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 Neil 絞盡腦汁想給大家教一個新的地道表達(dá)，不過菲菲覺得他總是把已經(jīng)教過的內(nèi)容無謂地重復(fù)。聽節(jié)目，學(xué)描述一個人“無謂地重復(fù)做無用功”的表達(dá)。

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Feifei
大家好，歡迎收聽BBC英語教學(xué)的《地道英語》節(jié)目，我是馮菲菲。

Neil
… and… hello… I'm Neil.

Feifei
Err… Neil, could we have your attention, please?

Neil
Sorry, Feifei. I'm still trying to finish the script for this programme.

Feifei
什么？現(xiàn)在要錄的節(jié)目的稿子還沒寫完？ So what's going to happen today, Neil?

Neil
Hmmm… I thought that you could pretend to arrive late… I've lost my coffee… I just need to think of an authentic real English phrase to use…

Feifei
Oh come on, Neil, there's no need to reinvent the wheel!

Neil
Feifei, you're amazing – 'to reinvent the wheel' – that's a great English phrase. I'll use that in my script.

Feifei
Reinvent the wheel 這個表達(dá)的意思就是“無謂地重復(fù)，浪費(fèi)時間做無用功”。 So I'm saying, don't waste time writing a script that has already been written – all your ideas have been written before!

Neil
Really?

Feifei
I'll show you – but first let's hear some more examples of this phrase.

Examples
Don't reinvent the wheel: we already have a plan that seems to work well.

He spent days working out the new course syllabus when we had planned it already – he's just reinvented the wheel!

Nancy's new idea is just the same as the old one – she's just reinvented the wheel!

Feifei
英語表達(dá) reinvent the wheel 用來強(qiáng)調(diào)一個人重復(fù)地做一件別人已經(jīng)做過的事情，浪費(fèi)時間和精力。Now let me show you that old script…

Neil
Oh yeah. Thanks. Let's see. Arrives late… drinks coffee… I tell a joke… you're right Feifei, this is almost the same script. I'll just copy the ideas for today's script.

Feifei
Actually, maybe you shouldn't reinvent the wheel - and start writing something new and original.

Neil
Sorry, we're out of time, Feifei. I just need to say something funny and we can go… I've had a 'wheely' good time!

Feifei
That wasn't funny.

Both
Bye!