The english we speak(BBC教學)第248期:Thingy 東西

Feifei and Finn are going to present a programme — but before they begin, Feifei wants Finn to pass her the… thingy. What does she mean? Listen to the programme to find out.

菲菲和芬恩要錄製節目，但是在他們開始錄製之前，菲菲希望芬恩把thingy遞給她。她是什麼意思？請收聽本期節目找出答案。

Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.

注：音頻與文本並不完全對應。

Feifei: Hello Finn. Looking forward to another The English We Speak?

菲菲：你好，芬恩。期待錄製新一期的地道英語節目嗎？

Finn: Hi, Feifei! Oh yes, always…

芬恩：你好，菲菲！哦，當然了，我一直很期待……

Feifei: Actually, before we begin, could you pass me the thingy?

菲菲：實際上，在我們開始之前，你能把那個遞給我嗎？

Finn: Which thingy? The script?

芬恩：什麼東西？節目腳本嗎？

Feifei: No, no — not the script. The thingy behind you…

菲菲：不是，不是腳本。就是你後面的那個東西……

Finn: Ah, you need a pen? Here you go.

芬恩：啊，你是說鋼筆嗎？給你。

Feifei: No. I've got a pen actually. Two pens. I mean that… thingy over there…

菲菲：不是。我已經有鋼筆了。兩支鋼筆。我是說那邊的那個東西……

Finn: Which thingy? Listen, I know this studio is a bit of a mess, isn't it? So if you keep saying 'thingy' we could be here all day!

芬恩：什麼東西？聽着，我知道這個演播室有些亂，對吧？所以如果你一直說“東西”的話，那我們要在這裏待上一天了！

Feifei: Sorry, Finn. 'Thingy' is a word which we sometimes use when I can't remember or don't know the name of an object.

菲菲：抱歉，芬恩。在我們想不起來或者不知道一件物品的名字時我們通常會使用Thingy這個詞。

Finn: It is indeed. And it can be used, informally, when you can't remember the name of a particular person too. And it's today's expression, Feifei?

芬恩：沒錯。這個詞還有個非正式用法，如果你想不起來一個人的名字也可以使用。Thingy就是今天要講的表達方式，對吧，菲菲？

Feifei: Yes, why not? 'Thingy' is our word today in The English We Speak. Let's hear some examples of how it's used.

菲菲：對，爲什麼不呢？Thingy就是今天地道英語節目要學的單詞。我們來聽些例句，看看這個詞如何應用。

Examples

例句

You want a recipe for stew? Ask… thingy. She was talking about a lovely one the other day.

你想要份燉菜食譜嗎？問問那誰吧。她那天還提到了一個有趣的食譜呢。

Sorry, I'm late for the meeting. Could you just pass me the thingy for my report… I mean… the stapler?

抱歉，我開會遲到了。你能把我的報告需要的那個東西遞給我嗎？我是說訂書機。

Feifei: That's it! I was asking for the… stopwatch! I need to time the programme, Finn.

菲菲：我想起來了！我剛纔想要的是秒錶！我需要爲節目計時，芬恩。

Finn: No, you don't. The programme is over. And this stopwatch shouldn't really be here. It belongs to… to… he was looking for it the other day.

芬恩：不，你不需要。節目已經結束了。而且秒錶也不應該在這裏。這個秒錶是那個誰的，他那天還找來着。

Feifei: Belongs to…?

菲菲：是誰的？

Finn: It belongs to… thingy.

芬恩：那個誰的。

Feifei: Come one, Finn. It belongs to Rob. I'll return it to him!

菲菲：好了，芬恩。是羅布的。我會還給他的！

Finn: Bye!

芬恩：再見！

Feifei: Bye!

菲菲：再見！

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重點講解：
1. look forward to sth./doing sth. 期待；盼望；
例句：I have long been looking forward to meeting you.
我一直盼望有機會同你見面。
2. why not （表示同意別人的建議）爲什麼不呢，好，行；
例句：'Shall I tell them about poor Mrs Blair?'—'Why not?'
“我應該告訴他們可憐的布萊爾太太的情況嗎？”——“爲什麼不呢？”
3. belong to 屬於；歸…所有；
例句：Don't take things that do not belong to you.
不要拿不屬於你的東西。
4. look for 找；尋；
例句：As the tide receded we were able to look for shells.
潮水退去，我們就能尋找貝殼了。