Mansplaining 男人說教

內(nèi)容簡介

Neil 和菲菲一起錄節(jié)目，Neil 不顧菲菲已經(jīng)是老把式了，不斷地告訴她應(yīng)該怎么做。聽節(jié)目，學(xué)習(xí)一個描述“男性擺出一副高高在上的姿態(tài)，向女性解釋一件事情”的單詞。

Neil

Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil and with me is Feifei.

Feifei

大家好。

Neil

Now Feifei, if you just put on your headphones you'll be able to hear what I'm saying.

Feifei

Yes, I know that.

Neil

And you need to just push that thing there – we call it a fader – up and speak into the microphone.

Feifei

Ah, yes Neil, I already know that.

Neil

You see, Feifei, you have to be careful not to be too close to the microphone when you speak because the pressure of your breath will create this sound; we call that a 'pop' and the recording will sound bad and our listeners will complain.

Feifei

Neil!拜托，我干廣播十幾年了，I know how to use the studio, stop mansplaining.

Neil

Feifei, I was only doing it to introduce that word – mansplaining. It's a quite new word and it's made up of two parts – 'man' and 'explaining'. Mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman as if they are stupid or knows less about a subject simply because she is a woman.

Feifei

Here are some examples.

Examples

So there was this guy mansplaining the offside rule to me. I've been playing football since I was 4 years old!

Man: Push your foot down a bit harder on the clutch before you try to change gear. It'll make it much smoother.

Woman: Quit the mansplaining. I'm a taxi driver, OK?

Feifei

在英語里，mansplaining 指的就是“一個人自以為是的向他人解釋說教”。Mansplaining 尤其用來描述男性帶著一副高高在上的說教姿態(tài)向女性解釋一件事情，自認(rèn)為自己懂得多因為自己是男的。

Neil

And did you know Feifei that it's also a verb – to mansplain? Yes, language changes all the time, Feifei. New words come and old words change meaning. That's something all language learners need to know…

Feifei

Neil! Stop! Mansplaining!

Both

Bye!