English Listening Practice: Talking about Winter - (The English Like A Native Podcast)

Now, today it is freezing cold.

现在，今天天气寒冷。

Freezing cold.

刺骨的寒冷。

It's interesting because we can say it's cold.

这很有趣，因为我们可以说它很冷。

And we can say it's freezing, but we often put those two together when

我们可以说它很冷，但当 我们想说它很冷 时，我们经常把这两个放在一起

we want to say that it's very cold.

。 我们说天气很冷。

We say it's freezing cold.

实际上，我认为这很有趣，因为

Actually, I think it's interesting because we use the phrase freezing cold

即使它实际上不低于零，

even when it's not actually below zero.

我们也会使用“极寒”一词

When the temperature is above zero, but still quite low,

。 当温度高于零，但仍然很低时，

perhaps it's five degrees.

可能是五度。

Then we might say, oh, it's freezing cold, or I'm freezing cold.

然后我们可能会说，哦，太冷了，或者我太冷了。

I feel freezing cold today.

今天我觉得冷得要命。

So it is just a way of emphasising how cold you think it is, even if it's

所以这只是一种强调你认为它有多冷的方式，即使它不是

not literally freezing temperatures.

真正的冰点温度。

Okay, so that's our first phrase, freezing cold.

好的，这就是我们的第一个短语，freezing cold。

And today it quite literally is freezing cold.

而今天，它真的很冷。

We've had very low temperatures in London in the last week.

上周伦敦的气温非常低。

It's been dipping below zero every day and every night.

它每天和每晚都在下降到零以下。

In fact, it even snowed in London recently.

事实上，最近伦敦甚至下雪了。

Not enough for us to be snowed in, but we did have a little light

还不足以让我们被雪覆盖，但我们确实 在全国范围内

blanket of snow across the country.

覆盖了一层薄薄 的雪。

So there I said there wasn't enough snow for us to be snowed in.

所以我说那里没有足够的雪让我们下雪。

I said, snowed in twice, actually.

我说，实际上下了两次雪。

I said "it snowed in London".

我说“伦敦下雪了”。

And then I used the phrase "to be snowed in".

然后我用了“to be snowed in”这个短语。

Now, the first time I said snowed in, in was the preposition.

现在，我第一次说 snow in 是介词。

I was saying it snowed, where?

我是说下雪了，哪里下雪了？

In London.

在伦敦。

But the second time in was part of the phrasal verb.

但第二次 in 是短语动词的一部分。

Snowed in, snowed in.

下雪了，下雪了。

So, it's not enough snow for us to be snowed in.

所以，雪还不足以让我们下雪。

Now, to be snowed in means that you are trapped in your location because,

现在，下雪意味着你被困在你的位置，因为

there's too much snow for you to go out or go where you need to go.

雪太多了，你无法出去或去你需要去的地方去。

So, I can't travel to work today because I'm snowed in.

所以，我今天不能去上班，因为我被大雪困住了。

The trains are not running.

火车停运了。

My car is stuck on the drive because there is a lot of snow.

因为下大雪，我的车停在了车道上。

Too much snow for me to actually get the car out and

雪太多了，我无法真正把车开出去

drive to work, to be snowed in.

上班，被雪困住了。

I don't think I've ever been seriously snowed in before.

我想我以前从来没有下过大雪。

I've certainly had days rearranged, whether it was work or an event

我当然已经重新安排了日子，无论是工作还是活动都

rearranged, because public transport hasn't been running due to snow or ice,

重新安排了，因为公共交通因冰雪而无法运行，

or in some cases 'leaves on the track'.

或者在某些情况下“轨道上有树叶”。

This is a part of popular culture.

这是流行文化的一部分。

There was criticism one year that some of the trains weren't able to run

有一年有人批评部分火车无法运行，

because there was heavy leaf fall, so the leaves were falling off the trees

因为落叶严重，树叶从树上掉落

and falling onto the train tracks, which was preventing the trains from going.

到铁轨上，导致火车无法行驶。

And so they were saying, "I'm terribly sorry.

所以他们说，“我非常抱歉。

The trains have been cancelled due to leaves on the track", which we all

由于铁轨上有树叶，火车被取消了”，我们都

thought was quite funny really, as much as it was annoying, it was quite funny.

认为这真的很有趣，虽然很烦人，但也很有趣。

It kind of shows that we are not really very good at dealing with weather, even

这表明我们并不是真的很擅长应对天气，即使是

something as simple as falling leaves.

像落叶这样简单的事情。

Anyway.

反正。

Have you ever been seriously snowed in to a point where perhaps you couldn't open

您是否曾经被大雪压得无法开门

your door to go outside of your house?

出门？

Now, I also said that London has been covered in, in fact, the UK has

现在，我也说伦敦被雪覆盖了，其实英国也被

been covered with a blanket of snow.

雪覆盖了。

So, this is another phrase, a blanket of snow.

所以，这是另一个短语，a blank of snow。

Obviously a blanket is something you sleep with.

显然毯子是你睡觉的东西。

It's a large piece of cloth material.

是一大块布料。

Usually a blanket, well, a duvet is filled with feathers or synthetic

通常是毯子，好吧，羽绒被填充有羽毛或合成

materials, and a blanket covers you, and it covers your bed, and it

材料，毯子盖住你，盖住你的床，

covers you, and it keeps you warm.

盖住你，让你保暖。

But a blanket of snow is just a way of saying that snow has

但大雪只是一种说法，表示雪已经

covered the ground and the houses and the cars and everything.

覆盖了地面、房屋、汽车和一切。

There's a blanket of snow covering everything, because sometimes

一切都被雪覆盖了，因为有时

it snows and it doesn't stick.

下雪而且它不会粘住。

We talk about snow sticking, "oh, it's snowing, but I don't

我们谈论粘雪，“哦，下雪了，但我不认为

think it's going to stick".

它会粘”。

When snow sticks, it means that it stays, so it hits the ground or it hits a

当雪粘住时，这意味着它会停留，因此它会撞击地面或撞击表面

surface and, it maintains its snow form.

，并且会保持雪的形态。

It doesn't melt into water or slush.

它不会融化成水或雪泥。

Slush is melting snow.

Slush 正在融化雪。

So, it stays nice and crispy, white, beautiful, fluffy snow for you to then

因此， 一旦您有足够厚的雪毯可以潜入水中，

enjoy, once you have a thick enough blanket of snow to go and dive into.

它就会保持漂亮、酥脆、洁白、美丽、蓬松的雪，供您享用

So, if the snow sticks, then you will have a blanket of snow covering the

。 所以，如果雪很粘，那么你就会有一层雪覆盖

ground and you can go, hopefully and enjoy the snow, especially if you've

地面，你可以去，希望和享受雪，特别是如果你被

been snowed in and you can't go to work.

雪困住了，你不能去工作。

So, you can somehow get out of your house and go and enjoy the deep snow.

因此，您可以以某种方式走出家门，去享受厚厚的积雪。

Now, I am not a huge fan of the cold weather, I have to say.

现在，我不得不说，我不太喜欢寒冷的天气。

I always have very cold extremities.

我的四肢总是很冷。

I have cold hands and cold feet and a cold nose.

我手脚冰凉，鼻子冰凉。

All the bits that kind of stick out of my body, but you know what

所有那些从我身体里伸出来的东西，但你知道

they say, "cold hands, warm heart".

他们怎么说，“冷手，暖心”。

And that's my next phrase.

那是我的下一句话。

Cold hands warm heart is something you might say to

Cold hands warm heart 是你可能会

someone if they have cold hands.

对手冰凉的人说的话。

You're just reminding them that even though they have cold hands,

你只是在提醒他们，尽管他们的手很冷，但

they aren't cold as a person.

作为一个人，他们并不冷。

They have a loving, warm heart.

他们有一颗充满爱心、温暖的心。

So, it doesn't really mean anything.

所以，这真的没有任何意义。

It's just something we say.

这只是我们所说的。

I don't know why it exists, but if I say, "oh, my hands are cold".

我不知道它为什么存在，但如果我说，“哦，我的手很冷”。

"Cold hands warm heart."

“冰冷的手温暖着心。”

You have cold hands, but you're still lovely.

你的手冰凉，但你仍然很可爱。

Or if you touch someone with cold hands, "ooh, your hands are cold".

或者如果你用冰凉的手去摸别人，“哦，你的手好冷”。

You might say yourself.

你可能会说你自己。

"Well, I have cold hands.

“好吧，我的手是冰凉的。

But, cold hands, warm heart".

但是，冰凉的手，温暖的心”。

My hands are cold, but I'm a lovely person.

我的手很冷，但我是一个可爱的人。

Yeah.

I don't really know why that phrase exists.

是的。

我真的不知道为什么会有这个词。

It's just something that people say.

这只是人们所说的。

So, tell me, do you often have cold hands?

那么，告诉我，你经常手冰凉吗？

I think the phrase should really be 'cold hands, poor circulation',

我认为这句话真的应该是“手冷，血液循环不良”，

or 'cold hands, need gloves'.

或者“手冷，需要戴手套”。

That would make more sense, then you're saying: I need some gloves.

那会更有意义，然后你说：我需要一些手套。

Could I borrow some gloves?

我可以借一些手套吗？

Or, I've got cold hands.

或者，我手冰凉。

I have poor circulation.

我血液循环不好。

Maybe that's something I should look into.

也许这是我应该研究的事情。

Can I improve the circulation in my body?

我可以改善体内循环吗？

Anyway, being cold is not fun.

反正受凉可不是好玩的。

I think it makes it hard to work and function, and in fact, and I guess

我认为这让工作和功能变得困难，事实上，我想

this is the same for many people, I find that I'm unwell more often

这对很多人来说都是一样的，我发现

in the colder months of the year.

在一年中较冷的月份我更常感到不适。

I recently, I was under the weather, in fact.

事实上，我最近身体不舒服。

I went out for a meal with some friends, quite late at night.

我和一些朋友出去吃饭，已经很晚了。

It was cold.

天很冷。

And then the next morning I woke up with a very sore throat.

然后第二天早上我醒来喉咙痛。

I actually had laryngitis.

我确实得了喉炎。

I'd lost my voice, had a sore throat, a headache, a little bit of a temperature,

我失声了，喉咙痛，头痛，有点发烧，

just didn't feel well at all.

就是一点儿不舒服。

I was very much under the weather.

我很不舒服。

And under the weather is another phrase that's lovely.

under the weather 是另一个很可爱的短语。

Most English learners learn that phrase very early on, so I'm sure those of you

大多数英语学习者很早就学会了这个短语，所以我相信你们中的

listening have already heard this phrase, and it is commonly used so, keep using it.

听众已经听过这个短语，而且它很常用，所以请继续使用它。

Hopefully you haven't felt under the weather at all because, you know, I

希望你根本没有感到不舒服，因为，你知道，我

think once you get to a certain level, a certain age in your life, being ill is

认为一旦你达到一定水平，达到你生命中的某个年龄，生病

actually hard work because you can't have the rest that you need because we need

实际上是一项艰苦的工作，因为你无法得到你需要的休息因为我们需要

to function, especially if we're parents.

发挥作用，尤其是当我们为人父母时。

And the children, they don't stop, you still have to look after them.

还有孩子，他们不会停下来，你还得照顾他们。

You still have to get up in the night and you know, you have to cook for

你仍然需要在晚上起床，而且你知道，你必须为

them and do all the administration that comes with parenting.

他们做饭并做所有与育儿相关的管理工作。

So, even if you're ill, you still can't rest when you're

所以，即使你生病了，作为 一个有责任感的成年人，

an adult with responsibility.

你仍然不能休息

And I don't just have the kids, I also have my own business, so I'm

。 而且我不只是有孩子，我还有自己的事业，所以我

often snowed under with work and admin and things that I have to do.

经常被工作、行政和我必须做的事情压得喘不过气来。

To be snowed under a commonly used phrase often used in the workplace.

在工作场所经常使用的常用短语下下雪。

If you are snowed under, it means that you have a lot of work.

如果你下雪了，那就意味着你有很多工作要做。

Almost as if it's on top of you.

几乎就像它在你身上一样。

You are overwhelmed with work.

你被工作压得喘不过气来。

You've been snowed on.

你被雪覆盖了。

All this work is snowing down on you, weighing you down, and you're

所有这些工作都像下雪一样压在你身上，压得你喘不过气来，你

really struggling to cope with it all.

真的很难应付这一切。

You can't take anymore.

你受不了了。

You are snowed under.

你下雪了。

Okay, so I often feel snowed under, overwhelmed with work.

好吧，所以我经常感到下雪，被工作压得喘不过气来。

But the other thing that I find hard in the colder months is my battle with

但在寒冷的月份里，我发现的另一件事是，我与

my sweet tooth is often more tricky.

爱吃甜食的斗争往往更加棘手。

It's a more fierce battle, should we say, in the winter months.

应该说，在冬季，这是一场更加激烈的战斗。

Something about being cold makes me crave sugar and it makes me crave things

寒冷让我想吃糖，它让我想吃

like a nice hot chocolate with melted marshmallows and chocolate biscuits and

美味的热巧克力、融化的棉花糖、巧克力饼干和

just chocolate, chocolate in any form.

只是巧克力，任何形式的巧克力。

And also things like cakes and, oh, just liqueurs as well.

还有蛋糕之类的东西，哦，还有利口酒。

I'm not a big drinker of alcohol, but I do like a sweet liqueur

我不太爱喝酒，但我确实喜欢

on a cold winter's evening.

在寒冷的冬夜来一杯甜利口酒。

So, I have this very fierce battle going on across the winter months to

所以，为了 控制对糖的渴望，

keep control of my cravings for sugar.

我在整个冬季都在进行这场非常激烈的战斗

What I really need to do, to be honest, is to try and go cold turkey

。 老实说，我真正需要做的是试着去冷火鸡

and just cut it out completely.

，把它完全切掉。

Now, to go cold turkey, is our next phrase, and this means

现在，to go cold turkey，是我们的下一个短语，意思是

to give something up abruptly.

突然放弃一些东西。

So often when you are giving up something that you're addicted to, then you

很多时候，当你放弃一些你上瘾的东西时，你

might wean yourself off, to wean off.

可能会戒掉自己，戒掉。

That's another interesting phrasal verb.

这是另一个有趣的短语动词。

It means to give up something gently, incrementally.

它意味着逐渐地、温和地放弃一些东西。

Bit by bit, step by step.

一点一滴，一步一个脚印。

So, if you are going to wean yourself off sugar, then you might

所以，如果你打算让自己戒糖，那么你可能

just start day by day reducing the amount of sugary snacks you have.

只是开始一天天减少含糖零食的摄入量。

You still have sugar, but just a little bit, not as much as before, and you

你仍然有糖分，但只是一点点，不像以前那么多，然后你不断

reduce it down and down and down until you're hardly having any sugar at all.

减少糖分，直到你几乎没有糖分。

But to go cold turkey, to go cold turkey is to completely give up straight

但是去冷火鸡，去冷火鸡就是立即完全放弃

away, have no sugar whatsoever, or whatever it is you're trying to give up.

，不吃任何糖，或者任何你想放弃的东西。

You give up abruptly, suddenly, and that can be hard.

你突然、突然地放弃，这可能很难。

That usually means that you have a few days of hell while you are

这通常意味着您在 处理提款

dealing with your withdrawal.

时会经历几天地狱般的日子

So we talk about having withdrawal symptoms.

。 所以我们谈论有戒断症状。

Often if you give up something like caffeine abruptly, if you go cold

通常，如果你突然戒掉像咖啡因这样的东西，如果你去冷

turkey and give up all caffeine, when you usually have a lot of caffeine in

火鸡并戒掉所有的咖啡因，当你的饮食中通常含有大量咖啡因时

your diet, then you'll have withdrawal symptoms like a headache or you

，你就会出现戒断症状，​​比如头痛，或者你

might feel quite tired and grumpy.

可能会感到非常疲倦和脾气暴躁。

Oh, I'm just looking out the window, and there's a fox in my garden.

哦，我正往窗外看，我的花园里有一只狐狸。

He's a beautiful fox.

他是一只美丽的狐狸。

And he looks lovely against the snow.

他在雪的映衬下看起来很可爱。

He's got a big bushy tail and he is, he's looking quite fat,

他有一条毛茸茸的大尾巴，他看起来很胖，

actually, usually the foxes around here look a little bit skinny.

实际上，这里的狐狸通常看起来有点瘦。

You know, they're city foxes.

你知道，他们是城市狐狸。

They look a bit grubby and a little bit skinny, but this chap

他们看起来有点脏兮兮的，也有点瘦，但这家伙

looks like a real winter fox.

看起来像一只真正的冬狐。

Very bushy and like tawny, like burnt orange red kind of colour.

非常浓密，像黄褐色，像烧焦的橙红色。

Beautiful.

美丽的。

Absolutely beautiful.

简直美极了。

So anyway, back to going cold turkey.

所以无论如何，回到冷火鸡。

Yeah, I thought once about going cold turkey and doing a zero sugar

是的，我曾经想过要冷火鸡并进行零糖

diet, like cutting it out completely.

饮食，比如完全戒掉它。

But after the first few hours, I got cold feet.

但在开始的几个小时之后，我就退缩了。

I just decided I couldn't do it.

我只是决定我不能这样做。

To get cold feet is to feel like you can't do it.

临阵退缩就是觉得自己做不到。

So you are committed to something and then if you get

所以你致力于某件事，然后如果你退缩了

cold feet, you have your doubts.

，你就会怀疑。

That's a good way to explain it, to doubt something.

这是解释它、怀疑某事的好方法。

So we often use this phrase when someone's about to make a

所以当某人即将做出

big commitment like marriage.

像婚姻这样的重大承诺时，我们经常使用这个短语。

So imagining your best friend is about to get married and then the

所以想象你最好的朋友即将结婚，然后在

day before the wedding they start talking about, how awful married life

婚礼的前一天他们开始谈论婚姻生活

might be, and they just seem a bit jittery, a bit nervous and anxious.

可能会有多糟糕，他们看起来有点紧张，有点紧张和焦虑。

Then you might say to them, "you're not getting cold feet are you?

然后你可能会对他们说，“你不会临阵退缩吧？

I hope you are not getting cold feet."

我希望你不会临阵退缩。”

"Oh, no, no, no, no.

“哦，不，不，不，不。

I'm not getting cold feet.

我没有退缩。

I'm just a bit nervous.

我只是有点紧张。

What if it doesn't work out?"

如果不成功怎么办？”

Okay, so to get cold feet is to feel doubt about something you're about to do.

好吧，临阵退缩就是对你将要做的事情产生怀疑。

So, the thing is with sugar and especially a Western diet.

所以，问题在于糖，尤其是西方饮食。

Our general Western diet is the sugar that's obvious, like sweets and biscuits

我们一般的西方饮食是显而易见的糖分，例如糖果和饼干

and the sugar that people add to tea.

以及人们添加到茶中的糖分。

That is just the tip of the iceberg.

这只是冰山一角。

Because actually sugar is such a huge part of everything that we eat, unless

因为实际上糖是我们所吃一切食物的重要组成部分，除非

you have like a whole foods diet.

你喜欢全食。

Sugar is in our bread, sugar is in pasta.

糖在我们的面包里，糖在面食里。

You have a kind of a starch, um, uh, I can't remember what they call it.

你有一种淀粉，嗯，呃，我不记得他们怎么称呼它了。

Is it like complex sugars?

它像复合糖吗？

Are in things like potatoes as well, so you know, it's hard to escape sugars.

也存在于土豆之类的东西中，所以你知道，糖分很难逃脱。

Then you've got fructose and fruit sugars.

然后你有果糖和水果糖。

Even if you have a whole foods diet, you are going to have sugar

即使您采用全食饮食，您 的部分饮食中

in some form in parts of your diet.

也会含有某种形式的糖

It's very hard to completely eliminate sugar.

。 完全消除糖是非常困难的。

It's very, very hard, especially if you have a busy life and you don't

这非常非常困难，尤其是如果您的生活很忙，没有

have the time to research, to plan, to shop, and to cook and prepare all

时间研究、计划、购物、烹饪和准备所有

the food that you need to prepare.

需要准备的食物。

Now, I said that our sugar addiction, the basic sugars that we are familiar

现在，我说我们的糖瘾，我们熟悉的基本糖

with, that's the tip of the iceberg.

，那只是冰山一角。

If something is the tip of the iceberg, then it's just a small,

如果某件事只是冰山一角，那么它只是

visible part of the problem.

问题中很小的、可见的部分。

So, for example, I might have some swelling in my finger, in my thumb joint.

因此，例如，我的手指、拇指关节可能会有些肿胀。

My thumb might start to swell.

我的拇指可能开始肿胀。

The joint in my thumb might start to swell.

我拇指的关节可能开始肿胀。

And you say, "oh, your thumb looks quite swollen".

然后你说，“哦，你的拇指看起来很肿”。

I'll say, "yes, yes.

我会说，“是的，是的。

It's quite a problem actually."

这实际上是一个很大的问题。”

"Oh, well it's just a swollen thumb joint.

“哦，好吧，只是拇指关节肿了。

Just needs some anti-inflammatory."

只是需要一些消炎药。”

"No, no, no.

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

“不，不，不。

这只是冰山一角。

I actually have a rare disease that causes inflammation throughout my

我实际上患有一种罕见的疾病，它会导致全身发炎

body, and there're so many things going on, and I'm slightly diabetic and all

，而且发生了很多事情，我有点糖尿病，所有

these problems that you have no idea about because they're not visible."

这些问题都你不知道，因为它们是不可见的。”

So, this little visible part of my problem is just the tip of the iceberg.

所以，我的问题中这个可见的小部分只是冰山一角。

And of course if you think about a true iceberg, what you see coming out

当然，如果你想到一座真正的冰山，你看到的从

of the water, it, it could look large, but the tip of the iceberg is usually

水里冒出来的东西，它可能看起来很大，但冰山一角通常

only a very small percentage of what actually exists beneath the water,

只占水下实际存在的很小一部分，

which makes me think about Titanic.

这使得我想到了泰坦尼克号。

Now, hands up if you are a fan of the film, Titanic.

现在，如果您是电影《泰坦尼克号》的粉丝，请举手。

Obviously based on a real, tragic event back in 1912, if I remember

显然是基于 1912 年发生的一件真实的悲剧事件，如果我没记错

correctly, of the huge ship, the first of its kind that on its maiden voyage.

的话，那是一艘巨轮，它是同类首航中的第一艘。

A maiden voyage is, a ship's very first outing, first voyage.

处女航是一艘船的第一次出海，第一次航行。

Its maiden voyage from, where did it go from?

它的处女航，从何而来？

Was it from Liverpool to New York?

是从利物浦到纽约吗？

I can't remember where it set off from.

我不记得它是从哪里出发的。

I think it was Liverpool to New York and it hit an iceberg.

我认为这是利物浦到纽约，它撞上了冰山。

And it was surprising for many, first that the iceberg did so much damage.

令许多人感到惊讶的是，首先是冰山造成了如此大的破坏。

And that's because icebergs are so dangerous 'cause we don't know how

那是因为冰山非常危险，因为我们不知道

large they are under the water.

它们在水下有多大。

You only see the tip, but it's a huge mass under the water.

你只看到尖端，但它在水下是一个巨大的质量。

And then people were also surprised by the fact that this supposedly unsinkable ship

而这艘本应永不沉没的巨轮，却

ended up sinking on its maiden voyage.

在处女航中沉没，这也让人们感到意外。

I mean, it's just irony for you, isn't it?

我的意思是，这对你来说只是讽刺，不是吗？

Very ironic and unfortunate.

非常讽刺和不幸。

Yes, I digress.

是的，我离题了。

Let's get back onto the topic.

让我们回到主题。

So, tip of the iceberg.

所以，冰山一角。

What other phrases have we had so far?

到目前为止，我们还有哪些其他短语？

We've had freezing cold, brr, to be snowed in, under a heavy blanket of snow.

我们经历了严寒，brr，被雪覆盖，在厚厚的积雪之下。

Ah, something I didn't mention, which is very important.

啊，有一点我没说，很重要。

If it is freezing cold and you are snowed in, or if there's just a blanket of snow

如果天气寒冷而你被雪覆盖，或者如果外面只有一层雪

outside, then you want to wrap up warm.

，那么你想要保暖。

Wrap up warm, and this is something we use very, commonly, very regularly.

温暖地包裹起来，这是我们非常、经常、非常经常使用的东西。

We tell people to wrap up warm, it's cold outside.

我们告诉人们要保暖，外面很冷。

Or I might say, "I need to wrap up warm.

或者我可能会说，“我需要裹起来保暖。

It's freezing" and it just means to cover yourself in lots of layers to

它很冷”，这只是意味着给自己穿很多层

wear very warm clothes in order to keep your temperature up in the cold weather.

衣服，穿上非常保暖的衣服，以便在寒冷的天气里保持体温。

So, wrap up warm because it's freezing cold, but you

所以，要保暖，因为天气很冷，但你

know, cold hands, warm heart.

知道，冰冷的手，温暖的心。

Useless saying.

无益之说。

If you don't wrap up warm, you might end up under the weather, which will be

如果你不保暖，你可能会在天气下结束，

a disaster if you are snowed under with work and you need to, you know, get on

如果你在工作中被大雪淹没，那将是一场灾难，你知道，继续

with work and function on all cylinders.

工作并全力以赴。

To be functioning on all cylinders means everything's full energy.

在所有气缸上运行意味着一切都充满能量。

You're functioning full energy, you are fully aware.

你正在发挥全部能量，你是完全觉知的。

Everything's 100%, but if you're under the weather, then you are not 100%.

一切都是 100%，但如果你身体不适，那么你就不是 100%。

And then we talked about sugar, didn't we?

然后我们谈到了糖，不是吗？

I talked about having a sweet tooth and the fact that I should go cold

我谈到了吃甜食和我应该吃冷

turkey, but that every time I think about going cold turkey and just cutting

火鸡的事实，但每次我想到吃冷火鸡并把

it out, suddenly I get cold feet.

它切掉时，突然间我就退缩了。

I have my doubts.

我有我的疑问。

I think to myself, I can't do it, because I know that even the most

我心想，我做不到，因为我知道即使是最

obvious sugar, even if I just cut that out, that's just the tip of the

明显的糖，即使我只是把它切掉，那也只是冰山一角

iceberg, and that actually sugar is such a huge part of everything we eat.

，而实际上糖是我们生活中所有事物的重要组成部分吃。

It would be very difficult to be completely without sugar.

完全不加糖是非常困难的。

So, we had quite a few cold wintery idioms and phrases there.

所以，我们那里有不少寒冷的冬天成语和短语。

I'm gonna share a few more with you.

我要和你分享更多。

So, one phrase you might use to describe a person who is unpredictable,

因此，您可能会用一个短语来形容一个不可预测的人，

is the phrase to blow hot and cold.

那就是忽冷忽热。

Now, if you blow hot and cold, it means that your mood changes from

现在，如果你忽冷忽热，就意味着你的心情从

being a very warm personality.

一个非常温暖的性格转变了。

So, when we talk about people being warm, we mean they're friendly,

所以，当我们谈论人们温暖时，我们的意思是他们很友好，

they're nice, they're warm.

他们很好，他们很温暖。

You might warm to somebody.

你可能会对某人产生好感。

"Oh, I really warmed to him.

“哦，我真的很喜欢他。

He was very nice."

他非常好。”

I felt warm and friendly and nice towards this person.

我对这个人感到温暖、友好和友善。

But if someone blows cold, then you know, if they're icy, you can

但是，如果有人吹冷气，那么你知道，如果他们是冰冷的，你可以

describe someone as being quite icy.

形容某人非常冰冷。

Then they're not very friendly, they don't make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

然后他们不是很友好，他们不会让你感到内心温暖和模糊。

So, if someone blows hot and cold, then they really switch between

所以，如果有人忽冷忽热，那么他们真的会在

being friendly and being unfriendly.

友好和不友好之间转换。

So, with these kinds of people, you don't know where you stand.

所以，对于这类人，你不知道自己的立场。

You don't know if they like you or not.

你不知道他们喜不喜欢你。

You don't know if they're going to be happy or if they're

你不知道他们是会高兴还是会

going to be angry and agitated.

生气和激动。

You don't know if they're annoyed with you and if you've done something wrong.

你不知道他们是否生你的气，你是否做错了什么。

It's really hard to know with someone who blows hot and cold what is going on.

和一个忽冷忽热的人在一起真的很难知道发生了什么。

So, to blow hot and cold.

于是，忽冷忽热。

And another one similar to this is to go hot and cold.

还有一个与此类似的是冷热。

You might say, "oh, it just went all hot and cold.

你可能会说，“哦，它只是忽冷忽热。

I just went all hot and cold."

我只是忽冷忽热。”

This is, although it sounds very similar to the previous one, to go hot and

这就是说，虽然这听起来与前一个非常相似，但忽冷忽热

cold is a way of describing a feeling of being shocked or stunned usually

是一种描述震惊或震惊感觉的方式，通常是

because it's, you know, bad news.

因为这是坏消息。

So, perhaps you hear that trip that you've been planning for over a year

所以，也许你听说了你已经计划了一年多

and you've spent a lot of money on.

并且花了很多钱的那次旅行。

Perhaps you hear the news that everyone's going on strike, which is something

也许你听到了每个人都在罢工的消息，这是

that's happening in the UK at the moment.

目前英国正在发生的事情。

It seems like everyone is going on strike, which is causing havoc, especially for

似乎每个人都在罢工，这造成了严重破坏，尤其是对于

those who are travelling over this period.

那些在这段时间旅行的人来说。

So if I hear that this trip of a lifetime that I've put a lot of energy and

因此，如果我听说这次我投入了大量精力和

finance into is potentially going to be cancelled because of strikes, then

资金的一生中的旅行可能会因为罢工而被取消，那么

I might suddenly go all hot and cold.

我可能会突然变得热血沸腾。

"Oh, what?

“哦，什么？

Is my flight still going ahead?

我的航班还在继续吗？

Oh, I just went all hot and cold for a minute there, phew.

哦，我只是在那里又热又冷地呆了一分钟，呸。

My flight is still going.

我的航班还在继续。

I'm very pleased about that."

对此我感到非常高兴。”

So to blow hot and cold, and to go hot and cold.

所以忽冷忽热，忽冷忽热。

Very similar, but very different.

非常相似，但又非常不同。

Now, in the cold light of day, this is a great phrase.

现在，在寒冷的阳光下，这是一个伟大的短语。

This means in reality.

这意味着在现实中。

When you see something in the cold light of day, then you

当你在白天的冷光下看到某样东西时，你就会

see it for what it really is.

看到它的本来面目。

We often use this phrase when talking about a decision that's been made

在谈论做出的决定

probably a little bit too quickly.

可能有点太快时，我们经常使用这个短语。

So, if you make a decision, maybe to commit to something that's too

因此，如果您做出决定，可能会做出过多的承诺

much or to spend money on a product that's too expensive, or to agree

或花钱购买过于昂贵的产品，或者同意

to something like moving in with your boyfriend or girlfriend.

与您的男朋友或女友同居之类的事情。

In the cold light of day, you might look at that decision and think,

在冷淡的日子里，你可能会看着那个决定并认为，

actually, that was the wrong decision.

实际上，这是一个错误的决定。

So to see something in the cold light of day is to see something in

因此，在冷淡的阳光下看事物就是以

reality with a level head, a clear mind, and we usually use it when

冷静的头脑、清醒的头脑看待现实中的事物，我们通常在

talking about regret of a decision.

谈论对决定的后悔时使用它。

Or changing our mind about a decision we made when we weren't thinking

或者改变我们在没有 认真思考或一时冲动

straight or in the heat of the moment.

时做出的决定 。

So there we go.

所以我们开始了。

Heat and cold.

热和冷。

You make a decision in the heat of the moment.

你在一时冲动下做出决定。

Sometimes we feel passionate and we make a quick decision in the heat of the

有时我们会充满激情，在一时冲动下迅速做出决定

moment, but then in the cold light of day, we realise that was the wrong decision.

，但随后在寒冷的阳光下，我们意识到这是错误的决定。

Now, I'm sure I've been in this situation many times.

现在，我确定我已经多次遇到这种情况。

Can I think of one occasion right now off the top of my head?

我现在能想到一个场合吗？

Off the top of my head, that means right now, in the moment without preparing.

在我的脑海中，这意味着现在，在没有准备的情况下。

Can I think of a time when I made a decision in the heat of the

我能想到我在一时冲动下做出决定

moment and then later regretted it?

然后又后悔的时候吗？

Yes, I decided, when I was younger, to enroll on a course

是的，我决定在我年轻的时候参加一个课程

to become a driving instructor.

成为一名驾驶教练。

I enrolled on the course because I was convinced by a salesperson that

我报名参加这门课程是因为一位销售人员说服我，

it was the best side job I could do while I was studying and it was a

这是我在学习期间能做的最好的副业，而且这是一份

remote job, so I could do it anywhere in the world or in the UK at least.

远程工作，所以我可以在世界任何地方或至少在英国做。

And so it would be a good thing for my future as well to have this side hustle.

因此，这对我的未来来说也是一件好事，同时也有这种副业。 在听了

I made a split decision in the heat of the moment after listening

一个非常好的推销词 后，我一时冲动做出了分裂的决定

to a very good sales pitch.

。

But then when it came down to it, to actually doing the course, the amount of

但后来归根结底，为了真正完成课程，我必须花多少

money I had to spend, I realised in the cold light of day that I wasn't passionate

钱，在寒冷的日子里，我意识到我

about being a driving instructor.

对成为一名驾驶教练

I hate being sat in a car for hours and hours and hours, and it was a

并不热衷 。 我讨厌在车里坐上好几个小时，而且

lot of work, I gave it up in the end.

工作量很大，最后我放弃了。

I had to cut my losses.

我不得不减少损失。

To cut your losses is to walk away from something, even when you've lost,

减少你的损失就是远离某些东西，即使你已经失去了，

either financially or maybe you've put in a lot of effort, a lot of time, and

无论是经济上的还是可能你付出了很多努力，很多时间，

you just have to say, I've lost that.

你只需要说，我已经失去了。

I can't get that back, but I'm not going to lose anymore.

我无法挽回，但我不会再输了。

I'm just going to cut my losses and walk away.

我只是要减少我的损失然后走开。

So I lost quite a lot of money, but I decided it just wasn't for me.

所以我损失了很多钱，但我认为这不适合我。

It was taking too much time and it was continuous money I was having

这花费了太多时间，而且我不得不持续

to put into this training and I thought, I'm not gonna pay anymore.

投入到这次培训中，我想，我不会再付钱了。

It's not for me.

这不适合我。

I'm gonna walk away.

我要走开。

So I cut my losses and I walked away.

所以我减少了损失，然后走开了。

In the cold light of day, I made the right decision.

在寒冷的日子里，我做出了正确的决定。

Have you ever made a decision like that?

你做过这样的决定吗？

A heat of the moment decision that you regretted in the cold light of day.

一时冲动的决定，让你在寒冷的白天感到后悔。

Okay, so we've had, to blow hot and cold, to go hot and cold -whew, in the heat of

好吧，所以我们不得不，忽冷忽热，忽冷忽热——哇，在当下的炎热中

the moment, and in the cold light of day.

，在白天的冷光中。

Now, to add fuel to the fire, this is a phrase, which means you

现在，为了火上浇油，这是一个短语，意思是你

are giving even more agitation to an already agitated situation.

在已经激动的情况下更加激动。

So, if someone is annoyed that you borrowed their car without asking and

所以，如果有人因为你不问就借了他们的车而生气

they're shouting at you, "I can't believe you borrowed my car without asking.

，他们会对你大喊：“我不敢相信你不问就借了我的车。

That's terrible.

这太糟糕了。

How dare you?"

你怎么敢？”

And then you say to them, "I crashed your car while I was

然后你对他们说，“我出去的时候把你的车撞坏了

out, and it's a complete mess."

，真是一团糟。”

Then you are adding fuel to the fire.

那么你就是火上浇油。

You are going to make that person explode with anger.

你会让那个人愤怒地爆发。

So to add fuel to the fire is, you can see it visually, can't you?

那么火上浇油就是，你看得出来是不是？

If you have a fire that's burning.

如果你有正在燃烧的火。

And you add fuel to it, what's gonna happen?

你给它加燃料，会发生什么？

The fire is going to become more intense.

火势将变得更加猛烈。

So, adding fuel to a metaphorical fire is just giving it reason

因此，为隐喻性的火焰添加燃料只是让它有理由

to be even more intense.

变得更加激烈。

Usually fire represents passion.

通常火代表激情。

In this case, it's usually anger, so it's a negative passion.

在这种情况下，它通常是愤怒，所以它是一种消极的激情。

So, to add fuel to the fire, to make a situation seem worse or

所以，火上浇油，让情况看起来更糟，或者

make someone feel more angry.

让某人感到更生气。

Now, talking about things growing.

现在，谈论事情的发展。

Our next phrase is the snowball effect.

我们的下一个短语是滚雪球效应。

A snowball effect.

雪球效应。

When we talk about a snowball effect, we're talking about something

当我们谈论滚雪球效应时，我们是在谈论某事

becoming greater, becoming bigger than it was when it started.

变得越来越大，变得比它开始时更大。

So, imagine you have a teeny tiny little snowball and you continue to roll it,

所以，想象一下你有一个很小的小雪球，你继续

roll it, roll it through the snow.

在雪地上 滚，

It will get bigger and bigger and bigger.

滚，滚。 它会越来越大。

So, if something is a snowball effect, then it's something that's growing.

所以，如果某事是滚雪球效应，那么它就是在增长。

You could say that a trend has a snowball effect.

您可以说趋势具有滚雪球效应。

If one person tries doing something new on social media, with a new piece of music

如果一个人尝试在社交媒体上做一些新的事情，比如用一首新音乐，

and they share it and a few people like it, but then someone with a big following,

他们会分享它并且有一些人喜欢它，但是如果有人拥有大量追随者，

they like it and they copy the trend.

他们会喜欢它并且他们会复制趋势。

Then it has a snowball effect.

然后它会产生滚雪球效应。

The more people like it, the more they do it, the bigger the trend grows.

喜欢的人越多，做的越多，趋势就越大。

So, that is a snowball effect.

所以，这是一个滚雪球效应。

Now, when it comes to trends, there's not a snowball's chance in hell I'm

现在，当谈到趋势时，根本没有滚雪球的机会，我

ever going to be one of those social media people who does every trend

永远不会成为那些关注每一种趋势的社交媒体人中的一员，

because it's just, it's just not me.

因为它只是，它不是我。

I just don't have the time.

我只是没有时间。

So, to have a snowball's chance in hell.

所以，在地狱里有滚雪球的机会。

Or there's not a snowball's chance in hell means there's just no chance.

或者在地狱中没有滚雪球的机会意味着根本没有机会。

Thinking about hell being all fire and brimstone.

想想地狱都是火和硫磺。

It's a very hot place, hell, and so a snowball in hell, it's

这是一个非常炎热的地方，地狱，所以地狱里有一个雪球，它是

not going to last very long.

不会持续很长时间。

So, a snowball doesn't have a chance of surviving in hell.

所以，一个雪球是没有机会在地狱中生存的。

Okay, so there's not a snowball's chance in hell that I'm ever going

好吧，滚雪球的可能性根本就没有，我永远不会

to be one of these people who does all these social media trends.

成为那些追随所有这些社交媒体趋势的人中的一员。

In fact, I will do daily trends when hell freezes over.

事实上，当地狱结冰时，我会做每日趋势。

That's another phrase that you can use to say something is never gonna happen.

这是另一个可以用来表示某事永远不会发生的短语。

I'll do it when hell freezes over because hell is very hot

我在地狱结冰时这样做，因为地狱非常热

and it will never freeze over.

，它永远不会结冰。

So, moving from snow through to ice.

所以，从雪到冰。

If you are in a situation where you don't know someone, or it's a little

如果你处在一个你不认识某人的情况下，或者有点

bit awkward, no one's talking, then you might want to try an icebreaker.

尴尬，没有人在说话，那么你可能想尝试一下破冰船。

An icebreaker.

破冰船。

You might want to break the ice.

你可能想打破僵局。

So, this is when the situation is quite icy.

所以，这是情况非常冰冷的时候。

Nobody's talking to one another.

没有人互相交谈。

It feels a bit awkward, it feels icy and cold.

感觉有点别扭，感觉冰凉冰凉的。

And so you might want to tell a joke or simply ask a question

所以你可能想讲个笑话或简单地问一个问题

in order to break the ice.

来打破僵局。

So, you break the cold atmosphere by trying to encourage conversation.

所以，你通过鼓励交谈来打破冷淡的气氛。

Now, a phrase that means to discourage.

现在，这句话的意思是劝阻。

If you need to discourage something you could say to pour cold water on something.

如果你需要阻止某件事，你可以说给某件事泼冷水。

For example, if I break the ice by talking about something generic like

例如，如果我通过谈论诸如

the weather, but then we move on to talking about politics and that

天气之类的一般事物来打破僵局，但随后我们继续谈论政治并且这

becomes a heated discussion which could potentially turn into an argument,

变成了一场激烈的讨论，可能会变成争论，

then I might want to pour cold water on that discussion and change the

那么我可能想泼冷水讨论并完全改变

subject completely, to stop it becoming too heated, too angry, too awkward.

话题，以免变得太激烈、太生气、太尴尬。

Another phrase that uses the word ice is to be on thin ice

另一个使用冰这个词的短语是如履薄冰

or to be walking on thin ice.

或如履薄冰。

This means that you are in a precarious, a dangerous situation.

这意味着你处于不稳定、危险的境地。

You are perhaps behaving in a way that will get you into

如果您不小心， 您的行为方式可能会给您带来

trouble if you're not careful.

麻烦。

For example, you are at work and you keep breaking the rules.

例如，您在工作中并且不断违反规则。

Not in a big way, just in a little way, but you keep doing it and

不是很大，只是一点点，但你继续这样做，

you've had a few warnings, but you keep bending those rules, behaving

你已经收到了一些警告，但你一直在违反这些规则，

in a way that's questionable.

以一种有问题的方式行事。

Then your boss or your supervisor might say to you, "look, you are,

然后你的老板或你的主管可能会对你说，“看，你是，

you are on thin ice right now.

你现在如履薄冰。

If you don't start behaving yourself and doing the things

如果你不开始表现自己，做

you're supposed to do, then you might find yourself without a job.

你应该做的事情，那么你可能会发现自己没有一份工作。

You are on very thin ice.

你如履薄冰。

I'm watching you".

我在看着你”。

Okay, so it's to be in a precarious situation, which is different

好吧，所以这是一个不稳定的情况，这与

to putting something on ice.

把东西放在冰上不同。

If you put something on ice, like a project that you're all

如果你把一些事情搁置一旁，比如你们都在

working on, then it means that you delay it, you postpone it.

做的一个项目，那就意味着你推迟了它，你推迟了它。

You freeze it until a point in the future.

你冻结它直到未来的某个时间点。

For example, I was building a course in the summer and I decided to put

例如，我在夏天开设了一门课程，我决定将该

that project on ice until next year, while I focused on other things.

项目搁置到明年，同时我专注于其他事情。

So, to delay something for a little while.

所以，要延迟一些事情。

Ooh.

哦。

Well, I have definitely heated up with this discussion of wintery phrases.

好吧，我肯定对这个关于冬季短语的讨论很感兴趣。

If this is your first time here, then I'd really appreciate your support

如果这是你第一次来这里，那么我非常感谢你的支持

by giving this a like, or rating the podcast or at least sharing it with

，给这个播客点个赞，或者给播客评分，或者至少与

someone else who might find it useful.

其他可能觉得它有用的人分享。

Until next time, take care, wrap up warm and goodbye.

直到下一次，保重，温暖地结束，再见。