British Bitesize Lesson #1: SKATE

I don't know if you celebrate Christmas

我不知道你們慶不慶祝聖誕節

but I do and what I particularly like

我是會慶祝的 關於聖誕節我特別喜愛

about Christmas is the giving

的部分是給禮物

so whether you celebrate or not i'm

無論你慶不慶祝聖誕節

going to give you the gift of 25

我將送給你25個

bite-sized english lessons and today our

短篇英語課程 今天的課程是

lesson is all about the word skate now

關於溜冰鞋這個單字

a skate can be something you put on your

溜冰鞋是穿在腳上

feet in order to move fast and we have a

讓你可以快速移動 有幾種

few different types of skate. We have a

不同類型的溜冰鞋

roller skate which would also be

有四輪溜冰鞋

referred to as a quad. We also have

就是由四個輪子所構成 還有

inline skates where those wheels are set

直排輪 輪子被排成一排

in one long line making it appear like a

看起來像是

land version of an ice-skate. Now an ice-skate

陸上版的溜冰鞋 然後是冰上溜冰鞋

has no wheels just a blade and this is

它沒有輪子 只有冰刀

to help you to move across ice. So we use

它可以協助你在冰上移動 所有我們使用

the ice skate for skating on ice. Some

冰上溜冰鞋來溜冰

very brave people like to take to a

有一些非常勇敢的人 喜歡玩

skate board which is a board with four

滑板 它是一塊有四個

wheels on it.

輪子的板子

And you're not strapped on so it's very easy to

你的腳無法扣在滑板上 所以很容易就會

fall off.

摔倒

There are two other uses that I know of for

我還知道兩個

the word skate, one of them is a type of

關於skate這個字的用法 一個是指魚的種類

fish and the other one is to pass over

另一個是快速的略過

something quite quickly, so if there's a

譬如說

difficult subject that I don't want to

有一個困難的主題

talk about I might skate over the

是我不想談的 我也許會略過

details and not talk about it very much

細節 不會去詳述它

because I just want to pass by quickly. A

我只想快速帶過

common idiom that we have here in the UK

另一個在英國常見的用語

is 'get your skates on' and this simply

字面上的意思是穿上你的溜輪鞋

means hurry up. So it's nearly Christmas

是指趕緊做某件事 像是聖誕節快到了

you need to get shopping

你需要買禮物

so get your skates on and get down to

加快你的速度 直奔商店吧

the shops

and that's today's by side lesson now

這就是今天的課程

I'm running late so I have to get my

我有點落後 所以要加快速度了

skates on

bye

掰