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Feifei is worried — Rob went for an interview and got a slap in the face. Is he OK? Luckily it's just another English expression he's using and the only thing that's hurt is his pride!
菲菲非常担心，因为罗布去参加面试，但是“挨了一记耳光”。他还好吗？幸运的是，这只是一个英语表达，用来形容他“受到了侮辱”。
Rob: Welcome to The English We Speak with me, Rob.
罗布：欢迎大家收听地道英语节目，我是罗布。
Feifei: And me Feifei. Hello! So how did you interview go?
菲菲：我是菲菲。大家好！你的面试怎么样？
Rob: You know, quite good... ok... well not bad.
罗布：你知道，非常好……嗯……还不错。
Feifei: So did you get the promotion?
菲菲：所以你升职了？
Rob: Well... no. I didn't... it was a bit of a slap in the face actually.
罗布：嗯……没有。我没有升职，实际上有点像挨了一记耳光。
Feifei: A slap in the face? Did they hit you?!
菲菲：挨了一记耳光？他们打你了？
Rob: No, no, no. I mean not getting the job is a bit of an insult — I was the right man for the job — look at all my qualifications and experience.
罗布：不，不，不是这个意思。我的意思是没有得到那份工作有点像受到了侮辱，看看我的资历和经验，我是那个职位的最佳人选。
Feifei: Oh dear. You sound quite offended Rob.
菲菲：哦天哪。罗布，听起来你被冒犯了。
Rob: That's what 'a slap in the face' means — it's an action that can be seen as an insult or cause offence. It can also cause disappointment because you were expecting a more positive outcome.
罗布：这就是“一记耳光”的意思，这是一个可以被视作侮辱或造成伤害的行为。它也可以让人失望，因为你本来期盼着一个更好的结果。
Feifei: Like getting that promotion?
菲菲：比如获得晋升？
Rob: Exactly. Here are some more examples...
罗布：没错。下面再来听几个例句。
Examples
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After all the extra work we put in, it was a slap in the face not to win the contract.
我们一直在加班，可是我们没有拿下这份合同，这简直就是一记耳光。
Not being invited on his stag do, was a real slap in the face — I thought I was his best friend!
我没有收到他的晚会邀请，这对我来说真的是一记耳光，我本以为我是他最好的朋友！
Feifei: So 'a slap in the face' is an insult — or an action that causes offence or disappointment. It's not actually a physical slap in the face then?
菲菲：所以“一记耳光”是一种侮辱，或是冒犯他人的行为或引起他人失望的举动。并不是真的在脸上扇一耳光对吧？
Rob: That's right.
罗布：没错。
Feifei: So what are you going to do about getting a promotion?
菲菲：那对于升职这件事，你打算怎么做呢？
Rob: Well to be honest, Feifei, it wasn't much of a promotion anyway — it was quite a boring job role and no more money — an idiot could have done it — I think you would have been good at it...
罗布：说实话，菲菲，这其实并不是多大的晋升，那其实是个很无聊的工作岗位，工资也没有涨，白痴都会做，我觉得你很适合这份工作……
[SLAP]
（耳光声）
...ow, what was that?
哎呀，那是干嘛？
Feifei: That's a real slap in the face!
菲菲：这是一记真正的耳光！
Rob: Was it something I said?
罗布：是我说错话了吗？
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