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节目介绍：你知道英国人怎样讲英语吗？“地道英语”，新词新义，原汁原味。每周一三五更新。
全文听写，每个角色另起一行写内容，英式拼法
本集介绍：Helen has a chat with Rob on the phone but she doesn't really catch a new phrase he mentions. Then Chris says exactly the same thing, that he is 'hunky-dory'. But she doesn't really agree that both of them are very hunky. What does this phrase actually mean?
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Helen
The English We Speak
Chris
Rob
Neil
wha
b-
Rosie
Ohhhh
hmm
Hi, I'm Helen, and welcome to The English We Speak. Sorry, I'll be with you in a minute, Chris. I'm just on the phone to Rob.
Sure.
Rob, do you need me to come and record with you in the studio this afternoon?
No, don't worry. I've got Neil coming over to record with me. Everything's hunky-dory.
Everything's wha?
Gotta go. Speak to you later bye.
OK, b-, oh, he hung up.
Having a busy day, Helen?
Yes, it's been so busy. I've got to move all these boxes. How's your day going?
No problems really. I've finished my script and I've already recorded another programme with Rosie. I'm hunky-dory.
Hunky-dory? That's what Rob just said to me. Neither of you is very hunky though.
What?!
Well, hunky means muscular doesn't it?
Well yes, hunky is a slang word for describing someone who is muscular.
So, you're not telling the truth when you say, I'm hunky… Dory. My name is not Dory though. Why do you call me that?
I wasn't lying and saying "I'm hunky", and I wasn't calling you "Dory" either. The phrase hunky-dory doesn't have anything to do with being muscular. It's an informal way of saying something's fine or satisfactory.
Ohhhh. It's a bit of a strange phrase though.
Yes, it is. No one really knows where it comes from, other than it's believed to be an American phrase.
I see. So how can you use it?
Well, here are some examples.
I was really worried I'd lost her, but everything's hunky-dory now. She was waiting for me by the car.
Our washing machine broke last night. An engineer is coming to take a look at it today, so it should be hunky-dory soon.
So you can use hunky-dory as an informal way to say that a situation is fine.
Now I understand. Well, sadly nothing is hunky-dory for me. I've got all these boxes to move.
Is that why you invited me here?
Maybe?
Hmm right then, let's get on with it. Right, where do you want them?
Just over there, thanks.
OK.
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发表于 2016-8-2 11:35:04