Name: BBC 英文：什麼是 a sting in the tail (A sting in the tail: The English We Speak)
Uploaded: 2017-10-24T02:01:50.000Z
Duration: 2 min 42 s

Feifei: Hello I'm Feifei and welcome to The English

飛飛：大家好我是飛飛，歡迎來到《英語》。

Feifei: So Rob, I hear you have a new a hobby?

飛飛：那羅布，聽說你有新的一個愛好？

Rob: Yes that's right - it's very exciting -

羅伯：是的，沒錯--這非常令人興奮--。

Feifei: Arghh! Bees! I don't like them - shut the door!

飛飛。啊！蜜蜂!我不喜歡它們--把門關上!

Rob: Yes I'm a bee keeper - and I love it -

羅伯：是的，我是一個養蜂人--我喜歡它--。

Feifei: Of course there's a sting in the tail -

飛飛。當然，尾巴上有刺------------------------------------------------------------------。

bees sting - and it hurts, that's why I don't like bees.

蜜蜂蜇人--而且很痛，這就是為什麼我不喜歡蜜蜂。

Rob: They only sting when they're angry Feifei -

羅布：它們只有在生氣的時候才會刺痛飛飛------。

and anyway, when I said 'there's a sting in the tail'

總之，當我說 "尾巴上有個刺 "的時候

comes with something that is meant to be pleasurable.

隨之而來的，是要讓人感到愉悅的東西。

Feifei: Yes, as I said - looking after bees means

飛飛：是的，正如我所說的--照顧蜜蜂就是指

Rob: That's true - but what I meant was bee keeping is

羅布：沒錯--但我的意思是養蜂是。

fun but I wasn't expecting it to cost so much money -

樂趣，但我沒想到它會花費這麼多錢 -

Feifei: Yes, you do look silly! So you're saying

飛飛：是的，你的樣子確實很傻!所以你說

養蜂是件很有趣的事，但意外的事

羅伯：沒錯。讓我們聽一些例子

例子。我們度過了一個愉快的假期

but it had a sting in the tail - when we got home

但它有一個刺在尾部 - 當我們回到家

we discovered our house had been broken into.

I love her new book - the story is funny and romantic -

我喜歡她的新書--故事有趣又浪漫--。

but there's a sting in the tail when someone dies.

是啊，我們這個月都漲了工資。

Feifei: So that's 'a sting in the tail' -

飛飛：所以這就是 "尾巴上的刺"--。

a phrase that means something unpleasant and

Rob: OK Feifei, one of the good things about bee

搶：好的飛飛，蜜蜂的好處之一是。

- and that's free - go on Feifei, try some.

- 而這是免費的--上飛飛，試一試。

Oh no, you've brought something else with you...

哦，不，你還帶了別的東西... ...

Rob: Don't panic - I'll try to catch it... ouch! That hurt.

不要驚慌--我試著接住它......哎喲!疼！

Feifei: Oh dear - it looks like bee keeping