Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Feifei.
大家好，欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》节目，我是菲菲。
And me, Roy.
还有我，罗伊。
Feifei, you look really angry.
菲菲，你看起来真的很生气。
What's wrong?
怎么了？
Well, Roy.
嗯，罗伊。
I can't find anything in the office.
我在办公室里什么东西都找不到。
Things have been moved and stuff has just been thrown into drawers willy-nilly.
东西被搬走了，东西被随意扔进了抽屉。
Willy and Nilly?
威利和尼利？
Who are these people?
这些人是谁？
And why are they throwing stuff in drawers?
为什么他们要把东西扔到抽屉里？
No, Roy!
不是的，罗伊！
I said "willy-nilly".
我说的是“willy-nilly”。
"Willy-nilly" is an informal expression which means randomly or without order.
“Willy-nilly”是一个非正式的表达，意思是没有次序，毫无章法。
Someone has made a terrible mess in the office.
有人把办公室弄得一团糟。
Ahhh – I understand.
啊哈，我明白了。
It was Rob.
是罗伯。
He organised the office willy-nilly, and you know what he's like –
他把办公室搞得一团糟，你知道他是什么样的人——
throwing things in drawers just willy-nilly, putting things everywhere willy-nilly!
只知道随意地把东西扔进抽屉里，随地乱放东西！
Making a mess willy-nilly.
把一切搞得乱糟糟一团。
Roy, I think you're overusing the expression.
罗伊，我觉得你过度使用这个词了。
You can't just say it willy-nilly.
你不能随随便便就用这个词。
Very good!
非常好！
I see what you did there – impressive use of the expression.
我明白你的意思了，就是给出令人印象深刻的表达方式。
Well, if you're impressed by that, wait till you hear another use of "willy-nilly".
好吧，如果你对此印象深刻，那再听听“willy-nilly”的另一种用法吧。
I'm not sure that's art.
我不确定那是不是艺术。
It looks like you've just thrown colours on the canvas willy-nilly.
看起来你只是随意地在画布上涂上了颜色。
You can't just come into the office willy-nilly.
你不能随随便便走进办公室。
We have a set start time!
我们有一个固定的开始时间！
In the morning, I just put on any old clothes willy-nilly.
早上，我只是随意地穿上任何旧衣服。
You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing about the expression "willy-nilly".
欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》节目，我们正在学习的是“willy-nilly”这个短语。
We can use it to mean something has been done without order or randomly.
我们可以用它来表示某事毫无章法，乱七八糟。
So, I guess you can't just use the expression in a sentence willy-nilly.
所以，我想你不能在句子中随意乱用这个表达。
Exactly.
一点儿没错。
By the way, Roy.
顺便说一句，罗伊。
I saw you were arranging another office Olympics – I'm sorry, I can't just attend your silly games willy-nilly as I have work.
我看到你在安排另一场办公室奥运会，对不起，我不能随随便便地参加你这愚蠢的比赛，因为我有工作。
But if you can't attend them willy-nilly, perhaps you could plan for a time when you don't have work.
但如果你不能随随便便地参加，也许你可以计划一下你没有工作的时候。
Even if I didn't have to work, I wouldn't take part!
即使我不用工作，我也不会参加！
Why not?
为什么不行？
Because those games are stupid.
因为那些游戏太傻了。
Bye.
再见。
Bye.
再见。
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