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家里有小朋友的朋友們可能聽說過 potty 這個詞。不過它的意思在這里是不一樣的，什么事情能讓Neil 不停的說potty? 快來聽聽吧。

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Helen
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. I'm Helen and joining me today is Neil.

Neil
Hello everyone.

Helen
Neil, tell me your first ever job?

Neil
I worked in a local supermarket stacking shelves when I was sixteen.

Helen
How was it?

Neil
It’s quite boring, just moving things from one place to another. But I was very happy when I got my first pay check.

Helen
And how long did you stay in your first job?

Neil
No very long, about three months during the summer holiday. If I stayed there any longer, I would have gone potty.

Helen
What, potty? Did you have to get permission to use the toilet?

Neil
Oh no, nothing like that. Nobody needed permission to go to the toilet.

Helen
Well, you said you would have gone potty. My baby son has to be reminded about his potty every day.

Neil
Helen! I used the word ‘potty’ to mean that I would be ‘going crazy’ if I had to work in the supermarket forever. It’s not baby poo, wee-wee potty.

Helen
Oh, I’m sorry. 我是習慣反映，一聽到 potty 就想到小朋友們用的小尿盆。但你說的不是這個意思。

Neil
No, they are two very different things. If someone is potty or is going potty, that means they are crazy or going crazy.

Helen
Neil 說的 potty 或者 go potty 意思是瘋癲的，發瘋了。 讓我們來聽幾個例句吧。

Examples
My boss wants me to work on New Year’s day for no extra money, he must be potty.
我老板讓我元旦加班，還不付加班費，他瘋了嗎？

She’s potty to sale off her car so cheaply.
她肯定瘋了才會這么便宜的把車給賣了。

Neil
There is another mean to ‘potty’. If someone is really keen on something we can use the phrase ‘to be potty about something’. For example, my brother potty about comic books, he spent all his savings collecting them.

Helen
Neil 說potty 還有另一個意思是“對什么東西著迷‘。比如他的弟弟對漫畫特別著迷，他把所有的存款都花在收集漫畫上了。

Neil
Well, I am glad we cleared up the meaning on that. It won’t do us any good if people heard us arguing over potties.

Helen
Oh no. They’d think we’ve gone potty.

Both
Bye.