Zing 活力，熱情

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要想給一道淡而無味的菜提味，可以加一點 “調料”；要想使一件瞭無生趣的事情變得樂趣橫生，可以給它註入一絲 “活力”。名詞 “zing” 就可以用來指 “刺激、辛辣的味道” 以及 “活力”。聽節目中兩位主持人的對話，學習名詞 “zing” 的用法，讓你的英語學習 “zing 味無窮”！

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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。I’m Feifei.

Neil
And I’m Neil. In this episode, we’re going to look at a word that’s all about excitement – it’s ‘zing’.

Feifei
Zing. 這期節目中我們要來學習如何使用這個單詞 “zing”。

Neil
So, ‘zing’ is something special that some things have that’s hard to describe, but makes them more interesting or exciting. I can also tell you something that doesn’t have any zing – that’s my lunch. I’ve got just a plain cheese sandwich.

Feifei
What you need for that is some chillies – that’ll give it a bit of zing.

Neil
Chillies? Hmm… that might be a bit too much zing.

Feifei
單詞 “zing” 的用法很多。在描述食物的時候，“zing” 可以指 “刺激、辛辣的味道”。比如，給一道淡而無味的菜加一點 “zing”，就可以給它提味。也正因如此，“zing” 的引申意思就是 “一個可以讓原本瞭無生趣的事物變得樂趣橫生的東西”。

Neil
Now, zing isn’t just about food, is it?

Feifei
No, it could even be about the way you feel. I was feeling a bit down yesterday, but then I booked a holiday, and that’s given me a bit of zing.

Neil
It’s good to feel a bit of zing.

Feifei
“Zing” 作名詞還可以表示 “活力、熱情、興致” 等人內心的感受。I feel so much better now I’ve got something to look forward to.

Neil
Listen to these examples.

Examples
That song is OK, but it needs a bit more zing – can you make it a bit more exciting?

We’re going to bring you a show that’s full of zing. It’s going to be spectacular.

Since the goal, the game’s gone a bit flat – there’s no zing.

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。上面我們聽瞭三個使用瞭 “zing” 的例句。“Zing” 可以指 “食物刺激、辛辣的味道”，也可以指 “活力、熱情或興致”。

Neil
It may originally have been onomatopoeia, which is a word that sounds like what it describes. ‘Zing’ might have been the sound of something moving fast with a lot of energy.

Feifei
是的，我們多在非正式場合中使用擬聲詞 “onomatopoeia”。比如，我們可以用 “It needs a bit more oomph.” 來表示 “一個枯燥乏味的事物需要更多的活力”。

Neil
In this example, ‘oomph’ is force or energy. ‘Zing’ might be a bit more exciting, but they are similar.

Feifei
If you want a bit more zing in your English, join us for the next episode. See you then! Bye.

Neil
Bye.