AEE 2667：你的英语真的那么完美无缺吗？

这里是 All Ears English 播客第2667期。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode twenty six sixty seven.

你的英语学习进展顺利吗？

Is your English all sunshine and rainbows?

欢迎来到 All Ears English 播客，下载量已超过两亿次。

Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast downloaded more than 200,000,000 times.

你觉得自己的英语学习遇到瓶颈了吗？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们将向你展示如何通过关注沟通而非完美，变得无畏且流利。你的美国主持人是Michelle Kaplan，纽约电台主播；还有Aubrey Carter，雅思高手，他们分别从亚利桑那州和纽约市为你带来节目。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection 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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当有人说自己的工作并非一帆风顺时，这话是什么意思呢？

What does it mean when someone says their job isn't all sunshine and roses?

今天就来了解一下，并学习另外三种用英语表达“事情并不完美”的说法。

Find out today and learn three other ways to express that something isn't perfect in English.

你有没有听过母语者说话，心里想：单词我都认识，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.

那是因为真实的英语对话不仅仅是词汇。

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

还有语速、连读、文化背景和口语化的表达。

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

你的大脑需要实时处理所有这些信息。

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

如果对话有时让你觉得应接不暇，那可能只是说明你已经准备好进入下一阶段的训练了。

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

通过我们快速免费的流利度测试，了解你的确切水平。

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

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嘿，奥布里。

Hey, Aubrey.

你好吗？

How are you?

我很好，米歇尔。

I'm great, Michelle.

你

How are

今天怎么样？

you today?

我挺好的。

I'm doing well.

奥布里，你看到很多

Aubrey, do you see a lot

你住的地方彩虹多吗？

of rainbows where you live?

可惜，不多。

Unfortunately, no.

这里雨水不多，所以彩虹非常罕见，每次看到都像魔法一样。

Not a lot of rain here and so rainbows are extremely rare and it's like magical whenever we see them.

你呢？

What about you?

是的，我们

Yeah, we

这里能看到彩虹。

got rainbows here.

有一次我看到双彩虹，太激动了。

Once I saw a double one that was so exciting.

对，看到彩虹确实很兴奋。

Yeah, it's very exciting when you see a rainbow.

那太好玩了。

That's so fun.

是的。

Yeah.

所以今天我们要回答一个听众的问题，关于我们某一期节目里用到的一个表达。

So today we are going to answer a listener question about an expression used on one of our episodes.

我们马上就会告诉你那个表达是什么，然后我们会展示它和彩虹有什么关系。

So we're going to tell you that expression in just a second and then we'll show you how it relates to rainbows.

这个问题来自YouTube上的avotier3851。

So this question comes to us from YouTube from avotier3851.

所以感谢你的提问。

So thank you for that question.

Aubrey，你想读一下吗？

Aubrey, do you want to read it?

当然。

Absolutely.

你好，Lindsay、Michelle和Aubrey。

Hello Lindsay, Michelle and Aubrey.

非常感谢你们的播客。

Thank you so much for your podcast.

我特别喜欢你们教我们在语境中使用英语的方式。

I absolutely love how you teach us how to use English in context.

不客气，也谢谢你的来信。

You're welcome and thank you for writing.

谢谢。

Thank you.

我们很喜欢这些评论。

We love these comments.

我们很喜欢。

We love them.

无论你们在哪里留下评论、评价或评分，我们都很喜欢。

Wherever you guys leave a comment, a review, a rating, We love them.

我们都会认真看。

We read them.

所以非常感谢大家发来的那些暖心留言。

So thank you for all of the kind notes that all of you send in.

谢谢大家。

Thank you.

接下来进入问答环节。

And now to the question.

在这期节目里，我很想了解更多的固定搭配以及它们的具体用法。

In this episode, I love to know more about these chunks and how to use them.

其实，'on purpose'（故意地）这个表达特别有用。

Actually, on purpose was especially helpful.

你们还用了另一个表达 'roses and sunshine'，我完全能理解，但我也想多学学它。

You use another expression, roses and sunshine, that I totally understood, but I'd like to learn more about it.

另外，能不能教我们一些意思相同的其他表达？这样我们就能丰富词汇量，换着花样去说了。

And would it be possible for you to teach us other expressions with the same meaning so that we can vary our vocabulary again?

非常感谢你们的笑容和你们为我们做的所有好事。

Thank you so much for your smiles and all the good work you actually make for us.

太棒了。

So wonderful.

我喜欢这个问题，也喜欢这些积极的问题。

I love this question and I love how positive these questions.

我们今天分享的一切都是那么积极向上。

Everything we're sharing today is so positive and upbeat.

我喜欢这样。

I love that.

是的。

Yes.

这非常积极向上。

This is very upbeat.

对。

Yeah.

所以这真是个很好的问题。

So really good question.

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Guys, remember to hit follow wherever you're listening to the All Ears English Podcast so that you never miss anything from us.

当然，我们也在YouTube上，所以你们可以观看我们的节目。

And of course, we are also on YouTube so you can watch us.

如果你想以这种方式观看节目，一定要在YouTube上点击关注和订阅。

And if you would like to watch the show in that way, definitely hit follow, hit subscribe on YouTube.

在那里给我们留言和提问吧。

Leave us your comments there and questions.

对。

Yeah.

喜欢这个。

Love that.

所以，这真的很有趣，因为这些表达既俏皮又非常实用。

So yeah, this is so fun because these expressions are so playful and also very versatile.

对，我不太确定那期节目里说“玫瑰和阳光”具体是什么情况，但根据我们对这些表达的了解，我大概能猜到语境，对吧？

And yeah, I'm not sure exactly what was on that episode where we said roses and sunshine, but I can guess the context based on what we know about these expressions, right?

米歇尔，“玫瑰和阳光”是什么意思？

What does that mean Michelle, roses and sunshine?

对，其实我觉得这通常是一种讽刺的说法。

Yeah, so it's actually, I I would say that it's generally kind of a sarcastic thing to say.

它的意思是，你知道的，完美、美好、棒极了。

So it means, you know, perfect, wonderful, amazing.

对吧？

Right?

这个想法是，玫瑰很美，闻起来很香，阳光也很棒。

This idea is that roses are beautiful and smell great and the sunshine is amazing.

我觉得我们不会很真诚地用它。

I don't think that we use it in a very genuine way.

还有，你也会用“玫瑰”这个词吗？

And also do you use roses?

我觉得现在不太常听到用玫瑰这个词了。

I feel like I don't hear roses as much.

对，这点挺有意思的。

Yeah this is interesting.

我也这么觉得，而且你说得对，我确实经常听到它被用来讽刺人。

So I do and I feel like you're right that often I'll hear it used sarcastically.

比如有人出了车祸，别人问他今天过得怎么样，他回答说全是玫瑰和阳光。

If something like someone was in a car accident and then someone asks how their day went and they're like, it's been all roses and sunshine.

对。

Right.

然后他们就会把那些糟糕的事情全都倒出来。

And then they're gonna actually share all the terrible things that happened.

或者他们可能会说，嗯，日子过得可不太顺遂。

Or they might just say like, well, it has not exactly been roses and sunshine.

接着他们会分享那些不好的经历。

And they're gonna share the bad things that happened.

所以挺有意思的，这个短语听起来特别积极、快乐，但实际上我们要么用它来讽刺，要么用来引出后面要说的各种糟心事。

So it's interesting how it seems like such a positive happy phrase, but we actually use it either sarcastically or to preface some terrible things that we're going

对，没错。而且我现在想起来，它好像也可以用来谈论人们对某件事的误解。

to Right, right, right, It can also be used, I feel like to talk about misconceptions about something now that I think of it.

大家总觉得某件事是完美无缺、顺风顺水的，对吧？

People think something and something is all roses and sunshine, right?

比如大家都以为我的工作全是轻松愉快的事，但其实背后需要付出很多努力，你懂的。

People think that my job is all roses and sunshine but actually it's a lot of hard work, know?

对。

Yes.

说得很好。

Great point.

确实如此。

Mhmm.

是的。

Yeah.

好，那我们来多举几个例子。

So alright, let's do some more examples.

我先来起个头。

So here I'll start.

刚开始我们俩关系挺好的，看着特别美好，但一起出去旅行后，我就看清他的真面目了。

In the beginning our relationship was just roses and sunshine but I saw his true colors once we started traveling together.

对啊，就是咱们刚才说的那种蜜月期，两个人刚认识的时候，都把自己最好的一面展现出来。

Oh yeah, that honeymoon period we just talk about when people are just getting to know each other and they're on their best behavior.

一切都像玫瑰和阳光一样美好。

Everything's roses and sunshine.

对。

Yes.

然后你发现人们真实的样子可能并没有那么

And then you get to know what people are really like and might not be quite

漂亮。

as beautiful.

并不全是美好。

Not all roses and sunshine.

对。

Yep.

再举个例子。

Here's another example.

我知道你希望工作上的事情都顺顺利利，但有些挑战你现在必须去面对。

I know you want everything at work to be roses and sunshine but there are challenges you need to get through now.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

或者，他买新房时发现事情并不像想象中那么美好，感到非常惊讶。

Or he was so surprised when buying a new home wasn't roses and sunshine.

你需要投入很多精力。

There's a lot of work you have to put into it.

对。

Yeah.

大家都有这种想法，你知道，有时候你买了房子，脑海里会浮现住在新房子里的画面，然后你就得打理房子。

People get this idea that, you know, sometimes you buy your house and you there's this image of living in your new house and then you have to take care of the house.

比如，我的洗碗机就是不听使唤，你知道，总会有这样那样的问题。

Like, my dishwasher just is being impossible and, you know, there's always something.

所以并不是一切都那么美好。

So it's not all roses and sunshine.

这挺有意思的。

And this is interesting.

就像你提到的，我们很少用非讽刺的语气说这句话，或者停下来想，哦，今天一切都那么美好。

Like you mentioned, we don't often say this in a non sarcastic way or pause to be like, oh, everything was just roses and sunshine today.

这种情况挺少见的。

That's pretty rare.

有意思的是，我也常听到有人说“阳光和玫瑰”。

And it's interesting because I'll also hear sunshine and roses.

这种事情就看你的地方方言了。

And this is the kind of thing where it depends on your regional dialect.

取决于你父母和家人怎么说的，两种说法都没错。

It depends on what you heard your parents and family say, Neither is wrong.

你可以混着用。

You can mix it up.

玫瑰和阳光，或者阳光和玫瑰。

Roses and sunshine or sunshine and roses.

对。

Yeah.

所以，现在我们来说说彩虹。

And so, but now we're going to get to rainbows.

我肯定更常用这个。

So I use this more often for sure.

对。

Yeah.

这个我也用得最多。

I use this one the most often as well.

阳光和彩虹。

Sunshine and rainbows.

意思是一样的。

And it's the same idea.

婚姻在出现金钱问题之前，都是阳光和彩虹。

Marriage is all sunshine and rainbows until money problems arise.

这个用得更多，我明白别人说玫瑰和阳光是什么意思，但我会说阳光和彩虹。

Do this more often and I understand what someone would mean when they say roses and sunshine, but I would say this sunshine and rainbows.

大学在挂科之前都是阳光和彩虹，对吧？

College was sunshine and rainbows until I got an F or something, right?

直到我开始还贷款，收到账单，对吧？

Until I got my until I started getting my loan, you know, bills Right?

所以我开始要还学生贷款了。

So I started having to make payments on my student loans.

对。

Exactly.

对。

Exactly.

还有一个我好像听过，有意思的是，其实你可以自己造这种说法，对吧？

And then another one I feel like I've heard and what's interesting is that you can actually make your own, right?

但我感觉我听过“rainbows and butterflies”这个说法。

But I feel like I've heard this rainbows and butterflies.

你听过吗？

Have you heard that?

我不确定我听过，但我知道别人说这个是什么意思，因为我也觉得这种说法可以自己编。

I don't know that I have heard that but I would know what someone means because I agree you can kind of make it up.

对吧？

Right?

比如，可以说，明星看起来生活很完美，但有人告诉我，他们的生活并不全是彩虹和蝴蝶。

It could be, oh, like celebrities seem like they have such perfect lives but I've been told it's not all rainbows and butterflies.

对。

Right.

我们明白你的意思，因为句式是一样的。

And we would know what you mean because it's the same construction.

只是你用了两个正面的词来表达它并不全是好事。

It's just you're taking two positive things to say it's not all positive.

就像那句‘戴着玫瑰色眼镜看世界’的说法。

It's like the expression looking at the world through rose colored glasses.

没错。

Exactly.

这

It's

非常相似。

very similar.

这种思路就是拿两个听起来特别美好、特别棒的事物，然后说：我告诉你的这件事其实也有不好的一面。

This kind of idea to just take two very positive seeming nice, wonderful things and say, this thing I'm telling you about has some negative sides.

所以并不是所有事情都像你说的那样，都是鲜花和彩虹。

So it's not all whatever you would say, flowers and rainbows.

你随便说什么，我们都能明白你的意思。

You could really say anything and we'd know what you meant.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

所以我们可以稍后再详细讨论，是的，过一会儿。

So we can talk about that more after, yes, in a minute.

很多英语学习者专注于语法。

Many English learners focus on grammar.

他们希望自己的句子正确，但流利不仅仅在于正确。

They want their sentences to be correct, but fluency isn't just about being correct.

流利在于听起来自然，选择合适的短语，快速回应，而不必在脑子里翻译每一个想法。

It's about sounding natural, choosing the right phrase, responding quickly without translating every thought in your head.

这就是为什么有些人语法规则懂得很多，但在对话中仍然感到不自在。

That's why someone can know a lot of grammar rules and still feel uncomfortable in conversations.

真正的流利来自于理解模式、语调和自然的表达方式。

Real fluency comes from understanding patterns, tone, and natural expressions.

我们免费的“两分钟流利度测试”能帮你了解自己的水平，以及哪些技能能让你进步。

Our free two minute fluency quiz helps you discover your level and what skills will move you forward.

现在就访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 来做这个测试吧。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore to take the quiz right now.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

好的。

Okay.

所以，是的，这是真实的。

So, yeah, this is real.

它展示了真实的生活。

It shows real life.

所以这对建立联系很有帮助。

So this is great for connection.

就像我们刚才说的，你可以把其他内容也加进去。

And like we were saying, you can plug other things into it.

比如我可以说，哎呀，生活不全是可爱的小狗、薯条、冰淇淋和独角兽。

Like, I could say, oh, it's not all puppies and french fries or ice cream and unicorns.

就是这种时候，你可以真正玩得开心。

It just, this is one of those times when you can really have fun with it.

奥布里，你凭直觉

Aubrey, off the

马上能想到还能编出哪个？

top of your head, what's another one you can make up?

对。

Yeah.

生活可不是只有甜点和冰淇淋那么美好。

It's not all cookies and ice cream.

对。

Yeah.

纸杯蛋糕。

Cupcakes

而且这其实挺少见的。

and And this is sort of rare.

对吧？

Right?

我们不是经常这么说的。

It's not like we do this constantly.

这一点值得指出，就是这种说法不常见，但大家都懂你的意思，因为我们都听过“玫瑰”、“阳光”、“阳光和彩虹”，也听过有人稍微发挥创意，随便说两个积极的东西。

This That it's one good thing to point out like this isn't very common, but everyone would know what you mean because we've all heard roses, sunshine, sunshine and rainbows, and we've heard people be a little creative and just throw out two positive things.

所以英语母语者会明白你的意思。

So native English speakers are going to know what you mean.

所以这样发挥创意挺有意思的，但你不会经常听到这种说法。

So it is kind of fun to be creative with this, but you're not going to hear this a ton.

这并不常见。

It's not super common.

对。

Right.

这只是为了一个特别的连接时刻。

It's it's just for a special connection moment.

你想有点幽默感。

You want to be a little humorous.

你想有点创意。

You want to be a little creative.

但如果你总是这么说，那就会像，是的。

But if you if you were just like saying this all the time, it would be like Yeah.

那就会成为

Would be one of

那种如果你一直这样做，可能会让人厌烦的事情。

those things that would probably get annoying to people if you were doing that constantly.

它得是稀有的，才能保持那种，你懂的，就像一点魔法一样。

It needs to be rare so that it holds the, you know It's like a little bit of magic.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

所以，但就是这样。

So but yeah.

那么，还有另一种说法来表达某件事不是完美无缺的。

Here's another way to say something isn't overly perfect.

所以，我这里有句话叫“这不是玫瑰花床”。

So I've this is no bed of roses.

所以，意思是一样的。

So it's the same idea.

对吧？

Right?

一床玫瑰。

A bed of roses.

听起来那么奢华，闻起来也很香。

That sounds so luxurious and smells delicious and everything.

但是，是的。

But yeah.

你可以说某件事不是一床玫瑰。

You could say something is no bed of roses.

所以这个健身课可不是一床玫瑰。

So this workout class is no bed of roses.

真是个挑战。

What a challenge.

没错。

Exactly.

所以这真的很有趣。

So this is really interesting.

健身课往往就是这样。

Workout classes are often that way.

比如我会去上尊巴课。

Like I'll go to a Zumba class.

一开始觉得，不，这肯定会很好玩。

So it's like, no, this is gonna be fun.

就是嘻哈舞蹈，但结果强度特别大，我可能会上完课跟朋友说，那可真不是轻松的事。

Just hip hop dance and then it'll be so intense that I might leave a class like that and say to a friend like, that was no bed of roses.

意思是那真的很难，比我想象的难多了。

Meaning that it was actually really tough, way harder than I expected.

对。

Yes.

那么奥布里，你觉得你生活中有没有什么事情是充满阳光和彩虹的？

So Aubrey, is there anything in your life that has been sunshine and rainbows would you say?

是我不会这么说的事情吗？

That I wouldn't say this about?

有意思。

Interesting.

也许这个观点真的挺有意思的，但我觉得是当妈妈这件事。

Maybe this is really an interesting take but motherhood.

比如我绝不会跟别人说当妈妈不是一帆风顺的，因为回想起来你只会记得那些好的部分。

Like I would never say to someone like motherhood has been no bed of roses because you sort of only remember the good thinking back.

你会记得孩子有多可爱，多有趣，还有所有那些美好的时刻，对吧？

You remember how cute your kids are and how fun and all the good, right?

这大概是我们天生的机制，帮我们忘掉所有不好的事情。

Something about it's probably just our biology and helping us forget everything bad.

所以回想起来，我觉得当妈妈就是阳光和彩虹。

So thinking back, I'm like motherhood has been sunshine and rainbows.

哇。

Aw.

嗯，那真是太好了。

Well, that's very nice.

是的。

Yes.

确实有难熬的日子，但也有很多阳光和彩虹。

There are hard days, but there there's also a lot of sunshine and rainbows.

而且，是的，我能理解那种感觉。

And, yeah, I can I can understand that?

而且当我们回想的时候，我们其实不太会去关注那些艰难的日子。

And when we think right, we don't really focus on the hard days.

那些记忆都变得模糊了，我记得的都是美好的时光。

Like those are all sort of fuzzy memories and I remember the good times.

所以如果说孩子小的时候感觉全是阳光和彩虹，那也不算撒谎。

So that wouldn't be a lie to be like, you know, the years my kids were little feels like it was all sunshine and rainbows.

哦。

Oh.

你都要把我弄哭了。

You're gonna make me cry.

我想对其他人来说也是一样的，对吧？

And I imagine it's the same for others, right?

如果人们只记得不好的事情，不想再生孩子，而且只把不好的经历告诉孩子，导致他们也不想要孩子，那人类就没法延续下去了。

The human race would not be able to continue if people only remember the bad and didn't want to have more kids and they only tell their children about the bad and so they don't want to have children.

所以这肯定是我们的生理机制在帮我们忘记那些特别艰难的时刻。

So that's definitely something in our biology that's helping us forget the really tough times.

对。

No.

我记得我还听说过，你其实无法真正记住疼痛。

I think that I've also heard that like you can't actually remember pain.

你可以记得某件事很疼，但你无法再次感受到那种疼痛。

Like you can remember something being painful but you can't feel it again.

所以我觉得，这就是为什么女性会生不止一个孩子，对吧？

So I think that's like I've heard that, like, that's why women will have more than one kid and, know, like Right.

就是因为她们无法真正再次感受到那种疼痛，所以才会继续生。

Just do things because you can't actually physically feel it again.

你记得那很疼，但你真的感受不到那种痛了。

You remember it being painful, but you can't actually feel the pain.

说得太对了。

That's such a good point.

对吧？

Right?

他们就像，哦，我们……而且你甚至不太害怕再生一个孩子，即使你的一次分娩非常困难、非常痛苦，你仍然只记得抱着新生儿的喜悦，你记住的全是美好的部分。

They were like, oh, we're and you're not even really scared to have another child even if one of your the births went very it was difficult and very painful like you still just remember the joy of holding the new baby and all you remember is the good.

是的。

Yeah.

哎呀。

Aw.

好吧，这话题变得好温馨啊。

Well, this has been this turned in a very sweet direction.

那我们就在角色扮演里用上这些吧。

So let's we're gonna use some of these in our role play.

所以现在我们就是朋友了，我想问问你作为时装设计师的职业。

And so here we are friends and I am asking you about your career as a fashion designer.

哦。

Oh.

在现实生活中。

In real life.

是的。

Yes.

那我们开始吧。

Here we go.

我觉得你的工作很酷。

I think job cool.

我的工作就没那么精彩了。

Mine isn't so exciting.

不是一切都那么美好，米歇尔。

It's not all sunshine and rainbows, Michelle.

这里面有很多门道。

There's so much that goes into it.

真的吗？

Really?

对，时间紧得要命，客户又难伺候。

Yeah, super tight deadlines, needy celebrities.

挺烦人的。

It's kind of the worst.

哇。

Wow.

是啊，我还以为这工作光鲜亮丽呢。

Yeah, I guess I assumed it was all roses and sunshine.

我倒希望是这样。

I wish.

对，我觉得这太真实了。

Yeah, I think this is so true.

你认识的任何人，看起来工作那么轻松，那么有趣又光鲜。

Whoever you know that seems like they have such a cushy job and it was so fun and glamorous.

其实并不全是彩虹和阳光，对吧？

It's not all rainbows, rainbows and sunshine, right?

我相信他们也有很多烦心事。

I'm sure they have a lot of things that are also terrible.

是的，

Yeah,

没错。

exactly.

好了，我说我的工作没那么有趣，你说不是全是阳光和彩虹，米歇尔。

Alright, so I said mine isn't so exciting talking about my job and you said it's not all sunshine and rainbows, Michelle.

没错。

Exactly.

然后你说，是的，我猜我以为全是玫瑰和阳光。

And then you said, yeah, I guess I assumed it was all roses and sunshine.

所以，这是一种很好的分享方式，而不是说“我以为一切都很好”。

So yeah this is a great way to share instead of saying like I thought it was all amazing.

我以为它很完美。

I thought it was perfect.

就像，用这个表达更有趣，但就像我们说的，你不会想在每次对话中都这么说。

Like this is more fun to use this expression but like we said, you wouldn't want to say it all the time in every conversation.

它需要很少用，这样才能更有冲击力。

It needs to be pretty rare so it packs more of a punch.

是的，我喜欢这个。

Yes, I love that.

然后你说，有紧迫的截止日期，需要这些名人，然后我说，哇，是的，我想，等等，我已经说过“是的”了吗？

And then yeah, you said there's tight deadlines, need these celebrities and then I said wow, yeah I guess I, wait, did I already say Yes.

那个我已经分享过了。

I shared that one already.

天哪。

Oh my god.

你好。

Hello.

好的。

Okay.

这就是我们要聊的，关于育儿这件事其实并不总是

This is Speaking of motherhood not being all

那么美好、充满阳光。

roses and sunshine.

让我把刚才那番话再重复一遍。

Let me just repeat that whole entire thing.

哇哦。

Woo.

好的。

Okay.

总之，各位可以去听听第2064期节目，标题是《你只是勉强糊口吗？》

Anyway, guys, check out episode two thousand six and sixty four, which is, are you just getting by?

这听起来就像现在的我。

Which sounds like me right now.

我就是在勉强撑着。

I'm just getting by.

哇。

Wow.

好。

Okay.

今天的收获是。

Take away for today.

我需要睡个午觉。

I need a nap.

不。

No.

这些都很棒。

These are great.

有趣的是，在节目开头我们说这些词很积极，因为如果你单独看这些词，对吧？

It's funny how at the beginning of the episode we're saying these are so positive because if you think of the words on their own, right?

阳光、彩虹、玫瑰，听起来都很积极、很乐观，但有趣的是，我们实际上在分享的是，生活确实很艰难，我们以一种很 playful 的方式坦诚这一点，把沉重感去掉，而不是说‘这真的很糟糕’。

Sunshine and rainbows and roses, it's all so positive and seems so upbeat, but it's interesting how we're really sharing that this is just such this is so real that we're being honest about how difficult life can be in a very playful way that takes sort of the heaviness out of it to just instead of being like, it's actually really terrible.

相反，你可以说，‘生活并不全是玫瑰和阳光’，对吧？

Instead, you can say, well, it's not all roses and sunshine, right?

这也是一种更积极的表达方式。

It's a better positive spin on it too.

这对建立联系非常好，而不是像‘黛比·沮丧’或‘消极的南希’那样，而是用这样的说法，承认一切并不完美，但用一种轻松有趣的方式。

And this is so good for connection instead of being, you know, Debbie Downer negative Nancy to instead, you know, use a phrase like this where you're admitting everything's not perfect, but in a pretty fun lighthearted way.

好的。

Alright.

喜欢。

Love it.

好的。

Alright.

我们就聊到这里吧。

Let's leave it at that.

奥布里，我们下次见。

And, Aubrey, I'll see you next time.

太好了。

Awesome.

下次见。

See you next time.

好的。

Alright.

拜拜。

Bye.

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Thanks

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