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錄音間里的空調(diào)又壞了，這可熱得 Rob 心煩意亂。菲菲說(shuō) Rob 有些 “hot under the collar ”，但 Rob 說(shuō)他確實(shí)很熱，而且他還不明白這剛剛修過(guò)的空調(diào)怎么又壞了？“Hot under the collar” 這個(gè)表達(dá)和 “氣溫” 有關(guān)系嗎？聽(tīng)他們的對(duì)話，學(xué)習(xí)這個(gè)形象又實(shí)用的表達(dá)。

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Feifei
大家好，歡迎再次來(lái)到 BBC英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的 “地道英語(yǔ)” 節(jié)目。我是馮菲菲。

Rob
And I’m Rob. Phew, Feifei, is the air conditioning on?

Feifei
Let me check. 哎呀，空調(diào)好像又壞了！

Rob
Again? The company fixed it just this week.

Feifei
Yeah.

Rob
And that’s three times this month!

Feifei
I know…

Rob
I honestly can’t face calling the company another time. I’ve wasted hours on the phone to them! Seriously. 

Feifei
OK, OK, Rob. No need to get so hot under the collar!

Rob
But… OK. You’re right. Give me a minute.

Feifei
咱們先讓 Rob 冷靜冷靜。我來(lái)給大家講講剛才我用的表達(dá) —— “get hot under the collar” 是什么意思。“To get hot under the collar” 描述一個(gè)人因?yàn)槟呈卤蝗堑煤苌鷼狻⒑軔阑穑缥覀儩h語(yǔ)里用 “臉紅脖子粗” 來(lái)形容一個(gè)人很生氣的樣子，很形象地描述了人生氣的時(shí)候，感覺(jué)脖子被衣服領(lǐng)子裹著，很不舒服。不過(guò) “to get hot under the collar” 還有另一個(gè)意思，我們?cè)诠?jié)目后半部分再來(lái)講。咱們先看看 Rob 有沒(méi)有平靜下來(lái)。OK, Rob, how are you now? 

Rob
Just a minute more.

Feifei
看來(lái)得再給 Rob 點(diǎn)時(shí)間。我們先來(lái)聽(tīng)?zhēng)讉€(gè)例句。

Examples
Nick got a little hot under the collar when he returned from a meeting to discover his colleagues had eaten all his chocolates.

I hate driving in big cities. I just get too hot under the collar when others drive badly. I prefer to take a bus and chill out.

Try not to say anything about Wayne’s new haircut. He knows it looks terrible. When I mentioned it he got very hot under the collar.

Feifei
這里是 BBC英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的 “地道英語(yǔ)” 節(jié)目。我們正在教給大家 “to get hot under the collar” 這個(gè)表達(dá)的意思。它用來(lái)描述一個(gè)人因?yàn)橐患虑楸蝗堑门瓪鉀_沖，氣得臉紅脖子粗。在節(jié)目一開(kāi)始，Rob 就因?yàn)殇浺糸g里的空調(diào)又壞了而被氣得 “hot under the collar”。So, how are you feeling now, Rob?

Rob
Much better now. Don’t worry, I’ll call the air conditioning company.

Feifei
If you do, err… can you ask them which engineer is coming to fix it?

Rob
Why does that matter?

Feifei
Well, you see, there’s this one engineer who makes me… all hot under the collar!

Rob
Ahh, I see! You find this person attractive and they make you feel excited or even a bit nervous? Well, that’s the other meaning of hot under the collar, by the way.

Feifei
“To get hot under the collar” 也可以用來(lái)形容人因?yàn)橐患虑榛蛞粋€(gè)人而感到尷尬的、害羞的、局促不安的。Sorry. I should admit it. It’s been me who has been breaking the air conditioning all along… Just… just in the hope that…

Rob
Just so you can see that cute engineer? Feifei! That really is shocking. OK, let me make that call.

Feifei
Yes, it’s getting a bit hot in here.

Both
Bye!