Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen.
Chen Li: And I’m Chen Li. Hello!
Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
Chen Li:
英语是一种十分程式化的语言，所以了解现实生活中人们经常使用的固定表达和
俚语自然就很有用了。
Helen: Today’s expression is ‘breaking news’. Breaking news.
Chen Li: Breaking news. 可以解释一下意思吗？
Helen: Well breaking news is a brand new news story of something that has only just happened.
Chen Li: 是的，在
英语中，一个事件突然发生，通常会用到动词break。意思是一条突发性
新闻，所以breaking news就是突发事件，最新消息。
Helen: And it’s quite possible that breaking news is so new that it’s the first time you will hear that news story.
Chen Li: Breaking news 就是从来就没有听过的
新闻.
Helen: You might hear a news reader on the TV use the expression breaking news.
Chen Li: 是的，一个
新闻主持人常说breaking news来谈论突发事件或者你正在
新闻网页上看到的
新闻。
Helen: Here’s some language to help you understand the clip.
Chen Li: Reports 报道 a crash 撞车事件 arrested 被逮捕
Insert
Breaking news now….we’re getting reports of a bus crash in central London…(fade)
And now some breaking news…..7 men have been arrested in north of England following a….(fade)
Helen: Well I have some breaking news for everyone…
Chen Li: Really? What’s that Helen?
Helen: Well the breaking news just in is…well we’ve come to the end of the programme.
Chen Li: That’s not really breaking news is it? We always end the programme about now.
Helen: Well you’ve just got time to re-cap today’s expression.
Chen Li: 我们今天学到的是breaking news – 突发
新闻,最新消息
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