Learn English Vocabulary Daily #13.3 - 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 13, Day 3 of Your English Five a Day.

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五堂英语》第 13 周第 3 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。

So, let's kick off today's list with a verb and it is truant.

那么，让我们以一个动词开始今天的列表，它是逃学。

Truant.

逃学。

I'm spelling this T R U A N T.

我正在拼写这个 TRUAN T.

Truant.

Truant。

Truant.

逃学。

To truant is to be regularly absent from school.

逃学是指经常缺席学校。

Usually while you're pretending to your parents that you have gone to school.

通常当你向父母假装你已经上学时。

So, if you leave the house in the morning.

所以，如果你早上离开家。

You're school-aged and you leave the house say,

你已经到了上学的年龄，你离开家时会说：

"Bye dad, I'm going to school now."

“再见，爸爸，我现在要去上学了。”

And you take your school bag and you're wearing your uniform and you leave the

你拿着书包，穿着校服，

house on time, but you don't actually go to school, you do something else, maybe

准时离开家，但你实际上并没有去上学，你做了其他事情，也许

meet up with your friends and go to the shopping centre or you go and hang out

和你的朋友见面，去购物中心，或者你 去 河边 闲逛

by the river or go to the park and spend time there instead of going to school.

或者去公园消磨时间而不是去上学。

That's truanting.

这就是逃学。

Now we often couple this with the verb 'play', to play truant.

现在我们经常将其与动词“玩”结合起来，表示逃学。

So, truant is also a noun.

所以，逃学也是一个名词。

You are a truant if you do this kind of activity.

如果你进行这种活动，你就是逃学者。

So, you can play truant.

所以，你可以逃学。

And you can simply, truant.

你可以简单地逃学。

It sounds funny when you say a word over and over and over again, it

当你一遍又一遍地说一个词时，

starts to sound a little peculiar.

听起来很有趣，它开始听起来有点奇怪。

I'm racking my brain now trying to think, have I ever played truant?

我现在绞尽脑汁地想，我有逃学过吗？

I don't think I have.

我想我没有。

I have snuck out from my house before and I've pretended that I'm going to

我以前偷偷从家里溜出来，假装去

a certain friend's house to my parents when actually I've gone somewhere

某个朋友家找我父母，实际上我去了别的地方

else, but I've always gone to school because I'm very much, I'm a good girl.

，但我总是去上学，因为我非常喜欢，我是一个好女孩。

I'm the kind of person who does as I'm supposed to do most of the time.

我是那种大多数时候都会做我应该做的事情的人。

So, I've never played truant or I've never truanted.

所以，我从来没有逃过课，或者说我从来没有逃过课。

Okay, here's an example sentence.

好的，这是一个例句。

"Years ago it was so easy to play truant from school.

“几年前，逃学是很容易的事。现在，学校的

Nowadays, the doors and gates are locked so children can't get in or out

大门都锁着，孩子们 在上课期间未经许可

without permission during school hours."

不能进出 。”

Have you ever played truant in your life?

生活中你有逃学过吗？

I'd love to know.

我很想知道。

OK, next on our list is the noun absenteeism, absenteeism.

好的，我们名单上的下一个是名词缺勤，缺勤。

So, this is a long one and we spell it A B S E N T E E I S

所以，这是一篇很长的文章，我们拼写它 ABSENTEEIS

M, absenteeism, absenteeism.

M，缺勤，缺勤。

So, absenteeism is a situation in which people are not at school

因此，缺勤是指人们 在应该上学或上班时却

or work when they're supposed to be, when they should be there.

缺席的情况 。

So, if someone is absent, they are not there, they're not present.

所以，如果有人缺席，他们就不在那儿，他们不在场。

But they should be.

但他们应该如此。

Often we're absent because of illness or sometimes because of a family situation

我们常常因为生病而缺勤，有时因为家庭情况

or a problem at home then we have to take a day off work or a day off

或家里的问题，然后我们不得不请一天假或上学

school, sometimes to visit the dentist or the doctor or to go to a funeral.

，有时去看牙医或医生或去参加葬礼。

Sometimes to go on a holiday outside of school holidays, which is very naughty.

有时在学校假期之外去度假，这是很调皮的。

Actually, I think it's illegal in this country, but that is to be absent.

事实上，我认为这在这个国家是非法的，但那是不存在的。

So, absenteeism talks about the situation in which this happens.

所以，缺勤谈论的是发生这种情况的情况。

Here's an example sentence.

这是一个例句。

"The rate of absenteeism towards the end of term is so high, it's hardly

“学期末的缺勤率如此之高，以至于

worth the school even opening."

学校根本不值得开学。”

You got one of my character voices there.

你在那里听到了我的角色声音之一。

Okay, so moving on, we have another verb and it is register.

好的，继续，我们有另一个动词，它是寄存器。

Register.

登记。

Now we spell this R E G I S T E R.

现在我们拼写这个REGISTE R。

Register.

注册。

Register.

登记。

Now this particular version of register is slightly different to what maybe

现在，这个特定版本的寄存器与

you're used to, which is when you put your name down for something.

您可能习惯的稍有不同，即当您为某事写下您的名字时。

So, like you might register for a website or register a domain name if you're

因此，就像您 要建立自己的网站

going to set up your own website, but this register is to realise something

一样，您可能会注册一个网站或注册一个域名 ，但此注册是为了实现某些内容

or to accept it as valid information.

或接受它作为有效信息。

So, for example, I might say to you,

例如，我可能会对你说：

"Hey guys, something is happening."

“嘿伙计们，有事情发生了。”

And you might hear me, but not really hear me.

你可能会听到我的声音，但并没有真正听到我的声音。

So, you might hear the words coming out of my mouth, but not

所以，你可能会听到我嘴里说的话，但不会

take on board the information.

接受这些信息。

That sometimes happens, doesn't it?

有时会发生这种情况，不是吗？

You're just listening, but you're not really focusing on what's being said.

你只是在听，但并没有真正专注于所说的内容。

So, if I say to you,

所以，如果我对你们说：

"Hey guys, I'm doing an amazing promotion right now.

“嘿伙计们，我现在正在进行一项很棒的促销活动。

You can get a huge discount on my pronunciation course."

你可以在我的发音课程上获得巨大的折扣。”

You might hear that, but not realise what I've said.

你可能听到了，但没有意识到我说的是什么。

But if you're actively listening, then you'll know that there's a

但是如果你积极地听，那么你就会知道

promotion on my pronunciation course.

我的发音课程 有促销 。

That means that you have registered the information.

这意味着你已经注册了信息。

It has registered.

它已经注册了。

Okay, here's another example.

好吧，这是另一个例子。

"Can you not register the fact that if you keep missing class,

“你能不注册这样一个事实吗：如果你一直缺课，

you will fail your exams?"

你的考试就会不及格？”

Okay, next on our list is a phrasal verb, and it is to fall behind, to fall behind.

好吧，我们列表中的下一个是一个短语动词，并且落后。落后

We spell this F A L L, fall, and B E H I N D, behind.

是

Fall behind.

指未能足够

To fall behind is to fail to do something fast enough or on time, usually when

快或准时地做某事，通常是在

there are other people involved as well.

还有其他人参与的情况下。

So you, you tend to fall behind others.

所以你，你往往会落后于其他人。

So, like if you're running, here's a very physical representation.

所以，就像你在跑步一样，这是一个非常实际的表现。

If you're running with a group of runners and you are slower than they are, and you

如果你和一群跑步者一起跑步，而你比他们慢，那么你

start to move to the back of the group and slowly then a gap starts to emerge

开始移动到慢慢地，

between you and the runners, they are getting further and further away from you.

你和跑步者之间开始出现差距，他们离你越来越远。

Okay, then you are falling behind that group.

好吧，那你就落后于那一组了。

If we're talking in a school situation, and all the students are working through

如果我们在学校的情况下谈论，所有学生都在学习

a textbook, and by week five of the term, they're already on chapter four,

教科书，到学期第五周，他们已经在学习第四章，

but you are still on chapter two, then you are falling behind your peers.

但你仍在学习第二章，那么你就落后于你的水平了。同行。

You're falling behind your classmates because you're not

你落后于你的同学，因为你

doing it as fast as they are.

做得没有他们快。

We can fall behind with work.

我们可能会在工作上落后。

So, it's not always about other people, it's about the expectation

因此，这并不总是与其他人有关，而是与

of how fast things should be done.

对事情完成速度的期望有关。

So, if I'm supposed to produce 10 pronunciation assessments a day, and that

所以，如果我每天要做 10 次发音评估，那

would be quite hard because it takes me a while, if I were to do 10 a day, but I was

会很困难，因为这需要我一段时间，如果我每天做 10 次，但我

only producing 6 a day, then I'm falling behind with my pronunciation assessments.

每天只做 6 次，那么我我的发音评估落后了。

And that would be a disaster.

那将是一场灾难。

Okay.

So, to fall behind, have you fallen behind with anything recently?

好的。

那么，要落后，你最近有什么落后的事情吗？

Here's another example.

这是另一个例子。

"Mark was ill for six weeks and fell behind with his schoolwork.

“马克病了六个星期，功课落后了。

We need to get him extra lessons otherwise he won't get the pass grade he needs."

我们需要给他补课，否则他将无法获得所需的及格分数。”

There we go.

我们开始吧。

Pull out my old northern accent there.

拿出我古老的北方口音。

Right, moving on to our final word for today and it is an adverb.

好的，继续我们今天的最后一个词，它是一个副词。

Idly.

闲着。

Idly.

闲着。

Idly.

This is spelled I D L Y.

闲着。

拼写为 IDL Y。

Idly.

空闲。

Idly.

闲着。

Even though it's a small word, it actually feels quite hard to say.

虽然是一个小字，但实际上却感觉很难说出口。

Idly, idly, idly, idly.

闲着，闲着，闲着，闲着。

A bit of a lateral plosive going on there, dl, dl, dl.

那里有一点横向爆破音，dl，dl，dl。

Idly.

闲着。

So, if you do something idly, then you do it without any particular purpose.

所以，如果你无所事事地做某事，那么你做这件事就没有任何特定的目的。

So, you're not really driving towards anything.

所以，你并没有真正朝着任何目标前进。

You don't seem very motivated to achieve anything.

你似乎没有什么动力去实现任何目标。

You're doing it idly.

你这是在闲着。

Okay.

好的。

So, here's an example.

所以，这是一个例子。

"I idly look through magazines when waiting to see the dentist.

“我在等待看牙医的时候就闲着看杂志。

I don't know why as they're always full of rubbish!"

我不知道为什么，因为它们总是充满垃圾！”

So, in that example, idly looking through magazines would be flicking through

因此，在这个例子中，无所事事地翻阅杂志就是翻阅

the pages of a magazine that you don't particularly want to read and you're not

一本你并不特别想读的杂志的页面，并且你

really interested in anything in there.

对其中的任何内容都不真正感兴趣。

You're just passing the time.

你只是在打发时间。

You're just bored and waiting.

你只是无聊并等待。

These days people don't really do magazines in waiting rooms, they

如今，人们不再在候诊室看杂志，

just sit on their mobile phones and flick through social media.

而是坐在手机上浏览社交媒体。

Okay, so that's all for today.

好了，今天就讲到这里。

Let's recap.

让我们回顾一下。

We had the verb truant or, as we commonly say, to play truant, which is to be

我们有动词“逃学”，或者像我们常说的“逃学”，意思是

regularly absent from school while pretending that you're going to school.

经常缺课，假装去上学。

Then we had the noun absenteeism, which is a situation in which people

然后我们有了名词缺勤，这是一种人们

are playing truant, or where they're just not at school or work when

逃学的情况，或者他们只是不在

they should be, so when they're just not there where they should be.

他们应该去的学校或工作的地方，所以当他们只是不在他们应该去的地方时。

Then we had the verb register, which in this case is to realise something

然后我们有了动词寄存器，在这种情况下是为了实现某些东西

and accept it as valid information.

并接受它作为有效信息。

We had the phrasal verb fall behind, when you fail to do something as fast as

我们有短语动词落后，当你没有像你应该做的那样快地做某事

you're supposed to, or to do it on time.

，或者没有按时做这件事时。

Then we had the adverb idly, which is to do something without any purpose.

然后我们有副词idly，意思是没有任何目的地做某事。

Okay, so, if I am ill for a day, then I could say that I have what with my emails?

好吧，那么，如果我病了一天，那么我可以说我的电子邮件有什么问题吗？

My emails are coming in thick and fast.

我的电子邮件来得又快又密。

There are so many emails in my inbox.

我的收件箱里有很多电子邮件。

So, if I'm sick for a day, away from my desk, away from my computer,

那么，如果我病了一天，离开了办公桌，离开了电脑，

I will what, with my emails?

我会怎么处理我的电子邮件呢？

Fall behind.

落后。

That's right.

这是正确的。

And if I hear what you say, but I don't take it on, then you could say

如果我听到你说的话，但我不接受，那么你可以说

that I haven't what the information?

我没有什么信息？

I haven't...

我还没有...

registered the information.

登记信息。

I haven't realised or accepted it.

我还没有意识到，也没有接受。

If I want to talk about the number of people who haven't

如果我想谈论本学期未上学的人数

been in school this term, we are going to talk about what noun?

，我们要谈论什么名词？

We're going to talk about,

我们要讨论的是，

absenteeism, absenteeism.

缺勤，缺勤。

In particular, I might want to talk about one boy who consistently does not

特别是，我可能想谈谈一个男孩，他一直不去

turn up to school and his parents don't realise, they think he's coming to school.

上学，而他的父母没有意识到，他们认为他正在上学。

What is that boy doing?

那个男孩在做什么？

He is playing truant or he is truanting.

他正在逃学或者他正在逃学。

And, if I'm now going to sit here for the next half an hour just

而且，如果我现在要坐在这里接下来的半个小时只是

looking at my phone and filing my nails, then you could say that I'm

看手机并锉指甲，那么你可以说我正在

looking at my phone in what manner?

以什么方式看手机？

Idly, idly.

闲着，闲着。

Very good.

非常好。

Let's try this now for pronunciation.

现在让我们尝试一下这个发音。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Truant.

逃学。

Truant.

逃学。

Absenteeism.

缺勤。

Absenteeism.

缺勤。

Register.

登记。

Register.

登记。

Fall behind.

落后。

Fall behind.

落后。

Idly.

闲着。

Idly.

闲着。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Let's bring all of those together in a little story.

让我们将所有这些放在一个小故事中。

During the 1990s, the issue of truancy among children in British public

20世纪90年代，英国公立学校儿童逃学问题

schools remained a big concern.

仍然是一个大问题。

The constant absenteeism of students from school raised alarm bells

学生旷课的现象 给校长和教职人员

among the heads and teaching staff.

敲响了警钟 。

Each morning, the register would be taken, revealing the empty desks that should

每天早上，登记册都会被拿走，露出本应

have been occupied by eager young minds.

被热切的年轻人占据的空桌子。

Those who idly played truant were not only avoiding their responsibilities, it didn't

那些偷懒逃学的人不仅是在逃避自己的责任，而且似乎没有

seem to register with them that they were, in fact, falling behind in their studies.

意识到自己的学习实际上已经落后了。

For the sake of their own growth and development, it was essential that

为了自身的成长和发展，

these truanting students recognised the value of attending school regularly,

这些逃学的学生必须认识到定期上学的价值，

ensuring they didn't let their potential slip through their fingers.

确保他们不会让自己的潜力从指缝中溜走。

Laws were brought in to allow councils to fine and prosecute

法律允许议会对

parents of absent children.

缺席儿童的父母进行罚款和起诉。

Despite being unpopular, this step seemed to have an impact.

尽管不受欢迎，但这一步似乎产生了影响。

Although truancy does still exist, and probably always will, young people

尽管逃学现象仍然存在，而且很可能永远存在，但年轻人

are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of attending school and how

越来越意识到上学的好处，以及

it can change their life for the better and open up a world of opportunities.

它如何使他们的生活变得更好，并打开一个充满机会的世界。

I hope you weren't among the idle truants in your younger years.

我希望你年轻时不是那些无所事事的逃学者。

And that wraps up today's session, I do hope you found that useful.

今天的会议就到此结束，我希望您觉得这很有用。

Remember, if you want to get more out of your learning, we do offer

请记住，如果您想从学习中获得更多，我们确实提供了

lots of courses and services.

大量的课程和服务。

Just head over to englishlikeanative.co.uk.

只需访问 englishlikeanative.co.uk。

Until tomorrow, take very good care and goodbye.

直到明天，好好照顾并再见。