Li:大家好，我是杨莉，欢迎收听BBC的《地道英语》节目。

William:Hi there. I'm William Kremer.

Li:So what's today's word - ?

(Muffled shouting from outside the studio and banging on the door.)

Li:Eh?

William: What on earth is all that hullabaloo about?
(到底为什么喧哗呢？)

Shouting and banging stops.

Li:Ah... I think it's stopped.

William:What was all of that about? It sounded like there was a crowd of people
outside the studio!
(怎么回事？听起来录音间外面有一群人。)

Li: 我不知道是怎么回事... 回头打听打听。不过更让我疑惑的是你刚才使用了一个词，
我从来没有听说过...

William:Oh right. And what's that?

Li:你说的是什么 Hulla… 什么什么...?

William:Hullabaloo?

Li:Yes.

William:Ahh, hullabaloo. You spell it H.U.L.L.A.B.A.L.O.O. Hullabaloo. It means a loud noise or commotion.

Li:A loud noise or commotion 一片吵闹声。Hullabaloo. 我们再听一个相关的例句。

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Example

Woman: I tried to quieten the class down, but there was such a hullabaloo that no-
one could hear me!

Li:在这个例句里，一位老师说她他试图让全班学生们安静下来，不过，噪音太大 a hullabaloo 没人能听到她的声音。Is that word used in any other ways,William?

William: Well, the word hullabaloo can imply anger and disapproval.
（hullabaloo能表示愤怒和不满）

Li:disapproval 表示不满和反对的吵闹声。

William:Can you imagine lots of people shouting because they're angry? Have a listen to this example:
（你能想象许多人因为愤怒而叫喊吗？听听这个例子）

Example

Man:That actor was so angry with the film's director and producer that he refused to do any promotional work. But then when he didn't go to the premiere in L.A., there was such a hullabaloo from his fans that he had to apologise.
（演员对电影的导演和制片人十分生气，以至于他拒绝做任何改进工作。但是当他去洛杉矶进行初演时，粉丝很不满于是他不得不道歉）

William: So in that example, a film star didn't go to a premiere and there was a hullabaloo from his fans because they were so angry with him.

Li:在以上例句里 'hullabaloo' 并不表示熙熙嚷嚷的吵闹声，而是指大批粉丝们对这个明星没有到场所纷纷表示不满的情绪，也许是通过博克，或通过媒体上的言词等等。

Now William, 'hullabaloo' is a very strange sounding word! Where does it come from?

William: Well, no-one knows for sure. But some people think that it comes from people going "Hullo! Hullo! Hullo!"

Li:Really? That's very -

（Shouting and banging starts again.）

Li:Oh, our own hullabaloo has started again!

William:Right. I'm going to see what they want!

Gets up and opens studio door.

William:What's all this noise? We're trying to record a programme here!

Fan 1: Is Yang Li here?

Li:Hello, yes? Who is it?

Fan 1: Yes! She is, she is!

Fan 2: Oh brilliant! Hi Li! Hi!

Fan 3: We're your biggest fans! Can we have your autograph?
（我们是你的粉丝，你可以给我们签名吗？）

Li:(Flattered) Oh well, I...

William:Oh Li, I didn't know you had a fan club! Oh well, I think we'd better end the programme there! Goodbye!
（我不知道你的粉丝还成了个俱乐部，我想我们最好结束节目，再见）

Li:(Distracted) Where do you want me to sign? Do you want me to write something special?
（你想让我在哪儿签名？想让我写些特别的吗？）