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Neil 想給一位讓他心儀已久的姑娘發條消息,但不知道該怎麼表達。菲菲建議他發些表情符,既友好又自然。但 Neil 還沒掌握使用表情符的技巧,所以需要趕緊「up his emoji game」。看視頻,學習單詞「game 遊戲」的另一個用法。
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Neil:Welcome to Authentic Real English. I’m Neil.
Feifei:大家好,我是馮菲菲。
Neil:Actually, could you help me with something?
Feifei:Go on.
Neil:There’s this girl I like. I want to ask her for coffee. But I don’t want to seem too serious or creepy or anything. Just friendly.
Feifei:你現在是想給她發條消息?OK.
Neil:I just can’t find the words.
Feifei:Easy. 給她發幾個表情。Much less formal!
Neil:You mean, like, a smiley face?
Feifei:Yeah, but those are so last year.
Neil:Maybe a love heart?
Feifei:Seriously? That’s a bit too much. 不要嚇到人家。You need to up your emoji game!
Neil:My emoji game… like an emoji of a video game… or a football?
Feifei:Nope. The phrase 『to raise your game』, or 『to up your game』, means to improve. 我的意思是你發表情符的本領需要好好提高提高。
Neil:Yes, it’s a good phrase. Feifei, you’re not working hard enough, you need to up your game!
Feifei:That’s not true, but good use of 『up your game』. Now the phrase has developed a bit. We often add what we are trying to improve before the word 『game』. Game 這個詞可以指「一個比賽或遊戲的技巧」、本領。短語「to raise your game」和「to up your game」的意思是「提高技能和水平」。不過,現在在使用的時侯,我們多在 game 前加上需要提高的那個本領。
Neil:Like this:
Examples
I never finish novels. I need to up my reading game.
I badly need to work on my interview game before my big interview next week.
You could do with a bit more exercise, mate. You should raise your running game!
Feifei:好了,希望上面的例子給大家示範了如何用「game」來表示「技能、能力」。Any progress with that text message?
Neil:Here goes: 「Lucy. Please have a coffee with me tomorrow.」 And then some coffee emojis.
Feifei:Well, it’s direct! But I still think we need to up your emoji game. Actually, and your texting game. Oh, and your dating game… We』ve got a lot of work to do!
Neil:Oh, ok. Well, I already sent the message. Let’s hope it works! Oh, she’s replied already.
Feifei:快看她說什麼?
Neil:「Neil. I thought you』d never ask! I』d love to have coffee. 3pm?」 And then a couple of big smiley emojis.
Feifei:Wow, congratulations. Maybe it’s me who needs to up my game.
Neil:Looks like it!
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Bye.