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  • Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

  • We Speak. I'm Feifei

  • and joining me is Rob...

  • Rob: Hello! Hey, Feifei.

  • Have you heard the news?

  • Feifei: Gossip, you mean.

  • Rob: No, no - it's true! We've been given

  • the day off! So, sorry,

  • I'm not going to hang

  • around - I'm off to the beach.

  • Feifei: Hold on! Who says?

  • Rob: Neil. He said the boss told him that

  • we've all worked so hard we don't have to

  • work today!

  • Feifei: Hmm. It sounds like a wind-up

  • to me - a wind-up is another way

  • of saying 'a trick or joke'.

  • I'm sure Neil was joking!

  • Rob: April Fool, Feifei! I was joking!

  • I wanted to trick you - to see

  • if you'd leave the office

  • and... take the day off.

  • Feifei: Ha ha, very funny.

  • Well, actually, I have

  • got the day off today. So the joke is

  • on you, and it starts now. Goodbye.

  • Rob: Feifei, where are you going? Come

  • back and explain what 'the joke is on you'

  • means... please!

  • Feifei: ...OK, Rob! When 'the joke is on

  • someone', it means the person

  • who has tried to make you look silly has

  • ended up looking silly themselves.

  • The joke has backfired. And now

  • you look silly, Rob.

  • Rob: Point made, Feifei. Here are some

  • more examples of this phrase in action...

  • Daisy laughed at my 'terrible' dress sense,

  • until she found out I was

  • wearing a designer dress -

  • I guess the joke's on her now!

  • Ha, you thought I'd never beat your

  • time for completing the marathon.

  • But I have, so the joke's on you!

  • I know you were trying to be funny

  • by saying I'd never pass my exam.

  • But now you're the only one who hasn't,

  • so the joke's on you, I'm afraid!

  • Feifei: This is The English We Speak from

  • BBC Learning English and we're looking at

  • the phrase 'the joke is on someone,'

  • which means someone has tried

  • to make someone else look silly but

  • ended up looking silly themselves!

  • So this perfectly describes you, Rob - the

  • joke about taking a day off is 'on you'.

  • Rob: I was just having a laugh at

  • April Fool's Day. But, hold on.

  • Where is everybody? The

  • office is empty.

  • Feifei: Ha - not another one

  • of your 'jokes'?

  • Rob: No, seriously - look, there's an email.

  • It says 'Due to a power failure the office

  • is out of action. You can all take the day

  • off.' Ha, looks like we've all got a day off

  • after all - the jokes on you, Feifei!

  • Feifei: Ah well, enjoy your free time.

  • Rob: Fancy going to the beach?

  • Feifei: No, thanks. Bye, Rob.

  • Rob: I was joking. Bye.

Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English

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開玩笑的是你----------我們說的英語 (The joke is on you - The English We Speak)

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