BBC地道英语｜Fuddy-duddy 观念守旧的人

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Hello, I’m Rob…

大家好，我是罗布……

… And I’m Feifei and this is The English We Speak. Hey, happy birthday for last week Rob.

……我是菲菲，欢迎收听地道英语。嘿，祝你上周生日快乐呀，罗布。

Thanks Feifei, yes 21 years old – where has the time gone?

谢谢你，菲菲，对呀，都21岁了，时间都去哪儿了？

Well, errr, look at your clothes – they’re not very trendy, they’re a bit boring!

好吧，呃，看看你的穿着——这可不是很时髦啊，这身穿着有点乏味了！

Boring?

乏味？

Yes… and come on, you’re not very youthful.

是的……得了吧，你并不是很年轻啊。

Youthful?! Just because I haven’t got any tattoos – who wants a tattoo anyway, they look silly, don’t they? And they damage the skin as well…

年轻？仅仅因为我没有任何文身——但不管怎么样，谁想要文身啊，看上去很傻，不是吗？而且还会伤害皮肤……

A fuddy-duddy – that’s an informal phrase to describe someone who is boring, dull and has old-fashioned attitudes. Let’s hear some examples of this phrase.

“观念守旧的人”——这是个非正式短语，来描述那些无聊，无趣，观念守旧的人。让我们来听几个关于这个短语的例句吧。

Ling thinks I’m an old fuddy-duddy because I don’t drive a flashy sports car.

因为我不开豪华跑车，所以林认为我是个观念守旧的人。

My dad’s a bit of a fuddy-duddy - he still listens to music on cassette tapes.

我爸爸的观念有些守旧，他还在用盒式磁带听音乐。

The bank has lost many customers over the years, probably due to its fuddy-duddy image.

这些年来，这家银行失去了许多顾客，大概是由于它观念守旧的形象吧。

So a fuddy-duddy is someone who is old-fashioned and sometimes pompous. But Rob, being a fuddy-duddy isn’t all bad.

所以“观念守旧的人”形容那些老派的人，有时还可以形容机构的办事方式古板从而显得自大。但是罗布，做一个“观念守旧的人”也不完全是一件坏事。

Oh yes? Boring, old-fashioned – how can that be a good thing?

噢是吗？无聊，老派——这怎么能是好事呢？

Well, you make us all laugh.

嗯，你会让所有人发笑呀。

Yes but for the wrong reasons – I’m off.

是的，但却是出于错误的原因。我走了。

Oh dear, it seems like a fuddy-duddy doesn’t even have a sense of humour. Where are you going?

噢亲爱的，看起来“观念守旧的人”似乎连幽默感都没有呀。你要去哪里？

To get a tattoo done.

去搞个文身。

It’ll hurt. Bye!

会疼的。再见！

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