BBC地道英語口語:Breaking News 突發新聞,最新消息

BBC地道英語口語:Breaking News 突發新聞,最新消息

Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen.
Chen Li: And I’m Chen Li. Hello!

Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Chen Li: 英語是一種十分程式化的語言，所以瞭解現實生活中人們經常使用的固定表達和俚語自然就很有用了。

Helen: Today’s expression is ‘breaking news’. Breaking news.

Chen Li: Breaking news. 可以解釋一下意思嗎？

Helen: Well breaking news is a brand new news story of something that has only just happened.

Chen Li: 是的，在英語中，一個事件突然發生，通常會用到動詞break。意思是一條突發性新聞，所以breaking news就是突發事件，最新消息。

Helen: And it’s quite possible that breaking news is so new that it’s the first time you will hear that news story.

Chen Li: Breaking news 就是從來就沒有聽過的新聞.

Helen: You might hear a news reader on the TV use the expression breaking news.

Chen Li: 是的，一個新聞主持人常說breaking news來談論突發事件或者你正在新聞網頁上看到的新聞。

Helen: Here’s some language to help you understand the clip.

Chen Li: Reports 報道 a crash 撞車事件 arrested 被逮捕

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Breaking news now…’re getting reports of a bus crash in central London…(fade)

And now some breaking news…..7 men have been arrested in north of England following a….(fade)

Helen: Well I have some breaking news for everyone…

Chen Li: Really? What’s that Helen?

Helen: Well the breaking news just in is…well we’ve come to the end of the programme.

Chen Li: That’s not really breaking news is it? We always end the programme about now.

Helen: Well you’ve just got time to re-cap today’s expression.

Chen Li: 我們今天學到的是breaking news – 突發新聞,最新消息

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