Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Feifei and joining me is Harry.
大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目。我是菲菲，今天和我一起主持節目的是哈利。
Hello! And the expression we are going to look at today which we hear a lot in colloquial speech is full-on. So, Feifei — did you have a good weekend?
大家好。今天我們要講的表達方式是口語中經常聽到的緊張這個詞。菲菲，你周末過得愉快嗎？
It was quiet. I stayed home most of the time. I watched a couple of old, black and white films with my grandmother on Sunday. That was the highlight. How about you?
我周末過得很安靜。我大部分時間都待在家裡。我周日和祖母一起看了幾部黑白老電影。這就是亮點。你呢？
Well, your weekend sounds quite... relaxed. Well, my weekend wasn’t like your weekend at all. I went to the launch party of a new bar on Friday — that was quite a night! Then on Saturday my friends took me to a night club that went on until morning!
嗯，你的周末聽上去很……放鬆。我的周末跟你的可完全不同。我周五參加了一個酒吧的開業派對——那真是很精彩的一晚！之後周六我朋友們帶我去了夜店，我們一直玩到第二天早上！
Wow! That sounds exciting. Clubbing though — aren’t you a bit old for that sort of thing?
哇！聽起來真令人激動。不過，你的年紀去夜總會玩會不會太老了？
No, I’m not too old, but to be honest — it was a bit full-on.
不會，我年紀也不是很大，不過說實話，太激烈了。
Full-on? What do you mean?
你是什麼意思？
Well, the music, the dancing, the drinking, the energy. It was very intense. I’m not old, but I’m not as young as I was.
嗯，音樂、跳舞、喝酒、精力。令人精神緊張，我雖然不老，不過也不年輕了。
Right. So full-on means it was very intense.
沒錯。full-on的意思就是令人非常緊張。
Yeah. I think I』ll need a few days to recover; it was so full-on.
對。我想我需要幾天來恢復一下；太激烈了。
What else can be full-on?
full-on還有什麼意思？
Some people are a bit full-on. A bit extreme. Not relaxing.
有些人讓別人精神緊張。有點兒過度，不放鬆。
I know what you mean. Sarah’s a bit full-on isn’t she?
我明白你的意思。薩拉就有點兒讓別人精神緊張，對吧？
Yes, she scares me. She stands so close when she talks to me and stares straight into my eyes. Work can also be full-on when it’s busy.
對，她讓我感到害怕。她和我說話的時候站得離我非常近，而且直直地盯著我的眼睛。工作非常忙的時候也會令人緊張。
Work has been a bit full on lately hasn’t it. We』ve had to do loads of overtime to get the new project finished.
最近工作一直很緊張。我們不得不經常加班來完成新節目。
It has been full-on, yes. Let’s listen to some more examples.
對，一直很緊張。我們再來聽幾個例子。
Have a good holiday?
假期過得愉快嗎？
To be honest, not really. We were up at 6 am every day to get as much sightseeing done as possible and didn’t get to bed till midnight. It was so full-on. I feel like I need another holiday.
說實話，並不愉快。我們每天早上都六點起床，儘可能多的遊覽各種風景，直到午夜才睡覺。太令人緊張了，我覺得我還需要休個假期。
I really don’t like children’s parties. All those excited, screaming kids. It’s too full-on.
我非常不喜歡孩子們的派對。到處都是興奮尖叫的孩子。令人精神緊張。
London’s too full-on. I need to move to the countryside.
倫敦會讓人精神緊張。我要搬到鄉村去住。
Well, if you want a more relaxing weekend next time, come and watch some films with me and my grandmother. It’s really laid back.
如果你下次想輕鬆地過周末，可以來我家和我還有我祖母一起看電影。真的非常放鬆。
That sounds a lot less full-on. I』ll do that.
聽起來確實不會感到精神緊張。我會去的。
Join us again soon for The English We Speak.
請記得收聽下一期地道英語節目。
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