臺南市政府第二官方語言專案辦公室
廣播」文字稿
二月份廣播主題(二)：學習與食物相關的片語
2017年02月17日~02月28日
David: Hello Serena. I didn't know you shop at this supermarket too.
哈囉, Serena, 我沒想到你也會在這家超市買菜耶!
Serena: Hi David. Actually I seldom shop at this supermarket. But it's close to the office and I have to rush home to welcome an important guest.
哈囉，David，事實上我很少在這間超市買菜，但是這間離我辦公室很近，而且我今天晚上必須趕回家迎接一個貴客。
David: Who is it? Someone I know?
哪一位貴客阿? 是我認識的人嗎?
Serena: No, it's my landlady. She's coming to collect some of her post and… well, I want to make her like me because next month, the contract on my flat is due to be renewed and she might want to increase the rent.
她是我的房東太太。她今晚要過來拿一些，而我希望能得到她的青睞，畢竟下個月合約就要到期了，我希望她不要提高房租。
David: Yeah, I see what you mean. So you'd better butter her up then!
喔，我懂你的意思了。所以你最好要好好獻殷勤了。
Serena: Butter? Oh, yes. But I'm a pretty bad cook. If I baked a cake it would probably be horrible!
奶油? 喔，我對煮飯不在行，如果要我烤蛋糕，那一定慘不忍睹。
David: No. I don't mean butter for a cake. In English, when you say you'll 'butter someone up', you mean you'll be especially nice to them in the hope they'll do something good for you in return.
喔不，我不是說烤蛋糕用的奶油。以英語來說，當你說”butter someone up”時，代表你對特定的人特別的好，希望能得到他們的回饋。
Serena: Oh, I get it. look. It's 6pm already. I'm very late. I might not be on time to meet my landlady and she'll be angry with me. She's a very busy woman.
喔，我懂了! 現在都已經六點了。我快遲到了。我可能不能準時見我房東太太了，如果是的話，她一定會很生氣。她可是個大忙人呢!
David: Yeah, good luck.
好吧，祝你好運
Serena: Bye!
拜拜!
After two days ….
David: So Serena, how is your rental problem? Did your landlady raise it?
Serena, 你的租金問題現在如何呢? 你的房東太太真的漲價了嗎?
Serena: Oh…things are not going well. She didn’t raise it but her son will come back and stay in the town for a while. I guess I need to find a new flat.
喔…事情不太順利。房東太太並沒有漲房租，但她的兒子要回來待一陣子。所以我想我是該找新公寓了!
David: Oh, too bad. But… think positively! You don’t need to worry about the rent and “that’s the way the cookie crumbles”.
喔…太糟了! 但正面思考一下，你不需要擔心房租了，且人生本來就是這麼回事。
Serena: Alright! I had better get one soon.
好吧! 我最好快點找到公寓。