Learn English Vocabulary Daily #19.3 — British English Podcast

Hello, and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.

您好，欢迎来到像母语一样的英语播客。

My name is Anna and you're listening to Week 19, Day 3 of Your English 5 a Day.

我叫安娜，你正在听《英语每日 5 课》第 19 周第 3 天。

This is a series that aims to expand your active vocabulary by

该系列旨在

deep-diving into 5 pieces every day of the week from Monday to Friday.

通过周一至周五每天深入研究 5 篇文章来扩展您的活跃词汇量。

And we start today's list with an adjective and it is overwhelming.

我们以一个形容词开始今天的列表，它是压倒性的。

Overwhelming.

压倒。

This is probably one word that I use on a daily basis.

这可能是我每天都会使用的一个词。

Overwhelming.

压倒。

We spell this O V E R W H E L M I N G.

我们拼写这个 OVERWHELMIN G.

Overwhelming.

压倒性的。

If something is described as being overwhelming, then it's overpowering.

如果某件事被描述为压倒性的，那么它就是压倒性的。

It's very strong and it makes it difficult for you to fight against.

它非常强大，让你很难对抗。

So, for example, if you find your emotions to be overwhelming,

因此，举例来说，如果您发现自己的情绪难以承受，

then you can't fight them back.

那么您就无法反击。

So, your overwhelming sense of dread stops you from focusing or functioning because

所以，你压倒性的恐惧感会阻止你集中注意力或发挥作用，因为

you're just feeling all this dread.

你只是感受到所有这些恐惧。

Sometimes I have occasionally an overwhelming anxiety.

有时我偶尔会感到一种压倒性的焦虑。

I just wake up feeling anxious.

我刚醒来就感到焦虑。

Normally because I'm stressed or I haven't eaten or slept well, and so,

通常，因为我压力很大，或者我没有吃好或睡不好，所以，

I have overwhelming anxiety and I can't function very well because the

我有压倒性的焦虑，我不能很好地工作，因为

anxiety is getting the better of me.

焦虑正在战胜我。

It's overpowering me.

它压倒了我。

It's very strong.

它非常强大。

Sometimes, even though I try not to eat after 6:00, 6:30 in the evening,

有时，尽管我尽量在晚上6:00、6:30之后不吃东西，但

sometimes I have an overwhelming desire to eat just before going to bed.

有时在睡觉前我还是非常想吃东西。

I just feel so hungry.

我只是觉得好饿。

And the hunger is overwhelming, so I'm like, I've got to go to the kitchen.

饥饿是压倒性的，所以我想，我必须去厨房。

I've got to raid the kitchen and eat right now.

我现在得去厨房吃饭。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"I had an overwhelming feeling of love when my daughter was born, it was

“当我女儿出生时，我有一种压倒性的爱的感觉，这是

like nothing I've ever felt before."

我以前从未有过的感觉。”

Okay, next on the list is an adverb, and it is randomly, randomly.

好的，列表中的下一个是副词，它是随机的，随机的。

Randomly is spelt R A N D O M L Y, randomly.

随机拼写为 RA NDOMLY，随机。

If something is done randomly, then it is done in an unexpected way or without

如果某件事是随机做的，那么它是以意想不到的方式做的，或者没有

any reason or necessarily any cause.

任何原因或必然有任何原因。

Here's a good example.

这是一个很好的例子。

The other day I put my phone down on a shelf at the foot of my bed

有一天，我把手机放在床脚的架子上

and I got into bed to go to sleep.

，然后上床睡觉。

And in the middle of the night, I was woken up by my phone randomly flying

半夜，我被手机

off the shelf and landing on the floor.

从架子上随机飞落到地板上吵醒。

There was no cause or no apparent cause.

没有原因或没有明显的原因。

There was no reason for my phone to have suddenly launched itself off the shelf.

我的手机没有理由突然下架。

I was quite spooked by it, actually.

事实上，我对此感到非常害怕。

I was thinking,

"Oh no, there's a poltergeist in here.

我在想，

“哦，不，这里有一个恶作剧者。

There's a ghost!"

有一个鬼魂！”

So, it's having a go at me.

所以，它正在对我发起攻击。

Something is going on.

有事发生了。

There was no reason that I could find for this phone to throw itself on the floor.

我找不到任何理由让这款手机掉到地板上。

Anyway, that was a random thing that happened.

无论如何，这是一件偶然发生的事情。

It happened so randomly.

事情发生得如此偶然。

Sometimes people approach you randomly and just start talking to you in the streets.

有时人们会随机接近您并开始在街上与您交谈。

That can be a little bit unnerving, can't it?

这可能有点令人不安，不是吗？

Someone just comes over and says,

有人走过来说：

"Hey, how are you doing?"

“嘿，你好吗？”

"Uhh, good, thanks.

“呃，好的，谢谢。

How are you?"

你好吗？”

Or sometimes you just randomly start thinking about something

或者有时你只是无缘无故地随机开始思考某事

or someone for no reason.

或某人。

They just pop into your head.

它们就会突然出现在你的脑海中。

Weird.

诡异的。

Anyway, here's the example sentence,

无论如何，这是例句，

I thought my presentation was going down well until the audience randomly started

我以为我的演讲进展顺利，直到观众随机开始

shouting at me to get off the stage."

对我大喊大叫，让我下台。”

Next on the list is a noun and it is plight, plight.

列表中的下一个是一个名词，它是 plight，plight。

We spell this P L I G H T.

我们拼写这个 PLIGH T。

Plight, plight.

困境，困境。

Plight describes a serious, difficult, or sad position to be in.

困境描述了一种严重的、困难的或悲伤的处境。

So we often talk about someone's plight, their unfortunate and unpleasant situation

所以我们经常谈论某人的困境，

that they're having to deal with.

他们必须处理的不幸和不愉快的情况。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"Because he was homeless and had no money, Bryan's plight

“因为他无家可归”而且没有钱，布莱恩的困境

was a sad and shameful one."

是令人悲伤和可耻的。”

Okay, moving on to an idiom that I think every English learner is introduced to

好吧，继续讲一个习语，我认为每个英语学习者都会

at some point or another, and I just felt it needed to be on the Five a Day.

在某个时候接触到这个习语，我只是觉得它需要出现在“一天五”中.

Just so that we continue to spread this idiom around the

只是为了让我们继续在世界各地传播这个习语，

world so that it never dies.

使其永不消亡。

And maybe we'll bring it back into conversational English once again.

也许我们会再次将其带回英语会话中。

It is the idiom, raining cats and dogs.

这就是习语，raining cats and dogs。

Something that is often taught, hardly ever spoken.

经常教的东西，很难曾经说过。

Sometimes it appears in poetry and creative literature, but rarely have

有时它出现在诗歌和创作文学中，但我很少

I seen it, or heard it rather, spoken.

看到它，或者更确切地说，听到它被说出来。

It's a funny one.

这很有趣。

It's such a well-known phrase, such a well-known phrase and so underutilised.

这是一个如此众所周知的短语，如此众所周知的短语，却未被充分利用。

So, let's start using it again.

那么，让我们再次开始使用它。

Let's make it a mission to bring raining cats and dogs back

让我们以让倾盆大雨重新回归

into conversational English.

英语会话为己任。

I am going to start using it.

我要开始使用它了。

There we go.

我们开始吧。

That's my mission.

这就是我的使命。

So, this idiom means that it's raining very heavily.

所以，这个成语的意思是雨下得很大。

It's raining cats and dogs.

天下着倾盆大雨。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"There's no way I'm going out on my bike today, it's raining

“今天我不可能骑自行车出去，

cats and dogs out there!"

外面下着倾盆大雨！”

Okay, on to our last word for today, this is an adjective

好的，今天的最后一个词是，这是一个形容词

and it is estranged, estranged.

，它是疏远的，疏远的。

We spell this E S T R A N G E D, estranged.

我们拼写这个 ESTR ANGED，疏远。

If you are described as being estranged, then you're no longer

如果您被描述为疏远，那么您就不再

in contact with someone anymore.

与某人联系。

So, if you have an estranged wife, or an estranged brother, then you're

所以，如果你有一个分居的妻子，或者一个分居的兄弟，那么你就

not in contact with them anymore.

不再与他们联系了。

And it's usually because of a difficult situation.

这通常是因为处境困难。

Maybe you had a fallout or something bad happened between

也许你们之间发生了争执，或者发生了一些不好的事情

you and you no longer talk.

，然后你们就不再说话了。

Okay.

好的。

I don't think I have any, um, no, I don't have anyone estranged in my life,

我不认为我有任何，嗯，不，我的生活中没有任何疏远的人，

not family members or close friends.

不是家人或亲密的朋友。 当

Just losing touch with someone is something that naturally happens when

你们有一段时间见不到对方并且没有理由聚在一起时，

you don't see each other for a while and there's no cause for you to come together.

与某人失去联系是很自然的事情

But being estranged from someone is when the relationship is difficult

。 但是，当关系变得困难

or there's been an argument.

或发生争执时，就会与某人疏远。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"My husband was estranged from his father for nearly 15 years, until I

“我的丈夫与他的父亲疏远了近 15 年，直到

brought them back together in 2007.

2007 年我让他们重新聚在一起

What a tearful reunion that was."

。那是一次多么令人泪流满面的团聚啊。”

Alright, so let's recap.

好吧，让我们回顾一下。

We started with the adjective overwhelming, when usually an emotion is

我们从形容词“压倒性”开始，通常情况下，一种情绪是

so powerful you can't fight against it.

如此强大，以至于你无法抗拒。

Then we had an adverb randomly, when something happens in a very

然后我们有一个副词“随机”，当事情以非常

unexpected way, like my phone throwing itself off the shelf, randomly.

意想不到的方式发生时，比如我的手机随机地从架子上掉了下来。

We had the noun, plight, plight, describing a serious, difficult,

我们有名词，困境，困境，描述一个严重的，困难的，

or sad position to be in, your plight, your difficult situation.

或悲伤的处境，你的困境，你的困境。

Then we talked about the idiom, raining cats and dogs, a very well-known phrase

然后我们讨论了成语“raining cats and dogs”，这是一个非常著名的短语

that means that it's raining heavily.

，意思是雨下得很大。

That we are going to all make an effort to bring into common

我们将共同努力

spoken English once again.

再次将英语带入通用口语。

And we finished with the adjective estranged when someone has lost

当某人 由于争论或困难的情况而与其他人

contact with someone else due to an argument or a difficult situation.

失去联系时，我们用形容词 estranged 结束 。

So, let's do this now for pronunciation.

那么，现在我们就来练习发音吧。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Overwhelming.

压倒。

Overwhelming.

压倒。

Randomly.

随机地。

Randomly.

随机地。

Plight.

困境。

Plight.

困境。

Raining cats and dogs.

下着倾盆大雨。

Raining cats and dogs.

下着倾盆大雨。

Estranged.

疏远了。

Estranged.

疏远了。

Fantastic.

极好的。

How would I describe a man who has had an argument with his son and has not

我该如何形容一个与儿子发生争执并且

spoken to him for a very, very long time?

已经很长时间没有和他说话的男人呢？

Estranged.

疏远了。

Yes, he's an estranged father.

是的，他是一个疏远的父亲。

How would you describe very heavy rain, using an idiom?

怎样用一个成语来形容下大雨呢？

It's raining cats and dogs, of course.

当然，天正下着倾盆大雨。

Now, I need to talk about this very difficult position that I find myself in.

现在，我需要谈谈我发现自己所处的这个非常困难的处境。

This is my what?

这就是我的什么？

What noun would I use to describe a sad, difficult, or serious position to be in?

我会用什么名词来形容悲伤、困难或严重的处境？

My plight.

我的困境。

Of course, this is my plight.

当然，这就是我的困境。

And if I'm feeling tearful, and the tears are getting stronger and stronger,

如果我流泪了，而且泪水越来越强烈，

the sadness is building inside me, the emotion is overpowering, what adjective

悲伤在我内心积聚，这种情绪难以抗拒，

could I use to describe this overpowering emotion that I can't fight back against?

我能用什么形容词来形容这种无法抗拒的难以抗拒的情绪呢？

Overwhelming, of course.

当然，压倒性的。

And then, if I start laughing in a really unexpected way, for no reason.

然后，如果我无缘无故地以一种非常意想不到的方式开始笑。

What adverb would you describe my laughing with?

你会用什么副词来形容我的笑声？

I was laughing randomly, wasn't I?

我突然笑了，不是吗？

Very odd.

很奇怪。

Very odd.

很奇怪。

Okay, I hope you did well on that little quiz.

好的，我希望你在那次小测验中取得好成绩。

Don't worry if you didn't.

如果您没有，请不要担心。

Listen out for those words and phrases once again as we bring

当我们将这些单词和短语 放在一个小故事中

them together in a little story.

时，请再次注意 它们。

The Life of Kevin Newman.

凯文·纽曼的一生。

Diary Entry 246.

日记条目 246.

There I was, sitting on a bench at Ludlow train station.

我坐在拉德洛火车站的长凳上。

Nervous and fidgety, constantly glancing at my watch.

紧张又烦躁，不停地看手表。

The sound of a train approaching made me take a deep breath.

火车驶近的声音让我深吸了一口气。

Today is a day that I never thought would come.

今天是我从未想过会到来的一天。

My lifelong plight would finally be over.

我一生的困境终于结束了。

I was adopted at birth and never knew anything about my birth parents, apart

我一出生就被收养了，对我的亲生父母一无所知，除了

from the fact my mother was forced to give me up as she was only 16 and

我母亲因为年仅 16 岁而被迫放弃我，而且

her father threatened to have nothing more to do with her if she kept me.

她父亲威胁说，如果她留下我，就不再与她有任何关系。

It was a constant ache in my heart, not knowing where I

我的心一直很痛，不知道自己从哪里来

came from or who I looked like.

，也不知道自己长得像谁。

But today, after 43 years of being estranged, everything was about to change.

但今天，在疏远了 43 年之后，一切都即将改变。

I've spent years searching, making endless phone calls, posting adverts

我花了数年时间寻找、拨打无数电话、

in papers and on social media.

在报纸和社交媒体上发布广告。

Then, one day last week, as I was watching my youngest boy play hockey,

然后，上周的一天，当我看着我最小的儿子打曲棍球时，

it started raining cats and dogs so I took shelter under the clubhouse canopy.

天开始下倾盆大雨，所以我在俱乐部会所的天篷下避雨。

I was cheering my son on, who was just about to score when a guy randomly walked

我正在为我的儿子加油，他正要得分，这时一个人随机走到

up to me and asked if I was Kevin Newman.

我面前，问我是不是凯文·纽曼。

We got chatting and it turns out this guy, had seen one of my adverts

我们聊天，结果发现这个人

in a local Norfolk newspaper.

在诺福克当地报纸上看到了我的一则广告。

Sam's mother had worked at the hospital where I was born, and she had

萨姆的母亲曾在我出生的医院工作，她

attended my mother during childbirth.

在我母亲分娩时照顾过她。

I couldn't believe my ears.

我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。

The game ended, we won, and Sam went back home to Norfolk.

比赛结束了，我们赢了，萨姆回到了诺福克的家。

He promised to make a few inquiries, so we exchanged numbers.

他答应做一些询问，所以我们交换了电话号码。

Fast forward three weeks, and these people whom I've never met before, are here!

快进三周，这些我以前从未见过的人都在这里！

It's surreal, seeing them for the first time.

这是超现实的，第一次见到他们。

They look like strangers, yet somehow familiar.

他们看似陌生，却又有些熟悉。

I can see glimpses of myself in their faces.

我可以从他们的脸上看到我自己的影子。

I can't even begin to describe the overwhelming emotions I feel right now.

我什至无法描述我现在感受到的压倒性的情绪。

Excitement, nervousness, fear, and hope, all mixed together.

兴奋、紧张、恐惧、希望，全部混合在一起。

I never thought I would have this chance, to get to know the woman who gave

我从来没想过我会有这个机会，去认识那个生下

birth to me, the man I hope I can now call father, to spend time with them.

我的女人，我希望我现在可以称他为父亲的男人，与他们共度时光。

It's a privilege that not many people in my situation get.

这是一种特权，在我这种情况下，没有多少人能获得这种特权。

I'm grateful for this opportunity and I'm determined to make the most of it.

我很感激这个机会，并决心充分利用它。

And that brings us to the end of today's episode.

今天这一集就到此结束了。

I do hope you found it helpful.

我希望您觉得它有帮助。

Until tomorrow, take very good care of yourselves and goodbye.

直到明天，好好照顾自己，再见。