On the Blink 机器发生故障，不灵了

Feifei: Hello everybody. I'm Feifei, and welcome to another Authentic Real English from BBC Learning Engl...
大家好，我是菲菲。欢迎大家收听我们的地道美语学习……

Dan: Erm, hang on a minute Feifei.
呃，等一下，菲菲。

Feifei: Dan what are you doing? 我们得开始录节目了！你说说我整天跟这些一点儿都不专业的人一起工作，气死我了。

Dan: It's this machine Feifei. It's on the blink.
菲菲，是设备的问题，It's on the blink.

Feifei: It's what?
你刚刚说它怎么了？

Dan: On the blink. It isn't working properly.
意思就是不能正常运转。

Feifei: Ahh, on the blink. On the blink 的意思就是机器出了故障，不灵了。It's a common phrase to use when machines are not functioning, and it's our Authentic Real English phrase today. Is that machine working yet Dan?
这句话常用来表示设备无法正常运转，也是我们本期的话题。丹，现在设备运转正常了吗？

Dan: No, not yet.
还没有。

Feifei: Well, while you try to fix that, let's hear some more examples of people using the phrase on the blink.
那么，趁你修理机子的功夫，我们先来看几个例句吧。

Examples

A: Is that a new phone?
这个电话是新的吗？

B: Yeah, my other one's on the blink, so I'm using this while it's being repaired.
是的。我的另一个坏掉了，正在修。我就暂时先用这个。

A: Did you see that programme last night?
昨晚那个节目你看了吗？

B: No my TV's gone on the blink again; I can't watch anything.
没有。我家电视又出故障了，什么都看不了。

Feifei: In the second example we heard the speaker say that his TV's gone on the blink. You can use on the blink with the verb to go, so we'd say something's gone on the blink, that it went on the blink, or that it's about to go on the blink. OK Dan, have you fixed that machine yet? Or is that still on the blink?
在第二个例子中，我们听到那个人说他的电视机"has gone on the blink"。"blink"这个词还可以和动词"go"连用，既可以说"something's gone on the blink"，又可以说" it went on the blink"，还可以说"it's about to go on the blink"。丹，你把机器修好了没？它还是不能用吗？

Dan: No, all fixed. It should be working perfectly now.
不，已经修好了。现在用着肯定没问题。

Feifei: Excellent. So it's bye from us. And don't forget to check out more Authentic Real English programmes on our website.
太好了。那么现在该说再见了。欢迎大家在网上收听我们的其他节目。

Dan: That's bbcukchina.com. Bye!
网址是bbcukchina.com。再见！

Feifei: Bye!
再见！