Learn English Vocabulary Daily #18.2 — British English Podcast

Hello, 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 18, Day 2 of Your English Five a Day.

我叫安娜，你正在听《英语每日五堂》第 18 周第 2 天。

This is a series that hopefully is going to expand your active vocabulary

这是一个系列，希望能够扩大您的活跃词汇量

as we deep dive into five pieces every day of the week from Monday to Friday.

，因为我们从周一到周五每天都会深入探讨五篇文章。

So, let's start today's list.

那么，让我们开始今天的清单吧。

The first word is a noun and it is conservatory, conservatory.

第一个词是一个名词，它是音乐学院，音乐学院。

We spell this C O N S E R V A T O R Y, conservatory.

我们把这个拼写为 CONSER VATORY，温室。

A conservatory is a glass room that is usually attached to the side of

温室是一个玻璃房间，通常附在房子的一侧

a house and it's used for relaxing.

，用于放松。

And especially in good weather.

尤其是在天气好的时候。

It's hard to relax in a conservatory in the winter because they

冬天在温室里很难放松，因为它们

tend to be a little bit cold.

往往有点冷。

A conservatory is often where you'll put more houseplants

温室通常是您放置更多室内植物的地方，

because it gets so much light.

因为它的光线充足。

Because there's more glass within a conservatory than anything else.

因为温室里的玻璃比其他任何东西都多。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"We want to get a conservatory built next summer, can you recommend a good

“我们想明年夏天建一座温室，你能推荐一个

supplier that's not too expensive?"

不太贵的好供应商吗？”

Sometimes people call a conservatory a sunroom.

有时人们称温室为日光浴室。

We have a conservatory on the back of our house, and there was actually so

我们房子的后面有一个温室，实际上

much glass in our conservatory that it became like a hot box, like an oven in the

我们的温室里有太多的玻璃，它变得像一个热箱，就像夏天的烤箱，

summer because you just couldn't escape.

因为你无法逃脱。

There was no shade in the sun, and so we actually did some

阳光下没有阴影，所以我们实际上

insulation on part of the ceiling.

在天花板的一部分做了一些隔热处理。

So we put in insulating boards to block out the sun and to keep in the heat in the

因此，我们安装了隔热板来遮挡阳光并在冬天保持热量

winter, and it's made such a difference.

，这带来了很大的不同。

Have you got a conservatory or are you considering building one?

您有温室或者正在考虑建造一个温室吗？

Next on our list is a verb and it is envisage, envisage.

我们列表中的下一个是动词，它是设想，设想。

We spell this E N V I S A G E.

我们拼写这个 ENVISAG E。

To envisage something.

设想某事。

To envisage is to form a picture in your mind of how something or someone will look

设想是在你的脑海中形成一幅关于某事或某人将是

or how it will work or how it will be.

什么样子或它将如何运作或将如何的图片。

So, if you're going to go on holiday to a country that you've never been to

所以，如果你要去一个你

before and you're going to do something that you've never done before, let's

以前从未去过的国家度假，并且你要做一些你以前从未做过的事情，假设

say you're going to go to Portugal and you're going to try surfing and

你要去葡萄牙，并且你你会尝试冲浪，并且

you're going to camp while you do that.

在你这样做的时候你会去露营。

So, you're going to sleep in a tent at night and ride the waves

所以，你将晚上睡在帐篷里， 白天 乘风破浪

in the day, but you've never done anything like that before.

，但你以前从未做过这样的事情。

You'll form a picture in your mind of what it will be like before you get there.

在到达那里之前，您会在脑海中形成一幅画面。

You will envisage it.

你会想象到的。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"I'd envisaged my blind date as a tall, dark, handsome man...

“我想象我的相亲对象是一个高大、黝黑、英俊的男人……

I couldn't have been more wrong.

我大错特错了。

He was short, had curly blonde hair and a beer belly!"

他很矮，有一头卷曲的金发，还有一个啤酒肚！”

Have you ever been on a blind date?

你有过相亲经历吗？

Did you form a picture in your mind of what the person would be like?

你是否在脑海中描绘出这个人会是什么样子？

Or have you set up a date using one of these dating apps when all you have

或者，当您拥有的 只是一张图片和几行他们写的关于自己的文字

is a picture and a few lines of text that they've written about themselves?

时，您是否使用这些约会应用程序之一来安排约会 ？

And so, you envisage what they'd be like before you meet them and when you

所以，在没见到他们之前，你就想象过他们会是什么样子，而当你

actually come face to face with them you instantly realise that you were

真正面对面的时候，你立刻就意识到自己

so wrong, that they are completely different from what you had envisaged.

错了，他们和你想象的完全不一样。

Moving on, we have an adjective, and it is liberal, liberal.

继续，我们有一个形容词，它是自由的，自由的。

We spell this L I B E R A L.

我们将其拼写为 LIBERA L.

Liberal.

自由派。

To be liberal is to be open to new ideas and willing to accept the

自由是指对新想法持开放态度，并愿意接受

opinions and suggestions of others when they're different from your own.

他人与自己不同的意见和建议。

So, it's all about being open-minded, being liberal, or to

所以，这一切都在于思想开放、自由，或者以

have a liberal approach to things.

自由的方式对待事物。

As a teacher, I think I'm quite a liberal person.

作为一名教师，我认为我是一个比较自由的人。

I'm open to learning, I'm open to hearing and accepting other

我乐于学习，乐于倾听和接受别人

people's opinions and methods.

的意见和方法。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"I have quite a liberal approach to parenting.

“我对养育孩子有相当自由的态度。

I have my rules, but I'm always open to suggestions if they

我有自己的规则，但如果它们 能帮助我成为一个更好的妈妈，

help me to be a better mum."

我总是愿意接受建议

That example actually makes me think about my parenting.

。” 这个例子实际上让我思考了我的养育方式。

I think I am a liberal parent myself.

我认为我自己是一位自由派家长。

I'm not as strict as my parents were, and my parents weren't as

我不像我的父母那么严格，我的父母也不像

strict as their parents were.

他们的父母那么严格。

So, I think generation after generation, we've become a little bit more liberal.

所以，我认为一代又一代，我们变得更加自由了。

At least it seems that way.

至少看起来是这样。

My grandmother was very strict.

我的祖母非常严格。

Things like table etiquette and just general behaviour, you know,

像餐桌礼仪和一般行为之类的事情，你知道，

the rules were firmly enforced and you had to sit up straight at

规则被严格执行，你必须在 桌子 旁坐直

the table, no elbows on the table.

，手肘不能放在桌子上。

You had to eat with a knife and fork in a certain hand, and you

吃饭时必须用一只手拿着刀叉，而且

weren't allowed to sing at the table.

不准在餐桌上唱歌。

You weren't allowed to talk with your mouth full.

你不可以满嘴说话。

I mean, that's just general manners, but you weren't allowed to leave the

我的意思是，这只是一般礼仪，但 在每个人都吃完之前，

table until everyone had finished.

你不可以离开桌子

You weren't allowed to start eating until everyone was sitting down.

。 直到所有人都坐下后才可以开始吃饭。

There were always these very strict rules.

总是有这些非常严格的规则。

You had to try everything on your plate and usually, you had to

你必须尝试盘子里的所有东西，通常，你必须

finish everything on your plate.

吃完盘子里的所有东西。

And I remember them being very strict.

我记得他们非常严格。

I'm much more liberal.

我更加自由。

I decide when to enforce certain rules, but usually, I just let my

我决定何时执行某些规则，但通常，我只是让我的

children be free, have a little bit more autonomy and control.

孩子自由，有更多的自主权和控制权。

As much as I can

尽我所能

. Okay.

。好的。

Let's move on to the next, which is a phrasal verb.

让我们继续看下一个，这是一个短语动词。

We love phrasal verbs and this is bandy around to bandy around.

我们喜欢短语动词，这是 bandy around to bandy around。

Now this is separable, so we normally say bandy something around.

现在这是可分离的，所以我们通常说“bandy around”。

And we spell it bandy, B A N D Y.

我们将其拼写为 bandy，BAND Y。Around

Around, A R O U N D.

，AROUN D。Bandy

Bandy around.

around。

If we bandy something around, then we talk casually and openly

如果我们把某事到处乱放，那么我们就会

about something without thinking.

不假思索地随意、公开地谈论某事。

So, it might be discussing ideas or our opinions without carefully

因此，它可能是在讨论想法或我们的观点，而没有仔细

thinking about who we're talking to or what we're actually saying.

考虑我们正在与谁交谈或我们实际上在说什么。

And this can be quite dangerous because if you just bandy things around if you

这可能非常危险，因为如果你不加

just talk without thinking, you could say something that you don't really mean

思考地乱说话，你可能会说一些你并不真正想说的话，

that could end up upsetting someone else or it could set off a chain reaction.

最终可能会惹恼别人，或者可能引发连锁反应。

It could plant a seed, make someone start to think something about you

它可能会播下一颗种子，让别人开始对你产生一些

that's not accurate cause you're just loosely throwing these thoughts around,

不准确的想法，因为你只是松散地散布这些想法，

you're bandying around your thoughts.

你在胡乱地思考你的想法。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"Any idea who's up for promotion next month?

“知道下个月谁会升职吗？

There's been a few names bandied around but no one has been confirmed yet."

已经有几个名字四处流传，但还没有人得到确认。”

Alright, next on the list is an adverb and it is insanely, insanely.

好吧，列表中的下一个是副词，它是疯狂的，疯狂的。

We spell this I N S A N E L Y.

我们把这个拼写为 INSANEL Y.

Insanely.

疯狂地。

Now, if you're describing something as insanely, then it's unreasonably

现在，如果你把某件事描述为疯狂，那么它就是不合理的

or extremely, to an extreme degree.

或极端的，达到极端的程度。

So, if someone is insanely fast, then they are extremely fast.

所以，如果一个人的速度非常快，那么他们就非常快了。

You know, I could say,

你知道，我可以说，

"A Volvo is fast, but a Ferrari is insanely fast."

“沃尔沃很快，但法拉利快得离谱。”

I could say,

我可以说，

"My ever hungry cat is fat, but your cat is insanely fat.

“我的猫很饿，但你的猫却胖得要命。

What are you feeding it?

你喂它什么？

It needs to go on a diet.

它需要节食。

Make it do some exercise."

让它做一些运动。”

So, it's about the extreme.

所以，这是关于极端的。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"Private school fees in Spain are insanely expensive, I think we'll have

“西班牙的私立学校费用非常昂贵，我认为我们必须将

to send the kids to a public school."

孩子送到公立学校。”

Can you think of anything that you would describe as insanely expensive?

你能想到有什么东西是你形容为极其昂贵的吗？

Living in London is insanely expensive.

伦敦的生活成本极其昂贵。

So much so that I think I'm going to have to move.

如此之多以至于我想我必须搬家了。

Move to somewhere where the cost of living is a little bit more affordable.

搬到生活费用更便宜的地方。

Alright, so that's our five for today.

好的，这就是我们今天的五点。

Let's do a quick recap.

让我们快速回顾一下。

We started with the noun conservatory, conservatory.

我们从名词“温室”开始。

This is a glass room that's usually attached to the side of a house

这是一个玻璃房间，通常附在房子的一侧

and you use it for relaxing in.

，你可以用它来放松。

Then we have the verb envisage, envisage, which is to picture something

然后我们有动词 envisage，envisage，它是

in your mind about how something will be or how someone will look.

在你的脑海中想象某事将如何或某人将如何看起来。

Then we had the adjective liberal, liberal, which is to be open to new

然后我们有形容词liberal，liberal，意思是对新

ideas and willing to accept others opinions and suggestions, even

想法持开放态度，愿意接受别人的意见和建议，即使

when they're different to yours.

它们与你的不同。

Then we had the phrasal verb bandy around, which is to talk casually about

然后我们有了短语动词 bandy，意思是 不首先考虑

something without thinking about it first.

就随意谈论 某事。

Risky.

有风险。

Then we had the adverb insanely, insanely, which is to the extreme

然后我们有副词insanely，insanely，就是到了极点

degree, unreasonably and extremely.

，不合理，极端。

So, let's now do this for pronunciation.

那么，现在让我们这样做来发音。

Please, repeat after me.

请跟我重复一遍。

Conservatory.

温室。

Conservatory.

温室。

Envisage.

设想。

Envisage.

设想。

Liberal.

自由主义的。

Liberal.

自由主义的。

Bandy around.

周围有班迪。

Bandy around.

周围有班迪。

Insanely.

太疯狂了。

Insanely.

太疯狂了。

Very good.

非常好。

Okay, let's now test your memory.

好吧，现在我们来测试一下你的记忆力。

If I am trying to picture in my mind what my new home is going to be like,

如果我试图在脑海中想象我的新家会是什么样子，

because I'm about to move house, and I'm trying to picture in my mind what

因为我即将搬家，并且我试图在脑海中想象

it's going to be like to live in this new home, and what the neighbours

住在这个新家会是什么样子，邻居

will be like, what verb could I use to describe this form of picturing?

会是什么样子，我可以用什么动词来描述这种形式的图像？

Envisage, envisage.

设想，设想。

And I have this vision in my mind of moving into this new

我心中有这样的愿景：搬进这座新

house and then extending it.

房子，然后扩建它。

There's a beautiful garden, but not much light in the house.

有一个美丽的花园，但房子里光线不多。

So, I'm thinking of building a glass room on the back.

所以，我正在考虑在后面建一个玻璃房间。

What's the name of this glass room that I would attach to my house?

我要安装在我家的这个玻璃房间叫什么名字？

A conservatory, a conservatory.

一个温室，一个温室。

Now, I'm going to go and talk to the neighbours and I do have to be careful.

现在，我要去和邻居谈谈，我确实必须小心。

Because if I just casually start talking about building projects and what I might

因为如果我只是随意地开始谈论建筑项目以及我可能

do to my house and I don't really think about their point of view, but I'm just

对我的房子做什么，我并没有真正考虑他们的观点，但我只是

opening my mouth and all these words are coming out about building and excavating

张开嘴，所有这些词都是关于建筑和挖掘的

and noisy equipment and builders.

以及嘈杂的设备和建筑商。

They might start to be upset about what's coming, the disruption

他们可能会开始对即将发生的事情以及

that it's going to cause for them.

它将给他们造成的混乱感到不安。

What am I doing?

我在做什么？

What phrasal verb would I use to describe talking casually without thinking?

我该用什么动词短语来形容不假思索地随意说话？

Bandy around.

周围有班迪。

I'm bandying ideas around.

我正在四处交流想法。

And then if I decided to do a huge extension, this extension

然后，如果我决定进行一个巨大的扩展，那么这个扩展

is the most extreme extension that I could possibly build.

是我可能构建的最极端的扩展。

I am going to use what adverb to describe how large this extension is going to be?

我将使用什么副词来描述这个扩展将有多大？

An insanely large extension, but hopefully, regardless of the disruption

这是一个非常大的延期，但希望，无论

that I cause to my neighbours, hopefully, they will be open to the new ideas that

我对邻居造成什么干扰，希望他们能够接受

I'm bringing and willing to accept that this extension actually is going to be

我带来的新想法，并愿意接受这个延期实际上会带来

a benefit, even if they don't agree with it necessarily, because this extension

好处，甚至如果他们不一定同意，因为这个扩建

is going to house a little art club, which will be good for the community.

将容纳一个小型艺术俱乐部，这对社区有好处。

So, how am I going to describe them if they are open and willing to

那么，如果他们持开放态度并愿意 接受我的建议和意见，

accept my suggestions and my opinions?

我该如何形容他们呢 ？

They are...

他们是……

liberal.

自由派。

They're quite liberal, aren't they?

他们很自由，不是吗？

Fantastic.

极好的。

Right, let's bring them all together in a little story.

好吧，让我们把它们都放在一个小故事里。

With spring approaching, I'm hoping the weather will start

随着春天的临近，我希望天气能开始

getting a little better.

好一点。

We've had an awful winter, with fences being blown down, insanely cold school

我们度过了一个可怕的冬天，栅栏被吹倒，学校

runs, black ice on the roads, coughs, colds, and everything in between.

跑步异常寒冷，道路上结了黑冰，咳嗽，感冒，以及介于两者之间的一切。

Not to mention squirrels chewing through my internet cables, fish being swooped

更不用说松鼠咬断我的网线，鱼

out of my pond and eaten by birds, and a little fox visiting me every day

从池塘里被猛扑出来并被鸟儿吃掉，还有一只小狐狸每天来看我

looking for food as he couldn't find his own with all the rain soaked fields!

寻找食物，因为他在雨水浸透的田野里找不到自己的食物！

Now, I've been quite a liberal person when it comes to making plans

现在，在为我们的家庭制定计划

and improving life for our family.

和改善生活方面，我已经是一个相当自由的人了。

So the other night, we were all sat at dinner talking about

所以有一天晚上，我们坐在一起吃晚饭，谈论

what the future holds for us.

我们的未来。

Should we move to be closer to family in the UK?

我们应该搬到离英国的家人更近的地方吗？

Should we emigrate and go in search of warmer climes?

我们应该移民并去寻找温暖的气候吗？

Should we renovate where we are to suit our growing needs

我们是否应该翻新我们所在的地方，以满足我们不断增长的需求

and the boys getting older?

和孩子们逐渐长大的需求？

We bandied around some ideas and have decided to build a

我们讨论了一些想法，决定

conservatory in the garden.

在花园里建一个温室。

I can envisage it now, closing the office door at the end of a long and productive

我现在可以想象，在漫长而富有成效的

day, sitting in my new sun-warmed room, looking out into the garden and

一天结束后，关上办公室的门，坐在阳光温暖的新房间里，眺望花园，

enjoying the blossoming flowers, sipping a nice cuppa, or a cheeky glass of

欣赏盛开的花朵，喝一杯美味的茶，或者一杯厚脸皮的啤酒。

wine if I feel like treating myself!

如果我想犒劳一下自己的话就喝点酒吧！

And relaxing with my boys...

和我的孩子们一起放松......

what a dream!

真是一个梦想！

Wake me up when it becomes a reality!

当它成为现实时叫醒我！

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

今天这一集就到此结束了。

If you find these episodes useful in any way, then please take a moment to

如果您发现这些剧集以任何方式有用，那么请花点时间给

give them a like, a rating or review, ensure that you're following this

它们点赞、评级或评论，确保您正在关注此

podcast and anything you can do to help me to hack the algorithm, so that

播客以及您可以做的任何事情来帮助我破解算法，以便

I can continue to grow and produce as much content for you as I possibly can.

我我可以继续成长并为您制作尽可能多的内容。

Much appreciated.

非常感激。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。