The english we speak(BBC教學)第224期:My mind's gone blank 大腦一片空白
Rob asked Feifei to meet him in the studio. But what was it for? Find out in the programme.
羅布讓菲菲來演播室見他。是爲了什麼呢？請收聽本期節目並找出答案。Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.
注：音頻與文本並不完全對應。Feifei: Hello everyone. Hello Rob. I'm here.
菲菲：大家好。你好，羅布，我來了。
Rob: Oh, hello Feifei. Now... what are you doing here?
羅布：哦，你好，菲菲。你現在來這裏做什麼？Feifei: You told me to come by. Here I am and... well, why do you need me here?
菲菲：你讓我過來。所以我來了，不過你爲什麼讓我來這裏？Rob: Well, Feifei, I wanted to... I needed to... well... you had to come here because...
羅布：嗯，菲菲，我想……我需要……嗯……我讓你來這裏的原因是……Feifei: Because?
菲菲：原因是什麼？Rob: I don't know! My mind's gone blank!
羅布：我不知道！我的大腦突然一片空白！Feifei: You've forgotten?!
菲菲：你忘了嗎？Rob: Yes. When you say 'my mind's gone blank' it means that suddenly you've completely forgotten what you were about to do or say. Here are some examples of how to use this phrase.
羅布：對。當你說“my mind's gone blank”時，意思是你突然完全忘了你要做什麼或者要說什麼。下面是一些應用這個短語的例句。Examples
例句I didn't do well in the job interview. When they asked me why I wanted to work there my mind went blank. I wasn't sure why I'd applied for that particular job at all!
我在求職面試中的表現不好。他們爲我爲什麼要在那個公司工作時，我的大腦突然一片空白。我完全不知道我爲什麼要申請那個工作了！Alan failed the exam. He studied hard but when he got into the classroom to take it he was so nervous that his mind went blank. But he is a good student so his teacher might give him a second chance.
艾倫考試不及格。他學習很努力，可是他在教室考試時太緊張了，以致於他的大腦突然一片空白。不過他是名好學生，所以他的老師可能會再給他一次機會。Feifei: Hmmm... that is a useful expression. Sometimes my mind goes blank too. English can be a difficult language. So many words but... well, that's the English we speak...
菲菲：嗯……這是一個有用的表達方式。有時我的大腦也會突然一片空白。英語是個非常難的語言。有許多詞，不過……這就是地道英語……Rob: Yes! Yes! That's it! I remember it now!
羅布：對！對！就是這個！我現在想起來了！Feifei: What?
菲菲：什麼？Rob: I called you here for us to present The English We Speak!
羅布：我讓你過來一起主持地道英語節目！Feifei: Great, Rob! So I can leave now.
菲菲：太好了，羅布！那我現在可以走了。Rob: Why do you want to leave?
羅布：你爲什麼要走？Feifei: Because the programme's finished, Rob, it's done.
菲菲：因爲節目已經結束了，羅布，節目結束了。Rob: How come?
羅布：爲什麼？Feifei: 'My mind's gone blank' was today's expression in The English We Speak!
菲菲：My mind's gone blank就是今天地道英語節目要講的表達方式！Rob: Ah... I see. OK.
羅布：啊……我明白了。好。Both: Bye!
二人一起：再見！
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重點講解：
1. go blank （腦子）突然一片空白；
例句：My mind went totally blank.
我的腦子突然一片空白。
2. be about to do sth. 即將（做…）的；快要（發生…）的；
例句：That means the liner is about to leave the port.
這表明船要離港了。
3. apply for 申請；請求；
例句：He has applied for an entry visa.
他已申請入境簽證。
4. so＋形容詞或副詞＋that... 如此……以致於……；
例句：He has so few friends that his life is lonely.
他的朋友很少，因此他的生活非常孤單。
5. how come （用於因爲驚訝而詢問）怎麼會這樣呢，爲什麼；
例句：How come she has descended to stealing?
她怎麼會墮落到偷竊的?
