“地道英语”：Main character moment 主角时刻
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大家好,欢迎收听 BBC 英语教学的第一道英语节目。 在每期节目中,我们都会介绍一个英语母语人士或讲英语流利的人常用的表达。 I'm Fei Fei, and I'm here with a very colourful Georgie. Yes, I'm wearing all the colours of the rainbow today. I definitely feel like I'm having a main character moment in the office today. And main character moment is the expression we're looking at in this programme.

Now, we know main character in the usual sense. Main character in Chinese is the person, animal or fictional being that a story centres around, often the most important character in a story. Exactly. But in the last few years, people on the internet have been using main character to describe real people.

If you call someone the main character, it just means they stand out or grab people's attention in some way. And yes, you definitely look like the main character today in that very colourful outfit, Georgie. Now, having a main character moment is when you feel like the protagonist of a film.

Maybe because you're wearing something eccentric or something about your environment or situation is dramatic. Yeah, so for example, I remember when I was little being in the car with my parents and I was looking out the window at the raindrops falling down the window and feeling very dramatic. I was having a real main character moment. Let's hear some more examples. ♪

Yesterday, I got my hair, my nails, my makeup done. I felt great walking down the street. It was such a main character moment. I had a main character moment at the weekend. I played a board game with my friends and I delivered such a motivating speech to my teammates. I felt really cool.

So we went out with colleagues recently and I did a dance solo in the middle of the dance floor. Everyone was watching and cheering. It was such a main character moment. 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 main character moment 在现代英语中的引申用法。

Main character 通常指的是小说、电影或戏剧等文艺作品中的主角,但在现代英语中,大家也会用它来描述现实生活中非常引人注目的人。

所以 main character moment 的意思就是主角时刻,比喻某人在某一时刻成为了万众瞩目的焦点。 但需要注意的是这个表达通常只用来形容积极正面的事情,如果某人因为一件尴尬或难堪的事情受到了他人的关注,那就不能用 main character moment 来形容。

Now another expression you might hear is main character energy. You could say someone gives off main character energy, and it means they're showing confidence and charisma that a main protagonist in a film might have. 是的,和 main character moment 这个表达的用词和逻辑类似,我们还可以说 someone gives off main character energy, 意思就是某人散发出故事主角所具有的气质或魅力。

Well, Georgie, you're giving off big main character energy today. Wow, so many compliments today, Feifei. OK, let's recap. We learned a main character moment, which is what happens when you feel like the protagonist of a film. Thanks for joining us. Bye. Bye.