AEE 2558：汽车话题第三部分：必备汽车词汇

这是All Ears English播客第2558期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode twenty five fifty eight.

让我们继续聊聊汽车话题第三部分：必备的汽车词汇。

Let's talk cars part three, essential car vocabulary.

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你是否正打算买车，或者想用英语聊聊朋友的新车购置？

Are you looking to buy a car or wanna know how to talk about a friend's new car purchase in English?

今天获取所有你需要的关键词汇。

Get all of the key vocabulary that you need today.

嘿，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

我有个问题要问你。

Got a question for you.

嗨，林赛。

Hi, Lindsey.

当然。

Sure.

你有什么问题？

What's your question?

米歇尔，你上一次买车是什么时候？

Michelle, when is the last time you bought a car?

我想大概是八九年前了。

I am in like, eight or nine years ago at this point.

是的

Yeah.

那时候是新车。

It was new at the time.

你呢？

What about you?

好的。

Okay.

天啊。

Oh, god.

好多年了。

Years.

我觉得

I think

二十年。

twenty years.

我上一次买车已经是很久以前的事了。

That's a long time since I bought a car.

我上大学时买过一辆车，后来因为搬去日本就卖掉了。

I bought a car in college, and then I sold it because I moved to Japan.

我当时想，我不需要车了。

I was like, I don't need my car.

我要搬去日本，然后是纽约，再是波士顿。

I'm moving to Japan, and then New York, and then Boston.

对。

Right.

从那以后我就再也没买过车。

And I never bought one after that.

所以，我和伴侣有一辆车。

So, partner and I have a car.

我们现在基本上是共用这辆车。

We kind of share it now.

但我的伴侣之前就已经拥有这辆车了吗？

But my partner had that car before Already?

是的，我们之前就已经有这辆车了。

We sort Yeah, already had it.

所以，米歇尔，我已经二十年没买过车了。

So, I haven't bought a car in twenty years, Michelle.

这很不错。

That's pretty good.

是的，我知道，我知道。

Yeah, I know, I know.

所以今天我们要讨论的是去汽车经销商那里购车时该说什么。

So today we're going to be talking about what to say when you go to the dealership to purchase a car.

所以各位，即使你们现在不打算买车，这些内容对掌握基本的汽车词汇也非常有用。

So guys, even if you aren't looking to buy a car right now, this is really useful for basic car vocabulary.

所以一定要继续听下去。

So definitely keep listening.

这不仅仅是教一些关于汽车和如何描述汽车的词汇。

It's not, like there's, we're teaching just a lot of vocabulary dealing with cars and how you can describe cars.

所以这会非常有帮助。

So this is gonna be really helpful.

但这是第三部分，也是我们这个三部分系列的最后一部分。

But this is part three, the last part of a three part series that we did.

所以稍后我们会告诉你们这些集数。

So we're gonna give you those episode numbers in just a second.

但没错，这部分主要是关于如何开启对话，以及你在车里想看到什么功能。

But yeah, this is just about starts the conversation and what you're looking in, like what you want in a car.

所以这也可以用来描述你的车。

So this could also be good for describing your car.

你的车有哪些功能？

What features does your car have?

当然。

Sure.

有很多话题要聊。

Lots lots to talk about.

但是，林赛，那系列中另外两集是什么？

But, Lindsay, what were some of

这个系列的另外两集是哪两集？

the other the other two episodes in the series?

哦，我超喜欢这一集，第2549集。

Oh, I loved this episode twenty five forty nine.

聊聊汽车第一部分。

Let's talk cars part one.

为什么这能增进与美国人的联系。

Why this builds connection with Americans.

说实话，米歇尔，在那一集中，我觉得我们能聊上一小时。

Honestly, Michelle, in that episode, I felt like we could have talked for an hour.

是的。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

因为，哦，是的。

Because Oh, yeah.

有太多太多可说了。

There's so much there's so much to say.

在美国文化中，不知为何，我们特别喜欢谈论汽车。

And in American culture, there's for some reason, we just really love talking about cars.

哦，因为汽车是我们生活中的重要部分。

Oh, because it's a huge part of our lives.

美国没有铁路文化。

We don't have a train culture in The US.

对。

Yes.

纽约有地铁，还算不错，我想，但我们这里没有铁路文化。

You have a subway in New York, which is pretty good, I guess, kind of, but we don't have a train culture here.

我们有一种汽车文化。

We have a car culture.

所以这是日常生活，百分之百如此。

So it's everyday life, a 100%.

所以绝对不要错过那一集。

So definitely don't miss that episode.

然后第二部分是关于商务英语的。

And then part two is over on business English.

如果你还没过去，伙计们，一定要去那里。

If you're not over there, you've gotta get over there, guys.

打开你的搜索栏。

Open your search bar.

搜索‘商务英语’。

Search for business English.

那是521期。

That was five two one.

在你的商务对话中掌握主动权。

Take the wheel in your business conversations.

好吗？

Okay?

是的。

Yes.

所以这也很棒，因为我们向你们展示了如何将汽车词汇和习语运用到商务场景中。

So this was really cool too because we showed you how we take car vocabulary and idioms and bring them into business.

嗯哼。

Mhmm.

真的非常棒。

Really, really cool.

对。

Yeah.

实际上，确实如此。

Actually, definitely.

是的。

Yeah.

所以，这一切 again，都是受到一位听众提问的启发，他希望我们多聊聊汽车。

So and this was all, again, inspired by a listener question who wanted us speak more about cars.

再次感谢这位听众。

So thank you again to that listener.

是的。

Yes.

真是个绝佳的点子，而且是个重要的主题。

What a great idea and an important topic.

我们开始吧。

Let's get into it.

我们要讨论的是，你知道的，各种清单、愿望清单，教你如何描述你对汽车的需求。

We're going to talk about, you know, different lists, wish lists on how you might describe what you're looking for in a car.

在进入今天的内容之前，我们还想多说一点。

And we wanna say more thing before we get into this today.

这真的是我们要特别感谢一位非常特别的听众。

This is really We're wanna shout out a very special listener.

是的。

Yeah.

在进入今天的内容之前，还有非常重要的一件事。

One more very important thing before we get into the content today.

所以要特别致谢。

So a huge shout out.

我们知道Spotify Wrapped已经发布了，也知道有成千上万的听众把《Allers English》列为最爱的节目。

We know that Spotify Wrapped came out, and we know that thousands of you have Allers English as your number one show.

但我们要特别感谢Kimberly G。

But a special shout out to Kimberly G.

她不仅是我们的听众，还是我们课程的学生。

She is not only a listener, she's also a student in our courses.

她经常参加开放对话俱乐部。

She comes to Open Conversation Club.

她在2025年总共收听了2206分钟的Allers English。

She listened to Allers English for a total of two thousand two hundred six minutes in 2025.

这太棒了。

That's amazing.

是的。

Yes.

我稍微了解了她一些。

And I've gotten to know her a little bit.

她在英语学习和课程上非常努力。

She's working really hard in her English and her courses.

我们只想特别感谢一下。

We just wanna say a shout out.

谢谢你，Kimberly，成为如此出色的超级粉丝

Thank you, Kimberly, for being an amazing super fan

和超级听众。

and super listener.

非常感谢您的收听。

Thank you so much for listening.

我们非常感激。

We really appreciate it.

是的。

Yes.

和往常一样，如果您还没有关注本播客，请点击关注按钮。

And then as always, hit the follow button if you are not already following along with the podcast.

是的。

So Yes.

很好。

Good.

我们开始吧。

Let's get into it.

我们开始了。

Here we go.

首先，你走进商店，有人过来对你说：有什么可以帮你的吗？

To start off, you walk in to the store and someone comes up to you and says, how can I help you?

你该怎么回答？

What could you say?

是的。

Yeah.

这非常自然。

So this is very natural.

我想买一辆轿车。

I'm looking to buy a blank.

比如，我想买一辆小型货车。

So for example, I'm looking to buy a minivan.

我想买一辆跑车，或者运动型汽车。

I'm looking to buy a sport, a sports car maybe.

对吧？

Right?

或者我们可以更正式一点，米歇尔，你说什么？

Or we can be a little more formal and say what, Michelle?

我想买一辆敞篷车。

I'm interested in buying a I'm interested in buying a convertible.

对吧？

Right?

不管是什么类型的车。

Whatever kind of car that it may be.

你知道，有时候，我的意思是，我们以后可以再做一期关于这个的，但你知道，如果你今天并不打算真的购买，有时候你可能需要向他们强调一下。

You know, and sometimes, I mean, we could do another episode on this another time, but you know, you, sometimes you might want to stress to them if you're not actually going to buy today.

对吧？

Right?

你是怎么实际说这句话的？

How Like, do you how do you actually say that?

在我搜索的初期，我会记下这一点。

And just at the beginning of my search, I'm gonna I'm gonna make a note to that.

你认为

Do do you think

我不知道。

I don't know.

我很久没去过汽车经销商了，显然，但你觉得大多数人会在到店当天就买车吗？

I haven't been on a car lot in a long time, obviously, but do you think most people buy the same day they show up on the car lot?

还是你觉得大多数人可能会先看看、试驾、聊聊、议价，然后回家，再回来？

Or do you think most people maybe maybe look, test drive, talk, negotiate, and then maybe go home, come back?

我觉得是的。

Think yeah.

我觉得

I think

他们可能会说好。

they might go yeah.

我觉得他们可能会去几家店，然后，你知道，最后总是会变成硬碰硬的谈判。

I think they might go to a couple places and then, you know, then it's always like a hardball.

强硬谈判，是的，你知道，一旦你进去并且表现出诚意，你就得明白这一点。

Hardball negotiation, Yeah, so, you know, if once you go in and you're serious, you have to kind of know that.

是的，通常当你进入销售员的办公室时，据我回忆，就是那样。

Yeah, usually once you go into the, I guess what I remember, you went into the office of the salesperson.

不。

No.

对吧？

Right?

然后，如果你没能达成一个好协议，很可能那天你就买或不买了。

And then and that's probably the day you're probably gonna buy or not buy if you don't come to a good agreement.

是的。

Yeah.

但我感觉人们可能会去好几个汽车经销商那里，然后回家，和家人商量，试驾几辆车。

But I feel like maybe people might visit multiple car lots and go home, talk to family, test drive a few things.

嗯。

Mhmm.

嗯。

Mhmm.

你知道，然后他们会问你到底想找什么样的车。

You know, then they're gonna ask you what what what are you looking for.

对吧？

Right?

你可以说，我想找一辆带有。

You could say, I'm looking for something with.

对吧？

Right?

所以我们现在在讨论汽车的配置。

So now we're talking about the features of the car.

那么，林赛，你在选车时可能会关注哪些基本配置呢？

So, Lindsay, what are some of the basic features that you might be looking for in a car?

你可能想要真皮座椅。

You might want leather seats.

你知道的。

You know?

你可能会喜欢这种奢华的感觉。

You might like that kind of luxurious feel.

我个人喜欢加热座椅。

I personally like heated seats.

太棒了。

Oh, the best.

很棒。

Best.

我的方向盘也会加热。

Steer my steering wheel also heats.

哦，这真好。

Oh, that's so nice.

天啊。

Oh my gosh.

是的。

Yeah.

它只要能正常工作就行。

It just it just has to work.

比如，过去几年我经常租车开去加州，但那些车的加热座椅往往效果不太好。

Like, I've I've done a lot of rentals in the last few years to drive to California, and often the heated seats just don't work that well.

它们不会变得很热。

They don't get that hot.

但只要够好就行。

But it just has to be good.

你知道的。

You know?

好的加热方向盘，好的加热座椅。

Good heated steering wheel, good heated seats.

但确实如此。

But yeah.

所以是真皮座椅、布艺座椅、加热座椅，还有大后备箱。

So leather seats, cloth seats, heated seats, large trunk.

长途旅行时，你可能需要一个大后备箱来存放物品。

You might want a large trunk for storage space for long trips.

你想要的是什么，米歇尔？那些笔记？

You might want a what's that, Michelle, the notes?

一个空座位。

A blank seater.

那么你想要多少个座位呢？

So like how many seats do you want?

所以，比如你家人口很多，我觉得我不需要八座车。

So maybe you want I mean, you have a large family and I think have I would not need an eight seater.

对吧？

Right?

所以如果这是你的优先考虑，想要一辆大车，你可能需要强调你需要多少个座位。

So maybe if that's your priority, the large car, you might wanna stress how many seats you need.

一个空白座位。

A blank seater.

当然。

Sure.

或者你住在寒冷多雪的地区，需要四轮驱动或全轮驱动。

Or maybe you live in a wintery, snowy area, and you need an all wheel drive or a four wheel drive.

也许你需要高安全评级，因为你有孩子，担心他们的安全。

Maybe you need a high safety rating because you have kids and you're worried about their safety.

对吧？

Right?

所以明确你想要什么。

So specifying what you're looking for.

好吗？

Okay?

没错。

Exactly.

所以这些只是你可能在寻找的一些方面。

So those are some just a few of the things you might be looking for.

还有许多高科技功能。

Like, then there's also so many high-tech things.

你知道，有些人希望在车里为孩子安装电视。

You know, some people they want to have TVs for the kids the car.

确实是这样。

That's like It is.

很有趣。

Interesting.

在座椅背面。

On the back of the the seats.

对吧？

Right?

我经常看到座椅背面有这个。

I see that a lot on the back.

是的

Yeah.

对

Mhmm.

另一个重要的功能是倒车摄像头，或者一些其他警示系统。

Or another big one is, like, the the camera to see behind you or if there are other, like, alerts.

哦。

Oh.

哦，对的。

Oh, yes.

对。

Yes.

然后你再试着开回没有倒车摄像头的车来平行泊车？别想了。

And then you try going back to a car that doesn't have a camera for parallel parking, forget it.

太糟糕了。

It's bad.

是的。

Yes.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

确实如此。

That's so true.

一旦我们习惯了这些奢侈品，就再也回不去了。

Once we get used to these luxuries, we can't go back

回到那种？

to a Right?

基础的、最简陋的

Basic bare bones

是的。

Yeah.

这确实是真的。

It's definitely true.

对。

Yep.

好的。

Alright.

实际上，米歇尔，我想提一下

Actually, Michelle, I wanna bring

在这里作为一个小补充。

that up as a little bonus here.

我们在闲聊中用过这个短语，bare bones。

I used the phrase in our in our banter, bare bones.

一辆基础款的车，一个简陋的家。

A bare bones car, a bare bones home.

这到底是什么意思？

What does this mean?

我觉得这和今天的对话联系得很紧密。

I feel like this ties in pretty well with this conversation.

这就像是没什么花哨的东西。

It's kind of like nothing fancy.

对吧？

Right?

我只需要它能用就行。

I just need it to work.

你知道的，也许你不想在房子上花太多钱，因为你喜欢翻新，所以想要一个基础款的。

You know, maybe you don't want to spend a lot of money or for a house, you want it bare bones because you like to renovate.

是的。

Yes.

你喜欢做项目。

You like a project.

对。

Yep.

所以，简陋只是开始。

So bare bones is just just the start.

是的。

Yeah.

当然了。

For sure.

就像我的第一辆车

Just what's My first car

我的第一辆车和第二辆车都非常简陋， literally 没有动力转向。

and my second car both were so bare bones that literally they had the non power steering.

这意味着你真的是用手转动方向盘来转向的。

So that means that literally you were turning the wheel with the steering wheel.

就像，你

Like, you

是在转动汽车的轮子。

were turning the wheels of the car.

而且我不

And I don't

知道现在是不是完全不一样了，或者是不是每辆车都标配了助力转向。

know if this is totally gone now or if, like, every car comes with power steering.

我完全不清楚，嗯。

I have no idea Uh-huh.

现在了。

Anymore.

我猜是的。

I I assume yes.

嗯。

Uh-huh.

但不管怎样，想想你第一次买车，和别人聊起那时你的车有多简陋，还挺有趣的。

But, anyways, it's just funny to think about your first purchase and talk about that with people about how, like, basic your car was maybe.

是的。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

Definitely.

这是一个有趣的话题。

It's a an interesting topic.

然后有些人特别喜欢经典汽车，或者去参加车展。

And then people, some people really love like the classic cars or they go to the car shows.

我的爸爸，我们刚刚就是这样的。

I mean, my dad, he guys, we just did this.

我们在聊天的时候，我忍不住要做点什么。

We were talking, I can't help doing something.

我爸爸只要看到一辆老车，就忍不住停下来仔细看。

My dad can't help stopping and looking at a, like, an old car if he sees one.

米歇尔，快看那辆车。

Michelle, look at that car.

米歇尔，你

Michelle, do

看到那辆车了吗？

you see that car?

他是不是真的收集这些车？

Does he act does he, like, collect them?

因为那样的话，也算不错。

Because that would be another okay.

好吧。

Okay.

他只是觉得他只是喜欢它们。

He just thinks that he just likes them.

你知道的？

You know?

他就是喜欢它们的外观，所以一看到就特别兴奋

He just likes the look, so he gets excited if

他没事。

he's Okay.

明白了。

Got it.

是的。

Yeah.

好的。

Okay.

所以是的。

So yeah.

我

I

我的意思是，是的，人们都有收藏品。

mean, yeah, that's people have collections.

对吧？

Right?

人们会收集东西，有时候根本停不下来。

People people collect things, and then they can't help it sometimes.

这确实是真的。

It's true for sure.

但汽车还挺酷的。

But cars are kind of cool.

比如，我其实挺喜欢那些车展，挺有趣的。

Like, I actually kind of like those car shows are kind of fun.

是的。

Yeah.

不知道。

Don't know.

挺酷的。

It's pretty cool.

当你看到那些老式汽车时，有些车真的非常惊人。

Some cars are really amazing when you see like the old timey cars.

很漂亮，真的非常棒。

Pretty, Really really amazing.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

我们可能会谈到哪些类型的车？

What are the kinds of cars that we might talk about?

现在SUV非常流行，也就是运动型多用途汽车。

Well, SUV is a very popular one now, sports utility vehicle.

那么什么是SUV？

So what is an SUV?

我只是觉得它是一辆很大的车。

It's just a I just think of it as a big one.

我的意思是，大就是大。

I mean, what a big it's a big one.

现在SUV到底是什么意思？

What is an SUV anymore?

因为我觉得现在的SUV油耗已经很好了，以前可不是这样。

Because I feel like SUVs now have good gas mileage they didn't used to.

嗯哼。

Mhmm.

而且我觉得它们的驾驶感受和舒适性也比以前更像轿车了。

And I feel like they they kinda ride and feel more like cars than they used to.

以前它们感觉就像卡车。

They used to feel like trucks.

比如我们有一辆丰田4Runner，因为是2006年的，开起来就像卡车。

Like, we have a Toyota four Runner, which rides like a truck because it's a 2006 four Runner.

它开起来就像卡车。

It rides like a truck.

但如今你买一辆SUV，感觉却像在开轿车。

But nowadays, you buy an SUV, it feels like a car.

是的。

Yeah.

那么，SUV现在到底是什么？

So what is an SUV anymore?

我的意思是，有时候它们有四驱，但并不总是如此。

I mean, you sometimes they have four wheel drive, not always.

是的。

Yeah.

它们本来应该是运动型多功能车。

They just there's it was supposed to be a sport utility vehicle.

对吧？

Right?

等等。

Wait.

所以你的车是2006年的？

So your current car is 2,006?

是的。

Yes.

好的。

Okay.

林赛，你需要买一辆

Lindsay, you need to get an

不。

no.

我们非常喜欢我们的丰田陆地巡洋舰。

We love our Toyota four Runner.

天哪。

Oh my god.

太棒了。

It's amazing.

我以前在节目中也说过这一点。

Like, and I I've said this on the show before.

它的里程数几乎达到了三十万英里。

Like, it's it's got almost 300,000 miles on it.

太棒了。

It's amazing.

是的。

Yeah.

哇。

Wow.

这非常令人印象深刻。

That's very impressive.

对。

Yeah.

好。

Okay.

是的。

Yeah.

然后还有这个词，轿车。

Then then there's this word sedan.

是的。

Yeah.

所以‘轿车’只是一个统称。

So a sedan is just kind of an umbrella term.

我对吗？

Is am I right?

它指的是任何不是SUV的小型车。

It's like for any small it's any car that's not an SUV.

对吧？

Right?

它就是一种小型车。

It's like a smaller car.

它不是厢式车。

It's not a minivan.