AEE 2635：你是全明星！如何在英语中识别并赞美才华

这是《All Ears English》播客第2635期。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode twenty six thirty five.

你真是个佼佼者。

You're an all star.

如何用英语发现并赞美别人的才华。

How to spot and compliment talent 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.

你是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何摆脱顾虑，流利说英语——重点不是完美，而是真实交流。本期节目由美国主持人Lindsay McMahon（英语冒险家）和Michelle Kaplan（纽约电台女孩）为您带来，她们分别来自科罗拉多和纽约。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection perfection 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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你佩服谁？

Who do you admire?

你有特别喜欢的运动员、演员或者表演者吗？

Do you have a favorite athlete, actor, or performer?

今天我们就来聊聊，用一个简单的词，就能让别人清楚地知道你是粉丝，还能透露你看重什么，帮你建立更深的联系。

Today, find out why using this simple word makes it clear that you are a fan and says certain things about what you value for a better connection.

如果你的英语听起来没错，但就是不太自然，别担心，你不是一个人。

If your English sounds correct, but not quite right, you're not alone.

有时候问题不在语法。

Sometimes it's not grammar.

而是在用词、语气和时机上。

It's word choice, tone, timing.

你可能总爱用那些安全的表达，不是因为你真想这么讲，而是因为怕用得不够精准会出错。

You might rely on safe phrases, not because you want to, but because nuance feels risky.

但少了这些细腻的表达，就很难真正和别人建立连接。

But without nuance, it's harder to build connection.

我们的两分钟流利度测试能帮你发现，你的英语在哪些地方过于保守，又在哪些地方可以通过了解自己的真实水平得到提升。

Our two minute fluency quiz helps you see where your English is playing it safe and where it can grow by knowing your current English level.

你是B1、B2还是C1水平的使用者？

Are you a b one, b two, or c one speaker?

现在就去测一测吧。

Find out now.

前往 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 查看你的等级。

Get your level at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

再提醒一次，去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

One more time, go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嘿，林赛。

Hey, Lindsay.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

嘿，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

我挺好的。

I'm doing great.

你呢？

How are you?

你最近怎么样？

How's it going?

是的。

Yeah.

我这边一切都好。

Everything is good over here.

Lindsay，你最喜欢的奥运项目是什么？

Lindsay, what is your favorite Olympic sport?

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

我最喜欢的奥运项目？

My favorite Olympic sport?

这问题问得好。

That's a good question.

我特别喜欢越野滑雪。

I love a bump skiing.

我超爱自由式滑雪的雪上技巧项目。

I love mogul skiing.

而且你知道，那里最有名的就是林赛·沃恩。

And, you know, Lindsay Vaughan is kind of the famous person there.

对吧？

Right?

其实我觉得她不比雪上技巧。

Actually, I don't think she does mogul.

她比的是竞速项目。

She does racing.

但只要是 downhill 滑雪，我都喜欢。

But any kind of downhill skiing, I love.

你呢，米歇尔？

What about you, Michelle?

是的，琳赛·沃恩简直就是明星选手。

Yeah, Lindsay Vaughan is like a all star

当然了。

for sure.

她确实是明星选手。

She's an all star.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

她太厉害了。

She's incredible.

我喜欢体操。

I I like gymnastics.

我喜欢花样滑冰。

I like figure skating.

其实我以前对这个不太感兴趣，但后来我终于看了《冰上奇迹》这部电影，你看过吗？

Now I I'm actually I I wasn't too into it, but then I finally did you ever see the movie Cool Runnings?

当然看过。

Of course.

谁没看过啊？

Who hasn't seen that?

这是一部很棒的电影。

That's a great one.

我之前还真没看过。

I had actually never seen that.

我们大概一周前刚看了，我特别喜欢。

And we watched it a week ago or so, and I loved it.

太好看了。

It was so good.

特别搞笑。

It's so funny.

真的特别棒。

It's so good.

这是一部特别特别好的电影。

It's really, really good movie.

所以各位，如果你们还没看过，真的推荐去看看。

So, guys, if you haven't seen it, it was really good.

所以这次看完，我下次说不定真去试试雪橇运动。

So it made me next next time around, I'll get into bobsledding, maybe.

是的。

Yeah.

雪橇运动。

Bobsledding.

大家真的一定要去看这部电影。

That's really highly recommend that movie, guys.

里面群星云集。

Lots of all stars out there.

我还记得小时候和家人一起看奥运会的情景。

And I remember watching the Olympics as a young child, right, with my family.

那时候很多花样滑冰选手都成了名人，比如南希·克里根，还有好多呢。

And there were there were all the figure skaters that became big names, you know, Nancy Kerrigan and who there's so

名字可真不少。

many names there.

全。

Quan.

我总管米歇尔·全叫全姐，因为她跟我同名， initials 也一样。

I always called Michelle Quan because she has my name and she has my initials.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Yes.

太酷了。

So cool.

有太多明星了。

So so many all stars.

我们刚才聊天的时候确实提到了‘明星’这个词。

And we did mention this word all stars at our in our conversation here.

那这个词到底是什么意思呢？

What does that mean?

我们说的是太阳系吗，Michelle？还是别的？

Are we talking about the, you know, the solar system here, Michelle, or what?

是的。

Yeah.

意思是某人在某方面特别出色。

It means it it refers to someone who is really good at something.

这是一种很自然的表达方式，用来夸赞别人的才华。

It's just a natural way to really rave about someone's talent.

对。

Mhmm.

完美。

Perfect.

这个词用在建立联系时挺合适的。

It's a good word for connection.

你觉得为什么呢，米歇尔？

Why do you think it is, Michelle?

是的。

Yeah.

因为和别人聊你钦佩的人，本身就是一种很好的连接方式。

Because it's it's I mean, one way to really connect with someone is to talk about someone who you admire.

这确实是个好办法。

I mean, it's a Yes.

哦，我特别喜欢这个人。

Oh, I love this person.

哦，他真的太棒了。

Oh, they're awesome.

对吧？

Right?

而且你会感到兴奋。

And you get excited.

这就体现了我们看重一个人的哪些能力和才华。

Then it kind of shows what skills and talents we value in a person.

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yeah.

另外，有时候你可以称你认识的人为明星。

And the other thing is sometimes you can call someone you know an all star.

比如直接说：‘你真是个明星’，这可是很高的赞美。

I mean, can just say, hey, you're an all star and that's a really big compliment.

所以

So

对。

Yes.

你这是在认可他们的付出。

You're acknowledging their contributions.

用这个词来建立联系，真的特别棒。

And it's just it's so such a great way to connect, to use this word.

而且听起来还很随意、很酷。

It's also kinda casual, cool sounding.

所以我特别喜欢。

So I love it.

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得，每当我们提到自己欣赏的人，就像你说的，米歇尔，我想特别指出这一点。

And I think anytime we point out someone we admire, like you said, Michelle, I wanna highlight this.

这其实反映了我们看重一个人的哪些能力和品质。

It shows what skills and talents we value in a person.

比如林赛·沃恩，你看到她刚才干了什么吗？

So for example, Lindsay Vaughn, she I mean, did you see what she just did?

她居然回来了。

She came back.

她真的是带着撕裂的前交叉韧带滑完了整场比赛。

She literally just skied a race on a torn ACL.

是的。

Yeah.

可惜后来她因为别的原因摔倒了。

I mean, she ended up falling for another reason, unfortunately.

但每当我想到她，就觉得她身上有一种非凡的韧劲。

But in my mind, when I think of her, she has incredible grit.

G-R-I-T，韧劲。

G R I T grit.

我特别佩服有这种韧劲的人。

I really admire people with grit.

对吧？

Right?

所以当我我说我喜欢林赛·沃恩时，其实反映的是我欣赏别人身上的哪些品质。

So when I say I like Lindsay Vaughan, I feel like it says something about what I admire in other people.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

Definitely.

你喜欢谁，这其实说明了很多，比如我们都喜欢粉色。

Who you choose to to like, I mean, like, we both like pink.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Yeah.

我不清楚

I don't

这到底是什么意思。

know what that's about.

是的。

Yeah.

我也不懂。

I don't know.

你明白吗？

You know?

音乐。

Music.

好音乐。

Good music.

好音乐。

Good music.

声音很好听。

A good voice.

我觉得她确实是。

I I think she is Yeah.

看起来是个不错的人。

Seems like a nice person.

所以是啊。

So Yeah.

我想，对我而言，我总是会想，谁看起来是个不错的人呢？

I guess, yeah, for me, I I always like I'm like, who seems like a nice person?

那就是说

Which is

挺奇怪的，因为我其实并不了解。

funny because I don't really know.

但是

But

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

不是。

No.

但这是事实。

But it's true.

当我们说某人是明星时，其实传递了很多信息——比如我们更喜欢某位运动员、歌手，或者任何一位名人。

So there's a lot that we're communicating here when we say that someone is an all star, that we have a preference for a certain athlete or or singer or whatever it is, famous person.

在继续深入之前，米歇尔，我想特别感谢一位来自中国的精彩评论者，VVSVS，抱歉，是VVSZ，他在苹果播客给了我们五星好评。

Before we get into this further, Michelle, I wanna call out an amazing reviewer from China, VVSVS, sorry, VVSZ, who rated us five stars in Apple Podcast.

非常感谢这位评论者。

So huge thank you to this reviewer.

谢谢。

Thank you.

大家别客气，继续吧。

Guys, go ahead and yeah.

赶紧给我们留个评价和评分吧。

Go ahead and leave us your review and rating.

我们特别喜欢看到，这也能给我们继续做下去的动力。

We love to see it, and it keeps us going.

没问题吧？

Alright?

好的。

Good.

当然了。

Definitely.

另外，朋友们，不管你们在哪个平台听这个节目，如果是在YouTube上看的话，记得点关注或订阅。

And guys, also make sure that wherever you're listening to the show, you hit the follow button or subscribe if you're watching us on YouTube.

对。

Yes.

这样就永远不会错过任何内容了。

This way you never miss anything.

让我们出现在你的信息流里。

Let us drop into your feed.

完美。

Perfect.

好的。

Alright.

那我们深入聊聊吧，米歇尔。

So let's get deeper into it, Michelle.

所谓‘全明星’，就是指在某方面特别出色的人。

So an all star, right, is someone who's really good at something.

这个词既可以当名词用，也可以当形容词用。

So we can use it as either a noun or an adjective.

我们来看看它在两种用法下是什么样子。

Let's see how it looks both ways.

这里语法细节很重要，得仔细看。

This is important to look at the grammar here.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Mhmm.

作为名词用的话，比如她在我们的篮球队里是个明星球员。

So for a noun, so she is an all star on our basketball team.

一位明星球员。

An all star.

对。

Mhmm.

我们知道，名词指的是人、地点或事物。

As we know, nouns are person, places, or things.

没错。

Yes.

我从小学就一直记得这一点。

I always remember that from grade school.

人、地方

A person, place,

还有我或者任何东西都算名词。

Me or thing too.

这都属于名词。

Is a noun.

你知道我现在跟我儿子做什么吗？

You know what I do with my son now?

我们在玩填字游戏。

We're doing Mad Libs.

我之前跟你说过这个吗？

Did I already tell you this?

哦，我超喜欢填字游戏。

Oh, I love Mad Libs.

对。

Yeah.

这挺有意思的。

That's fun.

对。

Yeah.

所以说吧。

So yeah.

他这么说还挺搞笑的。

He's it's it's funny.

其实挺可爱的，因为他真的在学这些，然后去学校就说：哦，今天我们学了形容词。

It's it's actually cute because he's really, like, learning about it, and then he goes to school and he says, oh, and we already we did adjectives today.

我当时就知道。

And I knew

这真可爱。

That's cute.

特别可爱。

That's very cute.

太喜欢了。

Love it.

我真的特别喜欢。

I love it.

那么，Michelle，'all star' 还能怎么用作形容词，用在别的句子里呢？

And then how can all star be used as an adjective, Michelle, in a different way in a sentence?

你可能会听到，他是个顶尖的老师。

So you might hear, he is an all star teacher.

这种用法就是当形容词。

So that way would be an adjective.

Lindsay，那演员呢？

So Lindsay, what about actors?

有哪些顶尖的演员、音乐人或者运动员？

Who are some all star actors or musicians or athletes?

你还喜欢谁？

Who else do you like?

我一直觉得莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥特别有才华。

I've always thought that Leonardo DiCaprio is really talented.

我觉得他每次演出都特别出色。

He always I think he always puts on really good performances.

我觉得他简直就是个顶尖人物。

I think he's kind of an all star.

像汤姆·汉克斯这样很普通的演员，其实也特别棒。

Or even someone as, like, just as common as Tom Hanks is really good.

想想他这一路走来都完成了哪些作品。

Think about what he's done in his Yeah.

他绝对是顶尖人物。

He he is definitely an all star.

没错。

Mhmm.

是的。

Yeah.

你呢？

What about you?

你最喜欢谁？

Who are your favorites?

我的意思是，只要是上过节目的，我都喜欢。

I mean, of course, I love anyone who was on the show.

《宋飞正传》里，我觉得杰里·赛恩菲尔德就是个全能巨星。

Friends, I mean, I I honestly, like, Jerry Seinfeld to me is an all star.

拉里·戴维，还有那些特别搞笑的人，我都挺欣赏的。

Larry David, those, you know, I think, you know, funny people.

对。

Mhmm.

我觉得吉姆·加菲根是个了不起的喜剧演员。

I think Jim Gaffigan is an all star comedian.

我还喜欢谁呢？

Who else do I love?

哦，布鲁诺·马尔斯。

Oh, Bruno Mars.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

是的。

Yeah.

歌手。

Singer.

他真是个巨星。

He's an all star.

没错。

Yep.

有太多人了。

So so many people.

还有运动员，支持尼克斯队。

And then athletes, go Knicks.

我就说这么多。

That's all I'll say.

加油，尼克斯！

Go Knicks.

加油，尼克斯！

Go Knicks.

是的。

Yeah.

我们知道你特别爱篮球，米歇尔。

We know you love your basketball, Michelle.

你以前在播客里讲过，小时候你队输球的时候，你都会哭。

You told us a story on the podcast once where you used to cry as a kid when your team would

在家输球的时候，对吧？

lose at home, right,

你在家看比赛的时候。

when you watch the game from home.

所以，是啊。

So Yep.

我知道篮球对你来说很重要。

I know that basketball's a big deal for you.

我每次去看篮球赛的时候，都会想到你。

And I think about you sometimes when I go to a basketball game.

我会想，哎，Michelle。

I'm like, oh, Michelle.

我真的很喜欢。

I do love it.

对。

Yes.

我真的很喜欢。

I do love it.

这真有意思。

That's funny.

太好了。

So good.

行吧。

Alright.

我们之前聊过运动员、歌手、演员、舞者、奥运选手这些人。

So we've talked about, you know, athletes, singers, actors, dancers, Olympians.

那除了这些，‘全明星’还能用在哪些地方呢？

I mean, how else can we use the term all star?

还有别的用法吗，Michelle？

Is there any other way, Michelle?

是的。

Yeah.

嗯，好吧。

So well, okay.

我再举个例子。

Here's another example.

指一群表现最出色、顶尖的人组成的团体。

A group made of only the best or top performing people.

对吧？

Right?

所以这个词也可以用在整支团队上。

So it could be for a whole group.

这时候它可以当形容词用。

So this would be as an adjective.

那部全明星阵容的演员们回来拍续集了。

So the all star cast came back to film the sequel.

没错。

Yes.

或者今晚的喜剧演出阵容全是大咖。

Or tonight's comedy show has an all star lineup.

sequel 马上就要来了。

There's a sequel coming.

我得想想是哪部电影。

I'm gonna think of what movie it is.

哦，《穿普拉达的恶魔》是……

Oh, Devil Wears Prada is

要拍续集了。

doing a sequel.

就是这事。

About that.

是的。

Yeah.

其实很快就要上映了，我觉得。

Coming out really soon, actually, I think.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

那肯定特别有意思。

That'll that'll be fun.

我得去看看这部。

I'm gonna have to see that one.

说实话，梅丽尔·斯特里普真是个巨星。

I mean, honestly, Meryl Streep is another all star.

但那部电影里

But that

她确实是巨星。

she she is an all star.

她太出色了。

She's incredible.

她在那部电影里的表演，还有那么多其他作品，都让人印象深刻。

I mean, just her performance in that movie and so many others.

简直是传奇。

Just legendary.

传奇人物。

Legendary.

没错。

Yes.

我觉得她和汤姆·汉克斯确实是顶尖的两位。

She I think she and Tom Hanks are really like the two top.

我知道。

I know.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

确实如此。

I know it's true.

他们迟早会退休，到时候谁能接替这种级别的才华呢？

It's like they're but eventually they're gonna retire and who's gonna replace that level of talent?

你懂的。

You know?

我们需要这种水平的人才。

We need that level of talent.

对吧？

Right?

我不太确定。

I'm not sure.

好吧。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

那接下来呢？

So what's next?

还有别的吗，米歇尔？

What else, Michelle?

但我们也可以用它来标记特别活动或群组名称。

But we can also use it to label special events or group titles.

所以它也可以当形容词用。

So also like an adjective.

其实最近几个月，NBA举办了全明星赛。

So recently, actually, in the past few months, they had the all star game in the NBA.

斯蒂芬·库里被邀请参加了全明星赛。

So Stephen Curry was invited to play in the all star game.

这是一个所有顶尖球员齐聚的特别赛事。

So it's a special event where all the stars play.

是的。

Yeah.

或者说，你这个赛季入选全明星阵容了吗？

Or you could say, did you make the all star team this season?

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Yep.

是的

Yep.

很好

Good.

没错

Exactly.

对

Yes.

你也可以用这个词来夸奖任何表现特别出色的人，不一定非得是名人，就像我们说的那样。

You could also use it as a compliment to someone who's just overall great, right, as an So like we said, it doesn't have to be about a celebrity.

对

Right.

你可以说，你简直就是个全能明星。

You could say, you're a complete all star.

非常感谢你帮我。

Thanks so much for helping me.

而且，这可能只是某个人在你摔断脚踝时帮你去买了趟菜。

And yeah, this could just be someone, you know, went grocery shopping for you when you broke your ankle.

对吧？

Right?

这完全可以是很普通、很日常的小事。

This could be very mundane, very daily life.

不一定要那个人在篮球场上完成了个惊天扣篮。

It doesn't have to be that this person did an incredible dunk on the basketball court.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Right.

正是如此。

Exactly.

而且实际上，那个形容词就是，你是个全明星。

And actually, said adjective, but you're an all star.

那应该是个名词。

That would be a noun.

对吧？

Correct?

没错。

Right.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

你是个明星。

You're an all star.

她对每件事都全力以赴，堪称顶尖。

So or she really gives everything a 100% total all star.

我也是。

So same.

是的。

Yeah.

那我们还能用哪些词呢，米歇尔？

And then what other words can we use, Michelle?

还有别的吗？

What else?

对。

Yeah.

我的意思是，比如‘摇滚巨星’。

I mean Well, rock star.

意思差不多。

Same thing.