Learn English Vocabulary Daily #18.1 — 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 18, Day 1 of Your English

我叫安娜，你正在听《

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

一天五篇英语》的第 18 周第一天，该系列旨在

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

通过从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。

Today we start with a noun and it is aversion, aversion.

今天我们从一个名词开始，它是厌恶，厌恶。

We spell this A V E R S I O N.

我们拼写 AVERSIO N。

We have an aversion to something.

我们对某事感到厌恶。

To have an aversion to something means to have a very strong

对某事物有厌恶意味着

dislike of it or of the person.

对它或这个人有非常强烈的厌恶。

So, cats tend to have an aversion to water.

因此，猫往往厌恶水。

They have a strong dislike of water.

他们非常不喜欢水。

But notice that I say aversion to.

但请注意，我说的是厌恶。

You have an aversion to something or an aversion to someone.

你对某事或某人有厌恶感。

I have an aversion to really, really hot weather.

我讨厌非常非常热的天气。

I have an aversion to busy, chaotic places.

我讨厌繁忙、混乱的地方。

Well, not the places — I just don't like crowds, there we go.

好吧，不是那些地方——我只是不喜欢人群，就这样吧。

I have an aversion to crowds.

我厌恶人群。

I don't like being in a busy crowd, especially on the Tube.

我不喜欢在繁忙的人群中，尤其是在地铁上。

So, you could say,

所以，你可以说，

"I have an aversion to enclosed spaces, particularly when they

“我讨厌封闭的空间，尤其是当它们

are busy, full of people."

很忙、挤满了人的时候。”

I literally will not get on a train or a Tube if it's packed.

如果火车或地铁挤满了人，我真的不会上去。

I can't stand it.

我受不了了。

As soon as the doors close, my heart starts beating a little faster.

门一关上，我的心跳就开始加快。

Right, so let's have an example sentence of aversion,

是的，让我们举一个厌恶的例子，

"I have a strong aversion to exercise.

“我对锻炼有强烈的厌恶感。

It takes too much effort!"

这太费力了！”

What do you have a strong aversion to?

你对什么有强烈的反感？

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

我们列表中的下一个是动词，它是感知、感知。

To perceive something.

感知某事。

We spell this P E R C E I V E.

我们拼写这个 PERCEIV E.

Perceive.

感知。

To perceive something is to have an opinion about someone or something,

感知某事是对某人或某事有看法，

or to see it in a particular way.

或者以特定的方式看待它。

It's how you view a thing or a person.

这就是你如何看待一件事或一个人。

Now your view of a thing or a person might be different to how

现在，您对一件事或一个人的看法可能与现实中的情况不同

it is in reality or it might be different to how other people see it.

，或者可能与其他人的看法不同。

So, how do you perceive the situation?

那么，您如何看待这种情况呢？

How do you perceive the actions that unfolded?

您如何看待所发生的行动？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

" How do you perceive the new entertainment team?

“你如何看待新的娱乐团队？

They look a bit boring to me."

他们对我来说有点无聊。”

So, how do you view this new team?

那么，您如何看待这个新团队呢？

To me, they seem boring.

对我来说，它们看起来很无聊。

They might be the most exciting group of people ever.

他们可能是有史以来最令人兴奋的一群人。

To you, they might seem laid-back, relaxed, approachable, friendly.

对你来说，他们可能看起来悠闲、放松、平易近人、友好。

But to me, they seem boring.

但对我来说，它们似乎很无聊。

That's my perception of them.

这就是我对他们的看法。

That's how I perceive them.

这就是我对他们的看法。

How do people perceive you, generally?

人们通常如何看待你？

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

继续，我们有一个形容词，它是 naive naive。

Now this is one I've always struggled to spell in the past.

这是我过去一直难以拼写的一个。

Let's have a look at it.

我们来看看吧。

It's N A I V E.

很天真，很天真

N A I V E.

，很

Naive.

天真。

naive.

幼稚的。

If you are described as being naive, it means that you don't

如果你被形容为幼稚，那就意味着你没有

have much knowledge or experience.

太多的知识或经验。

And so, maybe you accept what other people tell you without questioning.

所以，也许你不加质疑地接受别人告诉你的事情。

Just like a child would because they don't have knowledge and experience.

就像小孩子一样，因为他们没有知识和经验。

If you tell them that the Earth is flat, then they'll say,

如果你告诉他们地球是平的，那么他们会说：

"Oh, okay."

“哦，好吧。”

And usually, they won't question that.

通常，他们不会质疑这一点。

They'll go around and say,

他们会到处说：

"My mummy says the Earth is flat."

“我妈妈说地球是平的。”

Although, to be honest, my eldest son, Jacob, would question whether the Earth

不过，说实话，我的大儿子雅各布会质疑地球是否

was flat because he questions everything.

是平的，因为他质疑一切。

He's at that age now where he questions everything.

他现在已经到了质疑一切的年纪了。

I keep getting the question,

我不断收到这样的问题：

"Mummy, where do babies come from?

“妈妈，宝宝从哪里来？

Mummy, how do babies get in your tummy?"

妈妈，宝宝是怎么到你肚子里的？”

"Let's talk about something else, Jacob."

“我们来谈谈别的事情吧，雅各布。”

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"It was very naive of you to believe that salesman, you should have

“你相信那个推销员真是太天真了，你应该在

asked him for ID before handing over your credit card details."

交出你的信用卡详细信息之前向他索要身份证件。”

Next on our list is another adjective and it is chaotic, chaotic.

我们列表中的下一个是另一个形容词，它是混乱的，混乱的。

We spell this C H A O T I C.

我们将其拼写为 CHAOTI C.

Chaotic.

混沌。

I'm sure you're quite familiar with this word.

相信你对这个词非常熟悉。

Chaotic describes a state of chaos, which is confusion and disorder.

混沌描述的是一种混乱的状态，即混乱和无序。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"The last few weeks organising my sister's wedding have been so chaotic, I'll be

“过去几周组织我姐姐的婚礼非常混乱，

glad when it's all over and done with!"

当一切都结束时我会很高兴！”

OK, last on our list is a phrasal verb and it is freak out, freak out.

好的，我们列表中的最后一个是短语动词，它是freak out，freak out。

We spell this F R E A K, freak.

我们拼写这个FREAK，怪胎。

Out, OUT.

出去，出去。

Freak out.

吓坏了。

To freak out is to become extremely emotional or excited.

惊慌失措是指变得极度情绪化或兴奋。

For example, my three-year-old freaked out this morning when I

例如，今天早上，当我把花生酱放在我三岁的孩子

put peanut butter on his breakfast, but on the wrong side of the bowl.

的早餐上，但放在碗的错误一侧时，他吓坏了。

I put it on his yoghurt rather than on the fruit and he absolutely freaked out.

我把它放在他的酸奶上而不是水果上，他绝对吓坏了。

He became very emotional, he was crying, he was whining at me,

他变得非常情绪化，他哭了，他对我抱怨，

"Why did you put it on my yoghurt?

“你为什么把它放在我的酸奶上？

I didn't want it there."

我不想它在那里。”

And even when I moved it and put it on his fruit, he continued to freak out.

即使当我移动它并将其放在他的水果上时，他仍然感到害怕。

He freaked out even more,

他更加害怕了，

"No!

“不！

I didn't want it there!"

我不想让它在那里！”

Oh my goodness.

哦，我的天啊。

It took about 30 minutes for him to calm down.

大约过了30分钟，他才平静下来。

But it's quite common for three-year-olds to freak out about seemingly petty things.

但对于三岁的孩子来说，因为看似微不足道的小事而惊慌失措是很常见的。

Sometimes adults freak out about all sorts of things.

有时成年人会对各种各样的事情感到惊慌。

When was the last time you freaked out?

你最后一次惊慌失措是什么时候？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"My mum totally freaked out when I told her I had won the lottery, I

“当我告诉我妈妈我中了彩票时，她完全吓坏了，我

think she was more excited than I was."

想她比我更兴奋。”

Okay, so that's our five.

好的，这就是我们的五个。

Let's have a quick recap.

让我们快速回顾一下。

We started with the noun aversion, aversion, to have a very strong

我们从名词 aversion 开始，aversion，对

dislike of something or someone.

某事或某人有非常强烈的厌恶。

Then we had the verb perceive, perceive.

然后我们有了动词“perceive”，“perceive”。

How you see or view something.

你如何看待或看待某事。

What's your opinion of that thing or person.

你对那件事或人有什么看法。

Then we had the adjective naive, naive to have a lack of experience

然后我们就有了naive这个形容词，naive指的是缺乏经验

and knowledge, so you just accept what people say without questioning.

和知识，所以你只是接受别人说的话而不加质疑。

Then we had another adjective chaotic, a state of chaos, a

然后我们还有另一个形容词“混乱”，一种混乱的状态，一种

state of confusion and disorder.

混乱和无序的状态。

And we finished with the phrasal verb freak out, to become extremely

我们以短语动词“freak out”结束，变得极其

emotional or excited, to freak out.

情绪化或兴奋，“freak out”。

So let's do this now for pronunciation purposes, please repeat after me.

现在让我们这样做是为了发音，请跟我重复。

Aversion.

厌恶。

Aversion.

厌恶。

Perceive.

感知。

Perceive.

感知。

Naive.

幼稚的。

Naive.

幼稚的。

Chaotic.

混乱的。

Chaotic.

混乱的。

Freak out.

吓坏了。

Freak out.

吓坏了。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Alright, I'm going to test you.

好吧，我来考考你。

If I see a young man as being a threat, that is how I view him.

如果我认为一个年轻人是一个威胁，我就是这样看待他的。

What other verb could I use instead of 'view' or 'see'?

我可以使用什么其他动词来代替“查看”或“看到”？

My opinion of him is my perception, so it's how I perceive him.

我对他的看法是我的看法，所以这就是我对他的看法。

And if I have a strong dislike to men in general, what other noun could we

如果我总体上非常不喜欢男人，我们还能

use instead of saying I dislike them?

用什么其他名词来代替说我不喜欢他们呢？

I have an aversion to them.

我对他们有一种厌恶。

Now, if this aversion comes from everything that my

现在，如果这种厌恶来自我

parents told me about men.

父母告诉我的关于男人的一切。

They told me that men were terrible, that they were to be feared and

他们告诉我，男人是可怕的，他们应该被恐惧和

avoided and I accepted everything they said without questioning.

回避，我毫无疑问地接受了他们所说的一切。

What adjective would you use to describe me?

你会用什么形容词来形容我？

Naive.

幼稚的。

I am naive for accepting without questioning.

我很天真，不加质疑就接受了。

And if I were to head into town today, and it's absolutely full of people,

如果我今天进城，那里绝对挤满了人，

there's traffic jams everywhere you go.

那么到处都会堵车。

There's also a big hoo-ha in the centre of town.

镇中心也有一个大呼哈。

A big hoo-ha is like an incident, something's gone on.

大呼哈就像一个事件，发生了一些事情。

So, there's police everywhere and it's just crazy.

所以，到处都有警察，这太疯狂了。

It's confusing and disordered.

这是令人困惑和无序的。

I don't know where I'm supposed to go.

我不知道我应该去哪里。

I don't know what's going on.

我不知道发生了什么事。

What adjective would I use to describe this scene?

我该用什么形容词来形容这个场景呢？

Chaotic.

混乱的。

"It's chaotic in town.

“镇上很混乱。

Do not go in there.

不要进去。

Not today."

今天不行。”

And if I find out something that makes me extremely emotional or extremely

如果我发现一些让我极度情绪化或极度

excited, what phrasal verb would you use to describe my reaction?

兴奋的事情，你会用什么短语动词来描述我的反应？

Freak out.

吓坏了。

Yes, I freaked out.

是的，我吓坏了。

Okay, well done.

好的，干得好。

Let's now bring all of these words and phrases together in a little story.

现在让我们将所有这些单词和短语放在一个小故事中。

Hi Mum, how's it going?

嗨，妈妈，怎么样？

I know, I still can't believe I actually got the job!

我知道，我仍然不敢相信我真的得到了这份工作！

Head of Youth Entertainment at one of the most popular holiday resorts in Greece.

希腊最受欢迎的度假胜地之一的青年娱乐主管。

I've only been working with children for 12 months and I only speak one language.

我只和孩子们一起工作了 12 个月，而且我只会说一种语言。

What was I thinking?

我在想什么？

How did my first day go?

我的第一天过得怎么样？

Well, as I approached the children's play area, I could feel my aversion

嗯，当我走近儿童游乐区时，我能感觉到我的厌恶

to chaotic situations kicking in.

你比任何人 都清楚

You know better than anyone that I have always perceived myself as a

，我一直认为自己是一个

calm and level-headed person, but this was a whole new level of chaos.

冷静、头脑冷静的人，但这是一个全新的混乱程度。

I tried my best to keep my cool, but I was starting to feel overwhelmed.

我尽力保持冷静，但我开始感到不知所措。

These kids looked like a pack of wild animals and I had

这些孩子看起来就像一群野生动物，我不

no idea how to control them.

知道如何控制他们。

And then there was this little girl who only spoke Arabic.

还有一个只会说阿拉伯语的小女孩。

I felt so naive because I couldn't communicate with her.

我觉得自己很幼稚，因为我无法与她沟通。

I could see the disappointment in her eyes and it broke my heart.

我看到她眼里的失望，我的心都碎了。

I was about to freak out and I thought,

我快要惊慌失措了，我想：

"How am I going to survive this job?

“我该如何生存这份工作？

What would Mum do?"

妈妈会怎么做？”

But then I noticed something.

但后来我注意到了一些事情。

The children were actually having a great time despite my language

尽管我有语言 障碍和缺乏经验，

barrier and lack of experience.

但孩子们实际上玩得很开心

They didn't care about my mistakes, they just wanted to have fun.

。 他们并不关心我的错误，他们只是想玩得开心。

I think it was in that moment, Mum, that I realised, it's not about

妈妈，我想正是在那一刻，我意识到，这并不是要

being perfect or knowing everything, it's about having fun and making

完美或了解一切，而是要

memories with these amazing kids.

与这些了不起的孩子一起享受乐趣并留下美好回忆。

Now I embrace the chaos and I'm trying to be the best

现在我拥抱混乱，并努力成为最好的

children's entertainer I can be.

儿童艺人。

It may have been a rocky start, but it's the start of an unforgettable journey.

这或许是一个艰难的开始，但却是一段难忘旅程的开始。

If I've learned anything from this so far, it's that sometimes the most

如果到目前为止我从中学到了什么的话，那就是有时最

chaotic and unexpected situations can lead us to the most beautiful memories.

混乱和意想不到的情况可以给我们带来最美丽的回忆。

Oh, sorry Mum, I've gotta go.

哦，对不起，妈妈，我得走了。

I'll call you back later.

我稍后会给你回电话。

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 it useful.

我真心希望你觉得它有用。

Until next time take very good care, and goodbye.

下次一定要好好照顾，再见。