2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(8)

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2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(8)
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( k% D8 @: v) ~1 l) JRob: Hello, I'm Rob.Hold on Helen. We can't hear you properly.
4 E- h" Y: L6 M. aHelen: What's happening?
* L5 u' r" w$ e/ N; ?: D( nRob: I think your microphone's playing up.
Helen: Playing up 玩起来?
+ a5 [% M2 P. e* O, B, S9 ]Rob: Sorry, sorry, I didn't quite catch that.
Helen: Let me just push this button. There! 我的麦克刚才出问题了。But Rob you said the microphone was playing up?
* ^) M7 ?1 T3 g" G7 ^6 _& h- y' J  K) zRob: That's right. It wasn't working properly. You see, if something isn't working as it should be, we sometimes say it's playing up.
' y8 w9 ^2 m, f. x! DHelen: 如果什么东西不像原来那么好用了，或者出现小故障，那么我们就可以说 it's playing up. 只能是 playing up – not down?
  ~/ f6 S. }: @. QIs his leg playing up?

Rob: Nope. Playing down something is a different expression that means something totally different.
4 E1 O& Q! f" rHelen: OK. So as the picture on my TV at home is flickering, I can say my TV is playing up?
Rob: Exactly. And let's hear about some other things that are playing up…
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I don't think I'll be able to give you a lift to work today; my car's been playing up.www.examｗ.com
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8 I) V, M6 i6 W5 r1 ZMy phone keeps playing up. Every time I dial a number, it just switches itself off.

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</p>Helen: That sounds like my phone! 如果一个东西时好时坏，那么它表现可真不好，它失灵了 it's misbehaving.
Rob: Ha ha! You could say that. And it's just like people. When they misbehave we say they're playing up. Like this…


1 R" ~5 u2 F8 E% T+ c2 ZSorry, but I'm going to be late. The children have been playing up and I've still got so much to do.

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Helen: 当小孩子们表现不好时，我们也可以说他们不听话了。I think it's usually because they want attention.
# v% l  }& A" ^0 YRob: Mmm, now Helen, could I have your attention now please, because playing up is also something you can say to describe to a part of your body that's not working properly.
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+ m8 t3 u! D3 {. I4 Q( KOw! I'm going to have to lie down; my back's playing up again.我们可以说我们的身体部位出现小故障，比如今天腰疼了，不好使。So it seems playing up refers to anything that's not working or behaving as it should. Now Rob, my leg's also been playing up so I wonder if you could give me a lift home in your car?
Rob: No way – oh it sounds like my microphone's playing up now!
2 k( I. L* b% I6 k" @; e# ^Helen: No Rob, it's you who's playing up – now switch it back on!
Rob: Oh, oh OK then, Helen!
Helen: Let's go then. 再见!
" u  E4 B. j) u3 t" X) ~+ k9 zRob: Bye.