The script of this programme 本节目台词

Jo: Hello, I'm Jo, and you're listening to Real English from BBC Learning English.

Lily:大家好，我是杨莉。 BBC 的两分种地道英语能为大家带来最时髦的流行词语， Jo, 今天你要介绍的是?

Jo:The expression is – to get the wrong end of the stick. To get the wrong end of the stick.

Lily:字面上看，这个短语就是错误的一头，那含义是什么呢?

Jo:Well, if you get the wrong end of the stick it means you don't understand a situation correctly.

Lily:明白了 to get the wrong end of the stick 就是错误地理解了某事。

Jo:So, for example, maybe you go to a party and you see one of your close friends talking a lot to a man – and you think he's her boyfriend. Really he's not and they are just friends so basically you have got the wrong end of the stick.

Lily:好， Jo 举例说，假设你在一次聚会上看到你的一个女朋友和一名男子交谈，于是你以为她俩是情侣，其时呢，两人就是一般朋友而已，你误解了真相，这句话就是。 You got the wrong end of the stick.

Jo:You didn't understand the situation in the right way. Listen to another example.

Example

A: So why didn't you meet us on Saturday then?

B: I'm sorry about that – I got the wrong end of the stick – I thought you were meeting next Saturday.

Jo: So when are you going on holiday then Lily?

Lily:Er... I'm not going on holiday.

Jo:Oh I thought you said you were going to Spain?

Lily:No, no, that's my son – he's moving there for a few months for work.

Jo:Oh sorry, I totally got the wrong end of the stick there.

Lily:没有关系了！不要忘了我们的网页上还有更多的新词新语。我们的网址是： www.bbcchina.com.cn. 下次再会。

Jo:Bye!

• learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)
• holiday [´hɔlidi]   n.假日，假期，节日   (初中英语单词)
• correctly [kə´rektli]   ad.正确地；恰当地   (高中英语单词)
• totally [´təutəli]   ad.统统，完全   (英语四级单词)
• script [skript]   n.笔迹；手稿；剧本   (英语六级单词)