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Yap 叽里呱啦地说个不停

Episode 260414 / 14 Apr 2026

节目简介

和朋友聊天，有时可能聊得浑然忘我，嘴巴停不下来。英语俗语 “yap” 形容的就是这种 “叽里呱啦、唠唠叨叨地说个不停” 的状态。你可以 “yap with someone（和某人一起谈天说地）”，也可以 “yap at someone（对着某人一通输出）”。而那些 “喋喋不休，话匣子一开就关不上的人” 就可以被称为 “yapper”。听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Georgie 学习俗语 “yap” 的用法。

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（关于台词的备注: 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做出的改变。）

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

Georgie
Hi Feifei. How are you?

Feifei
I'm very well, thank you. How are you?

Georgie
Well, to be honest, I'm feeling pretty great today, actually! I woke up feeling really energetic. I felt really well-rested, and then I had the most delicious breakfast. So the day started off really well. And now I'm just really excited for the week ahead because I've got lots of nice plans. I need to go out and buy some food and things like that because I have a friend coming to stay, so she'll need some food…

Feifei
OK, OK, Georgie. There is a time for yapping, and it's not now. Let's get on with the programme.

Georgie
Oh, OK. Sorry, Feifei. Well you just told me to stop yapping, so why don't we learn 'yap' in this programme?

Feifei
Let's. 'Yap' is a slang word which means talk or gossip continuously for a long time. It refers to informal, unserious chat, so it's not used in formal settings.

Georgie
Yes. I actually used this the other day because I saw a really old friend who I hadn't seen for ages. I went to hers for dinner and we spent the whole evening yapping. We yapped non-stop until about midnight. We had a lot to catch up on!

Feifei
Right. So 'yap' can be used when one person is chatting endlessly, but it's also something that you can do with another person – you can both yap together. 

Georgie
Exactly. Now, it can occasionally have a slight negative connotation. When someone is talking too much and you want them to stop, you can say 'stop yapping'.

Feifei
Right. Like what I said to you at the beginning of the programme. Let's listen to more examples.

Examples
Don't ask me what my favourite animal is. I could yap about animals all day. I could yap on and on and on.

I was trying to explain something to my son over dinner, and he didn't really understand and wasn't paying attention. He just looked at me and said, 'What are you yapping about?'

I call my mum on the way home from work and we always end up yapping for ages, and then I'm eating dinner really, really late.

Feifei
你正在收听的是 BBC英语教学制作的 “地道英语” 节目。在本期节目中，我们正在学习俗语 “yap” 的用法。“Yap” 通常用作动词，意思是 “喋喋不休地说话，叽里呱啦地说个不停，唠唠叨叨”。

So, what about its use, Georgie? What can we do with the word?

Georgie
Well, you can follow it with 'at' and yap at someone – I was yapping at you earlier about my morning, which you didn't like. You can also yap about something, for example, my friend and I were yapping about our lives after dinner. You can also be a 'yapper' – that's a word for a person who yaps a lot.

Feifei
我们可以用 “yap at someone” 来表示 “对某人说个不停”，或者用 “yap about something” 来表达 “喋喋不休，啰哩啰嗦地说个不停”。此外，我们还可以用 “yapper” 来描述一个 “总是说个不停的人，话痨”。

Are you a yapper, Georgie?

Georgie
Well, I guess so…

Feifei
OK, let's recap. We learnt the word 'yap', which means chat continuously and informally for a long time. 

Georgie
Join us again next time. Goodbye!

Feifei
Goodbye!

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