The script of this programme 本节目台词

Jo: I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning English.

Lily: Hello I'm Lily. 在两分钟的《地道英语》节目当中，我们会带领大家一起来学习一些当代英式英语中新出现的流行词语。

Jo:Today Lily, we're talking about romance and the expression whirlwind romance. Whirlwind W.H.I.R.L.W.I.N.D. and romance R.O.M.A.N.C.E. Whirlwind romance.

Lily: Whirlwind romance 会是什么意思呢？哎， Jo, whirlwind 不是旋风的意思吗？

Jo:That's right Lily. A whirlwind is a strong swirling wind that is very quick and often unexpected; so a whirlwindromance is a romance that happens very quickly and quite unexpectedly.

Lily: 这么说， a whirlwindromance 就是那种突然，快速的恋爱，换句话说，就是闪电式的罗曼提克。

Jo:So you get some couples who meet and perhaps within a few months they get married; that would be a whirlwind romance.

Lily: 如果一对夫妇在认识不多久就结婚了，那么你就可以使用这个短语 a whirlwindromance 闪电式结婚。

Jo:Let's listen to another example.

Examples

A: Is Claire still going out with Peter?

B: Oh no, they split up about a month ago. They were together about two months, were madly in love, and then it all went wrong.

A: Oh, a bit of a whirlwindromance then eh?

Lily: Have you ever had a whirlwindromance Jo?

Jo: I'm afraid to say I haven't. Sounds quite exciting though! Have you?

Lily: Well, sort of. But it ended in disaster.

Jo: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Well, this programme has been a bit of a whirlwind programme hasn't it Lily?

Lily:It certainly has. 不过，这正是两分种地道英语的特点嘛！快速，高效。欢迎大家登陆 www.bbcchina.com.cn 学习更多的地道英语。

Jo: And just to recap – today's expression was whirlwind romance.

Lily:闪电式恋爱或闪电式结婚。感谢大家收听BBC 英语教学节目。

Jo: Bye.

• learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)
• romance [rəu´mæns]   n.中世纪骑士小说   (初中英语单词)
• disaster [di´zɑ:stə]   n.灾难，不幸   (初中英语单词)
• unexpected [ʌniks´pektid]   a.突然的；意外的   (高中英语单词)
• whirlwind [´wə:l,wind]   n.旋风；猛烈的势力   (英语四级单词)
• unexpectedly [´ʌniks´pektidli]   ad.意外地；突然地   (英语四级单词)
• script [skript]   n.笔迹；手稿；剧本   (英语六级单词)