The english we speak(BBC教學)第29期:dont make me laugh別開玩笑了
Jennifer: Hi I'm Jennifer and this is The English We Speak. In this programme, we teach you.about English words or phrases which you might not find in the dictionary. Here comes Feifei.
珍妮佛：大家好，我是珍妮佛，這裏是我們所說的英語。在這個節目裏，我們將會教授您字典裏找不到的單詞和短語。這位是菲菲。Feifei: Hello Jen, hi everyone. Hey, Jen, I have some news for you.
菲菲：你好，珍，大家好。嘿，珍，我有新聞說給你。Jennifer: Oh yes, what is it?
珍妮佛：哦好的，那是什麼？
Feifei: I was standing next to the water cooler, when I heard the boss talking. He said that he is going to give everyone at work a holiday! For free!
菲菲：我剛纔站在飲水機旁邊，恰好聽到了老闆說話。他說他將要給每個工作的人一個假期！免費的！Jennifer: A free holiday?
珍妮佛：一個免費的假期？Feifei: Yes, I'm sure that's what he said.
菲菲：是的，我很確定他說的。Jennifer: Oh, don't make me laugh!
珍妮佛：哦，不要讓我笑啊！Feifei: It does sound too good to be true. Jen said: "Don't make me laugh." In English, this is something you can say when you think something is not going to happen.
菲菲：它確實太難以相信了。珍說：“不要開玩笑。”在英語裏，這個句子可以用在你覺得某件事不可能發生的時候。Jennifer: And I don't think the boss is going to give us a holiday, especially a free one. The boss giving us special treats...? Don't make me laugh.
珍妮佛：而且我不覺得老闆會給我們放假，特別是免費的。老闆會給我們特別的待遇？不要開玩笑了。Feifei: Let's hear some more examples of this phrase.
菲菲：讓我們來聽更多的這個句子的例子。A: I heard that Justin Bieber is going to play a gig at our Christmas party!
A:我聽說賈斯丁比伯將要在聖誕派對上現場演出！B: Don't make me laugh - he's far too famous to come here.
B:不要開玩笑了--他那麼出名，不會來這裏的。A: Do you think that the Scotland football team could win the World Cup one day?
A:你覺得蘇格蘭足球隊有一天會贏得世界盃嗎？B: Don't make me laugh - they've never won anything!
B:別開玩笑了--他們永遠也不會贏得任何東西的！Feifei: So, 'don't make me laugh' is a great way to say that you think something won't happen.
菲菲：所以，“別開玩笑了”是一個形容一件事不可能發生很好的方式。Jennifer: Like our boss giving away free holidays. So I wonder what he did mean?
珍妮佛：就像我們的老闆給我們免費的假期。那麼我很奇怪他到底什麼意思？Feifei: Oooh, here's an email from him. It says: "I'm going away for two weeks. You will all need to work extra hard during this time, and don't call me - I want a work-free holiday."
菲菲：噢，這有他的郵件。上面說：“我將要離開兩個星期。你們都需要在這段時間額外工作，而且不許打電話給我---我想要一個遠離工作的假期。”Jennifer: You see? I told you he wouldn't give away free holidays. He wants a work-free holiday: that means he doesn't want to think about work while he's away.
珍妮佛：看到了嗎？我跟你說他不會給我們免費的假期吧。他想要一個遠離工作的假期，這意思是他不想在離開的時候想工作的事。Feifei: Oh well. It seems I didn't hear him properly. It was nice while it lasted!
菲菲：哦，好吧。似乎我沒聽對。沒聽對反而很好呢！Jennifer: So, are you planning to work 'extra hard' while he's away?
珍妮佛：那麼你打算在他離開的時候額外工作嗎？Feifei: Don't make me laugh! I'm not working hard, I'm going to take advantage and have a relaxing two weeks without the boss here!
菲菲：別開玩笑了！我不會努力工作的，我將要利用這段時間，享受沒有老闆的兩個星期！Jennifer: That sounds like a good plan. Join us again for another edition of The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. Bye for now!
珍妮佛：這聽起來是個很好的計劃。加入我們來獲得其他版本的BBC學英語之我們所說的英語。暫時再見了！Feifei: Bye!
菲菲：再見！
