地道英语在线听-Strop 闹别扭

A couple in a strop

Jo: Welcome to Real English from BBC Learning¹ English. I'm Jo.

Oliver: 大家好，我是Oliver。地道英语和大家一起学习现代英式英语中经常出现的流行词汇和实用表达。那 Jo 今天给我们带来的新词是什么呢？

Jo: Today's word is strop. S.T.R.O.P. Strop.

Oliver: Jo, strop 是什么意思呢？

Jo: Well I don't think I should tell you, I mean I can't believe you don't know what it means!

Oliver: 但是 Jo, 我们得让听节目的中国听众知道啊！

Jo: Oliver, I'm only joking. I was trying to show you what strop means!

Oliver: 哦好吧，那我就知道了 Jo，那我们来看看这个词儿 strop，表示你心情不好或是真的非常不高兴。我觉得中文的意思应该是闹别扭，或者跟谁都过不去的意思。

Jo: And there are different ways to use the word strop. You can say someone is having a strop. To have a strop.

Oliver: Just like you did Jo. You had a strop 你在闹别扭。

Jo: Or we might use it as an adjective² and say stroppy. He's being a bit stroppy. She's really stroppy isn't she?

Oliver: Stroppy 是一个形容词，蛮横、刁蛮的意思。

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A: I think you just turn left here.

B: It's not left – we've been driving around forever – can't you just read the map properly!?

A: All right. No need to have a strop!

Oliver: 好了，节目已经接近尾声了，你能不能别再和大家过不去了，好好跟大家说一声再见，好吗？

Jo: I think I can do that! Don't forget you can log³ onto our BBC Learning English website to learn more Real English words and expressions.

Oliver: 网址是 www.bbcchina.com.cn 然后点击地道英语。今天的节目就到这里，再见。

Jo: Bye.

1 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。

2 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

3 log   

n.记录，圆木，日志；v.伐木，切，航行

参考例句：

• They log for a living.他们以伐木为生。
• And then what do you do with that log?然后你要拿那些记录做什么呢？