And I'm Feifei.

我是 Feifei。

Actually, Feifei, can you help me with something?

那個，Feifei，你能不能幫我個忙？

Go on.

說說看。

There's this girl I like. I want to ask her for coffee.

我喜歡上某個女孩，我想請她喝咖啡。

But I don't want to seem too serious or creepy or anything. Just friendly.

但我不想看起來太嚴肅或詭異或其他什麼的。只想看起來友善就好。

And you're writing her a message? OK.

Feifei: 然後你要發訊息給她？好喔。

I just can't find the words.

我只是不知道該說什麼。

Easy. Stick a couple of emojis on there.

簡單，貼上一些表情符號。

Much less formal!

看起來不會太拘謹。

You mean, like, a smiley face?

你是指，例如，一個笑臉符號？

Yeah, but those are so last year.

是啊！但那些太過時了。

Maybe a love heart?

也許發個愛心？

Seriously? That's a bit too much.

你認真的嗎？那有點太過了。

You need to up your emoji game!

你要提升你的表情符號技巧！

My emoji game... like an emoji of a video game... or a football?

我的表情符號技巧...是指表情符號電玩...或足球電玩嗎？

No. The phrase 'to raise your game', or 'to up your game', means to improve.

不是，「to raise your game」或「to up your game」的用語是指提升能力。

Yes, it's a good phrase.

當然了，這是個好用語。

Feifei, you're not working hard enough, you need to up your game!

Feifei，你工作得不夠認真，你要提升你的能力！

That's not true... but good use of up your game.

那才不是真的...但這個用語用得好。

The phrase has now developed a bit.

這個用語現在有些變化。

We often add what we're trying to improve before the word 'game'.

我們常在「game」這個詞前面加上我們要提升的東西。

Like this:

像這樣：

I never finish novels.

我從來讀不完小說。

I need to up my reading game.

我需要提升我的閱讀能力。

I badly need to work on my interview game before my big interview next week.

在我下周的重大面試之前，我急需提升我的面試技巧。

You could do with a bit more exercise, mate.

你可以做點運動，老兄。

You should raise your running game!

你應該提升你的跑步技巧！

Great. Hope those examples help.

很好，希望這些例子能幫到你。

Any progress with that text message?

那些訊息有什麼進展嗎？

Here goes: "Lucy. Please have a coffee with me tomorrow."

你聽「Lucy，明天跟我一起喝杯咖啡吧！」

And then some coffee emojis.

然後加上一些咖啡符號。

Well, it's direct! But I still think we need to up your emoji game. Actually, and your texting game.

不錯，這很直接。但我還是認為我們要提升你的表情符號技巧。事實上還有你打訊息的技巧。

Oh, and your dating game...

喔，還有你的約會技巧...

We've got a lot of work to do!

我們還有很多工作要做！

Oh, ok. Well, I already sent the message.

喔，好吧！我已經送出訊息了。

Let's hope it works!

希望它能成功吧！

Oh, she's replied already.

她已經回覆我了。

No way, what did she say?

怎麼可能，她說什麼了？

"Neil. I thought you'd never ask! I'd love to have coffee. 3pm?"

「Neil，我還以為你永遠不會問呢！我很想來杯咖啡，3 點好嗎？」

And then a couple of big smiley emojis.

然後附上一堆大笑臉表情符號。

Wow, congratulations.

哇！恭喜。

Maybe it's me who needs to up my game.

也許我才是需要提升技巧的那個人。

Looks like it!

看來是這樣沒錯！

Bye.

拜！