Learn English Vocabulary Daily #17.4 — 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 17, Day 4 of Your English

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日

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

五篇英语》的第 17 周第 4 天，该系列旨在

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

通过每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。

We start today's list with the noun cliffhanger, cliffhanger.

我们从名词cliffhanger开始今天的列表，cliffhanger。

Cliffhanger is spelled C L I F F H A N G E R.

Cliffhanger 拼写为 CLIFFHANGE R.

Cliffhanger.

Cliffhanger。

A cliffhanger is a story or a situation that is exciting because its ending or

悬念是一个令人兴奋的故事或情况，因为它的结局或

result is uncertain until it happens.

结果在它发生之前是不确定的。

Like someone literally hanging off the side of a cliff and you do not know if

就像有人挂在悬崖边，你不知道

they are going to be rescued, if they're going to be able to climb up to safety,

他们是否会获救，是否能够爬到安全的地方，

or if they will fall to their doom.

或者是否会坠入厄运。

Often, a series will employ a cliffhanger at the end so that you

通常，连续剧会在结尾处留下悬念，这样你

have to watch the next episode.

就必须观看下一集。

If the cliffhanger is particularly powerful, then, for me, it will make

如果悬念特别强大，那么对我来说，它会让

me want to start to watch at least a few minutes of the next episode, so I

我想开始观看下一集的至少几分钟，这样我

can see how a situation is resolved.

就可以看到情况是如何解决的。

And then I get sucked in and end up watching the entire episode

然后我就被吸引住了，最后看完了整集

and staying awake far too late.

，但醒得太晚了。

Let's have another example sentence,

让我们再举一个例句，

"Both politicians are so close in votes, it looks as if the election

“两位政客的得票数如此接近，看来这次选举

is going to be a cliffhanger.

将是一个悬念。

Can we wait until all the votes have been counted?

我们能等到所有选票都清点完毕吗？

I can't wait to find out!"

我迫不及待地想知道！”

I don't think people really get that excited about

我不认为人们真的对

elections, but you never know.

选举那么兴奋，但你永远不知道。

Alright, next on our list is a word I just mentioned.

好吧，我们列表中的下一个是我刚才提到的一个词。

The noun, election, election.

名词，选举，选举。

We spell this E L E C T I O N, election, election.

我们拼写这次选举，选举，选举。

An election is a time when people vote in order to choose someone

选举是人们投票选择某人担任

for a political or official job.

政治或官方工作的时刻。

Here's an example,

举个例子，

"Marco is definitely the leading candidate in the election so far,

“到目前为止，马可绝对是选举中的领先候选人，

it's going to be hard to beat him."

很难击败他。”

Next on our list is a phrasal verb and it is stand down, stand down.

我们列表中的下一个是短语动词，它是stand down，stand down。

We spell this stand, S T A N D.

我们将这个立场拼写为“STAN D.

Down, D O W N.

Down”，“DOW N.

Stand down.

Stand down”。

Because we have D at the end of stand and D at the beginning of down, those two Ds

因为我们在站立末端有 D，在倒下开始有 D，所以这两个

sitting next to each other become one.

坐在一起的 D 就合二为一了。

Stand down.

站下来。

Stand down.

站下来。

To stand down is to leave your official job or position.

下台就是离开你的正式工作或职位。

So, for example, if I were to leave the brand, the company that is English Like

因此，举例来说，如果我要离开这个品牌，即“English Like a Native”公司

a Native, then I would be standing down.

，那么我就会退出。

Especially if I were to hand over the reins, which is another phrase,

尤其是如果我要交出权力，这是另一个短语，

meaning to give the power and the responsibility to somebody else.

意思是把权力和责任交给别人。

So, if I were to hand over the reins to someone else,

所以，如果我把权力交给别人，

then I would be standing down.

那么我就会退出。

Here's another example,

再举个例子，

"After ten years in office, the minister decided to stand

“部长任职十年后，

down for personal reasons."

因个人原因决定辞职”。

I don't know why I do a silly voice for these sometimes.

我不知道为什么有时我会发出愚蠢的声音。

Anyway, let's move on.

无论如何，让我们继续吧。

The next word is an adjective.

下一个词是形容词。

And sometimes this is shortened to PC.

有时会缩写为 PC。

But the phrase is political correctness, political correctness.

但这句话就是政治正确，政治正确。

This is often, like I said, shortened to PC.

正如我所说，这通常缩写为 PC。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

We spell this, political, P O L I T I C A L, political.

我们拼写这个，政治，政治，政治。

Correctness, C O R R E C T N E S S, correctness.

正确性，CORREC TNESS，正确性。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

Now, what you'll notice is that T that comes in the middle of correcTness is

现在，您会注意到， 当您说出整个单词“正确性”、“正确性”时，

not really pronounced when you say the whole word correctness, correctness.

位于“正确性”中间的 T 并 没有真正发音。

If you look in the dictionary, you'll also see the T is written

如果你查字典，你也会看到 T 是

in the phonetic transcription, but then when you listen to the samples,

用音标写的，但是当你听样本时，

they don't pronounce it either.

他们也不发音。

It's quite difficult to pronounce a T straight after a K.

在 K 后面直接发音 T 是相当困难的。

Correctness.

正确性。

Correctness.

正确性。

Correctness.

正确性。

It's too much.

太多了。

So, don't worry about that T.

所以，不用担心 T.

Correctness.

正确性。

Correctness.

正确性。

There we go.

我们开始吧。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

What does this actually mean?

这实际上意味着什么？

So, political correctness, or being PC, is the principle of avoiding language or

因此，政治正确或政治正确是避免 可能冒犯他人的

behaviour that may be offensive to others.

语言或行为的原则 。

So, you're trying to avoid offending people or a group of people, you know,

所以，你要努力避免冒犯别人或一群人，你知道，

these are around sensitive subjects, usually like gender or race or disability.

这些都是围绕敏感话题的，通常是性别、种族或残疾。

So, you might say a word that suddenly in popular culture has

所以，你可能会说一个突然在流行文化中流行起来的词

become deemed as a very negative word or having negative connotations

被视为非常负面的词或

towards a certain group of people.

对某些人群具有负面含义。

And so if you say the wrong word, maybe you do not realise that it

因此，如果你说错了词，也许你没有意识到它

is now deemed offensive, then that would not be politically correct.

现在被认为是冒犯性的，那么这在政治上就不是正确的。

Okay.

Actors and celebrities all have to be aware of political correctness.

好的。

演员和名人都必须意识到政治正确。

They have to follow it, be very careful.

他们必须遵循它，非常小心。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"For reasons of political correctness, we have been asked

“出于政治正确性的原因，我们被要求

to withdraw our advertisement."

撤回我们的广告。”

OK, moving on to the last word for today.

好的，继续今天的最后一个词。

This is a verb and it is nominate, nominate.

这是一个动词，它是提名，提名。

We spell this N O M I N A T E.

我们拼写这个 NOMINAT E.

Nominate.

提名。

To nominate is to officially suggest someone for a position, or a job,

提名是正式推荐某人担任某职位、工作、

or an election, or an honour.

选举或荣誉。

So, if I were the Queen,

所以，如果我是女王，

"Oh, hello, assistant, could you possibly draw up a list of nominees, people who you

“哦，你好，助理，你能起草一份提名人名单吗？

would nominate for the awards this year?"

今年你会提名哪些人？”

"Yes, ma'am, of course.

“是的，女士，当然。

I nominate these people."

我提名这些人。”

"Oh, thank you so much."

“哦，太谢谢你了。”

And that was a terrible impression of the Queen.

这对女王来说是一个糟糕的印象。

I do apologise.

我很抱歉。

I hope that I didn't overstep the mark.

我希望我没有逾越界限。

Was I considering political correctness at that point?

我当时考虑过政治正确吗？

Possibly not.

可能不是。

Here's an example sentence for nominate,

这里有一个提名的例句，

"Would you like to nominate anyone for director?

“你想提名任何人担任导演吗？

I was thinking Sara as she's really shown her worth over these past few months."

我想到的是莎拉，因为她在过去的几个月里确实展示了自己的价值。”

Okay, that's our five for today.

好的，这就是我们今天的五个。

So let's recap what we covered.

让我们回顾一下我们所讨论的内容。

We started with the noun cliffhanger, cliffhanger, which is the story

我们从名词cliffhanger开始，cliffhanger，这是故事

or situation, usually at the end, that's so exciting, you really

或情况，通常在最后，那太令人兴奋了，你真的

need to know what happens next, but the result is left hanging.

需要知道接下来会发生什么，但结果却悬而未决。

It's uncertain.

这是不确定的。

We never know until next time what's going to happen.

直到下次我们才知道会发生什么。

Then we had another noun, election, election, which is the time in which

然后我们有另一个名词，选举，选举，这是

people vote to choose someone for a certain official position or job.

人们投票选择某人担任某个官方职位或工作的 时间

Then we have the phrasal verb stand down, where someone leaves

。 然后我们有短语动词stand down，表示某人离开

their official job or position.

他们的正式工作或职位。

We had the adjective political correctness, the principle of

我们有政治正确这个形容词，

avoiding language or behaviour that may offend someone.

即避免可能冒犯某人的语言或行为

Then we have the verb nominate, nominate, which is to officially suggest

的原则 。 然后我们有动词 nominate，提名，这是正式建议

someone for a job, position or honour.

某人担任某项工作、职位或荣誉。

Let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.

现在让我们出于发音目的这样做。

If you can, please repeat after me.

如果可以的话，请跟我重复一遍。

Cliffhanger.

悬崖峭壁。

Cliffhanger.

悬崖峭壁。

Election.

选举。

Election.

选举。

Stand down.

站下来。

Stand down.

站下来。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

Nominate.

提名。

Nominate.

提名。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Now, I want to officially suggest someone for a job.

现在，我想正式推荐某人一份工作。

What verb could I use for the action that I'm taking here?

我可以用什么动词来表示我在这里采取的行动？

Nominate.

Of course.

提名。

当然。

I want to nominate someone for a job.

我想提名某人担任某项工作。

Now, I'm watching Game of Thrones and it ends with one of the main

现在，我正在观看《权力的游戏》，它以主角之一

characters being faced with mortal danger and I don't know what's going

面临致命危险而结束，我不知道会

to happen and the episode has ended.

发生什么，这一集已经结束了。

That was a real...

那真是……

cliffhanger.

扣人心弦。

Cliffhanger.

悬崖峭壁。

And tomorrow I'm going to vote because it's the time to vote in a new

明天我要投票，因为现在是

councillor for my borough where I live.

为我居住的行政区投票选出新议员的时候了。

We need a new councillor to represent our borough.

我们需要一位新议员来代表我们的行政区。

What do we call this time of voting?

我们把这次投票称为什么？

An election.

一场选举。

Election.

选举。

Very good.

非常好。

What phrasal verb am I going to use to describe what the previous councillor did?

我将使用什么短语动词来描述前任议员的所作所为？

Because they left their official position.

因为他们离开了自己的官职。

What phrasal verb can I use to describe this?

我可以用什么短语动词来形容这个？

Stand down.

站下来。

They stood down from their position.

他们从原来的位置上站了下来。

They walked away from their responsibility.

他们逃避了自己的责任。

And if I want to describe the principle of avoiding offensive language or

如果我想描述避免冒犯性语言或行为的原则

behaviour, what adjective could I use?

，我可以使用什么形容词？

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

Political correctness.

政治上的正确。

Very good.

非常好。

OK, let's bring everything together in a little story.

好吧，让我们把所有的东西都放在一个小故事里。

This election really is a cliffhanger.

这次选举确实是一个悬念。

On the one side, we have Martin, a 25-year-old graduate hoping to

一方面，我们有马丁，一位 25 岁的毕业生，希望

make it big in the political world.

在政坛取得大成就。

On the other, we have Natasha, a 45-year-old mum of three who has

另一方面，娜塔莎 (Natasha) 是一位 45 岁的三个孩子的妈妈，

spent her whole life in politics and now has to fight to keep her job

她一生都在从政，现在必须努力保住

as Minister of State for Housing.

住房国务部长的职位。

She has no intention of resigning and leaving her seat to a 'young wannabe'.

她无意辞职并将席位让给“年轻的崇拜者”。

There is no way she's going to stand down after all these years,

这么多年过去了，她不可能放弃，

she still has so much to give.

她还有很多东西可以付出。

With just two weeks to go until the election, both candidates are fighting for

距离选举仅剩两周，两位候选人都在为

the hearts and votes of the local people.

当地民众的民心和选票而战。

With his fresh perspective and commitment to inclusion, Martin is ready to take

凭借新颖的视角和对包容性的承诺，马丁已准备好应对

on the challenges of the neighbourhood.

社区的挑战。

He recognises the importance of effective communication and, in his short time

他认识到有效沟通的重要性，在

in politics since graduating, has worked tirelessly to bridge the gap

毕业后短暂的从政生涯中，他孜孜不倦地努力弥合

between different cultures, even if his frequent political correctness

不同文化之间的差距，尽管他经常提出的政治正确性

has not always gone down well.

并不总是得到很好的接受。

Natasha, on the other hand, wants things to stay the way they are.

另一方面，娜塔莎希望事情保持原样。

She doesn't believe that much change is needed, people simply need to understand

她认为不需要太多改变，人们只需要了解

how the current regulations work and how they can use them to their advantage.

现行法规如何运作以及如何利用它们来发挥自己的优势。

As a long-time member of the community and a well-respected politician, Natasha

作为社区的长期成员和受人尊敬的政治家，娜塔莎

had a good chance of being re-elected at the beginning of the race, but now

在竞选之初原本有很好的机会再次当选，但现在

it seems people want real change and her nomination is anything but guaranteed.

看来人们想要真正的改变，而她的提名却毫无保证。

Who will the local people nominate?

当地人会提名谁？

May the best man or woman win!

愿最好的男人或女人获胜！

And that wraps up today's episode.

今天的这一集就到此结束了。

I do hope you enjoyed it.

我希望你喜欢它。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。