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虽然职场中的 “chief executive officer（首席执行官）” 少之又少，但在朋友之间只要熟悉彼此擅长或有所投入的兴趣爱好，就可以打趣地称呼彼此是某项爱好的 “CEO”。俗语 “the CEO of...” 用 “某事的首席执行官” 来描述 “一个十分了解某事或对某事有很深的造诣的人”。听节目，跟主持人 Beth 和菲菲一起学习这个短语的用法。

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（关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。）

Feifei
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei, and I'm joined by Beth. Hello Beth!

Beth
Hi Feifei. I wanted to show you a picture of my new puppy! Look at her.

Feifei
Aw, so cute! How many do you have now?

Beth
I have three cats, five chickens, two goldfish and four dogs – oh, no – five dogs.

Feifei
Oh wow. You clearly love having pets. You are the CEO of pets! But you're not really head of a pet business, are you?

Beth
I'm not. 'The CEO of' is a funny or silly way of saying someone is the best at something, or that they do something a lot – maybe a bit too much! And it's often used in a jokey or exaggerated way.

Feifei
So, if you are the CEO of pets, I think I'm the CEO of shoes. I have so many pairs of shoes.

Beth
Yeah, I feel like you're always wearing a new pair of shoes.

Feifei
Aw. Right. Let's listen to more examples of 'the CEO of'.

Examples
My colleague Phil is so good at statistics. He's the CEO of spreadsheets.

It's my job to buy the snacks for the office. I guess you could say I'm the CEO of snacks.

Ugh, I've lost my fourth pair of sunglasses this month. I'm the CEO of losing things.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。刚刚我们一起学习了俗语 “the CEO of” 的用法。“The CEO of something” 的意思是 “某件事的专家或达人”。比如，Beth 是 “the CEO of pets（宠物达人）”。

Beth
So, 'the CEO of' isn't a serious title. In fact, the CEO of social media wouldn't be the actual CEO of a social media company. It would just be someone who posts on social media a lot.

Feifei
是的。“CEO” 这个缩写的全称是 “chief executive officer（首席执行官）”，原本指的是 “在一家公司里担任最高管理职位的人”。不过在俗语 “the CEO of” 当中，它被用来开玩笑地形容一个人 “做某事的经验非常丰富，或者对某事很有造诣”。Beth, I reckon we're the CEOs of making podcasts – what do you think?

Beth
Yeah, I'm happy to go along with that! We'll be back next time with another useful English phrase. See you soon!

Feifei
Bye!