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  • Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.

  • I'm Feifei.

  • Rob: And I'm Rob.

  • Feifei: And I have to say Rob, you look fantastic!

  • Big night, tonight, eh?

  • Rob: Well, I like to make an effort sometimes.

  • It's not every night you get invited to a movie premiere.

  • Feifei: So handsome

  • Rob: Do you like my bow tie?

  • Feifei: Oh yes. Just one thing

  • Rob: What's that?

  • Feifei: It's a bit… 'skew-whiff'.

  • Rob: Oh, really?

  • Feifei: Yes. It's not quite straight. Here.

  • Rob: Oh, thanks. That's better.

  • Feifei: Absolutely.

  • Rob: It's a good word, 'skew-whiff'.

  • We use it to describe things that aren't quite straight,

  • or not quite as they should be.

  • Feifei: Like your tie. And your

  • hang onyour hair.

  • Rob: No, no, nodon't touch the hair.

  • I spent ages getting it just right.

  • Feifei: Sorry. We can also use 'skew-whiff' to describe

  • things that don't go according to plan.

  • Rob: Now Feifei, I'm just off to check myself

  • in the mirror.

  • Let's play some examples while I'm gone.

  • A: There we go! One perfectly hung picture.

  • What do you think?

  • B: Hmm, it's a little bit skew-whiff.

  • Let me hang it straight.

  • This table is skew-whiff.

  • One of the legs must be too short.

  • Our journey went a bit skew-whiff

  • after we missed the train this morning.

  • I wanted to spend the whole weekend

  • working on my dissertation, but

  • everything went a bit skew-whiff

  • when my friend arrived in the afternoon.

  • Rob: This is the English We Speak

  • from BBC Learning English.

  • We are talking about the word 'skew-whiff'.

  • OK, that's my bow tie looking perfect now,

  • thanks Feifei.

  • Feifei: Great. There's one more thing.

  • Rob: Oh yes? What's that?

  • Feifei: Take some chewing gum. Your breath is fine,

  • I think, but it's always good to have some, just in case.

  • Rob: Yes, you wouldn't want a whiff of bad breath

  • at the premiere.

  • Feifei: Indeed, the word 'whiff' on its own means

  • 'a sudden smell of something'.

  • No danger of that happening now. Enjoy the show!

  • Rob: I will!

  • Feifei and Rob: Bye.

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.

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skew-whiff: The English We Speak(我們說的英語) (skew-whiff: The English We Speak)

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    林宜悉 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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