Learn English Vocabulary Daily #14.5 — British English Podcast

Hello, and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast, my name is

您好，欢迎来到像母语一样的英语播客，我的名字是

Anna and you're listening to Week 14, Day 5 of Your English Five a Day.

安娜，您正在收听《每日五英语》第 14 周第 5 天。

This is a series that aims to increase your active vocabulary by deep

该系列旨在

diving into five pieces every day of the week from Monday to Friday.

通过周一至周五每天深入研究五篇文章来增加您的活跃词汇量。

Now let's kick off today's list with the noun hangover.

现在让我们从名词宿醉开始今天的清单。

Hangover.

宿醉。

Hangover is spelt H A N G O V E R.

宿醉的拼写为HANGOVE R。

Hangover.

宿醉。

Now a hangover is a horrible thing.

现在宿醉是一件可怕的事情。

It's the feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol.

这是喝了太多酒后生病的感觉。

So, it's normally what you experience the morning after the night before,

所以，这通常是你在前一天晚上之后的早晨所经历的，

when you've been to a crazy party and drank a lot of alcohol, you wake up

当你参加了一个疯狂的聚会并喝了很多酒时，你

in the morning, you might feel sick, your eyes might hurt, you possibly

早上醒来，你可能会感到恶心，你的眼睛可能会受伤，你可能

have a headache, and yeah, you do not have any energy to get out of bed.

有头痛，是的，你没有任何精力起床。

It's awful.

太糟糕了。

I sound like I'm speaking from experience.

我听起来像是在根据经验说话。

I have experienced hangovers in the past.

我过去经历过宿醉。

It's not something I experience anymore because I don't really drink anymore.

我不再经历这种事了，因为我不再喝酒了。

Only on very special occasions will I have a little tipple of

只有在非常特殊的场合我才会喝一点

something, but not these days.

东西，但现在不会。

When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I would push the boat

当我十几岁和二十岁出头的时候，我会把船推出

out and go crazy and have a bit too much to drink, but I'm sensible now.

去，发疯，喝得太多，但现在我懂事了。

I've matured.

我已经成熟了。

Okay, here's another example sentence.

好的，这是另一个例句。

" I can't remember the last time I had a serious hangover.

“我不记得上次严重宿醉是什么时候了。

I just can't cope with those late nights out anymore!"

我再也无法忍受那些深夜外出了！”

Next on our list is an idiom.

我们列表中的下一个是一个习语。

And it's to paint the town red.

要把这座小镇漆成红色。

To paint the town red.

把小镇漆成红色。

Let me spell that in case you're mishearing me.

让我拼写一下，以防你听错了。

Paint, P A I N T, paint.

油漆，油漆，油漆。

The, T H E town, T O W N.

该镇，TOW N。

Red, R E D.

红色，RE D。

Paint the town red.

将城镇涂成红色。

To paint the town red refers to going out and enjoying yourself by

把小镇涂成红色，指的是出去

drinking alcohol, dancing, and just having a good time with your friends.

喝酒、跳舞、与朋友一起享受欢乐时光。

Here's an example sentence.

这是一个例句。

"Hey, I'm ready to paint the town red with a few of my closest friends."

“嘿，我已经准备好和我最亲密的几个朋友一起把这个小镇涂成红色了。”

So, if I heard someone say that to me, then I know they're

所以，如果我听到有人对我这么说，那么我就知道他们要

going to go out and party.

出去参加聚会。

They're going to paint the town red.

他们要把这座城镇漆成红色。

Next on our list is another idiom, and it is to fall off the

我们列表中的下一个是另一个习语，它是从马车上摔下来

wagon, to fall off the wagon.

，从马车上摔下来。

We spell this F A L L, fall.

我们拼写这个“FALL”，秋天。

Off, O F F.

Off，OF F.

The, T H E.

The，TH E.

Wagon, W A G O N.

Wagon，WAGO N.

Fall off the wagon.

从马车上摔下来。

To fall off the wagon is to start drinking alcohol after a period

戒酒是指在一段时间

when you have not drunk any alcohol.

没有喝酒后开始喝酒。

So, if you decide,

所以，如果你决定

"I need to stop drinking."

“我需要戒酒”。

Maybe it's becoming a problem.

也许这正在成为一个问题。

And so you decide to abstain, to stop drinking alcohol.

所以你决定戒酒，停止饮酒。

And for a good period of time, you manage to keep to this promise of abstinence.

在很长一段时间内，你都设法遵守禁欲的诺言。

But then, one night at a party, you just can't resist.

但有一天晚上，在一场聚会上，你就无法抗拒。

And you buy yourself a glass of wine or a shot of tequila or whatever

你给自己买一杯葡萄酒或一杯龙舌兰酒或任何

your drink is and you drink it.

你想喝的饮料，然后喝掉它。

Then you have fallen off the wagon.

那么你就从马车上掉下来了。

And you have to get back on the wagon if you want to live a long and healthy life.

如果你想健康长寿，就必须重新上路。

Okay, here's an example.

好的，这是一个例子。

"When June's husband died, she fell off the wagon."

“当琼的丈夫去世后，她就从马车上摔下来了。”

Okay, our next word on the list is an adverb and it is reluctantly, reluctantly.

好的，列表中的下一个单词是副词，它是勉强地、勉强地。

Reluctantly is spelled R E L U C T A N T L Y.

不情愿地拼写为RELUCTANTL Y。

Reluctantly.

不情愿地。

Reluctantly.

勉强。

Reluctantly is to do something in a way that shows you are not willing to do it.

不情愿是以一种表明你不愿意做的方式做某事。

And so maybe you do it in a slow and unenthusiastic way.

所以也许你会以一种缓慢且缺乏热情的方式来做这件事。

So, it's not something you want to do, but you're doing it possibly

所以，这不是你想做的事情，但你这样做可能是

because you have to, because you are obliged to, or because you need to.

因为你必须这样做，因为你有义务这样做，或者因为你需要这样做。

Sometimes you have to take medicine that tastes horrible or makes you feel

有时您必须服用味道难闻或让您感觉

bad, but you know that it's necessary to beat the bug that you're experiencing.

不舒服的药物，但您知道有必要战胜您正在经历的病菌。

Or sometimes you might need to help out a family member or a friend

或者有时您可能需要在经济上帮助家人或朋友

financially, even though you know that your help will probably be misused.

，即使您知道您的帮助可能会被滥用。

So, if you have a friend who's very bad with money and they get themselves

所以，如果你有一个非常不擅长用钱的朋友，他们让自己

into terrible debt and you've helped them before and they use the money

陷入了巨额债务，而你以前帮助过他们，但他们滥用了这笔钱

badly and they've asked you again for help and you know that they're

，他们再次向你寻求帮助，你知道他们

probably going to use the money for something other than their debt.

可能会离开将这笔钱用于债务以外的其他用途。

Maybe they'll go out on a night out and waste it all on booze.

也许他们会出去过夜，把所有的时间都浪费在喝酒上。

But you give them the money anyway and you do so reluctantly.

但无论如何你还是给了他们钱，而且你是不情愿的。

So, you don't want to, but you feel like you have to.

所以，你不想这样做，但你觉得你必须这样做。

Here's another example.

这是另一个例子。

"Janice has reluctantly agreed to step down as managing director

“贾妮丝 在担任 董事总经理 25 年后，不情愿地同意辞去董事总经理职务

after being there for 25 years."

。”

Alright, last on our list is the adjective swanky.

好吧，我们名单上的最后一个是形容词“swanky”。

Swanky.

时髦。

I love this word.

我喜欢这个词。

So, we spell this S W A N K Y.

所以，我们把这个拼写为 SWANK Y.

Swanky.

Swanky。

If something is described as being swanky, then it's very expensive and fashionable,

如果某样东西被描述为时髦，那么它就非常昂贵和时尚，

or in a way that's intended to attract people's attention and admiration.

或者以某种方式旨在吸引人们的注意力和钦佩。

So, we often refer to swanky restaurants or swanky hotels.

因此，我们经常提到时髦的餐厅或时髦的酒店。

A swanky bar.

一家时髦的酒吧。

A place that is fashionable and cool and expensive.

一个时尚、酷炫、昂贵的地方。

There're lots of swanky restaurants in London, for example.

例如，伦敦有很多时髦的餐馆。

Here's an example.

这是一个例子。

"I've booked us a room in that swanky new hotel for the weekend.

“我已经在那家时髦的新酒店预订了周末的房间。

I can't wait to be pampered."

我迫不及待地想得到宠爱。”

Okay, that's our five for today.

好的，这就是我们今天的五个。

Let's do a quick recap.

让我们快速回顾一下。

We started with the noun hangover.

我们从名词宿醉开始。

Hangover, which is that awful ill feeling that you have the morning

宿醉，是指你在

after drinking too much alcohol.

喝了太多酒后的第二天早上有一种可怕的不适感觉。

Then we have the idiom paint the town red, which is when you go out and party.

然后我们有成语把城镇漆成红色，意思是当你出去聚会的时候。

You enjoy yourself, dancing and laughing with friends.

你很享受与朋友一起跳舞和欢笑。

Then we had the idiom fall off the wagon, which is when you give in to

然后我们就有了这个成语“fall off the wagon”，意思是当你屈服于

temptation and you start drinking again after a period of stopping.

诱惑，在停止喝酒一段时间后又开始喝酒。

We moved on to the adverb reluctantly, which is to do something that

我们继续讨论副词不情愿地，即做一些

you don't really want to do.

你并不真正想做的事情。

Then we had the adjective swanky.

然后我们有了形容词“swanky”。

Which is a way of describing a place, which is a very fashionable and expensive.

这是描述一个地方的方式，这是一个非常时尚和昂贵的地方。

Or it could be not just a place but an item.

或者它可能不仅仅是一个地方，而是一个物品。

It could be a swanky bag.

它可能是一个时髦的包。

You could have quite a fashionable and expensive bag or a swanky coat.

您可以拥有一个非常时尚且昂贵的包或一件时髦的外套。

You could describe a person as being quite swanky if they always dress and

如果一个人的穿着和

behave in a way that's quite cool and they dress in an expensive way and

行为总是很酷，而且穿着很昂贵，并且

they try to get people's attention.

试图引起人们的注意，那么你可以形容一个人非常时髦。

Now let's do it for pronunciation.

现在我们来练习发音。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Hangover.

宿醉。

Hangover.

宿醉。

Paint the town red.

大事狂欢。

Paint the town red.

大事狂欢。

Fall off the wagon.

从马车上掉下来。

Fall off the wagon.

从马车上掉下来。

Reluctantly.

勉强。

Reluctantly.

勉强。

Swanky.

时髦。

Swanky.

时髦。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Now a quick quiz for you.

现在给你一个快速测验。

If I do something that I don't really want to do, how will I do it?

如果我做了一些我并不真正想做的事情，我该怎么做？

Reluctantly, of course.

当然，很不情愿。

And what idiom can I use to describe going out on a night out

我可以用什么成语来形容晚上出去

and having fun with my friends?

和朋友一起玩呢？

Paint the town red.

大事狂欢。

Yes, that's what I'm going to do.

是的，这就是我要做的。

Absolutely.

绝对地。

Now, if I've had trouble with drinking too much alcohol and I decide I'm never

现在，如果我因为喝太多酒而遇到麻烦，并且决定不再

going to drink alcohol again, and for three months I stick to it and I never

喝酒，并且三个月内我坚持喝酒并且从不

drink alcohol, but then I go to a party and someone insists that I have a drink.

喝酒，但后来我去参加聚会，有人坚持要喝酒我要喝一杯。

And I finally have my first drink in three months.

我终于喝到了三个月来的第一杯酒。

What have I just done?

我刚刚做了什么？

What idiom would we use?

我们会使用什么习语？

Fall off the wagon.

从马车上掉下来。

And if I go to a very expensive and very fashionable restaurant

如果我去

in the centre of London, how could I describe that restaurant?

伦敦市中心一家非常昂贵且非常时尚的餐厅，我该如何描述那家餐厅？

Swanky!

时髦！

Yes, fantastic.

是的，太棒了。

Alright, let's move on and put these all together in a little story.

好吧，让我们继续将这些内容放在一个小故事中。

Dear Diary,

亲爱的日记，

Ugh!

呃！

Whose idea was it to paint the town red last night?

昨晚谁想把小镇漆成红色？

It was only supposed to be a couple of drinks and a bite to eat after work.

本来应该只是下班后喝几杯酒和吃点东西。

Mandy and I were making our way home when she suddenly said,

曼迪和我在回家的路上，她突然说：

"Why don't we try the new wine bar?

“我们为什么不试试新开的酒吧呢？

I've heard it's really good.

我听说它非常好。

We'll only have one drink, I promise."

我保证我们只喝一杯。”

Reluctantly, I agreed.

无奈之下，我同意了。

I haven't had an alcoholic drink for over a month so I really wanted to be careful.

我已经一个多月没有喝酒了，所以我真的要小心。

The last thing I want is to fall off the wagon, again.

我最不想做的就是再次从马车上掉下来。

In we went, the tables were made of large wine barrels and decorated with

我们去的时候，桌子是用大酒桶做的，上面装饰着

fairy lights in bottles, the stools were a mix of leather and chrome, grape

瓶子里的仙女灯，凳子是皮革和铬合金制成的，葡萄藤

vines hung lazily from the ceiling, and there was a pianist playing

懒洋洋地挂在天花板上，还有一位钢琴家在演奏

chill-out jazz music in the far corner.

远处角落传来令人放松的爵士乐。

The atmosphere was so laid back and Mediterranean feeling.

气氛是如此悠闲和地中海的感觉。

As promised, we only had the one drink, but as we left this swanky new venue, we

正如所承诺的，我们只喝了一杯，但当我们离开这个时髦的新场所时，我们

bumped into some old university mates.

遇到了一些老大学同学。

They all insisted we go clubbing and re-live our younger years.

他们都坚持让我们去泡吧，重温我们的年轻时光。

The next thing I know, we're queuing up outside 'Subtone', a 3-level nightclub

接下来我知道，我们在“Subtone”外面排队，这是一家三层夜总会，

with different music on each floor.

每层都有不同的音乐。

Being a Thursday night, I thought it might be fairly quiet.

由于是周四晚上，我想可能会相当安静。

Ugh, how wrong I was.

呃，我错了。

It turned out it was 3 for 2 on all vodka, gin, and sambuca shots.

事实证明，所有伏特加、杜松子酒和桑布卡酒都是 3 比 2。

This is where the rest of the night became a total blur!

至此，整个夜晚都变得一片模糊！

I don't know how I got home, but I've woken up with the worst hangover ever.

我不知道我是怎么回到家的，但我是在最严重的宿醉中醒来的。

And have promised myself never to listen to Mandy again!

并且向自己保证再也不会听Mandy的歌了！

And that brings us to the end of Week 14.

第 14 周即将结束。

Thank you so much for listening.

非常感谢您的收听。

If you have enjoyed it, then please do show your appreciation by giving

如果您喜欢它，请给

this a like rating or review.

它一个喜欢的评级或评论来表达您的欣赏。

This kind of interaction really helps this podcast to grow and be found by other

这种互动确实有助于该播客的发展并被其他

people who want to improve their English.

想要提高英语水平的人发现。

Until tomorrow, take very good care and goodbye.

直到明天，好好照顾并再见。