Natalie: Hi I'm Natalie and welcome to Authentic Real English.
Feifei: And I'm Feifei. Natalie did you hear about John in the office?
Natalie: No… why what's happened?
Feifei: Well you know that brand new action film that is having its premiere in Leicester Square this week?
Natalie: What? The film starring Tom Cruise?
Feifei: Yeah! Well John got tickets to go to the premiere!
Natalie: What?! John is so jammy!
Feifei: Jammy? Like jam?! 果酱？！
Natalie: No not like actual jam you have on toast, but he is jammy… meaning he is very lucky.
Feifei: 原来 jammy 在这里是一个形容词，意思是幸运的。
Natalie: So John is very lucky to be able to get tickets to that film premiere.
Feifei: John 非常幸运，买到了由汤姆.克鲁斯主演的电影在伦敦的首映式的票。
Natalie: I'm jealous!
Feifei: So am I; John is very jammy.
Natalie: Well here are some more examples of using the adjective jammy.
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A: I can't wait until next week!
B: You're so jammy getting the whole week off.
A: I can't wait to hear her new album.
B. Well I've already heard it! I was jammy enough to get the album before anyone else.
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Feifei: I can't believe John is going to get to meet all those famous stars on the red carpet.
Natalie: Well Feifei… you know that all these premieres have after-parties.
Feifei: After-parties 庆功晚会。
Natalie: Well I know a friend that can get us into the after-party!
发表于 2016-7-10 00:07:36