AEE 2605：听起来就像王子本人！如何用英语表达尊贵感

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听起来简直就像王子本人在唱歌。

It sounded like Prince himself.

怎么在英语里表达‘有身份’的感觉。

How to note prestige in English.

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是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

今天我们会教你如何摆脱害怕犯错的心理，真正流利地说英语——重点不是完美，而是自然交流。你的美国主持人Lindsay McMahon，英语探险家，和纽约电台女孩Michelle Kaplan，将从科罗拉多和纽约为你带来这期节目。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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你有没有发现，当一个有名气或地位很高的人做了件出乎你意料的事，你会特别惊讶？

Maybe you feel surprised that a famous or prestigious person takes an action that you didn't expect.

来看看用英语怎么表达这种瞬间吧。

Find out what you can say English to note this moment.

你有没有过说完一段英文对话后，心里嘀咕：‘其实我本可以说得更好’？

Have you ever finished a conversation in English and thought, I know I can say that better.

你完全听懂了对方说的每一句话。

You understood everything that was said.

你心里有想法、有观点，甚至还想讲个笑话。

You had ideas, opinions, maybe even a joke.

可轮到你开口时，说出来的却比你原本想的短得多，或者简单得不像你在母语里会说的那样。

But when it was your turn to speak, your answer came out shorter than you wanted or more basic than how you would say it in your own language.

这说明你的理解力其实比你的口语表达强。

This happens when your understanding is stronger than your speaking fluency.

好消息是，这种差距特别常见，只要你清楚自己卡在哪儿，就完全能补上。

The good news, that gap is very common and very fixable once you know exactly where you are.

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Take our free two minute fluency quiz to discover your current English level and what to work on next.

去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 就行。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嘿，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

最近咋样？

What's shaking?

今天有啥新鲜事？

What's going on today?

没啥大事，林赛，不过我有个关于音乐品味的问题想问你。

Not too much, Lindsay, but I have a question for you about musical taste.

好啊。

Okay.

你是

Are

Prince的粉丝吗？

you a fan of the musician Prince?

天啊。

Oh, man.

你知道吗？

You know what?

他的歌太经典了，我喜欢这点，但我算不上是他的铁粉。

His songs are so iconic, So I like that, but I'm not a huge Prince person.

是的。

Yeah.

我真的不算他的铁粉。

I'm not a huge Prince person.

我估计也不会去买他的专辑。

I I don't think I would, like, buy an album.

是啊。

Yeah.

但只要他的歌在电台一放，我立马就能认出来。

But when when the song comes on the radio, like, know it.

挺有意思的。

It's kinda fun.

不过呢。

But yeah.

听上去你倒是挺喜欢他的。

But it sounds like you are.

是这样吗？

Is that right?

我是说，我算不上是他的铁粉，但确实挺欣赏他的音乐。

I mean, I'm not a huge Prince fan, but I do appreciate his music.

对，没错。

And so Yeah.

其实前几天我骑了一次佩洛顿，全程都是普林斯的歌。

Actually, the other day, I did a Peloton ride, and it was all Prince songs.

哇哦。

Wow.

对啊。

Yeah.

所以我骑佩洛顿的时候，只要可能，我就喜欢选某个歌手的歌单。

So I some I like to when I do a Peloton, if I can, I like to do, like, specific artists, music guys

我还真不知道他们有这个功能？

like I didn't know they had that?

当然有啊。

Oh, yeah.

这其实是佩洛顿最棒的地方之一，你可以自由选歌。

That's, like, the one of the best things about it is I like yeah.

他们甚至还有后街男孩的专属骑行课程。

That you can choose, like, an an like, they have Backstreet Boys rides.

他们会把整个骑行课程都围绕这位歌手来设计，穿着也跟主题配套，特别有意思。

They, you know, they'll the and they, like, really theme the ride to that artist and wear certain and so it's fun.

骑完之后，他的歌一直在脑子里转，我居然还跟着哼了起来。

So but after the ride, I had had his song stuck in my head, and I was actually singing to them.

当然，丹就开始取笑我了。

Of course, Dan started to tease me.

那当然了。

And Of course.

我问他：你不觉得我唱得挺好吗？

I said, don't you like my singing?

他说：是啊。

And he said, yeah.

有那么一瞬间，我还真以为自己在听王子本人唱歌。

For a second, I thought I was listening to Prince himself.

他这是在夸你唱得好呢。

Was praising your singing.

对吧？

Right?

是啊。

Yeah.

每次都是。

Every yeah.

没错。

Right.

没那么明显。

Not so much.

于是我拦住他，说：等一下。

So but I stopped him and I said, wait a second.

这倒是个不错的节目点子。

That's a good idea for an episode.

所以呢，这事儿就

So that's That's

挺棒的。

a good one.

肯定特有意思，跟你老公在一起，因为啊，你

It's fun it must be funny being married to me because, you

知道的，对。

know, yeah.

对吧？

Right?

我猜你也这样，就是说着说着，突然反应过来：等等。

Like, I'm sure you have that too where you're just where you're just talking, and then you're like, wait a second.

百分百如此。

Oh, a 100%.

就连度假或者周末，我也老给自己发邮件。

Even on vacations or on the weekend, I'm always sending myself emails.

太棒了，你也是用邮件记这些事儿？

That's an awesome You do it in your email too?

我老是给自己发邮件，记下各种点子。

Oh, I email myself all the time ideas.

我们上山的时候，一有灵感就脱口而出：‘对，就是这个！’

We'll be like up in the mountains and we'll say something, you know, the oh, that's it.

这绝对能做成一集特别棒的节目，特别适合你们听。

That would be make a great episode for all ears really yours.

真有意思。

Funny.

我也是这么干的。

That's exactly what I do.

我就发个邮件给自己，免得忘了。

I'll just send myself an email so I don't forget.

对。

Yeah.

我特别期待这期节目，因为对我来说太独特了。

So this is this is gonna I'm excited for this episode because it's it to me was so unique.

我当时就跟丹说，你为啥要加自己啊？

And I said and I actually said to Dan, I said, why do you think why did you add himself?

对吧？

Right?

你为啥会这么说？

Why did you say that?

他其实挺能说清楚的。

So he was actually able to kind of express it pretty well.

我就说，这事儿必须做个专题。

And so I just said we have to do an episode on this.

没错。

So Yes.

琳赛，你有没有注意到这种说法，比如‘加自己’之类的？

Lindsay, do you hear this type of construction adding himself or herself in this way?

当然有。

Oh, for sure.

当然了。

For sure.

我特别想深入聊聊这到底是什么意思、有什么作用，你和丹是怎么理解的，咱们还可以把这个延伸一下讲给听众听，因为我觉得这事儿真没写进教科书里，米歇尔。

And I'm excited to dive into exactly what it means, what it does, you know, what you and Dan decided it means, and and we can extrapolate that out for our audience because I feel like this is not in the textbooks, Michelle.

教科书里肯定没有。

Not in the textbooks.

没错。

No.

对。

No.

是啊。

No.

确实如此。

No.

这完全是生活中即时使用的地道英语。

This is definitely just like real life in the moment English.

我的意思是，问题来了，他干嘛不直接说：我以为我在听王子的歌呢？

I mean, because so the question is, why didn't he just say, I thought I was listening to Prince?

王子。

Prince.

问得好。

Good question.

我们马上就会揭晓答案，不过在那之前，先有个小请求要跟大家说。

And we're gonna find that out in just a minute, but we have a request for our listeners first.

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If you are listening on YouTube, which you might be because we do put five of these episodes a week on YouTube, then hit subscribe so that you make sure that we drop into your listening and learning queue every almost every day.

对吧？

Right?

几乎每天呢，米歇尔。

Almost every day, Michelle.

几乎每天。

Almost every day.

没错。

Yes.

就是这样。

Exactly.

所以记得点关注。

So hit follow.

对，我们刚才在讨论它们的区别。

So, yeah, so we were discussing what the difference is.

我的意思是，你第一反应觉得有什么不同吗？

I mean, do you have any inkling off the bat?

有啊。

Yeah.

我觉得这样表达起来更有力量了。

So I feel like it's certainly making it more emphatic.

对吧？

Right?

我感觉就像在听王子本人唱歌一样。

So I felt like I was listening to Prince himself.

没错。

Right.

对吧？

Right?

而且

And

这样听起来更有冲击力了。

it it makes it a little bit stronger.

是的。

Yeah.

而且还带点调侃的意思。

And it's a little bit teasing too.

可能有点讽刺的味道。

It's it might be a little sarcastic.

我的意思是，这得看演唱的质量如何。

I mean, depending on the quality of the singing.

对吧？

Right?

你本身可能是个真正的歌手，所以我猜实际没那么夸张。

It it it could be it could be you're an actual singer, so I'm sure it wasn't exactly like that.

但要是像我这样唱得特别烂，那这句就完全是讽刺了。

But if, like, I'm a terrible So, like, if someone's really a bad singer, it could be completely sarcastic.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Right.

没错。

Exactly.

不是。

No.

他那是说反话。

He was being sarcastic.

不过呢，确实更像……

So but, yeah, it was more yeah.

就是说，太贴切了。

Like, exactly.

我们当时的意思是，王子就真在房间里唱歌呢。

It was more emphatic and more like we were saying Prince was actually in the room singing.

唱得可不咋地，唉，可惜他已经不在了。

Not well, I mean, unfortunately, he's not alive anymore.

但我的意思是，不光是我们在电台里听了他的歌。

But, you know, not just we heard his song out or on the radio.

对吧？

Right?

加上他自己，反而让说法更有说服力，就像真是王子本人在场一样。

It's stronger by adding himself that it's actually Prince.

现场体验。

The live experience.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

如果没有他自己这个说法，就只是平平淡淡的，但丹是开玩笑，用自己来加强他想表达的意思。

So because without the himself, it's just kinda neutral, a little more bland, but Dan was joking around, used himself to add to what he was saying.

是的。

Mhmm.

对。

Mhmm.

说得通。

Makes sense.

这展现了你的个性。

It it shows your personality.

没错。

Yep.

显得挺有幽默感的，这很合理。

It shows a bit of playfulness, which makes sense.

我觉得丹这个人挺搞笑的。

I think Dan's kind of a funny guy.

对吧？

Right?

他确实特别搞笑。

He's a very funny guy.

对。

Mhmm.

完全说得通。

Makes total sense.

你懂的。

You know?

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

所以啊。

So yeah.

后来我又查了点资料，发现我们基本上是对的。

And then I looked into a little more, and I found, you know, that we were basically correct.

所以这里的结构是名词加 himself、herself 或 themselves。

So the the construction here would be noun plus himself or herself or themselves.

所以你明白吗？

So there do you know?

还有其他用法，不过今天我们先重点讲这个。

There are other patterns, but we wanted to focus on this one today.

我的意思是，Lindsay，这对你来说应该挺常见的吧？

I mean so, Lindsay, this sounds this sounds pretty common to you.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得这确实很常见。

I think it's pretty common for sure.

我特别兴奋，因为我们的听众在任何教材或者传统的B2英语课上都找不到这个。

And, I'm excited because our listeners will never find this in in any textbook or any traditional, you know, b two English class.

这种用法根本不会有人教你。

This is not something they're gonna teach you.

所以这真的超棒。

So this is really cool.

米歇尔，咱们再看几个例子，好好看看这到底是怎么用的。

Michelle, let's look at some more examples here to see exactly how this is used.

行吗？

Shall we?

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Alright.

第一个例子是，天哪。

So the first one is, oh my gosh.

上周末我亲自见到了詹妮弗·安妮斯顿。

I met Jennifer Aniston herself last weekend.

她本人比照片上还漂亮。

She is even more beautiful in person.

所以……

So

也不一定非得说‘喂，你逗我呢’这种语气吧。

it doesn't always have to be, yo, you're teasing someone.

对吧？

Right?

其实这里就是想说，我本来可以直接讲，天哪。

This is this is saying I could have just said, oh my gosh.

上周末我遇见了詹妮弗·安妮斯顿本人。

I met Jennifer Aniston last weekend.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Right.

你这话的意思是，你真的见到了真正的詹妮弗·安妮斯顿。

And you're actually saying you met the actual Jennifer Aniston.

是的。

Yes.

对吧？

Right?

好吧。

Okay.

没错。

Right.

我是真希望这事儿是真的。

I mean, I wish that were true.

我超爱她。

I love her.

我的意思是，我说这话的时候其实有点夸张，稍微加了点戏剧效果。

So so herself, I'm, you know, here I'm saying I'm being more emphatic, A little bit, yeah, a little bit more dramatic.

就是Jennifer Aniston本人，真真正正的Jennifer Aniston。

Jennifer Aniston herself, the actual Jennifer Aniston.

她当时真就在房间里。

She was actually in the room.

对吧？

Right?

那不是她经纪人安排的？

And is it like it wasn't her agent?

也不是她团队的人？

It wasn't her representatives?

就是她本人。

It was her.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Okay.

好吧。

Okay.

或者说是公司老总亲自给我回的电话。

Or the the head of the company called me back herself.

我简直震惊了。

I was shocked.

好吧。

Okay.

所以这就不一样了。

So this is different.

所以这意思其实是，也没什么不同。

So this is saying well, it's not different.

是相似的。

It's similar.

我的意思是，我没想到她没让手下的人回我电话，而是自己亲自打了回来。

It's saying, so I was surprised that she didn't have someone working for her calling me back.

她亲自给我回了电话。

She called me back.

没错。

Right.

就是这样。

Exactly.

因为如果你只说‘公司老总给我回了电话’

Because otherwise, if you just said the head of the company called me back

对啊。

Mhmm.

那就只是干巴巴的一句话，没透露你心里怎么想的，而这件事其实让你挺意外的，对吧？

You're this is like adding an extra layer, a little bit more of your what's going on in your mind and that that was surprising That's to you in some right.

对。

Right.

这其实透露了你原本的期待，和实际发生的情况之间的差距。

It's giving a hint into what your expectations were and what you actually, what the reality was.

对。

Right.

再举个例子。

Or here's another one.

医生亲自给我回了电话，解答了我的问题。

The doctor himself called me to answer my question.

我特别感动。

I was so impressed.

是的。

Yeah.

同样的道理。

Now same idea.

对吧？

Right?

我的意思是，我不清楚别的国家怎么样，但在这儿，你打个电话，通常不会直接接到医生，多半是护士或者别人接的。

Like, the we're I mean, I don't know how it is in other countries, but it's it's not know, a lot of times that you make a call and then maybe you'll hear from a nurse or someone else.

真的吗？

That right?

所以总是这样，哎哟。

So it's always like, oh.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

完全没错。

Totally.

当顶层的人亲自出面处理时，确实会让人意外。

When, like, the person at the top does the action, it might be surprising.

对吧？

Right?

因为你是个客户。

Because you're a customer.

通常来说，下面还有很多员工可以处理这种事。

And normally, there's layers of other employees that could take care of that.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

就是这么回事。

Exactly.

是的。

Yes.

好的。

Okay.

太好了。

Great.

所以，米歇尔，我们其实还有别的说法，比如直接说‘真的’或者‘真正的那个’。

So, Michelle, there are other ways we could communicate this, like saying the real or the real one.

对吧？

Right?

比如丹可以说，我还以为我听到的是真正的王子呢。

Like Dan could have said, I thought I was listening to the real prince.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

或者说‘真正的’也行。

Or you could also say the actual.

对吧？

Right?

真正的CEO亲自给我打电话，给了我这份工作。

The actual CEO called me to offer me the job.

你得特别强调一下‘真正的’这个词。

And you would have to really place some emphasis on actual there.

真正的CEO亲自打电话来给我提供这份工作。

The actual CEO called me to offer me the job.

没错，就是这样。

Exactly, right.

这话说得真到位。

And that's a really good point.

我的意思是，这些细节都是为了展现个性，说明你对某件事的感受有多深。

Mean, if you're being, all of these are to showcase personality, show that there was an added layer to how you felt about something.

对。

Yes.

所以我们得用语气把这种感觉传达出来，对吧？

And so we want to show that with our voice, right?

对。

Yes.

我们可不想就说‘医生亲自给我打了电话’这么干巴巴的。

We don't wanna just say the doctor himself called me.

对吧？

Right?

是医生本人。

The doctor himself.

没错。

Mhmm.

对啊。

Mhmm.

没错。

Right.

关键看你怎么说。

It matters how you deliver it.

是吧，Michelle？

Right, Michelle?

确实很重要。

It definitely matters.

太喜欢了。

Love it.

对。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

这些说法里，你觉得哪个更自然些，Michelle？

Any of these more natural than than any others for you, Michelle?

我是觉得，还是加个‘亲自’比较好。

You I mean, I like the the himself.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

I Yeah.

就是，没错。

It's it's it's yeah.

听起来确实特别自然。

It's definitely very natural sounding.

挺有意思的，我肯定平时老这么说，但一直没留意，直到那次情况才突然意识到。

And it's just interesting because I'm sure I use this all the time, but it didn't stand out to me until that one situation.

对。

Yeah.

对我来说，himself、herself 或 themselves 这些词听起来有点做作的感觉。

And I also think that himself or herself or themselves has a bit more of a performative connotation to it for me.

就像舞台上的表演，或者演员演戏那样。

Like, performances on stage or actor.

我也说不太清。

I don't know.

它好像给 whoever 本身增添了一种光环似的。

It's some it lends prestige to whoever your deal is.

王子本人就在房间里。

Prince himself in the room.

这话说得真到位。

That's a very good point.

没错，确实如此。

I mean, yeah.

因为如果你这么看的话，其实也是这样。

Because if you it it is also yeah.

那种威望感。

The the prestige.

我的意思是，看看我们的例子，公司老板、医生，你知道的。

I mean, if you look at our examples, the head of the company, the doctor, know.

所以 yeah。

So I yeah.

这真是个特别好的观点。

That's a that's a really good point.

这事儿本身就有种体面劲儿。

There's some sort of prestige to it.

体面。

Prestige.

挺有意思。

Interesting.

我们这节目以前还真没聊过‘体面’这事儿。

We haven't talked about prestige on the show before.

我超爱这个词。

I love that word.

这词确实不错。

That's a good word.

是啊。

Yeah.

真是个好词。

That's a good one.

好了，米歇尔。

Alright, Michelle.

咱们来演个情景剧吧。

Let's go into a role play.

你就和我，一起去看一场百老汇演出。

So here you and me, we are at a Broadway show together.

哎，真想知道咱们看的是哪一出。

Oh, I wonder what show we're seeing.

是啊，我也挺好奇。

I wonder.

对啊。

Yeah.

行吧。

Alright.

所以我们去了这场演出。

So so we went to the show.

哦，原来如此。

Oh, okay.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

我刚好像看见主演本人从旁边走过。

I think I just saw the star of the show herself walk by.

你认真的？

Are you serious?

哇哦。

Wow.

对啊。

Yes.

上次我看演出，还拿到了音乐剧作曲家本人的亲笔签名。

Last time I saw a show, I got an autograph from the actual composer of the musical.

这也太厉害了吧。

That's incredible.

真的是那位作曲家？

The real composer?

就是本人。

The real one.

太厉害了。

Wow.

简直不敢信。

Wow.

这下可把问题抛出来了。

This is of course, is gonna open the question.

咱们俩在纽约都住好多年了，你说是不是？

I mean, we've both lived in New York for multiple years.

我知道你肯定有跟康南相关的经历。

I mean, did yeah.

我知道你有康南的故事。

I know you have a Conan story.