Neil, tell me about your first ever job.

尼尔，和我说说你的第一份工作吧。

I worked in a supermarket stacking shelves when I was sixteen.

我16岁的时候在超市整理货架。

How was it?

工作怎么样？

It was quite boring: just moving things from one place to another. But I was very happy when I got my first week's pay.

工作非常无聊：就是把货物从一个架子搬到另一个架子上去。但是我拿到第一周的薪水时非常高兴。

And how long did you stay in your first job?

你第一份工作干了多长时间？

Not very long: about three months during the summer holiday.

不是很长，大概在暑假期间做了三个月的时间。

If I'd stayed there any longer, I would have gone potty.

如果我在那里待的时间再长一些，那我可能会疯掉。

What? Potty? Did you have to get permission to use the toilet?

什么？上厕所？你用厕所还要经过允许吗？

Oh no, nothing like that. Nobody needed permission to go to the toilet.

不是，不是这样。不会有人上厕所还要经过允许的。

Well, you said you would have gone potty. My baby son has to be reminded about his potty every day.

可是你刚才说你要上厕所。我每天都要提醒我的小儿子上厕所。

No, they are two very different things.

不是，这是两回事。

If someone is potty or is going potty, that means they are crazy or going crazy.

如果说某人potty或是go potty，意思是他们可能会发疯。

Here are a few examples:

下面是例句：

My boss wants me to work on New Year’s day for no extra money. He must be potty.

我的老板希望我在新年那天工作，而且没有加班费。他一定是疯了。

She’s potty to sell off her car so cheaply.

她要以这么便宜的价格卖掉她的车，她一定是疯了。

There is another meaning to ‘potty’.

potty还有另一个意思。

If someone is really keen on something we can use the phrase ‘to be potty about something’.

如果某人非常热衷于某事，我们可以用be potty about something这个词组。

For example, I really like Japanese comic books, so I’m potty about them.

举例来说，我非常喜欢日本漫画，我对日本漫画很着迷。

I see. I’m potty about miniature owls: I've got nearly one hundred of them at home.

我明白了。我对猫头鹰模型很着迷：我家里有近百个猫头鹰模型。

Well, I am glad we cleared up the meaning of that.

我很高兴我们解释清楚了这个词的意义。

It wouldn't do us any good if people heard us arguing over potties.

如果人们听到我们就便盆争论，对我们可没什么好处。

Oh no. They’d think we've gone potty.

哦不。他们会以为我们要上厕所。

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