Learn English Vocabulary Daily #17.1 — 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 are listening to Week 17, Day 1 of Your English

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五篇英语》第 17 周第一天

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

，该系列旨在 从周一到周五每天

by five pieces every single day of the week from Monday to Friday.

增加你的活跃词汇量 5 篇。

Let's kick off today's list with a noun.

让我们从一个名词开始今天的清单。

We start with commodity, commodity.

我们从商品开始，商品。

We spell this C O M M O D I T Y.

我们将这个商品拼写为 Y.

Commodity.

商品。

A commodity is a substance or a product that can be traded, bought or sold.

商品是可以交易、购买或出售的物质或产品。

So, every country has some form of commodity.

因此，每个国家都有某种形式的商品。

They have many commodities that are traded.

他们有许多可以交易的商品。

Some internally, so nationally or domestically, and some externally,

有些是内部的，例如国家或国内的，有些是外部的，

internationally, globally.

国际的，全球的。

What commodities does your country trade internationally?

贵国进行哪些国际贸易商品？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"The country's most valuable commodities include tin and diamonds."

“该国最有价值的商品包括锡和钻石。”

Next on our list is an adjective and it is bland, bland.

我们列表中的下一个是形容词，它很平淡，平淡。

We spell this B L A N D.

我们拼写这个 BLAN D.

Bland.

Bland。

If something is described as bland, then it's not very strong.

如果某件事被描述为平淡无奇，那么它就不是很强烈。

It doesn't have a strong taste if we're talking about food or drink, or it

如果我们谈论的是食物或饮料，它的味道就不那么强烈；或者

doesn't have a very strong character or personality if it's a person.

如果我们谈论的是一个人，它的性格或个性也不是很强烈。

So, it's not a very nice thing actually to say that someone's quite bland.

所以，说某人很平淡实际上并不是一件好事。

So, I would be very upset if someone said,

所以，如果有人说：

"Oh yes, Anna's a very bland girl."

“哦，是的，安娜是一个非常温和的女孩。”

Hopefully no one would say that about me, but bland.

希望没有人会这么说我，但平淡无奇。

Not being very strong or characterful, not very interesting, not very energetic.

不是很坚强或有个性，不是很有趣，不是很有活力。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"This casserole is very bland, did you forget to add the herb mix?"

“这个砂锅菜太淡了，你是不是忘记加香草了？”

Alright, moving on to another noun.

好吧，继续讨论另一个名词。

This is a favourite of mine and it is page-turner.

这是我的最爱，也是引人入胜的。

Page-turner.

翻页机。

We spell this P A G E, hyphen; turner, T U R N E R.

我们拼写这个 PAGE，连字符；特纳，TURNE R.

Page-turner.

翻页者。

A page-turner refers to a book that's so exciting that you can't help

page-turner指的是一本令人兴奋的书，你会情不自禁地

but turn the pages very quickly.

快速翻页。

You keep reading because you have to know what happens next.

你继续阅读，因为你必须知道接下来会发生什么。

It's a very interesting and exciting book.

这是一本非常有趣和令人兴奋的书。

For example,

例如，

"The last Dan Brown book I read was a real page-turner, I

“我读的最后一本丹·布朗的书真是一本引人入胜的书，我

finished it in three nights!"

用了三个晚上就读完了！”

Can you think of the last page-turner that you picked up?

你能想起你拿起的最后一本引人入胜的书吗？

Moving on, we have the adjective eccentric, eccentric.

继续，我们有形容词 eccentric, eccentric。

We spell this E C C E N T R I C.

我们把这个拼写为ECCENTRI C.

Eccentric.

古怪的。

If something or someone is described as eccentric, then they

如果某事或某人被描述为古怪的，那么他们

are strange and slightly unusual.

很奇怪并且有点不寻常。

Sometimes in a fun or humorous way.

有时以有趣或幽默的方式。

I always had an eccentric drama teacher.

我一直有一位古怪的戏剧老师。

I had one at college, I had one at school, and I had one at drama school.

我在大学有一个，在学校有一个，在戏剧学校也有一个。

Drama teachers do tend to be quite eccentric.

戏剧老师确实往往很古怪。

They're a little bit strange, a little bit unusual.

他们有点奇怪，有点不寻常。

They're not like all the other teachers.

他们和其他老师不一样。

They might wear flamboyant clothing, and walk in a different way,

他们可能会穿着华丽的衣服，以不同的方式走路，

and walk into the room and go,

走进房间，然后说：

"Hello darlings, what a lovely, beautiful classroom full of people.

“亲爱的，多么可爱、美丽的教室里挤满了人。

Now you, delicious human beings, get down on the floor and pretend to be cats.

现在，你们，可爱的人类，趴在地板上，假装做猫吧，

Go!"

走吧！”

Have you ever come across an eccentric person?

你遇到过性格古怪的人吗？

Or do you have any eccentric clothing?

或者你有什么奇怪的衣服吗？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"Why do you always have to wear such eccentric clothes?

“你为什么总是要穿这么奇怪的衣服？

You make me look so boring!"

你让我看起来很无聊！”

Last on our list is a noun and it is prose, prose.

我们名单上的最后一个是一个名词，它是散文，散文。

We spell this P R O S E, prose, prose.

我们拼写散文，散文，散文。

Notice the S is voiced, so we have a Z sound.

请注意，S 是浊音，所以我们有 Z 音。

Prose.

散文。

Prose refers to written language that is in ordinary form rather than poetry.

散文是指普通形式的书面语言，而不是诗歌。

So, it's not poetry, it's just ordinary spoken word, written as we would speak.

所以，这不是诗歌，它只是普通的口语，按照我们所说的方式写成。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"I always preferred reading prose to poetry."

“与诗歌相比，我总是更喜欢阅读散文。”

Alright, let's recap our five for today.

好吧，让我们回顾一下今天的五点。

We started with the noun commodity, a substance or product

我们从名词商品开始，商品是一种

that can be bought or sold.

可以买卖的物质或产品。

Then we moved on to the adjective bland, which is having very little taste

然后我们转向形容词“bland”，它的意思是“没有什么品味

or character, not very interesting.

或特色，不是很有趣”。

We moved on to the noun page-turner, a book that you have to read quickly

我们继续讨论名词 page-turner，这是一本书，你必须快速阅读，

because you just find it so interesting.

因为你发现它很有趣。

You turn the pages over and over again.

你一遍又一遍地翻页。

Then we had the adjective eccentric, something that's unusual and strange,

然后我们有形容词 eccentric ，一些不寻常和奇怪的东西，

often in a fun or humorous way.

通常以有趣或幽默的方式。

And we finished with the noun prose, referring to language

我们最后提到了名词散文，指的是

that's written in the way that it's spoken, rather than poetry.

按照口头方式写成的语言，而不是诗歌。

Okay, let's do this for pronunciation, please repeat after me.

好，我们就这样发音，请跟我重复。

Commodity.

商品。

Commodity.

商品。

Bland.

乏味。

Bland.

乏味。

Page-turner.

翻页机。

Page-turner.

翻页机。

Eccentric.

偏心。

Eccentric.

偏心。

Prose.

散文。

Prose.

散文。

Brilliant.

杰出的。

Okay, let me test you.

好吧，让我测试一下你。

If I pick up a book and I just can't put it down, I just keep

如果我拿起一本书就爱不释手，我会一直翻阅

going through it until I've read it, what would I call that book?

它直到读完，我会怎么称呼那本书呢？

A page-turner.

引人入胜。

And when I discuss the substances that my country buys and

当我讨论我国买卖的物质时

sells, what am I referring to?

，我指的是什么？

Commodities, of course.

当然是大宗商品。

And if I say, "I'm very sorry, I cooked this casserole, but it

如果我说：“我很抱歉，我煮了这个砂锅菜，但它

doesn't really taste of anything."

真的没什么味道。”

What adjective could I use here?

我在这里可以用什么形容词？

Bland, bland.

平淡，平淡。

And then I'm going to introduce you to my very strange and slightly

然后我要向你们介绍我的

unusual aunt, who is a drama teacher.

阿姨，她非常奇怪，有点不寻常，她是一位戏剧老师。

I would often describe her as being quite...

我经常形容她非常……

eccentric, eccentric.

古怪，古怪。

And she loves reading Shakespeare, but she particularly enjoys reading

她喜欢读莎士比亚，但她特别喜欢读

his written word that's in ordinary form rather than his poetic work.

他普通形式的书面文字，而不是他的诗歌作品。

What am I referring to here?

我在这里指的是什么？

How can I refer to this written language in its ordinary form?

我如何以普通形式引用这种书面语言？

Prose, prose.

散文，散文。

Very good.

非常好。

Let's put this all together in a special review.

让我们将所有这些放在一起进行特别回顾。

Today I'd like to share a book recommendation with you.

今天我想和大家分享一本推荐书。

I'm a big fan of reading as a means of improving language skills, and I hope

我非常喜欢将阅读作为提高语言技能的一种手段，我希望

I can entice you to pick up this great page-turner and enjoy reading as much,

我能吸引你拿起这本引人入胜的好书，享受阅读的乐趣，

and learn some new vocabulary, as I did.

并学习一些新的词汇，就像我一样。

The book is called Fahrenheit 451 and was written by Ray Bradbury.

这本书的名字是《华氏 451》，作者是雷·布拉德伯里。

Here's the review.

这是评论。

Guy Montag is a fireman.

盖伊·蒙塔格是一名消防员。

His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along

他的工作是销毁最非法的商品——印刷书籍，以及

with the houses in which it's hidden.

藏匿书籍的房屋。

Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions cause, returning

蒙塔格从不质疑他的行为造成的破坏和破坏，

each day to his bland life and his wife Mildred, who spends all

每天都回到他平淡的生活中，而他的妻子米尔德里德则整天

day with her television "family".

和她的电视“家人”在一起。

But when he meets an eccentric young neighbour, Clarisse, who introduces

但当他遇到了一位古怪的年轻邻居克拉丽丝（Clarisse），她

him to a past where people didn't live in fear, and a present where

向他介绍了一个人们不再生活在恐惧之中的过去，以及一个

the world is seen through the ideas of books rather than the mindless

通过书籍的思想而不是

chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has known.

电视中无意识的喋喋不休来看待世界的现在，蒙塔格开始质疑他所知道的一切。

Alongside Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 is

与奥威尔的《1984》和赫胥黎的《美丽新世界》一样，《华氏 451 度》是

the classic novel of a post-literate future and a pathetic account of the

后文学未来的经典小说，也是

enslavement of Western civilisation by media, drugs, and conformity.

对媒体、毒品和顺从对西方文明的奴役的可悲描述。

Bradbury's powerful and poetic prose combines with an uncanny insight into

布拉德伯里有力而富有诗意的散文与对技术潜力的不可思议的洞察力相结合，

the potential of technology to create a novel that still has the power

创作出一部 在首次出版 50 多年后

to astonish and shock more than 50 years after its first publication.

仍然令人惊叹和震撼的小说 。

And there we go.

我们就这样吧。

That's the review.

这就是评论。

I'm aware that there are some words in this review that you may

我知道这篇评论中有些词你可能

not know yet, so, I will write more about those words tomorrow.

还不知道，所以，我明天会写更多关于这些词的内容。

Book reviews are always very useful and I hope to be able to share some more

书评总是非常有用，我希望很快能够

of my favourite books with you soon.

与您分享更多我最喜欢的书。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。