Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Feifei.
大家好，歡迎來到BBC地道英語，我是菲菲。
And I’m Rob. Feifei, feeling hungry?
我是羅伯。菲菲，感覺餓了嗎？
Rob, they smell amazing!
羅伯，這聞起來真好吃！
Almost there. We’re having a special treat today – waffles!
差不多了，我們今天要請大家吃一種特別的東西——華夫餅！
Rob is making waffles: those lovely, crispy little cakes with raised squares on the surface.
羅伯正在做華夫餅，就是那種看上去像格子餅的脆脆的小點心。
Absolutely! My favourite. But what are we going to put on them?
正是！我的最愛呀。不過上面要塗些什麼呢？
Oh that’s simple: strawberries and syrup. What about you?
哦，這就簡單了：草莓和糖漿呀。你呢？
OK, I’m not so sure. I mean, I used to always love them with honey and bananas. But they do taste amazing with melted chocolate. Or… with cream. You know, I recently tried one with peanut butter: not a good experience. I guess strawberries would be worth trying... Or mango. But only if the mangoes are fresh…
好的。不過我不確定。我的意思是，我以前一般都喜歡配蜂蜜和香蕉，不過它們和融化的巧克力配起來超級贊！或者……搭配奶油。你知道，我最近吃奶油配種花生黃油——不過不太好吃。我猜草莓可以試一試……或者芒果，不過芒果需要新鮮的……
Rob?
羅伯？
Yes?
嗯？
Can you stop waffling on?
你能不能不再「waffle on」了？
Ah, very clever. Perfect time to use that phrase! I do need to stop waffling on, don’t I?
啊，真聰明。這個時候用這個詞組太妙了！我確實不能再「waffle on」了，不是嗎？
Yes, please. To 『waffle on』 means to talk and talk without saying anything very useful or interesting.
是的。「waffle on」的意思是嘮嘮叨叨地說了一堆沒有任何意義的事情。
I am sometimes guilty of that. Let’s hear a few more examples.
我有時候會犯這個毛病。一起來聽幾個例子吧。
I think I did really badly in the interview. I wasn’t sure how to answer the questions, so I just waffled on.
我覺得這次面試我表現得太差了。我都不知道該怎麼回答問題，所以只能東拉西扯。
Meetings with Frank are frustrating. He always waffles on about unimportant things. Someone needs to have a word with him.
和弗蘭克約會實在太糟糕了，他總是嘮嘮叨叨說一些無關緊要的事，得有人去提醒他一下呀。
I used to find her blog really interesting and inspiring, but these days she just waffles on about her pet tortoise.
我以前覺得她的博客有趣又向上，不過最近她只是在囉囉嗦嗦說她的烏龜。
There we are. To waffle on. At least we don’t waffle on in this programme, do we Rob?
瞧，這就是「waffle on」。至少我們沒在節目裡東拉西扯，是吧，羅伯？
Well, I must admit that sometimes people have said I do talk rather a lot, especially when it’s about travel or languages… which reminds me I really should book my next holiday… I』ve been considering Croatia, though I…
好吧，我承認有的時候大家會說我嘮叨得太多了，特別是關於旅行和語言的話題……這讓我想起了我該預定下個假期的票了……我之前考慮去克羅埃西亞，雖然我……
Rob?
羅伯？
Ah. Am I waffling on?
啊，我又瞎扯了嗎？
I’m afraid so.
我想是的。
Ooh, it’s waffle time!
哦，該做華夫餅了！
Great. Hopefully these tasty waffles will keep you quiet for a while.
太棒了。希望這些美味的華夫餅可以讓你清淨一會兒。
Are you saying the waffles will stop me waffling on?
你的意思是說華夫餅會讓我不瞎扯嗎？
Yup! Now, enough talk… Oh, these waffles are delicious.
是的！現在，說夠了吧……哦，華夫餅太美味了。
Not bad, eh?!
還不錯吧？！
Bye.
拜拜~
Bye.
拜拜~
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