Very British Problems是第四频道的电视剧,观看起来很有趣,非常适合练习英语听说能力。对于那些正在准备的人来说特别有用 雅思, 剑桥 FCE、 CAE 和 CPE。
该剪辑来自《非常英国的问题》(第一季 - 第 1 集 - 其他人)的第一集。
奈杰尔·哈弗斯 (Nigel Havers) 和里奇·霍尔 (Rich Hall) 讨论了“祝你有美好的一天”这一短语在英国的使用。
转录
Having tried to inject a little Continental sophistication into our interactions and failed, we certainly won’t be making the same mistake with our over-friendly American cousins.
“Have a nice day”?
I say, “Please, that’s up to me to have a nice day. I don’t need you to tell me to have one. I’m having a very nasty day at the moment. I don’t know how it’s going to go, but it’s nothing to do with you.”
Of course that was never going to work. And with good reason!
Most Brits see right through that because they know it’s not possible to have a nice day.
You could say, “Have a nice quarter of an hour,” and Brits would go, “Thank you very much,” because that’s manageable.
You can have a good 15 minutes in this country without anything screwing up, but… minute 16, something’s going to happen.