唠唠叨叨 东拉西扯
Waffle on
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I’m Feifei.
大家好，欢迎来到BBC地道英语，我是菲菲。
And I’m Rob. Feifei, feeling hungry?
我是罗伯。菲菲，感觉饿了吗？
Rob, they smell amazing!
罗伯，这闻起来真好吃！
Almost there. We’re having a special treat today – waffles!
差不多了，我们今天要请大家吃一种特别的东西——华夫饼！
Rob is making waffles: those lovely, crispy little cakes with raised squares on the surface.
罗伯正在做华夫饼，就是那种看上去像格子饼的脆脆的小点心。
Absolutely! My favourite. But what are we going to put on them?
正是！我的最爱呀。不过上面要涂些什么呢？
Oh that’s simple: strawberries and syrup. What about you?
哦，这就简单了：草莓和糖浆呀。你呢？
OK, I’m not so sure. I mean, I used to always love them with honey and bananas. But they do taste amazing with melted chocolate.
好的。不过我不确定。我的意思是，我以前一般都喜欢配蜂蜜和香蕉，不过它们和融化的巧克力配起来超级赞！
Or… with cream. You know, I recently tried one with peanut butter: not a good experience.
或者……搭配奶油。你知道，我最近吃奶油配种花生黄油——不过不太好吃。
I guess strawberries would be worth trying... Or mango. But only if the mangoes are fresh…
我猜草莓可以试一试……或者芒果，不过芒果需要新鲜的……
Rob?
罗伯？
Yes?
嗯？
Can you stop waffling on?
你能不能不再“waffle on”了？
Ah, very clever. Perfect time to use that phrase!
啊，真聪明。这个时候用这个词组太妙了！
I do need to stop waffling on, don't I?
我确实不能再“waffle on”了，不是吗？
Yes, please. To ‘waffle on’ means to talk and talk without saying anything very useful or interesting.
是的。“waffle on”的意思是唠唠叨叨地说了一堆没有任何意义的事情。
I am sometimes guilty of that. Let’s hear a few more examples.
我有时候会犯这个毛病。一起来听几个例子吧。
I think I did really badly in the interview. I wasn’t sure how to answer the questions, so I just waffled on.
我觉得这次面试我表现得太差了。我都不知道该怎么回答问题，所以只能东拉西扯。
Meetings with Frank are frustrating. He always waffles on about unimportant things. Someone needs to have a word with him.
和弗兰克约会实在太糟糕了，他总是唠唠叨叨说一些无关紧要的事，得有人去提醒他一下呀。
I used to find her blog really interesting and inspiring, but these days she just waffles on about her pet tortoise.
我以前觉得她的博客有趣又向上，不过最近她只是在啰啰嗦嗦说她的乌龟。
There we are. To waffle on. At least we don’t waffle on in this programme, do we Rob?
瞧，这就是“waffle on”。至少我们没在节目里东拉西扯，是吧，罗伯？
Well, I must admit that sometimes people have said I do talk rather a lot, especially when it’s about travel or languages…
好吧，我承认有的时候大家会说我唠叨得太多了，特别是关于旅行和语言的话题……
which reminds me I really should book my next holiday… I’ve been considering Croatia, though I…
这让我想起了我该预定下个假期的票了……我之前考虑去克罗地亚，虽然我……
Rob?
罗伯？
Ah. Am I waffling on?
啊，我又瞎扯了吗？
I’m afraid so.
我想是的。
Ooh, it’s waffle time!
哦，该做华夫饼了！
Great. Hopefully these tasty waffles will keep you quiet for a while.
太棒了。希望这些美味的华夫饼可以让你清净一会儿。
Are you saying the waffles will stop me waffling on?
你的意思是说华夫饼会让我不瞎扯吗？
Yup! Now, enough talk… Oh, these waffles are delicious.
是的！现在，说够了吧……哦，华夫饼太美味了。
Not bad, eh?!
还不错吧？！
Bye.
拜拜~
Bye.
拜拜~