Learn English Vocabulary Daily #16.3 — 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 16, Day 3 of Your English Five a

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五篇英语》的第 16 周第 3 天

Day, the series that aims to increase your active vocabulary by five pieces every

，该系列旨在 从周一到周五每天 增加你的活跃词汇量 5 篇

day of the week from Monday to Friday.

。

So, let's start.

那么，让我们开始吧。

Today we begin with a noun and it is assumption, assumption.

今天我们从一个名词开始，它是假设，假设。

We spell this A S S U M P T I O N.

我们将这个

Assumption.

拼写为 ASSUMPTIO N. 假设。

It's never good to make assumptions.

做出假设永远都不好。

An assumption is a person's readiness to accept something as

假设是一个人愿意

true without question or proof.

在没有疑问或证据的情况下接受某事为真的。

So, if you say to me,

所以，如果你对我说：

"Anna, did you know the world is flat?"

“安娜，你知道世界是平的吗？”

And I go,

我说，

"Oh!

“哦！

Okay, well, that must be why we have a water shortage, because if the world is

好吧，这一定是我们缺水的原因，因为如果世界是

flat, then the water must be just pouring off the edge and we're losing water.

平的，那么水一定只是从边缘倾泻而出，我们正在失去水。

And that's why we have a water shortage."

这就是为什么我们有缺水。”

Oh, okay.

So, there I've made an assumption.

哦好的。

所以，我做了一个假设。

Or if my partner says to me,

或者，如果我的伴侣对我说：

"Darling, I'm going to be working until 5.30 tonight and then I'm

“亲爱的，我今晚要工作到 5.30，然后我

just saying a quick hello to a friend in the pub, I won't be long."

只是在酒吧里向一位朋友打个招呼，我不会待太久的。”

And I think, oh, okay, then you don't want any dinner, because

我想，哦，好吧，那么你就不想吃晚饭了，因为

obviously you're going to eat out.

显然你要出去吃饭。

Even though I haven't asked the question, are you eating out or do you want dinner?

即使我没有问这个问题，你是在外面吃饭还是想吃晚饭？

And I haven't got any proof that he's going to eat out.

我没有任何证据证明他会出去吃饭。

He's just said he's going to have a quick drink with a friend after work.

他刚刚说下班后他要和朋友喝一杯。

Hmm.

唔。

So, I made an assumption.

所以，我做了一个假设。

I assumed it was true that he didn't want dinner.

我猜想他确实不想吃晚饭。

And those things normally turn into arguments.

这些事情通常会变成争论。

To make assumptions is never good.

做出假设从来都不是好事。

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"Our latest sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy

“我们最新的销售预测是基于 今年

will grow by four percent this year."

经济增长 4% 的假设

Okay, next on the list is a noun and it is mentor, mentor.

。” 好的，列表中的下一个是一个名词，它是导师，导师。

We spell this M E N T O R.

我们拼写这个 MENTO R.

Mentor.

Mentor。

A mentor is a person that you look up to.

导师是一个你尊敬的人。

Someone who gives a younger or less experienced person help and

在一段时间内 为年轻人或经验不足的人提供帮助和建议的人

advice over a period of time, especially at work or at school.

，尤其是在工作或学校。

Have you ever had or been a mentor?

您曾经有过或曾经是导师吗？

I've had mentors in my life.

我的人生中有过导师。

I had mentors at university.

我在大学有导师。

I had mentors when I left university, and now as a business owner and

当我离开大学时，我有导师，现在作为一名企业主和

entrepreneur, I have mentors.

企业家，我也有导师。

People who help me at certain points in my life with certain problems that I have

在我生命中的某些时刻帮助我解决业务中遇到的某些问题的人

in my business, usually helping me to grow my business, to make the right decisions.

，通常帮助我发展业务，做出正确的决定。

These people are people who are further down the road than me.

这些人是比我走得更远的人。

They are my mentors.

他们是我的导师。

They want me to succeed, so they help me and guide me.

他们希望我成功，所以他们帮助我并指导我。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"At school, my Geography teacher was my mentor, I looked up to him and he

“在学校，我的地理老师是我的导师，我尊敬他，他

helped me through my toughest years."

帮助我度过了最艰难的岁月。”

Next on the list is the verb intervene, intervene.

列表中的下一个是动词 intervene，intervene。

We spell this I N T E R V E N E.

我们将其拼写为 INTERVEN E.

Intervene.

干预。

To intervene is to purposefully become involved in a difficult

干预是指有目的地陷入困境

situation in an attempt to improve it or prevent it from getting worse.

，试图改善情况或防止情况变得更糟。

This reminds me of a story.

这让我想起一个故事。

I was out having a few drinks with my friends, having a nice time, when I saw

我和朋友出去喝了几杯，玩得很开心，这时我看到

two people, a man and a woman starting to get very heated in their discussion.

两个人，一男一女，开始激烈地讨论。

And this turned into a full argument and then they're screaming at each other.

这变成了一场全面的争吵，然后他们互相尖叫。

And then the man gets hold of the woman and starts swinging her around

然后那个男人抓住了那个女人，开始摇晃她

and grabbing her and pulling her around and it looked like it was

，抓住她，拉扯她，看起来这将

going to turn into a full-on fight.

变成一场全面的战斗。

And I thought, "This is awful."

我想：“这太糟糕了。”

And I didn't even really think, I just ran between them and I

我什至没有多想，只是跑到他们中间，试图

tried to push them apart to stop them from hurting each other.

将他们推开，以免他们互相伤害。

And really, the man was the one being more aggressive towards the woman.

事实上，男人对女人更具攻击性。

He was the one who was grabbing onto her and pulling her around.

他就是那个抓住她，拉着她的人。

She seemed very upset.

她看起来很沮丧。

And her reaction to my intervention was to turn around

她对我干预的反应是转过身来

and slap me full on in the face.

，狠狠地扇了我一巴掌。

So, I learnt my lesson not to intervene if there are other bigger, stronger

所以，我吸取了教训，如果有其他更大、更强的

people that could maybe get involved.

人可能参与其中，就不要干预。

It's best to stay out of it.

最好远离它。

I think that's probably one of the only times I've ever been

我想这可能是我经历过的唯一一次

hit in the face by somebody.

被某人打到脸。

And yeah, it was a time when I was trying to help someone and

是的，那是我试图帮助别人并

prevent them from getting hurt.

防止他们受伤的时候。

Anyway, enough with my personal stories.

无论如何，我的个人故事已经足够了。

Here's another example sentence,

这是另一个例句，

"Thank goodness our local councillor intervened personally to stop the

“谢天谢地，我们当地的议员亲自介入，阻止了

history museum from being closed.

历史博物馆被关闭。

I can't imagine the town without it."

我无法想象没有它的小镇。”

When was the last time you had to intervene in a situation?

您最后一次不得不干预某种情况是什么时候？

Next on the list is an adjective and it is oppressive, oppressive.

列表中的下一个是形容词，它是压抑的，压抑的。

We spell this O P P R E S S I V E, oppressive.

我们把这个拼写为“OPPRE SSIVE”，即“压抑”。

If you describe someone as oppressive or something as oppressive, then it causes

如果你形容某人或某事令人压抑，那么就会让人

people to feel worried and uncomfortable.

感到担心和不舒服。

I will often describe the heat in summer, if it's a really extreme heatwave, then

我经常会形容夏天的炎热，如果真的是极端的热浪，那么

I will describe it as oppressive heat.

我会形容为闷热。

It's heat that makes me feel really uncomfortable.

天气太热了，让我感到非常不舒服。

Here's another example,

还有一个例子，

"There was an oppressive silence in the meeting this morning, wasn't there?

“今天早上的会议上一片压抑的沉默，不是吗？

Did you sense the tension between Jane and Amanda too?"

你也感觉到简和阿曼达之间的紧张关系了吗？”

Next on the list is an idiom and it is the buck stops with

列表中的下一个是一个习语，它是“责任归

you or the buck stops with me.

你”或“责任归我”。

Now we spell this, the, T H E.

现在我们拼写这个，TH E.

Buck, B U C K.

Buck，BUC K.

Stops, S T O P S.

Stops，STOP S.

With, W I T H.

With，WIT H.

You or me.

你或我。

The buck stops with you.

责任由你承担。

This means that whoever it is that the buck stops with, that they are responsible

这意味着，无论责任由谁承担，他们都要

overall for making the decisions, and who will be blamed if things go wrong.

对决策负全部责任，如果出现问题，谁将受到指责。

So, I use this phrase often because in my business, even though I have

所以，我经常使用这句话，因为在我的企业中，尽管我有

a team of people that help me, I am the face of the business.

一群人帮助我，但我才是企业的代表。

It's my business, it's my face you see, it's my voice you hear.

这是我的事，你看到的是我的脸，你听到的是我的声音。

So, if there is a mistake made somewhere along the way, it's ultimately

因此，如果在此过程中某个地方犯了错误，最终

my responsibility to catch it.

我有责任找出它。

So, if I have a video editor adding text onto my videos and the text is

因此，如果我使用视频编辑器在我的视频中添加文本并且文本错误

wrong, then that's my responsibility.

，那么这就是我的责任。

The buck stops with me.

责任由我承担。

Okay.

好的。

Now this phrase actually, when I was younger, because I come from a Northern

现在这句话实际上，当我年轻的时候，因为我来自北方

town, and I used to have a Northern accent where we wouldn't say /bʌk/, we

城镇，我以前有北方口音，我们不会说/bʌk/，我们

would say /bʊk/ and /bʊk/ B U C K in my original accent is pronounced the same

会在我的原作中说/bʊk/和/bʊk/ BUCK口音的发音

way as B O O K /bʊk/ - /bʊk/ book, book.

与 BOOK /bʊk/ - /bʊk/ book, book 相同。

And so, I always heard the 'book stops with you'.

所以，我总是听到“书随你而止”。

And so I always thought it was the B double O K that stops with you.

所以我一直认为是 B 双 OK 阻止了你。

And it's very hard to shake that image from my mind.

很难将这个形象从我的脑海中抹去。

The image of a book.

一本书的图像。

A B double O K, being pushed onto the person responsible saying that this

AB 双OK，被推给负责人说这

is ultimately your responsibility.

最终是你的责任。

So, just try and remember, it's not a book, it's a buck.

所以，请记住，这不是一本书，而是一块钱。

Just like a Bambi, like a deer, a buck.

就像斑比一样，像鹿一样，雄鹿一样。

This saying actually comes from poker, but we won't go into

这句话实际上来自扑克，但我们不会深究

the origins of these phrases.

这些短语的起源。

Maybe that's another podcast episode.

也许那是另一个播客节目。

So, the buck stops with you.

所以，责任由你承担。

Here's an example,

举个例子，

"As much as I trust my team to look after things when I'm away, at the end

“尽管我相信我的团队会在我离开时处理好事情，但到了最后

of the day, the buck stops with me.

，责任就落在了我身上。

So if something goes wrong, I'll get the blame anyway."

所以，如果出现问题，无论如何我都会受到指责。”

Okay, let's recap.

好吧，让我们回顾一下。

We started with the noun assumption, which is to accept that something's

我们从名词假设开始，即

true without question or proof.

毫无疑问或证明地接受某事是真实的。

You make an assumption.

你做一个假设。

Then we have the noun mentor, which is a person that you look up to,

然后我们有名词导师，这是一个你尊敬的人，

someone who's more experienced, who gives you advice and guidance.

一个更有经验的人，给你建议和指导的人。

Then we had the verb intervene, which is to purposefully become involved in a

然后我们有了动词“intervene”，意思是有目的地陷入

difficult situation to try and make it better or prevent it from getting worse.

困境，试图让它变得更好或防止它变得更糟。

Then we had the adjective oppressive, which is something that causes you

然后我们有形容词“oppressive”，它是让你

to feel worried or uncomfortable.

感到担心或不舒服的东西。

Then we had the idiom the buck stops with you or me, which is basically

然后我们就有了成语“The Buck Stops with You or Me”，这基本上是

saying that person is ultimately responsible or blamed if things go wrong.

说如果事情出了问题，这个人最终要负责或受到指责。

So let's now do this for pronunciation.

现在让我们这样做来发音。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Assumption.

假设。

Assumption.

假设。

Mentor.

导师。

Mentor.

导师。

Intervene.

干预。

Intervene.

干预。

Oppressive.

压抑。

Oppressive.

压抑。

The buck stops with me.

责任由我承担。

The buck stops with me.

责任由我承担。

Very good.

非常好。

Now, we've got some really awful looking clouds coming overhead

现在，我们头顶上出现了一些看起来非常糟糕的云

and the humidity is so high, it's making me feel really uncomfortable.

，而且湿度如此之高，这让我感到非常不舒服。

How could I describe this weather?

我该如何形容这样的天气呢？

Oppressive.

压抑。

Absolutely.

绝对地。

This is an uncomfortable weather day today.

今天是一个令人不舒服的天气。

Okay.

好的。

I notice that two people are having an argument on my street and I think I should

我注意到有两个人在我家街上发生争吵，我想我应该

go and try and stop them from arguing.

去尝试阻止他们争吵。

What am I doing?

我在做什么？

I'm intervening.

我正在介入。

Absolutely.

And I probably shouldn't, but I'm intervening.

绝对地。

我可能不应该，但我正在干预。

I then have a phone call with someone who is much more experienced

然后我和比我更有经验的人通了电话

than me and they give me lots of help and guidance in my business.

，他们在我的业务上给了我很多帮助和指导。

I would describe this person as my...

我会把这个人描述为我的……

mentor, my mentor.

导师，我的导师。

Now, I haven't asked my mentor this question specifically, and I don't

现在，我还没有具体问我的导师这个问题，我也没有

have any proof that this is the case, but I'm going to accept that they want

任何证据证明情况确实如此，但我会接受他们想要

paying lots of money for their time.

为自己的时间支付很多钱。

What am I doing?

我在做什么？

I'm making an...

我正在做一个……

assumption.

假设。

I'm making an assumption.

我正在做一个假设。

Now, I know that ultimately, if things go wrong in my business,

现在，我知道，最终，如果我的生意出了问题，

then I am the person responsible.

那么我就是责任人。

What idiom could I use to describe this?

我可以用什么成语来形容这个呢？

The buck stops with me.

责任由我承担。

Absolutely.

绝对地。

Okay, let's bring these all together in a little story.

好吧，让我们把这些都放在一个小故事里。

As a new recruit in the science department, I was both excited

作为科学系的新员工，

and nervous to speak with the head scientist about a new research project.

与首席科学家谈论一个新的研究项目，

I walked into his office, filled with assumptions about

我既兴奋

what the project might entail.

又紧张。

However, my mentor quickly intervened and reminded me to approach

我走进他的办公室，心中充满了 对该项目可能涉及的内容的假设。

the project with an open mind.

然而，我的导师很快介入并提醒我

The head scientist then explained the project to me, and I was struck by

以开放的心态 对待 这个项目。 然后首席科学家向我解释了这个项目，我对

the groundbreaking potential it held.

它所具有的突破性潜力感到震惊。

But I also couldn't help but feel a sense of pressure, knowing that

但我也忍不住感到了压力，因为我知道

the buck stops with me in terms of contributing to this project's success.

为这个项目的成功做出贡献的责任在我身上。

Despite the initial feeling of oppressive responsibility, I knew that this was an

尽管最初感到责任沉重，但我知道这是一个

incredible opportunity to learn and make a real impact in the scientific community.

绝佳的学习机会并在科学界产生真正的影响。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Well, that brings us to the end, I do hope you found it useful.

好了，我们就到此结束了，我希望你觉得它有用。

Until tomorrow, take very good care and goodbye.

直到明天，好好照顾并再见。