地道的英語口語對話

Jo: I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning English.

Oliver: 大家好，我是Oliver，地道英語和大家一起學習現代英式英語中經常出現的流行詞彙和實用表達。這些詞兒和短語都是現在英國人當中非常流行的。So what's today's word Jo?

Jo: Well today's word is posh. P.O.S.H. posh.

Jo: Oh very good Oliver. Yes David Beckham's wife Victoria also has the nickname Posh.

Oliver: 這個詞兒是用來説優雅的人的嗎？比如有些上流社會的人，十分富有、衣着華麗、彬彬有禮、周旋在各種時尚社交場合什麼的。

Jo: That's right Oliver. So people who are rich, with nice clothes, who speak nicely and have good manners and might be called posh. We might also call someone posh as a joke.

Oliver: 你是指，説什麼人 posh也可能是開玩笑的`。比如説，你的一個朋友，開始喝很貴的葡萄酒，那你就可以拿他開玩笑説：

Jo: You're getting a bit posh aren't you?

Oliver: 在這個時候，posh就不是真的優雅的意思了，而是假高貴的意思了。一般來説，人們更喜歡用在評論什麼人的時候，而很少當面説別人，除非像剛才我們聽到的那樣是開玩笑。

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A: We're moving house – we've found a nice place next to the park.

B: Ooh that's a bit posh isn't it?

Jo: In fact Oliver, you are looking a bit posh today – are you going somewhere special?

Oliver: 是嗎？哦，那可是真要謝謝你! Actually I am going out to a nice restaurant – in fact you could probably say a posh restaurant - with my friends tonight!

Jo: Well you look very smart. I don't often see you looking so posh!

Oliver: 那你就是説我平時看起來不怎麼樣啦!好了，不開玩笑了，還是看看我們今天學到的詞兒吧 posh – 優雅的。

Jo: And that's about all for today. You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Don't forget to log onto our website

Oliver: 再見。

Jo: See you.