BBC地道英语｜Clean up my act 改邪归正
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Hello welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I’m Rob.
大家好，欢迎来到BBC地道英语。我是Rob。
Oh hello…I’m Feifei.
大家好，我是菲菲。
Err Feifei, what are you doing?
菲菲，你在做什么？
Cleaning… this place is so dirty… in fact Rob, have you got any soap I could borrow?
打扫卫生，这里太脏了。 Rob，你有肥皂可以借我用下吗？
Feifei, this isn’t like you. You don’t normally take cleaning so seriously.
菲菲，你以前不是这样的，你一般不会这么认真地打扫卫生。
Well, I’m cleaning up because my boss told me to. He said I’ve got to ‘clean up my act’.
是这样的，我打扫卫生室我老板让我做的。我老板告诉我说，“清理我的行为”。
Oh Feifei, you can put down that cloth – he didn’t literally mean do the cleaning. He wants you to improve your behaviour or your performance. Have you not been working very hard?
这样啊，菲菲，你现在应该放下抹布了，你老板的话不是让你打扫卫生。他希望你提高你的行为，提高你的表现。你最近没有工作很努力吗？
Who me? I always work hard… although I have had a lot of things to do at home… and I did make a few mistakes last week… and when I get stressed I start to shout at people…
我？我一直工作很努力，尽管我在家还有很多事要做。上周我确实犯了一些错误，当我压力大时，我会吼别人。
Oh yes, I did hear you.Well I’m sure I can help you clean up your act – if you’re sure you know what that means?
奥，是的，我确实听见你吼了。不过我想我可以帮你改正你的不好的行为，如果你知道我说的啥意思的话？
Yes. Apparently I need to improve my behaviour! Let’s hear some more examples of the phrase in action…
恩，我知道。我确实需要改善我的行为。我们来看下这个短语是如何运用的吧
I used to drink a lot of alcohol but when I got ill, I decided to clean up my act and now I only drink cola!
我以前经常喝酒，但是我生病了，我决定改邪归正，现在我只喝可乐。
He turned up late for work every day looking a real mess, so they told him to clean up his act or face losing his job.
他几乎天天迟到，工作一团乱麻，所以他们告诉他需要注意改正下，不然可能被炒鱿鱼了！
Cleaning up my act means I have to work harder… so it’s got nothing to do with cleaning or acting Rob?
Cleaning up my act意思是我必须努力工作，所以这个短语和打扫卫生没什么关系，是吧， Rob？
No,that’s right – acting here means behaviour – although your acting on this programme is excellent! So come on then, when are you going to start cleaning up your act?
是的—acting这里指的行为习惯—尽管你在这个节目的表现很优秀！加油，什么时候你想“洗心革面”呢？
Right now. I’ve decided to clean up my act and start work earlier and always get you to check my work so there are no mistakes! So Rob, would you mind checking this script for The English We Speak?
恩，我决定改善我的行为，以后早点来工作，做完工作后让你帮我检查下，这样就没有错误啦。Rob，麻烦你帮我检查下这期地道英语的手稿是否有误吧？
Sure. Let’s have a look… perfect! You can tell the boss you’ve started with a clean slate.
来，我们一起看看。你可以告诉你老板你已经“洗心革面”了。
A clean slate - what does that mean?
A clean slate（一个干净的石板）—这是什么意思？
I’ll tell you another time. Ooops, I’ve knocked my coffee over…
下次我会告诉你的。奥，天呐，我把咖啡弄翻了。。。
Oh dear Rob. It looks like you’ve got to clean up the studio. Do you need this cloth?
Rob，看起来你要打扫下录音室了。你需要这个抹布吗？
Thanks!
谢谢！