The Tired Mum -- LEARN BRITISH ENGLISH

oh well that's a lovely cup of tea

喔,喝杯茶真是太好了

thank you and thanks for coming over i

謝謝你的茶也謝謝你過來

really appreciate it, and no i'm not just

非常感謝

saying that because you had gave me a

不是因為你幫我搬閣樓的箱子我才這樣說

hand with the boxes in the Attic i

genuinely really appreciate having a

我是真的非常謝謝你

little bit of adult conversation I

讓我終於能有機會跟成人對話

feel like I'm going mental

我覺得都快瘋了

if I'm being honest I've had a nightmare

老實說這根本是個噩夢

recently I can't get the babies to go to

小鬼就是怎樣都不睡

sleep, and I'm absolutely shattered you

我真的筋疲力盡

know it if they happen to lie in in the

早上如果他們睡了

morning then the workmen wake me up

換成外面的工人吵得我不能睡

because they're outside making a racket

在外面吵翻天

I can't remember the last time i had

我根本不記得

more than four hours solid sleep i

上一次睡超過四小時是什麼時候的事

overslept

有一次我倒是睡過頭了，本來有個面試

the other day I had a job interview at

nine o'clock and i overslept because i'm

九點要到但我睡過頭

that tired obviously i messed up on that

因為實在太累了，什麼都一團亂

one

haven't had another job interview for

然後就一百年都沒有面試機會

ages anyway I'm sure I'll be fine i just

唉,不過我想應該會慢慢好轉吧

need to take some time out try and

我只需要一些時間好好休息

recharge the batteries

好好充電一下再出發

yeah and I'm sure their kids will start

而且我想孩子們應該很快會開始睡過夜

sleeping through soon enough just one of

小孩就是這樣嘛！對吧？

those things isn't? it's

what babies do, I just, you know, I never

我只是...唉...

expected twins and I never expected that

根本沒想過會是雙胞胎

it would be as hard as it is

也沒想過居然那麼辛苦

sorry don't mean to rain on your parade

抱歉...

我不是故意要一直那麼負面

or anything

congratulations on the promotion it's

對了還沒恭喜你升官咧

really exciting

真的是很棒的消息

yeah oh no text no one of my kids is

等等喔，有簡訊

糟，雙胞胎其中一個病了

sick i'm gonna have to take a raincheck

我們今晚之約要延期了

on tonight I'm

唉

sorry. Hello everyone my name is Anna and

對不起啊

大家好我是Anna,這是English like Native

this is English like a native what

you've just been watching is a monologue

你剛剛看到的是一段獨角戲

so that you can get an idea of natural

幫助你瞭解生活化的英文對話

English speech so i'm going to go

我們現在一起來回顧

through with you some of the things that

I said in that monologue and explain

解釋剛剛對話中的關鍵字跟重點對話

them to you to help you to understand so

幫助你瞭解

I said you gave me a hand with the boxes

我說你幫我(give me a hand)搬閣樓的箱子

in the Attic so to give someone a hand

這邊說到的give someone a hand

is to help them so i might say to you

就是幫一個忙的意思

我可以說：我正在洗車，你可以幫忙嗎？

I'm washing the car could you give me a

hand

so literally bring your hands and help i

從字面上來看：帶上你的雙"手"來幫忙吧

also said I've been having a nightmare

我還說了：這真是個噩夢

is being a nightmare when we say this we

我們這樣說

mean that something has been very

指的是某件事讓我們很驚恐、不悅

unpleasant or very stressful so if you

或是帶給我們很大的壓力

比如說你有一天什麼事都不順

have a day where everything goes wrong

you would say that day was a nightmare i

你就可以說：今天一整天真是一場惡夢

said when the baby's lie in the lion is

我接著說：等孩子們睡著(lie in)

是一個動詞片語，形容睡覺

a phrasal verb which just means to stay

in bed longer than normal so most people

而且是比平常還久的時間

一般週休二日的人

who were from monday to friday will have

a line on saturday and sunday because

週末可以睡久一點(have a lie in)

they don't have an alarm to wake them up

鬧鐘可以不用設定那麼早

I talked about the workmen who were

我還提到工人

making a racket now they're not

製造出很大的噪音(making a racket)

literally outside stringing up a tennis

並不是字面上球拍的意思

racket or anything like that in this

不是在弄球拍線弄得震天響

context to make a racket is to make a

在這個情境中，make a raquet指的是製造出很大的聲響

lot of noise usually used in the

通常指的是不悅耳的噪音

negative sense i shut up you're making a

「住口，別再製造噪音了！！」

racket i said because i was so tired i

我說我因為太累所以睡過頭(overslept)了

had overslept this means you sleep

這句的意思是說

longer than you intend to

你睡得比你本來預期的還久

so if you want to get up at eight

本來你只打算睡到八點

o'clock but you sleep right through your

但你睡到鬧鐘響都沒聽到

along and actually wake up at nine

一路睡到九點才起床

o'clock then you have over slept very

這樣就叫睡過頭

different to slept over which is to stay

oversleep 與sleep over是不一樣的

sleep over指的是在某人的家中過夜

at somebody's house i use the word ages

我還說大概有一百年(ages)

i said i haven't

something in ages when we use this it

我說我大概有一百年沒這樣做了吧

means a very long time I haven't done it

當然指的是一段很長的時間

in ages

「我大概有一百年都沒這樣做了吧！」

I haven't done it in a very long time I

我很久很久都沒有這樣做過了

said I need some time out to have time

我說我需要喘口氣(need some time out)

意思是說從正在做的事中

out is to have a break away from

whatever it is you're doing and to relax

暫時抽離喘一口氣

and have a relaxing moment in sports you

放鬆一下有個放風的時間

在運動賽事中常可以看見有人做這樣的手勢

might see some people doing this they're

calling for timeout they want the game

他們正在要求暫停

to stop so they can have chance to

他們要球比賽暫時停止，用意則是

recharge rethink change their strategy

充電一下，重新思考策略等等

they're asking for time out so we have

要求暫停 （手勢）

生活有時候也是需要中場休息的

time out in life time to relax away from

暫時脫離日常，放鬆一下

the normal routine i also said because

我還說：因為我小孩生病，所以要改天(raincheck)了

my child was sick i would have to take a

raincheck to take a raincheck means to

to take a raincheck意思是說延期、改期

postpone something was planned until a

本來已經約定好的事

later date

另外改約一天

so to hold it to pause it until a later

先保留、先暫停

time

改天

so if something is booked in for monday

本來約好禮拜一做某事

that's saying you are having a cup of

比如我跟你約好禮拜一要一起喝茶

tea on Monday with booked it is in the

都已經說好了

diary but I can't do it so i'll ask for

但我臨時有事

我就得要跟你改期

a rain check which means we'll still

我還是會跟你見面喝茶，不過就不是在約好的週一了

have a cup of tea but not on Monday

we'll do it on friday instead so we

可能改到禮拜五

總之就是另外約一天

booked it for another time

well I think that covers everything

以上就是全部的關鍵字跟對話囉

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如果對話中還有你不了解的字詞

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