Name: 艾瑪-拉杜卡努贏得美國公開賽：BBC新聞評論 (Emma Raducanu wins US Open: BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2021-09-14T16:45:38.000Z
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Britain's Emma Raducanu wins the US Open.

英國選手艾瑪-拉杜卡努贏得美國公開賽。

Hello, I'm Rob. This is News Review from BBC Learning English

你好，我是Rob。這裡是BBC學習英語的新聞評論

動名詞

and joining me today is Catherine. Hello Catherine.

今天加入我的是凱瑟琳。你好，凱瑟琳。

Now, don't forget we're going to be teaching you some vocabulary today

現在，別忘了我們今天要教你一些詞彙。

and you can test yourselves on the words by going to our website

你們可以通過訪問我們的網站來測試自己的單詞量

bbclearningenglish.com where there's a quiz.

bbclearningenglish.com，那裡有一個小測驗。

But first, let's hear a news report from the BBC about this story:

但首先，讓我們聽聽英國廣播公司關於這個故事的新聞報道。

So, yes – exciting news from the United States:

所以，是的--來自美國的令人興奮的消息。

Britain's Emma Raducanu has beaten Leylah Fernandez

英國選手艾瑪-拉杜卡努戰勝了萊拉-費爾南德斯

這是她第一次參加美國公開賽。

是的。做得好！艾瑪。非常令人興奮的消息。

And we've got three words and expressions

that you can use to talk about this story, haven't we?

你可以用它來談論這個故事，不是嗎？

We have. We have: 'captures imagination'.

我們有我們有。'捕捉想象力'。

We have 'fluke'. And we have 'fallen for'.

我們有 "僥倖"。我們也有'上當'。

So, that's 'captures imagination', 'fluke' and 'fallen for'.

所以，這就是 "捕捉想象力"、"僥倖 "和 "上當"。

OK. We're going to find out where these words appear in news headlines.

好的。我們要找出這些詞在新聞頭條中出現的地方。

And what is your first headline now please?

請問你現在的第一個標題是什麼？

Well, we're starting at BBC Sport and the headline:

好吧，我們從BBC體育和頭條新聞開始。

'Captures imagination' – makes people interested and excited.

捕捉想象力"--使人們感興趣和興奮。

'Captures imagination' is a two-word expression here.

捕捉想象力 "在這裡是一個兩個字的表達。

The first word: 'captures' – C-A-P-T-U-R-E-S.

第一個詞："捕獲" - C-A-P-T-U-R-E-S。

And the second word: 'imagination' – I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

而第二個詞："想象力" - I-M-A-G-I-N-A-T-I-O-N。

Now, the headlines have actually missed out the word in the middle,

現在，頭條新聞實際上已經漏掉了中間的那個詞。

which is either 'the' or it can be a pronoun

like 'my', 'your', 'his', 'her', 'their'.

如'我的'、'你的'、'他的'、'她的'、'他們的'。

something 'captures the imagination' of something – someone.

某種東西 "抓住了某物--某人的想象力"。

Or something 'captures my imagination' or 'your imagination' –

或一些 "抓住我的想象力 "或 "你的想象力 "的東西 --

his/her... 'his' or 'her' or 'their imagination'.

他/她的...'他的'或'她的'或'他們的想象力'。

So, if something 'catches your imagination',

所以，如果有什麼東西 "吸引了你的想象力"。

you suddenly get really interested in it.

你突然對它產生了真正的興趣。

You want to know more about it. You get very excited about it.

你想進一步瞭解它。你對它感到非常興奮。

it seems like she's come from nowhere –

she's actually been working a long time for this,

她實際上已經為此工作了很長時間。

but suddenly here she is. She's an amazing winner.

但突然間她來了。她是一個了不起的贏家。

Everybody wants to know more. Everybody's interested in her story.

每個人都想知道更多。每個人都對她的故事感興趣。

So, she has 'captured the imagination' of many, many people.

是以，她已經 "抓住了 "很多很多人的想象力。

Yes. Everyone's very excited, including me.

是的。每個人都非常興奮，包括我。

Got... that's really got me into tennis, I suppose.

得......這真的讓我進入了網球，我想。

We're using the word 'capture' here, which is like 'catching'.

我們在這裡使用 "捕獲 "這個詞，這就像 "捕捉"。

So, are we actually 'catching' something?

那麼，我們實際上是在 "捕捉 "什麼嗎？

Yes, 'capture' – if you 'capture' something,

是的，"捕獲"--如果你 "捕獲 "了什麼。

you kind of trap it so it can't get away.

You think about, you know, escaped criminals;

你想想，你知道，逃跑的罪犯。

They will catch them, so they can't escape.

他們會抓住他們，讓他們無法逃脫。

So, it's not that you can't escape literally,

所以，並不是說你不能從字面上逃脫。

you don't want to escape; you want to know more.

You're interested, you're engaged, you're excited.

你很感興趣，你很投入，你很興奮。

And has anything captured your imagination recently, Catherine?

最近有什麼東西吸引了你的想象力嗎，凱瑟琳？

嗯，正如它發生的那樣，是的。

I've seen an advertisement for this dinner experience.

You go to have dinner, but there's all these people

from Charles Dickens novels all around the place –

從查爾斯-狄更斯的小說中，到處都是 --

I don't know if that's serving you food or chatting to you,

我不知道這是在為你提供食物還是在和你哈拉。

but it's this immersive theatre experience

但它是這種身臨其境的戲劇體驗

and it's 'captured my imagination', so I'm going to go.

而且它 "抓住了我的想象力"，所以我要去了。

Excellent. Well, let's have a summary of that phrase:

很好。好吧，讓我們對這句話做個總結。

and we've talked about tennis before here on News Review.

我們以前在《新聞評論》上曾談到過網球。

Earlier this year, Wimbledon started again

今年早些時候，溫布爾登又開始了

after being locked down because of coronavirus

and so we talked about Wimbledon starting up again.

於是我們又談到了溫布爾登的問題。

So, how can we watch that video again, Catherine?

那麼，我們怎樣才能再看一遍那個視頻呢，凱瑟琳？

Just click the link down below. Excellent.

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

好的。讓我們看一下你的下一個標題。

Yes, we're at the Guardian now, still in the UK – the headline:

是的，我們現在在《衛報》，還是在英國--頭條新聞。

'Fluke' – something that happens by luck or chance and not skill.

僥倖"--因運氣或機遇而發生的事情，而不是技巧。

Yes, it's a single word this time: F-L-U-K-E – 'fluke'.

是的，這次是一個單字。F-L-U-K-E--"僥倖"。

A 'fluke' is a noun. It can also be an adjective

僥倖 "是一個名詞。它也可以是一個形容詞

and there is a separate adjective that I'll tell you about later,

而且還有一個單獨的形容詞，我以後會告訴你。

but 'fluke' – noun or adjective and sometimes even a verb.

但 "僥倖"--名詞或形容詞，有時甚至是動詞。

It's a short, nice-sounding word, isn't it?

這是一個簡短的、聽起來不錯的詞，不是嗎？

Which... which gets used occasionally – for example,

其中......偶爾也會用到--比如說。

I've got a local football team I support.

我有一個我支持的當地足球隊。

I won't name them, but they're not very good to be honest,

我不會說出他們的名字，但說實話，他們不是很好。

they won a game – the first one this season.

他們贏得了一場比賽--本賽季的第一場比賽。

and we could say it was 'flukey'. There's that adjective.

而我們可以說這是 "僥倖"。這就是那個形容詞。

So, they won 'by fluke', which is an interesting way to to use the word –

是以，他們贏得了 "僥倖"，這是一個有趣的方式來使用這個詞 --

What was this 'fluke' – this amazing, kind of, weird thing that happened?

這個'僥倖'--這個令人驚奇的、某種程度上的、奇怪的事情的發生是什麼？

Well, basically, the other player tripped over –

at that moment, there was a gap to score a goal

在那一刻，有了一個進球的缺口

and so the striker, you know, hit the ball in.

是以，前鋒，你知道，把球打進去。

Complete 'fluke'! Lucky – I suppose you could say.

完全的 "僥倖"!幸運--我想你可以說。

OK. So, something that happens, which isn't expected; it's really unusual.

好的。所以，發生了一些事情，這不是預期的；這真的很不尋常。

Everybody's surprised: you don't expect it to happen

每個人都很驚訝：你沒有想到會發生這種情況

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