The english we speak(BBC教学)第336期:All over the shop 到处都是

Feifei has gone missing and Neil goes looking for her. Why does he use a phrase about shops? Learn an everyday English slang expression.

菲菲不见了，尼尔到处找她。为什么他用了一个和商店有关的短语？请学习这个常用的英语俚语表达。

Neil: OK. Not again. Why oh why is Feifei late for the studio this time? Seriously... That does it. I'm gonna give her a call... Great. Let me go out and take a look. Feifei?! Feifei, where are you. Where has she gone? Oh, is that...? There she is!

尼尔：哦，不是又这样吧。为什么菲菲今天录节目又迟到了？说真的，我受够了。我要给她打个电话。很好，我去外面看一下。菲菲？！菲菲，你在哪里？她去哪儿了？哦，那是……？她来了！

Feifei: Oh, oh, hi, Neil.

菲菲：哦，你好，尼尔。

Neil: Where have you been? I've been looking all over the shop for you!

尼尔：你去哪儿了？我一直在到处找你！

Feifei: All over the shop? Well, I wasn't in a shop. I was in... the toilet!

菲菲：在商店的各个地方找我？可是我没去商店。我去厕所了！

Neil: Thanks for the information.

尼尔：谢谢你告诉我。

Feifei: And yes, before you tell me – I do know what all over the shop means. It means 'everywhere'.

菲菲：好的，在你告诉我之前，我知道all over the shop这个短语是什么意思。它的意思是“到处”。

Neil: Well, I'm just glad I've found you. Now we can finally start the programme and explain this expression: all over the shop. Oh, we've already done that.

尼尔：我很高兴我找到你了。现在我们可以开始节目并解释all over the shop这个表达方式了。哦，我们刚才已经解释过了。

Feifei: Yes. It usually means 'everywhere' – when describing a search for something, or an untidy arrangement of things. Like in these examples:

菲菲：对。这个短语通常指“各个地方”，在我们找某样东西，或者东西摆放不整齐时使用。就像下面这些例句里的一样：

Examples

例句

Where were you? We looked all over the shop for you.

你去哪儿了？我们到处找你。

He left his dirty washing all over the shop. Our house was a real mess!

他把要洗的脏衣服扔得到处都是。我们家真是太乱了！

I spilled wine all over the shop when I tried to open that bottle. Oops.

我在试图打开那瓶红酒时，把酒洒得到处都是。真糟糕。

Feifei: It can also describe someone or something very disorganised. Listen to this:

菲菲：这个短语也可以描述某人或者某物非常乱，来听这个例子：

Example

例句

Sorry, I'm a bit all over the shop this morning. I forgot my ticket, my phone... I left my laptop at home. What's wrong with me?

抱歉，我今天早上有点乱。我忘了带票还有手机，我还把笔记本电脑也落在家里了。我到底怎么了？

Neil: So there you go. You can look all over the shop for something or someone.

尼尔：没错。你可以“到处”寻找某人或者某样东西。

Feifei: And you can also leave things all over the shop – like the dirty clothes.

菲菲：你还可以把东西扔得“到处都是”，比如脏衣服。

Neil: And you yourself can also be all over the shop – describing someone who is forgetful or disorganised. Though not you, of course, Feifei.

尼尔：你自己也可以处于“很乱”的状态，这是描述某人很健忘或是没有条理。当然这不是在说你，菲菲。

Feifei: Never me.

菲菲：我从来不会这样。

Neil: And that is the expression for this programme. Thank you, Feifei... Feifei? Feifei? Where's she gone? Oh, a message. "Just off to the shops. Need anything?" Very funny. Bye!

尼尔：这就是本期节目要学的表达方式。谢谢大家，菲菲……菲菲？菲菲？她去哪儿了？哦，我收到一条短信。“我去商店。要带什么东西吗？”非常有趣。再见！

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重点讲解：
1. be late for 迟到；
例句：We'll be late for the meeting if we stay any longer.
再不走我们开会就要迟到了。
2. all over the shop 到处；各处；
例句：This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.
这使他们可以肆意到处惹是生非，而不用担心受到惩罚。
3. of course （表示通常、显见或众所周知的事实）当然，自然；
例句：Of course there were lots of other interesting things at the exhibition.
当然，展览上还有很多其他有趣的展品。