困难的境地
A sticky situation
Welcome to The English We Speak with me Feifei and... Rob... Rob? Where's Rob?
欢迎收听地道英语节目，我是菲菲……罗布，罗布？罗布去哪里了？
(Door opens)
（门开了）
Oh hi Feifei... you couldn't lend me ￡10, could you?
哦，你好，菲菲……你能借我10英镑吗？
Rob! You're supposed to be presenting this programme.
罗布！你应该主持节目。
Anyway, what do you need ￡10 for?
不过你为什么需要10英镑？
And what's that... stuff all over your clothes?
你衣服上那是什么？
Well, I was running to get to the studio and I bumped into a woman.
哦，我在跑着来演播室的路上撞到了一位女士。
Right... So, what do you need ￡10 for?
嗯……那你为什么需要10英镑？
Well, you see, she dropped a big box she was carrying and said I would have to pay for the damage—
你看，她拿着的一个大盒子掉了，她说我要赔偿她的损失——
and if I didn't, her daughter would be really upset!
如果我不赔偿，她的女儿会非常伤心的！
Oh! Rob, you are in 'a sticky situation'.
哦，罗布，你陷入了两难的境地。
A sticky situation, yeah, that's true.
两难境地，没错。
You mean I'm in a situation that is difficult to get out of?
你是说我处在一个难以摆脱的困境中，对吧？
Exactly! Rob, here's ￡10 — now you can go and un-stick the situation!
完全正确！罗布，给你10英镑，现在你可以摆脱这个困境了！
Thanks Feifei.
谢谢，菲菲。
I think we should hear some examples of this phrase while I go and pay the woman...
我想我去赔偿那名女士的时候我们可以听一下这个表达的例句。
I'm in a sticky situation:
我陷入了两难境地：
I said I'd go to the cinema with Pete but I've also promised to go for a drink with John.
我说过要和皮特去看电影，可是我又答应了和约翰去喝酒。
It was a sticky situation — neither side would agree on who caused the accident.
这是一个棘手的情况，双方在事故责任方的问题上无法达成一致。
We're in a sticky situation — we've got to catch the train but we haven't got enough money to buy a ticket.
我们陷入了困难的境地，我们得去赶火车，可是我们没有足够的钱买车票。
So a sticky situation is a difficult, awkward or sensitive situation.
所以这个短语指困难的、难处理的或是敏感的境地。
(Door opens again)
（门又开了）
Ah, Rob, you're back...
啊，罗布，你回来了……
...yes. She's happy now and is going back to the bakery again.
对。她现在很高兴，她又返回面包房了。
The bakery? Why?
面包房？为什么？
What was in that box she was carrying?
那拿着的那个盒子里有什么？
It was a big birthday cake for her daughter.
给她女儿的大生日蛋糕。
Oh no — you were in a sticky situation in more ways than one!
哦不，你刚才可不止是陷入棘手的困境！
I suppose I was.
我想也是。
Bye Bye.
再见。
Bye!
再见。