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如何表示你與他人同病相憐，有同一種負面的經歷或陷入瞭同樣不愉快的處境？表達 “join the club” 的字面意思是 “加入俱樂部”，但它的實際含義是 “彼此彼此，咱倆一樣倒黴”。聽節目，學習在非正式場合中使用這個表達。
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Feifei
大傢好，歡迎收聽 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目，我是菲菲。
Neil
And I’m Neil. We have a phrase that can be said to someone to express that you are in the same bad situation as they are. It’s ‘join the club’.
Feifei
Join the club. 這個表達的字面意思是 “加入俱樂部”。
Neil
But we’re not literally asking them to join a club. The similarity is that the person you are talking to shares the same situation. So, for example, if you told me that you had too much work and I also had too much work to do, I would reply by saying ‘join the club’.
Feifei
原來，“join the club” 這個表達用來對他人說過的話作答，意思是 “我們的處境一樣糟糕，彼此彼此，一樣倒黴”。剛才，Neil 對我說 “join the club”，並不是在向我表示同情，而是感嘆我倆同病相憐，都有大量的工作要完成。
Neil
Yes! If I said I can’t go out tonight because I haven’t got much money, would you be sympathetic?
Feifei
No! Join the club. I’m broke too!
Neil
Oh dear. Let’s have some examples.
Examples
A: I’ve been on my feet all day, I’m exhausted!
B: Join the club!
A: Have you seen my calendar? I haven’t got any free time till the end of the month.
B: Join the club!
A: We’ve got a new baby, so I didn’t get much sleep last night.
B: Join the club! Ours was awake until 5am.
Feifei
這裡是 AYYBLOG英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。以上我們介紹瞭表達 “join the club” 的含義和用法。我們用 “join the club” 來回應別人所說的話，意思就是 “彼此彼此，都一樣”，突出我們大傢同病相憐或者有著相同的遭遇。
Neil
Remember, it’s not about joining a real club, and we use this phrase to talk about bad situations. We wouldn’t say it to express you’re in a similar favourable situation.
Feifei
Got it! And Neil, I really must get on now, I have too much work to do.
Neil
Oh Feifei, join the club. I’ve got to finish this script now!
Feifei
That’s easy. Just say ‘goodbye’.
Neil
Oh, yeah. Bye!
Feifei
Bye, Neil.
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