The CEO of…（某事物或某領域的）達人

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雖然職場中的 “chief executive officer（首席執行官）” 少之又少，但在朋友之間隻要熟悉彼此擅長或有所投入的興趣愛好，就可以打趣地稱呼彼此是某項愛好的 “CEO”。俗語 “the CEO of…” 用 “某事的首席執行官” 來描述 “一個十分瞭解某事或對某事有很深的造詣的人”。聽節目，跟主持人 Beth 和菲菲一起學習這個短語的用法。

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Feifei
Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English, where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I’m Feifei, and I’m joined by Beth. Hello Beth!

Beth
Hi Feifei. I wanted to show you a picture of my new puppy! Look at her.

Feifei
Aw, so cute! How many do you have now?

Beth
I have three cats, five chickens, two goldfish and four dogs – oh, no – five dogs.

Feifei
Oh wow. You clearly love having pets. You are the CEO of pets! But you’re not really head of a pet business, are you?

Beth
I’m not. ‘The CEO of’ is a funny or silly way of saying someone is the best at something, or that they do something a lot – maybe a bit too much! And it’s often used in a jokey or exaggerated way.

Feifei
So, if you are the CEO of pets, I think I’m the CEO of shoes. I have so many pairs of shoes.

Beth
Yeah, I feel like you’re always wearing a new pair of shoes.

Feifei
Aw. Right. Let’s listen to more examples of ‘the CEO of’.

Examples
My colleague Phil is so good at statistics. He’s the CEO of spreadsheets.

It’s my job to buy the snacks for the office. I guess you could say I’m the CEO of snacks.

Ugh, I’ve lost my fourth pair of sunglasses this month. I’m the CEO of losing things.

Feifei
你正在收聽的是 AYYBLOG 英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。剛剛我們一起學習瞭俗語 “the CEO of” 的用法。“The CEO of something” 的意思是 “某件事的專傢或達人”。比如，Beth 是 “the CEO of pets（寵物達人）”。

Beth
So, ‘the CEO of’ isn’t a serious title. In fact, the CEO of social media wouldn’t be the actual CEO of a social media company. It would just be someone who posts on social media a lot.

Feifei
是的。“CEO” 這個縮寫的全稱是 “chief executive officer（首席執行官）”，原本指的是 “在一傢公司裡擔任最高管理職位的人”。不過在俗語 “the CEO of” 當中，它被用來開玩笑地形容一個人 “做某事的經驗非常豐富，或者對某事很有造詣”。Beth, I reckon we’re the CEOs of making podcasts – what do you think?

Beth
Yeah, I’m happy to go along with that! We’ll be back next time with another useful English phrase. See you soon!

Feifei
Bye!