Name: 印度的Covid夢魘：BBC新聞評論 (India's Covid nightmare: BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2021-05-04T16:45:32.000Z
Duration: 11 min 40 s

Hello and welcome to News Review from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

你好，歡迎來到BBC學習英語的新聞評論。我是尼爾。

Joining me today is Catherine. Hello, Catherine.

今天和我一起的是凱瑟琳。你好，凱瑟琳。

Hello, Neil. Hello, everybody. Yes, today we're covering a story

你好，尼爾。大家好。是的，今天我們正在報道一個故事

from India, which is in the grip of a devastating second wave of Covid.

來自印度，該國正處於破壞性的第二波Covid浪潮的控制之下。

If there's any of the vocabulary that you hear in this programme

如果有任何你在這個節目中聽到的詞彙

  there's a quiz on our website at bbclearningenglish.com.

  我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com上有一個測驗。

Let's hear more about that story from India from this BBC News report:

讓我們從BBC新聞的報道中聽到更多關於印度的故事。

Yes. So, a devastating second wave of coronavirus is sweeping across India.

是的，所以，毀滅性的第二波冠狀病毒正席捲整個印度。

Hospitals are unable to cope with the number of patients requiring

醫院無法應對需要的病人數量。

treatment. A website has been set up for people to register for vaccines,

治療。已經建立了一個網站，供人們登記接種疫苗。

but it has crashed under the weight of demand.

但在需求的壓力下，它已經崩潰了。

It is thought that hospitals are unable to report the true number of

人們認為，醫院無法報告真實數量的病人。

cases, so actually the situation may be even worse than is thought.

是以，實際上情況可能比人們想象的還要糟糕。

A truly terrible situation there in India.

Now, you've been looking at this story and you've picked out three

現在，你一直在看這個故事，你已經挑出了三個

useful words and expressions that people can use to help them

人們可以使用的有用詞彙和表達方式，以幫助他們

understand the English being used to discuss this story.

瞭解討論這個故事所使用的英語。

Yes, we're looking at: 'choke', 'dragged its feet' and 'driving'.

是的，我們正在看。'窒息'、'拖後腿'和'駕駛'。

'Choke', 'dragged its feet' and 'driving'.

So, let's have a look now at your first headline, please.

那麼，現在讓我們來看看你的第一個標題，請。

Yes, we're starting here in the UK with the BBC – the headline:

是的，我們在英國從BBC開始--頭條新聞。

'Choke' – stop functioning because of being too full.

Yes, OK. So, this is a verb spelt: C-H-O-K-E – 'choke'.

是的，好的。所以，這是一個動詞的拼寫。C-H-O-K-E - '窒息'。

stuck in your throat and you struggle to breathe, you're 'choking'.

卡在你的喉嚨裡，你掙扎著呼吸，你在'窒息'。

Now, that's the literal meaning: a blockage in your throat,

現在，這就是字面意思：你的喉嚨裡有一個堵塞物。

What we're talking about here is a blockage in hospitals so they

我們在這裡討論的是醫院的堵塞問題，所以他們

cannot function. There are so many patients in Indian hospitals,

不能發揮作用。印度醫院裡有這麼多病人。

they're unable to perform their role properly.

他們無法正常發揮自己的作用。

So, even though 'choking' is connected to an inability to breathe,

是以，儘管'窒息'與無法呼吸有關。

in this headline that is not the sense of 'choke' we're using.

在這個標題中，這不是我們所使用的'窒息'的含義。

No, no. It's about being unable to operate because of blockage. So, we

不，不。是指因為堵塞而無法手術。所以，我們

often use the word 'choke' to talk about traffic – a traffic situation.

經常使用 "窒息 "一詞來談論交通--一種交通狀況。

If the traffic is 'choked' and we're using the passive verb there –

如果交通是 "窒息"，而我們在那裡使用被動動詞--

'is choked' – it means traffic isn't moving

Yeah. Also, often used with 'up': the traffic is 'choked up'.

是的。另外，經常與'up'一起使用：交通'choked up'。

是的，一個短語動詞--"噎住了"。

Again, often used in the passive: 'to be choked up' means it's not

同樣，經常用於被動語態：'被噎住了'意味著它不是

working because there's too much. It's overwhelmed.

工作，因為有太多的東西。它被壓倒了。

Yeah. Now, 'choked up', as a phrasal verb, also has another meaning,

是的。現在，"窒息 "作為一個短語動詞，也有另一種含義。

which is quite different. It's connected to emotions.

這是很不同的。它與情感有關。

是的，它是。是的，如果有東西...

somebody says something to you, usually complimentary,

有人對你說些什麼，通常是讚美。

that makes you feel like you're going to cry and you can't talk properly

讓你覺得你要哭了，你無法正常說話

because of emotion, you can say, 'I'm choked,' or, 'I'm choked up.'

因為情緒，你可以說，'我被噎住了，'或者，'我被噎住了。

Yeah. And you can often see people who are 'choked up' making

是的。而且你經常可以看到那些 "哽咽 "的人做出

It's often at a wedding or sometimes a birthday party

通常是在婚禮上，有時是在生日聚會上

or an acceptance speech; you see those actors at the Oscars

或接受演講；你在奧斯卡頒獎典禮上看到那些演員

and they can't really speak properly because they're so emotional.

而且他們真的不能正常說話，因為他們是如此的情緒化。

Another use of 'choke' is from the world of sport often.

窒息 "的另一個用法是來自於體育界的常。

So, for example, you might have a sports person who is way ahead in the

是以，舉例來說，你可能有一個在體育方面遙遙領先的人。

game – let's say a football team. They're winning 3–0 at half time.

遊戲 - 比方說一個足球隊。他們在半場時以3-0獲勝。

And then maybe the pressure of perhaps winning gets to them

然後，也許勝利的壓力會讓他們感到不安

而他們'窒息'了：他們最終輸了。

Yeah. And again, I think the idea is that, you know,

是的。再說一遍，我認為這個想法是，你知道。

it's a blockage caused by – in this case caused by excitement

這是一個由--在這種情況下由興奮引起的堵塞。

or emotion of possibly winning. So, if a sports person 'chokes',

或可能獲勝的情緒。是以，如果一個體育人 "噎住了"。

they lose their lead and they end up losing the competition or game.

他們失去了領先優勢，最終輸掉了比賽或遊戲。

We have another story about this idea of something being 'choked' or

我們有另一個故事，關於這個東西被 "窒息 "的想法，或

'choked up' – about the Suez Canal, haven't we Catherine?

'哽咽'--關於蘇伊士運河，我們凱瑟琳不是嗎？

We have, yes. 'Choked' in the sense of blocked

我們有，是的。'窒息'是指被堵住的意思

and to watch that story, just click the link.

要觀看這個故事，只需點擊鏈接。

OK. Let's have a look at our next headline.

好的。讓我們來看看我們的下一個標題。

Yes, we're now in the United States with CNN:

是的，我們現在是在美國的CNN。

是的。這次是一個三個字的表達。

Now, if you 'drag' something, you pull it along.

現在，如果你'拖'東西，你就把它拉著走。

It's usually on the ground. You don't have wheels. It can't move itself.

它通常是在地上。你沒有輪子。它不能自己移動。

You just pull it. Now, if something has feet and you're 'dragging' it,

你只是拉它。現在，如果東西有腳，而你在'拖'它。

it means it's not using its feet or it's not using its feet properly.

這意味著它沒有使用它的腳或它沒有正確使用它的腳。

Think of a time, Neil, when you have to take your children

尼爾，想一想，當你不得不帶著你的孩子時

home from the park and they don't want to go home.

從公園回家，他們不願意回家。

They want to play in the park. How do they behave?

他們想在公園裡玩。他們的行為如何？

Yes. Well, strangely all of the energy that they had when they

是的。嗯，奇怪的是，他們所有的能量，當他們

were playing in the park seems to vanish quite quickly and they

在公園裡玩耍的人似乎很快就消失了，而他們

don't want to even walk any more. And you almost have to 'drag'

甚至不想再走了。而且你幾乎要'拖'。

them along the ground without them using their feet.

他們不用腳就能沿著地面行走。

Exactly. So to 'drag your feet'. If something 'drags its feet', it

正是如此。所以要'拖後腿'。如果一個東西'拖後腿'，它

moves slowly because it's reluctant and it doesn't want to do something.

行動緩慢是因為它不情願，它不想做什麼。

Now, this is a very informal and idiomatic expression,

現在，這是一個非常非正式和習慣性的表達。

但這是我們經常使用的一種方法。

The alternatives are slightly too formal sounding, aren't they?

替代品聽起來略微太正式了，不是嗎？

Well, yes. You've got things like 'prevaricate'

嗯，是的。你已經有了像'推諉'這樣的東西

And they mean the same thing, you know: not do something because –

or take a long time to do something because you don't want to do it.

或者因為你不想做某件事而花很長時間去做。

'Drag your feet' can be used in a lot of different circumstances.

'拖後腿'可以用在很多不同的情況下。

You can use it to talk about the kids coming home from the park.

你可以用它來談論孩子們從公園回家的事情。

But you can also use it to talk about governments, organisations not doing

但你也可以用它來談論政府、組織不做

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