British Bitesize Lesson #2: SQUASH

hello this is the second part of my gift

哈囉 這是我給大家的第二個

to you especially for christmas i am

聖誕禮物

giving you 25 bite-sized lessons and

我將提供25個短篇課程

today's session is all about the word

今天這集是有關於單字

squash or squeeze squash is a game which

squash也可以是squeeze squash(回力球)是一種遊戲

you play with rackets on a court you can

在球場上用球拍打擊

play two player 3 player or even four

可以兩個人玩三個人玩甚至是四個人也可以

player i play regularly at my local

我定期會到我們這的

squash club and I really enjoy it it's

回力球場打球 我非常喜歡這項運動

very good for your health

它對健康很好

you can also eat a squash. A squash is a type

squash也是一種可以吃的南瓜

of vegetable I don't eat very often

是蔬菜的一種 我並不常吃

because I don't know how to cut it up

因為我不知道怎麼輕鬆地切開它

easily and cook it easily. You can also

和烹煮它 你也可以是

be squashed or feel squashed or give

be squashed(被擠壓)或是feel squashed(感到壅擠)

someone a squeeze

或是give someone a squeeze(給某人一個擁抱)

so to squash is to confine or pressurize

所以squash這個動作可以是使東西受限制

something on all sides squash it down i

從四面八方擠壓它 把它壓扁

talk about giving somebody a squeeze

我有提到有時會給人擠壓

sometimes and I mean a hug so I wrap my

其實是指給人一個擁抱 用手臂

arms around them and give them a tight

環繞他人 給他們一個緊緊的

squeeze

擁抱

so i might say give me a squeeze

所以當我說給我一個擠壓的時候

and that means give me a hug or if

是指給我一個擁抱

you're going to work during rush hour

或是你在尖峰時刻去上班

and lots of people are getting on the

很多人要上

train

火車

you might have to all squeeze in and you

你必須要擠進車廂

might feel a bit squashed I hate being

你會感到有點壅擠 我討厭

squashed on the train

在火車上人擠人

let's hope that this year i'm able to

我們來祈禱今年

squeeze all the presents that i bought

我可以把買給大家的禮物

for everybody into my car because if I

通通塞進車內

can't I don't know what I'm going to do

如果沒辦法的話 我也不知道該怎麼辦

finally we also talked about squeezing

最後 我們也可以說把人塞進來

someone in or squeezing it in when we're

或塞進一個東西

talking about an event or meeting so

是用在當我們提到活動或是會議的時候

this is when you don't have much time

當你時間不多的時候

and someone says could we meet up for

有人約你一起喝個咖啡

coffee or would you like to go see a

或是約你去看場舞台劇

play or can we have a meeting on a

或是要約個時間聚聚

certain day and you look at your diary

你看著你的記事本

and you say or I'm quite busy but I'll

說到 我有點忙

see if I can squeeze it in

但我會試試 看能不能塞得進來

that means trying to make time by

意思是說 會試著

compacting everything down and putting

壓縮行程 挪出一點時間來

that event into your diary so i'll try

把約會塞進記事本裡

and squeeze you in or are try and

試著把你塞進來

squeeze it in

把我們的約塞進來

so we complain squash we can eat squash

我們抱怨squash(壅擠) 我們吃squash(南瓜)

we can be squashed and we could try to

我們被squashed(被推擠) 我們試著

squeeze it in

squeeze it in(把約塞進行程)

I hope you found that helpful don't

希望你覺得很受用

forget to join me tomorrow for another

也別忘了明天再回來看

bite sized lesson

新的短篇課程

take care don't forget to subscribe and

保重 不要忘了訂閱

the by give us the squeeze

掰掰囉 給大家一個擁抱