The english we speak(BBC教學)第212期:Out for the count 失去意識;熟睡

Neil shares his weekend experience with Li and shows her how a boxing expression can be used to describe his kids.

尼爾和莉分享了他週末的經歷，並告訴她如何用一個拳擊用語來形容他的孩子們。

Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Neil and joining me today is Li.

尼爾：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是尼爾，今天和我一起主持節目的是莉。

Li: Hello everyone. The expression that Neil and I will talk about today is "out for the count".

莉：大家好。今天尼爾和我將談論的表達方式是“失去意識”。

Neil: This expression comes from the sport of boxing and describes a boxer who has been knocked unconscious who can't stand up within a count of ten seconds. The boxer is said to be "out for the count" and loses the match. But the expression can also be used in another way...

尼爾：這個表達方式來源於拳擊運動，形容一名拳擊手遭重擊失去意識，無法在10秒鐘倒數內站起來。拳擊手“失去意識”，所以輸掉了比賽。不過現在這個用語還有另一種用法……

Li: Oh, how?

莉：哦，怎麼用？

Neil: Well, I had a really active weekend. I went hiking in Wales with my wife and our two children.

尼爾：嗯，我過了個忙碌的週末。我和妻子還有兩個孩子一起去威爾士遠足了。

Li: Hiking in Wales, that sounds like hard work.

莉：去威爾士遠足，聽起來有點辛苦。

Neil: Well not to my kids. They loved it, they were racing each other, running up and down the hills…then we went to the zoo where they had more fun.

尼爾：我的孩子們並不這麼認爲。他們非常喜歡，兩個孩子之間會互相競賽，在山上跑上跑下……然後我們去了動物園，孩子們在那裏度過了愉快的時光。

Li: So you had a nice day out then?

莉：所以你也度過了美好的一天了？

Neil: Definitely. The evening was even nicer for us, me and my wife as there was no reading of bedtime stories and no computer games. By 7 o'clock, the kids were in bed, and the next thing we knew, they were out for the count!

尼爾：當然了。晚上的時光對我和妻子來說更美好，因爲我們不用讀睡前故事，也沒有玩電腦遊戲。孩子們在七點鐘的時候就上牀了，當然之後他們馬上就睡熟了。

Li: Oh I think I've got it. Do you mean they were so tired from all the exercise that they fell asleep immediately their heads touched the pillows?

莉：哦，我想我明白了。你的意思是不是經過了一整天的活動之後，孩子們非常累，所以他們在頭一碰到枕頭以後就馬上睡着了？

Neil: Yes, that's right. Let's hear some examples how this expression is used:

尼爾：對，沒錯。我們再來聽一些例句，看看如何應用這個表達方式：

Examples

例句：

Jack had so much to drink last night that when he got home he was out for the count.

傑克昨晚喝了太多的酒，所以他一回家就睡着了。

There was some trouble outside my house last night but I didn't hear it: I was so tired I was out for the count.

昨晚我家外面發生了爭端，可是我沒有聽見：我太累了，所以我睡的很熟。

Li: Oh, how I wish I could fall asleep quickly — but I often have to take a sleeping pill.

莉：哦，我真希望我也能很快睡着——不過我經常要吃安眠藥才能入睡。

Neil: That's not good. You should try doing some exercise to make you tired: how about jogging?

尼爾：那可不太好。你應該試着做些運動，讓自己睏倦：慢跑怎麼樣？

Li: Oh no, it's boring, it's too monotonous.

莉：哦，不，慢跑又無聊又單調。

Neil: Well, how about something relaxing like yoga?

尼爾：嗯，那瑜伽之類的放鬆運動怎麼樣？

Li: Yoga, no, I'm not very flexible, I never have been.

莉：瑜伽，不行，我的柔韌性不好，我從來沒有練過。

Neil: Well, what about boxing? It's exciting and you could be knocked unconscious — out for the count!

尼爾：那拳擊怎麼樣？這是一項令人興奮的運動，而且你可能會被重擊至失去意識！

Li: Very funny!

莉：真好笑！

Neil: Anyway you have learned a good expression and it's time to say goodbye.

尼爾：不管怎樣，你學會了一個有用的表達方式，現在該結束節目了。

Li: Bye!

莉：再見！

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重點講解：
1. out for the count
失去意識；熟睡；
eg. I tried to wake him, but he was out for the count.
我想叫醒他，可他睡得太死了。
eg. After the sustained effort the day I lay down the bed and out for the count.
連續苦幹了一整天之後，我躺在牀上昏昏入睡了。
2. stand up
站起來；起立；
eg. He is so weak that he can barely stand up.
他身體虛弱幾乎站不起來。
eg. According to etiquette, you should stand up to meet a guest.
按照禮節你應該站起來接待客人。
3. up and down
上上下下；來來回回；
eg. There's a lot of rushing up and down the gangways.
舷梯上許多人上上下下。
eg. They were jigging up and down to the music.
他們隨着音樂的節拍輕快地上下跳着。
4. fall asleep
入睡；睡着；進入夢鄉；
eg. The child nestled up to its mother and fell asleep.
孩子倚著母親舒服地睡了。
eg. I could not fall asleep for a long time.
我久久不能入睡。