Awesome
William: Hello, and welcome to the English We Speak, I'm William.
大家好，欢迎收听“日常英语”节目。我是William。
Yang Li: And I'm Yang Li…
我是Yang Li。
William: And your task, Yang Li, is to guess today's word, OK?
呃，Yang Li，你的任务是，呃，猜一下今天我们要学的单词吧。
Yang Li: OK.
好。
William: Awesome. Li, try some of this cake…
太好吃了！Li，要不要尝一下这个糕点。
Yang Li: A cake? Oh, thanks! That's very nice…
蛋糕？哦，谢谢！你真是太好了！
William: Do you like it? Awesome. They're pretty awesome cakes, huh?!
你喜欢吗？ 简直太美味了。 这些蛋糕真的很好吃吧？
Yang Li: Yes, and I think I know what this week's word is. It's…
是的，我知道我们这个星期要学的单词是什么了。 是……
William: Hang on Li, try some of this coffee as well – it's really…
等一下，Li。再喝一口这种咖啡吧，真是……
Yang Li: Awesome?
又是“awesome”对吧？
William: Exactly - it's really awesome. You got it. So listen to this. Which three adjectives are used in this clip?
没错，真的很好喝。 你说对了。 来听一下这个例子,看看这段录音里用了哪三个词。
This party is awesome. The food is amazing. The wine is excellent.
派对很棒啦。 东西很很好吃， 酒也不错！
Yang Li: Awesome, amazing and excellent.
Awesome, amazing and excellent。
William: That's right. Awesome means excellent or amazing.
说对了，awesome （很棒）跟这两个词的意思是一样的。
Yang Li: Awesome. This word has existed in English for a long time, hasn't it?
Awesome这个词在英语里面已经存在很久了对吧？
William: Yes, and it used to mean awe-inspiring. So awe means great respect or admiration, so something that's awesome or awe-inspiring makes you feel great respect and admiration.
嗯，在过去它的意思是“令人惊叹的；令人敬畏的。” 也就是说，awe的意思是“敬畏”或者“惊羡”。 当我们形容某种东西“awesome”或是“awe-inspiring”的时候，我们是在表达对那种东西的敬畏或是惊羡。
Yang Li: Full of respect and admiration. But now it just means cool?
满含敬畏和艳羡。 但是现在它只是“不错”的意思对吗？
William: Exactly, and that’s thanks to the influence of American slang. So the word can now be used to describe almost anything.
嗯，这得多亏了美国俚语的影响。 现在这个词基本上可以用来形容任何东西了。
These shoes are awesome.
这些鞋子真的很不错。
This is an awesome radio programme.
这个电台节目很不错。
Wow! You are awesome at singing, mate!
伙计，你的歌原来唱得这么好啊。
William: And there is one slightly different usage of this word. Listen to this.
但是，这个词还有一个稍微不同的用法。来听一下这个例子：
A: Are you free to come for hotpot tonight? B: Yes, I should be. A: Awesome. That makes four of us!
今晚有空去吃火锅吗？ 嗯，应该有空啦。 太好了。那我们就有四个人去了。
William: So what does awesome mean in that clip, Li?
Li， 在那个例子中，awesome是什么意思呢？
Yang Li: It's like when we say 'great' at the beginning of a sentence.
这就相当于我们在句首用上“great”一样。
William: Well, that's it, yeah, exactly. Awesome can also be used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate agreement or approval.
对，没错！ 也就是说 “awesome”这个词可以放在句首表同意和首肯。
Yang Li: Awesome! That's clear now.
太好了，现在全明白了。
William: Awesome. And that's the end of this awesome programme.
太好了，那今天这期无以伦比的节目也接近尾声了。
Yang Li: William, do you have any cakes left?
William，你还有蛋糕吗？
William: Er, just one. Do you want to share it, Li?
呃，只有一个了， 我们分着吃？
Yang Li: Awesome. Bye.
太棒了， 再见。
William: Bye.
再见。