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  • Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

    菲菲:哈囉,歡迎來到 The Englsih

  • We Speak. You are Neil...

    We Speak。你是尼爾...

  • Neil: ... and hello, you are Feifei.

    Neil: ...哈囉,妳是菲菲

  • Feifei: Neil, a question - if you looked into

    菲菲:尼爾,問你一個問題-你覺得

  • my purse, what would you find?

    在我的錢包裡面你會發現什麼?

  • Neil: Not much! Probably lots of small

    尼爾:應該沒什麼吧!可能有很多

  • coins that aren't worth much.

    的零錢

  • Feifei: Well I'm not rich, Neil - but yes,

    菲菲:我是沒什麼錢啦,尼爾-不過沒錯,

  • you would find small change.

    你會發現一些零錢

  • A collection of coins with little value.

    一些沒啥價值的零錢

  • Neil: OK - is this the phrase for this programme?

    尼爾:OK-這是今天要探討的片語嗎?

  • Feifei: Not exactly. The phrase is 'small

    菲菲:不全然是。這個片語是「small

  • change' but it's not about money.

    change」不過卻和錢沒有關係

  • Something that is insignificant or trivial,

    某件無關緊要的小事,

  • meaning not important,

    也就是不重要的事,

  • can also be described as 'small change'.

    同樣的可以用「small change」來形容

  • Neil: Like getting a seat on the train

    尼爾:就像對我而言在尖峰時刻

  • during the rush hour is 'small change' for me.

    的火車上找到一個位子坐是「一件小事」

  • Feifei: And getting chocolate sprinkles on

    菲菲:而對我而言,在我的卡布奇諾上撒上

  • top of my cappuccino is

    巧克力

  • 'small change' for me.

    也是「一件小事」

  • Neil: Really? That's 'big change' for me!

    尼爾:是嗎?那對我而言是「一件大事」呢!

  • Let's hear some examples that are far

    讓我們來聽一些絕非

  • from being small change!

    一件小事的例子!

  • I've only got a cold so my health problems

    我只不過感冒了,所以我的健康問題

  • are small change compared with your broken leg.

    和你的斷腿比起來不過就是一件小事

  • Eating out every night is small change to

    對於茉莉來說,每晚出去吃飯是一件小事

  • Molly - she can afford it with the huge salary she's on.

    -以她賺的薪水絕對能夠負擔的起

  • Where I sit on the plane is small change

    在飛機上坐什麼位子對我來說

  • to me, as long as we arrive on time.

    都不重要,只要準時到達就好

  • Feifei: This is The English We Speak from

    菲菲:這是 BBC 的 The English We Speak

  • BBC Learning English and we're talking

    我們正在討論

  • about the phrase 'small change' which

    「small change」這個片語

  • describes something insignificant

    它是形容一件無關緊要

  • or trivial, meaning not important.

    或微不足道的事,也就是不重要

  • Neil: We can also describe someone as

    尼爾:我們也可以用「small change」

  • being 'small change' - so they are not

    來形容一個人-所以他們並

  • important. Feifei, do you think I'm small

    不重要。菲菲,你覺得我在這個節目裡

  • change in this programme?

    是不重要的嗎?

  • Feifei: Of course not, Neil. You are very

    菲菲:當然不是啊,尼爾。對於本節目

  • important to this programme - and

    來說你是非常重要的-再說,

  • besides, we couldn't afford the other presenter!

    我們也請不起其他的主持人!

  • Neil: Ha ha. Very funny. So now we've

    尼爾:哈哈,很好笑。所以現在我們已經

  • explained 'small change' - can you lend me some?

    解釋「small change」- 妳可以借我一些嗎?

  • Feifei: You mean money? How much do you want?

    菲菲:你是說借你錢?你想要借多少?

  • Neil: Ten pounds!

    尼爾:10 英磅!

  • Feifei: Neil, that's NOT small change - and

    菲菲:尼爾,那才不是小錢呢-而且

  • your request is not 'small change' either.

    你的要求也不是「一件小事」

  • The answer is 'no'!

    我不借!

  • Neil: Well it was worth a try. See ya.

    尼爾:至少我問過了。再見囉

  • Feifei: Bye.

    菲菲:拜

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

菲菲:哈囉,歡迎來到 The Englsih

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