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Good Egg 大好人

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Wang Fei: 大家好，歡迎收聽《地道英語》節目。我是王飛。

Rob: Hello I'm Rob.

Wang Fei: Did you enjoy the party at the weekend?

Rob: Of course and it was good of William to buy all that food and drink – he's a good egg!

Wang Fei: A good egg?

Rob: Yes, he's someone who is good to other people and he's generous too!

Wang Fei: 我明白了。當我們說某人是一個 good egg, 也就是說他是一個好人。他們通常對別人好，也很慷慨大方。So you're telling me William is a generous person because he put on a good party?

Rob: Well, not just that. He's reliable as well. He always does what he says he will do, like helping me with the decorating.

Wang Fei: 我明白了，good egg 不光是說一個人慷慨大方 generous, 並且值得信賴 reliable. So a good egg is really a nice person to know then?

Rob: Yes, a good egg is an all round good guy.

Wang Fei: 就是大好人，好人一個！Are we really talking about William?!

Rob: Yes.

Example

A: Thanks for buying me lunch; you really are a good egg.

B: I think we can trust her, she really is a good egg.

Wang Fei: 我們剛才聽到的例句裏，聽到人們說 "You really are a good egg." "She is a good egg." 來指那些值得信賴並且很慷慨大方的人。It's a very British term isn't it?

Rob: It is, which is why I tend to say it in a posh voice – good egg. Of course, the opposite of a good egg is a bad egg. Let's hear how this term is used...

Example

A: He's a bad egg. I can't rely on him to do anything.

B: How can I trust you to be on time? You're such a bad egg.

Wang Fei: 在剛才聽到的例句裏，人們說 "He's a bad egg." "You are such a bad egg." 意思也就說某人不值得信賴是個壞傢伙，是個壞蛋。

Actually Rob, I meant to tell you - I bought all the food and drink for William's party. He had forgotten to get any.

Rob: Really? Did he have egg on his face?

Wang Fei: Excuse me?

Rob: If you have egg on your face it means you're extremely embarrassed by your actions.

Wang Fei: 原來如此。如果你說某些人 have egg on their face, 意思是說他們對自己的行為感到非常不好意思，非常尷尬。Yes, William certainly had egg on his face but we still had a good party.

Rob: Of course we did!

Wang Fei: 好的。聽眾朋友，請別忘了登錄我們的網站收聽更多的地道英語表達。我們的網址是 www.bbcukchina.com.

Both: Bye bye!

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