摘要：You've been looking at the headlines, Georgie. What's the vocabulary people need to understand this story?

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【原文】

Meat banned in new South Korean law

韩国新法律禁止食用狗肉

This is News Review from BBC Learning English, where we help you understand news headlines in English.

这里是BBC英语学习的新闻回顾，我们帮助您理解英文新闻标题。

I'm Neal.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Georgie.

我是乔治。

Now, the story

现在，故事开始

South Korea has passed a law banning the killing and sale of dogs for their meat.

韩国通过了一项法律，禁止屠宰和出售狗肉。

dog meat isn't as popular as it used to be in the country. Research shows that only 1 in 5 people are in favor of eating it.

狗肉在韩国不像过去那么受欢迎。研究表明，只有五分之一的人赞成吃狗肉。

The new law comes into effect in 2027, which gives farmers and restaurant owners three years to adjust to the change.

这项新法律将于2027年生效，这给了农民和餐馆老板三年时间来适应这一变化。

You've been looking at the headlines, Georgie. What's the vocabulary people need to understand this story?

乔治，你一直在关注头条新闻。人们需要学习哪些与这个故事相关的词汇？

We have "history in the making," "off the menu," and "overjoyed."

我们要学习“history in the making”、“off the menu”和“overjoyed”。

Let's have a look at our first headline

我们来看第一个标题

This one's from LBC:

这则新闻来自LBC：

"It's history in the making. South Korea passes law banning centuries-old dog meat industry."
“这正在创造历史。韩国通过法律，禁止了流传了数百年的狗肉产业。”

So this headline is about a new law in South Korea, which bans an industry that has been around for centuries.
所以这个标题是关于韩国的一项新法律，该法律禁止了一个已经存在了几个世纪的行业。

But we are looking at the expression "history in the making."
但我们要关注的是短语“history in the making”。

Georgie, it contains the word "history," which makes me think of things that happened a long time ago in the past. But this story is about now. So what's happening?
乔治，这个短语中有“history（历史）”一词，这让我想到过去很久以前发生的事情。但这个故事是关于现在的。这里发生了什么？

Yes, so we use "history in the making" to describe big, important events that are likely to become history or something significant that we're all going to remember in the future.
是的，我们用“history in the making”来描述可能会载入史册的重要大事件，或者我们将来都会铭记的重大事件。

So here, because the dog meat industry has been around for so long — for centuries — this new law is a big moment for the history books. It's history in the making.
因此，由于狗肉产业已经存在了几个世纪，这项新法律对于历史书来说是一个重要的时刻。它正在创造历史。

Are there any other ways we can describe this kind of big, important event, Neal?
尼尔，我们还有其他方式可以描述这种重要的大事件吗？

Yes. So, in news headlines, we often see words like "historic" or "history-making."
是的。在新闻标题中，我们经常看到“historic（历史性的）”或“history-making（创造历史的）”这样的词语。

How do we use them?
我们如何使用这些词？

Yes, well, those words are both adjectives, which have very similar meanings. So you can say:
是的，这两个词都是形容词，意思非常相似。你可以这样说：

Let’s have our next headline

我们来看下一个标题

This one's from Al Jazeera:

这则新闻来自

半岛电视台：

"South Korea takes dog meat off the menu."
“韩国将狗肉从菜单上移除。”

In this headline, we are looking at the expression "off the menu," and in this case, it’s literal.
在这个标题中，我们要关注短语“off the menu”，在这里它是字面意思。

This new law has come in, and it means that restaurants will have to take dog meat off their menu — to remove it — otherwise, they’ll get in trouble with the law and could even go to jail.
这项新法律的实施意味着，餐馆必须将狗肉从菜单中移除，否则将触犯法律，甚至可能会入狱。

But I think, probably, Georgie, there’s another meaning as well.
不过，我想，可能还有另一种含义，对吗，乔治？

Yes, you’re right. Here it’s used literally — dog meat won’t be on the menu in restaurants.
是的，你说得对。在这里，它是字面意思——狗肉不会出现在餐馆的菜单上。

But we can also use "off the menu" in a metaphorical way to say that something is not an option.
但我们也可以用“off the menu”来隐喻地表示某事不在选项之内。

Let’s have a look at our next headline

我们来看下一个标题

This one’s from Investors Observer:
这则新闻来自《投资者观察报》：

"South Korea bans the dog meat industry with historic vote at National Assembly as animal campaigners overjoyed."
“韩国国民议会通过具有历史意义的投票，禁止狗肉产业，动物保护者欣喜若狂。”

This headline talks about the reactions of animal rights campaigners, who have described the dog meat industry as cruel.
这则标题谈到了动物权利活动家的反应，他们形容狗肉产业是残酷的。

The word we’re looking at is "overjoyed."
我们要关注的词是“overjoyed（欣喜若狂）”。

Now, Georgie, if we look inside this word, we can find two parts that help us understand the sense.
乔治，如果我们分解这个词，我们会发现两个部分，这有助于我们理解其含义。

Yes, we have "over" and "joyed."
是的，我们有“over”和“joyed”两个部分。

The first part, "over," can mean "more than."
第一部分“over”可以表示“超过、过分”。

And "joyed" is another word for "happiness."
“joyed”是“快乐”的另一种说法。

So, "overjoyed" means "more than happy" — or "very" or "extremely happy."
所以，“overjoyed”表示“极度高兴”，即“非常高兴”或“极其快乐”。

The animal campaigners in this story are very happy about the new law.
这个故事中的动物活动家对这项新法律感到非常高兴。

Yeah, and we have lots of examples in English of words that start with "over," like overjoyed. Can you give us some more examples?
是的，我们在英语中有很多以“over”开头的单词，比如overjoyed。你能再给我们举些例子吗？

Yes, you’ve got overconfident ， which means "very confident," almost "too confident."
是的， 有 overconfident — 意思是“非常自信”，几乎是“过于自信”。

This one sounds a bit negative
听起来有点贬义。

we've also got overpriced, which means that something is "more expensive than it should be."
overpriced — 意思是“价格过高”，比它应有的价格要贵。

Going back to overjoyed, Neil, are there any other words that mean 'very happy'?
回到overjoyed，尼尔，还有其他表示“非常高兴”的单词吗？

Yes, we have thrilled. We also have ecstatic
是的，我们有thrilled（兴奋的）,ecstatic（狂喜的）

And there’s a really nice expression — to be on cloud nine.
还有一个非常棒的表达——“to be on cloud nine”（乐上九霄，欣喜若狂）。

Let’s look at that again.
让我们再看一遍。

We’ve had:
我们学习了：

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表示法律或规定禁止某事的进行或存在。

【~ sb from sth/from doing sth】to order sb not to do sth, go somewhere, etc., especially officially禁止（某人）做某事（或去某处等）

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用来比较现在和过去的受欢迎程度，表示“现在不如过去...”。

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用于表示比例，表示“每五个中有一个”。

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指法律、政策或规则从某个时间点开始生效。

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指调整自己的状态、行为等以适应新环境、新情况等。

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表示某物已经存在很长时间，或某人经历了很多事。

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表示某事在未来发生的可能性。

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表示某个事件或决定具有重大的历史意义。

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表示不在选项中，无法实现。

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表示因违反规则或冒犯某人而惹上麻烦。

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