地道英語：流氓暴徒
Yob
Callum: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is Callum Robertson.
Li: 大家好我是楊莉。
Men: Come ere then! Oi! Come on then! Want a fight? Who are ya?!
Li: Callum, 我耳機里聽到的是一片片吵吵鬧鬧要打架的聲音，那都是什么人啊?
Callum: Well, Li, they are yobs.
Li: Yobs?
Callum: Yes, yobs. Yob is our phrase for today. Its an informal word that refers to a man who is loud and rude and possibly rather violent.
Li: I see. Yob 是口語，意思是流氓，暴徒。That sounds like you, Callum.
Callum: What you talking about, sounds like me?! What do you mean? Are you asking for a fight?!
Li: Oh no, no 我不想打架，我可不是你的個! But do you see what I mean? You sound like a yob.
Callum: Erm... well, yes, OK. Sorry about that. Anyway, I chose this word because as many people will know the UK recently experienced some violence on the streets of London and other cities. The word yob was used a great deal at this time.
Li: 你說的沒錯。在前不久英國的暴力騷亂事件中英國媒體多次使用了流氓暴徒這個詞 yob. 下面是選自英國報紙上的一些標題:
UK riots: 11 councils to evict riot yobs.
Ken Clarke blames feral yobs.
600 riot yobs left DNA on windows.
Riot yobs filmed attacking cop cars.
Riot yobs cant hide.
UK riots: young yobs back on streets despite David Camerons pledge.
Li: Im not sure I remember seeing this word yob on the BBC sites.
Callum: Well no. Its a very negative and judgemental word. The BBC tends to avoid this kind of language in its reporting. But this is a piece of British slang that is very common in the UK. We also sometimes use the word yobbo.
Li: Yobbo 也是流氓，暴徒的意思。Hmm, 我想知道這些詞語到底從哪里來的呢?
Callum: Well, interestingly what we have here is an example of backslang. If you read the word yob backwards, what do you get?
Li: Boy. 原來 yob 是男孩兒這個單詞倒過來 Y.O.B., yob.
Callum: Exactly. So, in the past the word yob meant boy. However, now, as I mentioned, it refers to a rude and violent man, often a young man but not always.
Li: 對不起 Callum, 剛才我把你也叫成了無賴了，其實你并不是那樣的人 a yob. 你是一個紳士 you are a gentleman.
Callum: Oh, thanks Li.
Li: 不過我是絕對打不過你的，see how fit and strong you are. So dont you ever frighten me again!
Callum: Alright. Well, youd better be good then!
Yob
Callum: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. My name is Callum Robertson.
Li: 大家好我是楊莉。
Men: Come ere then! Oi! Come on then! Want a fight? Who are ya?!
Li: Callum, 我耳機里聽到的是一片片吵吵鬧鬧要打架的聲音，那都是什么人啊?
Callum: Well, Li, they are yobs.
Li: Yobs?
Callum: Yes, yobs. Yob is our phrase for today. Its an informal word that refers to a man who is loud and rude and possibly rather violent.
Li: I see. Yob 是口語，意思是流氓，暴徒。That sounds like you, Callum.
Callum: What you talking about, sounds like me?! What do you mean? Are you asking for a fight?!
Li: Oh no, no 我不想打架，我可不是你的個! But do you see what I mean? You sound like a yob.
Callum: Erm... well, yes, OK. Sorry about that. Anyway, I chose this word because as many people will know the UK recently experienced some violence on the streets of London and other cities. The word yob was used a great deal at this time.
Li: 你說的沒錯。在前不久英國的暴力騷亂事件中英國媒體多次使用了流氓暴徒這個詞 yob. 下面是選自英國報紙上的一些標題:
UK riots: 11 councils to evict riot yobs.
Ken Clarke blames feral yobs.
600 riot yobs left DNA on windows.
Riot yobs filmed attacking cop cars.
Riot yobs cant hide.
UK riots: young yobs back on streets despite David Camerons pledge.
Li: Im not sure I remember seeing this word yob on the BBC sites.
Callum: Well no. Its a very negative and judgemental word. The BBC tends to avoid this kind of language in its reporting. But this is a piece of British slang that is very common in the UK. We also sometimes use the word yobbo.
Li: Yobbo 也是流氓，暴徒的意思。Hmm, 我想知道這些詞語到底從哪里來的呢?
Callum: Well, interestingly what we have here is an example of backslang. If you read the word yob backwards, what do you get?
Li: Boy. 原來 yob 是男孩兒這個單詞倒過來 Y.O.B., yob.
Callum: Exactly. So, in the past the word yob meant boy. However, now, as I mentioned, it refers to a rude and violent man, often a young man but not always.
Li: 對不起 Callum, 剛才我把你也叫成了無賴了，其實你并不是那樣的人 a yob. 你是一個紳士 you are a gentleman.
Callum: Oh, thanks Li.
Li: 不過我是絕對打不過你的，see how fit and strong you are. So dont you ever frighten me again!
Callum: Alright. Well, youd better be good then!
