Learn English Vocabulary Daily #12.4 - 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's Anna and you're listening to Week 12, Day 4 of Your English Five a

我叫安娜，你正在听《英语每日五篇》的第 12 周第 4

Day, a series that aims to increase your vocabulary by five pieces every single

天，该系列旨在从周一到周五每天增加你的词汇量 5 篇

day of the week from Monday to Friday.

。

With today's list, we start with the noun notion, notion.

在今天的列表中，我们从名词概念“概念”开始。

We spell this N O T I O N.

我们拼写这个 NOTIO N.

Notion.

Notion。

Notion.

概念。

A notion is a belief or an idea.

观念是一种信念或想法。

Here's an example sentence.

这是一个例句。

"The show's director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television

“该节目的导演否认在电视上看到暴力

has a harmful effect on children."

会对儿童产生有害影响的

Next on the list is another noun and it is strain, strain.

观点 。” 列表中的下一个是另一个名词，它是应变，应变。

We spell this S T R A I N.

我们拼写这个STRAI N.

Strain.

Strain。

Strain.

拉紧。

A strain is a force or an influence that stretches, pulls or puts pressure

应变是一种对

on something, sometimes causing damage.

某物进行拉伸、拉动或施加压力的力或影响，有时会造成损坏。

A strain.

一种应变。

So, you might say that financial pressures and the stresses of work can

所以，你可能会说，经济压力和工作压力会给

put a strain on a relationship, or the coronavirus lockdowns, they definitely

人际关系带来压力，或者冠状病毒的封锁，它们肯定

put a strain on many relationships, people being confined in the same

会给许多关系带来压力，人们 长时间

space for a long period of time, that put a strain on many relationships.

被限制在同一个 空间里， 给许多关系带来压力。

Here's another example.

这是另一个例子。

"The recent decline in the Euro has put a bigger strain on the economic system."

“最近欧元的下跌给经济体系带来了更大的压力。”

Moving on, next we have a verb and it is uproot, uproot.

继续，接下来我们有一个动词，它是连根拔起，连根拔起。

This is spelled U P R O O T.

拼写为 UPROO T.

Uproot.

连根拔起。

To uproot, usually someone, is to remove a person from their

根除，通常是某人，是将一个人从他们的

home or their usual environment.

家或他们惯常的环境中移走。

Here's an example sentence.

这是一个例句。

"They wanted to transfer Mark, but he had been with the team for six

“他们想转会马克，但他已经在球队效力了六年

years and didn't want to uproot his family to play in a different city."

，不想离开家人去另一个城市踢球。”

Have you ever been uprooted?

你曾经被连根拔起过吗？

I was uprooted a lot as a child, and it's certainly something I consider

我小时候经常背井离乡，

now that I have children of my own.

现在我有了自己的孩子，这当然是我考虑的事情。

If my partner and I ever talk about moving to a different location that

如果我和我的伴侣曾经谈论过搬到另一个地方，这

would mean changing the schools and all the clubs and friends that my

意味着要改变我孩子们目前拥有的学校、所有俱乐部和朋友

boys currently have, then that would be too much of an upheaval for them.

，那么这对他们来说将是一个太大的剧变。

I wouldn't want to uproot them in that way.

我不想以这种方式连根拔起他们。

Only if it were to be a permanent or long term change would I consider it.

只有当它是永久性或长期的变化时我才会考虑它。

Next on the list we have the idiom go off the rails.

列表中的下一个是成语“go off therails”。

Go off the rails.

出轨吧。

So, that's G O, go.

所以，那就去吧，去吧。

Off, O F F.

Off、OF F.

The, T H E.

The、TH E.

Rails, R A I L S, like train track rails.

Rails、RAILS，如火车轨道铁轨。

So, to go off the rails is to start to behave in a way

因此，出轨就是开始以一种

that's generally unacceptable.

通常不可接受的方式行事。

Usually it involves dishonesty or illegal behaviour.

通常它涉及不诚实或非法行为。

So, to go off the rails.

所以，要出轨。

Have you ever met anyone who at some point has gone off the rails?

你是否遇到过在某个时刻脱轨的人？

Here's an example sentence.

这是一个例句。

"Sandra went off the rails in her first year at university, it's going

“桑德拉在大学第一年就出轨了，

to take time to get her back on track."

她需要时间才能回到正轨。”

And last on the list is the verb roam, roam.

列表中的最后一个是动词漫游、漫游。

We spell this R O A M, to roam, something that I'm sure you have done

我们拼写这个 ROAM，漫游，我相信你

at some point, is to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea.

在某个时候做过的事情，就是移动或旅行，尤其是在没有明确想法的情况下。

It's like exploring a place and seeing what's going on.

这就像探索一个地方并看看正在发生什么。

To roam.

漫游。

"Ooh, look around.

“哦，看看周围。

Isn't this lovely?"

这不是很可爱吗？”

Here's an example.

这是一个例子。

"When I was younger, I roamed around America for a year, working in bars

“当我年轻的时候，我在美国漫游了一年，在酒吧

and restaurants before I finally got offered a job in Disneyland."

和餐馆工作，最后在迪士尼乐园找到了一份工作。”

OK, so let's recap today's list.

好的，让我们回顾一下今天的清单。

We have the noun notion, which is a belief or an idea.

我们有名词概念，它是一种信念或想法。

Then we had strain, which is an influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure

然后我们遇到了应变，这是一种对 某物 进行拉伸、拉动或施加压力的影响

on something, usually causing damage.

，通常会造成损坏。

Then we had the verb uproot, to remove a person from their

然后我们有了动词根除，将一个人从他们的

home or their usual environment.

家或他们通常的环境中移走。

We had the idiom go off the rails, which is to behave in an unacceptable way.

我们有一个成语“go off therails”，意思是行为方式不可接受。

And then we had the verb roam, to roam, which is to travel about, often without

然后我们有了动词“roam”，即“漫游”，意思是到处旅行，通常不清楚

a clear idea of where you're going.

自己要去哪里。

Now I do quickly just want to touch once more on the idiom to go off

现在，我只想再次触及“出轨”这个习语

the rails because I don't want you to think that this is used when

，因为我不想让你认为这个词是在

someone just behaves badly once.

某人仅仅表现不佳一次时使用的。

So, let's imagine that you have a friend who's very reliable and kind

所以，让我们想象一下，你有一个非常可靠、友善

and considerate, and then one night you go out to a restaurant and they drink

和体贴的朋友，然后有一天晚上你去一家餐馆，他们喝了

too much wine and they start being rude to everyone and interrupting the

太多酒，他们开始对每个人都很粗鲁，并打断了你的谈话。

conversation and just behaving in a way that's really bad and out of character.

谈话和行为方式非常糟糕且不符合性格。

That's not that person going off the rails.

那不是那个出轨的人。

We wouldn't describe that as going off the rails.

我们不会将其描述为偏离轨道。

Going off the rails would be if that person who's normally, you know, very

如果那个人通常非常

relaxed and reliable and kind, if that person were to start drinking on a daily

放松​​、可靠和善良，如果这个人开始每天喝酒

basis, or taking drugs and spending time with people that are very different.

，或者吸毒，并与非常不同的人在一起，那么就会出轨。

People who maybe engage in illegal activity; drug dealers, for example.

可能从事非法活动的人；例如，毒贩。

And she just isn't the same person anymore.

她已经不再是同一个人了。

And she starts to do things that are detrimental and harmful to her life.

她开始做一些对她的生活有害的事情。

And put a strain on all of her relationships and friendships.

并给她所有的人际关系和友谊带来压力。

That would be described as going off the rails.

这可以被描述为脱轨。

Something that has a fundamental impact on a person's life.

对一个人的一生有根本性影响的东西。

Okay, so now I've got that clear, I want to do our pronunciation practice.

好的，现在我已经清楚了，我想做我们的发音练习。

So, please repeat after me.

那么，请跟着我重复一遍。

Notion.

概念。

Notion.

概念。

Strain.

拉紧。

Strain.

拉紧。

Uproot.

铲除。

Uproot.

铲除。

Go off the rails.

出轨吧。

Go off the rails.

出轨吧。

Roam.

漫游。

Roam.

漫游。

Great.

伟大的。

So what word would I use to describe travelling around?

那么，我该用什么词来形容旅行呢？

Roam.

漫游。

And what's another word for belief or idea?

信仰或想法的另一个词是什么？

Notion.

概念。

If I were to take my children out of school and move them to a

如果我要让我的孩子们离开学校并搬到一个

new city, what would I be doing?

新城市，我会做什么？

Uprooting them.

把他们连根拔起。

And if I suddenly started behaving very badly and detrimenting my

如果我突然开始表现得很糟糕，并

life in all sorts of terrible ways, you could use the idiom...

以各种可怕的方式损害我的生活，你可以用这个成语……

going off the rails.

出轨。

"Anna is going off the rails."

“安娜快要出轨了。”

And if I do go off the rails, that's going to influence my relationships.

如果我确实出轨了，那将会影响我的人际关系。

What noun could I use for this?

我可以用什么名词来表示这个？

Strain.

拉紧。

It's going to strain my relationships.

这会让我的人际关系变得紧张。

It's going to put a strain on my relationships.

这会给我的人际关系带来压力。

Okay, so let's now bring all of those together in a little story.

好吧，现在让我们把所有这些都放在一个小故事中。

Well, Doctor, change became my notion of stability.

好吧，医生，改变成了我对稳定的看法。

My childhood was, shall we say, a bit unorthodox.

可以说，我的童年有点不正统。

I mean, when your mum uproots the family every other year to

我的意思是，当你妈妈每隔一年就

follow a whim, stability isn't exactly the word of the day.

随心所欲地举家迁徙时，稳定就不再是时下流行的词了。

So, you learn to find consistency where you can.

所以，你要学会尽可能地保持一致性。

In my case, it was Mr.

就我而言，它是

Whiskers, the first of many feline companions.

胡须先生，他是众多猫科动物伙伴中的第一个。

As the years went by, the strain of constantly moving pushed me to find

随着时间的流逝，不断移动的压力促使我

solace in the company of my cats.

在猫的陪伴下寻找安慰。

When I say 'solace', I mean an obsession.

当我说“安慰”时，我指的是一种痴迷。

Picture this: I'm 25, my life's going off the rails — again — and there I am, in

想象一下：我 25 岁了，我的生活再次脱轨，而我就在

a one-bedroom apartment with seven cats.

一间单卧室公寓里，养着七只猫。

They roamed like tiny, furry lords, and I was their willing subject.

它们像毛茸茸的小领主一样漫游，而我则是它们心甘情愿的臣民。

It's funny, in a way.

从某种程度上来说，这很有趣。

Most people collect stamps, or bad dates — I collect cats.

大多数人都收集邮票或糟糕的日期——我收集猫。

Each one is a fluffy bookmark in the chapters of my life.

每一篇都是我人生篇章中的一个毛茸茸的书签。

I've learnt a lot from them, too.

我也从他们身上学到了很多东西。

Like, how to land on your feet, or the importance of a good nap.

比如，如何双脚着地，或者睡个好觉的重要性。

But here's the biggest lesson: no matter how much they roam, they always come back.

但这是最大的教训：无论他们漫游多少，他们总会回来。

Maybe that's what I've been trying to do all along — find my

也许这就是我一直在努力做的事情——

way back home, with my 35 cats.

带着我的 35 只猫找到回家的路。

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 this useful.

我真心希望你觉得这很有用。

Until tomorrow, take very good care and goodbye.

直到明天，好好照顾并再见。