外刊听读 | 乱七八糟，毫无章法

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei.

大家好，欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》节目，我是菲菲。

And me, Roy.

还有我，罗伊。

Feifei, you look really angry.

菲菲，你看起来真的很生气。

What's wrong?

怎么了？

Well, Roy.

嗯，罗伊。

I can't find anything in the office.

我在办公室里什么东西都找不到。

Things have been moved and stuff has just been thrown into drawers willy-nilly.

东西被搬走了，东西被随意扔进了抽屉。

Willy and Nilly?

威利和尼利？

Who are these people?

这些人是谁？

And why are they throwing stuff in drawers?

为什么他们要把东西扔到抽屉里？

No, Roy!

不是的，罗伊！

I said "willy-nilly".

我说的是“willy-nilly”。

"Willy-nilly" is an informal expression which means randomly or without order.

“Willy-nilly”是一个非正式的表达，意思是没有次序，毫无章法。

Someone has made a terrible mess in the office.

有人把办公室弄得一团糟。

Ahhh – I understand.

啊哈，我明白了。

It was Rob.

是罗伯。

He organised the office willy-nilly, and you know what he's like –

他把办公室搞得一团糟，你知道他是什么样的人——

throwing things in drawers just willy-nilly, putting things everywhere willy-nilly!

只知道随意地把东西扔进抽屉里，随地乱放东西！

Making a mess willy-nilly.

把一切搞得乱糟糟一团。

Roy, I think you're overusing the expression.

罗伊，我觉得你过度使用这个词了。

You can't just say it willy-nilly.

你不能随随便便就用这个词。

Very good!

非常好！

I see what you did there – impressive use of the expression.

我明白你的意思了，就是给出令人印象深刻的表达方式。

Well, if you're impressed by that, wait till you hear another use of "willy-nilly".

好吧，如果你对此印象深刻，那再听听“willy-nilly”的另一种用法吧。

I'm not sure that's art.

我不确定那是不是艺术。

It looks like you've just thrown colours on the canvas willy-nilly.

看起来你只是随意地在画布上涂上了颜色。

You can't just come into the office willy-nilly.

你不能随随便便走进办公室。

We have a set start time!

我们有一个固定的开始时间！

In the morning, I just put on any old clothes willy-nilly.

早上，我只是随意地穿上任何旧衣服。

You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing about the expression "willy-nilly".

欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》节目，我们正在学习的是“willy-nilly”这个短语。

We can use it to mean something has been done without order or randomly.

我们可以用它来表示某事毫无章法，乱七八糟。

So, I guess you can't just use the expression in a sentence willy-nilly.

所以，我想你不能在句子中随意乱用这个表达。

Exactly.

一点儿没错。

By the way, Roy.

顺便说一句，罗伊。

I saw you were arranging another office Olympics – I'm sorry, I can't just attend your silly games willy-nilly as I have work.

我看到你在安排另一场办公室奥运会，对不起，我不能随随便便地参加你这愚蠢的比赛，因为我有工作。

But if you can't attend them willy-nilly, perhaps you could plan for a time when you don't have work.

但如果你不能随随便便地参加，也许你可以计划一下你没有工作的时候。

Even if I didn't have to work, I wouldn't take part!

即使我不用工作，我也不会参加！

Why not?

为什么不行？

Because those games are stupid.

因为那些游戏太傻了。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

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