喋喋不休
Bang on about something
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei…
大家好，欢迎来到 BBC《地道英语》节目，我是菲菲……
…and me, Roy.
……我是罗伊。
We may sound a little different -
我们可能听起来与以往有些不同，
that's because we are not able to record in our normal studios during the coronavirus outbreak.
这是因为在新冠疫情爆发期间，我们无法在平时的录音间录制节目。
In this programme, we have a phrase
本期节目中，我们要讨论一个短语，
that means to keep talking about something - usually in a boring or annoying way.
用来指不停地谈论某事，通常是以一种无聊或烦人的方式。
You kept talking about some band this morning.
你今天早上一直在说什么乐队。
What were you banging on about?
你在“banging on”什么？
What do you mean 'banging on'?
你说“banging on”是什么意思？
I wasn't hitting anything this morning with a pan!
今天早上我没有用平底锅打任何东西！
I was just talking about music with Neil.
我刚在和尼尔谈音乐。
Exactly!
没错!
You were talking about it so much, and I was trying to work.
你话太多了，而我在认真工作。
'Banging on about something' isn't literal,
“Banging on about something”并不是字面意义上的，
and why would you mention a pan?!
你为什么要提平底锅？！
It means you were talking about something to a level that it became annoying.
这个短语是指你在谈论某件事，以至于让这件事变得烦人。
Ahhh, the way in which you kept talking about that film 'Unicorns Eat Bananas in the Stars'!
啊，你一直在谈论电影“独角兽在星星上吃香蕉”！
You banged on about it so much last week that people left the room.
你上周对这件事喋喋不休，以至于大家都离开了房间。
That film is amazing.
那部电影太棒了。
Feifei, you kept giving people spoilers,
菲菲，你一直给别人捣乱，
and nobody went to see the film in the end because you kept banging on about everything that happened.
最后没人去看电影，因为你一直在喋喋不休地谈论电影的内容。
Well, that's your opinion, Roy.
这是你的看法，罗伊。
Anyway, let's listen to these examples…
不管怎样，来听下面的例子。
My friend keeps banging on about where he's going to go when he buys his new car.
我的朋友买新车时老是絮叨着要去哪儿。
It's really frustrating.
真的很让人烦。
That person on the bus was really annoying.
公共汽车上的那个人真烦人。
She kept banging on about how the prices had gone up.
她不停地唠叨物价上涨的情况。
Will you please stop banging on about my project!?
你能不能别再没完没了唠叨我的计划了！？
If you think you could do a better job,
如果你觉得你能做得更好，
you can do my work for me.
你可以帮我做我的工作。
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression 'bang on about something',
欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》，我们正在讨论“bang on about something“这个短语，
which is used to say that someone is talking about something so much that it is annoying or irritating.
它通常用来形容某人在谈论某件事，以致于它变得烦人或让人生气。
Sorry, Feifei.
对不起，菲菲。
I didn't mean to say you were banging on about that film.
我不是故意说你在喋喋不休那部电影。
Everyone did love your enthusiasm about it.
每个人都喜欢你的热情。
I'm sorry too, Roy.
我也很抱歉，罗伊。
I just wanted to know more about the band you were talking about,
我只想知道关于你说的那个乐队的更多事情，
so I found it annoying that I didn't understand.
所以我没搞明白的时候就觉得很生气。
Well, next I'll tell you more about it.
好吧，接下来我会告诉你更多关于它的事情。
That's OK.
没关系。
I think I've heard enough about your taste in music for one lifetime,
我想我这辈子听够了你在音乐上的品味，
but thanks anyway.
不过还是谢谢你。
Bye, Roy.
再见，罗伊。
Bye.
再见。