BBC初級口語:被放鴿子
VICKI:Picture this:You're standing in the rain waiting for your date.
MATT:You've been waiting for a long time.
VICKI:Where are they?
VICKI:It looks like they've stood you up!
MATT:Yup. They've arranged a date, but they're not coming - they've stood you up.
VICKI:It's horrible being stood up.
MATT:You feel that they've let you down!
VICKI:They've not done what they said they'd do.
想像一下:你站在雨中等着自己的約會對象.
你已經等了很長時間了.
他們在哪裏呢？
看樣子你被放鴿子了。
是啊。他們安排了一個約會，但卻沒出現—他們放你鴿子了。
被放鴿子真是太糟了。
你覺得他們辜負了你。
他們沒有說道做到。
Picture this:You're standing in the rain waiting for your date.
"Picture this"是很常見的口語表達,意思是"設想一下,想象一下".
It looks like they've stood you up!
stand sb up (informal): to deliberately not meet sb you have arranged to meet, especially sb you are having a romantic relationship with 故意失約使某人空等
I've been stood up!
人家讓我空等一場。
It looks like…貌似,看起來…
Let sb down: 使某人失望
