The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺(tái)詞
It is estimated that 10 million turkeys were consumed at Christmas 2013 in the UK
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Rob: Hello, I am Rob. And welcome to Authentic Real English. In this programme, we teach you English words and phrases which you might not find in your dictionary.
Feifei: … and Hello, I'm Feifei.
Rob: Hello, Feifei. I am getting very excited, it’s nearly Christmas.
Feifei: 我也是！我特別喜歡圣誕節(jié)的氣氛，還有那么多好吃的，禮物，還有……
Rob: Oh, Feifei, did you hear the boss wants us to agree to work on Christmas Day?
Feifei: 什么？圣誕節(jié)要上班？我可不能答應(yīng)！為什么呀？
Rob: I don’t know, but he wanted us to agree to it. So I told him agreeing to work on Christmas Day would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
Feifei: ‘Like turkeys voting for Christmas’? 像火雞支持過(guò)圣誕節(jié)一樣？我說(shuō) Rob，你喜歡吃火雞肉這個(gè)沒(méi)錯(cuò)，但是咱們圣誕節(jié)來(lái)上班和火雞有什么關(guān)系呢？
Rob: Let me explain, Feifei. As you know, lots of people eat turkeys at Christmas. So, do you think if the turkeys had a choice, they would vote for Christmas?
Feifei: 如果火雞有權(quán)利選擇要不要過(guò)圣誕節(jié)，那肯定是不要過(guò)啦！它們?cè)趺磿?huì)選擇被送入烤箱供人們享用的命運(yùn)呢，肯定是瘋了！
Rob: That’s right. So in English, we use this idiom ‘like turkeys voting for Christmas’ as a metaphor when someone accepts a situation which will have a negative outcome for them.
Feifei: 我明白了，所以說(shuō)如果我們同意圣誕節(jié)來(lái)上班，就不能吃喝了，當(dāng)然更重要的是不能和家人團(tuán)聚了。
Rob: Exactly! It will be ‘like turkeys voting for Christmas’. Let’s hear some people using this phrase.
Examples
- Workers agreeing to pay cuts would be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
- It would be like turkeys voting for Christmas if people ask for a tax rise.
Rob: Remember this is an informal saying, so do take note of the context it’s used in.
Feifei: Thank you Rob for teaching us this humorous idiom. 話說(shuō)這火雞肉可是很美味呢，我突然特別餓。
Rob: Me too. Maybe we should just skip work today and go find some turkeys to eat?
Feifei: Now Rob, if I said yes to that, it would really be like turkeys voting for Christmas.
Rob: Ha ha…
Feifei: 感謝收聽(tīng)本期《地道英語(yǔ)》節(jié)目，歡迎下次繼續(xù)收聽(tīng)。在此，我們也祝大家圣誕節(jié)快了！We wish you a very happy Christmas!
Rob: Merry Christmas!
