Name: 六分鐘學會購物解憂法 (Learn to talk about retail therapy in 6 minutes)
Uploaded: 2017-12-14T04:18:39.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s

Neil: Hello and welcome to Six Minute English.

尼爾：你好，歡迎來到六分鐘英語。

我是尼爾，今天加入我的是丹--

基礎被動語態

who is weighed down with shopping bags and wearing

something very... strange. What's going on, Dan?

一些非常... 奇怪的事情。發生了什麼事，丹？

so I decided to cheer myself up by going shopping!

所以我決定去購物，讓自己開心起來!

Neil: Well that's lucky because the link between

尼爾：好吧，那是幸運的，因為這兩者之間的聯繫。

shopping and mood is what we're looking at

逛街和心情才是我們所看重的。

in this 6 Minute English - and of course we'll be

在這6分鐘英語中--當然，我們也會

詞彙項目。但首先，我們的測驗。

Online shoppers in which country spend more

網上購物者在哪個國家消費更多

per household than consumers in any other country,

比任何其他國家的消費者每戶。

according to a report from the UK Cards Association?

Dan: Norway seems to come top of lots of lists,

丹：挪威似乎在很多榜單中名列前茅。

so for that reason alone I'm going to say Norway.

所以單單因為這個原因，我就說挪威。

Neil: We'll find out at the end of the show.

尼爾：我們在節目結束時就會知道了。

Now, Dan, you said just now that you went shopping

現在，丹，你剛才說你去購物了

Dan: That's right - I like a bit of retail therapy.

丹：沒錯--我喜歡零售業的一點療法。

Neil: Retail therapy is a humorous expression which

尼爾：零售療法是一種幽默的表達方式，它可以讓你的生活更美好。

means going shopping to make yourself feel better.

意思是去購物，讓自己感覺更好。

Neil: Yes, I can see. And you're not alone.

是的，我明白了。而且你不是一個人。

According to some research done by the website

moneysupermarket.com, people are more likely to buy

資金超市網，人們更願意購買。

when they're feeling sad, bored or stressed.

當他們感到悲傷、無聊或壓力時。

Dan: Well I was feeling a bit down in the dumps.

丹：嗯，我當時感覺有點沮喪。

Neil: Oh dear, Dan. Sorry to hear you've been down

哦，親愛的，丹。很抱歉聽到你倒下了

in the dumps. I only hope you don't get a pang of regret

狼狽不堪。我只希望你不要感到後悔。

about your purchases when you get them home -

當你把東西帶回家的時候，你會發現你的購買行為------------------------------------。

Dan: A pang is a sharp pain. We often hear it used

旦：彭是一種劇痛。我們經常聽到它的用法是

figuratively to talk about strong emotions like guilt,

形象地說到內疚等強烈的情緒。

regret and remorse. You're making me feel worse, Neil

遺憾和悔恨你讓我感覺更糟糕，尼爾。

Neil: Sorry Dan - it's all for educational purposes!

我們的觀眾會從你的痛苦中學習!

Remorse is like regret - and there's a good expression

to describe exactly that bad feeling you get

when you realise you don't really need or want

當你意識到你並不真正需要或想要的時候

the things that you've bought. Buyer's remorse.

Dan: OK, OK, OK enough about me. Let's hear from Sam,

丹：好了，好了，好了，我的事情就不說了。讓我們聽聽山姆的意見。

Phil and Catherine from the Learning English team

to see if their mood affects the shopping choices

看看他們的心情是否會影響購物的選擇

they make. Listen carefully. Can you hear the three

他們做出。仔細聽。你能聽到這三個

山姆：老實說，我傾向於買菜。

hot drink but also anything kind of warm and cosy -

熱飲，但也是任何一種溫暖和舒適的 - 。

Phil: Definitely, if I've had a bad day at work,

菲爾：當然，如果我今天工作不順的話。

or for whatever reason or I feel terrible,

或者是出於什麼原因，或者是我感覺很糟糕。

Catherine: Oh when I'm feeling sad, I probably buy

凱瑟琳哦，當我感到悲傷，我可能會購買

a little bit of wine and often something to wear.

I find that a bit of retail therapy when I'm sad

當我傷心時，我發現那是一種零售療法

so it makes me feel better. But I do find

所以這讓我感覺更好。但我確實發現

the things that I bought when I was sad -

Neil: Sam, Phil and Catherine there from the BBC

英國廣播公司的薩姆、菲爾和凱瑟琳。

Learning English team talking about what kind of

things they buy when they're feeling down.

的東西，他們買的時候，他們感到沮喪。

Neil: That's right. Sam mentioned she buys food,

丹：凱瑟琳還提到了飲料------。

this time wine. And she also said that buying clothes

does the trick. That means achieves the result

做到了這一點。這意味著達到的結果

Neil: But what's interesting is that Catherine said

they make when they're sad, bored or stressed.

當他們傷心，無聊或壓力時，他們做出。

Dan: Sounds like a case of buyer's remorse.

Neil: It does indeed. Well, time now for the answer

尼爾：確實如此。好了，現在是時候回答了

到我們的測驗題。我問了這個問題。

Neil: And I'm afraid you might need to go and buy some

more stuff to cheer you up - you're wrong!

更多的東西讓你振作起來--你錯了!

Apparently UK households spent the equivalent

4,611英鎊，也就是將近6,000美元。

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六分鐘學會購物解憂法 (Learn to talk about retail therapy in 6 minutes)

equivalent

apparently

expression

regret