Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning
English, I’m Helen.
Chen
Li: 大家好，我是陳鸝。
Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find
in your dictionary.
Chen Li: 英語(yǔ)是一種十分程式化的語(yǔ)言，所以了解現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中人們經(jīng)常使用的固定表達(dá)和俚語(yǔ)自然就很有用了。
Helen: Today’s word is ‘bash’ – B.A.S.H.
Chen Li: 那么它的意思是什么呢？
Helen: Well bash usually means to hit very hard
Chen Li: 那么說(shuō)，bash 常用意思就是用力的擊打，還有其它的用法和意思嗎？
Helen: Well a bash is also a large party or a celebration.
Chen Li: 看來(lái)，bash 又指聚會(huì)或者慶祝，狂歡活動(dòng)，那么我們?nèi)绾问褂盟兀?
Helen: Well you might say ‘I’m having a bit of a bash for my birthday’
meaning I’m having a big birthday party. Or someone might invite you to their
birthday bash.
Chen Li: 意思就是你接到生日聚會(huì)的邀請(qǐng)。
Helen: Here’s another example with some language to help – invite.
Chen Li: 邀請(qǐng)， ceremony 典禮，聚會(huì).
Insert
A: Are you invited to Jim’s wedding?
B: Well, I’m not invited to the ceremony but I am going to the bash
afterwards
Chen Li: So Helen, what was the last good bash you went to?
Helen: Well I had a bit of a bash for my birthday last month which was a lot
of fun.
Chen Li: What kind of bash was it?
Helen: I had a karaoke party in pub. I love karaoke.
Chen Li: 我也喜歡卡拉 OK, 可是你居然沒(méi)有邀請(qǐng)我參加？Hmph!
Helen: Oh I’m sorry Li – I wanted to but you were in China when I had my
bash.
Chen Li: Hmm 那好，我就饒你一次了。Anyway, that’s all for today. 我們來(lái)復(fù)習(xí)一下吧！今天學(xué)到的詞語(yǔ)是 bash
– 作為動(dòng)詞，意思是擊打，作為名詞，意思是聚會(huì)。
Helen: You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. We’ll
see you next time.
Chen Li: Bye.
