观念守旧的人
Fuddy-duddy
Hello, I'm Rob…
大家好，我是罗布……
… And I'm Feifei and this is The English We Speak.
……我是菲菲，欢迎收听地道英语。
Hey, happy birthday for last week Rob.
嘿，祝你上周生日快乐呀，罗布。
Thanks Feifei, yes 21 years old –
谢谢你，菲菲，对呀，都21岁了，
where has the time gone?
时间都去哪儿了？
Are you sure –
你确定吗，
you don't act like a 21-year-old.
你的行为表现可不像个21岁的人。
What are you saying, Feifei?
你在说什么呀，菲菲？
Well, errr, look at your clothes –
好吧，呃，看看你的穿着——
they're not very trendy, they're a bit boring!
这可不是很时髦啊，这身穿着有点乏味了！
Boring?
乏味？
Yes…
是的……
and come on, you're not very youthful.
得了吧，你并不是很年轻啊。
Youthful?!
年轻？
Just because I haven't got any tattoos –
仅仅因为我没有任何文身——
who wants a tattoo anyway, they look silly, don't they?
但不管怎么样，谁想要文身啊，看上去很傻，不是吗？
And they damage the skin as well…
而且还会伤害皮肤……
There you go –
你又来这一套——
old fashioned attitudes –
守旧的态度——
no way're you 21!
你才不可能21岁呢！
So you're saying I am a fuddy-duddy?
所以你是说我是个“观念守旧的人”？
A fuddy-duddy – that's an informal phrase to describe someone who is boring, dull and has old-fashioned attitudes.
“观念守旧的人”——这是个非正式短语，来描述那些无聊，无趣，观念守旧的人。
Let's hear some examples of this phrase.
让我们来听几个关于这个短语的例句吧。
Ling thinks I’m an old fuddy-duddy because I don’t drive a flashy sports car.
因为我不开豪华跑车，所以林认为我是个观念守旧的人。
My dad's a bit of a fuddy-duddy -
我爸爸的观念有些守旧，
he still listens to music on cassette tapes.
他还在用盒式磁带听音乐。
The bank has lost many customers over the years,
这些年来，这家银行失去了许多顾客，
probably due to its fuddy-duddy image.
大概是由于它观念守旧的形象吧。
So a fuddy-duddy is someone who is old-fashioned and sometimes pompous.
所以“观念守旧的人”形容那些老派的人，有时还可以形容机构的办事方式古板从而显得自大。
But Rob, being a fuddy-duddy isn't all bad.
但是罗布，做一个“观念守旧的人”也不完全是一件坏事。
Oh yes?
噢是吗？
Boring, old-fashioned – how can that be a good thing?
无聊，老派——这怎么能是好事呢？
Well, you make us all laugh.
嗯，你会让所有人发笑呀。
Yes but for the wrong reasons –
是的，但却是出于错误的原因。
I'm off.
我走了。
Oh dear, it seems like a fuddy-duddy doesn't even have a sense of humour.
噢亲爱的，看起来“观念守旧的人”似乎连幽默感都没有呀。
Where are you going?
你要去哪里？
To get a tattoo done.
去搞个文身。
It'll hurt.
会疼的。
Bye!
再见！