100 English Lessons 💯 - British English Podcast

Hello and welcome to this very special episode of the

大家好，欢迎收看这一非常特别的

English Like a Native Podcast.

“英语像母语播客”节目。

Why is it so special?

为什么这么特别？

Well, because this is our 100th Episode.

嗯，因为这是我们的第 100 集。

And right from the very top, I just want to express my gratitude

从最上层开始，我只想

to all of you, my listeners for enabling us to reach this milestone.

向你们所有人、我的听众表示感谢，是你们使我们能够达到这一里程碑。

Wow!

哇！

100 episodes.

100 集。

We've been through some weird and wonderful topics in our first 99

我们在前 99 个

podcasts; from British bathing habits, to our Friday fish and chip

播客中讨论了一些奇怪而精彩的话题；从英国人的洗澡习惯，到周五的炸鱼薯条

supper, our nervousness around nudity and driving over the speed limit.

晚餐，再到我们对裸体和超速驾驶的紧张。

We've had some amazing guests and we've explored loads and loads of vocabulary.

我们接待了一些很棒的客人，我们探索了很多词汇。

It has been a blast.

这真是太棒了。

So, for our hundredth episode, I want to look at the number a

因此，在我们的第一百集中，我想看看数字“100

hundred itself, and some noteworthy appearances that it has made in the

”本身，以及它在

culture of the English-speaking world.

英语世界文化中的一些值得注意的表现。

Now, to be honest, it's a sensational number, isn't it?

现在，说实话，这是一个耸人听闻的数字，不是吗？

Sometimes we talk about something being a perfect 10.

有时我们谈论某件事是完美的 10。

Well, a hundred is 10 times as good as a perfect ten!

好吧，一百是完美的十倍！

It's actually ten tens!

原来是十多啊！

It's an emoji, too.

这也是一个表情符号。

In fact, I've already used that emoji today to express my total

事实上，我今天已经使用了这个表情符号来表达我对

support for an idea someone gave me.

某人给我的想法的完全支持。

It's a number that represents completeness and flawlessness.

这是一个代表完整性和完美无缺的数字。

If something is flawless, then it has no flaws, no errors.

如果某件事是完美无缺的，那么它就没有缺陷，没有错误。

No faults, no defect.

没有缺点，没有缺陷。

We demand 100% effort from our sports teams.

我们要求我们的运动队付出 100% 的努力。

We want our energy to be 100% renewable; we agree, or disagree, with someone 100%.

我们希望我们的能源 100% 可再生；我们百分百同意或不同意某人的观点。

By the way, "per cent" literally means “out of a hundred” and it's taken

顺便说一下，“percent”的字面意思是“一百分之一”，它取自

from the Latin phrase per centum.

拉丁语per centum。

Although "cent" is not the English word for a hundred, it appears all over the

尽管“cent”在英语中并不是“一百”的意思，但它却随处可见

place: there are a hundred cents in a dollar and a hundred years in a century.

：一美元代表一百美分，一个世纪代表一百年。

If we think about measurement, there are a hundred centimetres in

如果我们考虑测量，一米有一百厘米

a metre, and water boils at exactly a hundred degrees centigrade.

，水的沸腾温度恰好是一百摄氏度。

Someone reaching a hundred years of age is called a centenarian.

人到了一百岁，就被称为百岁老人。

And the hundredth anniversary of a state or organisation is known as a centenary.

一个国家或组织成立一百周年被称为百年。

And in the animal kingdom, the multi-legged arthropod, the centipede,

在动物王国中，多足节肢动物蜈蚣

has, well, actually, no centipede has a hundred legs because they all

实际上没有一百条腿的蜈蚣，因为它们都有

have an odd number of pairs, like 47, or 49, or 51, or 53, and so on.

奇数对，比如 47 或 49 或 51 或 53，并且很快。

So, not perfection this time, but you can see why someone would say that

所以，这次并不完美，但你可以明白为什么有人会说

these curious little carnivores have a hundred legs; I mean, who was going

这些好奇的小食肉动物有一百条腿；我的意思是，谁会

to count them and say, well, this one is a 94-pede, or this one is 162-pede.

数一数然后说，这个是 94 足的，或者这个是 162 足的。

No, we call them centipedes for ease.

不，为了方便起见，我们称它们为蜈蚣。

So, let's explore now an explosive example of the number a hundred; a

那么，现在让我们探讨一下数字一百的爆炸性例子；一项

massive sporting event that can be over in less time than it's taken

大型体育赛事的结束时间比

me to introduce it in this sentence: the one hundred-metre sprint.

我用这句话介绍它所需的时间要短：百米短跑。

When a race is called a sprint, it means that the participants

当一场比赛被称为冲刺赛时，这意味着参赛者

are basically moving as fast as they can for as long as they can.

基本上要尽可能快地移动尽可能长的时间。

They're not typically saving a great deal of energy for later,

他们通常不会为以后节省大量精力，

because there won't be a later!

因为不会有以后！

It's all going to be over very quickly.

一切都会很快结束。

Now, if you were listening exceptionally carefully, you would have noticed

现在，如果你听得特别仔细，你就会注意到

that I said, one-hundred metre sprint, when I talked about the

，当我谈到比赛时，我说的是百米冲刺，

race, whereas before I was saying a hundred instead of one hundred.

而之前我说的是一百而不是一百。

The name of the number is a hundred, but we sometimes say one hundred

数字的名称是“一百”，但当我们

when we want to emphasise or clearly differentiate the number from any

想要强调或清楚地区分这个数字与任何其他

other possible number of hundreds.

可能的数字“一百”时，我们有时会说“一百”。

There are quite a few athletic races that are run over a different

有不少田径比赛的跑长不同，

number of hundreds of metres.

有数百米。

So you might have the two-hundred metre race, the four-hundred

所以你可能会有两百米比赛、四百米

metre race, and so on.

比赛等等。

The men's one hundred metres was part of the first modern Olympic

男子百米是

Games, in Athens, Greece in 1896.

1896 年在希腊雅典举行的第一届现代奥运会

Women had to wait until 1928 for their race to be included.

的一部分 。女子百米比赛直到 1928 年才被纳入比赛项目。

There have been a few iconic one hundred-metre races at the Olympics.

奥运会上曾有过几场标志性的百米比赛。

One of enormous historical significance took place at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

具有重大历史意义的一件事发生在 1936 年柏林奥运会上，

when Jesse Owens, an African American athlete, broke the world record and won

当时非裔美国运动员杰西·欧文斯 (Jesse Owens) 打破了世界纪录，赢得了

the gold medal for what the Americans referred to as the 100-metre dash.

美国人所说的 100 米短跑金牌。 事实上，这只是他在

It was in fact just one of the four golds that he took home with him as

反抗阿道夫·希特勒宣扬法西斯纳粹意识形态的企图

he defied Adolf Hitler's attempts to promote the fascist Nazi ideology.

时带回家的四枚金牌之一 。

If Owens was the hero of 1936, then in 1924 there were actually two heroes!

如果说欧文斯是1936年的英雄，那么1924年实际上有两个英雄！

Have you ever seen the multi-Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire?

您看过荣获多项奥斯卡奖的电影《烈火战车》吗？

This 1981 British classic was based on the events of the 1924 Olympics

这部 1981 年英国经典赛是根据 1924 年奥运会的赛事改编的，

when Scotsman Eric Liddell refused to run in the one hundred metres, his

当时苏格兰选手埃里克·利德尔 (Eric Liddell) 拒绝参加他最喜欢的百米赛跑

favoured distance, because qualifying races took place on a Sunday.

，因为资格赛在周日举行。

Liddell was a devout Christian, which means that he strictly followed his

利德尔是一名虔诚的基督徒，这意味着他严格遵循自己的

religion and obeyed all its principles.

宗教信仰并遵守其所有原则。

So, he would not run on the day of rest.

所以，休息日他不会跑步。

His English rival Harold Abrahams, who Liddell was strongly favoured to beat,

他的英国对手哈罗德·亚伯拉罕斯（Harold Abrahams）赢得了金牌，而利德尔曾被强烈希望击败他

won the gold medal, but Eric Liddell didn't go home empty-handed; he qualified

，但埃里克·利德尔并没有空手而归。他

for the 400-metres final on a Thursday, and won the gold medal on a Friday.

在星期四获得了 400 米决赛的资格，并在星期五获得了金牌。

In more recent years, we saw the scandal of the then world-record breaking

近年来，我们看到了当时打破世界纪录的

Canadian athlete Ben Johnson, who was disqualified after testing positive

加拿大运动员本·约翰逊的丑闻，他

for banned substances in Seoul in 1988 after winning the 100-metres.

于1988年在首尔赢得100米比赛后因违禁物质检测呈阳性而被取消资格。

There has been tragedy too, in the form of the death at just 39 years of age

也有悲剧发生，弗洛伦斯·格里菲斯·乔伊纳 (Florence Griffith-Joyner) 年仅 39 岁就去世了，

of Florence Griffith-Joyner who won gold at Seoul and in the same year set

她在首尔夺得金牌，同年创造了

a world record of 10.49 seconds, which still stands today, 35 years later.

10.49 秒的世界纪录，35 年后的今天，该纪录仍然保持着。

The current men's world record is Usain Bolt's scarcely-believable

目前的男子世界纪录是尤塞恩·博尔特 (Usain Bolt) 令人难以置信的

9.58 seconds, earning him the title of the fastest human ever.

9.58 秒，这为他赢得了有史以来跑得最快的人类的称号。

After all that sprinting and dashing, it's time for something that took

在经历了所有的冲刺和冲刺之后，是时候做一些

a little longer than even my own attempts to run a hundred metres.

比我自己尝试跑一百米更长的事情了。

More than 100 years longer, in fact.

事实上，比这还要长 100 多年。

The Hundred Years’ War between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries

14、15世纪英法百年战争在

was a bit like our old friend the centipede in a way; the conflict actually

某种程度上有点像我们的老朋友蜈蚣；这场冲突实际上

lasted 116 years, from 1337 to 1453.

持续了116年，从1337年到1453年。

This interminable war saw the appearance of the teenage French

这场无休无止的战争见证了法国少女女英雄圣女贞德的出现

heroine, Joan of Arc, whose miraculous intervention turned the tide of the

，她奇迹般的介入扭转了战争的局势，

war back in favour of the French.

有利于法国人。

Joan or Jeanne, was born to humble parents, and yet she was able to

琼（Joan）或珍妮（Jeanne）出生于卑微的父母，但她能够

convince the dauphin, the heir apparent to the French crown, that she had

说服法国王储的王太子，她

received visions from saints and angels.

从圣人和天使那里得到了幻象。

These visions told her that she would be the one to fulfill the prophecy

这些幻象告诉她，她将成为实现这一预言的人

that an armed virgin would come to rescue France from its enemies.

，即一名武装处女将从敌人手中拯救法国。

Joan dressed in men's clothes, which at the time was considered an act of

贞德身着男装，这在当时被认为是

heresy, punishable by imprisonment or even execution, and fought at

异端行为，会受到监禁甚至处决的惩罚，在

the front of the revitalised army, achieving important victories to

复兴的军队前线作战，取得了重要的胜利，

pave the way for the coronation of the king, Charles VII of France.

为国王查理七世的加冕铺平了道路法国的。

Also known as the 'Maid of Orleans', the relief of the siege of this city

也被称为“奥尔良少女”，她领导的解除这座城市的围困

that she led was taken by many as a sign that she was indeed sent by God.

被许多人视为她确实是上帝派来的标志。

Unfortunately, Joan wouldn't live to see the end of the war as she was

不幸的是，琼没能活着看到战争结束，她被

captured, sold, tried and executed.

俘虏、出售、审判和处决。

She is considered to be a martyr, not because she was executed for her

她被认为是烈士，并不是因为她因

Christian beliefs, but in the broader sense of someone who willingly suffered

基督教信仰而被处决，而是因为她在更广泛的意义上自愿

and died for a cause or principle.

为某种事业或原则受苦和死亡。

Her name, story, and inspiration lives on in films, books,

她的名字、故事和灵感 至今仍存

and songs still to this day.

在于电影、书籍和歌曲中

And speaking of inspiration, how about a bit of Shakespeare?

。 说到灵感，来点莎士比亚怎么样？

Have you ever heard the phrase “a band of brothers” before?

你听过“兄弟连”这个词吗？

Until Joan of Arc put on her suit of armour and changed the

在圣女贞德穿上她的盔甲并改变

course of history, the English had been sitting pretty following a

历史进程之前，英国人

spectacular victory in Agincourt.

在阿金库尔取得了一场壮观的胜利后一直坐稳了。

The men are said to have been inspired by a rousing speech from King Henry V,

据说，这些人受到了亨利五世国王激动人心的演讲的启发，

a speech which William Shakespeare put to paper in his play of the same name.

威廉·莎士比亚在他的同名戏剧中写下了这篇演讲。

Although we can't be precisely sure what Henry said about courage and

虽然我们无法准确确定亨利所说的关于勇气和

unity to motivate his men to victory, one of the famous lines from the

团结来激励他的部下取得胜利的内容， 但剧中演讲中的

speech in the play is; "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,".

著名台词之一 是： “我们少数，我们幸福的少数，我们兄弟连”。

This part in particular has been quoted and referenced in countless films and

这一部分尤其被无数电影和

books, as well as being used to boost morale in wars such as the American

书籍引用和引用，并被用来在美国

Civil War and the Second World War.

内战和第二次世界大战等战争中鼓舞士气。

A hundred metres, a hundred years, and now...

一百米，一百年，现在……

a hundred dollars.

一百美元。

The hundred-dollar bill is actually the largest denomination bill in

百元钞票实际上是

regular use in the United States.

美国常用的最大面额钞票。

Although larger denominations do exist, they were discounted in 1969

虽然更大面额的纸币确实存在，但它们在 1969 年打折

and so aren't exactly easy to come by!

，因此不太容易买到！

The bill is referred to by some as a c-note, the ‘c’ representing ‘century’,

该法案被一些人称为“c”音符，“c”代表“世纪”，

and by others as Benjamins, or Franklins, because on one side of the bill, you'll

而另一些人则称为“本杰明”或“富兰克林”，因为在法案的一侧，您会

see Benjamin Franklin, a member of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

看到本杰明·富兰克林，他是美国国会议员。美国的开国元勋。

This name was given to the group of revolutionaries, featuring four

这个名字被赋予了革命者群体，其中包括四位

future Presidents who played different roles in leading the American War

未来的总统，他们在领导美国

of Independence and establishing the United States of America.

独立战争和建立美利坚合众国方面发挥了不同的作用。

Although Franklin never held the office of President of the United States,

尽管富兰克林从未担任过美国总统，但

he was elected as President of the State of Pennsylvania for three years.

他当选为宾夕法尼亚州总统，任期三年。

He was a signatory of both the Declaration of Independence and the

他是《独立宣言》和

Constitution of the United States.

《美国宪法》的签署人。

He was also a scientist, and among his contributions to the advancement

他也是一位科学家，他对我们社会进步的贡献之一

of our society is the development of the lightning rod, the lightning

是开发了避雷针，即

conductor in British English.

英式英语中的避雷针。

A lightning conductor is a mounted metal rod intended to protect

避雷针是安装的金属棒，旨在保护

buildings from lightning strikes.

建筑物免受雷击。

The idea is that the electrical charge of the lightning will be attracted to the rod

这个想法是，闪电的电荷将被吸引到杆上

and then pass safely down an attached wire and into the ground, rather than strike

，然后安全地沿着连接的电线传递到地面，而不是击中

a building and cause damage or harm.

建筑物并造成损坏或伤害。

Also, in metaphorical terms, a "lightning rod" can represent an individual, an

此外，用隐喻术语来说，“避雷针”可以代表一个人、一个

idea, or a concept that attracts and absorbs a certain type of attention or

想法或一个概念，吸引并吸收某种类型的注意力或

criticism, diverting it away from other potential, more vulnerable targets.

批评，将其从其他潜在的、更脆弱的目标上转移开。

By the way, as part of his research, Franklin proposed to prove that lightning

顺便说一句，作为他研究的一部分，富兰克林提出

was electricity by flying a kite in a storm and collecting electrical

通过在暴风雨中放风筝并

charges from a lightning strike.

从雷击中收集电荷来证明闪电是电。

Do not try this at home!

不要在家尝试做这个！

Finally, now that this podcast has meant that we have joined the “hundred club”,

最后，既然这个播客意味着我们已经加入了“百人俱乐部”，那么

let's check out a different hundred club.

让我们看看另一个不同的百人俱乐部。

At number 100 Oxford Street in London's West End, there is a music venue that

在伦敦西区牛津街 100 号，有一个音乐场馆

organised a festival that must have been one of the most influential in history.

举办了一场音乐节，这一定是历史上最有影响力的音乐节之一。

In September 1976, The Hundred Club hosted two nights of punk music featuring The

1976 年 9 月，The Hundred Club 举办了两场朋克音乐之夜，其中包括 The

Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Damned and the Buzzcocks;

Sex Pistols、The Clash、Siouxsie and The Banshees、The Damned 和 the Buzzcocks 等乐队；

with Paul Weller, from The Jam, Chrissie Hynde, from The Pretenders, Shane McGowan,

观众席上 还有 The Jam 的 Paul Weller、The Pretenders 的 Chrissie Hynde、The Pogues 的 Shane McGowan

from The Pogues, and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in the audience.

以及时装设计师 Vivienne Westwood。

This event saw a gathering of musicians and performers who have had

这次活动聚集了对

a major impact on guitar-based rock and post-rock as we know it today,

我们今天所知的吉他摇滚和后摇滚产生重大影响的音乐家和表演者，

both alternative and mainstream.

无论是另类摇滚还是主流摇滚。

Thank you so much for accompanying me as we followed the number 100 around history.

非常感谢你们陪伴我一起追寻历史上的100。

Of course, I'm already looking forward to the bi-centennial podcast, so I

当然，我已经很期待二百年纪念播客了，所以我

hope that you'll still be with me to celebrate episode number 200 of the

希望您仍然能和我一起庆祝“

English Like a Native Podcast series...

英语像母语播客”系列的第 200 集……

Thank you again.

再次感谢您。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。