Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.I’m Helen and joining me today is Neil.
大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語。我是海倫，今天和我一起做節目的是尼爾。
Hello everybody.
大家好。
So Neil, where did you go last weekend?
尼爾，你上周末去哪裡啦？
I went to a car boot sale near my home. There were lots of sellers getting rid of unwanted Christmas presents.
我去了我家附近的一個跳蚤市場。許多賣家在那裡處理掉他們不想要的聖誕禮物。
So did you manage to pick up any bargains?
那你有沒有挑到什麼廉價商品呢？
Plenty, I got presents for my kids to last the rest of the year.And I picked up this little gem.Look!
很多呢，這一年給孩子的禮物我都買好了。我還挑到了這個小小的寶物。看！
What is it?
這是什麼啊？
It’s an old silver English coin.
這是一枚古老的英國銀幣。
Is it real?It looks quite new to me.
是真的嗎？我覺得它看上去很新。
It does, doesn’t it?I had a close look and it’s in good nick.
確實很新，對吧？我仔細看過了，這枚硬幣「尼克很好」。
Good Nick? Who’s Nick?
尼克很好？誰是尼克？
Oh, I don’t mean Nick as a person’s name.When British people say 『it’s in good nick』,we mean 『it’s in good condition』,especially if it’s something that’s very old but still looks new. Here are a few examples:
噢，我不是說尼克是個人名。英國人說「它『尼克很好』」時，意思是說「它情況良好」，尤其是會用在說某樣東西雖然非常古老但看上去仍然很新的時候。這裡有幾個例子：
I picked up a set of silver plates from an antique shopand they were in pretty good nick.
我從古董店裡挑到了一套銀質器皿，它們狀況十分良好。
My grandpa loves his 1960s motorbikeand has worked very hard to kept it in good nick.
我爺爺特別喜愛他那輛20世紀60年代的摩託車，並且很努力地使它保持良好的狀況。
I know it sounds a bit strange to use a word that’s like a person’s name in this phrase,but it’s very authentic colloquial British English.『Nick』 here is slang for 『condition』.
我知道，這個短語裡用了一個很像人名的詞，聽起來有點奇怪。但是在英式英語裡，這是一句非常地道的口語。這裡的「尼克」是「狀況」的俚語說法。
I see.Can we use the phrase to describe anything else in good condition?
我懂了。我們可以用這個短語來描述任何處於良好狀況中的事物嗎？
Absolutely,how about my grandmother,she’s 96 and still does her own shopping,she’s in good nick.
當然可以，就說說我奶奶吧，她都96歲了，仍然自己去買東西，她身體狀況良好。
That’s impressive.I hope I』ll be in good nick when I get to her age.
真是令人欽佩啊。我希望等我到了她那個年紀的時候，也能健康狀況良好。
Keep fit and eat well!
強身健體，吃得營養！
Bye.
再見。