非常英國的問題 - 祝您有美好的一天



Very British Problems是第四頻道的電視劇,觀看起來很有趣,非常適合練習英語聽說能力。對於那些正在準備的人來說特別有用 雅思,劍橋 FCECAECPE

此剪輯來自《非常英國的問題》(第一季 - 第 1 集 - 其他人)的第一集。

Nigel Havers and Rich Hall discuss use of the phrase “have a nice day” in Britain.

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Having tried to inject a little Continental sophistication into our interactions and failed, we certainly won't be making the same mistake with our over-friendly American cousins.

"Have a nice day"?

I say, "Please, that's up to me to have a nice day. I don't need you to tell me to have one. I'm having a very nasty day at the moment. I don't know how it's going to go, but it's nothing to do with you."

Of course that was never going to work. And with good reason!

Most Brits see right through that because they know it's not possible to have a nice day.

You could say, "Have a nice quarter of an hour," and Brits would go, "Thank you very much," because that's manageable.

You can have a good 15 minutes in this country without anything screwing up, but... minute 16, something's going to happen.