地道英語(yǔ)
You couldn’t make it up 難以置信
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主持人 Neil 家附近的咖啡店要求顧客自己煮咖啡。這聽起來(lái)很荒唐吧？假如你遇到了一件非?；闹嚳尚Φ氖虑?，讓你難以置信，可以如何用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)？聽對(duì)話，學(xué)習(xí)一個(gè)地道實(shí)用的日?？谡Z(yǔ)表達(dá)。
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Jiaying
大家好，歡迎收聽 BBC英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的 “地道英語(yǔ)” 節(jié)目，我是佳瑩。
Neil
And hello, I’m Neil. Hey, Jiaying, I’ve just been to that cafe downstairs and guess what…
Jiaying
You bought me a coffee?
Neil
No! I didn’t buy any coffee because now you have to make your own coffee – and you have to bring your own cup. What kind of cafe is that?
Jiaying
You couldn’t make it up!
Neil
But I didn’t make it up.
Jiaying
我知道，我相信你。我們用 “you couldn’t make it up” 來(lái)感嘆 “事情或情況出乎意料，讓人難以置信、無(wú)法想象”。話說(shuō)回來(lái)，他們?yōu)槭裁匆@樣做呢？
Neil
Something to do with ‘health and safety’ – who could come up with an idea like that?
Jiaying
Like I said, you couldn’t make it up. Here are some more examples of this phrase…
Examples
The breakdown van that’s coming to fix my car has broken down – you couldn’t make it up!
The session about punctuality will start late because the speaker has been delayed – you couldn’t make it up!
You couldn’t make it up – the cake shop has started a ‘healthy eating’ campaign.
Jiaying
你正在收聽的是 BBC英語(yǔ)教學(xué)的 “地道英語(yǔ)” 節(jié)目。上面，我們介紹了口語(yǔ)表達(dá) “you couldn’t make it up”，用來(lái)感嘆 “事情或情況令人難以置信或十分荒謬”。So, Neil, where are you going to get your coffee from now?
Neil
Probably from the other cafe across the street.
Jiaying
Oh, haven’t you heard? At that cafe, you have to bring your own coffee beans and milk if you want them to make you a coffee – something to do with saving storage space.
Neil
How ridiculous – you couldn’t make it up.
Jiaying
Actually, I did make it up – just so you could say the phrase one more time!
Neil
Thanks! I’m going to get my coffee now, and I’m not getting you one.
Jiaying
It’s OK, Neil. I’ve got one already. Bye.
Neil
Hmm. You didn’t make that up, did you?
