John: Hello, welcome to Real English from BBC Learning English. I’m John.
Helen: 大家好,我是 Helen.
John: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Helen: 在地道英语里,希望大家可以学到现代英式英语中经常出现的流行词汇和新鲜表达。John, 今天你给我们带来的新词是什么呢?
John: Today’s phrase is, bad hair day.
Helen: 坏发型日, bad hair day. So what does it mean then John?
John: It describes the type of day you are experiencing, one where your hair just looks awful! The phrase has been extended a bit, to mean a day when everything seems to go wrong.
Helen: Mmmm, I know what that’s like. A bad hair day, 今天的头发造型很糟糕. 其实就是说今天的心情不好,什么事情好像干起来都不顺。如果你的头发乱糟糟的,那么回影响到整天的情绪。
John: Here’s someone having a bad hair day.
Example
A: I woke up this morning and thought, today is going to be horrible.
B: Oh yes?
A: And as for my hair, it looked awful!
B: Sounds like you’re having a bad hair day.
John: Doesn’t sound good, does it?
Helen: No, and you know John, I think I’m having a bad hair day.
John: Things not going well?
Helen: Nothing seems to be working out, and as for my hair, what a mess!
John: You’re really having a bad hair day Helen. Well you’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Do join us next time.
Helen: 我们下次节目再会。