Learn English Vocabulary Daily #23.5 — 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 are listening to Week 23, Day 5 of Your English Five a Day.

我叫安娜，你正在听《每日五英语》第 23 周第 5 天。

This is the series where we are dedicated to expanding your active

在这个系列中，我们致力于 通过 从周一到周五的

vocabulary by deep-diving into five pieces every day of the working

工作周中每天深入研究五个部分来扩展您的活跃词汇量

week from Monday through to Friday.

。

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我将在演出备注中留下高级会员资格的链接。

Let's start today's list.

让我们开始今天的清单吧。

We begin with the idiom in the firing line.

我们从“in the fire line”这个成语开始。

In the firing line.

在火线上。

So, firing, we spell F I R I N G.

所以，解雇，我们拼写为 FIRIN G.

Line, L I N E.

Line、LIN E。

So, if you are in the firing line, then you are the one who

所以，如果你处于前线，那么你就是那个

is going to get verbally attacked or criticised, especially if you

会受到口头攻击或批评的人，特别是如果你

have certain responsibilities within a company or organisation.

在公司或组织内负有某些责任的话。

So, for example, if you run a bakery and you're the manager, you

因此，举例来说，如果您经营一家面包店并且您是经理，那么您

have four people doing the baking.

有四个人负责烘焙。

And then a large team beyond that deals with things like purchasing

然后，一个大型团队负责处理诸如采购

ingredients, sorting out distribution, delivering the bread and the products

原料、整理分销、将面包和

that are baked to the customers.

烘焙产品交付给客户等事务。

Now imagine one day a batch of your loaves is found to be contaminated.

现在想象一下有一天您的一批面包被发现受到污染。

Gasp!

Dun dun duuuun...

喘气！

Dun duuuun...

And lots of people eating these loaves that have been distributed

很多人吃

by your company are getting sick.

你们公司分发的这些面包都生病了。

Now, there is going to be an investigation into what happened, and you as the manager

现在，将对所发生的事情进行调查，而作为经理的你

are going to be in the firing line.

将处于前线。

It doesn't matter if it's not your fault, like literally you did not bake the

如果这不是你的错也没关系，就像字面上你没有烤面包

bread, you did not find the ingredients.

，你没有找到原料一样。

It wasn't you.

不是你。

You were sitting in your office at your desk.

你坐在办公室的办公桌前。

You didn't do anything wrong, but you are the manager.

你没有做错任何事，但你是经理。

And therefore, because of your position, you're going to be

因此，由于你的职位，你将成为

the one in the firing line.

第一线的人。

You're the one who's going to get the criticism and the verbal attacks, the

你是那个会受到批评和言语攻击的人，那些

people who are very sick are going to stand outside the door to your office.

病得很重的人会站在你办公室的门外。

And as soon as you come out, they're going to shout at you saying,

你一出来，他们就会对你大喊大叫，说：

"You made me so poorly.

“你让我太糟糕了。

I missed a whole week of work because of you.

因为你我错过了整整一个星期的工作。

I want compensation."

我想要赔偿。”

So, to be in the firing line.

所以，要冲在前线。

Have you ever been in the firing line?

你曾经上过前线吗？

I certainly have.

It's not nice.

我当然有。

这不太好。

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"As account managers, you're in the firing line if we go

“作为客户经理，如果我们 今年再次超出预算，

over budget again this year."

您将处于危险之中

That is one of the drawbacks of being a manager or a supervisor.

。” 这是作为经理或主管的缺点之一。

The buck stops with you.

责任由你承担。

You have overall responsibility and if things go wrong, it all comes down on you.

你负有全面的责任，如果出现问题，一切都会由你来承担。

Alright, moving on to an adjective now, we have the word dreadful.

好吧，现在转向形容词，我们有“可怕”这个词。

Dreadful.

可怕。

We spell this D R E A D F U L.

我们拼写这个 DREADFU L.

Dreadful.

可怕的。

Full of dread.

充满了恐惧。

If something is described as dreadful, then it's quite

如果某件事被描述为可怕，那么它就非常

unpleasant or it's not nice.

不愉快或者不好。

It's of low quality.

它的质量很低。

It's dreadful.

太可怕了。

If I tasted one of those contaminated bread loaves, then I would say,

如果我尝了其中一个受污染的面包，那么我会说，

"Oh, this tastes dreadful.

“哦，这味道太糟糕了。

What's wrong with this bread?

这个面包有什么问题吗？

It's made my marmalade on toast taste disgusting.

它让我吐司上的果酱味道很恶心。

It's dreadful."

太可怕了。”

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

"Will you please turn that dreadful music off?

“请你把那可怕的音乐关掉好吗？

I'm trying to concentrate on my essay."

我正在努力集中精力写我的论文。”

Next on the list is a verb and it is emanate.

列表中的下一个是动词，它是 emanate。

Emanate.

发出。

To emanate.

散发出来。

To emanate is to come out of, or to come from.

散发就是来自或来自。

So, you might say that there's a strange smell coming out

那么，你可能会说 厨房的抽屉里

of the drawer in the kitchen.

有一股奇怪的气味 。

Here we could use emanate.

这里我们可以使用 emanate。

There's a strange smell emanating from the drawer in the kitchen.

厨房的抽屉里散发出一股奇怪的味道。

Or there's an unusual sound emanating from the fridge.

或者冰箱发出不寻常的声音。

It doesn't normally sound like that.

通常听起来不是这样的。

There's usually a little humming noise, a little buzz.

通常会有一点嗡嗡声、一点嗡嗡声。

But today, It's a very strange sound.

但今天，却是一种很奇怪的声音。

I think the fridge might be broken.

我想冰箱可能坏了。

Listen to the sound that's emanating from the fridge.

听听冰箱里发出的声音。

Here's another example,

再举个例子，

"When I heard angry voices emanating from the living room, I thought twice

“当我听到客厅里传来愤怒的声音时，我三思 而后

about asking for my pocket money.

行要不要拿我的零用钱。等

I'll try again later when my parents are in a better mood!"

我父母心情好一点的时候我再尝试！”

Next on the list is another verb and it is seize.

列表中的下一个是另一个动词，它是“seize”。

Seize.

抢占。

We spell this S E I Z E, seize.

我们拼写这个SEIZE，抓住。

Just the same as the oceans, seas, or the same as someone seeing

就像海洋一样​​，或者就像某人

something with their eyes, "She sees."

用眼睛看到某样东西一样，“她看到了”。

So, it's the same pronunciation.

所以，发音是一样的。

But this is the verb to seize, which means to take someone or

但这是动词“抓住”，意思是

something using sudden force.

用突然的力量抓住某人或某物。

So, very quickly grabbing something and taking it.

所以，很快就抓住了一些东西并拿走了它。

This is usually used when we're talking about law enforcement officers or

当我们谈论执法人员或

perhaps criminals when you quickly grab something and take it away.

犯罪分子时，通常会使用这个词，当你快速抓住某物并将其拿走时。

If you are in the airport and you go through airport security and

如果你在机场，通过机场安检，

they check your bag and they go,

他们会检查你的行李，然后他们会说：

"Oh my goodness me, you have something that is prohibited in your luggage.

“天哪，你的行李里有违禁物品。

So, we are going to seize it.

所以，我们要没收它。

We're going to grab it and take it away."

我们要抓住它并把它带走。”

My mum came on a cruise ship that I was working on a long time ago, and she went

我妈妈很久以前乘坐我正在工作的游轮来的，她

through security before boarding the ship.

在上船之前通过了安检。

And she had with her some cheese and some biscuits and a knife with which to cut the

当她第一次上船时， 她带着一些奶酪和一些饼干，还有一把用来切奶酪的刀，

cheese to have a little cheese and biscuit snack when she first got onto the ship.

以便吃一点奶酪和饼干零食。

Obviously, knives are considered to be weapons, even though it

显然，刀子被认为是武器，尽管它

was just a simple cheese knife.

只是一把简单的奶酪刀。

It wasn't particularly sharp or dangerous, but they were like,

它不是特别锋利或危险，但他们说，

"No, this is considered a weapon.

“不，这被认为是武器。

This is prohibited.

这是禁止的。

You cannot take it onto the ship.

你不能把它带上船。

Therefore, we're going to seize it."

因此，我们要抓住它。”

So, they took it away and she never saw it again.

于是，他们把它拿走了，她再也没有见过它。

So, have you ever had anything seized when you've been travelling?

那么，你在旅行的时候有没有被没收过什么东西呢？

A burglar might seize some goods if they're going to steal something.

如果窃贼要偷东西，他们可能会没收一些物品。

Very naughty.

很调皮。

Here's an example sentence,

这是一个例句，

"The burglar seized the homeowner and demanded he take him to where

“窃贼抓住了房主，要求他带他去

he kept his money and jewellery."

他存放钱和珠宝的地方。”

Next on the list is a noun and it is commotion.

列表中的下一个是一个名词，它是骚动。

Commotion.

骚动。

We spell commotion, C O M M O T I O N.

我们拼写骚动，COMMOTIO N.

Commotion.

骚动。

Commotion.

骚动。

Commotion describes a sudden and short period of confusion, noise,

骚动描述了突然而短暂的混乱、噪音、

or excited movement or disturbance.

兴奋的运动或干扰。

So, for example, if you are eating in a restaurant, there's a certain

因此，举例来说，如果您在餐厅吃饭，就会有一定

amount of background noise, people talking and clinking glasses.

的背景噪音、人们的谈话声和碰杯声。

There'll be the sounds of plates and cutlery against plates, people eating,

会有盘子和餐具碰撞盘子的声音，人们吃饭的声音，

there might be some background music.

可能会有一些背景音乐。

And then suddenly a waiter drops a whole tray of food and there's just

然后突然，一个服务员掉了一整盘食物，然后就是

this noise and people gasp and, "Oh no!"

一声噪音，人们倒吸一口凉气，“哦，不！”

And someone gets wine spilled all down their front.

有人的酒洒到了前面。

"Oh my goodness, my favourite dress!"

“天哪，我最喜欢的裙子！”

There is this sudden and short period of disturbance.

出现这种突然而短暂的干扰。

There's extra noise and excitement, not in a good way, arising from this incident.

这起事件引起了额外的噪音和兴奋，但并不是以一种好的方式。

This poor waiter who dropped his tray of food.

这个可怜的服务员把托盘里的食物掉了。

So, that would be a sudden commotion.

所以，这会是一场突然的骚动。

"There was a commotion in the restaurant tonight."

“今晚餐厅里发生了骚乱。”

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"There was quite a commotion on the roads today as the police tried to

“今天道路上发生了相当大的骚乱，因为警察试图

remove large crowds of people protesting about the price rise of petrol."

驱散大批抗议汽油价格上涨的人群。”

Alright, that's our five for today so let's do our recap.

好的，这就是我们今天的五个内容，让我们回顾一下。

We started with the idiom in the firing line.

我们从“in the fire line”这个习语开始。

In the firing line.

在火线上。

If you're in the firing line then you are going to receive verbal

如果你处于前线，那么你会受到口头

attack and criticism, usually because you are responsible for

攻击和批评，通常是因为你负责

an organisation or a company.

一个组织或公司。

So, you're in the firing line.

所以，你正处于前线。

Then we had the adjective dreadful, which means unpleasant or of low quality.

然后我们有了形容词dreadful，意思是不愉快或质量低下。

We had the verb emanate, which means to come out of or to come from.

我们有动词 emanate，意思是来自或来自。

We had the verb seize, to take someone or to take something with sudden force.

我们有动词“抓住”，用突然的力量抓住某人或某物。

And we had the noun commotion.

我们遇到了名词骚动。

A sudden and short period of noise and confusion and movement.

突然出现短暂的噪音、混乱和运动。

"What's going on?"

“这是怎么回事？”

OK, it's time for a little pronunciation.

好的，现在是一点发音的时间了。

Please repeat after me.

请跟着我重复一遍。

In the firing line.

在火线上。

In the firing line.

在火线上。

Dreadful.

可怕。

Dreadful.

可怕。

Emanate.

发出。

Emanate.

发出。

Seize.

抢占。

Seize.

抢占。

Commotion.

骚动。

Commotion.

骚动。

Very good.

非常好。

Alright, let's try to test your memory now.

好吧，现在我们来测试一下你的记忆力。

The other day at work I was walking down the corridor when I heard a strange

有一天，我上班时沿着走廊走，突然听到

sound coming from one of the storerooms.

一间储藏室里传来奇怪的声音。

What word could I use instead of to say coming out of?

我可以用什么词来代替说“来自”？

What verb could I replace that with?

我可以用什么动词来代替它？

Emanate.

发出。

Yes, I was walking down the corridor at work and there was a strange noise

是的，我在上班的走廊里走着，

emanating from one of the storerooms.

其中一间储藏室里传来了奇怪的噪音。

And as I got closer, I realised it was music.

当我走近时，我意识到那是音乐。

Someone was in the storeroom playing music.

有人在储藏室里演奏音乐。

This is not allowed.

这是不允许的。

Besides which it was very unpleasant music.

除此之外，还有非常令人不愉快的音乐。

Not my taste at all.

根本不是我的口味。

Very unpleasant.

非常不愉快。

What adjective could we use to replace unpleasant.

我们可以用什么形容词来代替不愉快。

Dreadful.

可怕。

Yes.

There was some dreadful music emanating from the storeroom at work.

是的。

工作时，储藏室里传出一些可怕的音乐。

So, I went in and I found one of our employees sitting there with

所以，我走进去，发现我们的一位员工坐在那儿，

his little CD player playing music when he should have been working.

他的小 CD 播放器在他应该工作的时候播放着音乐。

So, I quickly took his CD player and his CDs using a lot of force.

于是，我很快就用了很大的力气把他的CD机和CD都拿走了。

And I said,

"This is not allowed.

我说：

“这是不允许的。

I'm confiscating this."

我要没收这个。”

What verb could I use to describe this taking of his CD player?

我可以用什么动词来形容他的 CD 播放器被盗的行为？

Seized.

查获。

Yes, I seized his CD player and all of his music because he's not allowed

是的，我没收了他的 CD 播放器和所有音乐，因为他不被允许在

to be taking a break without asking and he's certainly not allowed to

没有询问的情况下休息，而且他当然也不被允许

sit in the storeroom playing music.

坐在储藏室里播放音乐。

While this was going on in the storeroom, I heard suddenly

正当储藏室里发生这些事情的时候，我突然听到

a disturbance in the hallway.

走廊里传来一阵骚动。

Something was going on.

有事发生了。

There was lots of noise and banging around and shouting.

周围有很多噪音、敲打声和叫喊声。

What noun could I use to describe this sudden noise and disturbance?

我该用什么名词来形容这突如其来的噪音和干扰呢？

Commotion.

骚动。

Commotion.

Yes, there was a commotion in the hallway.

骚动。

是的，走廊里传来一阵骚动。

So, I popped my head out to see what was going on and saw one of

于是，我探出头去看发生了什么事，看到

our patients making a run for it, trying to escape the facility.

我们的一名病人正在逃跑，试图逃离医院。

"Oh no, please stop him!"

“哦不，请阻止他！”

If we don't stop him and he escapes the facility when we're supposed to

如果我们不阻止他，而他在我们应该

be responsible for his care, then I, as the manager, I'm going to be

负责照顾他的时候逃离了医院，那么我，作为经理，我将

subject to a lot of criticism about how we look after our patients.

因我们如何照顾病人而受到很多批评。

What idiom could we use to describe this situation where

我们可以用什么成语来形容

someone is subject to criticism?

某人受到批评的 情况 ？

I'll be in the firing line.

我将在前线。

Absolutely.

绝对地。

Luckily we managed to stop the man before he escaped and I was relieved.

幸运的是，我们设法在他逃跑之前阻止了他，我松了口气。

So, let me just reiterate what happened.

那么，让我重申一下发生的事情。

I was walking down the corridor and I heard a dreadful noise

我沿着走廊走，听到

emanating from the storeroom.

储藏室里传来可怕的噪音。

I found one of our employees skiving off, listening to his

我发现我们的一位员工正在偷偷溜走，

CDs on his little CD player.

用他的小 CD 播放器

So, I seized the CD player and the CDs.

听 CD。 于是，我没收了CD机和CD。

And while doing that, I heard a commotion in the corridor.

正当我这么做的时候，我听到走廊里传来一阵骚动。

Noticed one of our patients was trying to escape the facility.

注意到我们的一名患者试图逃离该设施。

And luckily we stopped him.

幸运的是我们阻止了他。

Had we not stopped him, then I would have been in the firing line.

如果我们没有阻止他，那么我就会站在前线。

So, I am relieved.

所以，我就放心了。

Okay, we're going to bring those pieces together one last time in story time.

好的，我们将在故事时间最后一次将这些片段组合在一起。

As I stood in the firing line, my heart was racing with dread.

当我站在前线时，我的心因恐惧而狂跳。

I knew what was about to happen and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

我知道即将发生什么，但我无法阻止它。

It was a dreadful feeling, being at the mercy of someone else's decisions.

这是一种可怕的感觉，受别人决定的摆布。

But I had no choice, I had to face the consequences of my actions.

但我别无选择，我必须承担我的行为带来的后果。

I'm a young and ambitious lawyer.

我是一名年轻而雄心勃勃的律师。

I'm always chasing after the next big case.

我总是在追寻下一个大案子。

But in my quest for success, I had made a grave mistake.

但在我追求成功的过程中，我犯了一个严重的错误。

I had crossed a powerful and influential man, and now I was paying the price.

我得罪了一个有权有势的人，现在我要付出代价了。

The case against me was weak, but with his influence, he could

对我不利的证据很薄弱，但凭借他的影响力，他可以

twist the truth in his favour.

歪曲事实，对他有利。

And as a result, I was about to lose everything.

结果，我即将失去一切。

Everything I had worked so hard for.

我辛辛苦苦得到的一切。

As the court proceedings began, I could feel the tension in the air.

当法庭审理开始时，我能感觉到空气中的紧张气氛。

There was a lot of commotion among the jury and spectators as they sat down to

当陪审团和观众坐下来

listen to this highly publicised case.

聆听这个广为人知的案件时，引起了很大的骚动。

The judge's stern gaze made me shiver, and I knew the verdict

法官严厉的目光让我不寒而栗，我知道判决

was not going to be in my favour.

不会对我有利。

My mind was in a state of chaos, trying to come up with a last-minute defence.

我的思绪一片混乱，试图想出最后一刻的防御措施。

But it was too late, the damage had already been done.

但为时已晚，损害已经造成。

In that moment of despair, I looked around the courtroom desperate

在那绝望的时刻，我环顾法庭，拼命

to find a glimmer of hope.

寻找一线希望。

And that's when I saw him, my husband, sitting in the front row,

就在那时，我看到他，我的丈夫，坐在前排，

his eyes filled with worry and fear.

他的眼睛里充满了担忧和恐惧。

It was then that I realised, I couldn't let him down.

那时我才意识到，我不能让他失望。

I couldn't let this one mistake ruin our lives.

我不能让这个错误毁掉我们的生活。

With a newfound determination, I stood up and addressed the court.

带着新的决心，我站起来在法庭上发言。

I spoke from my heart, and my words seemed to emanate with a

我说的是我的心里话，我的话似乎充满了

sense of honesty and sincerity.

诚实和真诚。

As I finished my speech, I could see the judge's expression soften,

当我结束演讲时，我可以看到法官的表情柔和下来，

and in a surprising turn of events, he announced that I was not guilty.

令人惊讶的是，他宣布我无罪。

Tears of relief and joy streamed down my face as I hugged my husband.

当我拥抱丈夫时，宽慰和喜悦的泪水从我的脸上流下来。

It was a moment I will never forget.

那是我永远不会忘记的时刻。

That dreadful experience would always linger in my mind.

那段可怕的经历一直萦绕在我的脑海里。

But I'd learned to never let my ambition blind me from

但我学会了永远不要让自己的野心蒙蔽了我的双眼，忽视了

the things that truly matter.

真正重要的事情。

And in that moment, I knew I had seized a second chance at life.

在那一刻，我知道我抓住了人生的第二次机会。

And that brings us to the end of today's episode and the end of Week 23.

今天的节目到此结束，第 23 周也结束了。

If you have enjoyed this week, then please remember to leave a like, a

如果您本周过得愉快，请记得留下点赞、

rating or a review, and don't forget to recommend English Like a Native to all of

评分或评论，并且不要忘记将《English Like a Native》推荐给所有

your English language-learning friends.

学习英语的朋友。

I look forward to tickling your eardrums either tomorrow or next week.

我期待着明天或下周让你的耳膜发痒。

Until then, take very good care and goodbye.

在那之前，请好好照顾并告别。