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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English, I'm Helen. With me today is quite a frustrated-looking Neil.
大家好，欢迎来到英国广播公司英语学习班，我是海伦。今天尼尔看起来很沮丧。
Neil, what are you doing to that mobile phone?
尼尔，你拿那部手机干什么？
Argh, I can't get it to make a phone call.
啊，我不能打电话
It does everything else. It takes photos, it connects to the Internet, it even irons my shirts but it won't make a call.
它其他的什么都能做。它拍照，连接到互联网，甚至熨我的衬衫，但它不会打电话。
Your mobile phone irons your shirts?
你的手机熨衬衫？
No, not really, but honestly it does everything apart from the one thing I want it to do, make a phone call. It's a joke.
不，不是真的，但老实说，除了我想做的事，它做任何事情，打个电话。这是个玩笑。
A joke? But you're not laughing. It can't be a very funny joke.
一个笑话吗？可是我看不到你脸上有任何笑容，这个玩笑肯定不好笑
Well if you say something is a joke in English it can also mean that it's not very good or not worthy of respect.
当我们说某件事情是一个玩笑时，实际是想表达这件事处理非常不当。
Yes, "joke" has a second meaning.
是的，joke有其他的意思
The investigation into police corruption was a complete joke. Everyone knows the officers were taking money but they were let off.
对警察腐败的调查完全是个笑话。大家都知道警察在拿钱，但他们被放过了。
The weather forecast was a total joke. It said it would be warm and sunny but it's freezing and raining.
.天气预报完全是个笑话。它说天气温暖而晴朗，但又冷又下雨
As you heard there in the example, the person described an investigation into police corruption as a joke.
正如你在这个例子中听到的那样，这个人描述了这件对警察腐败的调查简直是个笑话
This doesn't mean it was funny. It means it wasn't serious. Also the weather forecast was so bad it was described as a joke.
这并不是说这件事情很好笑，实际意思是没人在彻底调查，根本就不起作用。另外天气预报根本就不准，所以被形容为 a joke.
Notice that you can add words before "joke" to make the meaning even stronger. It's a complete joke.
注意，你可以在“笑话”之前加上单词，使意思更强烈。这完全是个笑话。
A complete joke.
这完全是个玩笑
It's a total joke.
这简直是在开玩笑
A total joke.
开玩笑！
It's an absolute joke.
这绝对是个玩笑
Anyway Neil, why don't you just read the instructions for your new mobile phone? Then you'll probably be able to work out how to make a call.
不管怎样，尼尔，你为什么不看一下你的新手机的说明书呢？然后你可能会知道如何打电话。
I looked at the instructions but they're an absolute joke.
我看了说明书，但完全是个笑话
Oh really?
噢 真的吗
Well for a start they are in about 17 languages apart from English.
首先，除了英语外，他们的语言大约有17种。
What a joke!
开什么玩笑
Yeah I know.
是的我明白
Well we've heard lots of jokes in today's programme but there hasn't been much laughing.
我们今天听到了不少玩笑但他们并不好笑
Argh, what a useless piece of.
噢 真没用
Let's hope Neil finally works out how to use his phone.
希望尼尔最后能搞清楚怎样用他的手机
Argh, this is beyond a joke, it really is.
这不是玩笑，这是真的
Join us again for The English We Speak.
加入我们下期再会
Argh, mobiles…
噢 电话。。。
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