Is Victoria Beckham really posh?

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Jo:I'm Jo and this is Real English from BBC Learning English.

Oliver:大家好，我是Oliver，地道英語和大家一起學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)代英式英語中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的流行詞匯和實用表達。這些詞兒和短語都是現(xiàn)在英國人當(dāng)中非常流行的。So what's today's word Jo?

Jo:Well today's word is posh. P.O.S.H. posh.

Oliver:嗯，Jo，我覺得我知道這個詞兒，posh，它好像是前辣妹合唱團中的成員，著名球星貝克漢姆的妻子的昵稱吧.

Jo:Oh very good Oliver. Yes David Beckham's wife Victoria also has the nickname Posh.

Oliver:這個詞兒是用來說優(yōu)雅的人的嗎？比如有些上流社會的人，十分富有、衣著華麗、彬彬有禮、周旋在各種時尚社交場合什么的。

Jo:That's right Oliver. So people who are rich, with nice clothes, who speak nicely and have good manners and might be called posh. We might also call someone posh as a joke.

Oliver:你是指，說什么人 posh也可能是開玩笑的。比如說，你的一個朋友，開始喝很貴的葡萄酒，那你就可以拿他開玩笑說：

Jo:You're getting a bit posh aren't you?

Oliver:在這個時候，posh就不是真的優(yōu)雅的意思了，而是假高貴的意思了。一般來說，人們更喜歡用在評論什么人的時候，而很少當(dāng)面說別人，除非像剛才我們聽到的那樣是開玩笑。

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A: We're moving house – we've found a nice place next to the park.

B: Ooh that's a bit posh isn't it?

Jo:In fact Oliver, you are looking a bit posh today – are you going somewhere special?

Oliver:是嗎？哦，那可是真要謝謝你! Actually I am going out to a nice restaurant – in fact you could probably say a posh restaurant - with my friends tonight!

Jo:Well you look very smart. I don't often see you looking so posh!

Oliver:那你就是說我平時看起來不怎么樣啦!好了，不開玩笑了，還是看看我們今天學(xué)到的詞兒吧 posh – 優(yōu)雅的。

Jo:And that's about all for today. You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Don't forget to log onto our website www.bbcchina.com.cn

Oliver:再見。

Jo:See you.

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