AEE 2287: How to Speak English Like an American

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客第2287期：如何说得像地道美国人。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode twenty two eighty seven, how to speak English like an American.

欢迎来到《All Ears English》播客，全球下载量已超过两亿次。

Welcome to the All Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200,000,000 times.

你是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

今天我们请来美国主持人奥布里·卡特——雅思达人，还有英语冒险家琳赛·麦卡锡，带你们从亚利桑那和科罗拉多州，教你怎么放下完美主义，专注真实交流，轻松说流利英语。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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To get real time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All Ears English app for iOS and Android.

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Start your seven day free trial at allearsenglish.com forward /app.

你在学校学的发音，在日常生活中根本派不上用场。

The pronunciation that you learned in school won't get you very far on the street in English.

今天我们就来学学美国人平时怎么自然地说出五个关键短语。

Today, learn the way Americans actually pronounce five key phrases in native and natural English.

你有没有遇见过这样的人，英语说得不算完美，但听起来特别流利？

Have you ever met someone whose English wasn't perfect, but they sounded incredibly fluent?

因为流利跟完美没关系。

That's because fluency isn't about perfection.

关键在于语流是否顺畅。

It's about flow.

关键是能清楚表达想法，自然回应，保持对话的参与感，整体上感觉跟对方连得上。

It's about expressing ideas clearly, responding naturally, and staying engaged in the conversation and generally feeling connected.

如果你准备好从追求准确转向真正的流利，那就先从了解自己当前的水平开始。

If you're ready to move beyond accuracy and into true fluency, start by finding your current level.

今天就来做我们的免费两分钟流利度测试吧。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz today.

去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.comfluencyscore.

嘿，奥布里。

Hey, Aubrey.

今天过得怎么样？

How's it going today?

我很好，林赛。

I'm great, Lindsay.

你呢？

How are you?

这问题该问你才对。

Good question for you.

行吧。

Okay.

待会儿你有什么安排？

So what are you up to later?

你知道的，今天可是星期一。

You know, it's a Monday.

你待会儿有什么安排？

What are you what are you doing later?

我打算

I'm gonna

和我女儿佩内洛普一起准备晚餐。

plan dinner with my daughter, Penelope.

她想今晚帮忙做晚饭。

She wants to help make dinner tonight.

我很期待有一天孩子们能独立做这些事。

I'm I'm excited for when my kids can get to where they do it on their own.

不过现在至少他们愿意帮忙，只要能陪在他们身边，我就心满意足了。

But so far, at least they'll help, but it's all I need to be there with them.

他们特别爱说话。

And they're very social.

做饭的时候，他们总想跟我聊个不停。

They like wanna chat with me while we make dinner.

真好。

That's nice.

这可是难得的母女时光啊。

That sounds like some good mother daughter time.

是的。

Yeah.

对吧？

Right?

真好。

That's nice.

我喜欢这样。

I like that.

你刚才说你没打算去，是吧？

So you said you didn't say I'm going to.

对吧？

Right?

我会去的。

I'm going to.

没有。

No.

你说过我会去。

You said I'm gonna.

我会去的。

I'm gonna.

我根本没听出你那个词里有‘g’音，奥布里。

I didn't even hear a g in that, Aubrey.

根本没有‘g’音。

There's no g.

我知道。

I know.

但最近一集中，林赛说了‘I'm gonna’，还特意指出了这一点。

But this came up in a recent episode when Lindsay said I'm gonna and pointed that out.

我根本就不会说 'I'm gonna' 这种说法。

Like, I don't even say I'm gonna.

我就直接说 'I'm gonna'。

I just say, I'm gonna.

对。

Yeah.

挺有意思的。

Interesting.

美式英语里其实有很多这样的连读现象。

And there are so many chunks in American English where we do this.

我们把词连在一起说，为了发音更顺更快。

We combine things to make pronunciation faster and easier.

之前答应过你们要再深入讲讲这个，今天就来兑现了。

So we promised a follow-up to dive into that, and here you go today.

我们很期待跟你们分享这些内容。

We're excited to share all of these.

太棒了。

I love it.

今天这期All Ears English的内容，可能是你听过的最贴近真实英语的一期了。

We are get this is one of the most real English episodes that you're going to hear on All Ears English today.

对吧？

Right?

因为我们给你展示的是真正的英语，不是课本上写的、也不是我们希望怎么说的。

Because we're giving you the true the real true English, not the way we should say it or we wanna say it.

而是我们平时实际怎么说的。

It's what we actually say.

所以啊，这些内容在任何教科书里都找不到。

So guys None of this is in a textbook.

没错。

No.

绝对找不到。

Absolutely not.

这才是我们的教科书。

It's our textbook.

这才是真正的权威教材。

This is the this is the master textbook.

赶紧在All Ears English点关注吧，我们的风格特别注重人与人之间的连接。

Hit the follow button right here in All Ears English because we have a special style where we focus on human connection.

注重连接，而不是完美。

Connection, not perfection.

好了。

Alright.

现在就点关注吧。

Hit that follow button now.

行。

K.

对。

Yeah.

好的。

Alright.

我们来深入看看这些表达。

Let's dive into these.

今天给大家准备了五个。

We have five for you today.

再加几个小彩蛋短语。

And then a couple of little bonus phrases.

我们平时用得可多了。

We use so many of these.

第一个是这个：I'm gonna。

And first is just this I'm gonna.

Lindsay，我们还能怎么用这个表达呢？

How else might might we use this, Lindsay?

I'm gonna，I'm gonna。

I'm gonna I'm gonna.

所以呢。

So yeah.

举个例子。

Here's an example.

我待会儿要去购物。

I'm gonna go shopping later.

需要我帮你带点什么吗？

Need me to pick anything up for you?

是的。

Yeah.

我待会儿要去购物。

I'm going go shopping later.

我们通常把这些连在一起说。

We run it all together.

我要去购物。

I'm going to go shopping.

要说‘我打算去购物’，那也太啰嗦了。

It would take way too long to say, I'm going to go shopping.

甚至说‘我 gonna’都嫌麻烦。

Or even I'm gonna.

对。

Yeah.

直接说到‘G’那儿就行。

To get to the G.

太费劲了。

It's too work.

没错，说实话，我们都说顺口的，因为生活节奏太快了。

Yeah, the truth is we say what is easy to say because life moves quickly.

你得赶紧说重点，比如去哪儿、买啥，对吧？

You need to get on to saying where you're going and what you're buying, right?

没错。

Exactly.

对。

Yes.

好，我们来看下一个。

Okay, let's go into this next one.

我经常这么说。

I say this a lot.

第二个是 I ought to。

Second one is I ought to.

对，意思就是 I should，但我们通常会说 I ought to。

Yes, which means like I should, but we will say I ought to.

你会这么说吗？

Do you say this?

I ought to，I ought to，对，我……

I ought to I ought to yeah, I

我用得没有 I ought to 那么多。

don't say as much as I ought to.

我有时候会说，但不是经常。

I I yeah, I I say sometimes Sometimes.

那‘ought to’是什么意思呢？

So what's ought to,

你知道，我该准备一下了。

you know, I ought to get ready.

我们一个小时后就得到了。

We need to be there in an hour.

也就是说，我应该。

So it means I should.

我应该准备一下。

I should get ready.

对。

Yeah.

我经常觉得，这可能有点取决于地区方言，是说‘I should’还是‘I ought to’。

I often this might depend a little bit on regional dialect, whether you'd say I should or I ought to.

对。

Yes.

所以我应该用 ought to，拼法挺特别的，o-u-g-h-t。

So I ought to, which is spelled sort of strange, ought, o u g h t.

希望你能看到这份文字稿，这样就能注意到这个动词的奇怪拼法了。

Hopefully, you have this transcript so you can see this weird spelling of this verb.

和 thought 的拼法很像。

Similar spelling to thought.

对吧？

Right?

比如 thought，或者 sought。

The words thought, thought, or sought.

对吧？

Right?

还有 seek 变成 sought，就是这种类型。

Seek, sought, sought, that that sort of thing.

下一个词，Aubrey，是 I have to。

Next one, Aubrey, would be I have to.

不是 I have to。

It's not I have to.

是 I have to。

It's I have to.

have to。

Have to.

have to 给我妈打个电话。

Have to call my mom about something.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

我待会儿得给我妈打个电话。

I have to call my mom later.

没错。

Exactly.

对。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

我再慢慢说一遍，我得给我妈打电话。

And just to slow that down and say, I have to, I have to call my mom.

我的意思是，我们从来不做，因为太费时间了。

It's I mean, we just never do it because it takes so much more time.

这适用于闲聊，但就连工作中的正式对话也一样。

And this is for casual conversations, but even formal conversations at work.

通常你听到的都是这种说法，因为把每个音都发清楚实在太花时间了。

This is usually what you're going to hear instead because it just takes so much more time to, you know, enunciate these individual sounds.

当然。

For sure.

当然了。

For sure.

然后第四点，我得。

And then number four, I need a.

我得。

I need to.

我需要一个。

I need a.

我需要吃点零食。

I need a snack.

哦，所以你的意思是，我得吃点零食，还是我

Oh, so you're saying, so I need to eat a snack or I

‘得’这两种用法都可以。

to is both, both ways.

对吧？

Right?

所以我得去趟商店，到时候顺便买吧。

So I need to like, I need to go to the store later would do it there.

对吧？

Right?

如果我说我得的话……

If it's I need to.

当然了，就是我得吃点零食。

And then of course, just like, I need a snack.

我们运营着NEDA。

We run NEDA.

所以……

So,

我确实得弄点零食。

I need yeah, a both snack.

但我们现在重点说的是，我得去弄

But the one we're really focusing on here, I need to get

吃点零食。

a snack.

对吧？

Right?

我待会儿得去开车。

I need to I need to get in the car later.

好的。

Yes.

或者

Or

对，去买点零食。

yes, get a snack.

这就对了。

There you go.

太好了。

Love it.

好的。

Alright.

所以第五个，应该是、本可以、可能会。

So number five, should have, would have, or could have.

它们都会变成什么？

They all become what?

对。

Yeah.

我们把这三个缩略形式合在一起，就是常说的‘shoulda, woulda, coulda’这个表达。

We combine these two shoulda, woulda, and coulda, which is actually an idiom to say shoulda, woulda, coulda.

这到底是什么意思，琳赛？

What does that mean, Lindsay?

这个说法真棒。

That's a great one.

我平时老这么说。

I say that all the time.

我也是。

Me too.

就是那种事后诸葛亮的感觉。

It's just when you're it kinda like a Monday morning quarterback thing.

对吧？

Right?

比赛是周日进行的。

The game was on Sunday.

你当时真该那么做的。

You really shoulda done this.

没错。

Oh, yeah.

早知道就该、早知道该、早知道能。

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

你知道的，

You know,

事后诸葛亮啊，要是有人告诉我们当初该怎么做，对。

hindsight is 20 If someone tells us what we should have done differently Mhmm.

然后我们就会说：早知道就该、早知道该、早知道能。

Then we'll be like, shoulda, woulda, coulda.

这跟我们说事后诸葛亮其实是一个意思。

It means sort of the same when we say hindsight is twenty twenty.

就是，要是能重来，也许我会做点不一样的事。

Like, okay, well, if I could go back, maybe I would do something differently.

遗憾。

Regrets.

遗憾。

Regrets.

对吧？

Right?

谁还没点遗憾呢。

We all have regrets.

最好不要

It's better not

对人来说是这样。

to human experience.

是的。

Yeah.

最好别总盯着这些事，想太多也没用。

Best not to kind of rest on them and think about it too much.

对。

Yes.

但我们从来不会说‘应该’，尤其是不会这么讲。

But we never say should've or should have, especially.

不，我们说‘应该早一点’。

No, We say shoulda.

我早该早点开始这个项目的。

I shoulda started this project earlier.

要是那样的话，我就按时完成了。

If so, I woulda finished on time.

对。

Right.

没错。

Exactly.

我应该的。

I should.

好的。

Okay.

不错。

Good.

还有别的吗，奥布里？在我们休息前？

And any others, Aubrey, before we go to a quick break?

还有什么我们得知道的吗？

Anything else we need to know?

其实，当我们用否定形式说这些话时，经常会连读，但这时候就需要那个‘nuh’的音。

Well, we wanna share that a lot of these when we say them in the negative, we also run them together, but then you need the nuh.

对吧？

Right?

比如，不说‘我本不该吃这么多，现在太撑了’，而直接说‘我本不该吃这么多’。

So for example, instead of saying I shouldn't have eaten so much, I'm so full would say, I shouldn't have eaten so much.

我们把所有音都挤在一起，省掉好多发音。

And we're just cramming it all together and dropping so many sounds.

没错。

Yes.

走出餐厅时那种感觉最糟糕，是不是？

That's the worst feeling, isn't it?

刚从餐厅走出来的时候。

Walking out of a restaurant.

天哪。

Oh, God.

你也会这样吗？

Do you do that?

我有时候会吃太多。

I overeat sometimes.

我听过一个特别好的办法：如果上来的分量太大，就别等吃完了再要打包盒，一上来就先让服务员把一半装起来。

I've heard this really good strategy to if a portion comes and it's too big to ask for a box right away and put half of it in the box before you even start eating.

这招对我应该挺管用的。

It's like, that would help me.

不会。

No.

这主意不错。

That's good.

对啊。

Yeah.

肯定有用。

For sure.

我知道，确实如此。

I I know it yeah.

我以前比现在更常这么做，不过我觉得日本有个说法挺好的，就是吃到八分饱就行，这确实是个不错的参考标准。

I used to do it more than I do now, but for sure, I think in Japan they have this idea of the 80% full, like eat until you're 80% full, which is a good rule of thumb too, I think.

对。

Yes.

或者吃慢一点。

Or just eat more slowly.

如果你吃得慢，边吃边聊天，很快就会觉得饱了。

You know, if I'm like slow and chatting, then you feel full so much quicker.

不然的话，我总是...

Otherwise, I'm

哦，是这样。

like, oh.

因为有时候你的大脑根本没意识到你已经吃饱了。

Because sometimes your brain doesn't register that you're already full.

确实如此。

It's so true.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

是啊，这里有很多关于避免吃太多的实用建议。

Yes, so many good tips here on not overeating.

我知道不少美国人在避免吃太多方面的妙招，毕竟美国餐厅的分量都太大了。

I know so many good American tips here not overeating because we have huge portions of restaurants in The States.

分量确实大。

Portions, yes.

还有发音问题。

Also pronunciation.

我知道。

I know.

双重挑战。

Double threat.

好的，奥布里。

Okay, Aubrey.

我们休息完了，继续吧。

We are back from break.

咱们来实际对话一下，看看这事儿到底该怎么说。

Let's bring this into a real conversation, and we'll really see how it's done.

明白吗？

Alright?

太好了。

Awesome.

你和我现在在机场。

So you and I are at an airport here.

我们正排着队，准备过安检登机。

We're in line to go through security before a flight.

好的。

Okay.

哦，真够紧张的。

Oh, was stressful.

天哪。

God.

是的。

Yes.

你的

Your

轮到你了。

turn.

我本该说声好的。

I should've got okay.

我先来。

I'll go first.

我本该早点到的。

I should've gotten here earlier.

我怕赶不上登机口了。

I'm gonna have a hard time making it to the gate in time.

我也是。

Same.

今年我已经遇到好几次这种情况了。

This has happened to me a couple of times this year.

我得提前规划，早点到机场。

I need a plan to be at the airport much earlier.

我还得买点零食，再灌满水，不过可能

I need to grab a snack and fill my water too, but I might

没时间了。

not have time.

我觉得我们应该来得及。

We ought to have time, I think.

但愿吧。

Hope so.

这得看这条队走得有多快。

It'll depend on how fast this line goes.

当你赶时间的时候，安检队伍还特别长，那真是够让人紧张的。

Oh, that's especially stressful when you're running late and there's a long line at security.

莉斯，你遇到过这种情况吗？

Has that happened to you, Lindsay?

就在上个星期天，我从意大利起飞的航班延误了两个小时。

Well, just last Sunday, I my plane out of Italy was delayed by two hours.

我们在威尼斯登机的时候，飞慕尼黑的那趟航班也在登机。

And as we were boarding the plane in Venice, my plane in Munich was boarding.

哦。

Oh.

天哪。

Oh, no.

不过我们最后还是赶上了。

And so somehow, we made it.

我也不知道我们是怎么赶上的，但就是赶上了。

I have no idea how we made it, but we made it.

我们到了。

We arrived.

停机库里还有一辆接驳巴士。

There was also a bus in the hangar.

哦，原来如此。

Oh, okay.

所以你一下飞机就得赶巴士。

So you get off bussing you.

我从来没跑得那么快过。

And I've never run so fast.

我都觉得心脏要炸了。

I thought my heart was gonna explode.

到了慕尼黑，前面没人排队，我们直接通过，赶上了飞机。

There was no one in front of us in Munich, went right through and made the plane.

哎呀，很高兴你赶上了。

Oh, I'm glad you made it.

这真的太让人紧张了。

That is so stressful.

我以前也遇到过好几次，过安检时卡住了，特别纠结，就问前面的人能不能让我插个队，因为人家离登机还有俩小时呢。

This has happened to me a few times where I'm stuck in security, and I'm really debating, like, I ask the people in front of me to let me cut in line, to like, let me go up because they might have two hours before their flight.

有时候你到得早，却在登机口干等老半天。

Sometimes you get there early and you're waiting at the gate forever.

对啊。

Yes.

也有人求我让个道，要是我时间充裕，我肯定说行，你赶紧过去吧。

I've had people ask to pass me and if I have lots of time, I'm like, yes, yes, you go.

我不想看你误了飞机。

I don't want you to miss your flight.

我觉得这挺合理的。

I think it's reasonable.

我觉得这很合理，因为

I think it's reasonable because

每个人都经历过，或者迟早会遇到，只要飞得够多。

everyone's been there or they will be one day if they fly enough.

确实如此。

For sure.

而且你真的不想白白损失这笔钱，万一赶不上航班，航空公司又不总是退钱。

And you it's really you don't wanna lose all that money if you just don't make it and they don't always refund you.

我知道。

I know.

我明白。

I know.

顺便说一句，说到插队这事还挺有意思的。

It's interesting when you talk about line cutting just as a little side note.

挺有意思的是，要是有人不按规矩、不该插队的时候硬插，大家都会特别生气。

It's interesting how like if someone does it out of turn, like without asking or when they shouldn't, people get so upset.

但如果理由充分、态度礼貌地提出请求，通常大家都不会介意。

But if there is a reason and it's justified and they ask and they're polite, usually nobody minds.

大家都会说：‘当然可以，快请吧。’

They're like, yes, go, go, go.

对吧？

Right?

所以，关键真的在于你怎么提、怎么说，不同的方式会带来完全不同的反应。

So it's so interesting how it all depends on how you ask, how you frame it, what reactions you're going to get.

确实如此。

And it's true.

而且这可能是一种普遍现象。

And and that may be global.

也可能更偏向美国的文化。

That may also be more American.

我不太确定，但你要是这么说了，他们往往会站在你这边，甚至为你加油。

I'm not sure, but you definitely like they'll get on your side and they'll be rooting for you.

你成功了吗？

Did you make it?

来吧，快点，快点，你懂的，对吧？

Come on, go, go, go, you know, right?

但如果他们一声不吭就硬挤过去，谁都会生气。

Whereas imagine if they're just shoving past you without even saying why or explaining, everyone would be angry.

关键是要好好沟通。

The key is you have to communicate.

实际上，奥布里，这个话题特别适合做一期节目。

Actually, Aubrey, that would be a great episode topic that we should do.

这真是个绝妙的点子，关于如何礼貌插队时沟通。

Very Reboot for communicating when you need to cut in line.

我太喜欢这个主意了。

I love that idea.

或者也可以聊聊机场里的沟通方式。

Or something around airport communication.

这方面我们可以做很多事。

There's a lot we could do there.

我觉得今年晚些时候我们就能推出这个了，各位。

I think we'll be coming out of that later this year, guys.

别忘了点关注。

So hit that follow button.

好的。

Okay.

我们来回顾一下刚才的发音部分吧，Aubrey。

Let's go through what we did here, Aubrey, with our pronunciation.

你来给我们讲讲。

Take us through it.

我一开始说，我本该早点到的。

I first said I should have gotten here earlier.

所以，我本来想表达的是‘我本该到达’，结果却说成了‘我本该赶到’。

So of course, I'm saying I should have arrived, instead I say I should have gotten.

根本不是‘应该’或者‘应该’这种说法。

Not even should have or should have.

我说的是‘shoulda’。

I'm saying shoulda.

就是‘shoulda gotten’。

Shoulda gotten.

你想想看

Just think about

说‘我本应该早点到’得多花多少时间。

how much longer it takes to say I should have gotten here.

我得把嘴唇往下压，碰到下唇。

I have to bring my lips lips down to touch my bottom lip.

发‘v’音的时候，上齿要碰下唇，然后再抬起来发‘g’音。

My top teeth touch my bottom lip for the v sound, then go up to g.

太费劲了。

Takes too long.