AEE 2606：划痕、凹陷或凹坑？如何用英语描述汽车损伤

这是《All Ears English》播客第2606期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode twenty six zero six.

车上有划痕、凹陷或磕碰？教你用英语准确描述汽车损伤。

Scratch, ding, or dent, how to talk about car damage in English.

欢迎收听《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.

是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们教你如何抛开完美主义，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.

本期节目由两位美国主持人带来：英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，他们分别来自科罗拉多和纽约市。

With your American hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

想每周收到节目文字稿？快去 allearsenglish.com/subscribe 订阅吧。

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你有没有经历过小擦碰？

Have you ever been in a fender bender?

车要是出了点问题，英语里其实有好多说法可以表达。

There are many things we can say when our car gets damaged in English.

今天我们就来搞清楚，遇到这种情况到底该用哪些词。

Today, find out exactly what words to use in these situations.

你有没有过在英语对话结束后，心里嘀咕：‘这句我其实能说得更好’？

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

你完全听懂了对方在说什么。

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，也比你母语里表达得简单多了。

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.

这说明你的理解力比口语流利度强。

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

好消息是，这种差距特别常见，只要搞清楚自己卡在哪儿，完全能改过来。

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

免费花两分钟做个流利度测试，看看你现在的英语水平，以及接下来该重点练什么。

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.

最近怎么样？

How's it going?

嘿，林赛。

Hey, Lindsey.

你怎么样？

How are you?

我这边一切都挺好的。

Everything's good over here.

挺好的。

All good.

一切都好。

All good.

这周没出车祸。

No car accidents this week.

我这边总算放心了。

Thank goodness on my end.

不过

But

借你吉言。

Knock on wood.

借你吉言。

Knock on wood.

Lindsey，你有没有在停车场刮过车？

Knock on Lindsey, have you ever dinged your car in a parking lot?

我确实被冤枉过。

I've been accused of it.

真的吗？

Oh, really?

没有。

No.

没有。

No.

说实话，我肯定干过这事儿，但有一次我从我兄弟家车道倒车出来，后头明明啥都没有。

Like, I I've definitely I'm sure I've done it, but there have also been times when there was one time I was pulling out of my brother's driveway, and there was literally nothing behind me.

可突然间车身上就多了一个大凹痕，我完全搞不懂怎么回事，后头根本没人啊。

But then all of a sudden, there was a big ding in the car, and I don't understand what happened because there was nothing behind me.

我意思就是，这种没看见任何东西却被说是撞了的情况，才叫被冤枉。

So that's what I mean by being accused of it because I didn't see anything.

我既没看见也没听见，可车就是被撞了。

I didn't hear anything, but there was a ding.

那你呢

So what about

你碰到过吗，就是车上莫名被撞出坑的事？

you, There was a ding.

对

Yeah.

其实就在我生儿子之前，我碰到过一次比凹坑严重的事，但也算不上什么严重的事故。

Well, right before I had my son, actually, this was a little more than a ding, but it wasn't a bad accident or anything.

我那回真的做了个超蠢的决定——我儿子刚好是感恩节前后出生的，结果黑五那天，我们一家子居然要去商场逛。

This was not my smartest move, but my son was born around Thanksgiving time, and on Black Friday, we all decided to go to the mall.

我的天呐。

Oh gosh.

然后我们在停车场的时候，就被一位女士给撞了。

And we were in the parking lot, and some lady, like, hit us in the parking lot.

我得说，那个坑比小凹痕严重点，但也没撞得特别离谱，就是还好的那种程度。

So I would say, like, it it it was a little more than a ding, but it wasn't it wasn't terrible or anything.

但是

But

你们交换了保险信息吗？

Did you exchange insurance?

因为通常我们碰到这种事，都是这么处理的。

Because usually when we see this happen yeah.

他换了。

He did.

明白了。

Okay.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

我们换了。

We did.

她人挺好的。

She was nice.

你懂的。

You know?

她对这事态度挺好，也不道歉。

She was nice about it and unapologetic.

是的。

Yeah.

不过呢。

But yeah.

我的意思是，现在我住的是房子，还有车库，有时候啊，就……

I mean, I've I mean so now that I live in a house and I have a garage, sometimes will just yeah.

就是进出车库的时候，一不留神，哎呀，糟了。

Like, the, you know, the the getting into the garage or getting out of the garage, like, won't be paying attention and I'll Oh, no.

哎呀，不好。

Oh, no.

挺好。

Great.

美容维修这事儿，真不便宜。

Bodywork is bodywork is not cheap.

这几年我才算真明白了。

That's what I've learned in the last couple of years.

天哪。

Oh, no.

真的特别贵。

It's really not cheap.

你别说小刮小蹭了，修一次起码得花一千块起。

Like, I feel like even if you have a small ding, you're gonna pay, like, a minimum of $1,000 to get it fixed.

是啊。

Yeah.

我不介意外观上有点小问题，但问题是，我车里老弹出故障提醒，一看到就头疼，哎呀，又来了。

And I don't mind cosmetically, but I'm you know, I've had things alerts on my car that show up, and then I break like oh, yeah.

嗯，是啊。

Well mhmm.

对。

Yeah.

在车库里，我把大灯撞坏了，不过还好，也就花了八百美金左右。

On the garage, I did break my my headlight, and it was Okay.

大概八百美金吧。

Like $800 or something.

看来今天咱们对你有点新了解了，米歇尔。

Think we're learning some things about you today, Michelle.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

我开车太慢了，但一进车库就出问题。

I drive too slow, but then I have trouble with garages.

所以

So

可能我们的听众已经注意到，我们刚才反复用了一个词

maybe our listeners noticed here what word we were using over and over

叮叮

Ding ding.

叮叮叮

Ding ding ding.

对

Yes.

就是这个

That's it.

对

Yes.

对吧

Right?

我们接下来要聊聊这个，因为我们的热心听众索菲亚问了我们一个关于‘ding’这个词的问题。

And we're gonna talk about this because our wonderful listener, Sophia, asked us a question about the word ding.

林赛，你来帮我们读一下好吗？

Lindsey, would you like to read it for us?

好啊。

Yes.

索菲亚说：嗨，Allers English团队。

So Sofia says, hi, Allers English team.

我叫索菲亚。

I'm Sofia.

我想说，我超爱你们的风格。

I just want to say I absolutely love your energy.

你们每期节目都让我笑个不停，还特别有动力学英语。

Your episodes always make me smile and keep me motivated to learn.

这真是太棒了，米歇尔。

That is so wonderful, Michelle.

谢谢你，索菲亚。

Thank you, Sofia.

你太棒了。

You're the best.

是的。

Yeah.

我们特别喜欢这样。

We love that.

我很好奇，你能解释一下英文里‘ding’这个单词是怎么用的吗？

I was curious if you could explain how the word ding, d I n g, is used in English.

我想更深入了解，也想听听你们的建议。

I'd love to understand it better and hear your tips.

非常感谢你们让学英语变得这么有趣又生动。

Thanks so much for making learning English so fun and lively.

你们真的让我的一天都亮起来了。

You really brighten up my day.

萨菲亚，祝你一切顺利。

Warmly, Sofia.

太美了。

Beautiful.

索菲亚。

Sophia.

嗯，

Well,

你也是。

right back at you.

谢谢你提这个问题。

And thank you for your question.

是的。

Yeah.

所以，说实话，这问题问得真好。

So, I mean, yeah, great question.

我特别期待看这一期，因为我最近正在挑车。

I was I was excited to see this one because I am currently car shopping.

明白了。

Okay.

我刚跟销售聊过，还真的用了‘ding’这个词。

And I was just speaking to a salesman, and I did use the word ding.

这词特别常见。

It's extremely common.

没错。

Yes.

那今天我们就来聊聊这个。

So that's what we're gonna be talking about today.

不过，Lindsay，咱们先从哪儿开始呢？

But what do we wanna do first, Lindsay?

当然啦，我们得先感谢那些花时间给我们打分、写评论的听众朋友们。

Well, of course, we wanna say thank you to our amazing reviewers who took the time to go and rate and review the show and left a comment.

特别感谢约瑟夫·沙哈比和梅赫迪·阿萨迪！

So a huge thank you to Yosef Shahabi and a huge thank you to Mehdi Asadi.

兄弟们，每次看到你们的评论我们都会认真读，真的特别感激。

So, guys, we read your reviews every time they come out, and we appreciate them.

还没给我们留评论的朋友们，赶紧去写一个吧。

If you haven't left us a review yet, guys, go ahead and do that.

告诉我们你对这档节目的看法。

Let us know what you think of the show.

甚至可以在评论里直接提你想要问的问题，我们可能会在节目里大声念出你的名字。

Maybe even ask your episode question right in your review, and we'll try to announce your name out loud.

明白吗？

Okay?

当然。

Absolutely.

太棒了。

Perfect.

是的。

Mhmm.

所以啊。

So, yeah.

那‘ding’这个词到底是什么意思呢，林赛？

So what does it mean to ding something, Lindsey?

我觉得我们的听众从我们之前说的大概也能猜到。

I think our listeners can kinda get it from what we've been saying.

问得好，米歇尔。

Good question, Michelle.

说实话，今天挺有意思的，因为我们在这档节目里已经把‘ding’既当动词又当名词用了，对吧？

And honestly, it's interesting today because we're actually using ding as we've already so far used ding as a verb and as a noun, right, in this show.

所以作为动词，‘ding’某物就是弄出一个小痕迹。

So to ding something as a verb is to just, well, make a little mark.

没错。

Right.

是的

Yeah.

就是一点小损伤。

It's it's minor damage.

对吧？

Right?

通常就是个小划痕、小凹陷之类的。

It's it's generally some sort of small mark or tiny dent or something like that.

是的

Yeah.

哎呀，不好了。

So oh, no.

我觉得我停车时把后视镜刮了。

I think I dinged my mirror on the garage.

是的

Yeah.

但后来我仔细一看，根本不是凹痕。

But then in my send in my way, it was not a ding.

哦，是裂开了。

Oh, It like, broke.

天啊，糟糕。

It well oh, no.

不是。

No.

不是。

No.

我还以为是大灯坏了呢。

And I thought that was the headlight.

不好意思。

Excuse me.

对。

Yes.

或者你可以直接告诉丹，我觉得车被刮了，他可能会说，

Or you might go ahead and say to Dan, oh, I think I dinged the car and he goes, I said,

然后他一看。

then he looks.

这哪叫刮痕啊。

That's not a ding.

你在说什么呢？

What are you talking about?

对，没错。

Yeah, yep.

或者我 bumper 被刮了，但根本看不出来。

Or I dinged my bumper, but you can barely see anything.

是啊。

Yes.

这正是我们希望的。

That's what we hope for.

对吧？

Right?

是啊。

Yeah.

那‘ding’这个词还有别的意思吗？

So what else does ding mean though?

对。

Yeah.

你刚才开头说的那句话到底是什么意思？

Mean, what exactly what you said at the top of the show?

叮，叮，叮。

Ding, ding, ding.

当你答对了某个问题时，那就是我们模仿铃声的‘叮’声。

So when you get the right answer for something, it's the sound we make for a bell.

就是铃铛在响的时候。

When a bell is ringing.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Yep.

我的意思是，叮叮叮。

I mean, ding ding ding.

就是说，你答对了，完全对了。

Like, you got it like, you got it right.

而且它

And it

可以用在讽刺的场合，或者认真的时候。

could be used sarcastically or, you know, seriously.

比如，不是真认真，但叮叮叮，你答对了。

Like, I mean, not seriously, but ding ding ding, you're right.

或者叮叮叮，你终于答对了，对吧？

Or it can be ding ding ding, you finally got it, right?

是啊，我的意思是，你小时候有没有看过电视上的游戏节目？

Yeah, I mean, you think of, I don't know if when you were a kid you used to watch the game shows on TV.

对啊，当然有。

Yeah, sure.

像《幸运轮盘》之类的，我不确定还有啥，但九十年代下午电视上可多了。

You know, Wheel of Fortune, I don't know what else there was, but there were a ton of them in the nineties that were out, like in the afternoon TV, you know?

不过那些节目老爱用这种音效。

But they always used that kind of thing.

叮叮叮叮，对吧？或者你想想赛跑的时候，有时候是开枪发令，但有时候也可能是个铃铛。

Ding ding ding ding Yeah, Or you might hear like someone, if you're maybe in a race, I mean, sometimes they use a gun in a race to have someone start running, but maybe it's some sort of bell.

所以你可以说，听到‘叮’一声就开跑。

So you could say something like, oh, when you hear the ding, start running.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

That's true.

不过你知道吗，你现在有在看冬奥会吗？

But it you know, I don't know if you're watching the Olympics now.

现在是二月中旬左右。

Right now, we are in we're we're in mid February.

这期节目预计四月播出，但眼下是二月中旬。

This comes out in, I think, April, but mid February.

不同场合听到的声音，说法也不一样。

And there are different words for the sounds you hear.

昨晚我看了滑雪比赛，超级大回转和大回转。

Like, I was watching the skiing last night, the super g, the giant slalom.

顺便说，太酷了。

So cool, by the way.

那种情况下，我可能会说‘蜂鸣器’响了。

And for that one, I would have said probably the buzzer.

对。

Right.

蜂鸣器一响，她就冲过了终点。

The buzzer went off, and she crossed.

这事儿改天可以单独做一期。

So that could be another episode for another day.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

挺有意思的。

That's fun.

叮的一声，那

The ding, the

是蜂鸣器，那嗡嗡声。

The buzzer, the buzz.

我不清楚。

I don't know.

各种各样的情况。

Different things.

所以嘛。

So Yeah.

总之吧。

Anyways.

如果是那种声音的话

If it's the sound of

是铃声的话，就是叮叮叮。

a bell, it's ding ding ding.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

是啊。

Yeah.

不好意思，我刚记了一下这个。

Sorry, I was just making note of that.

不过今天咱们重点讲讲车子的刮蹭，还会教你们一些描述车损的其他说法。

So, but today we're gonna really focus on the car way a So little we're gonna teach you other words for damage to one's car.

那第一个词是什么，林赛？

So what's the first one, Lindsey?

第一个是‘刮痕’。

The first one is a scuff.

这通常是指漆面的划伤，但有时候能擦掉。

So this is generally with paint, but sometimes it can be wiped off.

咱们都希望是这种能擦掉的。

That's what we hope for.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Yeah.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

你有没有过那种情况，开门的时候不小心碰到了别人的车？

Have you ever had that where you're, maybe you open the door onto someone else's No.

最烦人了。

It's the worst.

然后你就想，哎呀。

And you're like, ugh.

不会吧。

No.

然后你轻轻一碰，结果就掉了，真是这样。

Then you just kinda, like, touch it and it just That's comes Yeah.

那还算幸运了。

And that's a relief.

这算是最好的情况了。

That's the best case scenario.

对吧？

Right?

我轻轻撞了她的车，估计是刮花了，不过我用手指一擦就弄掉了。

I bumped her car a little, so I think I scuffed it up, but I was able to rub it off with my finger.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Yes.

现在要是留了划痕就麻烦了。

Now a scratch is worse.

对吧？

Right?

是啊。

Yeah.

对。

Yep.

再深一点。

Deeper.

漆面有划痕。

Scratches to the paint.

所以啊。

So Yeah.

这可真是个问题。

That could be an actual issue.

哎呀，糟了。

So, oh, no.

我车上有道划痕。

There's a scratch on my car.

车是全新的。

It's brand new.

再往深了说，米歇尔，是什么？

And even deeper, Michelle, is what?

凹得挺深的。

A dense.

对。

Yeah.

所以这时候车的金属部分就被撞进去了。

So that's when the actual kind of metal of the car is pushed in.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

车的形状都变了。

There's a change to the shape.

没错。

Right.

所以你可以说，那次事故让我的车撞出了个大凹痕。

So you could say there's a huge dent in my car from that accident.

希望保险能赔吧。

I hope insurance will cover it.

这种情况真能让你没完没了地往修理厂跑。

This is where you could just end up at the body shop over and over and over again.

天哪。

Oh god.

天哪。

Oh god.

是啊。

Yeah.

也不是说啊，

Not So,

米歇尔，这种事儿有好多说法呢。

Michelle, there are a lot of words for these kinds of situations.

对吧？

Right?

要不咱们改天再继续聊？

So maybe we could do a follow-up another day.

朋友们，记得点关注！

Guys, hit the follow button.

我们之前做过一个系列，叫《聊聊汽车》。

We did do a series called Let's Talk Cars.

对。

Yes.

第一集叫《聊聊汽车：第一部分》，讲的是为什么‘connection’这个词在美国人那儿这么用。

So the first episode was let's talk cars part one, why that's spelled connection with Americans.

那是第2549期。

That was episode twenty five forty nine.

然后我们还做了《商务英语521》。

And then we had business English five twenty one.

那期就是《聊聊汽车：第二部分》。

That was let's talk cars part two.

在商务对话中掌握主动权。

Take the wheel in your business conversations.

对。

Yeah.

我们录这个系列的时候，我就意识到咱们的主题其实挺有意思的。

And when we recorded that series, you know, I I saw our topic.

嗯，是这样。

Like, okay.

我们本来打算聊车。

We're gonna talk about cars.

挺棒的。

Cool.

但等到系列结束时，我才明白，这其实是融入美国文化的一个关键切入点。

But then by the end of that series, I thought this is really a key to connecting, at least inside American culture.

英国或澳大利亚的情况我不敢说，但在这里，这确实是文化中很重要的一部分。

We can't speak about British or Australian, but but it's a big part of our culture here.

太对了，完全没错。

It's a huge yeah.

没错。

Mhmm.

汽车确实是个超棒的聊天话题，大家一定要去听听那期内容。

It's a great connection topic, so definitely listen.

另外，那个系列的第三期就是《聊聊汽车》第三集：必备汽车词汇。

And also, the third part of that series was Let's Talk Cars Part three, Essential Car Vocabulary.

刚才那期是25.58集哦。

That was twenty five point five eight.

各位，都听到了吧。

There you go, guys.

我们已经给大家挑了好几期优质节目，有空去看看吧。

You got some great episodes picked out for you to check out.

米歇尔，那接下来咱们再讲几个有意思的词汇知识点吧。

Michelle, was there now let's do a few more fun vocabulary pieces here.

这个挺有意思的。

This is this is a fun.

这个听着挺有趣。

This one sounds fun.

意思是，这个

Mean, this

挺好玩的。

is fun.

只要大家都没事，轻微刮蹭而已。

As long as everyone's Okay, a fender bender.

对，通常都是这样。

Yeah, Usually

轻微刮蹭一般都没事，对吧？

everyone is Okay in a fender bender, right?

差不多就是这个意思

That's that's kind what

我们的意思就是个小事故。

we're saying is it's a small accident.

所以你的保险杠吧？呃，我对车不太懂，不过我觉得

So your your fender I well, I'm not really a car person, but I guess

不就是这么回事吗？

it's sort of isn't it

就是那种 bumper 吧？

like the bumper kind of?

对吧？

Right?

不对。

No.

啊，原来是这样。

Oh, it's Oh,

比如林赛。

like, Lindsay.

我们也不是特别清楚。

We don't exactly know.

我正在搜一下 bumper 下面那个 fender 是啥。

I'm googling a fender on a below the bumper.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

对。

Yes.

就是金属或者塑料的。

It's the metal or plastic.

明白了。

Okay.

我在看呢。

Reading it.

金属或塑料的车身面板。

Metal or plastic body panel.

它围绕着轮拱。

It frames the wheel wall.

明白了。

Okay.

懂了。

Okay.

好嘞。

Okay.

所以你是说，

So So you

你没错。

were right.

所谓挡泥板变形，就是你的挡泥板不知道怎么被撞歪了。

So a fender bed is when, you know, your fender has been bent somehow.

就是个小刮蹭。

So a tiny accident.

所以塔尼娅碰上了一次小擦碰。

So Tanya got into a fender bender.

她本人没事，就是车上有几道小划痕。

She's fine, but her car has some minor scratches.

这么说挺好的，算是种沟通技巧，因为如果你说塔尼娅出了事故，别人可能会想得更严重。

It's good to say this as a connection skill because if you say Tanya got into an accident, people might start to more.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Right.

没错。

Right.

是的。

Yes.

Exactly。

Exactly.