Useful English Phrases: Asking for Attention - 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。

The podcast that aims to improve your listening, expand your vocabulary,

该播客旨在提高您的听力，扩大您的词汇量，

and hopefully in some ways entertain and keep you company during

并希望在 您正在执行的任何任务

whatever task it is you are doing.

中以某种方式娱乐并陪伴您

My name is Anna and today you are listening to an off-the-cuff episode.

。 我叫安娜，今天你们正在听一集即兴节目。

An off-the-cuff episode is an episode that is not scripted.

即兴剧集是指没有剧本的剧集。

It's not entirely planned.

这并不是完全计划好的。

If something is off-the-cuff, then you haven't really planned it.

如果某件事是即兴的，那么你还没有真正计划好。

You might make an off-the-cuff comment, which would be a comment that just

你可能会即兴发表评论，这可能是

pops into your head and you haven't really thought about it very much.

你脑海中突然出现的评论，而你并没有真正考虑过它。

You just say it.

你就说吧。

Sometimes we all do that, don't we?

有时我们都会这样做，不是吗？

And get ourselves into lots of trouble.

并给我们自己带来很多麻烦。

Anyway, today's topic for our off-the-cuff episode is asking for attention.

无论如何，今天我们即兴节目的主题是寻求关注。

Now this is particularly with teachers, presenters, and anyone

现在，这尤其适用于教师、演示者以及任何

who has to run meetings or deliver information to groups of people...

必须主持会议或向人群传递信息的人……

this is for you, and this topic came to mind because recently I

这是给你的，我想到这个话题是因为最近我

went to sit in on my son's class.

去旁听了我儿子的课堂。

Now, my son is in the first year of primary school or infant school.

现在，我儿子正在上小学一年级或幼儿班。

He's in reception and it's the first time he's had to deal with structured learning

他在接待处，这是他第一次必须处理结构化学习，

as opposed to when he was at nursery.

而不是在托儿所。

It was just kind of free play most of the day.

这一天的大部分时间都是自由玩耍。

And so now he has structured learning and we were invited as parents to

现在他已经进行了结构化学习，我们作为家长被邀请

attend one of the phonics sessions.

参加其中一场自然拼读课程。

So we can see how the teachers are teaching phonics to our children.

这样我们就可以看到老师们是如何教孩子们拼读的。

So that we can, in turn, do the same at home and support the

这样我们就可以在家里做同样的事情并支持

work of the teachers at home.

家里老师的工作。

And in most schools in the UK, the class number tends to be

在英国的大多数学校中，班级人数往往在

around 30 children to a class.

30 名左右。

So, It's never usually more than that in more rural areas, then there may be a

所以，在更多的农村地区，通常不会有更多的情况，那么可能会有一个

smaller class, perhaps 20, 25 students, but in most busy, built-up areas, a class,

较小的班级，也许有 20、25 名学生，但在最繁忙的建筑区，

in a school would have around 30 students.

学校的一个班级大约有 30 名学生。

Now imagine having to control, or get the attention of thirty five-year-olds.

现在想象一下必须控制或吸引三十五岁的人的注意。

That's quite an ask.

这是一个很大的问题。

In fact, many of the students in this class are not even

事实上，这个班的很多学生连

five, many of them are four.

五岁都不到，很多都是四岁。

So trying to get their attention is quite difficult but my son's teacher has quite

所以想要引起他们的注意是相当困难的，但我儿子的老师有

a good method and it's the clap method.

一个很好的方法，那就是拍手法。

So they have a very structured morning.

所以他们度过了一个非常有条理的早晨。

The children now know what to expect.

孩子们现在知道会发生什么。

Each little section of the session is kept short.

会议的每个小部分都保持简短。

So things change quite rapidly and it starts off with free play.

所以事情变化得很快，一切都是从自由发挥开始的。

So when the children come in, they have free play with certain

因此，当孩子们进来时，他们可以自由地玩

activities already set up in the room.

房间里已经设置好的某些活动。

And then once the teacher wants to get their attention, so she can bring

一旦老师想要引起他们的注意，她就可以把

them together on the carpet, because most children at a young age sit on

他们带到地毯上，因为大多数孩子在很小的时候都会

the carpet with their legs crossed.

盘腿坐在地毯上。

When I was younger, it was on the carpet, legs crossed, arms folded,

当我年轻的时候，它是在地毯上，双腿交叉，双臂交叉，

but then also one finger on your lips.

然后一根手指放在嘴唇上。

So you had your finger over your lips to keep you quiet and to show that

所以你把手指放在嘴唇上以保持安静并表明你

you were quiet and you were attentive.

很安静并且很专心。

So to get the attention of everyone when they were doing their free

所以当他们自由

play, the teacher would clap.

活动时，为了引起大家的注意，老师会鼓掌。

So she'd do and then all the other children would respond with...

所以她会这样做，然后所有其他孩子都会回应......

So you'd have duh-duh-duh-duh-duh - duh-duh!

所以你会得到duh-duh-duh-duh-duh - duh-duh！

And I've used this myself when I was teaching children.

我自己在教孩子时也用过这个。

Some teachers will have kind of like a shushing method doing the same sort

有些老师会采取类似嘘的方法，做同样的

of rhythm, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

节奏，嘘，嘘，嘘，嘘，嘘。

And then the children respond with, shh, shh, or something similar.

然后孩子们会用“嘘”、“嘘”或类似的话来回应。

It's a way to quickly get attention, to cut through the noise and get

这是一种快速引起注意、消除噪音并吸引

the attention of all the students.

所有学生注意力的方法。

Now, obviously, most of us don't deal with big groups of children, but many

现在，显然，我们大多数人都不会与一大群孩子打交道，但

of us will have to try and get the attention of adults, whether that's

我们中的许多人将不得不尝试引起成年人的注意，无论是

running a team meeting or if you're working in PR, you might need to get the

召开团队会议还是在公关工作，您可能需要为了引起

attention of a room full of reporters for a press release, or if you are

一屋子记者的注意以发布新闻稿，或者如果您正在

presenting to clients, and customers.

向客户和客户进行演示。

You may need to get them into a room and get their attention.

您可能需要让他们进入一个房间并引起他们的注意。

And so often, if you're in an office or a classroom setting, you'd start

通常，如果你在办公室或教室里，你首先会

by asking everyone to sit down.

要求每个人坐下。

And the phrases that we tend to use are, find a seat.

我们常用的短语是“找个座位”。

"Alright everyone, find a seat".

“好了，大家找座位吧。”

And this is if you're in an unfamiliar room or you know it's unfamiliar

这是如果你在一个陌生的房间里或者你知道它不熟悉的情况

to the people you're talking to.

与你正在交谈的人。

So you say,

所以你说，

"Find a seat, you can sit anywhere you like.

“找个座位，你可以坐在任何你喜欢的地方。

Find a seat".

找个座位”。

Or you might tell them to take a seat.

或者你可以告诉他们坐下。

"Please take a seat".

“请坐”。

A doctor or a nurse when you enter the room would ask you to just

当你进入房间时，医生或护士会要求你坐在

take a seat in the corner there.

角落里。

Or just take a seat right here.

或者就在这里坐下。

So you take a seat.

所以你坐下来。

Which is, it's quite an unusual way to say sit down, isn't it?

也就是说，这是一种很不寻常的说法，不是吗？

To take a seat.

坐下来。

It's almost like they're inviting you to pick the chair up and walk out with it.

这几乎就像他们邀请你拿起椅子并走出去。

Take a seat.

请坐。

"Hey, no, don't take it away!

“嘿，不，别把它拿走！

Just sit in it.

就坐在里面吧。

Sit down."

So, take a seat, or you might say take your seats.

坐下。”

所以，请坐下，或者你可能会说“就座”。

"Right.

Take your seats".

“好的， 请入座”。

For example, if you are in an auditorium and you can see that

例如，如果您在礼堂中看到

some people are out of their seats, maybe you've taken a break.

有些人离开了座位，则可能您已经休息了。

People are out of their seats or you're about to start a lecture

人们离开了座位，或者你正要

in a lecture theatre and everyone is just kind of standing around,

在演讲厅开始演讲，每个人都站着，

no one's sitting you'd just say,

没有人坐着，你只会说，

"Take your seats everyone, take your seats thank you".

“大家都坐下来，谢谢你们”。

And then you might if you have a specific task in mind that involved a book, you

然后，如果您心中有一项涉及书籍的特定任务，您

might ask them to take out your books.

可能会要求他们拿出您的书。

"Take out your books, everyone."

“大家把书拿出来。”

"Take out your dictionaries."

“把你的字典拿出来。”

"Take out your project files and turn to page 463".

“拿出你的项目文件，翻到第463页”。

So take out your book, pamphlet, files, folders, and turn to page...

因此，拿出你的书、小册子、文件、文件夹，然后翻到页面……

whatever page it is.

无论它是哪一页。

If you're working on something specific.

如果你正在做一些特定的事情。

Another way to get people's attention is to simply say,

引起人们注意的另一种方法是简单地说，

Okay, good morning everyone.

好的，大家早上好。

That's something I used to do when I was teaching drama.

这是我教戏剧时经常做的事情。

My children would come in, these, I'm talking about teenagers here, they'd come

我的孩子们会进来，我说的是这里的青少年，他们会

in very excited because they loved drama.

非常兴奋，因为他们喜欢戏剧。

They loved coming to their drama class and they would all be, you

他们喜欢来参加戏剧课，你知道，他们都会

know, excitedly playing around and chattering away, being very loud.

兴奋地玩耍、喋喋不休，声音很大。

And I might be having a conversation with a few of them and discussing

我可能会与他们中的一些人交谈，并

things with parents as they were dropping off their children.

在父母送孩子时与他们讨论一些事情。

And then when I needed to get their attention and say,

然后，当我需要引起他们的注意时，我会说：

"Okay, good afternoon everybody, please take a seat on the floor, let's sit

“好吧，大家下午好，请坐在地板上，让

in a circle and let's get started".

我们围成一圈，然后开始吧”。

So it could be okay, good morning, okay, good afternoon.

所以可能没关系，早上好，好吧，下午好。

Usually that okay in a nice bright voice is enough to get people's attention.

通常，用明亮的声音就足以引起人们的注意。

Okay.

好的。

You might also say, if I could have your attention, please.

你也可能会说，请注意一下。

This would be particularly useful if there's a large crowd.

如果人群很多，这将特别有用。

And maybe they're not expecting you to address them.

也许他们并不期待你向他们讲话。

They're not expecting anyone to come and talk to them.

他们并不期待有人来和他们交谈。

Maybe they're waiting for a train or they're in a waiting area in the

也许他们正在等火车，或者在

hospital and they're not expecting anyone to come and talk to them.

医院的等候区，他们并不期望有人过来和他们说话。

But you need to let them know about something.

但你需要让他们知道一些事情。

Maybe something has happened.

也许发生了什么事。

Maybe there's a huge change of plan, like the waiting area suddenly has to

也许计划发生了巨大的变化，比如

be closed because there is a burst pipe.

由于管道爆裂，等待区突然必须关闭。

And you have to come in and get everyone's attention and ask them

你必须进来并引起每个人的注意，并要求他们

to please move to a different space.

搬到另一个空间。

So you'd walk into the room and say,

所以你会走进房间说：

"If I could have your attention, please.

“请注意。 大家好。

Hello.

好的

Okay, everybody.

，大家。

If I could have your attention.

请注意。

Thank you.

谢谢。

We have a problem.

我们遇到了问题。

The pipe has burst.

水管爆了。

And so I need everybody to move out of this room and into the adjacent room".

所以我需要每个人都搬出这个房间并进入相邻的房间”。

If you are in a planned meeting or class and you're, you're waiting

如果你正在参加一个计划好的会议或课程，并且你正在等待

for people to stop chattering at the beginning, then you might say,

人们从一开始就停止喋喋不休，那么你可能会说，

when you're ready, I will begin.

当你准备好时，我会开始。

Although this can sometimes come across in a way that's a little abrupt.

尽管这有时会显得有点唐突。

It depends on how you deliver it.

这取决于您如何交付。

"When you're quite ready, I will begin."

“等你准备好了，我就开始了。”

"Have you finished?"

“你完成了吗？”

"When you're finished, when you're finished talking, then I will begin".

“等你说完了，等你说完了，我就开始了。”

So I'd be careful with that particular phrase.

所以我会小心这个特定的短语。

You could just very gently ask people to be quiet.

你可以非常温和地要求人们保持安静。

So you could say quiet down.

所以你可以说安静点。

"Okay, everyone, quiet down, shh, shh, shh, quiet down now, please".

“好了，大家安静一点，嘘，嘘，嘘，请安静一下。”

Or you might say, settle down, if your group is quite energetic,

或者你可能会说，安静下来，如果你的团队非常精力充沛，

bouncing around, having a giggle.

蹦蹦跳跳，咯咯笑。

"Okay, settle down now, settle down".

“好吧，现在就安定下来，安定下来”。

Another phrase that's very similar is pipe down, to pipe

另一个非常相似的短语是“pipe down”、“pipe

down, P I P E, pipe, pipe down.

down”、“PIPE”、“pipe”、“pipe down”。

"Alright, pipe down now, pipe down".

“好吧，现在就闭嘴，闭嘴”。

You could even ask for a bit of hush.

你甚至可以要求安静一下。

Hush.

嘘。

A bit of hush.

有点安静。

H U S H.

安静

Hush.

。

"A bit of hush, please".

“请安静一点”。

If one person in particular is being disruptive, is talking,

如果一个人特别具有破坏性，正在说话，

even though you've said,

"Okay.

即使你已经说：

“好吧。

Okay.

Good morning, everyone.

好吧

。大家早上好。

Take your seats.

坐下来。

Take out your books and turn to page five.

拿出书，翻到第五页。

Alright.

好吧。

Quiet down.

Quiet down.

安静下来。

安静下来……

Thank you.

A bit of hush, please".

谢谢。

请安静一点”。

If there's still one person talking after all that, then you can single them out.

如果之后还有一个人在说话，那么你就可以将他们挑出来。

You can call out their name.

你可以喊出他们的名字。

You literally say,

你真的会说：

"Jacob, thank you".

“雅各布，谢谢你”。

And just by saying their name, giving them a look, and saying

只需说出他们的名字，看他们一眼，然后说声

thank you, then they should get the message that they need to be quiet.

谢谢，他们就应该得到这样的信息：他们需要保持安静。

If you are struggling to get people to give you their full attention, even once

如果你努力让人们全神贯注于你，即使

they've taken their seats, they've taken out their books, or their pamphlets, or

他们已经入座，他们也拿出了书本、小册子、

their files, their papers, and they are sitting down, and they're relatively

文件、文件，然后坐下来，他们相对

quiet, but they're not fully focused, then you might say, eyes to the front.

安静，但他们没有完全集中注意力，那么你可能会说，眼睛看着前方。

Or eyes on the board, or eyes on me, please.

或者眼睛看着黑板，或者眼睛看着我，拜托。

You're basically saying look at me, look at the board, or look at the front.

你基本上是说看我，看板，或者看前面。

"Eyes to the front, everyone".

“大家眼睛看着前方”。

I would use these particular phrases only with children, so this

我只会对孩子使用这些特定的短语，所以这

definitely suggests a higher status.

绝对表明了更高的地位。

I wouldn't use this with people of a similar status to me, because it

我不会对与我地位相似的人使用这个，因为这

might seem a little patronising.

可能看起来有点居高临下。

"Okay, okay, children.

“好吧，好吧，孩子们。

Eyes on me, please.

请看着我。

Look at me.

看着我。

Thank you".

谢谢”。

Now, if you are really struggling and people are being quite rude,

现在，如果你真的很挣扎并且人们非常粗鲁，

then you could say something like, have you quite finished?

那么你可以说，你已经完成了吗？

"Jacob, have you quite finished?"

“雅各布，你说完了吗？”

Or you could ask, if someone's continuing to talk at the back of the room,

或者，如果有人继续在房间后面说话，你可以问

"Jacob, is there something you'd like to share?

：“雅各布，你有什么想分享的吗？

Is there something you'd like to share with the group?"

你有什么想与大家分享的吗？”

And often they're talking about something that's, you know,

他们经常谈论一些与

unrelated to what's being discussed.

正在讨论的内容无关的事情。

Or they are talking about something personal that they don't

或者他们正在谈论一些他们不想

want to share with the group.

与团队分享的私人事情。

And therefore being invited to share what they're talking about with everybody

因此，当他们被邀请与每个人分享他们正在谈论的内容时，

instantly makes them stop because they don't want to repeat it to everybody.

他们会立即停下来，因为他们不想向每个人重复。

And so that's quite a firm way of getting someone to stop.

所以这是让某人停下来的一种非常坚决的方式。

Again, I would only use this if you were of higher status,

再说一次，如果你的地位较高，我只会使用这个，

cause it can be a bit abrupt.

因为它可能有点唐突。

If you're in a meeting, if you're at work and you are slightly higher status and

如果你在开会，如果你在工作，你的地位稍高，

someone is being rude in your meeting or your presentation, and they are continuing

有人在你的会议或演示中很粗鲁，而且他们还在继续

to talk, then you can invite them,

说话，那么你可以邀请他们，

"Sorry, sorry, Mr.

“对不起，对不起， 史密斯 先生

Smith, do you have something to add to this?

，您有什么要补充的吗？

Is there something you'd like to add to this conversation?"

您有什么要补充的吗？

And you invite them to share whatever it is that they're talking about.

你邀请他们分享他们正在谈论的任何内容。

You can do it in a relatively nice way, but they'll get the message.

你可以用相对好的方式来做到这一点，但他们会得到信息。

Hopefully it'll make them stop talking.

希望这能让他们停止说话。

And then you can ask,

然后你可以问：

"May I continue?

“我可以继续吗？

Is it okay for me to carry on?

我可以继续吗？

Thank you".

谢谢”。

But that can be a little sarcastic.

但这可能有点讽刺。

So again, be careful with that one.

再次强调，要小心这一点。

Okay, so if you are in a meeting or you're a teacher of some sort and you're

好的，如果你正在开会，或者你是某种老师，你要

going to ask students or colleagues to give you something, so give you a

要求学生或同事给你一些东西，所以给你一件

piece of work, then one of the common phrasal verbs that we use is hand in.

工作，那么我们常用的短语动词之一use 是交出。

"I would like your work handed in by...", and then the time.

“我希望您的作业由...交出”，然后是时间。

So for example,

例如，

"I'd like your homework handed in by four o'clock today", or "I'd like your homework

“我想要你的作业在今天四点之前交”，或者“我想要你的作业

handed in by 9am tomorrow morning".

明天上午 9 点前提交”。

You might ask for submissions.

您可以要求提交。

Submissions.

提交。

To submit something, that becomes your submission.

要提交一些内容，即成为您的提交。

"Submissions are due tomorrow."

“提交将于明天到期。”

Or you could say due in.

或者您可以说到期于。

"Submissions are due in tomorrow".

“提交将于明天到期”。

You could use the verb submit,

您可以使用动词“submit”，

"Please submit your work tomorrow."

“请明天提交你的作业。”

Or "please submit your work to me by 9am, tomorrow morning".

或者“请在明天早上 9 点之前将你的作业提交给我”。

Opposite to hand in is to hand out.

与 hand in 相对的是 hand out。

This is another phrasal verb that you would definitely use in the classroom

这是你在课堂 上 肯定会使用的另一个短语动词。

or within a meeting situation or in a presentation when you want

在会议情况或演示中，当您想要

to give or distribute something.

提供或分发某些内容时。

So a pamphlet, a piece of paper with some notes on, a diagram, perhaps, if you're

因此，一本小册子，一张带有一些注释的纸，一张图表，也许，如果您是

an examiner, then you might need to distribute and hand out the exam papers.

考官，那么您可能需要分发并交给拿出试卷。

And you might call someone up to do it.

你可以叫人来做。

"Tracy, please hand out today's worksheets.

“特雷西，请分发今天的作业单。

Thank you".

谢谢你”。

And she'd come and collect the pile of worksheets and give

然后她会过来收集一堆工作表，并给

one to each person in the room.

房间里的每个人一张。

"Now Tracy, please collect everyone's worksheets.

“现在，特蕾西，请收集每个人的工作表。

Everyone, could you hand in your worksheets to Tracy?"

大家，可以把作业单交给特雷西吗？”

"Tracy's collecting the worksheets.

“特雷西正在收集作业单。

Please hand in the worksheets to Tracy."

请将作业表交给特雷西。”

Or you could tell the class,

或者你可以告诉全班同学，

"I will be collecting your essays at the end of the class.

“我将在课程结束时收集你们的论文。

So have them ready."

所以，请准备好。”

Okay.

好吧。

Gosh, that reminds me of being a substitute teacher.

天哪，这让我想起了当一名代课老师。

So I've been a teacher in many different settings over the years.

所以这些年来我一直在许多不同的环境中当过老师。

I've taught many different subjects as well.

我也教过许多不同的科目。

And for a while I was a substitute teacher, which meant I could

有一段时间我是代课老师，这意味着我

end up being in any class of any subject with any age of children,

最终可以在任何年龄的孩子的任何科目的任何班级，

it depended on where the need was.

这取决于需要的地方。

And my worst nightmares was being in kind of some of the

而我最糟糕的噩梦是在一些学校

schools in, how do I put this?

里，我该如何安排这个？

Some of the schools where it was a little bit harder, where

有些学校的情况比较困难，

the children were harder work.

孩子们学习更努力。

Teenagers usually, 14, 15, 16-year-olds who were getting ready

青少年通常是 14、15、16 岁的孩子，他们正在

for their GCSEs but were really not interested in doing their exams.

为 GCSE 做准备，但对考试真的不感兴趣。

And I would be in a subject which I wasn't very familiar with myself,

我会学习一门我自己不太熟悉的科目，

like History or Science, and having to deliver a class based on GCSE Physics

比如历史或科学，并且必须

to a group of teenagers who didn't enjoy the class, who didn't care about the

向一群不喜欢这门课、不关心这门课的青少年 讲授基于 GCSE 物理的课程。他们 对我

work and who were very excited about having a substitute teacher because

的工作感到非常兴奋，因为

they really, really gave me a hard time.

他们真的给我带来了困难。

That was always quite challenging, always quite hard to get their attention.

这总是很有挑战性，总是很难引起他们的注意。

So I always tried to play the cool teacher in those situations.

所以我总是试图在这些情况下扮演一个很酷的老师。

Especially when it was a school that was known for violence.

尤其是当这是一所以暴力闻名的学校时。

I did have a couple of classes where fights, full fist fights

我确实有过几堂课，

broke out with these big 16-year-old boys throwing punches at each

这些 16 岁的大男孩

other at the back of my class.

在我的班级后面互相拳打脚踢，发生了打架、拳头打斗的情况。

Oh my goodness.

哦，我的天啊。

And I didn't even know their names.

我什至不知道他们的名字。

It was so hard, but you just, you do your best.

真的很难，但你只是尽力而为。

You do your best.

And I think what's most important in those situations is not to

你尽力而为。

我认为在这些情况下最重要的是不要

ruin your voice, trying to shout.

试图大声喊叫而毁掉你的声音。

Often, it's better to go quiet, to be quieter, and to try and enlist

通常，最好保持安静，再安静一点，并尝试寻求

the help of someone else in the room.

房间内其他人的帮助。

You can usually figure out who in the room has got high status, like socially.

你通常可以弄清楚房间里的谁有很高的地位，比如在社交方面。

So you try to enlist the help of the highest status person in the room and get

因此，你尝试寻求房间里地位最高的人的帮助，让

them to help you to control the class.

他们帮助你控制班级。

Easier said than done.

说起来容易做起来难。

I have a lot of respect for teachers who work full-time in face-to-face educational

我非常尊重那些在面对面的教育

settings with large groups of people who don't necessarily choose to be there.

环境中全职工作的老师，他们与一大群不一定选择在那里的人一起工作。

So usually in like a secondary school, high school setting, where children

所以通常在中学、高中的环境中，孩子们

really are starting to get an idea of who they are and what they want to do, but

真正开始了解自己是谁以及他们想做什么，但

they're being forced to do some lessons that they're really not interested in.

他们被迫做一些他们真正不感兴趣的课程.

That's the hardest.

那是最难的。

So hats off to you.

向你致敬。

I do hope you found today useful.

我真心希望您今天觉得有用。

Next week will be our last week of this podcast in 2023, and we will be back with

下周将是我们 2023 年播客的最后一周，我们将在 2024 年带来

many more fantastic episodes in 2024.

更多精彩剧集。

So do tune in next week.

所以请继续关注下周。

Until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾并再见。