“地道英语”：Come full circle 兜个整圈又回到原样
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Hello and welcome toAuthentic Real English, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Georgie. How are you, Georgie?I'm very well, thank you, Feifei. How are you?Very well, thank you.

So what's the phrase we're learning in this program?We are learning come full circle.Now, imagine you walk in a circle around a tree, for example.If you come full circle, you end in the same position that you started.And that's a very literal way of explaining come full circle, but it's mostly used metaphorically, isn't it?Yes, it means you return to a starting point, but not in a negative way.

例如,假设有人在公司有低级的职位

and they decide to get a different job to gain experiencethen they come back to the original companywith a senior positionthey've come full circleyes now that person has returned to where they beganbut with a new sense of growth and new perspectiveit's quite a poetic way to describehow things in life don't always just endthey can loop back in a meaningful wayor it can be about something simple like fashion trends

例如,90 年代的双衣风格重新出现了,我们已经进入了全球。让我们听听更多例子。我以前在年轻时去过戏院,我非常喜欢。上周我唱在那台舞台上,所以我真的感觉到我已经进入了全球。

你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学的地道英语节目以上我们一起学习了表达 come full circle 的用法

come full circle 的意思是兜个整圈又回到原地周而复始但它通常表达的并不是原地兜兜转转没有进步而是经过了一个循环或阶段带着经验和提升站在了新的起跑线上

Now we can also use the phrasefull circle momentso come full circle is about the processfull circle moment is about the eventYes, so for exampleI used to be really shyand I hated public speakingbut the fact that I'm now on cameraall the timeand I present programs for my jobis a real full circle momentI've come back to public speakingwith a new confidenceGood for you, Georgieyou've come full circle

我们还可以用 full circle moment 这个表达来形容完成一个循环开启新阶段的这一时刻。OK, let's recap.We learnt come full circle, which means to return to where you started, but in a positive way, with new meaning.Thanks for joining us.Bye bye.Bye.