常见的英语口语：什么时候该吹吹牛？

2022-02-28 10:05:00来源：网络

　　日常的英语口语，对于大家来说，也是比较常见的，用到的频率更高。所以加强这部分英语口语的练习，可以更便利大家的生活。那么这些常见的英语口语都有哪些呢?小编为大家整理了详细的内容，供大家参考。

　　The English We Speak是英国BBC电台的一档为英语学习者量身打造的英语学习节目。

　　今天，两位主持人为我们带来了一档“音乐特辑”，节目中会讲到一种乐器及与其相关的一个习语，让我跟随录音去学习一下吧。

　　William: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is William Kremer.

　　Helen: And I'm Helen.

　　William: I've got something for you, Helen.

　　Burst of loud classical music (Beethoven's '5th Symphony')

　　Helen: It's nice to have a bit of music William, but why...

　　Burst of different classical music (Mendelssohn's 'Dance of the Clowns')

　　William: What do you think... nice music, huh?

　　Helen: Well, it's certainly dramatic! So are we having a special musical edition today, William?

　　William: Well, yes we are Helen. The BBC Proms start this Friday, remember?

　　Helen: Ah, of course. The BBC Proms is a huge classical music festival that the BBC sponsors. It's over 100 years old.

　　William: Yes and every day for the next two months hundreds of music fans will queue to get their hands on a ￡5 ticket.

　　Helen: Wow. Are you going to go?

　　William: No, I hate queuing! But anyway, I thought we could have a music-themed programme. And our phrase this week relates to one instrument in particular...

　　Trumpet music solo

　　Helen: The trumpet?

　　William: Yes, do you know what it means to say someone 'blows his own trumpet'?

　　Helen: Yes. It means that someone is talking too much about his achievements, right?

　　William: Exactly. Let's listen to an example.

　　例1

　　Woman: Who's going to be there tonight?

　　Man: I think Angela and Mark and that guy Martin...

　　Woman: Oh, no, not Martin! He's such a bore. He's always blowing his own trumpet. Last time I saw him he went on and on about how he had been promoted twice in six weeks.

　　Helen: So this is quite a negative phrase then?

　　William: Yes, sometimes. But interestingly, it isn't always used in a negative way. Listen to this example. A woman is talking to her niece.

　　例2

　　Woman: I didn't know you'd come top in the class again! Why didn't you tell me? You really must start blowing your own trumpet a bit more!

　　Helen: So in that clip, the woman was telling her niece she ought to blow her own trumpet more?

　　William: Yes. And English people sometimes use this phrase because they are embarrassed to talk about their achievements. Listen to this clip:

　　例3

　　Man: How's it going at your work nowadays?

　　Woman: Well, at the risk of blowing my own trumpet, it's going very well. In fact, I've just won an award!

　　Helen: She said "At the risk of blowing my own trumpet".

　　William: Yeah, so that's like saying "Excuse me while I talk about my achievements"!

　　Helen: Well, I wonder whether we should blow our own trumpet a bit more. I mean here we are with a really popular website, bbclearningenglish.com...

　　William: ...yeah, making lots of little programmes that are entertaining, fascinating, useful...

　　Helen: …and best of all, it's all free! Brilliant, huh?

　　William: Yeah, that's brilliant! But maybe we should stop blowing our own trumpet now! Shall we have some more of that nice music again to finish off?

　　Helen: Oh, yes! Bye!

　　William: Bye!

　　赏析

　　此期节目，两位主持人讨论了习语“blow one’s own trumpet” 的含义和用法。

　　Trumpet本意“小号”，“blow one's own trumpet”本意为“总是自己吹自己的小号”，也就引申为“总是吹嘘自己的成就”的意思，多数情况下，如果被别人这样评价，都带有一定贬义，如文中例

　　但是，这个习语也有别的用法，如例2，当被别人当面用“You really must start blowing your own trumpet a bit more!”评价的时候，则意味着你过分谦虚了，完全可以多说一些自己的成就，好让别人更好地了解你。

　　例3中所用的习语是“at the risk of blowing my own trumpet”,这是谦词，常用在自己需要介绍自己的成就之前，可以翻译成“请允许我说一下自己所取得的成绩”，用上这句话之后，风度马上显现了出来。

　　英国同中国一样，是礼仪之邦，谦虚是传统美德。同样的一个事实，从别人口中得到可能是赞许与夸奖，如果自己说出来就有可能是吹嘘与骄傲了。做人处事当注重场合身份，为了做一个与大家相处融洽的人，少说几句一般没有坏处。当然，也不要对自己取得的成绩惜字如金，毕竟，孔老夫子教导过，“过犹不及”。

　　注释及其他语言点

　　It's certainly dramatic! 那一定棒极了! dramatic令人激动的;戏剧性的。

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　　He's such a bore.: 他讨厌极了。/他是个令人讨厌的人。