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  • Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

  • We Speak with me, Feifei...

  • Rob: ...and me, Rob. Hey, Feifei. I have

  • a little challenge for you.

  • Feifei: Oh, good. I like a challenge.

  • Rob: Right. Well. Can you name a bird

  • that has bright feathers?

  • Feifei: A parrot?

  • Rob: No. It has big colourful feathers that

  • it sticks up when it's showing off

  • and trying

  • to attract a mate.

  • Feifei: Got it! A peacock.

  • Why are you asking?

  • Rob: Well, it's a clue for this

  • authentic English phrase.

  • Can you think of an expression

  • which describes someone

  • showing off to attract attention?

  • Feifei: Yes, Rob. It's 'peacocking' ...

  • I often use it to describe you!

  • But, Rob, peacocking

  • never impresses me!

  • Rob: Well, Feifei, you are hard

  • to impress ... but maybe these

  • examples of 'peacocking' will...

  • Why does Dev have to wear

  • that bright shirt and walk

  • around the office talking and laughing

  • loudly? It's obvious that he's peacocking,

  • but to me, he's just annoying.

  • When we first met, I was impressed

  • by John's flashy clothes

  • and constant jokes. But he was

  • obviously peacocking because

  • now he just wears jeans and

  • never says anything funny!

  • I thought my peacocking skills

  • would work wonders on our

  • blind date. Unfortunately,

  • she told me I was just showing off,

  • and I just needed to be myself.

  • I don't think I'll be

  • seeing her again.

  • Feifei: You're listening to The English

  • We Speak from BBC Learning English.

  • We're talking about

  • 'peacocking', which describes someone

  • showing off to attract attention

  • and impress people.

  • Rob: Originally, it described

  • an extreme and over-the-top way

  • a man might dress and the arrogant way

  • he might behave to attract a woman.

  • Feifei: Yes, I can see why you would have

  • been good at that, Rob!

  • Rob: Well, women do it now too, Feifei,

  • for example, by bragging

  • on Instagram about the

  • amazing things they've done.

  • Feifei: OK, it seems like anyone can be

  • guilty of peacocking these days.

  • Rob: Well, you'd never find me peacocking,

  • Feifei - I'm not the sort of person to show

  • off, I hate to attract attention.

  • Feifei: What do you mean, Rob?!

  • You're always centre of attention.

  • Rob: Thanks!

  • Feifei: Bye!

  • Rob: Bye bye!

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

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什麼是 "孔雀"? (What is 'peacocking'?)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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