Learn English Vocabulary Daily #10.4 - 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 10, Day 4 of Your English

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五篇英语》系列的第 10 周第 4 天

Five a Day series, the series that aims to increase your 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.

增加你的词汇量 5 篇。

So, let's kick off today's list with an adverb and it is

那么，让我们用一个副词开始今天的清单，它是

miraculously, miraculously.

奇迹般的，奇迹般的。

Miraculously is spelled M I R A C U L O U S L Y.

奇迹般地拼写为MIRACULOUSL Y。

Miraculously.

奇迹般地。

If you describe something happening miraculously, then it happens in a way

如果你描述某件事奇迹般地发生，那么它会以一种

that is very surprising or difficult to believe as if it were a miracle.

非常令人惊讶或难以相信的 方式发生， 就好像它是一个奇迹一样。

So, it's hard to believe in miracles unless you see a miracle or experience a

所以，除非你看到奇迹或经历奇迹，否则很难相信奇迹

miracle, but they do occasionally occur.

，但奇迹确实偶尔会发生。

So, if something happens that is miraculous, then you could say,

所以，如果发生了奇迹般的事情，那么你可以说，

"Miraculously, this happened."

“奇迹般地，这件事发生了。”

The thing that comes to mind is when someone escapes an

我想到的是当有人在

accident without being harmed.

事故中逃脱而没有受到伤害时。

So, for example, my youngest son, Caspian, has actually fallen down the stairs twice.

举例来说，我最小的儿子凯斯宾实际上已经从楼梯上摔下来两次了。

So, once when he was a crawling baby, he somehow managed to unhook the baby

所以，有一次，当他还是个爬行婴儿时，他不知怎么地解开了婴儿

gate and slid on his belly all the way down to the bottom of the stairs.

门，趴着滑到了楼梯底部。

He was absolutely fine, not a mark on him.

他一切都很好，身上没有任何痕迹。

Miraculously, he was unharmed.

奇迹般的是，他没有受伤。

And then again when he was, how old was he?

然后再说一遍，当他多大的时候，他多大了？

It's not long ago actually.

其实不久前。

He must have only have turned three and he was playing with a toy — a

他当时一定才三岁，正在

long, stringy toy, maybe a toy snake or something — on the stairs.

楼梯上玩一个玩具——一个长长的、有绳子的玩具，也许是一条玩具蛇之类的东西。

And I said to him,

我对他说：

"Caspian, don't play with that on the stairs.

“凯斯宾，别在楼梯上玩这个，

You'll fall over."

你会摔倒的。”

And as I said it, and I approached him, I saw he stood on the toy and

当我说完，我走近他时，我看到他站在玩具上，

fell backwards, and did a kind of backwards roly-poly down the stairs.

向后摔倒，然后向后滚下楼梯。

And I thought,

"Oh my goodness, he has definitely broken a shoulder or he's

我想，

“天哪，他的肩膀肯定骨折了，或者

done something bad this time."

这次他做了坏事。”

And he sat at the bottom of the stairs, and he cried, but

他坐在楼梯底下哭了，但

miraculously he was unharmed.

奇迹般地没有受伤。

I couldn't believe it.

我简直不敢相信。

It was a miracle.

这是一个奇迹。

So he's like a cat with nine lives.

所以他就像一只有九条命的猫。

He's taken two of them.

他拿走了其中的两个。

Hopefully, there won't be any more stair incidents, but it was

希望不会再发生任何楼梯事故，但

a miracle that he was unharmed.

他没有受伤真是一个奇迹。

Here's another example sentence for you.

这是给您的另一个例句。

"Many people claim to have been miraculously cured by

“很多人声称被 意大利著名的菲乌吉水

Italy's famous Fiuggi water."

奇迹般地治愈了

Next on our list is a noun, and it is resilience, resilience.

。” 我们名单上的下一个是一个名词，它是弹性，弹性。

We spell this R E S I L I E N C E.

我们将其拼写为 RESILIENC E.

Resilience.

弹性。

Notice how the S is pronounced as a Z and the C at the end as an S.

请注意 S 的发音为 Z，末尾的 C 发音为 S。

Resilience, resilience.

Resilience，复原力。

Resilience is the ability to be happy or successful again after something

韧性是指在 发生糟糕或困难的 事情后再次快乐或成功的能力

bad or difficult has happened.

。

So, if I continue to experience trauma, terrible things happening in my life,

因此，如果我继续经历创伤，生活中发生可怕的事情，

but I continue to be strong, to keep smiling and be present for other

但我继续坚强，保持微笑并为他人服务

people, to attend work, to be a carer, to do whatever it is I need to do.

，参加工作，成为一名护理人员，做任何我需要做的事情做。

If I can continue to do that despite lots of personal trauma, then you could say,

如果我能在遭受很多个人创伤的情况下继续这样做，那么你可以说，

"Wow, Anna has a lot of resilience."

“哇，安娜有很强的韧性。”

Here's another example sentence:

这是另一个例句：

"The resilience of the economy has come as a surprise to some."

“经济的弹性令一些人感到惊讶。”

Alright, let's move on to our next phrase now.

好吧，现在让我们继续下一个短语。

This is an idiom and it is half the time, half the time.

这是一个成语，一半的时间，一半的时间。

So, we're spelling this H A L F, half.

所以，我们把这个拼写成一半，一半。

The, T H E.

THE，TH E.

Time, T I M E.

时间，TIM E.

Half the time.

一半时间。

Half the time means as often as not.

一半的时间意味着经常与不一样。

So, something is occurring as often as it's not occuring.

因此，某件事发生的次数与不发生的次数一样多。

So, for example, if I spend half my day moaning and half my day being happy, so

举个例子，如果我一天的一半时间在抱怨，一半时间在快乐，那么我

12 hours of my day, imagining I don't sleep, 12 hours of my day I'm complaining

一天中的 12 小时想象我不睡觉，一天中的 12 小时我在抱怨

about things, and 12 hours of my day I'm satisfied and not complaining.

事情，而我的 12 小时则在我的生活中度过。这一天我很满足，没有抱怨。

You could say,

你可以说，

"Anna spends half the time complaining," or "Anna's complaining half the time."

“安娜一半时间都在抱怨”，或者“安娜一半时间都在抱怨”。

I don't complain that often.

我不经常抱怨。

I hope I don't, anyway.

无论如何，我希望我不会。

Here's another example sentence.

这是另一个例句。

"Jake is so clever, half the time I have trouble keeping

“杰克太聪明了，有一半的时间我都很难跟上

up with him in conversation!"

他的谈话！”

And just an extra little note about that particular phrase, it

只是关于该特定短语的额外一点说明，它

is used in a kind of general sense.

是在一般意义上使用的。

There isn't a need for it to be exactly 50 percent of the

不需要正好是 50%

time something is occurring.

某事发生的时间。

It's just saying a lot of the time or as often as not, something is occurring.

它只是说很多时候或经常不发生某些事情。

So it's used generally or loosely, okay.

所以一般或者宽松的使用，好吧。

Next we have another phrase and it is not in the slightest.

接下来我们还有一个短语，一点也不是。

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

So, we're spelling this N O T, not.

所以，我们将其拼写为“NOT”，“not”。

In, I N.

In, I N.

The, T H E.

The, TH E.

Slightest, S L I G H T E S T.

Slightest, SLIGHTES T.

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

This basically means not at all.

这基本上意味着根本没有。

It doesn't happen, not even a little bit.

它不会发生，哪怕是一点点。

So, if I were to say to you,

所以，如果我对你说：

"You fancy your work colleague, don't you?

“你喜欢你的同事，不是吗？

You fancy him."

你喜欢他。”

If you're not familiar with the word fancy, it means to

如果你不熟悉“fancy”这个词，它的意思是

be attracted to somebody.

被某人吸引。

So,

所以，

"Oh, every time you mention that guy's name, you blush,

“哦，每次你提到那个人的名字，你都会脸红，

you fancy him, don't you?"

你喜欢他，不是吗？”

Now, if you do not fancy him at all, not even a little bit, If you

现在，如果你根本不喜欢他，哪怕是一点点，如果你

actually find him quite unattractive, then you'd look at me and say,

真的觉得他很没有吸引力，那么你会看着我说：

"Not in the slightest.

“一点也不。

Absolutely not.

绝对不。

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

I can't believe you even said that.

我不敢相信你竟然这么说。

I can't believe you even suggested it."

我不敢相信你竟然提出了这个建议。”

Here's another example sentence.

这是另一个例句。

"I'm not in the slightest bit interested in your excuses, you're

“我对你的借口一点也不感兴趣，你会

grounded for a week or until you apologise to your sister."

被禁足一周，或者直到你向你姐姐道歉为止。”

And last but not least on our list is an adjective and it is inspiring, inspiring.

最后但并非最不重要的一点是我们的清单上有一个形容词，它非常鼓舞人心、鼓舞人心。

I'm sure you're all familiar with this one.

相信大家对这个都很熟悉了。

We spell it I N S P I R I N G.

我们将其拼写为“INSPIRIN G”

Inspiring.

。鼓舞人心。

If something is inspiring then it encourages you, or it makes you

如果某件事鼓舞人心，那么它会鼓励你，或者让你

feel like you want to do something.

觉得你想做某事。

What inspired you to learn English?

是什么激励你学习英语？

Whatever your answer is, then that thing was inspiring.

无论你的答案是什么，那件事都是鼓舞人心的。

It might have been an inspiring person or an inspiring experience.

这可能是一个鼓舞人心的人或一次鼓舞人心的经历。

Here's an example.

这是一个例子。

"Amy is an inspiring teacher and her students love her

“艾米是一位鼓舞人心的老师，她的学生喜欢她

unique approach to learning."

独特的学习方法。”

All right, so that's our five for today.

好的，这就是我们今天的五个内容。

Let's recap.

让我们回顾一下。

We started with the adverb miraculously, meaning that something is difficult

我们从副词奇迹般地开始，意思是某件事令人难以置信

to believe, that it happened in a way that's surprising, like a miracle.

，它以令人惊讶的方式发生，就像一个奇迹。

Then we have the noun resilience, so the ability to continue to be

然后，我们有名词“复原力”，即

happy and successful in spite of difficulties or bad things happening.

尽管发生困难或坏事， 仍能继续快乐和成功的能力 。

Then we have the idiom half the time, meaning as often

然后我们有一半时间有这个习语，意思是

as not this thing happens.

这种事情经常发生。

Then we had the phrase not in the slightest, meaning absolutely

然后我们就有了“一点也不”这个短语，意思是绝对

not, not at all, no way.

没有、根本没有、不可能。

Then we had the adjective inspiring, something that is encouraging or makes

然后我们有形容词inspiring，即令人鼓舞或让

you feel like you want to do something.

你觉得你想做某事的东西。

Okay, so let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.

好的，现在让我们出于发音目的这样做。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Miraculously.

奇迹般地。

Miraculously.

奇迹般地。

Resilience.

弹力。

Resilience.

弹力。

Half the time.

一半的时间。

Half the time.

一半的时间。

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

Inspiring.

鼓舞人心。

Inspiring.

鼓舞人心。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Now can you remember, of all those words and phrases, can you remember which one

现在你能记住，在所有这些单词和短语中，你能记住哪一个

means to be able to continue to be happy, even though something bad has happened?

意味着即使发生了不好的事情也能够继续快乐吗？

Resilience.

弹力。

How about when something happens in a way that's hard to believe?

当事情以令人难以置信的方式发生时怎么办？

Wow!

哇！

Miraculously!

奇迹般的！

What would you say if you wanted to tell me 'not at all'?

如果你想告诉我“一点也不”你会怎么说？

What phrase could you use?

你可以用什么短语？

Not in the slightest.

一点也不。

And if you're going to describe something as encouraging, making you

如果您要将某件事描述为令人鼓舞，让您

feel like you want to do something, you could describe it as...

感觉自己想做某事，您可以将其描述为...

Inspiring.

鼓舞人心。

And if your teenage son is home for 50% of the week, but away for 50% of

如果您十几岁的儿子一周有 50% 的时间在家，但

the week, you could say he's home...

一周的 50% 的时间不在，您可以说他在家......

Half the time.

一半的时间。

Half the time, as often as not.

一半的时间，几乎没有。

Right.

正确的。

So that's our five.

这就是我们的五个。

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。

The Amazon jungle is home to a dazzling diversity of exotic birds, each with their

亚马逊丛林是各种令人眼花缭乱的奇异鸟类的家园，每种鸟类都有自己

own unique transformations and behaviours.

独特的变化和行为。

Some of these birds are so rare and half the time, so difficult

其中一些鸟类非常稀有，而且有时很难

to find, that they are only seen by a handful of lucky observers.

找到，只有少数幸运的观察者才能看到它们。

Others are more common and familiar but still display remarkable intelligence,

其他人更常见和熟悉，但仍然表现出非凡的智慧，

communication, and cooperation.

沟通、合作。

All of them share a common trait: resilience.

他们都有一个共同的特点：韧性。

Resilience is the ability to overcome challenges and cope with change.

韧性是克服挑战和应对变化的能力。

In the Amazon jungle, resilience is essential for survival.

在亚马逊丛林中，韧性对于生存至关重要。

The birds have to deal with predators, parasites, diseases, floods, droughts,

这些鸟类必须应对

fires, and human activities that threaten their habitats and resources.

威胁其栖息地和资源的捕食者、寄生虫、疾病、洪水、干旱、火灾和人类活动。

Yet, they manage to thrive in this harsh and unpredictable

然而， 由于他们的身体和行为适应能力，

environment, thanks to their physical and behavioural adaptations.

他们能够在这种严酷且不可预测的环境中茁壮成长

One example of a resilient bird is the Harpy Eagle, the largest and

。 坚韧鸟类的一个例子是角雕，它是

most powerful raptor in the Americas.

美洲最大、最强大的猛禽。

The Harpy Eagle can weigh up to 9 kg and have a wingspan of up to 2.2 m.

角雕的重量可达 9 kg，翼展可达 2.2 m。

To catch its prey, the Harpy Eagle has to manoeuvre, or move, through

为了捕捉猎物，角雕必须在

the dense foliage and branches, avoiding obstacles and collisions.

茂密的树叶和树枝中机动或移动，避开障碍物和碰撞。

It also has to defend its territory and nest from other predators and competitors.

它还必须保卫自己的领地和巢穴免受其他掠食者和竞争对手的侵害。

Miraculously, the Harpy Eagle is not in the slightest

神奇的是，角雕丝毫没有

intimidated by these challenges.

被这些挑战吓倒。

It is a master of the sky and forest, and a symbol of strength and courage.

它是天空和森林的主人，是力量和勇气的象征。

Another example is the Macaw, a colourful and charismatic

另一个例子是金刚鹦鹉，

parrot that lives in the Amazon.

这是一种生活在亚马逊地区的色彩缤纷、魅力十足的鹦鹉。

The Macaw is known for its intelligence, sociality, and vocalisation.

金刚鹦鹉以其智力、社交性和发声而闻名。

It can imitate sounds and learn words, and it forms strong

它可以模仿声音和学习单词，并与它的伴侣和羊群建立牢固的

bonds with its mates and flock.

联系。

They gather in large numbers, creating a spectacular and noisy scene.

它们大量聚集，形成壮观而喧闹的景象。

The Macaw is an inspiring example of how to balance the

金刚鹦鹉是如何平衡

needs of the body and the mind.

身体和心灵需求的鼓舞人心的例子。

These are just a couple of the many exotic birds that live in the Amazon jungle.

这些只是生活在亚马逊丛林中的众多奇异鸟类中的几种。

They are a source of wonder and admiration for those who observe them.

对于那些观察它们的人来说，它们是惊奇和钦佩的源泉。

They are a reminder of the richness and diversity of life on Earth.

它们提醒人们地球上生命的丰富性和多样性。

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

今天这一集就到此结束了。

I do hope you found today useful and I look forward to

我衷心希望您今天觉得有用，并期待

joining you again tomorrow.

明天再次加入您。

Until then, take very good care and goodbye.

在那之前，请好好照顾并告别。