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Sian 參加了一個慈善賽跑活動，她跑得特別辛苦，和她一起跑的孩子們都超過了她。Sian 用了一個表達來描述其他參賽者的速度，這個表達和我們的眼睛有關，來聽節目吧。 

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（關于臺詞的備注: 請注意這不是廣播節目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能沒有體現錄制、編輯過程中對節目做出的改變。）

Helen
大家好，歡迎收聽BBC 英語教學的《地道英語》。我是 Helen，和我在一起的還有我的同事 Sian。

Sian
Hi everyone. It’s nice to take things slowly after the weekend.

Helen
怎么了，周末把你忙壞了？

Sian
Well, I did a 10K charity run with my nephew for his school.

Helen
你跑了1萬米。How did it go? Were you prepared for it?

Sian
I have to say the kids did much better than me. I was almost the last one to finish the race.

Helen
那你跑了多久？

Sian
Maybe six hours!

Helen
Em. That is slow. How about the young runners?

Sian
They were gone in the blink of an eye.

Helen
Do you mean they were fast?

Sian
That’s right. Actually I mean very quickly, I blinked and they were gone.

Helen
In the blink of an eye 就是我們中文里說的瞬間，一眨眼之間，形容速度很快。這是英語里的一個常用表達，我們經常在生活中用到。請聽例句。

Examples
My new computer can download a large video in the blink of an eye.

We were so tired after the party, everyone was fast asleep in the blink of an eye.

Sarah couldn’t believe that the first two years of university went in the blink of an eye.

Sian
As you can see, this phrase ‘in the blink of an eye’ doesn’t only refer to running speed, it can also describe when time goes quickly.

Helen
這個表達也常用來形容變化來得非常快。有時候會被縮寫為 in a blink。 請聽更多的例句。

Examples
A 70-story skyscraper just rose from the ground in a blink.

I couldn't believe the transformation in Sarah; she went from a shy sixteen-year-old with braces to an outspoken youth MP in a blink.

Helen
Well, in the blink of an eye. We’ve finished our programme.

Sian
That went really quickly. Goodbye.

Helen
Goodbye.