Learn English Vocabulary Daily #21.4 — 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 21, Day 4 of Your English Five

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五篇英语》的第 21 周第 4 天

a Day, the series that will increase your active vocabulary by focusing on

，该系列将通过 在周一到周五的工作周中每天

five pieces every single day of the working week from Monday to Friday.

关注五篇文章来增加你的活跃词汇量

Let's start today's list with an idiom to have a handle on something.

。 让我们从一个习语开始今天的列表，以掌握某事。

To have a handle on something.

掌握某事。

Let's spell this.

我们来拼写这个。

We start with have.

我们从有开始。

H A V E.

拥有 E.A.

A.

手柄

Handle.

。

H A N D L E.

手柄 E.

Handle.

手柄。

On.

O N.

在。

O N.

Something.

某事。

S O M E T H I N G.

某事 G.

To have a handle on something, it means that you are able to deal with it.

掌握某事，意味着你有能力处理它。

You can manage it and you understand it.

你可以管理它并且你理解它。

I struggled in A-level maths because I didn't have a handle on

我在 A-level 数学上遇到了困难，因为我不懂

advanced algebra and I sometimes struggle with German grammar.

高级代数，而且有时我在德语语法上也遇到了困难。

I just can't get a handle on German grammar.

我只是无法掌握德语语法。

It's really tricky.

这真的很棘手。

And sometimes I can't get a handle on how the dishwasher works when I

有时，当我 不得不更换洗碗机盐并放入新的漂洗剂

have to, like, change the dishwasher salt and put in a new rinse agent.

时，我无法掌握洗碗机的工作原理 。

I just can't get a handle on how it's supposed to work; which bit goes in

我只是不知道它应该如何工作；哪一点涉及

where and how I take things apart.

我在何处以及如何拆解事物。

I just can't get a handle on it.

我就是无法掌控它。

What can you or can't you get a handle on?

什么是你能掌控或不能掌控的？

What do you struggle with?

你在挣扎什么？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"Make sure you have a handle on all the legal aspects of this appeal.

“确保您掌握了本次上诉的所有法律方面。

If we're going to win, we need a watertight case."

如果我们要赢，我们需要一个无懈可击的案件。”

Now this brings me on to the next on the list, which is the adjective watertight.

现在，这让我想到了列表中的下一个，那就是形容词“watertight”。

Watertight.

防水。

We spell this W A T E R T I G H T.

我们将其拼写为 WATERTIGH T。

Watertight, all one word, watertight.

Watertight（水密），全是一个词，watertight（水密）。

If something is described as watertight, then it's usually a plan

如果某件事被描述为无懈可击，那么它通常是

or an agreement that has been very carefully thought about, and there

经过仔细考虑的 计划 或协议，

is no room for doubt or uncertainty.

没有任何怀疑或不确定的余地。

So, you'd almost say, it covers every possible doubt, it's watertight.

所以，你几乎会说，它涵盖了所有可能的疑问，无懈可击。

Usually, this is used when someone's talking about

通常，当某人

their story, in a legal case.

在法律案件中 谈论他们的故事时使用此词

So, do they have a watertight story?

。 那么，他们有一个滴水不漏的故事吗？

Is their alibi watertight?

他们的不在场证明无懈可击吗？

Alibi is another word we're coming on to.

不在场证明是我们接下来要讨论的另一个词。

So, is it so perfect that there's no room for doubt or uncertainty?

那么，它是否完美到没有任何怀疑或不确定的余地呢？

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"This agreement has to be watertight, the future of the

“这份协议必须是无懈可击的，

company is riding on this one deal.

公司的未来就取决于这一笔交易。

If anything goes wrong, we're all out of a job."

如果出现任何问题，我们都会失业。”

So, let me come on to alibi now.

那么，现在让我谈谈不在场证明。

This is a noun alibi.

这是一个名词不在场证明。

Alibi.

不在场证明。

We spell this A L I B I.

我们将这个拼写为“ALIB I.

Alibi.

Alibi”。

Alibi is proof that you didn't do something that someone is saying you did.

不在场证明证明你没有做过别人说你做过的事情。

So, if you are being investigated for a crime, something has happened,

因此，如果您因犯罪而接受调查，那么发生了一些事情，

maybe someone's house has been burgled and you are a suspect.

也许某人的房子被盗了，而您是嫌疑人。

You might have proof that you were nowhere near the house

您可能有证据证明 入室盗窃当晚

on the night of the burglary.

您根本不在房子附近 。

You might have been at work.

你可能一直在工作。

And everyone saw you there in the CCTV footage of you being at work.

每个人都在你工作的闭路电视录像中看到了你。

So, you have an alibi, you have proof that you did not do it.

所以，你有不在场证据，你有证据证明你没有这么做。

And your proof is watertight because there's CCTV footage and

你的证据是无懈可击的，因为有闭路电视录像和

several witnesses to back up your claim that you weren't there.

几名目击者支持你的说法，即你当时并不在场。

So, you have a watertight alibi.

所以，你有无懈可击的不在场证明。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"They can't arrest me for the damage to that shop window.

“他们不能因为损坏商店橱窗而逮捕我。

I have a watertight alibi."

我有无懈可击的不在场证明。”

OK, moving on to an adjective now, and it is keen.

好的，现在转向形容词，它是敏锐的。

Keen.

We spell this K E E N, keen.

敏锐的。

我们拼写这个“KEEN”，“敏锐”。

If you are keen, then you're eager, or you're very interested in doing

如果你很热衷，那么你就很渴望，或者你对做某事

something or in knowing about something.

或了解某事非常感兴趣。

You're keen.

你很热心。

You're keen to learn, or you're keen to play, or you're keen to travel.

你热衷于学习，或者你热衷于玩耍，或者你热衷于旅行。

What are you keen to do, or what do you have a keen interest in?

你热衷于做什么，或者你对什么有浓厚的兴趣？

I have always had a keen interest in communication and storytelling.

我一直对沟通和讲故事抱有浓厚的兴趣。

I also have a keen interest in building a beautiful home for myself.

我也非常有兴趣为自己建造一个美丽的家。

I've always had a keen interest in architecture and having a beautiful

我一直对建筑有着浓厚的兴趣，并且希望拥有一个美丽的

environment in which to be in.

环境。

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"I have a keen interest in photography.

“我对摄影有浓厚的兴趣。

I hope to take it up professionally after I've completed my Master's

我希望在完成硕士学位后能够专业从事摄影工作。”

degree in Cinematography."

电影摄影学位。“

What do you have a keen interest in?

你对什么有浓厚的兴趣？

Let me know.

让我知道。

Next on the list is a phrasal verb and it is rush into.

列表中的下一个是一个短语动词，它是rush into。

To rush into something.

冲进某事。

We spell this rush, R U S H.

我们将这种冲刺拼写为RUS H.

Into.

I N T O.

Into。INT

O。

Rush into.

冲进去。

If you rush into something, then you do it without thinking.

如果你冲进某件事，那么你

So, it's not just about speed.

就是不假思索地去做。所以，这不仅仅是速度的问题。而是

It's about not giving something careful thought and consideration.

没有仔细思考和考虑的问题。

So, for example, if you are investing in stocks and shares, so, you're investing

所以，举例来说，如果你投资股票，那么，您将

your money into stocks of other companies and you just have a look at what stocks

资金投资于其他公司的股票，您只需看看有哪些股票

are available, but you don't investigate or research the different companies

可供购买，但您不会调查或研究

that you're buying the stocks of.

您要购买其股票的不同公司。

You just have a look and go,

您只需看看就可以了，

"Uh, I'll just choose this one."

“呃，我就选这个。”

And you just give your money and buy the stocks, but you didn't

你只是出钱买了股票，但你没有

do any research whatsoever.

做任何研究。

You don't know anything about the company or what's happening with them, whether

你对公司一无所知，也不知道他们发生了什么，无论是

that stock is likely to go up or down.

那只股票可能会上涨或下跌。

You just buy the stock.

你就买这只股票。

In that case, you've rushed into the purchase.

在这种情况下，你就仓促买入了。

You haven't thought about it.

你没有考虑过。

Now we've all at some point rushed into doing something.

现在我们都在某个时候匆忙去做某事。

I have been very impulsive in the past.

我过去很冲动。

I have rushed into many things without thinking through properly.

很多事情我都没有经过深思熟虑就仓促去做了。

I always have the idea that if I fail fast, I learn fast.

我一直有一个想法，如果我失败得快，我学得就快。

Just do it.

去做就对了。

Just go for it.

就去做吧。

Which I still stand by, but in some cases, it's better to do a bit of research and

我仍然支持这一点，但在某些情况下，最好在你继续做某事之前做一些研究并

to think about something before you go ahead and commit to it, especially if

考虑一下，特别是当

it's involving spending a lot of money.

它涉及花费很多钱时。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"We can't rush into making a decision on which house to buy, this is a massive

“我们不能急于决定购买哪栋房子，这是一项巨大的

commitment, so we need to be 100% sure we're choosing the right 'forever home'."

承诺，因此我们需要 100% 确定我们选择的是正确的‘永远的家’。”

Alright, that's our five.

好吧，这就是我们的五个。

So, let's recap.

那么，让我们回顾一下。

We started with the idiom to have a handle on something.

我们从“掌握某事”这个习语开始。

If you have a handle on something, you're able to deal

如果你能掌控某件事，你就能够处理

with it and you understand it.

它并且理解它。

Then we had the adjective watertight.

然后我们有了形容词“watertight”。

If something is watertight, it's usually an agreement or a plan or a story.

如果某件事是无懈可击的，它通常是一份协议、一个计划或一个故事。

It means there's no room for doubt or uncertainty.

这意味着没有任何怀疑或不确定的余地。

Then we had the noun alibi, meaning proof that you didn't do something

然后我们有了名词不在场，意思是证明你没有做

that someone else is accusing you of.

别人指控你的事情的证据。

We then had the adjective keen, keen meaning to be very eager

然后我们有了形容词“敏锐”，“敏锐”的意思是

or very interested in something.

对某事非常渴望或非常感兴趣。

Then we had the phrasal verb rush into, which means to do something without

然后我们有了短语动词rush into，意思是不

thinking carefully about it first.

先仔细考虑就做某事。

Alright, let's now do this for pronunciation.

好吧，现在让我们来做发音。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

Have a handle on something.

掌握某件事。

Have a handle on something.

掌握某件事。

Watertight.

防水。

Watertight.

防水。

Alibi.

不在场证明。

Alibi.

不在场证明。

Keen.

敏锐的。

Keen.

敏锐的。

Rush into.

冲进。

Rush into.

冲进。

Very good.

非常好。

Okay, so, if I tell you I am selling my house and there is a lot of

好吧，如果我告诉你我要卖掉我的房子，有很多

paperwork to sign and go through and you tell me that you've got a lot of

文件需要签署和办理，你告诉我你 在这类事情上

experience with this type of thing.

有很多 经验。

You've moved house many times before and you offer to help go through

您以前搬过很多次家，并且主动提出帮助

the paperwork with me to make sure that I know what's going on.

我办理文书工作，以确保我知道发生了什么事。

And I tell you,

我告诉你，

"It's okay.

“没关系。

I can deal with it.

我可以处理它。

I understand everything.

我明白一切。

Don't worry.

别担心。

I can deal with it."

我可以处理它。”

What idiom could I use in this situation?

在这种情况下我可以使用什么成语？

I have a handle on it.

我有把柄。

Absolutely.

绝对地。

Don't you worry!

别担心！

I have a handle on it.

我有把柄。

And then we move house.

然后我们就搬家了。

But within the first week, our house is broken into and my prized

但在第一周内，我们的房子被闯入，我的珍贵

possession, my goldfish, is stolen.

财产，我的金鱼，被偷了。

And we accuse the man across the road of stealing my goldfish.

我们指责马路对面的那个人偷了我的金鱼。

Now, when the police go to interview the man and question him about where he was

现在，当警察去采访该男子并询问他

on the day of the, of the robbery, of the burglary, he tells them that actually

抢劫当天他在哪里时，他告诉他们实际上

he was with his best friend next door.

他和他最好的朋友在隔壁。

So, this is proof that he didn't do it.

所以，这就是他没有这么做的证据。

Even though I say he definitely did.

尽管我说他确实做到了。

He has what?

他有什么？

What noun?

什么名词？

He has proof, but what would we use instead of proof?

他有证据，但我们用什么来代替证据呢？

He has an alibi.

他有不在场证明。

He has an alibi.

他有不在场证明。

The problem with his alibi is he says he was with the neighbour, but

他不在场的问题是他说他和邻居在一起，但当

when we spoke to the neighbour, the neighbour said that they were out

我们与邻居交谈时，邻居说

shopping at the time of the burglary.

入室盗窃时他们正在出去购物。

So, his alibi leaves room for uncertainty and doubt it's not what?

那么，他的不在场证据留下了不确定性和怀疑的空间，这不是什么？

What adjective could we use?

我们可以用什么形容词？

It's not...

它不是……

watertight.

不漏水的。

Hmm.

唔。

But he is very eager to change his story.

但他非常渴望改变他的故事。

He thinks,

他想：

"Oh, I forgot the details of where I was."

“哦，我忘记了我在哪里的细节。”

And he's very, very eager to now change his story, which

他现在非常非常渴望改变他的故事，这

suggests to me that he's guilty.

对我来说表明他是有罪的。

But what word can we use instead of eager?

但是我们可以用什么词来代替渴望呢？

Keen.

敏锐的。

Yes.

He's very keen to change his story.

是的。

他非常渴望改变他的故事。

Suddenly remembering what he actually was doing.

突然想起自己到底在做什么。

In fact, it turns out that he wasn't the person who broke into

事实上，原来他并不是闯入

the house and stole my goldfish.

我家偷走我的金鱼的人。

In fact, it turns out that it was my mother who came to view the house

事实上，原来是我妈妈来看房子

and thought that the fish was getting too hot sitting in the sunny window.

，认为鱼坐在阳光明媚的窗户里太热了。

So, she took it to her house.

于是，她就把它带回了自己家。

I had accused the man across the road without thinking carefully about

我当初没有经过深思熟虑就指责了马路对面的那个人 ，现在又因为我

it first, and now I've created this bad atmosphere because I accused

没有经过深思熟虑 就指责了他，造成了这种不好的气氛

him without thinking about it.

。

What phrasal verb could you use to describe how I approached this?

您可以使用什么短语动词来描述我是如何处理这个问题的？

I rushed into it, didn't I?

我是冲进去的，不是吗？

I rushed into accusing my neighbour of stealing my goldfish.

我冲上去指责我的邻居偷了我的金鱼。

Even though he initially provided an alibi, which granted was not watertight,

尽管他最初提供了不在场证明，这当然不是无懈可击的，

and even though he was then keen to tell us that he'd remembered something

尽管他当时热衷于告诉我们他记得一些

that he'd previously forgotten, I still rushed into accusing him.

他之前忘记的事情，但我仍然急忙指责他。

I didn't think about it.

我没有考虑。

But now I have a handle on everything.

但现在我已经掌控了一切。

I can deal with it.

我可以对付它。

I understand it.

我明白。

I know what's going on.

我知道发生了什么事。

I'll have to make amends.

我必须做出弥补。

Oh, there's a bonus phrase.

哦，还有一个奖励短语。

I'll have to make amends.

我必须做出弥补。

I'll have to try and fix the situation and fix the relationship.

我必须尝试解决问题并修复关系。

Alright, let's revisit them in today's monologue.

好吧，让我们在今天的独白中回顾一下它们。

Jane is a legal secretary at a prestigious law firm in London.

简是伦敦一家著名律师事务所的法律秘书。

She's been working on a high-profile drug trafficking case, and

她一直在侦办一起备受瞩目的贩毒案件，

her mind is constantly buzzing with thoughts and strategies.

她的脑子里不断地浮现出各种想法和策略。

Let's see what is going through Jane's mind.

让我们看看简的心里在想什么。

"Okay, so what do I have so far?...

“好吧，那么到目前为止我得到了什么？……

the accused is charged with drug trafficking, but he's denying all charges.

被告被指控贩毒，但他否认所有指控。

This is going to be a tough case.

这将是一个艰难的案件。

I've been working on this for weeks now and I'm so pleased I have a handle on it,

我已经为此工作了数周，我”我很高兴我能处理好这件事，

especially as it's my first high-profile case and I'm doing it all on my own!

特别是因为这是我的第一个备受瞩目的案件，而且这一切都是我自己做的！

The evidence against the accused is strong, but I can't be complacent.

对被告不利的证据是有力的，但我不能自满。

I have to make sure everything is watertight before we go to court.

我必须做出确保在我们上法庭之前一切都无懈可击。

We have to prove that the accused was involved in this drug trafficking ring,

我们必须证明被告参与了这个贩毒团伙，

but he's claiming he has an alibi.

但他声称自己有不在场证据。

I need to dig deeper, to find holes in his story and gather

我需要更深入地挖掘，找到他的故事中的漏洞并收集

enough evidence to counter it.

足够的证据反驳。

I have to be keen and meticulous.

我必须敏锐而细致。

Every detail matters in a case like this, and I can't afford to rush into

在这样的案件中，每一个细节都很重要， 没有适当的准备，

anything without proper preparation.

我不能仓促行事

Luckily, I have some new evidence that could strengthen the case

。 幸运的是，我有一些新的证据可以加强这个案子

and I think it's crucial for us to include it in our defence.

，我认为这是对我们来说，将其纳入辩护至关重要。

I won't rest until justice is served.

在正义得到伸张之前，我不会休息。

I believe in this and I'll do everything in my power to ensure that the accused

我相信这一点，我将尽我所能，确保被告

is held accountable for his actions.

对其行为负责。

Winning this case could really boost my career!"

赢得这个案子确实可以促进我的职业生涯！”

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

今天的节目就到此结束了。

I do hope you found it useful.

我希望你觉得它有用。

And I'm keen to tickle your eardrums again tomorrow.

我很想明天再次挠痒你的耳膜。

So, until then, take very good care, and goodbye.

所以，在那之前，请务必小心，再见。