AEE 2638：这集是不是有点多？

这是《All Ears English》播客第2638期。

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

这一期内容是不是挺多的？

Is this episode a lot?

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?

我们会教你如何通过注重交流，而不是追求完美，变得自信又流利。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection.

本期节目由美国主持人米歇尔·卡普兰——纽约电台女孩，和雅思达人奥布里·卡特联袂呈现，他们分别来自亚利桑那和纽约市。

With your American host, Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, coming to you from Arizona and New York City, USA.

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你有没有过一整天特别累的时候？

Have you ever had a day that was a lot?

今天教你四种使用这个流行新俚语的方法，还会告诉你怎样避免用错惹人反感。

Today, learn four ways to use this trendy new slang and find out how to avoid using it to give offense.

想知道更多细节，继续听下去。

Tune in for details.

如果你的英语听起来没错，但就是不太对劲，你不是一个人这样。

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.

你可能总用那些安全的表达，不是因为你喜欢，而是因为怕用错细节。

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联系。

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

我们的两分钟流利度小测验，能帮你看出自己的英语在哪些地方太保守，又在哪些地方可以通过了解当前水平得到提升。

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水平的说话者？

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

现在就来了解一下吧。

Find out now.

前往 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 查看你的水平。

Get your level at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

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

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

你好，米歇尔。

Hello, Michelle.

最近怎么样？

How are you?

我挺好的，奥布里。

I'm good, Aubrey.

你呢？

How are you?

太好了。

Excellent.

问个问题。

Quick question.

你要是回答了，可能会惹上麻烦。

This might get you in trouble if you answer.

你认识很多人吗？

Do you know anyone who is

很多。

a lot?

我认识一些

I know a

确实认识很多这样的人，不过我还是直说吧，我爱我的孩子，但他们有时候真的太闹腾了。

lot of people who are a lot, but I'm just gonna go ahead and say that I love my children, but they are a lot sometimes.

我孩子们就是

My kids are

我的孩子有时候也特别闹腾。

a My children are a lot sometimes.

这正是个好例子，因为大多数人不会一直这样，但每个人有时候都会这样。

That's a perfect example because most people aren't a lot all the time, but everyone's a lot sometimes.

尤其是当

Especially when

他们确实是。

they're Exactly.

这没什么好羞愧的。

Nothing to be ashamed of.

这没什么好羞愧的。

Nothing to be ashamed of.

你的孩子也会这样吗？

Are your kids ever a lot?

会的。

Yes.

经常这样。

Often.

对。

Yes.

这种俚语现在已经非常流行了。

Is slang that has become very popular.

我们不久前的一期节目里提到过，当时说好要再做一期跟进。

We mentioned it in an episode not long ago and we promised a follow-up.

所以别走开，后面有详细内容。

So stay to the end for details.

如果你没听那一期，完全没关系，跳着听也没问题。

If you missed that episode, you can definitely listen out of order.

这里的用法和通常表示数量或强度的‘a lot’意思不一样。

This does have a different meaning from the standard a lot about general quantity or intensity.

如果你只是说，我最近工作特别忙，都没什么时间出去玩。

If you just say, I've been working a lot lately so I haven't had much time to hang out.

这跟我们刚才说的‘a lot’指人很多的意思不一样。

That's different than the way we were using it here, talking about people who are a lot.

对，这个真的挺有意思的。

Yes, this is really fun.

各位，这个

Guys, this

平时用得特别多。

is used all the time.

我本人就经常这么用，不过意思跟我们刚才讲的不一样。

I certainly use it a lot, which is different than the meaning we're talking about.

各位，不管你在哪个平台听《All Ears English》播客，记得点关注，别错过我们的任何内容。

Guys, make sure that you hit follow wherever you listen to the All Ears English Podcast so you never miss anything from us.

是的。

Yeah.

大家可能还在听到Lindsay的声音，但Michelle和我已经开始一起录了。

Know guys are still hearing Lindsay's voice, but Michelle and I are recording some together.

天哪。

Oh, no.

真的太有趣了。

It's just been so fun.

我特别喜欢。

I am loving it.

我也是。

Me too.

而且我很期待一起探索这些特别有趣的词汇。

And I'm excited to dive in with this really fun vocabulary.

好吧，这个真的特别有意思。

Okay, this is super fun.

首先，我们来聊聊怎么表达‘太多了’。

First, let's talk about how we say this is a lot.

意思是某件事让人应接不暇，或者让人烦透了。

Which means something's overwhelming, frustrating, maybe.

我们这里说的是某种情况或场景。

We're talking about a scenario, a situation here.

对。

Mhmm.

比如，一下子搬到新城市，同时又开始一份新工作，这就太折腾了。

So for example, wow, moving to a new city and starting a new job at the same time, this is a lot.

是的。

Yes.

或者，你别再大喊大叫了。

Or please stop yelling.

这真让人受不了。

It's a lot.

我可能会这样跟孩子说。

This is what I would maybe say to my kids.

我刚才想的也是这个。

That's what I was thinking.

这压力真大。

It's a lot.

他们在Netflix上推出了一些游戏。

They've started playing on Netflix there are these games.

你用Netflix吗？

Do you have Netflix?

你看过那些游戏吗？

Have you seen the games

我没有Netflix。

on I don't have Netflix.

明白了。

Okay.

如果你有Netflix，玩起来特别有意思。

So if you have Netflix, it's very fun.

它们的游戏有点像Jackbox那种，用手机当手柄。

They have games sort of like the Jackbox situation where you use your phone as a controller.

我们经常玩这些游戏，比如《拼字画》《拼字游戏》，还有一个叫《过山车厨师》的。

And we've been playing them a lot, Pictionary Boggle and one called Overcooked.

我孩子们特别喜欢。

My kids love it.

我们一块儿玩这游戏，挺有意思的，大家一起参与，但他们老是吵架。

We play this game, it's fun because we're all playing together but they're fighting a lot.

游戏里他们得在厨房里做饭，你能在另一个房间听见他们喊。

They're like trying to cook in a kitchen on this game and you'll hear them from the other room.

他们一边喊‘快炒肉！’‘把土豆切了！’‘快放进油锅！’

They're like cook that meat, chop that potato, put it in the fryer.

然后还互相指挥：‘你干嘛不洗碗呢？’

And then they will be like, bossy, why aren't you washing the dishes?

特别搞笑，听起来真像他们在厨房里忙活，其实只是在打游戏。

And it's funny because it would sound like they're cooking in the kitchen, but they're actually playing a video game.

那场面特别热闹，我只好冲他们喊：‘别吵了，都停下！’

That's really And then I'll be yelling from them, okay, stop fighting.

太多了。

It's a lot.

我实在受不了了。

I can't handle it.

是啊，我觉得我

Yeah, I feel like I

我对孩子们说，太多了。

say to my kids, it's too much.

我就这么说。

That's what I'll say.

太多了。

It's too much.

对，没错，就是这样。

Yes, right, exactly.

不过我们确实经常这么用。

But yeah, we use this this way a lot.

这实在太多了，让人喘不过气来。

This is a lot to mean this is overwhelming.

真让人沮丧。

It's frustrating.

我真的扛不住了。

I can't handle it anymore.

我希望能停下来。

I want it to stop.

对，就是这样。

Yes, exactly.

或者你可能会听到说，这会很吃力。

Or you might hear it's gonna be a lot.

所以这讲的是对即将压垮你的事提前有所预料。

So this is about anticipating something overwhelming.

是的，比如我们自己操办这场婚礼的时候，

Yeah, so for example, planning this wedding by ourselves,

事情会很多的。

it's gonna be a lot.

没错，你早就料到会这么累人、让人烦躁。

Yes, you're expecting it to be overwhelming, frustrating.

你知道这将会是

You know it's going to be

一大堆事。

a lot.

对的。

Mhmm.

或者，期末考试。

Or yeah, final exams.

期末考试周快到了，肯定忙得不可开交，对吧？

Final exams week is coming up and that's going to be a lot, right?

所以你会感到压得喘不过气。

So you're going to be overwhelmed.

这会变得

It's going to

很忙的。

be busy.

你得一直学习。

You're going to be studying.

这可不是普通的一周。

It's not just like a typical week.

是的。

Yeah.

我们说这话的时候，其实暗含了很多意思。

A lot is implied with this phrase when we say this.

我们可能只是想说，我会很忙。

We could really just mean like I'm going to be busy.

估计会挺有压力的。

It's probably going to be stressful.

你能说的东西太多了。

There's so much that you could say.

但我们全都用一句‘会很忙’来概括了。

And we replace all of that with just, it's going be a lot.

我特别喜欢。

I love it.

我真的超喜欢这个说法。

I really do love this.

我也是。

I do

也是。

too.

还有一个说法是说一个人‘电话很多’。

So another one is to call someone a lot.

我们从两个角度来聊聊这个。

So we're going to talk about this in two ways.

所以第一个是，她这个人太有存在感了。

So the first one is just she's a lot.

也就是说，她个性很强，甚至让人觉得有点招架不住。

So a strong personality or and with that could be that this personality is overwhelming.

对。

Mhmm.

没错。

Exactly.

我喜欢她，但她真的太强势了。

I like her, but she's a lot.

她说话停不下来，精力特别旺盛。

She talks nonstop, has so much energy.

是的。

Mhmm.

你见到她就明白我的意思了。

You'll see what I mean when you meet her.

她确实很强势，但挺有意思的。

She's a lot, but in a fun way.

所以说，这挺有意思的，有些人特别喜欢这种性格，觉得这样的人特别有魅力、特别有趣。

So, yeah, this is interesting because some people really thrive on those personalities and they just like find these people who are who are a lot, they find them entertaining.

但有些人就受不了，觉得太吵太累人了。

And some people just get overwhelmed and they it's just too much for them.

那你呢，奥布里？你属于哪一种？

What are you Aubrey?

你喜欢那种性格特别外放的人吗？

Do you like when somebody is kind of a lot?

我就特别喜欢性格外放的人。

I love when someone's a lot.

我觉得杰西卡自己都会说，她就是那种人。

I think Jessica, I think would be self proclaimed as a lot.

她自己说过这话，我特别欣赏她这一点。

She said this about and I loved that about her.

她就是特别有趣、声音大、超有魅力，我身边很多朋友都是这种型的人。

She was just so fun and loud and amazing and I have quite a few people, I surround myself in life with people who are a lot.

我觉得他们特别有意思。

I find them entertaining.

我觉得这真的特别好玩。

I think it's so fun.

但有时候确实太闹了，我就得歇一歇。

But every now and then it's a lot and I need a break.

你永远猜不到，对吧？

You never know, right?

不过这真的挺有意思的。

But this is really interesting.

你得小心点，因为有些人听到被说成‘太闹’会不高兴。

You do have to be careful because some people would be offended to be called a lot.

这词确实带点负面意思。

Definitely is a negative connotation.

太压人了，让人招架不住，对吧？

Overwhelming, too much, right?

多到你应付不来。

It's more than you can handle.

就像你刚才说的，米歇尔，不是每个人都能合得来，对吧？

Because just like you said, Michelle, not everyone is for everyone, right?

有些人真的受不了性格太鲜明的人。

Some people can't handle someone who's a lot.

没错。

Exactly.

而且，'太鲜明'这个词意思相近，但细究起来有点不一样。

I mean, and also because a lot can mean something mostly similar, but a little bit different.

比如说，你讲'他太鲜明了'。

So if you say like, oh, he's a lot.

意思可能差不多，但更偏向于让人觉得强势或者累人。

It could be the same idea, but it could be more like intense or tiring.

所以我们用这个词来描述男女都适用的情况。

So we use this for both genders.

当然，任何人都可能是个‘很耗神’的人。

Of course anyone can be a lot.

所以这得看你具体指的是哪一种情况。

So it kind of depends on what exactly you mean.

有意思的是，你说‘他很耗神’，并不一定意味着他吵闹或让人喘不过气。

And that's interesting too that when you say a lot, it doesn't necessarily mean overwhelming or loud.

可能背后有好几种不同的意思。

There could be a few different things that you mean.

这个词里其实藏着不少可能的含义，对吧？

There's a lot of possible meaning hidden in that, right?

比如你可以说：‘我室友人不错，但他真的挺耗神的。’

But for, you could say, my roommate's nice, but he's a lot.

他总是放很大的音乐。

He's always playing loud music.

或者我喜欢偶尔和他待一会儿。

Or I enjoy hanging out with him in small doses.

他有时候真的挺让人吃不消的。

He's a lot sometimes.

所以没错，这种说法你经常能听到。

So yeah, that is something you will often hear.

说你喜欢和某人见上一小会儿、相处一会儿，这非常普遍。

So saying you like seeing someone or spending time with someone in small doses, that's very common.

这就像你在把他们比作一种药。

It's like you're talking about them like a medicine.

这算是

That's a

挺好的额外收获，对吧？

good bonus, Right?

就像

Like

我们吃药都是少量多次的

you We take medicine in small

有时候人太多了，就得隔一阵子见一次

need people in small doses sometimes if they're a lot.

是的

Yeah.

对

Yeah.

或者Aubrey，要是我对你说

Or Aubrey, what if I say to

你这个人太压人了

you, you're a lot.

哦

Oh.

这话可真直接

That's very direct.

就算你是开玩笑，听起来也可能很无礼甚至伤人。

Will likely come off as rude or offensive even if you're joking.

对吧？

Right?

你本意是逗乐，但如果你跟我说，‘你一小时给我打了五次电话’，

You're trying to joke and if you said to me like, you've called me five times in the last hour.

你现在真是让人受不了。

You're a lot right now.

我会觉得受伤，被冒犯。

I would be hurt, offended.

心里肯定会想：这也太不客气了吧。

Be like, wow, rude.

是啊，就是这样。

Yeah, exactly.

或者我觉得

Or I feel like

我可能会对我爸这么说。

I might say this to my dad.

爸爸，我爱你。

I love you dad.

但我也会说，别急，今天你问的问题有点多啊。

But I might say, okay relax, you're a lot today with all these questions.

我爸一打电话过来，开口就是：Michelle，我有件事得问你。

My dad always has like a, you get on the phone with him and immediately it's like, Michelle, I have to ask you something.

我就会回他：那还有别的事吗？

And I'm like, well what else is done?

不过我还是挺喜欢这样的。

I love that though.

是的，确实如此。

Yeah, But it's very it's true.

这其实挺有意思的，取决于你和对方的关系。

It's really interesting depending on the relationship.

你也许可以对你爸说，你现在有点儿烦人。

Like you could maybe say to your dad, you're being a lot right now.

你现在有点儿烦人。

You're a lot right now.

加上‘现在’这个词，语气就缓和多了。

And the right now also softens it.

因为如果你光说‘你太烦人了’，那就像是在批评他整个人。

Because if you just say you're a lot, you are making a criticism of their whole personality overall.

但如果说‘你现在有点儿烦人’，那只是针对眼下你问了我太多问题这件事。

Whereas if you say you're being a lot right now, that's just a commentary on like right now you're asking me a lot of questions.

这并不是对他整个人的评判。

That's not judgment of their entire personality.

对。

Yeah.

Michelle，来角色扮演一下。

Michelle, role play time.

我们是学生，刚被分了一个小组项目。

We are students and have just been assigned a group project.

我来先说一下。

I'll start us out here.

好吧。

Okay.

我刚看了项目要求。

I just looked at the project requirements.

任务量好大。

It's a lot.

我都想不出从哪儿开始。

I don't even know where to start.

是啊，太明显了。

I know right?

要交三次演讲、一份报告，还要参与小组讨论。

Three presentations, a report and a group discussion.

对了，我们还被分到了杰克一组。

Oh, and we got paired with Jake.

天哪。

Oh, no.

是啊。

Yeah.

他这个人太折腾了。

He's a lot.

我懂。

I know.

他特别较真，要求一切都得完美。

He's super intense and wants everything to be perfect.

说真的，我有时候也这样。

To be fair, I'm kind of the same sometimes.

你真这么觉得？

You think?

是的。

Yeah.

你还记得上次我做了个颜色分类的安排表吗？

Remember I made a color coded schedule last time?

好吧，你说得对。

Okay, you're right.

你也是个难搞的主。

You are a lot.

所以我们俩这关系，明显是特别铁的朋友。

And so this is very, we're clearly close friends.

就像刚才那样，我们只是学生而已。

Like it was just like, oh, we're students.

要不是特别熟，而且知道我是开玩笑的，我不会对别人这么说。

I wouldn't say that to someone unless we're very close friends and they know I'm joking and right.

这纯粹是打趣罢了。

It's very playful.

这完全取决于你们的关系。

This very much depends on the relationship.

大多数同学，我根本不会跟他们这么说。

Most classmates, I would never say that to.

你说得对。

You're right.

你确实挺能闹的。

You're a lot.

没错。

Exactly.

正是这样。

Exactly.

但这确实是很典型的一段对话。

So, but this is a very typical sounding conversation.

而且我刚才那种用法，我说的是，我只是

And that first way I used it, said, I just

看了项目的要求。

looked at the project requirements.

任务太多了。

It's a lot.

这只是表示数量或强度的普通用法。

That's just this standard meaning about quantity intensity.

对吧？

Right?

事情多得做不完。

Have a lot to do.

这可不是那种有其他含义的俚语。

That's not this slang with this other meaning.

就是指数量很大。

It just means a large amount.

对的。

Mhmm.

然后说到杰克，你记得吗？我们被分到和杰克一组的时候，我说天哪。

And then about Jake, you said when we got paired with Jake and I said, oh no.

对。

Yeah.

他真是够呛。

He's a lot.

这挺有意思的，因为现在这词儿已经带点暗语的意思了。

So it's interesting because now it's kinda coded.

对吧？

Right?

我们还不清楚具体指什么，

We don't know what it

但你后面又解释了。

is, but then you elaborate.

没错。

Right.

我觉得他特别较真，什么事都要做到完美。

I'm like, he's super intense, wants everything perfect.

但你有时候会做一件特别能拉近关系的事，我其实也会这么做。

But then you do this really, there's something that I love for connection that I do sometimes too.

如果有人开始八卦，我通常会说：其实我也是这样的，就这么把话题拦下来。

And this is a way if someone starts gossiping, I often will shut it down by saying, I'm like that too actually.

这招每次都管用。

And that always works.

他们可能会说：你才不是呢。

They'll either be like, no, you're not.

然后我们就换个话题，或者类似的做法。

And then we change the subject or something like this.

你觉得呢？

You think?

我会分享一点自己的事，因为很多时候，你们在八卦的那些事，其实我们每个人偶尔都会这样。

And I'll share something where like, yeah, because often whatever you're gossiping about, we all are like that sometimes.

这其实是一种方式，能让人知道我不太舒服你背后议论这个人，又不会搞得气氛尴尬。

And this sort of is a way to let someone know I'm not comfortable with you gossiping about this person without making it awkward and saying

对。

that

没错，就是这样。

That's to a really yeah.

我特别喜欢这个做法。

I love that.

真是个特别棒的策略。

Just a really good strategy.

这确实是个好办法，毕竟你也不想变成那个总爱挑刺、动不动就说这个人怎么不好、那个人怎么有问题的人。

It is a good strategy because you don't want to be that negative person just like saying, oh, this one's a lot and this one's this and this one's that.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Right.

没错。

Exactly.

你可能会惹上麻烦。

And you can get in trouble.

要是杰克在门边听着呢？

What if Jake is listening at the door?

谁说得准呢。

You never know.

或者有人正在录视频，发到网上去。

Or someone's videoing you and post it somewhere.

现在我不太想说谁谁有多离谱。

These days, I don't want to be saying someone's a lot.

万一这话传到他们耳朵里呢。

And it gets back to them.

我只能说，抱歉。

I'm like, I'm sorry.

是的，这真的挺搞笑的。

Yeah, that's really funny.

所以啊，这个片段简直太棒了，我超爱这一集。

So yeah, this was this was oh my gosh, I love this episode.

我特别喜欢这个话题。

I love this topic.

朋友们，一定要去听第2598期。

Guys, check out episode 2,598.

那一期讲了五个表达，用来形容事情太夸张了。

That was, it's been a day, five phrases to connect when something is a lot.

是那一期启发了我们做这一集吗？

That an episode that inspired this episode?

赶紧去听听吧。

So go check it out.

我们之前提过这个，然后就觉得，得专门做一期聊聊事情有多离谱，或者人有多夸张。

We mentioned that and then we're like, we need to do a whole episode about something being a lot or someone

我真的特别喜欢这个话题。

being I really, really like this topic.

这太有趣了。

This is so So interesting.

我敢打赌我会一直用，今天才意识到我早就一直在用了。

I bet I'm gonna say, I bet I'm gonna use it all the time, Like and realize today that I use it all the time.

你知道的。

You know

我的意思你懂吧？

what I mean?

当然了。

Absolutely.

我天天都在用。

I use it all the time.

我孩子也用。

My kids use it.

我在播客和电视里都常听到。

I hear it on podcasts on TV.

现在这词特别流行，至少在美国是这样。

It's very common right now, at least in The States.

挺有意思的。

And it's fun.

挺活泼的，但你得注意分寸。

It's playful, but you do have to be careful.

有时候会冒犯人。

It can be offensive.

如果你当面说一个人‘太过了’，那就不够友善。

If you say to someone's face that they're a lot, it's not kind.

大多数人并不想被说‘太过了’，因为这暗含了太多、压得人喘不过气、让人疲惫的意思。

You know, most people don't want to be a lot because it does have this negative implication of too much overwhelming, exhausting.

没人愿意被贴上这样的标签。

Most people don't want to be those character traits.

不是。

No.

没错。

Exactly.

好的，奥布里。

Alright, Aubrey.

这次谈话特别有趣，下次再聊。

Well, this was a lot a lot of fun, and I will talk to you next time.

各位，谢谢收听。

Guys, thank you for listening.

对。

Yes.

下次见。

See you guys next time.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

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