Main character moment 主角時刻

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“Main character” 的意思是 “小說、電影或戲劇等文藝作品中的主角”，但在現代英語中，它還可以用來比喻 “現實生活中引人註目的人”。而表達 “main character moment” 也正是借用瞭這個比喻來形容 “某人在某一時刻成為瞭萬眾矚目的焦點”。聽節目，跟主持人 Georgie 和菲菲學習 “main character moment” 的用法。

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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。在每期節目中，我們都會介紹一個英語母語人士或講英語流利的人常用的表達。I’m Feifei, and I’m here with… a very colourful Georgie!

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.

Feifei
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” 在漢語裡被譯為 “主角”。It’s the person, animal or fictional being that a story centres around, often the most important character in a story.

Georgie
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.

Feifei
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.

Georgie
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.

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.

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。以上我們一起學習瞭表達 “main character moment” 在現代英語中的引申用法。“Main character” 通常指的是 “小說、電影或戲劇等文藝作品中的主角”，但在現代英語中，大傢也會用它來描述 “現實生活中非常引人註目的人”。所以，“main character moment” 的意思就是 “主角時刻”，比喻 “某人在某一時刻成為瞭萬眾矚目的焦點”。

但需要註意的是，這個表達通常隻用來形容積極正面的事情。如果某人因為一件尷尬或難堪的事情受到瞭他人的關註，那就不能用 “main character moment” 來形容。

Georgie
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.

Feifei
是的。和 “main character moment” 這個表達的用詞和邏輯類似，我們還可以說 “someone gives off main character energy”，意思就是 “某人散發出故事主角所具有的氣質或魅力”。Well, Georgie, you’re giving off big main character energy today.

Georgie
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.

Feifei
Thanks for joining us.

Georgie
Bye!

Feifei
Bye!