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Neil 去了一趟二手市場，買了不少玩意兒。還發現了一枚古董硬幣呢，不過大家都知道古董要是保存不好的話，就不值錢了。想知道 “完好無損”的最地道英式英語的表達是什么？ 聽Neil 來說一說。

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（關于臺詞的備注: 請注意這不是廣播節目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能沒有體現錄制、編輯過程中對節目做出的改變。）

Helen
大家好，歡迎收聽BBC英語教學的《地道英語》節目。我是Helen, 和我在一起的還有我的同事 Neil。

Neil
Hello everyone.

Helen
So Neil, where did you go last weekend?

Neil
I went to a car boot sale near my home. There were lots of sellers getting rid of their unwanted Christmas presents.

Helen
是嗎， 你去了一趟 car boot sale 那不就是二手貨市場嗎。 So did you manage to pick up any bargains?

Neil
Plenty, I got presents for my kids to last the rest of the year. And I picked up this little gem. Look!

Helen
What’s this?

Neil
It’s an old silver English coin.

Helen
你手里的是一枚古銀幣嗎？看著很新嘛。

Neil
It does, doesn’t it? I had a close look and it’s in good nick.

Helen
Good Nick? 誰是好尼克先生啊？

Neil
Oh, I don’t mean Nick as a person’s name. When British people say ‘it’s in good nick’, we mean ‘it’s in good condition’, especially if it’s something that’s very old but still looks new.

Helen
原來 Neil 說的 Nick 不是指人名尼克，in good nick 這個表達可以用來形容一件東西的品質，尤其是指那些有年份的東西或者是古董，保存得很好，看著完好無損，沒有瑕疵。 請聽例句。

Examples
I picked up a set of silver plates from an antique shop and they were in pretty good nick.

My grandpa loves his 1960s motorbike and he has worked very hard to keep it in good nick.

Neil
I know it sounds a bit strange to use a person’s name in this phrase, but it’s very authentic colloquial British English.

Helen
I see. 這個表達是地道的英式口語，其它說英語的國家的人還不一定能聽懂呢。 那除了描述東西完好無損之外，我們還可以用 in good nick 來形容人嗎？

Neil
Absolutely, how about my grandmother, she’s 96 and still does her own shopping, she’s in good nick.

Helen
不得了，你的外婆已經有96歲高齡還能自己上街購物，身體真好。In good nick 也可以用來稱贊年紀大的人依然精神抖擻，身體健康。I hope I’ll be in good nick when I get to her age.

Neil
Keep fit and eat well!

Helen
Good idea.

Both
Bye.