地道英語：Whirlwind Romance 閃電式戀愛（英語聽力）

Did this couple have a whirlwind romance?

地道英語：Whirlwind Romance 閃電式戀愛（英語聽力）ZT

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

Lily: Hello I'm Lily. 在兩分鍾的《地道英語》節目當中，我們會帶領大家一起來學習一些當代英式英語中新出現的流行詞語。

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 會是什麽意思呢？哎， Jo, whirlwind 不是旋風的意思嗎？

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

Lily: 這麽說， a whirlwind romance 就是那種突然，快速的戀愛，換句話說，就是閃電式的羅曼提克。

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

Lily: 如果一對夫婦在認識不多久就結婚了，那麽你就可以使用這個短語 a whirlwind romance 閃電式結婚。

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 whirlwind romance then eh?

Lily: Have you ever had a whirlwind romance 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. 不過，這正是兩分種地道英語的特點嘛！快速，高效。歡迎大家登陸 www.bbcchina.com.cn 學習更多的地道英語。

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

Lily: 閃電式戀愛或閃電式結婚。感謝大家收聽BBC 英語教學節目。

Jo: Bye.

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