BBC地道英语｜Bust a gut 拼命努力
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Neil and joining me is Feifei.
大家好，欢迎收听地道英语。我是尼尔，和我一起的是菲菲。
Hi everyone.
嗨，大家好。
In this programme we have an expression which means ’to make a great effort to achieve something’.
在这期节目里，我们会学表示“付出巨大努力来达到某一目标”的一种说法。
Neil, why are you wearing that running gear in the studio? I’m not sure that shorts and a vest are appropriate for the workplace! As for those sweatbands…
尼尔，你为什么在录音棚里穿着跑步装备呢？我不确定在工作场所穿短裤和背心是否合适！至于吸汗带……
Well, Feifei, it’s because I’m desperate to get fit. You see, I’m running a marathon at the end of the monthand I’ve barely started training.I’m really going to have to bust a gut to be ready on time.
哦，菲菲，这是因为我对健身极度渴望。你看，我月末要去跑马拉松，但却几乎还没开始训练。我真的必须要好好努力，按时准备好。
Yes, you really do need to start training but surely busting a gut is not going to help!
对，你确实需要开始训练了，但毁坏肠子肯定是没用的！
I’m not going to bust my gut literally! To bust a gut means ’to make a huge effort to achieve something’. Imagine working so hard that your stomach – or gut – actually breaks!
我不是要按字面意思毁坏我的肠子！它的意思是说“付出巨大的努力来达到某个目标”。想像一下，工作太努力的话，你的胃——或者说肠子——确实是会坏掉的！
Urgh!Here are some examples of the expression ’to bust a gut’:
呃！这有几个“拼命努力”这种表达方式的例子：
We’re going to have to bust a gut to get this report done by tomorrow. We’re only half-way through and it’s already 7pm.
我们会拼命努力，在明天之前把这个报告做完。我们才做了一半，而且现在已经下午七点了。
The problem with today’s millionaire footballers isthey’re not prepared to bust a gut for their national team.
今天百万富翁球员的问题在于，他们并没有准备为他们的国家队拼命效力。
There are train strikes and the traffic is terrible. I had to bust a gut to get here on time today.
火车发生了撞击事故，交通状况十分糟糕。我必须拼命努力，今天按时到达这里。
To bust a gut –to make a great effort to achieve something.
拼命努力——付出巨大努力从而达到某个目标。
As you can see from the examples,we can use ’to bust a gut’ to talk about non-physical activities as well.
正如你能够从例子中看到的一样，我们也能够用“拼命努力”来说非体育活动。
Yes so come on Feifei. We need to bust a gut to get this programme finishedso I can go out for a training run.
是的，所以快点吧菲菲。我们需要拼命努力把这期节目做完，然后我就可以出去进行跑步训练了。
Alright, alright, we’re done now – go and bust a gut.
好吧好吧，我们现在已经做完啦,去吧，拼命努力啊。
I’m off – bye!
我走了，再见!