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菲菲和 Rob 正在錄音間里就兩人的周末過得怎樣聊天。雖然上周末連一滴雨也沒下，但 Rob 卻說他度過了一個(gè)“wet weekend 濕漉漉的周末”，這是什么意思呢？聽節(jié)目，學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)用來形容人或經(jīng)歷“很無聊”的英語說法。

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Feifei
大家好，歡迎收聽 BBC 英語教學(xué)的《地道英語》節(jié)目。我是馮菲菲。

Rob
Hello, it's Rob here. Good weekend, Feifei? 

Feifei
Amazing! 周末天氣特別好，所以我去了海邊。And you were going camping, weren't you?

Rob
I was but it turned out to be a bit of a wet weekend.

Feifei
“A wet weekend 一個(gè)潮濕的周末”？你是說一整周末都在下雨，所以去野營受影響了？That's unlucky – the sun was out all weekend here.

Rob
Well, the weather was fine – but I just didn't go. The car broke down again so I stayed at home, doing DIY all weekend – boring!

Feifei
So a wet weekend doesn't have to involve rain?

Rob
Nope. A wet weekend means a boring and disappointing time.

Feifei
我明白了。表達(dá) a wet weekend 其實(shí)與“天氣”和“weekend 周末”都沒什么關(guān)系，人們用它來描述“一個(gè)無聊的經(jīng)歷或令人討厭、無聊的人”。And it doesn't always have to be at the weekend, either.

Rob
Correct. The phrase just means the situation is boring just like a wet weekend is. Or as you said, you can also use the expression to describe boring people. Here are some examples.

Examples
That was a wet weekend. My friends were coming to stay but cancelled at the last minute.

My cousin's a bit of a wet weekend. He's got no personality and nothing to say.

I had to do my accounts yesterday. It was like a wet weekend in a paint factory!

Feifei
所以，“a wet weekend 雨天的周末”這個(gè)表達(dá)在英語里的實(shí)際含義就是“無聊的時(shí)光”或“討厭、無聊的人”。Well, I'm glad to say that you're not a wet weekend, Rob. I like your sense of adventure, so when are you going camping again?

Rob
Next weekend.

Feifei
Oh, really? Have you seen the weather forecast?

Rob
No.

Feifei
Rain all weekend. Oh, what's wrong? 你現(xiàn)在的表情看起來可是 a wet weekend!

Rob
A face like a wet weekend? You mean I look unhappy? Well I'm not, if it rains, I'm coming round to yours for dinner!

Feifei
Oh, no. Bye.

Rob
Bye.