Learn English Vocabulary Daily #17.5 — 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're listening to Week 17, Day 5 of Your English Five a

我叫安娜，你正在听《英语每日五篇》的第 17 周第 5

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

天，该系列旨在 从周一到周五每天

day of the week from Monday to Friday.

增加你的活跃词汇量 5 篇

We start today's list with an idiom and it is stuck in a rut, stuck in a rut.

。 我们从一个成语开始今天的清单，它陷入了困境，陷入了困境。

Let me spell that for you.

让我为你拼写一下。

Stuck, S T U C K.

陷入困境，STUC K.

In, I N.

陷入困境，I N.

A.

A.

Rut, R U T.

陷入困境，RU T.

Stuck in a rut.

陷入困境。

If you're stuck in a rut, then you're fixed in a particular job or activity,

如果你墨守成规，那么你就被固定在某项特定的工作或活动中，

and you really need to change it.

你确实需要改变它。

Imagine a rut being essentially a hole, and you can't get out of that hole.

想象一下，车辙本质上是一个洞，而你无法摆脱那个洞。

You feel fed up, probably, if you're stuck in a rut.

如果你墨守成规，你可能会感到厌倦。

We often use this to describe a certain time in our life when we just want

我们经常用这个来形容生活中的某个时刻，我们只想

change, and we don't know how to get out of the situation that we're in.

改变，却不知道如何摆脱目前的处境。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句，

I've been neglecting myself recently and feel stuck in a rut, do you

我最近一直忽视自己，感觉陷入困境，你

think we could go out this weekend?

认为我们这个周末可以出去吗？

I think I need it."

我想我需要它。“

Have you ever felt stuck in a rut?

你是否曾感到陷入困境？

If you did, then what did you do to get out of that situation?

如果有，那么你做了什么来摆脱这种情况？

I've certainly felt stuck in a rut at multiple points in my life.

我确实在生活中的多个时刻感到陷入困境。

Let's move on to another word.

让我们行动吧换个词。

This is an adjective and it is listless, listless.

这是一个形容词，是无精打采的，没精打采的。

Listless is spelt L I S T L E S S.

无精打采的拼写是LISTLES S.

Listless.

无精打采的。

Listless.

无精打采的。

If you describe yourself as listless then you have little

如果你形容自己是无精打采的，那么你就没有什么

enthusiasm and not much energy or you are unwilling to do something.

热情，没有太多的精力，或者你不愿意做某事。

Especially if it's something that needs effort.

特别是如果这是一件需要努力的事情。

So, sometimes you just wake up and you feel a bit listless, a bit fed up.

所以，有时候你刚醒来，你会感到有点无精打采，有点厌倦。

You're stuck in a rut and you just don't have the energy to do the things you want

你陷入了困境，你只是没有精力去做你想做的

to do, or you don't feel enthusiastic about the thing that you need to do.

事情，或者你对你需要做的事情没有热情。

Here's an example sentence,

这里有一个例句， “自从

"He has seemed listless and a little depressed ever since

他得到考试结果 以来，他似乎无精打采，有点沮丧

he got his exam results."

。”

Next on the list is a phrasal verb and it is run down.

列表中的下一个是一个短语动词，它是run down。

We spell this run, R U N.

我们拼写这个run，RU N。Down

Down, D O W N, run down.

，DOWN，run down。

You can run yourself down or someone might be run down and it means to be tired and

你可以run myself down，或者某人可能会run down，它的意思是疲倦和

poorly or to make yourself tired and ill.

糟糕，或者让自己疲倦和生病。

I often personally run myself down.

我个人经常贬低自己。

I work too hard.

我工作太辛苦了。

I work unsociable hours.

我的工作时间不适合社交。

I have two young children.

我有两个年幼的孩子。

I don't sleep enough.

我睡不够。

Until recently, I didn't eat very well either.

直到最近，我也吃得不太好。

My water intake is definitely in need of improvement.

我的饮水量绝对需要改善。

I am quite often running myself down.

我经常让自己沮丧。

And I'd say,

我会说，

"I feel quite run down today.

“我今天感觉很沮丧。

If I'm honest, I feel like I'm going to be poorly.

说实话，我感觉自己会很糟糕。

I feel very tired and ill."

我感觉很累，而且很不舒服。”

But here's another example,

但这里还有另一个例子，

"Since taking on an extra job to help pay the bills, I've really run myself down."

“自从做了一份额外的工作来帮助支付账单后，我真的让自己筋疲力尽了。”

The next word on the list is a noun and it is depression, depression.

列表中的下一个词是一个名词，它是抑郁症、抑郁症。

This is a very negative list today, isn't it?

今天这是一份非常负面的清单，不是吗？

I do apologise.

我很抱歉。

Depression.

We spell this D E P R E S S I O N.

沮丧。

我们将“DEPRESSIO”（抑郁）拼写为“DEPRESSIO”（

Depression.

抑郁）。

Depression is the state of feeling very, very unhappy, where you

抑郁是一种感觉非常非常不快乐的状态，感觉

feel like you have no hope for the future, no energy for life.

对未来没有希望，对生活没有活力。

Unfortunately, many people suffer from depression.

不幸的是，许多人患有抑郁症。

I personally haven't ever really suffered with depression apart

除了产后抑郁症（产后抑郁症是

from postnatal depression, which is a specific type of depression

生完孩子后出现的

that you have after having a child.

一种特殊类型的抑郁症）之外，

It's usually associated with the exhaustion and the hormone imbalance

我个人还没有真正患过抑郁症 。 它通常与

that you deal with after giving birth.

产后的疲惫和激素失衡有关。

So, here's an example sentence,

所以，这里有一个例句，

"I was overwhelmed by feelings of depression for months after

“ 失业 后几个月，我一直被抑郁的感觉压垮

losing my job, I'm pleased to say I am much better now though."

，但我很高兴地说，我现在好多了。”

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

列表中的下一个是形容词，它是确定的，确定的。

That's much more positive, isn't it?

这更积极，不是吗？

Determined.

决定。

We spell this D E T E R M I N E D.

我们拼写这个 DETERMINE D.

Determined.

确定。

If you are described, or if an animal perhaps is described as determined, then

如果你被描述，或者如果一只动物可能被描述为有决心，那么

it's wanting to do something very much.

它非常想做某事。

It doesn't allow anything to stop it.

它不允许任何事情阻止它。

I'm thinking about my cat now.

我现在正在想我的猫。

My cat is very determined at times.

我的猫有时非常坚定。

I'll try and stop him from getting out of the kitchen when I've got

当我打开前门时，我会尽力阻止他离开厨房，

the front door open because I don't want him to leave the house.

因为我不想让他离开房子。

He's far too young and he'll be determined to get out of the kitchen.

他还太年轻，他会下定决心离开厨房。

He finds a way to open the door.

他找到了打开门的方法。

He's a very clever cat.

他是一只非常聪明的猫。

I'm also quite a determined person.

我也是一个很有决心的人。

I like to think of myself as being determined.

我喜欢认为自己是有决心的。

I have a goal in mind and I try not to let anything stop me from achieving my goal.

我心里有一个目标，我尽量不让任何事情阻止我实现目标。

And I hope that you, as a language learner, also have

我希望作为语言学习者的你也有

a level of determination.

一定的决心。

I hope that you are determined to achieve your goals.

我希望你有决心实现你的目标。

Here's another example,

这是另一个例子，

"Helen will get the job she wants — she's a very determined person."

“海伦会得到她想要的工作——她是一个非常有决心的人。”

Alright, that is our five.

好吧，这就是我们的五个。

So let's do a quick recap.

让我们快速回顾一下。

We started with the idiom stuck in a rut, which means to be in one fixed

我们从成语“陷入困境”开始，意思是处于一种

type of job or activity or situation that you really want to change.

你真正想要改变的固定类型的工作、活动或情况中。

Then we had the adjective listless, which is when you have no energy or enthusiasm

然后我们有形容词“无精打采”，意思是当你

for something that needs effort.

对需要努力的事情没有精力或热情时。

We had the phrasal verb run down or run yourself down, which is to work too

我们有短语动词 run down 或 run myself down，意思是工作太

hard and make yourself poorly and tired.

辛苦，让自己变得又穷又累。

We have the noun depression, the state of feeling very unhappy.

我们有名词“抑郁”，即感觉非常不快乐的状态。

And the adjective determined, wanting very much to achieve something and

这个形容词下定决心，非常想要实现某些目标，并且

not allowing anything to stop you.

不允许任何事情阻止你。

So, let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.

所以，现在让我们这样做是为了发音。

If you can, please repeat after me.

如果可以的话，请跟我重复一遍。

Stuck in a rut.

固守成规。

Stuck in a rut.

固守成规。

Listless.

蔫。

Listless.

蔫。

Run down.

撞倒。

Run down.

撞倒。

Depression.

沮丧。

Depression.

沮丧。

Determined.

决定。

Determined.

决定。

Fantastic.

极好的。

Now let's test your memory.

现在让我们测试一下你的记忆力。

If I've been working so hard that I've made myself poorly and I'm very

如果我工作太辛苦，以至于让自己变得很糟糕而且很累

tired, what phrasal verb would you use to describe what I've done to myself?

，你会用什么动词短语来形容我对自己做了什么？

I've run myself down, haven't I?

我已经把自己搞垮了不是吗？

And if, when I'm run down, I feel a state of being deeply unhappy, and I feel

而如果，当我失落的时候，我感到一种极度不快乐的状态，我觉得

there's no hope for the future, what noun would you use to describe this state?

对未来没有希望，你会用什么名词来形容这种状态？

Depression.

沮丧。

Depression.

沮丧。

And during my state of depression, when I feel so run down, I am really

而在我抑郁的时候，当我感到很沮丧的时候，我真的很

lacking in energy and enthusiasm.

缺乏活力和热情。

I'm unwilling to do anything.

我什么都不愿意做。

What adjective would you use to describe me?

你会用什么形容词来形容我？

Listless.

蔫。

Listless.

蔫。

And during that particular time in my life, I could say that I feel like

在我生命中的那个特定时期，我可以说我感觉

I'm fixed, too fixed in a particular activity, in a particular situation.

自己被固定了，太固定在特定的活动、特定的情况下。

And I really need to change it.

我真的需要改变它。

What idiom would I use to describe my situation?

我该用什么成语来形容我的处境？

Stuck in a rut.

固守成规。

Stuck in a rut.

固守成规。

But I do feel very much like I want to get myself out of this rut.

但我确实觉得我很想让自己摆脱这种困境。

I know I'm run down so I'm going to look after myself and I want to get

我知道我已经精疲力竭了，所以我要照顾自己，我想摆脱

out of this state of depression.

这种抑郁状态。

I don't want to be listless every day.

我不想每天都无精打采。

You could now describe me, because I'm not going to let anything stop

你现在可以形容我，因为我不会让任何事情阻止

me, you could describe me as being...

我，你可以形容我……

determined, determined.

坚定，坚定。

Fantastic.

极好的。

So, that's our five.

所以，这就是我们的五个。

Let's bring them all together in a little story.

让我们将它们全部放在一个小故事中。

I'm sure you've all experienced this before.

我相信你们以前都经历过这种情况。

You love your job, you're really good at it, you're popular at work and

你热爱你的工作，你真的很擅长，你在工作中很受欢迎，而且

you have a great circle of friends.

你有一个很好的朋友圈。

You work hard, sometimes too hard.

你工作很努力，有时甚至太努力了。

You stay late to answer all the emails your colleagues couldn't deal with, you

你熬夜回复同事无法处理的所有电子邮件，你

reorganise the filing system because it was a total mess, you go into the office

重新整理归档系统，因为它一团糟，你

extra early to prepare the presentation that could secure you the biggest

提前进入办公室准备演示文稿，以确保你获得

contract of the year, you skip meals because you don't have the time to eat.

今年最大的合同，你不吃饭是因为你没有时间吃饭。

The deadline is more important after all.

毕竟最后期限更重要。

As long as the boss is happy with you, what's the problem?

只要老板对你满意，还有什么问题呢？

The problem is that you're jeopardising your health.

问题是你正在危害你的健康。

You're stuck in a rut that isn't healthy and soon you'll run yourself

你陷入了不健康的陈规之中，很快你就会在

down without even realising it.

不知不觉中把自己搞垮。

Have you ever woken up one day and realised that something is wrong?

你是否曾经有一天醒来，发现有些事情不对劲？

You don't feel like yourself, you're more emotional than usual, you're

你感觉不像你自己，你比平时更加​​情绪化，你

listless and can't function properly.

无精打采，无法正常运作。

Unfortunately, this happens to thousands of people every day, but

不幸的是，这种情况每天都会发生在成千上万的人身上，但

because you don't recognise these symptoms, you might just push them

因为你没有意识到这些症状，你可能只是把它们放在

aside and think you're having a bad day.

一边，并认为你今天过得很糟糕。

But what if they persist and don't go away?

但如果它们坚持不消失怎么办？

Depression can hit you when you least expect it, and often you

抑郁症会在你最意想不到的时候袭击你，而且常常你

don't even know why it has hit you.

甚至不知道它为什么袭击你。

Depression used to be a taboo subject, but now people are talking about it

抑郁症曾经是一个禁忌话题，但现在人们更公开地谈论它

more openly and doctors, patients, employers and employees are more

，医生、患者、雇主和雇员比以往任何时候都更有

determined than ever to tackle the signs, symptoms and consequences.

决心解决其迹象、症状和后果。

So, if one day you feel that something is wrong, be honest, open up and seek help.

因此，如果有一天您觉得有些事情不对劲，请诚实、开放并寻求帮助。

We all deserve to be happy and healthy.

我们都应该快乐和健康。

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

今天的节目到此结束，

Week 17's English Five a Days.

第 17 周的“每日五堂英语”也结束了。

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明天我们还有一集要播出，所以请一定

come back to listen to that one.

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提前致谢。

And until next time, take very good care and goodbye.

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