The english we speak(BBC教學)第316期:Clickbait 點擊誘餌

Feifei is worried — Rob went for an interview and got a slap in the face. Is he OK? Luckily it's just another English expression he's using and the only thing that's hurt is his pride!

菲菲非常擔心，因爲羅布去參加面試，但是“捱了一記耳光”。他還好嗎？幸運的是，這只是一個英語表達，用來形容他“受到了侮辱”。

Rob: Welcome to The English We Speak with me, Rob.

羅布：歡迎大家收聽地道英語節目，我是羅布。

Feifei: And me Feifei. Hello! So how did you interview go?

菲菲：我是菲菲。大家好！你的面試怎麼樣？

Rob: You know, quite good... ok... well not bad.

羅布：你知道，非常好……嗯……還不錯。

Feifei: So did you get the promotion?

菲菲：所以你升職了？

Rob: Well... no. I didn't... it was a bit of a slap in the face actually.

羅布：嗯……沒有。我沒有升職，實際上有點像捱了一記耳光。

Feifei: A slap in the face? Did they hit you?!

菲菲：捱了一記耳光？他們打你了？

Rob: No, no, no. I mean not getting the job is a bit of an insult — I was the right man for the job — look at all my qualifications and experience.

羅布：不，不，不是這個意思。我的意思是沒有得到那份工作有點像受到了侮辱，看看我的資歷和經驗，我是那個職位的最佳人選。

Feifei: Oh dear. You sound quite offended Rob.

菲菲：哦天哪。羅布，聽起來你被冒犯了。

Rob: That's what 'a slap in the face' means — it's an action that can be seen as an insult or cause offence. It can also cause disappointment because you were expecting a more positive outcome.

羅布：這就是“一記耳光”的意思，這是一個可以被視作侮辱或造成傷害的行爲。它也可以讓人失望，因爲你本來期盼着一個更好的結果。

Feifei: Like getting that promotion?

菲菲：比如獲得晉升？

Rob: Exactly. Here are some more examples...

羅布：沒錯。下面再來聽幾個例句。

Examples

例句

After all the extra work we put in, it was a slap in the face not to win the contract.

我們一直在加班，可是我們沒有拿下這份合同，這簡直就是一記耳光。

Not being invited on his stag do, was a real slap in the face — I thought I was his best friend!

我沒有收到他的晚會邀請，這對我來說真的是一記耳光，我本以爲我是他最好的朋友！

Feifei: So 'a slap in the face' is an insult — or an action that causes offence or disappointment. It's not actually a physical slap in the face then?

菲菲：所以“一記耳光”是一種侮辱，或是冒犯他人的行爲或引起他人失望的舉動。並不是真的在臉上扇一耳光對吧？

Rob: That's right.

羅布：沒錯。

Feifei: So what are you going to do about getting a promotion?

菲菲：那對於升職這件事，你打算怎麼做呢？

Rob: Well to be honest, Feifei, it wasn't much of a promotion anyway — it was quite a boring job role and no more money — an idiot could have done it — I think you would have been good at it...

羅布：說實話，菲菲，這其實並不是多大的晉升，那其實是個很無聊的工作崗位，工資也沒有漲，白癡都會做，我覺得你很適合這份工作……

[SLAP]

（耳光聲）

, what was that?

哎呀，那是幹嘛？

Feifei: That's a real slap in the face!

菲菲：這是一記真正的耳光！

Rob: Was it something I said?

羅布：是我說錯話了嗎？

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重點講解：
1. see as 認爲；把…看作；
例句：Still the dealers continued to see it as a gimmick.
儘管如此，各承銷商仍然把它看作是一種花招。
2. put in 花費，投入（時間或精力）；
例句：He has put in over three years' work on this book.
爲這本書，他努力工作了3年。
3. to be honest 老實說；說實在的；
例句：To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help.
說實在的，她沒幫上忙，反而成了累贅。
4. be good at 擅長的；精通的；能幹的；
例句：He is good at making impromptu speech.
他善於發表即席演說。