The english we speak(BBC教學)第57期: take a rain check改期

Rob: This is The English We Speak with me, Rob...

羅伯：這裏是我們所說的英語，我是羅伯。

Li: me, Li. Hello. I'm a bit bored today Rob, what shall we do?

李：我是李。大家好。我今天有點無聊羅伯，我們應該做什麼？

Rob: Hmm, how about going to the library?

羅伯：嗯，去圖書館怎麼樣？

Li: Boring!

李：無聊！

Rob: We could go to the cinema?

羅伯：我們可以去電影院？

Li: Done that. I want to do something exciting. Hey, let's go to the fair!

李：去過了。我想做一點激動的事。嘿，我們去遊樂場吧！

Rob: You mean the funfair with lots of people and all those big machines to ride on? They make me feel a bit sick. Could I take a rain check on that?

羅伯：你是指有很多人和那些用來騎的大型機械的遊樂場？他們讓我感覺有點不舒服。我可以改天嘛？

Li:'s OK Rob, it's not raining, we can still go.

李：沒關係的羅伯，外面沒有下雨，我們還可以去。

Rob: No Li - it's nothing to do with checking the rain - I mean, I don't want to accept your invitation of going to the fair.

羅伯：不是李，這和檢查是否下雨一點關係也沒有，我的意思是，我不想接受你去遊樂場的邀請。

Li: Oh, you're not talking about the weather. So Rob, you never want to go to the fair with me, then?

李：哦，你不是在說天氣。那麼羅伯，你永遠都不想和我去遊樂場嗎？

Rob: Well, I might later. If I take a rain check on something, I won't do it immediately but I would like to do it at another time.

羅伯：我也許以後會。如果我把某事改期，我不會馬上去做但是我下次會做。

Li: Good. OK, here are some examples. We'll see if Rob is ready to go the fair after listening to these:

李：很好。好的，以下是一些例子。在聽過這些之後看看羅伯是否準備好去遊樂場了。

If you don't mind, I'll take a rain check on the drinks tonight. Can we make next week?

如果你不介意，我改天再參加今晚的喝酒。我們可以改到下週嗎？

Man: I'm going to the cinema tonight, do you fancy joining me?

男：我今晚要去電影院，我願意和我一起嗎？

Woman: Sorry, I'll have to take a rain check, I already have plans.

女：抱歉，我下次吧，我已經有約了。

We had to take a rain check on the trip to the beach because we'd already planned to go shopping, but we'll definitely go tomorrow.

我們的沙灘之旅要改期了因爲我們已經計劃好購物了，但是我們明天一定會去的。

Li: So Rob, if you're taking a rain check now, when would you like to go?

李：那麼，羅伯，如果你現在改期，那你什麼時候去？

Rob: I think it's going to have to be tomorrow. Look, it really has started to rain now.

羅伯：我覺得怎麼也得是明天。看，現在真的開始下雨了。

Li: Oh no.

李：哦不。

Rob: Well, there's still the library... the cinema...

羅伯：不過，還有圖書館，電影院...

Li: No.

李：不要。

Rob: OK, come on then, get your raincoat, we'll go to the fair.

羅伯：好吧，那麼來吧，拿上你的雨衣，我們去遊樂場。

Li: Oh great! You won't regret it Rob!

李：哦太棒了！你不會後悔的羅伯！

Li: You see, I said you wouldn't regret it. Isn't this rollercoaster great?

李：你看，我就說你不會後悔的。難道這個過山車不好嗎？

Rob: Oh... why didn't I take a rain check on this? Join us again soon for another The English We Speak.

羅伯：哦...我爲什麼沒有把這個改期？加入我們來獲取更多的我們所說的英語。

Both: Bye.

一起：再見。