You are, and I'm Rob.

是 Feifei 喔，我是 Rob。

Hey, Rob, a question. Is it right you have a friend who lives on top of a mountain?

Rob，問你一個問題，你是不是有個朋友住在山頂上？

Errr, no.

呃…沒有。

What about a friend who lives in La Paz, one of the highest cities in the world?

還是說有個朋友住在拉巴斯，世界上最高的城市之一？

Strange question, but no.

好奇怪的問題，沒有。

OK, how about a friend who lives at the top of a very tall tower block?

好吧，那住在摩天大樓頂端的朋友呢？

Definitely not. Why are you asking about my friends anyway?

絕對沒有，為什麼一直問有關我朋友的問題？

Well, someone in the office said you have friends in high places, and I just wondered why it was useful to know people who lived high up.

辦公室有人說你有個朋友在高處，我只是好奇為什麼認識一個住很高的朋友會很有用。

OK, well, if you have friends in high places, it has nothing to do with their physical location.

如果你有朋友在高處，這跟他們的地理位置一點關係都沒有，

They're people you know who are powerful and in an important position and are able to help you.

他們是身居高位且具有影響力，並且能夠幫助你的人。

So these are useful people to know then?

所以他們是很有幫助的人囉？

They certainly are. Let's hear some examples of other 'friends in high places'.

肯定是的，我們來聽幾個「friends in high places」的例句。

Wang managed to get a promotion, but I'm sure it's only because he knows people in high places.

Wang 順利升遷了，但我確定他只是因為背後有人幫忙。

Thanks to his friends in high places, my boyfriend managed to get tickets for the sold-out rock concert. Yeah!

幸好有他朋友的幫忙，我男友終於拿到已完售的搖滾演唱會門票，耶！

Despite failing her exams, Jane still managed to get a place at university

儘管她考得很糟，Jane 仍然能夠順利念大學，

I'm sure she has friends in high places.

我很確定她背後有高人相助。

This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the phrase 'friends in high places'.

這是 BBC 英語學習頻道的 The English We Speak，我們正討論一則片語「friends in high places」，

These are powerful and important people we know and might be able to help us in some way.

他們是身居高位且具有影響力，並且能夠幫助你的人。

So Rob, you know some very important people then?

所以 Rob，你有認識一些地位很高的朋友嗎？

Well, yes, a few. Although not the Queen.

有一些，雖然不是女王。

Why do you want to know?

為什麼會這麼問？

Well, I have to renew my passport and I need someone important to witness my application.

我必須重新申請我的護照並且需要一些人為我的申請單作證。

Oh come on Feifei, you know I could do that.

拜託 Feifei ，你知道我可以的。

Err, sorry Rob. You may be a friend but you're not in a high enough position to do this.

呃，抱歉 Rob，你是個朋友，但你可能不夠有地位來做這件事。

Look, it needs a doctor, lawyer or policeman to sign it.

瞧，這需要醫生、律師或警察來簽署。

Great! So how high am I?

好吧，那我的地位有多高？

About this high.

大概有 87 公分高。

That low. Oh dear. Time to make some new friends. Bye bye.

太低了吧，該去交一些新朋友了，掰掰。

Bye.

掰。