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Exercise 練一練

1. The expression from the word go means:

a) before something starts

b) from the very beginning

c) at the very end

2. Which pop group did Nina love from the word go?

3. Which words are often used to start a race?

Script 文本閱讀

You’re listening to British Council’s English Online and I’m Nina. Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression from the word go. Let’s listen to the dialogue.
您現(xiàn)在收聽的是英國領(lǐng)事館英語在線欄目，我是尼娜。今天的語言小點心節(jié)目我們來學(xué)一下from the word 'go'這個短語，一起來聽下面的對話。

A: Are you enjoying your new job? You've been there about 3 months now, haven't you?
A：你喜歡你的新工作嗎？你在那兒有三個月了吧？

B: Yes, it's great! I'm doing lots of interesting projects and the other people are very friendly.
B：是啊，感覺不錯。我在做很多有意思的項目，而且那兒的人也都很友好。

A: Oh, that's nice! I bet it was a bit difficult to settle into a new company at first though, wasn't it?
A：那很好??！不過我想一開始進入一家新公司肯定有點難適應(yīng)，是吧？

B: Actually, not at all. I loved it on my first day and everyone helped me from the word go.
B：也不完全是那樣啊。上班的第一天我就愛上了我的新工作，從一開始大家就都在幫助我。

Some things have an immediate and instant effect. The first time I heard The Beatles, for example, I loved their music from the word go. This expression means 'from the very beginning'.
有些事物有著即發(fā)即時的效果，比如說，我第一次聽到甲殼蟲樂隊的歌就開始愛上他們的音樂。這個短語的意思就是“從最開始”。

The part about 'the word go' always reminds me of how you say 'ready, steady, go!' to start a race, but nobody knows exactly where this expression comes from originally. It is, however, a very common and useful idiom in British English today. So, next time you're speaking English, why not try to use this expression from the word go!
短語當(dāng)中的”the word go“ 總是讓我想到跑步比賽時說”ready, steady, go!“（各就各位，預(yù)備，跑?。?，但就究竟這個短語源自哪里還未可知。這句短語在現(xiàn)在的英國英語中可是非常常見且常用的哦。那么，下次說英語時，試著把from the word go用進去吧！

And that’s it for now – join us again for some more Language Snacks.
好了，今天的節(jié)目就到這里，歡迎大家繼續(xù)關(guān)注下期語言小點心。

You’ve been listening to English Online – the podcast for English learners in China.
您正在收聽的是英語在線，中國英語學(xué)習(xí)者的英語學(xué)習(xí)播客。

Key 參考答案

1. b

2. The Beatles

3. 'ready, steady, go!'