English Listening Practice: British English Podcast - Driving Over the Limit

You are listening to the English Like a Native Podcast, a listening

您正在收听“像母语一样英语”播客，这是一个

resource for intermediate and advanced level English language learners.

针对中级和高级英语学习者的听力资源。

There are bonus episodes and transcripts available to Plus Members.

Plus 会员可以观看额外剧集和成绩单。

I'll leave details in the show notes, and if you are interested in

我会在演出笔记中留下详细信息，如果您对

English courses, then head over to my website www.englishlikeanative.co.uk.

英语课程感兴趣，请访问我的网站 www.englishlikeanative.co.uk。

Hello there.

你好呀。

You're listening to the English Like a Native Podcast.

您正在收听像母语一样的英语播客。

I'm sure you've already gathered since you pressed 'play'.

我确信自从你按下“开始”键之后，你就已经集合了。

This podcast is designed for lovers and learners of English.

该播客是为英语爱好者和学习者设计的。

I'm your host, Anna, and today we're getting in our car and

我是你们的主人，安娜，今天我们要上车，

I'm taking you over the limit,

我将带你们超越限制，

over the speed limit that is not over the drink drive limit.

超过速度限制，但不超过酒后驾驶限制。

Normally, if you say that you are driving over the limit, then you are suggesting

通常情况下，如果您说您驾驶超过了限制，那么您就表明

that you are driving with an unacceptable amount of alcohol in your bloodstream.

您驾驶时血液中的酒精含量超出了可接受的范围。

Basically, you are driving drunk and we call the person who drives

基本上，您就是醉酒驾驶，我们将醉酒驾驶的人称为

while drunk a drunk driver.

醉酒司机。

"Oh, what happened to your garden wall?

“哦，你花园的墙怎么了？

It's fallen down at one end."

一端倒塌了。”

"Yeah, a drunk driver crashed into it last week."

“是的，上周一名醉酒司机撞上了它。”

I don't know why I decided to do that Northern, but there you go.

我不知道为什么我决定做北方的事，但你就这样吧。

A drunk driver.

一个醉酒司机。

So legally driving while drunk is referred to as a DUI offence.

因此，合法醉酒驾驶被称为酒后驾车犯罪。

So DUI stands for driving under the influence, but I am not here

DUI代表酒后驾驶，但我不是在这里

to talk about drink driving.

谈论酒后驾驶。

The focus of today's podcast is something that a lot of us are guilty of - speeding.

今天播客的焦点是我们很多人都犯过的事情——超速。

In the UK we measure speed in miles per hour rather than kilometres per hour.

在英国，我们以英里每小时而不是公里每小时来衡量速度。

Our fastest roads are called motorways.

我们最快的道路称为高速公路。

These are the large roads.

这些是大路。

Often they have three to five lanes of traffic on either side.

通常，它们的两侧都有三到五个车道。

Motorways will always have some form of central reservation, like a barrier that

高速公路总会有某种形式的中央预留区，就像一道屏障，

goes and separates the traffic travelling in one direction from the traffic

将一个方向的交通与

travelling in the opposite direction.

相反方向的交通分开。

I am sure that the highway agencies learnt very early on that if someone

我确信高速公路机构很早就了解到，如果有人

loses control of their vehicle, then less damage will arise if they drive into

失去对车辆的控制，那么如果他们开车撞上障碍物，会造成更少的损失

a barrier, rather than have a head-on collision with a vehicle travelling at 70

，而不是与一辆 时速 70 英里的 车辆正面相撞。

miles an hour in the opposite direction.

相反的方向。

And 70 miles per hour is the absolute limit in the UK you cannot drive

每小时 70 英里是英国的绝对限制，

legally faster than 70 miles per hour on any UK motorway or dual carriageway.

在英国任何高速公路或双车道上，合法驾驶速度不得超过每小时 70 英里。

And 70 miles per hour is about 112 kilometres per hour.

70 英里每小时大约相当于 112 公里每小时。

Now, I don't know about you, but if I'm driving down the motorway and

现在，我不了解你的情况，但如果我沿着高速公路行驶，而且

it's an open road, by open road, I mean my progress is not impeded.

这是一条开放的道路，通过开放的道路，我的意思是我的前进不会受到阻碍。

There's no traffic or road works to slow me down.

没有交通或道路工程可以让我慢下来。

So if it's an open road, then I find it quite hard to stick to the speed limit.

因此，如果这是一条开放的道路，那么我发现很难遵守速度限制。

This is exactly where cruise control comes in handy.

这正是巡航控制系统派上用场的地方。

So cruise control is a feature in many modern cars, which allows

因此，巡航控制是许多现代汽车的一项功能，它允许

you to set the speed, so it'll keep the car going at that speed.

您设置速度，从而使汽车保持在该速度下行驶。

So therefore, if I'm on a long stretch of motorway and I don't want my speed

因此，如果我在一段很长的高速公路上行驶，并且我不想让我的速度

to accidentally creep up past 70 miles an hour, I can set my cruise control

意外超过每小时 70 英里，我可以将巡航控制设置

to 68 miles per hour and just relax.

为每小时 68 英里，然后放松一下。

But here's a question, something that's always puzzled me.

但有一个问题，一直让我困惑。

Why sell vehicles that are capable of speeds in excess of a

当我们的上限是每小时 70 英里时，

hundred miles per hour when our upper limit is 70 miles per hour?

为什么要销售速度超过每小时 100 英里的车辆呢

In excess of means more than, greater than.

？ 超过的意思是超过、大于。 那么

So why sell vehicles that are capable of speeds in excess of

，当我们的上限是每小时 70 英里时，

a hundred miles an hour when our upper limit is 70 miles an hour?

为什么要销售速度超过每小时 100 英里的车辆呢

Now you might notice I'm saying miles an hour rather than miles per hour.

？ 现在您可能会注意到我说的是每小时英里而不是每小时英里。

Hmm.

唔。

What am I doing?

我在做什么？

Well, this is very common.

嗯，这很常见。

When we speak freely, it's common to change per for an, it just makes it flow.

当我们自由地说话时，通常会改变每一个，这只是让它变得流畅。

It's easier to say miles per hour.

说每小时英里更容易。

Miles an hour.

每小时英里。

It's easier.

更容易了。

So don't be surprised if you hear miles an hour.

因此，如果您听到每小时英里数，请不要感到惊讶。

So my car, for example, is capable of doing around 110 miles per hour.

以我的汽车为例，时速约为 110 英里。

So if I decided to put my foot down, I could be zipping past all the law

因此，如果我决定脚踏实地，我可能会以

abiding citizens trundling along at 60 or 70 miles per hour while I tear down

每小时 60 或 70 英里的速度从所有守法公民身边飞驰而过，而我却

the road at nearly twice the speed.

以几乎两倍的速度拆毁道路。

Why give me that capability?

为什么要给我这个能力？

If it's against the law, why make it possible and why make the top

如果这是违法的，为什么要让它成为可能，为什么要把

speed of a vehicle a selling point?

车辆的最高时速作为卖点？

Something for marketeers to brag about when trying to encourage people to buy.

营销人员在试图鼓励人们购买时可以吹嘘的东西。

It's like saying,

这就像在说：

"Hey, buy this Amazon hairpin, which can also pick locks, allowing you to

“嘿，买这个亚马逊发夹，它还可以撬锁，让你

break into someone's house with ease."

轻松闯入别人的房子。”

or

或者

"Oh, this solid sledgehammer is so powerful that you could hammer your

“哦，这把坚固的大锤威力如此之大，你可以

way into a bank vault in minutes."

在几分钟内敲入银行金库。”

Advertising top speed is boasting about a feature that is illegal to actually use.

广告最高速度是在吹嘘一项实际使用非法的功能。

So in my mind, that's crazy, but maybe there's a reason.

所以在我看来，这很疯狂，但也许是有原因的。

Maybe I'm missing something.

也许我错过了一些东西。

Maybe you need to have an open top speed to be able to have fast acceleration.

也许你需要有一个开放的最高速度才能有快速的加速。

I don't know.

我不知道。

But I'm also sure that there's a way to limit speed so that people are

但我也确信有一种方法可以限制速度，这样人们就

unable to go past a certain point.

无法超过某个点。

Now, perhaps I'm being cynical here, but maybe the reason we don't have

现在，也许我在这里很愤世嫉俗，但也许我们没有

limits on our speed to prevent us from speeding, maybe the reason is money.

限制速度来防止我们超速的原因，也许原因是金钱。

Now, I recently read that speeding fine revenue, so money that was made

现在，我最近读到超速罚款收入，那么

from people paying fines for speeding, speeding fine revenue brought in a

人们因超速罚款而赚到的钱，超速罚款收入带来了惊人的收入

whopping, are you ready for this, 78.3 million pounds last year.

，你准备好了吗，去年7830万英镑。

Need I say more?

需要我多说？

78.3 million pounds.

7830万英镑。

I can't even really imagine that much money.

我什至无法想象有那么多钱。

That's so much money.

这么多钱啊。

So I'm sure the government are thinking, oh wow, there's this device

所以我确信政府正在想，哇哦，有这个装置

that can stop people from speeding.

可以阻止人们超速。

Should we bring it in?

我们应该把它带进来吗？

Should we make it mandatory for these things to be fitted to every car?

我们是否应该强制要求每辆车都安装这些东西？

Stop people from speeding?

阻止人们超速？

"Um, but governor, that would mean that we'll lose out on that 78 million that we

“嗯，但是州长，这意味着我们将损失

make every year", "Ah, yes, good point.

每年赚取的 7800 万美元”，“啊，是的，说得好。

No, let them keep speeding".

不，让他们继续超速”。

Who knows?

谁知道？

Who knows what the real conversation is?

谁知道真正的对话是什么？

Anyway, more recently there has actually been a big push around London boroughs

不管怎样，最近伦敦各行政区确实大力推动

to reduce the speed limit within kind of residential areas from 30 miles an hour.

将住宅区内的限速从每小时 30 英里降低。

And this is standard, so in a built up area like a town or anywhere

这是标准规定，因此在城镇等建成区或任何

where there's lots of houses and buildings and people milling around,

有大量房屋和建筑物以及人们四处走动的地方，

the speed limit is 30 miles an hour.

速度限制为每小时 30 英里。

So there's this push to reduce the speed limit from 30 down to 20 miles per hour.

因此，人们正在推动将速度限制从每小时 30 英里降低到 20 英里。

Oh, now 20 miles per hour was always a thing, but only around areas where there

哦，现在每小时 20 英里一直是个问题，但仅限于

were like schools or vulnerable people likely to be around, so maybe outside

周围可能有学校或弱势群体的 地区 ，所以可能是在

a hospital or something like that.

医院或类似的地方之外。

But now in lots of residential streets, including mine, we're waking up to

但现在，在包括我的街道在内的许多住宅区街道上，我们醒来时发现

new 20-mile per hour signs being erected and painting on the road.

新的时速 20 英里标志正在路上竖立和涂漆。

In fact, I witnessed the other day a sign being painted onto the road.

事实上，前几天我亲眼目睹了一个标志被画在路上。

It's something I've never seen before and I was quite fascinated.

这是我以前从未见过的东西，我很着迷。

So I saw a big vehicle pull over on the side of our street from the window.

于是我从窗户看到一辆大车停在我们街边。

I wasn't being a curtain twitcher, I was just upstairs making the bed,

我并不是一个拉窗帘的人，我只是在楼上整理床铺，

opening all the blinds, and I saw this vehicle pull over on the side of

打开所有百叶窗，然后我看到这辆车停在路边

the road and I was like, "Oh, boys".

，我当时想，“哦，孩子们”。

So I call my children to come and take a look because they love all industrial

所以我叫我的孩子们过来看看，因为他们喜欢所有工业

style vehicles and we watched as two men jumped out and using their feet to measure

风格的车辆，我们看到两个男人跳出来，用脚进行测量，用

and a piece of chalk to mark and a chalk line to mark straight lines, they created

粉笔进行标记，用粉笔线标记直线，他们创造了

a box and an oval shape very quickly.

很快就会形成一个盒子和椭圆形。

And I'm talking minutes.

我说的是几分钟。

And then one man grabs a metal box attached to a pole while the other

然后，一名男子抓起一个固定在一根杆子上的金属盒子，另一名

man poured white paint into the box and in 30 seconds, he very skillfully

男子将白色油漆倒入盒子中，30 秒内，他非常熟练地

created a perfectly measured number 20, two and zero in an oval on the road.

在路上的椭圆形中画出了一个精确测量的数字 20、2 和 0。

Now I can't even draw a perfect square or a straight line.

现在我什至无法画出完美的正方形或直线。

I certainly can't, like reproduce perfectly measured numbers.

我当然不能，比如重现完美测量的数字。

So we were so impressed that we opened the window to applaud their efforts and then

因此，我们印象深刻，以至于我们打开车窗为他们的努力鼓掌，然后

felt absolutely gutted to see an impatient driver in a van drive over the wet paint,

看到一个不耐烦的司机开着一辆货车驶过未干的油漆，

smudging it and leaving dirty tyre prints in the otherwise pristine paint work.

弄脏了油漆，并在原本原始的油漆上留下了脏轮胎印，感到非常沮丧。

And the men who'd just done this painting also witnessed it.

刚刚画完这幅画的人也见证了这一点。

It must have been quite devastating, but I'm sure it wasn't the first time.

这肯定是相当毁灭性的，但我确信这不是第一次。

So my road and my wider community is now a 20-mile per hour zone.

所以我的道路和更广泛的社区现在是每小时 20 英里的区域。

And of all the speed limits that I have to adhere to, I find 20-miles

在我必须遵守的所有速度限制中，我发现

per hour really hard to stick to.

每小时 20 英里真的很难遵守。

It's not that I don't want to adhere to the rules.

并不是我不想遵守规则。

I'm not a speed devil or anything.

我不是速度恶魔之类的。

I'm not in any hurry.

我不着急。

I'm not in a rush.

我不着急。

I just find that where my foot naturally rests on the accelerator.

我只是发现我的脚自然地放在油门上。

That natural resting place pushes the car closer to about 28 miles per hour,

那个自然的休息地点使汽车的速度接近每小时 28 英里，

so to stay below 20 miles per hour means I have to constantly watch the

所以要保持在每小时 20 英里以下意味着我必须不断地观察

speedometer and I'm pumping on the brake and I'm adjusting the pressure on the

车速表，我要踩刹车并调整油门的压力

accelerator, and it's quite tiring.

，而且很累。

Of course, speeding measures do help to keep your speed in check, and by speeding

当然，超速措施确实有助于控制你的速度，

measures I mean things that make you slow down, things that are put in place

我所说的超速措施是指那些让你放慢速度的东西，那些在道路上放置的

on the roads to make you slow down.

让你放慢速度的东西。

In the UK we have lots of these speed measures and they

在英国，我们有很多这样的速度措施，

are things like speed bumps.

比如减速带。

These are also known as speed humps, like the hump on a camel

这些也被称为减速驼峰，就像骆驼上的驼峰

and/or sleeping policemen.

和/或熟睡的警察一样。

Though, if you saw a real policeman randomly sleeping in the middle of the

不过，如果你看到一个真正的警察随意睡在路中间

road and you intentionally drove over him, then I think you'd be in a lot of trouble.

，而你故意开车撞倒他，那么我想你会有很多麻烦。

But sleeping policeman, this is what they have been called.

但是睡着的警察，这就是他们被称为的。

Speed bumps or speed humps is what we commonly call them.

我们通常所说的减速带或减速带。

They are unforgiving bumps placed in the road to make you slow down, and if you

它们是放置在道路上的无情的颠簸，使您减速，如果您

do hit them at a higher speed, then your suspension will not thank you for it.

以更高的速度撞到它们，那么您的悬架将不会感谢您。

In fact, you will likely do some damage to your vehicle.

事实上，您可能会对您的车辆造成一些损坏。

Now I once had a car that was quite low to the ground and a very nasty speed bump

现在，我曾经有一辆离地面相当低的汽车， 如果 我不以蜗牛 般的速度

that I had to go over regularly would often scrape the underneath of my car if

通过它，我必须经常经过一个非常令人讨厌的减速带，经常会刮伤我的车的底部

I didn't go over it at a snail's pace.

。

Now, besides bumps as a speeding measure, we also have speed cameras.

现在，除了颠簸作为超速措施外，我们还配备了测速摄像头。

These are painted bright yellow so that you can see them and slow down in advance.

它们被漆成亮黄色，以便您可以看到它们并提前减速。

There are usually markers painted onto the road, so lines painted on the road so

道路上通常会画有标记，因此在道路上画了线，以便

that the camera can measure your distance over time to know what speed you're doing.

相机可以随着时间的推移测量您的距离，以了解您的速度。

So spotting those in advance makes you slow down.

因此，提前发现这些会让你放慢速度。

We also have road narrowing.

我们还缩小了道路。

Now. I hate this particular measure.

现在。我讨厌这个特殊的措施。

They narrow the roads to be just a fraction wider than the average car,

他们将道路缩小到只比普通汽车宽一点点，

and they place high curbs and big metal bollards on either side, and

并在两侧放置了高路缘和大型金属护柱，而

these bollards are always without fail covered in scratches and multicoloured

这些护柱总是毫无例外地被

paint work from the multiple vehicles that were unlucky enough to misjudge

多辆不幸的车辆留下的划痕和五彩油漆 覆盖。 错误地判断了

their passage through this point.

他们通过这一点的情况。

I always grit my teeth as I crawl through these things.

当我爬过这些东西时，我总是咬紧牙关。

I'm so scared to damage the car.

我好怕把车弄坏了。

I don't think it's fair at all.

我认为这根本不公平。

I mean, scraping your hubcaps or damaging your paint work on the car

我的意思是，刮擦轮毂盖或损坏汽车上的油漆

is very expensive, but I do have to say that it is a very effective

是非常昂贵的，但我不得不说，这是一种非常有效的

way to slow people right down.

方法来减慢人们的速度。

Now, the other measure that you'll find around the UK to slow

现在，您在英国各地发现的另一项减缓

people down is flashing signs.

人们出行速度的措施是闪烁标志。

So these are like digital displays that read your speed as you approach

因此，这些就像数字显示器一样，​​当您接近

them, and they flash your speed at you.

它们时，它们会读取您的速度，并向您闪烁您的速度。

To show you how fast you're going, and this number is followed either by

向您显示您的行驶速度，该数字后面要么是

a smiley face, a green smiley face, well done you because you are within

笑脸，要么是绿色笑脸，干得好，因为您在

the limit or a big, red, sad face because you are over the speed limit.

限制之内，要么是一个大的、红色的、悲伤的脸，因为您超出了速度限制。

Now for me, this definitely works well, as it acts as a reminder and

现在对我来说，这绝对有效，因为它起到了提醒作用，也

shows the wider world as well, so it's socially shaming or praising you.

展示了更广阔的世界，所以它在社交上羞辱或赞扬你。

Which from a psychological point of view, is an excellent way

从心理学的角度来看，这是让

to make people fall in line.

人们遵守规则的绝佳方法。

So I do have to admit that I have been caught speeding once.

所以我不得不承认我曾经被抓过一次超速行驶。

I was very naughty.

我很调皮。

It was late one evening, I was driving home after a late shift with an open road

一天晚上很晚，我下完晚班后开车回家，

ahead of me because it was so late, no one was out, which in my defence, had

前面有一条开阔的道路，因为时间太晚了，没有人出去，我得辩解一下，这条道路

recently been changed from a 40-mile an hour road to a 30-mile an hour road.

最近从时速 40 英里的道路改为每小时 40 英里的道路。时速 30 英里的道路

So I was used to driving 40 down this road and the change had just come in.

所以我已经习惯了沿着这条路开 40 英里，而变化刚刚发生。

I wasn't even aware of the change.

我什至没有意识到这种变化。

I was on autopilot doing the same thing I did every night after work.

我每天晚上下班后都会做同样的事情。

Now this was a route I'd been taking for two years.

这是我已经走了两年的路线。

So, you know, my autopilot was well and truly on.

所以，你知道，我的自动驾驶仪确实处于开启状态。

So I'm doing 36 miles an hour down this road as I always did,

所以我像往常一样沿着这条路以每小时 36 英里的速度行驶，

and a policeman with a speed gun.

还有一个拿着测速枪的警察。

Because they like to come out at the point where they just change the limit

因为他们喜欢在改变限制的时候出来

so that they can catch some people like me who aren't aware of the changes.

这样他们就可以抓住像我这样不知道这些变化的人。

This policeman with a speed gun clocked me going 36 miles an hour

这位拿着测速枪的警察记录了我每小时 36 英里的速度

and booked me, I say, booked me.

，并对我进行了记录，我说，记录了我。

He obviously made a note of my details and then sent me a letter.

他显然记下了我的详细信息，然后给我发了一封信。

I got the letter that you never want to get.

我收到了你永远不想收到的信。

I had my knuckles wrapped metaphorically.

我的指关节被隐喻地包裹起来。

I think I had to take some points and I had a fine, and I had to

我想我必须扣一些分，并且被罚款，我必须

do a speed awareness course where I learned all about the dangers

参加速度意识课程，在那里我了解了

of speeding and from that point forward, I have been a model citizen.

超速的所有危险，从那时起，我一直是模范公民。

I always drive or I try to, I always drive within the speed limits.

我总是开车，或者我尝试开车，我总是在限速范围内开车。

I'm a very considerate driver.

我是一个非常体贴的司机。

Now I'm going to explain to you some of the vocabulary that you have just heard.

现在我将向您解释一些您刚刚听到的词汇。

So one of the phrases I used was to put my foot down.

所以我用的一句话就是坚定不移。

Now you'll hear this in different contexts.

现在你会在不同的环境中听到这个。

When we're talking about driving, to put your foot down means to, it's like putting

当我们谈论驾驶时，to put your foot down 的意思是，就像把脚

your foot hard down on the accelerator.

用力踩在油门上一样。

You are going to speed up.

你会加快速度。

So if I say to you,

所以如果我对你说：

"Come on, put your foot down, we're going to be late."

“来吧，放下你的脚，我们要迟到了。”

I'm saying to you,

我对你说：

"Speed up.

“加速。

Let's go.

我们走吧。

You're driving too slow.

你开得太慢了。

Put your foot down."

把脚放下来。”

Or if I am heavily pregnant and having contractions in the back of the car,

或者，如果我已经怀孕了，并且在汽车后座出现宫缩，

"This baby's coming now."

“这个孩子现在就要出生了。”

"I know darling, but the speed limit is 30 miles an hour."

“我知道亲爱的，但是限速是每小时 30 英里。”

"I don't care.

“我不在乎。

The baby is coming out.

孩子就要出来了，

Put your foot down."

把脚放下来。”

So it means to hurry up.

所以就是快点的意思。

In other contexts, to put your foot down means to put a stop to

在其他情况下，“放下你的脚”意味着停止

something because you have authority.

某件事，因为你有权力。

So, a father might put his foot down when the teenage son says,

因此，当十几岁的儿子说：

"Dad, I'm gonna take the car this weekend and I'm gonna put my foot down.

“爸爸，这个周末我要开车，我要坚定不移。

I don't care.

我不在乎。

I'm gonna drive as fast as I wanna drive."

我要开得尽可能快” 时，父亲可能会坚定不移。 因为我想开车。”

And then dad says,

然后爸爸说，

"Oh no you're not.

“哦，不，你不是。

I know we said you could use the car whenever you wanted to.

我知道我们说过你可以随时使用这辆车。

But this time you, you just told me that you're going to be speeding.

但是这一次你，你只是告诉我你会超速。

So this time I'm putting my foot down and I'm taking the car keys.

所以这次我”我会放下我的脚，拿走车钥匙。

You're not having the car."

你没有车。”

So the next phrase is to tear down the road.

所以下一句话就是拆路。

I said that I might decide to experiment with the speed of my car, see if I could

我说我可能会决定尝试一下我的车的速度，看看我是否能

do what is advertised as being able to do as a top speed, and I might put my

达到广告上所说的最高速度，然后我可能会放下

foot down and go tearing down the road.

脚步，沿着道路行驶。

Now in this context to tear down the road is to go down the road very fast, or it

在这种情况下，tear down the road 就是沿着这条路走得非常快，或者可能会

might suggest that you do it very noisily.

建议你做得非常吵闹。

One of my biggest bugbears is those really noisy exhaust pipes that

我最大的烦恼之一是

people love to put on their vehicles.

人们喜欢安装在车辆上的那些非常吵闹的排气管。

I'm sorry if you're listening and you love noisy exhausts and you've

如果您正在听并且喜欢吵闹的排气管，并且

got two big exhausts on your bike or on your car, but I hate them.

您的自行车或汽车上有两个大排气管，我很抱歉，但我讨厌它们。

I don't hate many things, but I get really angry when I hear these

我并不讨厌很多东西，但当我听到这些

things tearing down the road.

东西在路上撕毁时，我真的很生气。

They make so much noise and often where I live, there's a lot of

他们发出很大的噪音，在我住的地方，他们很多

them and they go down my street, which is a residential street.

，他们沿着我住的街道走，那是一条住宅区街道。

I'm not near a big town or clubs or pubs.

我不在大城市、俱乐部或酒吧附近。

This is just where people are sleeping and there's lots of children, lots of old

这里正是人们睡觉的地方，有很多孩子，很多老人

people trying to rest and enjoy the peace and quiet of the evening, and these very

试图休息，享受夜晚的宁静，

noisy exhausts can be heard at midnight, one o'clock in the morning, and I just

在午夜、凌晨一点和晚上都能听到这些非常吵闹的排气声。我只是

think it's really unpleasant and really, oh, what's the word, inconsiderate.

觉得这真的很不愉快，而且真的，哦，这个词是什么，不体贴。

It's very inconsiderate.

这是非常不体贴的。

So I hear these things tearing down the road, or it might also indicate

所以我听到这些东西在路上撕裂，或者也可能表明

speed going down the road very fast.

路上的速度非常快。

My next phrase that I'd want to share with you is I said, if you go over

我想与您分享的下一句话是，如果您

a speed bump too fast, then your suspension will not thank you for it.

过快地通过减速带，那么您的悬架将不会感谢您。

Now, if something will not thank you for it.

现在，如果有什么事情不会感谢你。

It means that it won't be very good for that thing or that person.

意思就是对于那件事或者那个人来说，不会有太大的好处。

So you would normally say, talk about an action or something that you might do, and

所以你通常会说，谈论你可能做的一个行动或某件事，然后

then you follow it up with, but if I do this thing or when I did this thing, it

你跟进它，但如果我做这件事或当我做这件事时，它会对

negatively impacted someone or it might negatively impact someone or something.

某人产生负面影响，或者可能会对某人或某事产生负面影响。

So for example if I jump off this six-foot wall onto a concrete floor 10 times

例如，如果我

a day, I might feel really cool, but my knees will be negatively impacted.

每天从这堵六英尺高的墙上跳到水泥地板上 10 次，我可能会感觉很酷，但我的膝盖会受到负面影响。

So I can say,

所以我可以说，

"But my knees won't thank me for it."

“但我的膝盖不会为此感谢我。”

Okay.

好的。

Or I might say to my friend,

或者我可能会对我的朋友说：

"Hey, I can jump big jumps.

“嘿，我可以跳很大的跳。

I don't care that the floor is concrete.

我不在乎地板是混凝土的。

I jump off that wall 10 times a day."

我每天从墙上跳十次。”

You might say to me,

"Well, I'm sure your knees won't thank you for it in the future when you can't

你可能会对我说：

“好吧，我相信你的膝盖将来不会因为你不能

walk, because your knees are just a mess."

走路而感谢你，因为你的膝盖简直就是一团糟。”

Alright.

好吧。

The next phrase I use that I want to share with you is to creep up.

我想与大家分享的下一个短语是“爬行”。

To creep up.

爬起来。

Now, if I'm talking about one person creeping up on another person,

现在，如果我说的是一个人悄悄接近另一个人，

it means you approach someone and get very close to someone without

这意味着你接近某人并非常接近某人，而

them knowing that they're there.

他们不知道他们在那里。

So, for example, in a horror film, often the baddie, the monster, whatever it is,

例如，在恐怖电影中，坏人、怪物，不管是什么，通常

will creep up on the unsuspecting victim who's just standing there looking pretty.

都会悄悄地爬到毫无戒心的受害者身上，而受害者只是站在那里，看起来很漂亮。

"Oh, what a beautiful night.

“哦，多么美丽的夜晚。

Oh, look at the stars and the moon.

哦，看看星星和月亮。

Oh, this is a wonderful night to be alone in the middle of a forest.

哦，这是一个独自在森林中度过的美好夜晚。

Oh, I'm glad that I'm safe here."

哦，我很高兴我在这里很安全。”

When creeping up behind them is, you know, someone who's got some terrible

当有人在他们身后悄悄爬过来时，你知道，有人心里有一些可怕的

plans in mind, they've crept up and this poor unsuspecting victim has

计划，他们就悄悄爬了上去，而这个可怜的毫无戒心的受害者并不知道，

no idea until they pop up and go,

直到他们突然出现并说：

"Ah, got ya."

“啊，明白了。”

But we also use the phrasal verb creep up for talking about

但我们也使用短语动词“creep up”来谈论

anything that takes us by surprise.

任何令我们惊讶的事情。

Usually age is one thing, so,

通常年龄是一回事，所以，

"Oh it's my 60th birthday party tomorrow."

“哦，明天是我的 60 岁生日聚会。”

"You're 60?"

“你60岁了？”

"Yeah.

“是的。

Yeah, I am."

是的，我是。”

"Wow.

“哇。

It feels like only yesterday you were turning 40.

感觉好像就在昨天，你才刚刚满 40 岁。

How, what?

怎么，什么？

You're 60!"

你已经 60 岁了！”

"Yeah. I know.

“是的。我知道。

It's really crept up on me.

它真的悄悄地发生在我身上。

I, I, yeah.

我，我，是的。是

Yeah. I don't know where it's come from either.

的。我也不知道它是从哪里来的。

I don't feel like I'm turning 60, but I am.

我不觉得我已经 60 岁了，但我确实已经 60 岁了。我

I've got my birth certificate to prove it."

”我有我的出生证明来证明这一点。”

In this case, I was talking about my speed, and often when we are

在这种情况下，我谈论的是我的速度，通常当我们

driving along the street, we're aware of the speed limit and we feel

沿着街道行驶时，我们意识到速度限制，并且感觉

like we're doing the speed limit.

我们正在执行速度限制。

But then when you look down at your speedometer, you realise that your

但当你低头看你的车速表时，你会发现你的

speed has incrementally crept up just one mile an hour, two miles

速度逐渐增加了每小时一英里、

an hour, three, four miles an hour.

每小时两英里、每小时三、四英里。

"Oh my goodness me, I'm doing 25 in a 20.

“天哪，我已经在 20 英里内完成 25 英里了。

Quick, brake, brake, brake, pull off the accelerator."

快点，刹车，刹车，刹车，松开油门。”

So when something takes you by surprise.

所以当某件事让你感到惊讶时。

And the last phrase I'm gonna share with you is a snail's pace.

我要与大家分享的最后一句话是“蜗牛的步伐”。

This is a nice little idiom, to do something at a snail's pace.

这是一个很好的小成语，指以蜗牛的速度做某事。

I'm sure you can guess the pace of a snail, the speed of a snail is

我相信你能猜到蜗牛的速度，蜗牛的速度非常

very slow, so if I do something at a snail's pace, then I'm doing it very,

慢，所以如果我以蜗牛的速度做某事，那么我就做得非常非常

very slowly, possibly a bit too slow.

慢，可能有点太慢了。

Okay, so it's time for me to do an emergency stop on this podcast.

好的，现在是我紧急停止播客的时候了。

If you are a podclast, a podclast, if you are a Podcast Plus Member, then

如果您是播客，播客，如果您是播客 Plus 会员，请

look out for the Bonus Episode, which will Deep Dive into lots more vocabulary

留意奖励剧集，它将深入探讨

that was covered in this lesson.

本课程中涵盖的更多词汇。

Thank you so much to everyone who is listening.

非常感谢所有收听的人。

Until next time, take care and goodbye.

直到下次，保重，再见。