And I'm Rob. Feifei, feeling hungry?

我是 Rob。Feifei，妳會餓嗎？

Rob, they smell amazing!

Rob，那聞起來好香！

Almost there. We're having a special treat today... waffles!

差不多囉，我們今天有個特別的餐點 ... 鬆餅！

Rob is making waffles, those lovely, crispy little cakes with raised squares on the surface.

Rob 正在做鬆餅，那種好看的酥脆的小蛋糕，表面有格子狀的突起。

Absolutely! My favourite. But what are we going to put on them?

完全正確！這是我最愛的，但我們要在上面放什麼配料嗎？

Oh that's simple, strawberries and syrup.

噢，很簡單啊，草莓跟糖漿。

What about you?

你呢？

OK, I'm not so sure. I mean, I used to always love them with honey and bananas.

好，我還不確定，我意思是，我總是習慣搭配蜂蜜和香蕉一起吃。

But they do taste amazing with melted chocolate.

但加上融化的巧克力來吃也很美味。

Or... with cream.

或是，搭配奶油。

You know, I recently tried one with peanut butter, not a good experience.

你知道嗎，我最近也在試另一種吃法花生醬，不是個好嘗試 。

I guess strawberries would be worth trying... Or mango.

我猜草莓會是個值得嘗試的吃法，或是芒果。

But only if the mangoes are fresh...

但芒果必須要是新鮮的 ...

Rob?

Rob？

Yes?

怎麼了？

Can you stop waffling on?

你可以停止胡扯了嗎？

Ah, very clever. Perfect time to use that phrase! I do need to stop waffling on, don't I?

啊，非常聰明，這個片語用的時機真好，我的確需要停止胡扯，對嗎？

Yes, please. To 'waffle on' means to talk and talk without saying anything very useful or interesting.

沒錯，拜託。「waffle on」意思是不斷談話並且沒講到任何有用或有趣的內容。

I am sometimes guilty of that.

我有時候會對此感到內疚。

Let's hear a few more examples.

我們來聽一些例句。

I think I did really badly in the interview.

我想我這次面試真的很糟糕。

I wasn't sure how to answer the questions, so I just waffled on.

我不確定要怎麼回答問題，所以我只好胡說八道 。

Meetings with Frank are frustrating.

跟 Frank 的會議很令人挫敗。

He always waffles on about unimportant things. Someone needs to have a word with him.

他總是在胡扯一些不重要的東西，需要有人跟他私下談談。

I used to find her blog really interesting and inspiring, but these days she just waffles on about her pet tortoise.

我過去覺得她的部落格很有趣也很激勵人心，但這些日子她就只是在寫一些有關寵物龜的流水帳。

There we are. To waffle on. At least we don't waffle on in this programme, do we Rob?

以上是今天的片語。「 to waffle on」。至少我們沒有在這個節目裡胡扯，對吧，Rob？

Well, I must admit that sometimes people have said I do talk rather a lot, especially when it's about travel or languages... which reminds me I really should book my next holiday...

好吧，我必須承認有時候人們會說我有點講太多話了，特別是說到有關旅行或語言的話題 ... 這也提醒我真的應該預定我下一個假期了...

I've been considering Croatia, though I...

我考慮過克羅埃西亞，雖然我 ...

Rob?

Rob？

Ah. Am I waffling on?

嗯？我又在胡扯了嗎？

I'm afraid so.

沒錯。

Ooh, it's waffle time!

噢，鬆餅時間到了！

Great. Hopefully these tasty waffles will keep you quiet for a while.

太好了，希望這些可口的鬆餅可以讓你安靜好一會兒。

Are you saying the waffles will stop me waffling on?

你是說這些鬆餅會停止我胡扯嗎？

Yup! Now, enough talk... Oh, these waffles are delicious.

沒錯！現在，講夠了 ... 噢，這些鬆餅真好吃。

Not bad, eh?!

還不賴，是吧？！

Bye.

拜。

Bye.

拜。