Hello, I’m Neil and welcome to The English We Speak,which this week comes from a train.
大家好，我是尼爾，歡迎收聽地道英語，我們這周的節目是在火車上做的。
Hi I’m Feifei.That’s right,we』ve got on a train in order to teach you a useful English expression,which has become very common - particularly in a work environment.
大家好，我是菲菲。是的，為了教給大家這個實用的英語短語，我們搭上了一趟列車，這個短語十分常見，尤其是在工作場合。
I love trains, Feifei–racing through the countryside, looking out of the window.Ah, it’s great – you can’t beat it!Oh – are you OK, Feifei? You look a bit… green.
我喜歡坐火車，菲菲——從鄉村飛馳而過，看著窗外。啊，真是太棒了，什麼也比不上這種體驗！噢，你還好吧，菲菲？你臉色看上去有一點……發青。
Well it’s OK for you, Neil,but I』ve got the backward-facing seat.It makes me feel sick.Going forward, can you avoid booking me the backward-facing seat?
這對你來說還好，尼爾，但是我坐的是後向座，這讓我覺得不舒服。今後你能不要再幫我訂後向座了嗎？
Of course!Going forward I』ll get you a forward-facing seat.
當然！今後我會幫你買前向座的。
Going forward』 is another way of saying 』in the future』.
「今後」是「以後」的另外一種說法。
That’s right.You』ll hear 』going forward』 used at business meetings when a person wants someone to change the way they do something in the future.
對。在商務會議上你會聽到「今後」這個詞，人們想要別人在今後改變他們做某事的方式時，就會用到這個詞。
Here are some examples.
以下是幾個例子。
Did you get the files I emailed over?
你收到我用電子郵件發給你的文件了嗎？
Yes I did, but going forward can you send hard copies in the post?We need them for our records.
嗯，收到了。但今後你能否把複印件寄給我們呢？我們需要這些來做記錄。
I』ve noticed you chatting on your mobile quite a lot during the working day.Going forward, can you keep the private conversations to your lunch breaks?
我發現你在工作時間總是拿著手機聊天。今後，你能把這些私人通話留到午休時處理嗎？
Going forward we will only have an online version of our newspaper.The days of print are dead.
今後，我們的報紙就只有網上版本了。印刷時代已經一去不復返了。
So there you go.People speaking in an office environment use 』going forward』 to mean in the future,from this point.
就是這樣。在辦公環境中，人們用「今後」來表示在將來，從現在起。
I quite like doing The English We Speak recordings from the train. Going forward, shall we record all our programmes from vehicles?
我特別喜歡在火車上錄地道英語節目。今後，我們所有的節目都在車上錄好嗎？
Hmm, not sure about that.I get terrible travel sickness.
呃，我可不確定。我暈車暈得厲害。
Well, going forward, I recommend you take these pills.
好吧，今後，我建議你帶上藥。
Urgh…
呃…
Goodbye!
再見！
Bye!