AEE 2671：跃入夏日第四部分：你的夏天过得怎么样？

这里是《全耳英语》播客，第2671期，夏日畅游第四部分。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode twenty six seventy one, Splash Into Summer part four.

你的夏天过得怎么样？

How's your summer going?

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你是不是觉得英语学习遇到了瓶颈？

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我们将向你展示如何通过注重交流而非完美，变得无所畏惧、流利自如，由美国主持人奥布里·卡特（雅思专家）和林赛·麦克马洪（英语探险家）为你带来，她们分别来自美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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在夏天中间，你可以说什么来和某人叙旧？

What can you say to catch up with someone in the middle of the summer?

来了解一下如何用开放式问题做到这一点，并建立联系。

Find out how to use open ended questions to do this and build connection.

听懂英语和用英语交流之间有很大的区别。

There's a big difference between understanding English and participating in English.

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Understanding means you follow the conversation.

参与则是通过加入你的想法、自然回应，并让对话继续下去。

You participate by adding your ideas, reacting naturally, and keeping the conversation moving.

很多英语学习者听力很好，但开口说的时候却很犹豫。

Many English learners are strong listeners, but hesitant speakers.

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你好，Lindsay。

Hello, Lindsay.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

我挺好的，Aubrey。

Good, Aubrey.

你那边怎么样？

How's it going on your end?

一切都好吗？

How's everything?

我很好。

I'm great.

Lindsay，这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this summer, Lindsay?

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

我一直在学习怎么照顾我的宝宝，我的新生儿。

I have been learning how to take care of my baby, my newborn baby.

带他去远足，到户外活动，第一次看棒球赛，诸如此类的事情。

Hiking with him and getting active out into the world, first baseball games, things like that.

太棒了。

Amazing.

你有没有那种，比如婴儿背带，或者叫什么来着，就是把他抱在身上的那种？

Do you have, like a baby Bjorn or what was called some kind of carrier that you hold him in?

有的。

We do.

对。

Yeah.

所以我们走到哪儿都带着他。

So we carry him everywhere.

他哪儿都去。

He goes everywhere.

我喜欢这样。

I love that.

我记得我那时候从前面抱着的婴儿背带，到他们大一点用背包式的，都经历过。

I remember graduating from one that where I held the baby on the front and then like a backpack when they're older, they'd be in.

所以你得把所有不同类型的背带都试一遍。

So you're going to have to go through all of the different carriers.

各个阶段。

All stages.

身高。

Height.

会一直用到。

It'll be up.

是的。

Yep.

哦，那当然。

Oh, for sure.

不过我很喜欢你问我的那个问题，Aubrey。

But I like the question you asked me, Aubrey.

这对我们所有的听众都适用，不管他们有没有孩子。

This applies to all of our listeners, whether they have a baby or not.

你问的是，这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

You said, what have you been up to this summer?

这个问题和问“嘿，你这个夏天做了什么？”有什么不同？

What's different about this question as opposed to asking, hey, what did you do this summer?

或者“你这个夏天打算做什么？”

Or what are you doing this summer?

对。

Yeah.

这挺有意思的。

This is interesting.

这个问题的前提是，你正好在美国，现在是夏末，但夏天还没完全结束，对吧？

This assumes that you are right where we are in The States, right, toward the end of summer, but still in it.

所以，你当然不会问他们一个关于未来或者好像夏天已经完全过去的问题，因为夏天还没结束，对吧？

So, you know, you're not going to ask them, of course, a question set in the future or as if the summer is totally past, you're still in it, right?

所以我们用现在完成时。

So we use present perfect.

我们会说，你最近在忙什么？

We say, what have you been up to?

我们今天准备了一些非常适合这个季节的问题，用来问别人夏天都做了些什么。

And we have a few questions today that are perfect for this time of year to ask someone what they've been doing over the summer.

哦对，所以我们用的是现在完成时。

Oh yeah, so we're using present perfect.

好。

Good.

是的。

Yes.

这很有意思，因为这种情况经常发生。

This is interesting because this happens all the time.

现在你遇到的任何人，尤其是从夏天开始就没见过的人，这个问题就是该问的。

Anyone that you run into right now, if you haven't seen them since the beginning of the summer especially, this is the question to ask.

有很多事情你是不想问的。

There are lot of things that you wouldn't want to ask.

这是首选问题。

This is the go to.

问问他们这个夏天都做了什么。

Ask what they've been doing this summer.

对，你可能会说，你夏天过得怎么样？

Yeah, you might say how's your summer going?

但更深入一点，比如，好吧，你最近都在做什么？

But then getting into more depth like, Okay, what have you been doing?

你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to?

你觉得仲夏是什么时候？

What do you consider midsummer?

每个人对仲夏的时间都有不同的看法。

Everyone has a different opinion as to when midsummer is.

哦，如果你住在我住的亚利桑那州，那就不一样了，因为那里四月和五月就很热了。

Oh, it's different if you live in Arizona where I live because it gets hot in April and May.

所以六月感觉就像仲夏了。

So June feels like midsummer.

六月是仲夏，八月和九月还是盛夏，但那时候我们已经烦了。

June is midsummer for August and September is like still height of summer, but then we're annoyed.

我就想，好吧，明白了。

I'm like, Okay, got it.

明白了。

Got it.

明白了。

Got it.

那你呢？

What about you?

在科罗拉多，仲夏是什么时候？

What's midsummer in Colorado?

我想我对夏天的定义比较传统，就是阵亡将士纪念日到劳动节之间。

I guess I have a more traditional definition of summer Memorial Day to Labor Day.

所以我一直觉得七月四日就是盛夏。

So I always thought July 4 was like the dead of summer.

对，在美国确实是这样。

Yeah, that makes sense in The States for sure.

这挺有意思的。

And this is interesting.

我有一个来自危地马拉的朋友，他刚才提到危地马拉现在正是冬天。

I have a friend from Guatemala who was just mentioning that it's winter in Guatemala right now.

是的。

Yes.

对吧？

Right?

所以这取决于你在地球上的哪个位置。

So this kind of depends on where you are in the world.

但如果你现在在美国或其他正值夏天的地方，而且是在夏末，你需要这些短语。

But if you're in The States or somewhere else where it's summer right now, right at the end of summer, you need these phrases.

如果不是，就把它们记下来备用。

If not, put them in your pocket.

你也可以说冬天，对吧？

You can say winter, right?

你的冬天过得怎么样？

How's your winter going?

这个冬天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this winter?

你的秋天过得怎么样？

How's your fall going?

对吧？

Right?

你最近在忙什么？

What have you been up to?

我们大概会说，这个秋天你都在忙些什么。

We we would say what have you been up to this fall, I guess.

对。

Yeah.

就是

It's just

这个说法更常见，因为我觉得大家都会去度暑假。

so much more common because I think people go on summer vacation.

对吧？

Right?

然后他们会见到几周没见的朋友。

And then they see their friends that they haven't seen in weeks.

那你这个夏天都做了些什么？

And what have you been up to this summer?

这个问题稍微更常见一些。

A little a little bit more of a common question.

没错。

Exactly.

对。

Yeah.

这是我们“畅游夏日”系列的第四部分。

So this is part four of our Splash Into Summer series.

这个系列真的很有趣。

This has been really fun.

我们分享了一些关于夏季活动、假期、公路旅行的话题连接技巧，而在最后一期中，我们分享了一些有趣的短语来询问别人夏天过得怎么样。

We have shared tips on connecting about summer activities, vacations, road trips, and in this final installment, we're sharing these fun phrases to ask how someone's summer is going.

好的。

Alright.

完全可以不按顺序听。

Can absolutely listen out of order.

所以如果你错过了前三集，就听到最后。

So if you missed the first three, stay to the end.

我们会告诉你从哪里能找到那些内容。

We'll share where you can find those.

就继续听这一集，这样你就能学到这些有趣的说法，来开启这个话题。

And just stay on the episode so that you can get these fun phrases to spark up this conversation.

太好了。

Perfect.

我喜欢。

I love it.

那么第一个问题，对吧？

So first question, right?

你夏天过得怎么样？

How's your summer going?

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

这里真正重要的是，这个问题是开放式的，对吧？

And the really important thing here is it's open ended, right?

这是一种友好、开放式的问法，用来了解对方到目前为止整个夏天的整体情况。

It's a friendly, ended way to ask about someone's overall summer experience so far.

比如，我们来个小角色扮演。

So for example, let's do a little mini role play.

好的。

All right.

嘿，很高兴见到你。

Hey, good to see you.

你夏天过得怎么样？

How's your summer going?

挺好的。

Pretty well.

我们经常去湖边玩。

We've been spending a lot of time at the lake.

哦，那挺有意思的。

Oh, fun.

你们去哪个湖？

Which lake do you go to?

你看，就是这样。

There you go.

这样一来，我们就有了一个很好的开头，一段很棒的对话。

So now we have the beginning of a great connection, a great conversation.

没错。

Exactly.

从那儿开始，话题自然就打开了。

It's always going to open from there.

会慢慢发展起来的。

It's gonna build.

你会有有趣的话题可以聊。

You'll have something fun to ask about.

对。

Yeah.

这期节目让我想起小时候放暑假的日子。

This episode reminds me of just being a kid and being off on summer vacation.

你懂吗？

You know?

是的。

Yes.

太棒了。

The best.

再说一次，你不一定非得是小孩或者放暑假才能用这些短语。

Again, you don't have to be off on summer vacation and a kid to use these phrases.

这让我想起了那些。

It just reminds me of that.

对，没错。

Yeah, right.

夏天，你总会不由自主地想起小时候那种自由自在的感觉。

Summer, you can't help but remember being free as a kid.

不过我们再来做一个小角色扮演吧。

But let's do another little role play here.

这次你先开始。

Start us out on this one.

好的。

Okay.

嘿，你这个夏天过得怎么样？

Hey, how's your summer going so far?

挺忙的。

Busy.

我们去了几个短途旅行，下周还要再出发。

We've taken a few short trips and we leave again next week.

哦，真不错。

Oh, fun.

下周你们要去哪里？

Where are you going next week?

好。

Nice.

所以注意这两个例子，有趣的是，如果你只想着接下来要说什么，或者想着自己能分享什么，很容易就把话题转到自己身上，比如‘我也很忙’，然后分享一些自己的事。

So notice for both of these, it's so interesting how if you're only thinking about what you're gonna say next or maybe you're thinking about what you can share about yourself, it would be really easy to immediately turn it to you and be like, oh, I've been busy too and share something.

但注意这两个角色扮演中，我们都在打开话题。

But notice for both of these role plays, we're opening it up.

我们在问后续问题，这才是建立更深联系的关键。

We're asking follow-up questions, and that's what's going to build the connection more.

对吧？

Right?

不管他们说自己做了什么，都要追问细节，了解更多信息。

Whatever they say they've been doing, ask for details, ask for more information.

对，这一点真的很重要。

Yeah, really important here.

这是建立联系的关键时刻，但关键在于你怎么回答这些问题。

Such a connection moment, but it really depends on how you answer those questions.

你接下来会问什么问题？

What is the next question you ask?

是问关于你自己的，还是关于对方的？

Is it about you or is it about them?

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yeah.

我们接下来的这个问题就是我刚才问你的那个。

And our next question here is what I asked you.

你这个夏天都忙了些什么？

What have you been up to this summer?

这个问题挺有意思的。

And this is fun.

用“up to”这个说法，比直接问“你最近在忙什么”要更积极一些。

Up to is just this like much more positive spin on what have you been up to?

就是。

Is.

它暗示着对方可能有什么好玩的事情可以分享。

It assumes something fun could be shared.

对，没错。

Yes, Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

比如说，他们可能去旅行了，或者做了些活动。

Looking for know, maybe they've taken a trip, done any activities.

那我们来做个角色扮演吧。

So let's do a role play.

好的。

Alright.

这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this summer?

嗯，我几乎每个周末都去徒步了。

Well, I've been hiking almost every weekend.

哦，那太棒了。

Oh, that's awesome.

你最喜欢哪次徒步？

Which hike was your favorite?

或者对你来说，我可能会说，哦，你带宝宝去吗？

Or for you, I might say like, Oh, are you taking the baby?

对吧？

Right?

所以你越了解他们，就越能聊得个性化。

So the more you know about them, the more you can make it personal.

对吧？

Right?

如果他们分享了细节，你就可以问那些。

If they have shared details, then you can ask about that.

当你记住这些，真正关心他们生活的细节时，这种连接就建立起来了。

And that's what builds the connection when you remember things, when you really care about the details of their life.

没错。

Exactly.

我们这里还有一个角色扮演。

And there's one more role play we have here.

我来开头。见到你真好。

I'll start us So good to see you.

这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this summer?

主要是拜访朋友，然后尝试一些新餐厅。

Mostly visiting friends and trying new restaurants.

你呢？

What about you?

不错。

Nice.

这个也很有意思。

And this is interesting too.

你可以先回答，然后马上问他们，你呢？

You can answer of course and then immediately ask them, What about you?

你对此的回答是什么？

What's your answer for this?

但我想指出另外一点。

But I want to point out something else here.

当然，下一步是去建立联系，但我们总是要确保我们问的是这些开放式的问题。

Of course, the next step is to build, but we always want to make sure that we are asking these open ended questions.

对吧？

Right?

这算是一个小技巧，就是问“你今年夏天有没有去什么好玩的旅行”并不总是明智的。

This is sort of a pro tip that it's not always wise to ask, have you taken any fun trips this summer?

比如说，因为如果答案是“没有”呢？

For example, because what happens if the answer is no?

答案是“没有”。

The answer is no.

那对建立联系来说就太扫兴了。

It would be a real downer for connection.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

因为如果他们没去旅行呢？

Because what if they haven't gone on a trip?

那也许他们太忙了。

Then maybe they're too busy.

也许他们负担不起。

Maybe they can't afford it.

他们只能说不。

They just have to say no.

然后如果他们问你，而你有很多有趣的旅行可以聊，那就会很尴尬。

Then it's uncomfortable if they ask you and you have all these fun trips to talk about.

所以这就是为什么开放式问题这么重要。

So why these open ended questions are so important.

我们来举个例子，看看如果做错了会是什么样子，对吧？

Let's do a little example of what that might look like if you do it wrong, right?

林赛，你这个夏天有没有去什么好玩的地方？

Have you taken any fun trips this summer, Lindsay?

哦，不。

Oh, no.

我最近工作忙得不可开交。

I've just been slammed with work.

你呢？

What about you?

哦，是的。

Oh, yeah.

我们刚从加州回来。

We just got back from California.

玩得很开心。

It was so fun.

现在我们明白了。

Now we get it off.

对。

Yeah.

我们聊天的气氛一下子就冷下来了。

The energy just went out of our conversation completely.

没错。

Exactly.

所以最好是问那些开放性的问题。

So it's much better to ask these open ended questions.

你夏天过得怎么样？

How's your summer going?

这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this summer?

对。

Yes.

这个主意我很喜欢。

Love that idea.

这对建立联系太重要了，奥布里。

So important for connection, Aubrey.

完全正确。

Perfectly.

关键在于舒适地交流。

It's about communicating comfortably.

能够毫无压力地分享你的想法。

Being able to share your ideas without stress.

在对话中自然反应，用英语表达你的个性。

React naturally in conversations and express your personality in English.

如果英语仍然让你觉得需要小心翼翼，那你很可能离下一个流利水平很近了。

If English still feels like something you have to manage carefully, you're probably very close to the next level of fluency.

但一旦你清楚自己的水平，进步就会快得多。

But progress becomes much faster once you know exactly where you stand.

参加我们免费的2分钟流利度测试，今天就发现你的英语水平。

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

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

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网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

好的。

Alright.

那我们回来了，来做个角色扮演吧，怎么样？

So we're back and let's go for a role play, shall we?

好，我们是邻居，在杂货店碰见了。

Yes, we are neighbors here and we run into each other at the grocery store.

虽然我们是邻居，但我很确定，因为我觉得你特别想问这个，如果你几周没见到他们的话，对吧？

Though we're neighbors, I'm pretty sure this because I was thinking you're especially going to ask this if you haven't seen them for a few weeks, right?

如果我上周刚见过你，我可能就不会问“你夏天过得怎么样？”

If I saw you last week, I might not say, how's your summer going?

对。

Yeah.

那会有点奇怪。

That'd be a little weird.

这更多是当你有一阵子没见到某人的时候。

It's more if you haven't seen someone in a little while.

所以，你知道，他们这个夏天经历了一些事情，你可以问问。

So, you know, they've been doing some living this summer that you could ask about.

对吧？

Right?

我们几个星期没见了。

Something we haven't seen each other in a few weeks.

是的。

Yes.

那我们开始吧。

Here we go.

嘿，奥布里。

Hey, Aubrey.

你夏天过得怎么样？

How's your summer going?

挺好的。

Really well.

我们经常去社区游泳池，就是高地高中旁边那个。

We've been spending a lot of time at one of the community pools, the one by Highland High School.

哦，不错。

Oh, nice.

我听说那个地方很好玩。

I heard that one is really fun.

确实。

It is.

那里有懒人河和两个大滑梯。

They have a lazy river and two big slides.

我的孩子们特别喜欢。

My kids love it.

你呢？

What about you?

这个夏天你都在忙些什么？

What have you been up to this summer?

说实话，我们没怎么出门。

Oh, we haven't done too much outside, to be honest.

天气实在太热了。

It's just so hot.

不过上周我们去市中心参加了一个活动。

Last week, we went to an event downtown, though.

挺有意思的。

That was fun.

那太好了。

Oh, that's awesome.

什么活动？

What event?

不错。

Nice.

听起来就是邻居之间很典型的对话。

Sounds like a very typical conversation between neighbors.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

对。

Right.

但有意思的是，这里面其实有很多沟通技巧，对吧？

But it's interesting because there's a lot of connection skills going on here, right?

就像我们提到的，开放式问题，这样对方总能有个答案。

Like we mentioned, open ended questions so that they are going to have some kind of answer.

即使他们没去旅行，也总有些能分享的事情。

Even if they haven't been able to go on any trips, they've done something that they can share.

对吧？

Right?

就像这位妈妈提到她带孩子去社区游泳池。

Like this mom talking about a community pool she's taking her kids to.

他们可能没去旅行，但她可以分享他们去游泳池的事。

They might not have gone on any trips, but she can share that they're going to the pool.

没错。

Exactly.

所以关键就是，对。

So it's all about yeah.

不是不想，你懂吗？

Not wanting you know?

对。

Yeah.

这样好多了，因为你也能更了解别人。

It's so much better because you'll learn more about people too.

对吧？

Right?

你不想问那些只有一个答案的具体问题。

You don't wanna ask these specific questions where it's just one answer.

你还能从这个人身上了解到什么？

What else can you learn about the person?

对吧？

Right?

通过问开放式问题。

By asking open ended questions.

没错。

Exactly.

然后让对话深入下去，就像这样。

And then allow it to go deeper like this.

追问一些问题。

Ask follow-up questions.

对吧？

Right?

就像刚才，我先问了你，夏天过得怎么样？

Like here we had, I first said, how is your summer going?

或者你问，夏天过得怎么样？

Or you said, how's your summer going?

然后我说，一直在泳池那边待着，你就顺着这个聊下去了。

And then I'm saying, well, spending all this time at the pool and you built on that.

对吧？

Right?

哦，我听说那个特别好玩，因为你马上就能把话题转到自己身上，但你问得更细，还分享说你听说泳池很好玩。

Oh, I heard that one's really fun because you could immediately turn it back to yourself, but you're going a little deeper asking for details, sharing that you heard the pool is fun.

我们就是这样建立联系的，因为这会让我觉得你真的很关心我在做什么。

That's how we're building this connection because it feel it would make me feel like you really care about what I've been up to.

没错。

Absolutely.

说得真好。

Really good stuff.

所以我们确实还有一集。

So we do have another episode.

Aubrey，这是本系列的第三部分，我们的听众可以回去听之前的那一集。

Aubrey, this is part three for our listeners to go back to the previous, episode in this series.

对吧？

Yeah?

是的。

Yes.

这是8月15日星期六的《夏日畅游》第三部分，讲了四个适合任何公路旅行的游戏。

This was on Saturday, August 15, Splash Into Summer part three, and that was four games for any road trip.

所以如果你错过了那一集，往上翻一翻，也可以找到第一部分和第二部分。

So if you missed that one, scroll up, and you can also catch part one and part two.

这个系列真的很有趣，涵盖了对话策略、短语，以及夏天愉快交谈所需的一切。

This series was so fun with conversation strategies, phrases, everything you need to know to have fun conversations this summer.

好的。

All right.

奥布里，你今年夏天打算去长途旅行吗？

Are you planning on taking any big road trips this summer, Aubrey?

我知道现在美国的油价有点高。

I know gas prices are a little in The US right now.

油价太贵了。

Gas prices are terrible.

我们下周要去罗基波因特，然后我通常还会开车去爱达荷州，但我有点担心油费。

We are going to Rocky Point next week, and then I always drive up to Idaho, but I am kind of dreading the gas bill.

是的。

Yeah.

那会很难看。

It's gonna be ugly.

但没有什么比得上夏天的公路旅行了。

But nothing like summer road trips.

它们是最好的。

They are the best.

所以，去问问别人，通过问他们对什么感到兴奋来建立联系。

So ask people, build connection by asking people what they're excited about.

很多人喜欢夏天，所以可以借此建立联系。

A lot of people love summertime, so connect over it.

对吧？

Right?

当然。

Absolutely.

是的。

Yes.

用这些短语。

Use these phrases.

去问问别人，然后，这个夏天用英语来建立联系吧。

Ask somebody and, yeah, connect in English this summer.

谢谢你陪我，Lindsay。

Thanks for joining me, Lindsay.