BBC地道英语：没电了

Out of juice 没电了

　　Helen: 欢迎收听BBC英语教学制作的《地道英语》节目。大家好，我是 Helen。

　　Neil: Hello everyone. I'm Neil. It's great to be here today Helen.

　　Helen: You are very cheerful today.

　　Neil: I feel pretty good, I walked from the train station to the office and the walk seems to have energised me.

　　(phone rings)

　　Helen: That's my mobile. Hello, hello? Anyone there? Hello?

　　Neil: Oh dear Helen, it looks like you may be out of juice.

　　Helen: 你说什么?I am not drinking any juice. 我可没喝果汁。不过我的手机好像没电了。

　　Neil: That's what I mean. Your phone isn't working because it's out of juice.

　　Helen: 请你解释一下：这个果汁 juice 和我的手机有什么关系呢?

　　Neil: When you've used all the battery power of something like a mobile phone, so that it doesn't work anymore, we can say it's 'out of juice'. It's a slang expression.

　　Helen: 我听明白了，out of juice 的意思就是“没电了”，不过大家要注意这是个口语表达。请听例句。

　Examples

　　My laptop's out of juice. This is so frustrating.

　　I am packing three spare phone batteries so I don't run out of juice on my climbing trip.

　　Helen: Can we use it for anything else apart from batteries? 除了表示电池没电之外，这个短语还有其它用法吗?

　　Neil: Sure, sometimes if a person feels low on energy, they could say, 'I'm out of juice'. Also if your car is low on petrol, you could say, 'The car's running out of juice.'

　　Helen: 当一个人觉得自己能量很低的时候、没劲儿或者汽车没油的时候也能用 out of juice 来形容。Thanks for explaining this phrase. Now I'm feeling quite thirsty - a glass of juice would be most welcome.

　　Neil: Let's get some then. Meanwhile, charge your phone, so it's got plenty of juice.

　　Helen: Will do.

　　Neil: See you next time.

　　Both: Bye!