Learn English Vocabulary Daily #16.5 — 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 16, Day 5 of Your English

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日

Five a Day, the series that aims to increase your active vocabulary by

五篇英语》的第 16 周第 5 天，该系列旨在

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

通过从周一到周五每天深入学习五篇文章来增加你的活跃词汇量。

Let's start today's list with a noun and it is hustle, hustle.

让我们从一个名词开始今天的清单，它是喧嚣，喧嚣。

We spell this H U S T L E.

我们把这个“HUSTL”拼写为

Hustle.

“Hustle”。

Hustle.

喧嚣。

Hustle means energetic action.

喧嚣意味着充满活力的行动。

Now, you would normally hear this coupled with bustle.

现在，您通常会听到这种声音和喧闹声。

Hustle and bustle.

熙熙攘攘。

So, that's a typical collocation; we often talk about the energy, the movement

所以，这是一个典型的搭配；我们经常谈论能量，

of a crowd or a specific area, which is full of people as the hustle and bustle.

人群的运动或特定区域，其中充满了人群，就像喧嚣一样。

So, the hustle and bustle in the supermarket, the hustle and bustle

于是，超市的喧嚣，小镇的喧嚣

of the town, the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the energetic action.

，日常生活的喧嚣，活力四射的行动。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"The team showed a lot of determination and hustle going into the finals of

“球队在进入 越野锦标赛 决赛时表现出了极大的决心和努力

the cross country championships."

。”

I wish I could get a bit of hustle in my house in the mornings to get my

我希望早上我能在家里忙碌一点，让我的

children moving because they just seem to take so long to get dressed, to get

孩子们活动一下，因为他们似乎花了很长时间穿衣服、吃

their breakfast eaten, to do the things I've asked them to do, to get their

早餐、做我要求他们做的事情，穿上

shoes on, get their coat on, and get out of the door, and get to school.

鞋子，穿上外套，走出家门，去学校。

It's just like they have no energy, but then as soon as

就像他们没有力气一样，但是当

they see their friends — pow!

他们看到他们的朋友时——噗！

They're like a firecracker, full of energy.

他们就像爆竹一样，充满了能量。

So, I need a bit more hustle in my house in the mornings.

所以，早上我需要在家里多一点忙碌。

If you have any tips, then please let me know.

如果您有任何提示，请告诉我。

Right, moving on to our next word, we have a verb and it is to curate.

是的，继续我们的下一个词，我们有一个动词，它是策划。

Curate.

策展。

We spell this C U R A T E.

我们拼写这个 CURAT E.

Curate.

Curate。

To curate is to carefully choose, arrange, and present different items

策划就是仔细选择、安排和呈现不同的物品

in order to create a particular effect.

，以创造特定的效果。

So, I might curate a selection of reading material, especially for you to learn

因此，我可能会策划一系列阅读材料，特别是供您学习

English, or a museum employee may curate certain pieces of art or artefacts to put

英语，或者博物馆员工可能会策划某些艺术品或文物，以展示

together a display about a certain topic.

有关特定主题的内容。

So, they go out and they choose certain things.

所以，他们出去并选择某些东西。

Okay.

好的。

In museums and within the art world, these people are called curators.

在博物馆和艺术界，这些人被称为策展人。

Here's an example sentence:

这里有一个例句：

"I've just seen your diary, you have too much on.

“我刚刚看了你的日记，你的日记太多了。

Let me help curate your day effectively so that you get the most out of it."

让我帮助你有效地安排你的一天，以便你充分利用它。”

Next on our list, we have the phrasal verb engage in, engage in.

接下来在我们的列表中，我们有短语动词engage in，engage in。

We spell this E N G A G E, engage.

我们拼写这个ENGAGE，engage。

In, I N.

In, I N.

To engage in something is to take part in it or to be involved in it.

To Engage in 某事是指参与其中或参与其中。

So, I might engage in sporting activities which I do.

所以，我可能会参加我所做的体育活动。

I often play squash and I engage in local sporting activities like climbing.

我经常打壁球，并参加攀岩等当地体育活动。

There's a big climbing event coming up that I'm engaged in.

我即将参加一项大型攀岩活动。

I might engage in antisocial behaviour if I was going out and doing things

如果我出去做一些

that were frowned upon, like causing trouble and maybe graffiting or

令人不悦的事情，比如制造麻烦，也许乱涂乱画或

something terrible like that.

类似的可怕事情，我可能会做出反社会行为。

So, here's an example sentence,

因此，这里有一个例句：

"My sister is part of a team of scientists who are engaged in cancer research."

“我的妹妹是从事癌症研究的科学家团队的一员。”

What are you currently engaged in?

您目前从事什么工作？

Next on our list is another phrasal verb.

我们列表中的下一个是另一个短语动词。

And it is slack off, slack off.

而且它是松弛的，松弛的。

We spell this S L A C K, slack.

我们把这个拼写为“SLACK”，松弛。

Off, O F F.

关闭，OF F。

Slack off.

放松一下。

To slack off is to work less hard or less than is needed.

懈怠就是工作不那么努力或少于需要的工作。

So, if we are both working hard to build a wall brick by brick, and I've

所以，如果我们都在努力一砖一瓦地砌一堵墙，而我

laid 40 bricks today, but you've only laid five, I will look at you and say,

今天已经砌了 40 块砖，而你只砌了 5 块，我会看着你说：

"Oh my goodness, you are really slacking off today.

“天啊，你真是偷懒了。”今天休息。

What's going on?

怎么了？

You need to work harder.

你需要更加努力地工作。

Come on, this isn't fair.

得了吧，这不公平。

You're slacking off while I'm working hard.

我努力工作的时候你却偷懒了。

But we're both being paid the same amount of money.

但我们的工资是一样的。

Come on!"

得了吧！ ”

OK, here's another example sentence,

好的，这是另一个例句，

"My staff tend to slack off on Friday afternoons, I might just close

“我的员工在周五下午往往会偷懒，我可能会

the office at 1 pm from now on!"

从现在开始下午 1 点关门！”

Gosh, that's a very understanding boss, isn't it?

天哪，这真是一个善解人意的老板，不是吗？

Someone who just goes,

有人会说：

"Ah, my workforce aren't really engaged this afternoon, so I'm just gonna close

“啊，今天下午我的员工并没有真正投入工作，所以我要关闭

the office and send everybody home."

办公室并让所有人回家。”

Have you ever slacked off?

你有没有偷懒过？

I think we all have at some point or another.

我想我们都曾在某个时刻经历过。

Let's move on.

让我们继续。

Last on our list is yet another phrasal verb and it is

我们列表中的最后一个是另一个短语动词，它是

throw oneself into something.

把自己投入到某事中。

Usually say throw yourself into something or throw myself into something.

通常说把自己投入某事或投入某事。

This is spelt T H R O W, throw yourself or oneself, which

这拼写为“THROW”，扔你自己或你自己，也

is Y O U R S E L F, yourself.

就是你自己，你自己。

Into, I N T O something.

进入，进入某事。

To throw yourself into something is to do something with enthusiasm,

全身心地投入到某件事中，就是用热情去做某件事，

do it with effort, be excited and passionate about doing it.

用力去做，对做这件事感到兴奋和热情。

So, for example, when I started this podcast, I really threw myself into it.

所以，举例来说，当我开始这个播客时，我真的全身心投入其中。

I did lots of research.

我做了很多研究。

I planned my episodes.

我计划了我的剧集。

I looked into getting good equipment.

我考虑购买好的设备。

And I recorded lots of episodes before I'd even published anything.

在我发表任何东西之前我就录制了很多剧集。

I really threw myself into it.

我真的全身心投入其中。

I wanted to do a good job.

我想做好工作。

So, to throw yourself into something.

所以，把自己投入到某件事中。

Let's have another example,

再举个例子，

"Mike has really thrown himself into his new role, I think it's just

“迈克确实全身心投入到了新的角色中，我认为这正是

what he needed to boost his career."

他提升职业生涯所需要的。”

Right, let's recap.

对了，我们回顾一下。

We started with the noun hustle, meaning energetic action.

我们从名词 hustle 开始，意思是充满活力的行动。

Then we moved on to a verb, to curate, which is all about choosing and

然后我们转向动词“策划”，它是

arranging a set of things in order to display them or for a particular reason.

为了展示或出于特定原因而选择和排列一组事物。

Then we had the first of our phrasal verbs, engage in something, which is to

然后我们有了第一个短语动词，engage in Something，意思是

take part in or be involved in something.

参加或参与某事。

Then we had the phrasal verb slack off, which is to work less hard.

然后我们有了短语动词 slack off，意思是减少工作量。

And then we had the phrasal verb throw yourself into something,

然后我们有了短语动词“把自己投入到某事中”，

which is to do something with enthusiasm, to really go for it.

即带着热情去做某事，真正为之奋斗。

Let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.

现在让我们出于发音目的这样做。

Repeat after me,

跟着我重复一遍，

Hustle.

喧嚣。

Hustle.

喧嚣。

Curate.

策展。

Curate.

策展。

Engage in something.

从事某事。

Engage in something.

从事某事。

Slack off.

放松点吧

Slack off.

放松点吧

Throw yourself into something.

把自己投入到某件事中。

Throw yourself into something.

把自己投入到某件事中。

Okay, let me do a little test now.

好吧，现在让我做一个小测试。

If I'm talking about the energetic action within a city,

如果我谈论一个城市内的充满活力的行动，

I would talk about the what?

我会谈论什么？

The hustle.

喧嚣。

And if I wanted to extend that, I might say the hustle and bustle.

如果我想延伸这一点，我可能会说喧嚣。

If I am working for a museum and my job is to select a variety of

如果我在一家博物馆工作，我的工作是挑选各种

modern paintings, what am I doing?

现代绘画，我在做什么？

Curating.

策展。

I'm curating.

我正在策划。

And if when I start that job, I don't actually work very hard, maybe

如果当我开始这份工作时，我实际上并没有非常努力地工作，也许

I do on the first week, but after that, I don't work very hard at all,

第一周我会这样做，但在那之后，我根本就不再努力工作，

what phrasal verb could you use to describe my action or lack of action?

你可以用什么短语动词来描述我的行为或缺乏行动？

Slack off.

放松点吧

Yes, I am slacking off.

是的，我正在偷懒。

But after my boss gives me a good telling-off, then I am

但在老板狠狠地批评了我之后，我会

going to now continue to do my work with great enthusiasm.

继续以极大的热情做好我的工作。

You could use the phrasal verb that I am...

你可以使用短语动词“我是……

throwing myself into it.

投入其中”。

But if during my time with the museum, I start getting involved in

但是，如果在我在博物馆工作期间，我开始参与

a little bit of illegal activity, you could use the phrasal verb...

一些非法活动，您可以使用短语动词...

engaged in.

从事。

Naughty Anna engaged in illegal activities while working at the museum.

顽皮的安娜在博物馆工作时从事非法活动。

Not the British Museum, is it, by any chance?

不是大英博物馆，是吗？

Someone was smuggling artwork out of there recently, or at

最近有人从那里走私艺术品，或者至少

least it came to light recently.

最近被曝光。

So, that's our five for today.

这就是我们今天的五个。

Let's bring them all together in a little story.

让我们将它们全部放在一个小故事中。

In the heart of New York City, amidst the constant hustle of city life, I

在纽约市中心，在不断喧嚣的城市生活中，我

found myself standing in the grand halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

发现自己站在大都会艺术博物馆的宏伟大厅里。

Back then, I was a young and enthusiastic curator, charged with curating the

那时，我是一位年轻而热情的策展人，负责策划最

most interesting and thought-provoking pieces that would excite the art world.

有趣、最发人深省的作品，让艺术界兴奋不已。

I was deeply engaged in my latest project ― the unveiling of a long-lost masterpiece.

我全神贯注于我的最新项目——揭开久违的杰作的面纱。

The museum was buzzing with anticipation; art enthusiasts

博物馆里充满了期待。艺术爱好者

and historians had gathered in droves for this landmark event.

和历史学家蜂拥而至，共同见证这一里程碑式的盛事。

For months, I had dedicated myself to this day, meticulously researching

几个月来，我一直致力于这一天，精心研究

and preparing every detail.

和准备每一个细节。

Despite feeling slightly overwhelmed and tired, I had thrown myself into

尽管感觉有些不知所措和疲惫，但我还是全身心地投入到

the restoration of this painting, the design of the exhibit, there was so much

这幅画的修复、展览的设计中，

to do, so no time to be slacking off.

要做的事情太多了，所以没有时间懈怠。

This was no ordinary piece; it was a recently discovered work of

这不是一件普通的作品。这是列奥纳多·达·芬奇最近发现的一幅作品

Leonardo da Vinci, a portrait of a mysterious woman whose enigmatic smile

，描绘了一位神秘女子的肖像，她有着神秘的微笑

could rival that of the Mona Lisa.

可以与《蒙娜丽莎》媲美。

As the crowds gathered around the exhibit, I took a deep breath and

当人群聚集在展览周围时，我深吸了一口气，

pulled back the velvet curtain.

拉开了天鹅绒窗帘。

A hush fell over the room, every eye transfixed on the unveiled masterpiece.

房间里一片寂静，每只眼睛都盯着这件揭开面纱的杰作。

The colours were more vibrant than I remembered, the

颜色比我记忆中更加鲜艳，

details even more mesmerising.

细节更加令人着迷。

It was a moment of sheer magic.

这真是一个充满魔力的时刻。

But then, something extraordinary caught my eye.

但随后，一些不寻常的事情引起了我的注意。

As I shared the history behind the painting, a small, hidden symbol in the

当我分享这幅画背后的历史时，

corner of the canvas drew my attention.

画布一角的一个隐藏的小符号引起了我的注意。

A rush of excitement surged through me as I realised its

当我意识到它的重要性时，我感到一阵兴奋

significance ― it was a clue leading to another lost Da Vinci artwork!

——这是通向另一件失落的达芬奇艺术品的线索！

The museum erupted into a frenzy of excitement.

博物馆里顿时热闹起来。

Historians began theorising, art lovers whispered in amazement,

历史学家开始理论化，艺术爱好者们惊叹不已，

and the news spread like wildfire.

消息不胫而走。

This discovery, I knew, would mark a new chapter in the annals of art history.

我知道，这一发现将标志着艺术史上的新篇章。

That day, the Metropolitan Museum of Art transformed from a mere building housing

那天，大都会艺术博物馆从一座单纯的

art into a realm of discovery and wonder.

艺术建筑转变为一个发现和奇迹的王国。

And I, once just a humble curator, had become a part of history, my name

而我，曾经只是一个不起眼的策展人，已经成为历史的一部分，我的名字

forever intertwined with one of the greatest discoveries in the art world.

永远与艺术界最伟大的发现之一交织在一起。

And that brings us to the end of today's episode and the end of Week 16.

今天的节目到此结束，第 16 周也结束了。

I do hope you'll join me tomorrow for our usual Saturday episode.

我真心希望您明天能和我一起观看我们平常的周六节目。

And until then, take very good care, have a wonderful weekend, and goodbye.

在那之前，请好好照顾，度过一个愉快的周末，然后再见。