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Pow Wow 严肃的会谈

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    Diarmuid: Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Authentic Real English with me, Diarmuid.

    (pause)

    Diarmuid: Actually, I"m very sorry listeners. This is a little bit embarrassing. My co-presenter Jean hasn"t arrived to record the programme yet. I don"t know how I can do the programme without her.

    (sound of Jean arriving)

    Diarmuid: Jean, thank goodness you"re here! Where have you been?

    Jean: I"m sorry Diarmuid. I was in a pow wow with my boss and I couldn"t get out in time.

    Diarmuid: You were in a pow wow?

    Jean: Yes a pow wow. P.O.W. W.O.W. Pow wow. You know, an important meeting.

    Diarmuid: A pow wow: an important meeting with important people.

    Jean: That"s right. Pow wow 就是口语里说的很重要的会议,会谈的意思。

    Diarmuid: It"s an interesting phrase, pow wow. I wonder where it comes from. It doesn"t sound English.

    Jean: It"s not originally an English word. 因为英语里是有很多来自不同语言的外来语,所以当今的英语其实可以说是由不同语言混合起来的新英语了。

    An actor portraying a Native American brave on a BBC TV drama

    Pow wow is originally a Native American word

    Diarmuid: So where does the phrase pow wow come from?

    Jean: It"s a Native American word. Native American 就是当初欧洲移民还没来到美洲大陆的时候,美洲当地的土著居民。

    Diarmuid: So this is American English?

    Jean: No, it"s Native American English. 而我们今天说的这个词 pow wow 就来自美洲土著居民所使用的语言。


    Examples

    A: Have you prepared for the big pow wow with the bosses?

    B: Have I?! I spent all night going over the facts. I"m as prepared as I can be.

    A: You look worried.

    B: We"re having a big family pow wow tonight. My wife has a list of things for us to discuss.


    Diarmuid: Are there other Native American words in English then Jean?

    Jean: Oh yes. Here are a few examples: canoe 独木皮舟。

    Diarmuid: Go on.

    Jean: And potato 马铃薯。

    Diarmuid: Wow.

    Jean: Tomato 番茄。

    Diarmuid: Any more?

    Jean: 还有我最喜欢的。Barbeque 烧烤。

    Diarmuid: Jean, you are so knowledgeable. I"m so impressed.

    Jean: Well the internet has lots of websites where you can learn things.

    Diarmuid: How true. And one of the best of them is our website.

    Jean: www.bbcukchina.com 大家有时间,一定要多来看看。

    Diarmuid: Bye for now.

    Jean: Bye.

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