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在和亲朋好友聊天时，你会忍不住和对方开个小玩笑来 “lighten the mood（活跃一下气氛）” 吗？那么本期节目中主持人 Beth 和步理使用的表达你可要记好，因为这些表达都能帮助你在和他人开玩笑时向对方揭晓 “其实我在跟你开玩笑呢”。

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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。）

Buli
大家好，欢迎收听 BBC 英语教学的 “你问我答” 节目。We are here to answer your questions about English language, culture and life. I'm Buli, and I'm with Beth who is here to help me answer this week's question.

Beth
Hi, Buli. How are you doing?

Buli
Not bad, actually. Thank you. So, let's hear the question.

Question
Hi, could you share some more expressions we can use to tell people that 'I was just kidding' or 'I'm just teasing you'? I usually say 'I was just joking', but lately I heard my British friend say 'I was just winding you up' and found that expression quite interesting itself.

Buli
这位听众想知道，在和朋友互相开玩笑时可以怎么告诉对方 “我在和你开玩笑”。

Beth
Right. Ready to wind each other up, Buli? Buli? Are you listening?

Buli
No. Nah, I'm just trying to wind you up!

Beth
Well, it's working! We'll look at some different ways of saying you're teasing or joking. Let's get started.

Buli
I wanted to ask about your outfit, Beth. I had no idea traffic cones were fashionable these days.

Beth
Traffic cones?! I guess my jumper is quite orange…

Buli
Nah, I'm only messing with you. It's bright and colourful. I actually quite like it.

Beth
Oh, thank you. Speaking of colourful, I tried one of those rainbow biscuits you brought into the office this morning. I'm actually feeling a bit sick now. I might need to go home soon.

Buli
Oh no! Really? I thought they were nice…

Beth
Ha! I'm only pulling your leg. They were pretty good, actually.

Buli
Phew, you worried me there.

Beth
Sorry, I couldn't resist. Just having a bit of fun.

Buli
你正在收听的是 BBC 英语教学制作的 “你问我答” 节目。刚刚我和 Beth 互相开了几个小玩笑，并且使用了几个可以用来告诉对方 “其实我在开玩笑” 或者 “我就是在逗你玩” 的表达，比如，“winding someone up”。

在英语中，人们和朋友互相打趣、开玩笑的时候常会用这些表达来告诉对方 “我就是在逗你玩呢”。It's also really common to use the words 'just' and 'only' with a lot of these expressions.

Beth
Yes. You could say 'I'm only messing around' or 'I'm just messing around'. And with this expression, we can also remove the word 'around' to shorten it.

Buli
没错。有时，人们也会用 “fooling around” 来表达和 “messing around” 相同的含义，它们的意思都是 “胡闹，瞎搞”。

Beth
And in American English, people say 'goofing around', which means the same thing – to be joking and teasing.

Buli
Beth，你之前跟我说我的饼干让你吃着觉得恶心，但又说你只是在 “pulling my leg”，这个表达也很有意思。“Pulling someone's leg” 的字面意思是 “拽某人的腿”，但它其实指的是 “在跟一个人开玩笑”。类似的表达还有 “I was only playing” 和 “I was just having a laugh”。

Beth
Yes. And we can say 'I was just having a bit of fun', which means the same.

Buli
Finally, you said 'I couldn't resist'. We say this when we have a strong temptation to do or say something. 在和朋友开玩笑时，我们还可以用 “I couldn't resist” 来友好并真诚地向对方表示 “这个笑话太明显了，我实在是忍不住用它来捉弄你一下”。

By the way, did you brush your hair this morning? Because it looks a bit…

Beth
What? Of course I did!

Buli
Ha-ha. Sorry, I couldn't resist – it looks great.

Beth
Remember, if you have a question that you'd like us to answer, you can email us at: questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk

Buli
你还可以通过微博向我们提问。我们的微博账号是 “BBC英语教学”。Bye!

Beth
Bye!