地道英语在线听-Gobsmacked 瞠目结舌

Jean: Hello, this is Real English from BBC¹ Learning² English, I’m John.

Jean: And I’m Jean. Hello!

John: In Real English, we look at words and phrases³ that you might not find in your dictionary.

Jean: 和汉语一样，英语里也是有着非常多的成语和俗话的，所以要想能听得懂英国人日常的说话聊天，就一定要来学学这些他们常用的通俗词语。

John: Today’s word is gobsmacked – G-O-B-S-M-A-C-K-E-D gobsmacked

Jean: Gobsmacked，好像gob这个词是俚语里最的意思吧，John？

John: Yes it is…

Jean: 而smack这个词又有打人耳光的意思，那Gob再加上smacked，这个词岂不是要打人家嘴巴的意思吗？

John: Well literally⁴ yes – it does mean to be hit in the mouth. But gobsmacked is a word you use when you are so surprised about something that you don’t know what to say.

Jean: AH，听你这么一说，原来gobsmacked是形容一个人因为某事而太吃惊、太震惊了，简直像被人打着了嘴巴一样，说不出话来了，就是瞠目结舌的意思。那John，你能给我们再举个例子说明一下吗？

John: Well if you hear some very surprising news – for example…if you found out your best friend dating your brother and they never told you – you might be gobsmacked.

Jean: 那倒是，如果我刚发现我最好的朋友已经和我自己的哥哥好了好一段时间了却没告诉我，那我的反应肯定也是gobsmacked，瞠目结舌了！

John: Or maybe if Brad Pitt walked in the room now and asked you on a date – I think you would be pretty gobsmacked.

Jean: 那当然了 – 如果布拉德皮特Brad Pitt现在走进来约会我出去，我肯定更会 是gobsmacked!! 张口结舌、不知所措、说都不会话了– 唉，不过我想我 是不会有这样的艳福了，John，咱们还是给大家举个更实际的例子吧。Here’s another example.

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A: I can’t believe Fred is going to be a father.

B: I know. He always talks about how much he hates kids. I was gobsmacked when he told me!

 

Jean: OK – 所以gobsmacked – 就是形容某人因为某事而吃惊的瞠目结舌、说不出话来的意思。

John: I have a bit of a surprise for you actually Jean.

Jean: You do?

John: 我-在-学-一点-中文。

Jean: Eh? You’re speaking Chinese – I didn’t know you could.

John: 我-学了-一段-时间啦。

Jean: Wow I don’t know what to say? You’re very good.

John: You’re gobsmacked aren’t you?

Jean: I am gobsmacked! 好了，今天我们的新词就是它了，gobsmacked – 就是吃惊得瞠目结舌的意思. That’s all for BBC Learning English

for today.

John: Yes, you’ve been listening to Real English – see you next time!

1 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 phrases   

n.短语( phrase的名词复数 )；成语；说法；乐句

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 insert   

vt.插入，镶补；vi.附着；n.插入，插入物

参考例句：

• I wish to insert an advertisement in your newspaper.我想在贵报上登一则广告。
• The newspaper had an insert of pages of pictures.该报带有数页插图。