with me, Feifei...

和我一起，飛飛...

...and hello, it's me, Rob.

...你好，是我，羅布。

Hey, Rob, you look a bit fed up.

嘿，羅布，你看起來有點厭倦了。

I am. I had tickets to see Roy's Rolling

我有啊我有票去看羅伊的《滾滾》。

Biscuits next week - but now the gig

餅乾下週 - 但現在的演出。

has been cancelled.

已被取消。

Cancelled - meaning a planned activity

取消----指計劃中的活動

will now not happen? Well,

現在不會發生嗎？好吧

lots of things have

千頭萬緒

been cancelled at the moment.

目前已被取消。

But this was 'The Biscuits' , you know,

但這是 "餅乾"，你知道的。

the best band ever!

有史以來最好的樂隊！

Well, Rob, to be honest, I cancelled

好了，羅布，說實話，我取消了。

them a long time ago.

他們很久以前。

What?! You had tickets and

什麼？你有票，而且

you cancelled them?

你取消了他們？

No, Rob. This is another meaning

不，羅伯。這是另一個意思

of 'cancelled'. I didn't like

的 "取消"。我不喜歡

the bad language in the band's

樂隊中的惡語相向

songs so I stopped supporting

的歌曲，所以我不再支持

them - I 'cancelled' them.

他們 - 我 "取消 "了他們。

Oh!

哦！

Yep. When you cancel someone,

是的，當你取消某人的資格時，當你取消一個人，

you don't agree with what they do

你不同意他們的做法

or say, and you stop supporting

或說，你就不再支持

or promoting them. This particularly

或推廣它們。這特別是

relates to celebrities. So if you

與名人有關。所以如果你

don't like someone,

不喜歡的人。

cancel them!

取消他們！

OK, Feifei. Let's hear some examples...

好，飛飛我們來聽幾個例子...

I was a big supporter of our local mayor

我曾是當地市長的忠實支持者。

until he agreed to build

直到他同意建造

the by-pass. I've cancelled

旁路。我已經取消了

him now.

他現在。

My favourite singer started singing

我最喜歡的歌手開始唱歌

anti-climate change songs.

反氣候變化的歌曲。

She's cancelled as far as I'm

她被取消了，因為我...

concerned!

關心

'Cancel culture' means we can shame

取消文化 "意味著我們可以羞恥

celebrities on social media

明星

when they have controversial

當他們有爭議的

opinions.

意見。

This is The English We Speak from

這是《我們說的英語》，來自

BBC Learning English, and

BBC學習英語，以及

we're talking about a new meaning

我們正在談論一個新的含義

to the word 'cancelled'. Cancelling

到 "取消 "一詞。取消

someone means to stop

煞筆

supporting or following someone,

支持或跟隨某人；

particularly a public figure, because

尤其是公眾人物，因為

of something they have said or done.

他們所說或所做的事情。

It's also known as

它也被稱為

a 'cancel culture'.

'取消文化'。

So, you've cancelled supporting

所以，你已經取消了支持

Roy's Rolling Biscuits, and my gig

羅伊的捲餅，和我的演出。

has been cancelled. So

已被取消。所以

what am I going to do now?

我現在該怎麼辦？

Hmmm... what about trying to get tickets

嗯......要不要試試買票？

for that other band you like?

你喜歡的其他樂隊？

The Bananas? No, no, I'm cancelling

香蕉？不，不，我要取消

them because their tickets are

因為他們的票是

always too expensive.

總是太貴。

Oh dear, Rob. It looks like you'll be having

哦，親愛的，羅布。它看起來像你將有

a quiet night in. Bye.

一個安靜的夜晚。掰掰

What are you doing tonight, Feifei? Bye.

飛飛，你今晚有什麼事？拜拜