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. 事实上，听众们，我十分抱歉。这件事有点让人尴尬。我的搭档还没有到节目现场。我不知道她不在我怎么录制节目。

(sound of Jean arriving)

Diarmuid: Jean, thank goodness you're here! Where have you been? 珍，谢天谢地你在这里！你到哪去了？

Jean: I'm sorry, Diarmuid. I was in a pow wow with my boss and I couldn't get out in time. 抱歉，圣保罗。刚才我正在和老板谈话，所以没有及时到这儿来。

Diarmuid: You were in a pow wow? 你进行了严肃的会谈？

Jean: Yes a pow wow. P.O.W. W.O.W. Pow wow. You know, an important meeting. 是的，一场严肃的会谈。你知道的，一个重要的会议。

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. 这个短语很有趣。我想知道它是怎么来的。听起来不像是英语。

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。

Diarmuid: So where does the phrase pow wow come from? 那这个短语是怎么来的呢？

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? 所以这是美式英语吗？

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? 你准备好了和老板的严肃的会谈了吗？

B: Have I?! I spent all night going over the facts. I'm as prepared as I can be. 我准备好了吗？！我花了整个晚上的时间彻底地研究说辞。我尽一切可能准备了。

A: You look worried. 你看上去很忧郁。

B: We're having a big family pow wow tonight. My wife has a list of things for us to discuss. 我们昨晚开了场严肃的家庭会议。我的妻子有一列表的事情让我们讨论。

Diarmuid: Are there other Native American words in English then, Jean? 珍，英语中还有其他类似意思的地道美语单词吗？

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

Diarmuid: Go on. 继续。

Jean: And potato. 马铃薯。

Diarmuid: Wow. 哇。

Jean: Tomato. 番茄。

Diarmuid: Any more? 还有什么？

Jean: 还有我最喜欢的。Barbeque 烧烤。

Diarmuid: Jean, you are so knowledgeable. I'm so impressed. 珍，你的博学真让我印象深刻。