The english we speak(BBC教學)第171期:Wrong 'un 不道德的人

(Sounds of tapping on a laptop)

（敲擊筆記本電腦的聲音）

Finn: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Finn.

芬恩：大家好，歡迎收聽地道英語節目，我是芬恩。

Li: And I'm Li. Oh, he looks nice.

莉：我是莉。哦，他看起來真不錯。

Finn: Yes. We're on Li's computer, on an online dating site. She's looking for a date - a hot guy.

芬恩：是啊。我們正在用莉的電腦瀏覽在線交友網站。她想找個性感的男生去約會。

Li: Shhh... don't tell everyone. Well, actually, I don't really just want a date-I'm hoping to meet Mr Right.

莉：噓……別告訴大家啊。嗯，實際上，我並不是想要約會，我是希望能找到真命天子。

Finn: Ooh, Mr Right - the person who is perfect for you - the one you want to spend the rest of your life with!

芬恩：哦，真命天子，那個最適合你的人，那個你想共度餘生的人！

Li: Yes... ooh. Finn, he looks lovely. He's got two MAs, a PhD, an enormous salary, a huge house in the country and, and... cute hair!

莉：是啊……芬恩，他看上去真迷人。他有兩個文科碩士文憑和一個博士學位，薪水豐厚，在郊區有座大房子，而且他的髮型好可愛啊！

Finn: Li, actually, sorry to say this, but I think he looks like a wrong 'un!

芬恩：莉，實際上，雖然我很抱歉這麼說，但是我認爲他是不誠實的人！

Li: A what?

莉：什麼？

Finn: A wrong 'un. That means a bad person, someone you can't trust. It's a slang way of saying 'a wrong one'. We use it with 'a' - a wrong 'un. Like that. A wrong 'un.

芬恩：不誠實的人。意思是說他是壞人，是你不能信任的人。這是壞人的俚語表達方式。通常我們會將這個詞和定冠詞a一起連用，a wrong 'un來形容不誠實的人。

Li: Ahh, I thought he could be Mr Right, and you think he's a wrong 'un?

莉：啊，我只是覺得他可能會是我的真命天子，而你卻覺得他是不誠實的人？

Finn: Yes, someone you can't trust. Sorry, I just think he sounds too good to be true - I think he's making it up. Maybe he's lying. He's a wrong 'un. Listen to these examples.

芬恩：是啊，是那種你不能相信的人。抱歉，我只是認爲他的條件聽起來太好了，不像真的，我認爲那都是他編造的。可能他在說謊。他是不誠實的人。來聽這些例句。

He's a real wrong 'un. He always gets into fights.

他真是一個不道德的人。他總是和別人打架。

You know, although she says nice things, that Sue's a wrong 'un. She owes so many people money!

你知道，雖然她總是說好話，但其實蘇是個不誠實的人。她欠很多人錢！

Li: You know what, Finn? I've had enough of looking online for a man.

莉：你知道嗎，芬恩？我真是受夠了一直在網上找交友對象。

Finn: Yes, well, I know, OK. But I'm sure you'll find someone special.

芬恩：是啊，我知道。不過我確定你肯定會找到一個特別的人的。

Li: How about you, Finn? Have you found Miss Right?

莉：芬恩，你怎麼樣？你找到真命天女了嗎？

Finn: Oh, well Li, you know, that's kind of personal. No need to talk about that in the programme.

芬恩：哦，莉，你知道的，這是私人問題。沒有必要在節目中談吧。

Li: Oh Finn, that's not fair!

莉：哦，芬恩，那不公平！

Finn: No, no, not just now.

芬恩：不，不是，我只是不想現在談。

Li: Come on just, oh please!

莉：拜託了，請說吧！

Finn: No, no. That's the end of the programme. Please visit for more. Bye!

芬恩：不，不要。本期節目即將結束。請訪問我們的網站瀏覽更多信息。再見！

重點講解：
1. be perfect for
絕配的；十分合適的；
eg. Carpet tiles are perfect for kitchens because they're easy to take up and wash...
方塊地毯非常適用於廚房，因爲其便於揭起來清洗。
eg. Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading.
在慵懶的夏日午後閱讀她的最新小說最合適不過了。
2. make up
編造；虛構；
eg. Every time he played truant, Tom would make up an excuse.
湯姆每次逃學都編個藉口。
eg. The boy made up a story, it is not true.
這個故事不是真的，是那個男孩編造出來的。
3. have had enough
受夠了；
eg. I've had enough—there are limits even for the patience of a saint!.
我已經受夠了——即使是聖人忍耐也是有限的！
eg. I had had enough of other people for one night.
我已經受夠了別人搞一夜情。