Learn English Vocabulary Daily #22.5 — 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 22, Day 5 of Your English Five a Day.

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五堂英语》第 22 周第 5 天。

In this series, we are introducing five pieces of vocabulary every day of the

在本系列中，我们从周一到周五的工作周每天都会介绍五个词汇，

working week from Monday to Friday in the hopes of increasing your vocabulary,

希望增加您的词汇量，

but also improving your listening skills.

同时提高您的听力技能。

If you would like to get more out of your listening experience, then we do offer a

如果您想获得更多的聆听体验，那么我们提供

Plus Membership where you can access bonus material such as additional episodes,

Plus 会员资格，您可以在其中访问额外的材料，例如额外的剧集、

transcripts, and vocabulary lists.

文字记录和词汇列表。

The link will be in the description.

链接将在说明中。

Let's start with today's list.

让我们从今天的清单开始吧。

We have an idiom to kick us off and it is playing with fire.

我们有一个成语来开局，那就是玩火。

Playing with fire.

玩火。

To play with fire.

去玩火。

P L A Y.

玩。

With.

与。

W I T H.

WIT H.

Fire.

F I R E.

火。

FIR E.

Now, obviously, playing with fire is not a sensible thing to do.

显然，玩火并不是明智之举。

Because if you play with fire, you could get burned.

因为如果你玩火，你可能会被烧伤。

So, it's when you do something that's risky or dangerous,

所以，当你做一些有风险或危险的事情时，

that you probably shouldn't do.

你可能不应该做。

So, if you are playing with fire, then you're doing something risky.

所以，如果你在玩火，那么你就是在做危险的事情。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"You're seriously playing with fire, having an affair

“你真是在玩火， 与你弟媳

with your brother's wife!"

有染 ！”

Okay.

So, I'm just trying to think of any examples of when I was playing with fire.

好的。

所以，我只是想回想一下我玩火的例子。

Oh, yes.

哦是的。

There was a short period in time when I was dating a trader, an FX

有一段很短的时间，我和一位外汇交易员约会

trader, and he introduced me to trading currencies, which is, as a day

，他向我介绍了货币交易，对于日间

trader, it's a very risky thing to do.

交易员来说，这是一件非常危险的事情。

If you don't really know what you're doing and you're quite an emotional

如果你并不真正知道自己在做什么，而且你又是一个情绪化的

person, then it's a risky business.

人，那么这是一件有风险的事情。

You're more likely to lose your money than anything else.

你比其他任何事情都更有可能损失你的钱。

And I didn't really have any money.

而且我真的没有钱。

I had a little bit of money saved up and I decided to start dabbling in trading

我存了一点钱，决定开始涉足

FX, having no experience, no knowledge, and being a very emotional person.

外汇交易，因为我没有经验，没有知识，而且是一个非常情绪化的人。

And needless to say, I lost my money.

不用说，我损失了我的钱。

I lost my savings in a very short space of time.

我在很短的时间内就损失了我的积蓄。

I was playing with fire and I got burnt and I learned my lesson.

我在玩火，被烧伤了，我吸取了教训。

Have you ever played with fire?

你玩过火吗？

Let's move on to the next word on our list.

让我们继续讨论列表中的下一个单词。

It's a verb and it is culminate.

这是一个动词，而且是动词。

Culminate.

达到顶峰。

C U L M I N A T E.

CULMINAT E.

Culminate.

达到顶峰。

Culminate.

达到顶峰。

To culminate is to be the end result of a process.

高潮是一个过程的最终结果。

So, a certain action will culminate in a certain outcome.

因此，特定的行动将导致特定的结果。

For example, lots of practice speaking English will culminate

例如，大量练习说英语最终会提高

in greater English fluency and confidence when speaking with others.

与他人交谈时的英语流利度和自信。

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"My colleagues and I argued so much over who was going for the promotion

“我和我的同事在谁应该升职的问题上争论了很多，

that it culminated in my resignation.

最终导致我辞职。

I'll get a better job elsewhere anyway."

无论如何，我会在其他地方找到一份更好的工作。”

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

列表中的下一个是一个名词，它是感激、感激。

We spell it G R A T I T U D E.

我们将其拼写为GRATITUD E.

Gratitude.

感恩。

Gratitude describes the feeling of being grateful, thankful.

感恩形容的是感恩、感恩的感觉。

We should all practise gratitude on a daily basis, being thankful

我们都应该每天练习感恩，

and grateful for the things in our lives that are positive.

对生活中积极的事物心存感激和感激。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"You saved the day by being there for me when I had the accident,

“当我发生事故时，你在我身边救了我一命，

how can I show my gratitude?

我该如何表达我的感激之情？

Can I take you to the opera as a thank you?

我可以带你去看歌剧以表达谢意吗？

The Nutcracker is playing currently, I know that's one of your favourites."

胡桃夹子正在上演，我知道那是一部你最喜欢的。”

Next on the list is an adjective an adjective and it is rational.

列表中的下一个是形容词，形容词，它是理性的。

Rational.

合理的。

We spell it R A T I O N A L.

我们将其拼写为 RATIONA L.

Rational.

Rational。

Rational.

合理的。

If something is described as rational, then it has reason, good reason.

如果某件事被描述为理性的，那么它就有理由，有充分的理由。

It's been thought about.

已经考虑过了。

For example, a rational person would base their actions on clear thought and reason.

例如，一个理性的人会将他们的行为建立在清晰的思想和理性的基础上。

So, here's an example,

所以，这里有一个例子，

"There's got to be a rational explanation as to why Jose hit you, did you

“必须有一个合理的解释，为什么何塞打你，你是否

say or do something to annoy him?"

说了或做了什么惹恼他的事情？”

Next and last on the list is a verb and it is banish.

列表中的下一个也是最后一个是动词，它是 banish。

Banish.

放逐。

We spell it B A N I S H.

我们将其拼写为 BANIS H.

Banish.

Banish。

To banish someone is to make them leave a place, usually a country,

驱逐某人就是让他们离开一个地方，通常是一个国家，

and to not allow them to come back.

并且不允许他们回来。

It's very similar to deport or exile someone from a place.

这与将某人驱逐出某个地方非常相似。

This word always makes me think of the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, where

这个词总是让我想起莎士比亚戏剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》，

Romeo was banished from Verona, wasn't he?

罗密欧被驱逐出维罗纳，不是吗？

Yeah, what a sad story that one is.

是的，这是一个多么悲伤的故事。

Didn't have a happy ending at all.

根本没有一个美好的结局。

Okay, let me give you an example sentence with banish,

好吧，让我给你举一个放逐的例句，

"The hunters were eventually caught and banished from the game

“猎人

reserve after they snuck in and targeted a herd of elephants."

在潜入并瞄准一群大象后，最终被抓获并从禁猎区放逐了。”

Okay, so let's recap today's five.

好吧，让我们回顾一下今天的五点。

We started with the idiom play with fire, which is to dabble in

我们从成语“play with fire”开始，意思是尝试

doing something dangerous or risky.

做一些危险或有风险的事情。

Then we had the verb culminate, which is to be the end result of a process.

然后我们有了动词“culminate”，它是一个过程的最终结果。

We had the noun gratitude, which is the feeling of being thankful or grateful.

我们有名词“感激”，表示感激或感激的感觉。

We had the adjective rational, where something is based on

我们有“rational”这个形容词，表示某些事物基于

clear thought and reason.

清晰的思想和理性。

And then we had the verb banish to make someone leave a place and never come back.

然后我们用动词“放逐”来让某人离开一个地方，再也不会回来。

Okay, let's do this now for pronunciation.

好的，现在我们来练习发音。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Play with fire.

玩火。

Play with fire.

玩火。

Culminate.

达到顶峰。

Culminate.

达到顶峰。

Gratitude.

感激。

Gratitude.

感激。

Rational.

合理的。

Rational.

合理的。

Banish.

放逐。

Banish.

放逐。

Very good.

非常好。

Okay.

好的。

Let's test your memory.

我们来测试一下你的记忆力。

I have been working very, very, very hard to produce a new

我一直非常非常努力地制作一门新

course — a B1 level course.

课程——B1 级别课程。

And that work has resulted in an excellent course being launched.

这项工作导致推出了一门优秀的课程。

What verb could I use to replace 'resulted in'?

我可以用什么动词来代替“导致”？

Culminated.

达到顶峰。

My hard work has culminated in a fantastic course being released.

我的辛勤工作最终导致了精彩的课程的发布。

And I feel very thankful for the hard work of my team, as well as the

我非常感谢我的团队的辛勤工作以及

positive feedback from my students.

学生的积极反馈。

What word could I use instead of feeling thankful?

我可以用什么词来代替感激之情？

Gratitude.

感激。

I have a lot of gratitude.

我有很多感激之情。

All my hard work culminated in this great course, but I have gratitude to the people

我所有的努力都在这门伟大的课程中达到了顶峰，但我感谢那些

who helped me and to the people providing positive feedback from their experience.

帮助我的人和那些从他们的经历中提供积极反馈的人。

Now on the night of the celebration, after the launch, I decide to go out and drink a

现在在庆祝活动当晚，发布会结束后，我决定出去

whole bottle of champagne to myself, which is very risky because everybody knows

给自己喝一整瓶香槟，这是非常冒险的，因为每个人都知道

that I am a nightmare when I'm drunk.

我喝醉后是一场噩梦。

So, what idiom could we use instead of saying that it's very risky?

那么，我们可以用什么成语来代替说风险很大呢？

I am...

我

playing with fire by deciding to get drunk.

决定喝醉，这是在玩火。

So, I drink a whole bottle of champagne.

于是，我喝了一整瓶香槟。

This isn't a real story, by the way.

顺便说一句，这不是一个真实的故事。

I drink a whole bottle of champagne because I'm celebrating the launch.

我喝了一整瓶香槟，因为我正在庆祝产品发布。

And because I'm drunk, I'm making very silly decisions.

因为我喝醉了，所以我做出了非常愚蠢的决定。

And I decide that it would be a great idea to climb on top of a

我决定爬上警车顶

police car and do a silly dance.

并跳一段愚蠢的舞蹈是个好主意。

I definitely was not thinking in a sensible way.

我绝对没有以明智的方式思考。

I wasn't thinking clearly.

我没有想清楚。

There was no reason for me to climb on top of this police car and do a silly dance.

我没有理由爬上这辆警车并跳起愚蠢的舞蹈。

So, because I was drunk, I wasn't making well-thought-out decisions.

所以，因为我喝醉了，所以我没有做出深思熟虑的决定。

What adjective could we use instead of saying well-thought-out?

我们可以用什么形容词来代替“深思熟虑”？

Rational.

合理的。

I wasn't making rational decisions, was I?

我没有做出理性的决定，不是吗？

Absolutely not.

绝对不。

And when the police see me on top of their car doing this

当警察看到我在他们的车顶上跳这种

silly dance, they drag me down.

愚蠢的舞蹈时，他们就把我拖了下来。

They whack some handcuffs on me and they take me off to see the judge.

他们给我戴上手铐，然后带我去见法官。

And the judge tells me I have to leave the city and I can never come back again.

法官告诉我，我必须离开这座城市，而且我再也不能回来了。

What verb should we use?

我们应该使用什么动词？

What did the judge do to me?

法官对我做了什么？

She banished me.

她驱逐了我。

The judge banished me from my own city because I did the silly drunken dance,

法官将我驱逐出我自己的城市，因为我跳了愚蠢的醉酒舞蹈，

which wasn't a very rational thing to do.

这不是一件很理性的事情。

A silly drunken dance on top of the police car.

醉酒后在警车顶上跳舞。

And it's all because I decided to play with fire by drinking too much champagne.

这一切都是因为我决定喝太多香槟来玩火。

And it's only because I was feeling so much gratitude because we'd all worked

这只是因为我感到非常感激，因为我们都

hard and we'd launched this amazing course, which was the culmination

努力工作，我们推出了这门令人惊叹的课程，这是一支

of months of hard work and input from an incredible team of teachers.

令人难以置信的教师团队几个月的辛勤工作和投入的结晶。

Yeah, now I'm banished.

是的，现在我被放逐了。

Well, that didn't have a happy ending, did it?

嗯，这没有一个美好的结局，不是吗？

Okay.

好的。

That is not a true story.

这不是一个真实的故事。

I do have a B1 course that was the culmination of many months

我确实有一个 B1 课程，它是我几个月

of very hard work, but I didn't get drunk when I launched it.

努力工作的结晶，但当我启动它时我并没有喝醉。

Right.

正确的。

Let's bring everything together in another little story.

让我们将所有内容放在另一个小故事中。

My name is Manson, Jenny Manson.

我叫曼森，珍妮·曼森。

I work for the government as a secret agent, and my job is to protect

我作为一名特工为政府工作，我的工作是保护

innocent lives from dangerous criminals.

无辜生命免受危险罪犯的侵害。

Our current intel suggests that a notorious weapons dealer, known for

我们目前的情报表明，一名臭名昭著的武器交易商，以

supplying arms to terrorist organisations, is hiding in the caves of Thailand.

向恐怖组织提供武器而闻名，藏身于泰国的洞穴中。

And he's playing with fire, as he plans to sell these weapons to the highest bidder.

他正在玩火，因为他计划将这些武器卖给出价最高的人。

Here is my account of today's action.

这是我今天的行动的记录。

Walking through a bustling market in Thailand, blending in with the locals, I

走过泰国熙熙攘攘的市场，混入当地人之中，我

spotted a suspicious figure and followed her to a small motorboat docked at the

发现了一个可疑的身影，就跟着她来到了一艘停泊在

edge of the beach, these small but fast boats are the only way to reach the

海滩边缘的小摩托艇，这些小而快的船是到达

hidden caves where the weapons are stored.

隐藏的洞穴的唯一途径，那里有许多洞穴。武器已储存。

After speeding through the crystal blue waters, the wind blowing through my hair,

飞快地穿过水晶般蔚蓝的海水，风吹过我的头发，

I finally reached the entrance of the caves and cautiously made my way inside.

我终于到达了洞穴的入口，小心翼翼地走了进去。

As I entered the caves, I knew that I was getting closer to my target.

当我进入洞穴时，我知道我离目标越来越近了。

The caves were dark and winding, but I had to stay rational and focused.

洞穴黑暗而蜿蜒，但我必须保持理性和专注。

After reaching a large chamber filled with weapons and explosives,

到达一个装满武器和爆炸物的大房间后，

I saw him, the man I was after, was surrounded by armed guards.

我看到我要追捕的那个人被武装警卫包围了。

A fierce fight broke out and I had to swing into action, using

一场激烈的战斗爆发了，我必须立即采取行动，利用

my skills in hand-to-hand combat to take down the waiting enemies.

我的肉搏战技能击倒等待的敌人。

I disposed of the guards and approached the weapons dealer, who

我处理掉了守卫，走近了军火商，他

was now cornered and desperate.

现在已经被逼到了绝境，绝望了。

"Playing with fire can only lead to destruction," I

“玩火只会导致毁灭。”我

said with a confident grin.

自信地笑着说道。

My mission in Thailand had culminated in the capture of a dangerous criminal.

我在泰国的任务最终以抓获一名危险罪犯而告终。

All those involved were banished from Thailand and sentenced to

所有涉案人员都被驱逐出泰国，并

life in prison in a far-off land.

在遥远的异国他乡被判处终身监禁。

As a secret government agent, it's my duty to fight against those

作为一名秘密政府特工，我有责任与那些

who seek to harm innocent lives.

试图伤害无辜生命的人作斗争。

Another successful mission completed and a sense of gratitude that

又一次成功完成了任务

I've made it through yet another dangerous encounter, but for me,

，我对又经历了一次危险的遭遇 感到感激 ，但对我来说，

it's just another day on the job.

这只是工作中的又一天。

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 today useful.

我真心希望您今天觉得有用。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。