商務(wù)英語綜合輔導(dǎo):Handy 拿手1

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Helen: Hello, welcome to Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m Helen.
    Oliver: 嗨,我是Oliver。
    Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
    Oliver: 地道英語和大家一起學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)代英式英語中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的流行詞匯和實(shí)用表達(dá)。那Helen,今天給我們帶來的新詞是什么呢?
    Helen: Today we are going to concentrate on one word.
    Oliver: 就一個詞兒, excellent。
    Helen: It has several uses though. The word is handy, h-a-n-d-y, handy.
    Oliver: 這個詞兒和手有關(guān), hand. Handy 在手這個字的后邊多了一個字母Y。
    Helen: Often people talk about someone who is handy with something. That means this person is good at doing something, for example fixing cars.
    Oliver: 也就是說,handy在這里是做什么事情很拿手,很在行的意思。你舉的例子是有人修車很在行,就可以用handy。
    Helen: Yes, my friend Keith likes cars very much and he’s good at fix problems in them, so he’s very handy with cars.
    Oliver: 讓我們聽一個例子。
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    A: There’s something wrong with my computer, it keeps shutting down after 10 minutes.
    B: Why don’t you give Jason a call? He’s really handy with computers.
    A: Thanks, I’ll give him a ring now.
    Oliver: Helen, 你說過 handy這個詞兒還有其它的意思。
    Helen: Yes, handy could also mean convenient.
    Oliver: 有方便的意思。
    Helen: For example, I always find it handy to have a pen with me.
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    A: It’s too dark to see the keyhole.
    B: Hang on, I’ve got a little torch on my key ring.
    A: Oh, that’s handy.
    Oliver: 好啦,我們今天學(xué)到的詞兒是handy,這個詞兒有兩個基本意思,一個意思是某人做什么事情很拿手,很在行,另外一個意思是方便。
    Helen: You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us next time.
    Oliver: 我們下次節(jié)目再會。