内容简介

Rob 觉得自己虽然年龄不小了但一直保有一颗年轻的心和开放的观念。但菲菲觉得 Rob 是一个 fuddy-duddy “观念守旧的人”。听他们的对话，学习一个描述人观念守旧的说法。

文字稿

（关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。）

Rob：Hello, I'm Rob.

Feifei：大家好，欢迎收听 BBC 英语(精品课)教学的《地道英语》节目。我是冯菲菲。Hey, happy birthday for last week, Rob.

Rob：Thanks, Feifei, yes, 21 years old. Where has the time gone?

Feifei：Rob 说自己21岁！Are you sure? You don't act like a 21-year-old.

Rob：What are you saying exactly, Feifei?

Feifei：Well, err, look at your clothes – they're not very trendy. They're a bit boring.

Rob：Boring?

Feifei：Yes. And, come on, you're not very youthful.

Rob：Youthful? Just because I haven't got any tattoos – who wants a tattoo anyway, they look silly and they damage your skin.

Feifei

There you go – old fashioned attitudes – no way you’re 21!

Rob：Hmm, so you're saying I'm a fuddy-duddy?

Feifei：名词 fuddy-duddy 多在口语中使用，意思是“观念守旧的人，枯燥无趣的人”。咱们来听几个例句。

Examples

Ling thinks I’m an old fuddy-duddy because I don’t drive a flashy sports car.

My dad's a bit of a fuddy-duddy. He still listens to music on cassette tapes.

The bank has lost many customers over the years, probably due to its fuddy-duddy image.

Feifei：正如上面的最后一个例子，在英语里，fuddy-duddy 除了可以形容观念守旧的人以外，还可以形容机构的办事方式古板从而显得过于自大。But Rob, being a fuddy-duddy isn't all bad.

Rob：Oh yes? Boring, old-fashioned – how can that be a good thing?

Feifei：Well, you make us all laugh.

Rob：Yes, but for the wrong reasons – I'm off.

Feifei：Oh dear, it seems like a fuddy-duddy doesn't even have a sense of humour. Where are you going?

Rob：To get a tattoo done.

Feifei：It'll hurt. Bye!