AEE 2617：从远处？还是在远处？如何谈论音乐会、体育赛事等

这是《All Ears English》播客第2617期，主题是‘From a Distance’和‘in the Distance’——教你如何谈论演唱会、体育赛事等等。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode twenty six seventeen, From a Distance or in the Distance, how to talk about concerts, sporting events, and more.

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客，全球下载量已超过两亿次。

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你是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何放下对完美的执念，专注于真实交流，从而自信流利地说英语。

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：热爱英语探索的林赛·麦马洪，以及来自纽约的电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，他们分别从科罗拉多和纽约为你直播。

With your American hosts, 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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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.

前往 allearsenglish.com/app，免费试用七天。

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有时候，几个小小的词就能完全改变你表达的意思。

Just a few small words can change the meaning of what you're saying.

看看这些看似差不多的表达方式在实际使用中有什么区别，学会如何谈论活动和不同视角。

Find out how this plays out when it comes to a few very similar phrases, and build new skills to talk about events and points view.

你有没有听过母语者说话，觉得每个词都懂，但还是有点摸不着头脑？

Have you ever listened to native speakers and thought, I understand the words, but I still feel slightly lost.

这是因为真实的英语对话不仅仅是词汇量的问题。

That's because real English conversations include more than vocabulary.

还有语速、连读、文化背景，以及各种口语化的表达。

There's speed, there's connected speech, there are cultural references and casual phrases.

你的大脑得实时处理所有这些信息。

Your brain has to process all of this in real time.

如果有时候你觉得对话太难应付，那可能只是说明你已经准备好迈向更高的水平了。

If conversations sometimes feel overwhelming, it may simply mean you're ready for the next level of training.

快来参加我们的免费快速流利度测试，准确了解你的当前水平。

Find out your exact level with our quick free fluency quiz.

访问 all.com/fluencyscore。

Go to all.com/fluencyscore.

那就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嗨，琳赛。

Hey, Lindsay.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

我今天状态不错。

I'm feeling good today.

一切都挺好的。

Everything's good.

米歇尔，你今天这边有什么新鲜事吗？

Michelle, what's going on in your world today?

没什么特别的。

Not too much.

没什么特别的。

Not too much.

Lindsay，你有没有过远远地看到一个人，觉得好像认识他？

Lindsay, have you ever thought you recognized someone but only from a distance?

是的，有这回事。

Oh, yeah.

这种事偶尔真的会发生。

This can happen sometimes.

对吧？

Right?

因为每个人都有个长相相似的人。

Because everyone has a doppelganger.

没错。

Yes.

就像是在这个世界上有个双胞胎一样。

Like a twin in the world, it seems like.

而且有时候我真的以为那就是那个人。

And yeah, sometimes I could swear it's that person.

是的。

Yeah.

但当我靠近一看，就不是了。

But it's not when I get closer.

你懂的。

You know?

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Mhmm.

不过这事儿还挺有意思的。

Well, this is kind of funny.

我有过几次，是在厨房里。

So I've had a couple times where I've been in my kitchen.

有一次是我妈来探望的时候。

Once it was when my mom was visiting.

嗯嗯

Uh-huh.

她和我女儿都是金发。

And she and my daughter have blonde hair.

哦。

Oh.

有一次我坐在沙发上，抬眼一看，前面有个金发脑袋，还以为是我妈。

And they're sitting, like, I I looked over and I saw a hair of blonde a head of blonde hair on the couch in front of me, and I thought it was my mom.

我真以为是我妈，她坐得特别低，就在沙发那儿。

I thought it was my mom, like, sit like, like, sitting, like, very low on the couch.

明白了。

Okay.

后来我才看清那是我女儿。

And then I looked at it with my daughter.

这真有意思，米歇尔。

That's really funny, Michelle.

这太搞笑了。

It's hilarious.

因为

For

你的视力得赶紧改善一下了。

old vision, you gotta improve that.

是的。

Yeah.

不是。

No.

她和我女儿头发颜色一样。

And she and because they have, the same color hair.

所以她当时也那样，然后又发生了一次。

And so she she was also like and and then it happened again.

就是挺逗的。

It's just it's just kind of funny.

但这挺有意思的。

But That's funny.

从远处看，丹老说谁谁长得像谁，声音也像谁。

Like from a distance, so Dan always he'll say somebody looks like something sounds like someone.

现在他特别得意，只要我同意他，因为我平时都逗他。

And and now he's really proud if I agree with him because usually I just tease him.

我就会说，你在说啥呢？

I'm like, what are you talking about?

你是说，他总说别人长得像名人，还是

He you mean, he's always saying people look like celebrities or

对。

Yes.

他还会说，那边那人像杰里·赛恩菲尔德？

He's like, oh, Jerry Seinfeld over there?

我就说

And I'm like

是啊。

Oh, yeah.

对。

Yeah.

什么？

What?

不是这样的。

Like, no.

我是说，

Like,

你们在纽约住了那么久，对吧。

Well, so I mean, you guys were living in New York for a long time.

说不定哪天真碰上过杰瑞·赛恩菲尔德呢。

So, you know, maybe it was Jerry Seinfeld at some point.

对吧？

Right?

也许吧。

Maybe.

就是这个。

That's

问题所在。

the thing.

对。

Yeah.

但我经常逗他。

But I tease him.

这是我常逗他的一个话题。

That's a common thing that I tease him about.

但有时候我说天哪。

But sometimes if I say, oh my god.

你说得对。

You're right.

他可为自己得意了。

He is so proud of himself.

倒不是真有那个人，但只要我说出他聊的那人真长得像谁，他就特别有成就感。

Not that it's really that person, but if I actually say that the person does really look like resemble who he's talking about, he's proud.

说真的，当你看到一个人，心里立马就冒出：这人要是拍电影，该找谁来演啊？

Well, it's sort of hard like, when you see someone and you think, okay, I know exactly who would play them in a movie.

对啊。

Yeah.

你懂我意思吧？

You know I what mean?

每个人其实都有个明星替身，就是电影里最适合演他们的那个人。

Like, everyone has their celebrity doppelganger as well who would play this person and this person in the movie.

而且通常呢，那些明星都长得比本人好看。

They're always usually, they're better looking.

对吧？

Right?

是的

Yeah.

对

Right.

明星们

Celebrities.

没错

Exactly.

没错

Exactly.

不过话说回来

But anyways.

所以，从远处看——这正是我之前问你的那个说法，我们在英语里经常用这个词，但它容易和其他类似表达搞混

So from a distance, so that was in the question I asked you, is a term that we use a lot in English, but it can get confused with similar phrases.

所以今天，我们要回答一位听众关于这个词的问题

So today, we're going to answer a listener question about this term.

是的。

Yes.

这个说法来自YouTube。

It comes to us from YouTube.

Lindsay，你能为我们读一下吗？

Lindsay, could you read it for us?

好的。

Yeah.

顺便说一下，各位别忘了，我们还有一个完整的YouTube频道，叫All Ears English Podcast。

And by the way, guys, don't forget that we do have an entire YouTube channel, All Ears English Podcast.

去YouTube上找我们吧。

So find us on YouTube.

马上订阅一下。

Hit subscribe right away.

如果你更喜欢看视频，我们每周的这五期内容都在YouTube上。

If you prefer to watch us on video, all five of these episodes per week are over there on YouTube.

明白了吗？

Alright?

我们开始吧。

Here we go.

完美。

Perfect.

这位学生说：嗨，你好。

So the student says, hi there.

我是你们播客的忠实听众，来自日本。

I'm a big fan of your podcast from Japan.

我有个关于距离的疑问。

I have a question about distance.

at、from a distance 和 in the distance 之间有什么区别？

What's the difference between at, from a distance, and in the distance?

我不太明白，为什么这里用了不同的冠词 a 和 the。

I don't understand why the articles a and the are used differently.

如果你能回答我的问题，我会非常感激。

I would appreciate it if you could answer my question.

我会继续支持你们的播客。

I will continue to support your podcast.

嗯，谢谢。

Well, thank you.

我们很喜欢这一点。

We love that.

谢谢。

Thank you.

非常感谢。

Thank you so much.

当然。

Definitely.

这确实是个非常好的问题。

And that is a really good question.

这个观察挺到位的，琳赛。

I mean, a good observation, Lindsay.

没错。

Yes.

对。

Yeah.

英语的表达特别讲究，有时候改一两个词，整个意思就全变了。

I mean, English is very nuanced, so you can change one or two words in a phrase and it takes on a whole new meaning.

在这里，'distance'这个词的具体含义会根据你用的短语略有不同。

In this case, distance has a slightly different meaning depending on which phrase you use.

是的。

Yes.

接下来我们会详细解释它们的区别和用法，帮这位听众彻底搞清楚。

So we're going to explain the difference and how to use each so we can really clear up this listener's question.

不过在那之前，我们得提醒一下，我们有个特别棒的App，对吧

But before we do that, we wanna remind you that we have an awesome app, don't we,

琳达？

Lindsay?

有的。

Do.

我们有个应用，特别棒，因为它能让你看到真人校对过的实时字幕。

We have an app, and it is super cool because it allows you to see real time transcripts for the show that have checked been checked by humans.

这些字幕都准确无误，你可以完全放心。

They are correct, and you can be sure about that.

你还可以点击我们为你精选的单词，添加到你的重点词库，查看释义，每天早上复习，再回来听下一集。

And you also get to tap on specific words that we have preselected for you and save to your power list, see the definition, practice those words every morning before you come back to the next episode.

这样你就能拥有属于自己的《All Ears English》单词清单，这些词都是我们认为能帮你达到C1水平的。

So you'll have your own personal list of the All Ears English words that you're learning that we believe will take you to the c one level.

好的。

Okay.

那么，米歇尔，我们的听众该去哪里下载这个应用呢？

So, Michelle, where can our listeners go to get the app?

Allearsenglish.com/app。

Allearsenglish.com/app.

A pp。

A pp.

是的。

Yes.

很好。

Good.

好的。

Okay.

那我们就开始吧，Michelle。

So we're going to get into it, Michelle.

我们该怎么回答听众的问题呢？

Where do we start here answering our listeners question?

好的。

All right.

那‘at a distance’或者‘from a distance’是什么意思呢？

So what does at a distance or from a distance mean?

在这两个表达里，‘distance’是个抽象概念。

So in these phrases, at a distance and from a distance, distance is a concept.

它并不是指某个具体的地方。

It's not really a specific location.

对。

Yeah.

就是指 somewhere 远远的，但又说不准到底在哪儿。

It's just far away somewhere, but you're not exactly sure where.

没错。

So Right.

Lindsay，我们来演个小场景，让你感受一下实际用法。

Lindsay, let's do a little role play to show how that sounds.

你想找个前排位置看烟花吗？

Do you wanna get a front row seat for the fireworks?

我更喜欢远远地看它们。

I'd prefer to watch them from a distance.

离得太近实在太吵了。

They're just so loud up close.

Lindsay，你觉得怎么样？

Lindsay, how is that for you?

你喜欢靠得很近看烟花吗？

Do you like to be up close at the fireworks?

或者

Or

哦，烟花啊。

Oh, fireworks.

我觉得没必要靠那么近看烟花。

I don't feel like I need to be up close for fireworks.

其实远一点看反而更好，你知道的。

It's almost better, you know, at a distance.

是的。

Yeah.

因为从远处看，才能真正看清整个场面，感受到它在天空中展开的规模，我个人觉得这样更好。

Because to actually see everything and see how big it becomes in the sky, personally.

对。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得有些体育赛事离得远一点反而更好，比如棒球。

And certain sporting events are actually better further back too, I think.

比如棒球。

Like baseball.

如果你离得太近，确实很棒。

You know, if you're really close, it's great.

你运气真好。

You're very lucky.

但我觉得你反而错过了体育场规模宏大的那种震撼感，那才真叫棒。

But I actually think you miss how huge the stadiums can be, which is so cool.

你懂的吧。

You know?

是的。

Yeah.

说来也巧，最近我带我儿子去看比赛，我朋友他爸有大学比赛的季票。

Actually, it's funny you say that because recently I took my son my friends had my friend's dad had season tickets for a college game.

嗯。

Okay.

他们的座位离得特别近。

So they were really close-up seats.

而且

And

我当时

I was

哎，你看我们离得有多近。

like, oh, look how close we are.

然后他说，还不错，就是太近了，根本看不清全场。

And then he said, oh, it was good, but it was kinda too close because I didn't really get to see the whole thing.

我当时就愣了，你说什么呢？

And I was tee I was like, what are you talking about?

真巧，这事儿现在提起来。

But so it's funny that this is coming up.

这可是幸福的烦恼啊，你

These are good problems to have, you

说得对。

can say.

没错。

Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yeah.

不是。

No.

就像一个小比赛似的。

It was like a like a small game.

规模不大。

The it's not too big.

是的。

Yeah.

我们从不去，因为每次看NBA比赛，我们都在最后面。

We never because if we go to an NBA game, we're always way in the back.

对吧？

Right?

不过我想他挺喜欢那个视角的。

But I guess he likes that view.

不过上大学的时候，我们能拿到免费票，那当然好啊。

But college was we were able to get free tickets, so that was Sure.

当然。

Sure.

是的。

Yeah.

我伴侣不知怎么总能搞到棒球赛的免费好座位。

Somehow my partner gets free tickets with really good seats to baseball games.

所以我们偶尔也会坐在本垒后面，但问题是你会被拍进电视里。

So we do occasionally end up behind home plate, but the problem there is that you're on TV.

就是全国直播的那种。

Like, you're on national TV.

没人想在电视上吃着一大份冰淇淋的样子被播出去吧。

And you no one wants to be on national TV when they're scarfing down a big ice cream.

他们会不会问你，坐在那儿你不觉得尴尬吗？

And they're like, do you are you self conscious sitting there?

你喜欢吗

Do you like

三个小时呢，米歇尔。

Well, three hours, Michelle.

棒球比赛可挺长的。

Baseball games are long.

你在电视上要待很久。

You're on TV for a long time.

你心里就想，可别成那个倒霉蛋。

You're like, I don't wanna be that person.

你可不想成为下一个网红。

You don't wanna be the next viral.

对。

No.

那儿得留点神。

You gotta be careful there.

所以还是有一些缺点的。

So there are some downsides.

是的。

Yeah.

所以，就像我说的，我还是更喜欢远远地看着。

So, yeah, use I said I prefer to watch them from a distance.

是的。

Yeah.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Mhmm.

远远地看着。

A distance.

这不是具体的东西，而是一个概念。

It's not a it's a concept.

对吧？

Right?

我们没说具体多远。

We're not saying where or how far away.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

那我们来做一个关于‘保持距离’的角色扮演吧。

So let's go into another role play for at or from a distance.

准备好了吗？

You ready?

好。

Yeah.

咱们能这么做吗？

Can we do that?

好的。

Okay.

对。

Yeah.

你为什么没马上认出她？

Why didn't you recognize her right away?

我只从远处看了她一眼。

I only saw her from a distance.

她走近了我才认出是谁。

I couldn't tell who she was until she got closer.

所以这就是了，你也可以把这种模糊的距离称为这样。

So this is it it what you can also refer to a vague measurement.

对吧？

Right?

对

Mhmm.

我只从远处看了她一眼。

I only saw her from a distance.

是吧？

Right?

是的

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

我们这里说的不是具体的米数或英尺数。

We're not being specific about, like, meters or feet or anything here.

没错。

No.

就是从远处看的。

It's just from a distance.

这只是一个随意的距离。

It's it's an arbitrary amount of space.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Yep.

就是这样。

Exactly.

那在远处呢？

So what about in the distance?

这指的是什么？

What does that mean?

是的，这个说法其实是指某个特定的地方或区域，对吧？

Yeah, this phrase is referring to a kind of a specific place or area, right?

所以我们就说这个‘距离’。

And that's why we say the.

距离就是一个地方。

The distance is a place.

它可能很远，但你能在远处看到它。

It might be far away, but you can see it in the distance.

它就在前面。

It's up ahead.

就是前面那个东西。

It's what's up ahead.

你想一想沙漠里的海市蜃楼，你知道的，那些电影里人们

You think of mirages in the desert, you know, you watch those movies where people

徒步旅行时，是的。

hiking Yeah.

他们以为自己看到了水。

In the They think they see the water.

是的

Yeah.

对

Right.

对

Right.

在远处

In the distance.

那里看起来像有个湖

It looks like there's a lake up there.

咱们走吧

Let's go.

等他们到了那里

And then they get there.

那只是海市蜃楼

It's a mirage.

真让人心碎。

How heartbreaking.

对吧？

Right?

太难过了。

So sad.

是的。

Yeah.

我举个例子吧。

So here's an example.

你骑车感觉怎么样？

How was your bike ride?

特别美。

Beautiful.

我们的路线沿着海岸线走，但远处的山峦清晰可见。

Our course followed the coastline, but we could see the mountains in the distance.

所以看起来就只是地平线而已。

So it's kind of just the horizon.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Mhmm.

对。

Mhmm.

而且这里我们用这个，因为更准确一些。

So and again, we're using the because it's more specific here.

没错。

Right.

嗯，明白。

Mhmm.

还是你看到远处那只鸟了？

Or did you see that bird in the distance?

是的。

Yes.

特别大。

It's huge.

不错。

Nice.

很好。

Good.

在远处”也可以指一个实际存在但你未必能亲眼看到的地方。

So in the distance can also refer to a faraway place that's real even if you can't physically see it.

即使看不见，你依然能想象得到。

So you can still imagine it even if you can't see it.

所以它也可能跟声音有关。

So it could be about sound

对。

Yeah.

比如

For

举个例子。

example.

那听起来会是什么样？

So how would that sound?

比如说，哇。

Say, wow.

我能听到远处传来警笛声。

I can hear sirens wailing in the distance.

是的。

Yeah.

肯定出了大事故。

There must be a big accident.

所以是这样。

So Yeah.

我们已经在里面了。

We're inside.

虽然看不见，但那个地方确实存在，而且离得挺远的。

We can't actually see it, but the distance, it's it's we're talking about a specific faraway place that is real.

然后

And then

有点像是在背景里，隐隐约约的，对。

kind kind of like in the background a little bit or yeah.

在一个我们说不准具体在哪的地方。

In a place we don't know exactly where.

我们只知道，能听到警笛声。

It's just that we know that we hear the sirens.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

但林赛，你能说‘从远处’或者‘在远处’吗？

But Lindsay, can you say from the distance or in a distance?

不行。

You can't.

对。

Yeah.

不行。

Nope.

这个我们得严格一点。

We're gonna be strict on this one here.

不行。

You can't.

这些只是拼凑在一起的片段。

These are just chunks that come together.

对吧？

Right?

是的

Yeah.

我知道有这么一首歌，但我不记得是谁唱的，反正这歌我不能在节目里唱，是八十年代的。

I know there's I don't know who sings this song, but I can't I'm I can't sing it on the show, but I'm there's a there's a song from the eighties.

来自

From

远处

a distance.

是的

Yeah.

从远处

From a distance.

对吧

Right?

对

Yeah.