意思。
Diarmuid: Now Jean you know that people in the UK don't like to tell other people how much they earn.
确实,在英国文化里,大家很少互相打听对方的收入薪水高低,很多人也认为这样做是极不礼貌的。
Diarmuid: You could have a great song in a musical but if the story doesn't quite work, you might never hear it again.
歌曲也许很好,但是如果剧情不扣人心弦,那么歌曲很快就会被遗忘。
Diarmuid: Yes, smirt, S. M. I. R. T, smirt. Now smirt is a slang word to describe flirting with another person when you are smoking.
迪尔米德:是的,借火搭讪。现在这是个俚语,指的是在吸烟的时候和某人调情。
Diarmuid: Hello and welcome to Ask about Britain, the programme where we answer your questions about British life and culture. I'm Diarmuid.
大家好,我是冯菲菲。在英国问答节目当中我们为您解答英国生活和文化方面的问题。
Diarmuid Mitchell is the ELT materials Writer of the BBC Learning English China team. He develops radio and online materials for broadcast in China.
穆达是BBC学英语部中国组英语教育节目的教材撰写人,为在中国播出的广播节目撰写广播和网上教材。
Diarmuid: Try surfing the web in English instead of Chinese sometimes - you'll find lots of interesting words that you should be able to guess from their context.
是的,如果你经常使用汉语上网浏览,那么在遇到英语网络词汇的时候,你基本上可以根据上下文来判断词义。
"He was very visibly upset, I would say, to hear of some of the things that are told in the Ryan Report and how the children had suffered," said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
“我可以肯定的说,当听到瑞安报告上的那些事和得知那些孩子是如何受到虐待时,他显然非常地生气。” 迪阿尔穆德·马丁大主教说道。
"He was very visibly upset, I would say, to hear of some of the things that are told in the Ryan Report and how the children had suffered," said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
“我可以肯定的说,当听到瑞安报告上的那些事和得知那些孩子是如何受到虐待时,他显然非常地生气。” 迪阿尔穆德·马丁大主教说道。
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