The english we speak(BBC教學)第36期:six pack 六塊腹肌

Finn: Ahh, this is the life. Sun shining, birds singing - beautiful day here in the park, eh Feifei?

芬：啊，這纔是生活。陽光明媚，小鳥歌唱—公園裏美麗的一天，是吧菲菲？

Feifei: Ah yes, fantastic. Just one thing, Finn. I'm a bit thirsty.

菲菲：啊是的，太美妙了。只有一件事，芬。我有一點渴。

Finn: Yes I could do with a drink.

芬：是啊，我贊同喝一杯。

Feifei: An orange juice would be magnificent.

菲菲：一瓶橘子汁會很棒的。

Finn: No, no, no. On a day like today the ideal thing would be… an ice-cold beer, or maybe six…Ah – here we are. A six-pack! Look.

芬：不，不，不。像今天這樣的日子最理想的是...一瓶冰涼的啤酒，或者六個...啊，我們到了。一個六瓶裝的！看。

Feifei: Finn, I don't really want to see your six-pack.

菲菲：芬，我不想看你的六塊腹肌。

Finn: What?

芬：什麼？

Feifei: Actually, you don't have a six-pack. You have a beer belly!

菲菲：事實上，你沒有六塊腹肌。你有啤酒肚！

Finn: Oh, I get it! Very good, Feifei. In English the phrase six-pack originally refers to a way of selling cans of beer – buying six cans joined together with plastic holders.

芬：哦，我明白了！很好，菲菲。在英語裏，六塊裝原始含義是一種賣罐裝啤酒的方式，用塑料包裝在一起的六罐。

Feifei: And now, as a slang expression, it can also describe the shape of stomach muscles... on people who are very fit you can see six round muscles – which looks like a six pack of drink. Unfortunately, not on you Finn.

菲菲：而現在，作爲一種俚語表達，它可以用來形容腹肌的形狀，那些你能看到六塊肌肉的人，看起來像六罐的飲料。不幸的是，你沒有芬。

Finn: What are you saying?

芬：你在說什麼？

Feifei: Anyone can see you don't have a six-pack. You have a one-pack – one huge beer belly!

菲菲：任何人都能看出來你沒有六塊腹肌。你有一塊腹肌，一塊巨大的啤酒肚！

Finn: Well, I think that phrase is easy enough to understand.

芬：我認爲這個短語很容易理解。

Feifei: Too many six-packs of beer, I'm afraid!

菲菲：恐怕太多六罐裝得啤酒了！

I've been going to the gym for a month now. I need to get my six-pack ready before I go to the beach this summer!

我堅持去體育館一個月了。我需要在這個夏天去海灘之前把我的六塊腹肌練好。

I used to have a six-pack when I was a teenager, but it seems to have got lost under all this fat.

當我還是個運動員的時候我有六塊腹肌，但是它們現在似乎都消失在脂肪下了。

Feifei: So Finn, how about you leave that six-pack of beer and swap it for... a healthy fruit smoothie!

菲菲：所以，芬，不如你放下那個六罐裝的啤酒，用一個健康的水果冰沙代替！

Finn: Nice idea, and I can see a fruit smoothie seller over there! I'll go and buy two. See you in a bit.

芬：好主意，而且我能看見一個水果冰沙攤在那邊！我會去買兩個。待會兒見。

Feifei: Thanks Finn. While he's over there let me remind everyone if you want to learn more phrases like six-pack and beer belly, check out . And do some exercise! Bye.

菲菲：謝謝你芬。趁他在那裏，讓我提醒大家如果你想要更多的像六塊腹肌和啤酒肚這樣的詞組，登陸做一些練習！再見。

Finn: Don't tell Feifei!

芬：不要告訴菲菲！