AEE 2643：预警信号早已显现——如何从早期迹象中识别问题并建立有效关系

这是《All Ears English》播客第2643期。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode twenty six forty three.

预警信号其实早就出现了。

The Warning Signs Were There.

如何在问题初现端倪时建立联系。

How to Relate Over Early Indications of a Problem.

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停滞了？

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，来变得自信又流利。

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

本期节目由两位美国主持人带来：英语冒险家琳赛·麦马洪，以及纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，她们从科罗拉多和纽约市为你直播。

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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新冠初期有哪些征兆？或者你上次生病、车子出故障时，最早发现了什么异常？

What were the early warning signs of COVID or the last time you got sick or when your car broke down?

这些情况我们都遇到过，今天就来学学怎么聊这些事。

These are situations we all encounter, so learn how to talk about them today.

你有没有注意到，有些英语母语者说话时特别自然放松？

Have you noticed that some English speakers seem relaxed when they speak?

他们不会费劲找词。

They don't search for words.

也不会一遍遍地纠正自己。

They don't constantly correct themselves.

他们就是直接把意思表达出来。

They simply communicate.

这可不是因为他们说得完美无缺。

That doesn't happen because they're perfect.

这是因为他们已经培养出了流利度。

It happens because they've built fluency.

如果讲英语对你来说还是特别吃力，也许现在是时候清楚地了解自己当前的语言水平了。

If speaking English still feels like hard work, it may be time to understand exactly where your skills stand today.

来做个免费的两分钟流利度测试，看看你的英语水平到底怎么样。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz and discover your English level.

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.comfluencyscore.

嗨，林赛。

Hey, Lindsay.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

嗨，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

你那边最近怎么样？

How how are things going in your world today?

最近有什么事吗？

What's going on?

是的。

Yeah.

我这边一切都好。

Everything is good over here.

Lindsay，你的车有没有抛过锚？

Lindsay, has your car ever broken down?

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

我的车有没有抛过锚？

Has my car ever broken down?

说来奇怪，从来没有。

Shockingly, no.

是的

Yeah.

我的车从来没在路上出过问题。

I've never had a car break down on me.

那你呢？

But what about you?

你遇到过这种情况吗？

Has that ever happened to you?

丹有一次车抛锚了，只能停在高速路边。

It's happened to Dan where he had to then, you know, sit on the side of the highway.

对

Mhmm.

对

Mhmm.

不过确实有。

But yeah.

我在想，之前有没有什么预警的迹象。

I'm trying to think if there were any warning signs.

我觉得没有。

I don't think so.

正因如此，这事才这么让人意外。

That's what's so crazy about it.

哦。

Oh.

有时候这种事就是会突然发生。

Sometimes that can just happen.

完全可能毫无预兆。

It can just be totally unexpected.

不过有时候车子其实会给出一些警告信号，只是你没当回事，结果一想，糟了。

But sometimes with the car, there are certainly warning signs that you can just kind of ignore, and then you're like, oh, no.

我就知道会这样。

I I knew it.

忽视这些警告信号可是要付出代价的。

There's ignore the warning signs at your own peril.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Yes.

就是这样。

Exactly.

所以我们今天要聊的就是这个，因为一旦出事，之前往往都有些预警信号。

So, yeah, that's what we're talking about today because when something bad happens, there's often some warning signs before the actual event.

对。

Mhmm.

没错。

Mhmm.

不过，这些预警信号真的是问题本身吗，林赛？

So but are warning signs actual problems, Lindsay?

这些不是问题，因为它们并不一定会阻止你正在做的事。

They're not problems because they don't necessarily stop whatever you're trying to do.

比如，丹那天可能遇到点麻烦，我只是猜的。

Like, maybe Dan had a hard time I'm just guessing.

也许那天早上他开车时，车一开始怎么都打不着火。

Maybe the car didn't start at first in the morning when he took the car out that day.

但他最后还是把车启动了，所以当时根本没觉得有问题。

But he eventually started the car, and so there was no problem initially.

真正出问题，是后来车彻底抛锚的那一刻。

The problem just happened when the actual breakdown happened.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Right.

等事后回想起来，你才会说：哎呀……

And then you look back and you're like, Oh

是的，你把前后线索串起来了。

yeah, you connect the dots.

现在你记起来了。

Remember now.

我当时遇到困难了。

I had trouble.

对。

Yeah.

不过，谈论预警信号真的能帮助你建立共鸣，因为一说到这些信号，大家很容易理解别人的经历，毕竟我们都经历过类似的事。

So, but talking about warning signs can really help you build connection because when we talk about warning signs, it's really easy to sympathize with others' experiences and it's just relatable because we've all been there.

对吧？

Right?

我们遇到问题后，回头一看，才发现早就有好几个迹象表明事情不对劲。

We have a problem and when we look back, we realize that there were several early signals that something wasn't right.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

当然了。

For sure.

我的意思是，我们待会儿聊聊新冠疫情吧。

I mean, I think we're gonna talk a little bit about COVID.

新冠疫情是个很好的例子，因为每个人都经历过。

COVID's a great example because everyone went through this.

地球上每一个人，都经历了新冠疫情。

Every single person on planet Earth went through COVID.

我们每个人都有自己的故事，比如封城前那个周日，你人在哪儿、在干嘛。

And we all have a story about where we were, you know, the Sunday before the Monday when everything shut down.

对吧？

Right?

那时候你是什么感觉，知道些什么。

And, you know, how we felt and what we knew at the time.

现在我们懂得多得多了。

And we have so much more knowledge now.

这真是个特别有共鸣的时刻。

It's just a really interesting connection moment.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

正是如此。

Exactly.

今天我们要聊聊一些常见的预警信号，这个词在英语里是怎么用的，再讲讲一些真实的故事。

So today we're gonna talk about common warning signs, how we use this term in English, and yeah, just talk about some some stories.

所以呢，是这样。

So Yeah.

我挺好。

I'm good.

但在那之前，各位，我们希望你们能给我们留个评价。

But before we do that, guys, we want to ask you to leave us a review.

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

Absolutely.

各位，你们留评价的时候，首先我们会看到，然后转给我们的团队。

Guys, what happens when you leave a review is, first of all, we see it and we send it to our team.

没错。

Yes.

你们了解我们的团队。

You know our team.

最近你们在节目里已经听过我们的声音了。

You've heard our voices recently on the show.

就连詹迪·加斯帕、蕾妮、米歇尔、奥布里，我们都会收到这些评价。

Even Jandy Gaspar, Renee, Michelle, Aubrey, we get these reviews.

我们能有机会读到它们，好好感受这份反馈。

We get a chance to read them and just enjoy that feedback.

这对我们来说意义重大。

That means a lot to us.

对吧？

Right?

我们特别喜欢你们。

We love you guys.

我们希望帮你们提升英语。

We wanna help you with your English.

我们想知道这个节目真的对你们的生活产生了影响。

We wanna know that this show is making a difference in your life.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

其次，你的名字还会在节目中被公开念出来。

Second of all, you also get your name announced out loud on the show.

我们会尽量在节目中念出每位评论者的名字。

We do our best to announce reviewers names on the show.

所以，只要你留下评论和评分，就能获得这两项实实在在的好处。

So two amazing benefits when you leave us a review and a rating.

明白吗？

All right?

没错。

That's right.

好，太好了。

Okay, excellent.

那么，Lindsay，那些糟糕的情况通常都有什么早期征兆呢？

So, all right, Lindsay, what are some bad situations often have earlier warning signs?

一个典型的例子就是，你的电脑可能会突然崩溃，对吧？

A good one is that your computer is gonna crash, right?

或者就是什么东西坏了。

Or just something breaking.

东西总会坏的，对吧？

Something is gonna break, right?

以你的笔记本电脑为例，你觉得哪些情况经常是早有征兆的？

What do you think are some mornings when it comes to your laptop, let's say?

我觉得我们都经历过这种情况，对吧？

I feel like we all we can all relate to this, right?

我懂。

I know.

有些时候，这些事正好碰上生活里特别不方便的节点。

And there are things that it's just inconvenient in your life at the time.

所以你根本没空去处理。

So you're not gonna take the time.

比如说，你的屏幕突然就卡死了。

I mean, so your free screen freezes.

对吧？

Right?

或者哦，没错。

Or Oh, yeah.

或者风扇特别响。

Or the fan is super loud.

是的。

Yeah.

或者电脑运行变慢。

Or things slow down on the computer.

对。

Mhmm.

触控板失灵了。

The mouse pad stops working.

电池续航变差了。

The battery life deteriorates.

或者电脑会突然崩溃。

Or you have random crashes.

是的。

Yeah.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Yeah.

这些都说明情况正在变糟。

These are all signs things are not going in a good direction.

而且你知道，就在开重要会议的时候，它很可能就出问题了。

And you know it's gonna break when you're like in the middle of an important meeting too.

没错。

Oh, yeah.

对吧？

Right?

你就会想，我早该早点处理的。

And you're just like, I should have done something sooner.

这其实算不上什么大问题，但挺有意思的。

I have this is not really a huge problem, but it's funny.

我的字母A从正中间完全裂开了。

My letter a is cracked totally down the center.

是的。

Yeah.

不过它还能用。

And it's it's fine.

它不会对我造成什么影响，但有时候打字时，我就忍不住想：算了。

It's not gonna it's not gonna do anything to me, but it sometimes I'm typing and I'm just No.

我懂。

I get it.

我懂。

I get it.

我那台旧笔记本还经常用，就是少了几个键。

I'm definitely missing a couple of keys on my old laptop, which I still use that sometimes.

嗯，那也没办法。

It's like, okay, well.

你说得对。

You right.

这样也行。

Well, that's fine.

生活就是这样。

Life.

生活本来就是这样。

This is life.

生活就是乱七八糟的，米歇尔。

Life is messy, Michelle.

这没什么大不了的。

That's okay.

我们并没有

We're not

生病。

getting sick.

这是个很好的例子。

That's a good example.

大家都懂的。

We can all relate

哦天啊，确实如此。

Oh to those my gosh.

所以一些早期预警信号就是会生病。

So some early warning signs are getting sick.

比如无缘无故觉得累，或者浑身酸痛。

I mean, just being tired for no reason or achy.

对吧？

Right?

是的

Yeah.

没错

For sure.

喉咙时好时坏，有时候好了又复发。

Having a sore throat on and off, maybe it goes away and then it comes back.

头疼，就是觉得整个人不对劲。

Having a headache, just feeling off.

我们都很了解自己的身体，知道什么时候状态好，什么时候状态差。

Like, we know our bodies, we know when we feel on and we feel off.

对啊

Yeah.

对吧

Right?

而且，说真的，睡眠的力量真的很惊人。

And, yeah, I mean, what's incredible is the power sleep has.

说实话，最近几天我感觉特别不舒服，情况简直有点吓人。

I mean, you know, I've been feeling not so well the last few days and I had a, I mean, it was crazy.

我喉咙痛，淋巴结肿大，还以为是链球菌感染之类的。

Like I had a sore throat, swollen glands, thinking, okay, I, you know, have strep throat or whatever.

后来我就专心补了几个小觉，好好睡了一晚上，结果症状就完全消失了。

And then I just really focused on taking a couple good naps, getting a good night's sleep, and I don't have it anymore.

希望别再复发了，希望别再复发了。

Knock on wood, knock on wood.

睡眠真的太神奇了。

Sleep is incredible.

是的。

Yeah.

睡眠真的太神奇了。

Sleep is incredible.

它太重要了。

It's so important.

而且它还有很强的修复作用。

And it's so healing too.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

So yeah.

我觉得一旦你刚出现生病的征兆，只要好好睡一觉，身体就能更好地抵抗。

Just so I think when you get those early warning signs of being sick, you can your body can fight it a little bit if, you know, you get that sleep.

我也说不准。

So, I don't know.

你可能会开始吃橙子，补充很多维生素C，诸如此类的东西。

You might start eating oranges and getting a lot of vitamin C, lots of things.

对。

Mhmm.

还有另一件所有听众都经历过的事，就是感情破裂，尤其是恋爱关系。

And then another universal thing all of our listeners have dealt with, relationship sending, especially romantic relationships.

对吧？

Right?

一段关系出了问题，有哪些明显的征兆呢？

What are those warning signs that a relationship isn't doing so well?

我觉得往往是双方都不再努力，也不再上心了。

I mean, I feel like both parties kind of stopped trying or stopped caring.

对吧？

Right?

是啊。

Yeah.

我有时候在Instagram上也看到过这种情况。

I feel like I see this on Instagram sometimes.

我的动态里偶尔会出现这类内容，讲那些感情出问题的征兆，我就在想，到底有哪些呢？

Sometimes this comes up in my feed, the warning signs that, you know, I'm like, what is it?

我怎么老是看到‘对’这个字呢？

Why am I getting Right.

是的。

Yeah.

你们可能沟通变少了，或者沟通起来很别扭，也可能 outright吵架多了。

I mean, you might have less communication or kind of awkward communication or you might have more flat out arguments.

就是感觉不到连接，反而对对方产生反感。

I mean, just not feeling connected, just feeling, you know, contempt for someone.

‘反感’这个词可太重了，这是很糟糕的情绪。

Contempt is a really serious word, really bad feeling.

你们一起相处的时间变少了。

You're not spending time together as much.

也不再主动想花时间在一起了。

You're not trying to spend time together.

诸如此类的情况。

Things like that.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

或者你觉得对方在隐瞒什么。

Or you feel like someone's keeping a secret.

你就是能感觉到，有什么地方不太对劲。

So you can just tell, like, something isn't as it should be.

没错。

Yes.

还有 businesses。

And then businesses.

我知道很多听众都是创业者。

I know a lot of our listeners, you guys are entrepreneurs.

你们当中有些人是创业者，是老板。

Some of you are entrepreneurs, business owners.

那企业或事业出现什么迹象，说明它正在走下坡路，或者你的职业发展偏离了预期方向呢？

So what is what are the warning signs that a business is failing or maybe your career is not going in the direction you want it to go in?

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

比如企业方面，付款拖延，账单总拖着不付。

I mean, for businesses, delayed payments, like you're not making payments on time.

对吧？

Right?

供应商的款都拿不到。

Your suppliers are not getting paid.

没错。

Mhmm.

或者你发现公司里大量裁员、降薪。

Or if you see there's a lot of layoffs in your company or pay cuts.

对。

Mhmm.

销售额下滑，或者员工流动率很高。

Sales are going down or there's high employee turnover.

就是很多人开始陆续离开。

Like, a lot of people start leaving.

这样的话，就是个危险信号了。

Right, then that's a warning sign

这种信号。

of that.

迹象。

Signs.

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

For sure.

对。

Mhmm.

还有一点是自然灾害。

And then one more is natural disasters.

我的意思是，没错。

I mean yeah.

那有哪些预警信号呢？

What are the warning?

一个。

One.

是的。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

这个挺难的。

This is a hard one.

除非你是科学家，不然很难注意到。

You're not gonna necessarily unless you're a scientist.

是的。

Yeah.

比如气象学家，也未必能立刻察觉到这些迹象。

Like a meteorologist, you're not necessarily gonna pick up on these.

那自然灾难的预警信号到底有哪些呢？

So what but what are the warning signs of a natural disaster?

比如说暴风雪，这个就很明显。

Well, if you talk about, like, a snowstorm, that's easy.

因为在我看来，暴风雪是最无害的自然灾害。

Because snowstorms are, the most harmless natural disaster in my opinion.

而且你能感觉到气压变高了。

And you you could tell the pressure the air pressure becomes heavier.

对吧？

Right?

或者抱歉。

Or sorry.

是低气压。

Low we got low pressure.

低气压通常意味着……唉，我突然想不起来了。

Low pressure is more, like, more I'm totally losing my train of thought.

更多降雪或者更多降水。

More snow or more precipitation.

对吧？

Right?

但我记得第一次在日本经历地震的时候，米歇尔。

But I remember experiencing my first earthquake, Michelle, in Japan.

那种事根本没预警。

There's no warning for that.

至少那次没预警。

Like, at least there wasn't one for that one.

我是说，那会儿正是半夜。

I mean, I it was just the middle of the night.

我在东京的公寓里。

I was in my apartment in Tokyo.

我记得好像是里氏六级或者七级。

I think it was like a something like a six on the Richter scale or a seven.

对。

Mhmm.

但我一个人在那儿。

But I was alone.

我当时心想，天哪。

I was like, oh my gosh.

你吓坏了吗？

Were you freaking out?

当然了。

Or Of course.

我醒了过来。

I woke up.

没有任何预警，而且你永远不知道什么时候才会停。

There was no warning, and you never know when it's gonna stop.

你经历过最糟糕的部分了吗？

Like, have you been through the worst part yet?

而且我们的许多听众经历过的地震比那次还要严重得多。

Or and many of our listeners have been through much worse earthquakes than that even.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Mhmm.

所以啊。

So Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得吧，情况就是这样。

I think with that, it's you know.

说实话，我们这儿本来不是地震多发地，但也偶尔会有点小震动，然后大家就都开始议论：刚才那是地震吗？

I mean, we've even had some random, we're not known for being a place with earthquakes, but we've had some random little shakes and then you're like, they And then everybody talks about, was that an earthquake?

什么？

What?

因为你根本想不到会发生这种事。

You know, because you don't expect it.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

不过确实如此。

But yeah.

没错。

Definitely.

或者，比如说海啸。

Or, you know, for a tsunami.

是的。

Yeah.

地震啊，或者海水突然退去之类的。

You know, a earthquake or ocean water receding.

是的。

Yeah.

这些都是预警信号。

Those are warning signs.

对。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

海啸的好处是，通常能提前预测，因为地震会引发海啸。

The good thing about tsunamis is they can usually predict them because the earthquake triggers the tsunami.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Mhmm.

所以一般是地震先发生，通常在大洋中间，然后就会发布海啸预警。

So the earthquake happens first, usually in the middle of the ocean, and then there's usually a tsunami warning.

对。

Mhmm.

不过，海水后退也是个明显迹象。

But, yeah, the ocean water going back.

自然灾害比较难办，因为很难清楚知道有哪些预警信号。

So natural disasters are a tricky one because they're it's harder to get a sense of what are those warning signs.

对。

Yeah.

是的

Yep.

没错

Exactly.

好的

Alright.

那我们怎么用‘预警信号’这个词造个句子呢，米歇尔？

So how do we use this term warning sign in a sentence, Michelle?

对

Yeah.

你可以直接单独用‘预警信号’这个词。

Well, you could just use it on its own, a warning sign.

是的

So Yeah.

那听起来会是什么样？

How might that sound?

我真没想到你会生病。

I'm surprised you got sick.

哦，我一点都不意外。

Oh, I'm not.

所有的预警迹象都出现了。

All the warning signs were there.

我之前好一阵子都感觉疲惫又浑身酸痛。

I was feeling fatigued and achy for a while.

你也可以说是早期预警信号。

Or you could say early warning sign.

对。

Mhmm.

所以意思差不多。

So it kinda means the same thing.

早期预警信号或者预警信号。

Early warning sign or warning sign.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

确实如此。

It is.

米歇尔，新冠的一些早期预警信号有哪些？

What are some early warning what were some early warning signs of COVID, Michelle?

嗯，据说喉咙痛和疲劳是最先出现的症状之一。

Well, they say a sore throat and fatigue are some of the first symptoms to show up.

对。

Mhmm.

对。

Mhmm.

但症状会变。

But they change.

对吧？

Right?

不同毒株的表现也不一样，有的特别容易引起喉咙痛。

Doesn't it always change for Certain certain strains of it have different, you know, more of the very sore throat.

有的则更多表现为头痛。

Certain ones have more of a headache or

是的。

Yeah.

早期的新冠毒株常导致嗅觉丧失，不过现在好像没那么明显了。

I think the early COVID variants had loss of smell, but I think maybe they don't anymore.

所以症状确实已经变了。

And so it's it's changed for sure.

是的。

Yeah.