The English We Speak是英国BBC电台为英语学习者量身打造的一档英语娱乐节目。

今天，两位主持人骑着新买的摩托出去兜风了，让我们看看会发生什么有趣的事情。

Wang Fei: Welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Wang Fei!

Finn: And I'm Finn!

Wang Fei: Finn has decided to take us out for a ride on his new motorbike today and he's very proud of it.

Finn: I am, very proud of it. I thought it would be good to get out of the studio. Look at all the beautiful, green fields around us, Wang Fei.

Wang Fei: Yes, beautiful green fields. That's the word for the day isn't it: green?

Finn: Green, yes!

Wang Fei: A bit easy, isn't it? Everyone knows the colour green!

Finn: The colour green? No, not that meaning, Wang Fei!

Wang Fei: So, what do you mean? Green as in good for the environment?

Finn: No, not that green either!

Wang Fei: Oh, OK, maybe another green? Oh, OK, maybe, green with envy? I know that phrase, that means to envy somebody, doesn't it?

Finn: Yes, that's right. But what are you envious about, Wang Fei? That's not what we're... oh! ... ahhh!

FX - CRASH

Both: Ow!

Wang Fei: Finn, you are a terrible, terrible driver!

Finn: I know.

Wang Fei: Will you tell me what this green means?!

Finn: I'm sorry, Wang Fei. What I mean is I'm very green at riding motorbikes, that's what I wanted to say. Green means inexperienced or new to something.

Wang Fei: Oh, I see. So when do we use it?

Finn: Well, normally we use it to describe someone who is new to a particular job or skill.

Wang Fei: Ooh, I see. But I'm not feeling good. So why don't we listen to some examples for a moment?

I'm a bit green at video editing, so it takes me a long time to edit things.

He's a bit green in this job so he's bound to need some help.

My uncle's very green at searching the internet. He prefers to go to the library.

Finn: OK, time to go again, Wang Fei!

Wang Fei: (To himself) Hmm. But I'm still not feeling that great to be honest…

FX - BIKE STARTS

Finn: What was that, Wang Fei?

Wang Fei: Oh nothing. Let's go.

Finn: Wow, what beautiful countryside…

Wang Fei: Gosh, I'm really feeling ill to be honest. I'm worried we're going to crash again.

Finn: Wang Fei, what did you say? Are you ok?

Wang Fei: Not really.

Finn: Oh no, you look bad. You've gone green!

Wang Fei: What?

Finn: You've gone green – it means you look ill!

Wang Fei: Another green phrase... Finn – can't you just concentrate on your driving!

Finn: OK, sorry. OK then! Bye everyone…

Wang Fei: And wish me luck. Bye.

赏析：

本期节目，两位主持人主要讲了和green有关的几个词组，让我来总结一些。

Green有“生疏、没经验”的意思，be green in/at something即对于某件事情或工作来说是新手，英语中也有词组a green hand,就是“新手”的意思。Green还有“嫉妒”的意思，make somebody green with envy，就是“让某人非常嫉妒”的意思。

You've gone green意思是“你被吓得脸色都变了。”

Green还有“环保”的意思，比如green food ,意思是“绿色食品”。

当然，green还可以表示颜色“绿色”。

Green的本意是“绿色”，其他的意思都是它的引申义，比如植物的新芽都是绿的，所有green引申出了“新手”的意思；中国人说嫉妒是“眼红”，而英国人就理解成“眼绿”，所有green with envy有“嫉妒”的意思；中国人喜欢说的“吓得脸色变了”是变得“惨白”，而英国人喜欢说“变绿”；同样，绿色象征“环境好”，所有green又有了“环保”的意思。

学习词汇时，应当联系其本意来理解其引申义，这样，往往会有意外的收获。