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应该怎样用英语表达一件事情 “做起来没什么难的，非常简单”？对主持人 Neil 来说，操作录音设备这件事好像没那么简单。听对话，学习 “地道英语” 表达 “there’s nothing to it” 的含义和用法。

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Jiaying
大家好，欢迎收听 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目，我是佳莹。

Neil
… and me, Neil. Now, Jiaying, could you remind me how to record our voices on this machine, please?

Jiaying
Sure – there’s nothing to it! Open the microphone here… No, this microphone! Then set the volume there... Open the computer screen here…. Click there and then click there and then, see that ‘record’ button? Just press that – there’s nothing to it!

Neil
Jiaying, you keep saying ‘there’s nothing to it’ – do you mean ‘it’s complicated’?!

Jiaying
不是啦！刚好相反！“There’s nothing to it” 的意思是 “很简单，很容易做”。所以，Neil，录制这个节目一点都不复杂。And if you press that button there, we can hear some examples.

Neil
This one?

Jiaying
No! This one…

Examples
Making the pancakes is easy. There’s nothing to it – just add milk, eggs and flour!

There was nothing to it – all he had to do was collect the documents and deliver them to the office. Unfortunately, he got lost.

All you have to do is push this button and the coffee comes out here. There’s really nothing to it.

Jiaying
你正在收听的是 BBC英语教学的 “地道英语” 节目。我们介绍的表达 “there’s nothing to it”，意思是 “某件事情做起来不难，很简单，很容易”。Neil，你现在懂了吧？我们可以继续了吗？

Neil
Yep, I think I’ve got it now – it’s easy peasy!

Jiaying
Good. So, next time you can work the studio and record the programme.

Neil
Absolutely. There’s nothing to it – just open that, click on that, press that…

Jiaying
No, no! Don’t press that…

Neil
Oh.

Jiaying
That was the ‘delete’ button. We’ll have to start again now.

Neil
Sorry! OK, what does ‘there’s nothing to it’ mean?

Jiaying
Bye, Neil!

Neil
Bye.