I'm Feifei and with me is Neil.

我是 Feifei，跟我在一起的是 Neil

Neil: Hi there.

Neil：大家好

Feifei: Neil, what are you doing sitting down?

Feifei：Neil，你坐著幹嘛？

Neil: Presenting this programme – like we always do –

Neil：錄製這個節目 — 就像我們往常一樣 —

Feifei: You clearly don't know about our new

Feifei：顯然你不知道我們新的

healthy working policy – no more sitting down –

健康辦公政策 — 不要太常坐著 —

standing up is better for you!

站著對你的身體比較好！

Neil: Oh, alright then, I'll stand up if I have to.

Neil：噢，好吧，那如果需要的話我會站著

Feifei: Oh, Neil! No drinking coffee in the studio.

Feifei：噢，Neil！工作室不能喝咖啡

Health and safety!

為了健康與安全！

Obviously, you missed our meeting about the new healthy working policy.

很顯然地，你錯過了我們有關新的健康辦公政策的會議

You are clearly out of the loop.

你完全搞不清楚狀況

Neil: What?

Neil：什麼？

There's a loop I have to stand in now?

難道我現在還得站在一個圈圈裡？

Feifei: No, Neil. You missed our meeting

Feifei：不是，Neil，你錯過了我們的會議

where we discussed the new healthy working policy,

在會議上我們討論了新的健康辦公政策

and now you're out of the loop.

而現在你「out of the loop」

It means you don't have,

意思是你沒有接收到

or are not aware of the knowledge

或不知道

a particular group of people do have.

一個特定的群體裡大家都該知道的事

In other words, you've missed out on something.

換句話說，你錯過了某些事

Neil: Oh, I hate missing out on things.

Neil：喔，我討厭有錯過的事

We'd better hear some examples so I can be 'in the loop'

我們最好來聽一些例子，這樣我才能「搞清楚」

about this English phrase.

這個英文片語

Examples: I've been out of the loop since I went on holiday.

例句：自從我去度假之後，我一直搞不清楚狀況

I didn't know Geeta and Bilal had got engaged!

我還不知道 Geeta 跟 Bilal 已經訂婚了！

They kept me out of the loop,

他們一直把我排除在外

so it was a shock to discover that they were moving our sales team to Birmingham!

所以當我發現他們將我們的銷售團隊搬到伯明罕時，我很震驚！

Please keep me in the loop if you have

請一定要讓我知道，如果你有

any more discussions about the building work.

更多任何有關這個建築工作的討論內容

Thanks!

感謝！

Feifei: This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.

Feifei：這是 BBC 學英文的潮流英文節目

And we're hearing about the phrase 'out of the loop',

我們現在聽到的片語是「out of the loop」

which describes not having, or not being aware of the

用來描述沒有接收到或不知道

knowledge a particular group of people do have.

一個特定群體的人所要知道的消息

The opposite is being 'in the loop'.

相反詞是「in the loop」

But Neil, you are out of the loop.

但 Neil 你現在還搞不清楚狀況

Neil: Yes, yes, yes. You've made that clear.

Neil：沒錯，沒錯，你解釋得很清楚

I missed the meeting and I don't know about this stupid

我錯過了會議，而我不知道這個愚蠢的

'healthy working policy'.

「健康辦公政策」

Feifei: Where were you anyway?

Feifei：總之，你那時在哪裡？

Neil: Down at the café. You know,

Neil：樓下的咖啡廳，你知道

having a big fry-up.

吃著英式早餐

Eggs, bacon, sausages!

煎蛋、培根、香腸！

Delicious!

太好吃啦！

Feifei: So unhealthy!

Feifei：真是不健康！

That's got to stop.

這必須停止

Come on, Neil!

來吧，Neil！

Neil: Where are we going?

Neil：我們要去哪？

Feifei: We're going for a lunchtime run

Feifei：我們要來個午餐慢跑

with the rest of the team.

跟團隊的大家一起

It's part of our new healthy working policy!

這是我們新的健康辦公政策的其中一項！

Neil: Urghh!

Neil：呃！

I think I'd rather stay out of the loop from now on.

我想從現在開始我寧願待在圈外，當個毫不知情的人

Both: Bye!

兩人：拜！