AEE 2692：对这一超棒、精彩绝伦的节目充满期待！

这里是《全耳英语播客》第2692集。

This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2692.

对这期超棒的节目感到超级兴奋吧。

Get super excited about this mega fantastic episode.

欢迎收听《全耳英语播客》，下载量已超过两亿次。

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

你是不是觉得英语学习卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何变得无所畏惧、流利自如，专注于交流而非完美。

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

由你的美国主持人奥布里·卡特（雅思专家）和林赛·麦克马洪（英语冒险家）主持，她们来自美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

With your American hosts, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Wiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English Adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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活出精彩，尽情表达。

Live a big life and be expressive.

今天就来学学怎么用英语做到这一点，建立更多连接。

Find out how to do it today in English for more connection.

你好，Lindsay。

Hello, Lindsay.

你今天怎么样？

How are you?

嘿，Aubrey。

Hey there, Aubrey.

我今天感觉特别好。

I'm feeling really good today.

早上我带着狗出去散了散步，感觉特别棒。

I went for a nice walk with my dog this morning, so that was great.

所以一切都很好。

So all good.

太棒了。

Amazing.

我敢打赌，和Kiefer一起在外面肯定特别好玩。

I bet it's super fun to be outside with Kiefer.

是的。

Yes.

而且——

And-

确实特别好玩。

It is super fun.

特别好玩。

Super fun.

特别好玩。

Super fun.

我们正在讨论这些词，ultra、mega、super，我们怎么用它们来夸张、强调。

We're talking about these words, ultra, mega, super, how we use these to exaggerate, to emphasize.

我们有一个很棒的——

We got a great-

是的

Yes

……关于这个问题。

... question about this.

我们在英语中经常使用这些词。

We use them all the time in English.

我很高兴能分享这些内容。

I'm excited to share about these.

而且我喜欢以听众提出的好问题开头的节目，所以我来读一下听众的问题。

And I love episodes that start with great questions from our listeners, so I'll go ahead and read the question from the listener.

你准备好了吗，Aubrey？

Are you ready, Aubrey?

好，我们开始吧。

Yeah, let's do it.

好的。

Okay.

好的。

All right.

那么，“你好吗？”

So, "How are you?

第2573集很棒，只是轻轻拍了一下手腕。

Great episode 2573, slap on the wrist.

我完全同意，P. Diddy 太轻易就过关了。”

I totally agree that P. Diddy got off easy."

“我有个问题想问你们。

"I've got a question for you.

当你们使用像 super、mega、ultra、hyper 这样的前缀时，它们之间有没有某种程度上的区别？”

When you use prefixes like super, mega, ultra, hyper, is there some sort of gradation between them?"

“有没有哪些前缀和某些词搭配得更好？”

"Are there ones that collocate better with certain words?"

这是来自 Mauro 的问题。

And this is from Mauro.

我觉得毛罗应该是这个节目的老听众了。

I think Mauro has been a longtime listener of the show.

我感觉他的名字挺眼熟的。

I feel like I recognize his name.

是的。

Yes.

所以谢谢你。

So thank you.

毛罗提过一些很棒的问题。

Mauro has sent some amazing questions.

感谢你提出的所有精彩问题。

Thank you for all of your fantastic questions.

我真的很喜欢这个问题，因为我们确实会用这些前缀，但你不能随便把它们加到任何词上，对吧？

And I really loved this one because it's very true that we use all of these, but you can't just tack them onto anything, right?

它们和特定的词搭配使用。

They are collocated with certain words.

其中有些词更常见，或者跟某些特定的话题和主题有关，所以我很期待深入探讨这个。

Some of them are a lot more common or are associated with certain sort of topics and subjects, so I'm excited to dive into this.

是的。

Yes.

天哪，不过在我们继续之前，我得特别感谢一些很棒的听众，他们花时间在Apple Podcasts或Castbox上给我们留了评论。

Oh my gosh, but before we go any further, I do need to call out some amazing listeners who took the time to go and leave us reviews, either in Apple Podcasts or Castbox.

感谢Nazli Kianersi，感谢Ilya Pierotti，还有感谢Maddy K。Aubrey，这些评论都太棒了。

Thank you to Nazli Kianersi, thank you to Ilya Pierotti, and thank you to Maddy K. Amazing reviews here, Aubrey.

各位，我们非常感谢你们的评论。

And guys, we appreciate your reviews.

如果你们想让我们知道你们对这个节目的看法，我们会尽力在节目里念出你们的名字，所以请给我们评分和评论吧。

If you want to let us know how you like the show, we'll do our best to read your name out loud on the show, so leave us a rating and a review.

好吗？

All right?

好的。

Yes.

感谢所有评论我们节目的听众。

Thank you everyone who reviews the show.

我们真的很感激。

We really appreciate it.

这能帮助其他听众找到我们，而且就像一封感谢信，一封写给All Ears English团队的情书。

It helps other listeners find us, and it's just like a thank you letter, like a little lovey letter to the All Ears English team.

对，一封情书。

Yeah, a love letter.

总是有那么多美好的评论。

There's always such nice comments.

是啊，还有什么比情书更好的呢？

I know, what's better than a love letter?

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

All right.

好的。

All right.

那我们直接开始吧。

So let's dive in here.

这些词都表示“非常”或“极其”，对吧？

These all mean very or extremely, right?

但有趣的是，你不能随便替换它们。

But they are, it's really interesting how you can't just substitute them.

它们并没有你想象的那么可以互换。

They're not as interchangeable as you might think.

确实。

It's true.

但这些词很现代，而且——

But these are very modern and-

哦，对。

Oh, yeah

……很新潮，所以尤其是第一个，现在非常流行。

... up-to-date, and that's why this first one especially, is very in style right now.

我觉得很快它就会过时，因为我们说得太多了——

I feel like soon it's going to go out of style because we say this so much-

也许吧。

Maybe

……尤其是在2026年的现在。

... right now in 2026.

有点用得太多了？

A little overused?

是有点用得太多了。

It's a little overused.

所以，super，对吧？

So super, right?

Super。

Super.

跟我们说说这个吧。

Tell us about this.

这绝对是所有词里最常见的——

It's definitely the most common of all of the ones-

我们今天要聊的这些词里，它最灵活。

... we're going to talk about today, the most flexible.

它几乎可以用在任何形容词前面，对吧？

It can be used before nearly any adjective, right?

我们会说超级棒、超级酷、超级烦人、超级奇怪。

We'll say super amazing, super cool, super frustrating, super weird.

超级奇怪。

Super weird.

而且我们确实经常用。

And we do use it a lot.

所以有可能有一天大家会腻了，它就没那么流行了，但现在我们——

So there is a chance that eventually people will tire of it and it won't be so popular, but right now we-

我们经常听到，也经常用。

... hear it and use it all the time.

我们可能会说：“那部电影超级无聊”，对吧？

We might say, "That movie was super boring," right?

或者：“那场演唱会超级好玩。”

Or, "That concert was super fun."

对，现在挺有意思的。

Yeah, it's interesting nowadays.

我不会说大多数人，但很多人不会只说：“那场演唱会很好玩。”

I wouldn't say most people, but many people don't just say, "That concert was fun."

他们会说：“那场演唱会超级好玩。”

They say, "That concert was super fun."

没错。

Exactly.

而且我觉得这背后是有原因的，对吧？

And I think there's a reason for it, right?

你不会只想说“那很无聊”、“那很有趣”，因为这样没有强调的点，对吧？

You don't want to just say, "That was boring," "That was fun," because there's nothing to emphasize, right?

我们想让语调有变化。

We want to vary our tone.

我们想夸张一点。

We want to exaggerate.

我们想表达得更生动。

We want to be expressive.

我跟——

I talk to-

我经常跟考雅思的学生聊这个。

... IELTS students a lot about this.

让你的语调有变化的最简单方法——

The easiest way to vary your intonation-

如果你在准备语言考试，就是加一些像这样的词，你可以说得更有力，这样你——

... for a language exam you might be preparing for, is to add words like this that you can punch harder, so that you-

就能让语调有变化。

... get that variation of tone.

不管是考试还是日常对话，都会让你说的话更有意思。

Whether it's for an exam or just everyday conversation, it makes what you're saying more interesting.

哦，那当然。

Oh, for sure.

而且这真的能提高你的雅思分数，对吧，Aubrey？

And that will actually increase your IELTS score, right, Aubrey?

如果你这样做——

If you're doing that-

绝对。

Absolutely

——如果你重读某些词的话。

... if you're punching certain words.

你的发音分数，是的。

Your pronunciation score, yes.

太棒了。

Love that.

而且，你也希望自己是个让人愿意听的人，对吧？

And also, you want to be an interesting person to listen to, right?

你不想说话平平淡淡的。

You don't want to be monotone.

平淡无奇最糟糕了。

Monotone is the worst.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

我们都喜欢跟有趣、有感染力的人聊天，而这很大程度上就是靠加这些词。

We want to talk to people who are interesting and engaging, and this is a lot of it, adding words like this.

说得更用力、更大声，给它们一点停顿，真的能——

Saying them harder, louder, giving them a little space is really-

……让我们的表达更有吸引力。

... what adds engagement to what we're saying.

这就是我们让声音听起来饱满、有强调感的方式，对吧？

This is how we make our voice full and kind of just emphatic, right?

没错。

Exactly.

所以“超级”是一种说法，或者可以说“巨大”，对吧？

So super is one way to do it, or say mega, right?

巨大。

Mega.

剩下的这些词用得就没那么频繁了。

So all of the rest of these are a little less common.

我们确实会听到，但它们的用法更具体一些，对吧？

We do hear them, but they're a little more specific in the ways we're used, right?

所以“巨大”主要用来形容某事物很大或规模很大。

So mega is mostly used to describe something as big or large scale.

比如，我们不会说“那部电影巨大无聊”。

So for example, we wouldn't say, "That movie was mega boring."

至少我不常听到这种说法。

At least I wouldn't hear that often.

这不是我们常搭配使用的词，对吧？

It's not something we collocate it with, right?

我们更多用它来形容某件事的规模。

We use it more often to talk about the scale of something

所以你可以说，他们去年启动了一个超级大项目。

So you might say they launched a mega project last year.

就像是项目中的项目，对吧？

So it's like a project of all projects, right?

没错。

Exactly.

或者那个房子是——

Or the house was-

或者那个房子是——

Or that house was-

……超级贵，所以我们没买。

... mega expensive, so we didn't buy it.

我们就会这么用。

We will use it this way.

它可以和任何比预期更大的东西搭配，比如价格、尺寸……

It's collocated with anything that could be bigger than you would expect as far as price, size-

……规模。

... scope.

那时候我们才会用mega这个词。

That's really when we'll use mega.

是的，下一个词让我想到科罗拉多人，因为……

Yes, and the next one makes me think of Coloradans, because-

……科罗拉多人有个传统，他们特别喜欢做一件疯狂的事，就是超级马拉松。

... Coloradans have this tradition of this crazy thing that they love to do, which is a ultramarathon.

哦。

Oh.

好的。

Okay.

你认识跑超级马拉松的人吗？

Do you know any ultramarathoners?

我有个朋友跑过一百英里。

I know a friend who ran 100 miles.

我不确定那算不算超级马拉松。

I don't know if that was an ultramarathon.

好的。

Okay.

那就算超级马拉松。

That's an ultramarathon.

还有别的。

Something else.

唉。

Ugh.

我猜根据ChatGPT的说法，大概在50到100英里之间。

I guess according to ChatGPT, it's anywhere between 50 and 100 miles.

哇。

Wow.

在科罗拉多这里，就是有一些疯狂的人，他们就是热爱运动，而且会把它发挥到极致。

And there are just some crazy people out here in Colorado, that they just, they love to be active, and they take it to extremes.

我们可能也有听众在做这个，就是那些超级马拉松选手。

And we probably have listeners who are doing that, who are ultramarathoners.

是的。

Yes.

我确定。

I'm sure.

我知道我们社区里的Carine是个超级跑步爱好者。

I know Carine in our community is a huge runner.

这真的很令人佩服。

And it's so impressive.

我觉得普通的马拉松就已经够长了。

I would think a regular-

马拉松已经够长的了。

... marathon is plenty long.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

然后还有超级马拉松选手。

And then we have ultramarathoners.

是啊。

I know.

太不可思议了。

It's incredible.

所以“超级”意味着极其或特别。

So ultra means extremely or exceptionally.

这个词听起来有点正式或技术性，对吧，Aubrey？

It's a little bit more formal or maybe technical-sounding, right, Aubrey-

你会说，比mega更正式一点，对吧？

... would you say, than mega?

是的，比mega或super更正式。

Yeah, than mega or super.

而且它也常用于技术或商业场景，对吧？

And it's often used for technical or business scenarios as well, right?

我们可能会说，这部手机或互联网超快且高效。

We might say, this phone or the Internet is ultra-fast and highly efficient.

当我们谈论技术时，我们可能会用ultra。

When we're talking about technology, we might use ultra.

它可能会出现在广告的脚本里。

It might be in the script of the commercial, potentially.

是的，我能想象到。

Yes, I could see that.

而相比之下，mega用起来更随意、更口语化，我觉得。

Whereas opposed to with mega, it's a little more spontaneous and colloquial when we put it in, I think.

我们听到的是超高速互联网，而不是超级-

We hear ultra high-speed internet, not mega-

对

Yes

……或者超级。

... or super.

对。

Yes.

有意思。

Interesting.

或者他们瞄准的是超高端客户。

Or they're targeting ultra high-end customers.

也就是高收入人群。

So high earners.

或者材料是超耐用的。

Or the material is ultra durable.

有点不一样。

A little different.

真的很有意思，他们怎么……

It's really interesting how they are...

这真的是很微妙的差别，对吧？

This is real nuance, right?

很细微。

It's slight.

就是不一样。

It's different.

开始掌握这些搭配的最好方法，就是平时听英语的时候多留意。

The best way to start picking up these collocations is to be observant when you're hearing-

……听英语的时候。

... English.

如果有人说mega或ultra，那搭配的词是什么？

If ever someone says mega or ultra, what was the collocation?

因为这是——

Because it is-

……相当具体的，而且这些不是大错误。

... pretty specific, and these are not huge errors.

如果你说mega durable而不是ultra，没有人会纠正你。

If you say mega durable instead of ultra, no one's going to correct you by any means.

但有一些——

But there are some-

……就是听起来很顺耳，因为我们确实把它们当作固定搭配来听。

... that just sound right to us because we do hear them as chunks.

对，确实如此。

Yeah, for sure.

而且我们在科学、技术、工程领域也经常用ultra这个词。

And we do use this also, ultra in science, tech, engineering.

所以听起来会是这样的：这个相机有超高分辨率。

And so how that would sound, the camera has ultra high resolution.

所以这跟技术特性有关，对吧？

So it's about features of the technology, right?

或者这个设备能检测超细颗粒。

Or this device can detect ultra-fine particles.

没错。

Exactly.

所以在科学领域，ultra 听起来更专业。

So when it comes to science, ultra has that more professional feel.

super 则更随意，更口语化。

Super is much more casual, conversational.

这个听起来更科学，更贴近技术。

This feels more scientific and more related to technology.

技术性的——

Technical-

对，然后对于——

Yeah, and then for the-

……这正是我想说的那个词。

... that's the word I was looking for.

技术性的，没错。

Tech- Technical, exactly.

然后最后一个，我们要回到一个我觉得更口语化的词，就是那种随口就说的——

And then for the last one, we're going to go back to something that I think is a little more colloquial that we just kind of throw in-

……某种程度上，hyper，对吧？

... to some extent, hyper, right?

八十年代那会儿我们常用——

Back in the '80s we used-

就是表示过度或者极其的意思。

Just means like excessively or extremely.

对，你说得对。

Yeah, you're right.

我们在八九十年代经常这么说，对吧？

We said this a lot back in the '80s and '90s, right?

我们会用它来形容精力旺盛的人，比如“哦，你现在真是精力充沛。”

We would say it to refer to someone with high energy, like, "Oh, you're really hyper right now.

你吃了很多糖果之类的。

You had a lot of candy or something."

对。

Yes.

你懂吧？

You know?

还有我们穿那种变色T恤。

And we use hyper color shirts.

还记得吗？

Remember that?

那种颜色会变的——

Where the colors that would like change-

……根据温度变化。

... depending on the temperature.

对。

Yes.

所以我觉得那时候“hyper”这个词确实很流行。

So I feel like hyper was just in the zeitgeist back then a lot.

当时很流行，但现在又回来了。

In the zeitgeist, but it's back.

不过现在用法不一样了，对吧？

But it's used differently now, right?

所以还是指过度的精力、强度，或者夸张。

So again, the idea of excessive energy, intensity, or exaggerating.

奥布里，给我们举几个例子吧。

Give us some examples, Aubrey.

比如，他可能对批评过于敏感。

So for example, it might be like he tends to be hypersensitive to criticism.

所以其实就是说“太”，比如“太多”、“有点过于”——

So really you're just saying too, like too much, a little overly-

……对批评特别敏感。

... sensitive to criticism.

过度。

Overly.

这只是一个更随意的说法。

And this is just a more casual way of saying that.

或者对批评极度敏感。

Or extremely sensitive to criticism.

她变得过度专注于小细节。

She became hyper-focused on the small details.

有意思的是，这里的批评往往很轻微，很微妙——

So it's really interesting, the criticism here is often very slight, very subtle-

……因为专注于小细节通常是好事。

... because it's often good to be focused on the small details.

但当你——

But when you-

用“hyper”这个词的时候，你肯定是在暗示有点过头了，有点太专注了——

... use hyper, you're definitely implying that it's too much, a little too focused-

对

Yes

有点过度专注了。

... a little overly focused.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

有意思。

Interesting.

好，那么——

Okay, so-

我们稍微休息一下，然后回来进行角色扮演，奥布里。

... we're going to take a quick break, and then we'll be back for a role play, Aubrey.

好的。

All right.

好。

Okay.

好的。

All right.

角色扮演时间到了，Aubrey。

Role play time, Aubrey.

我们这次的场景是什么？

What is our scenario here?

我们是朋友，你要问我什么？

We're friends, and what are you asking me?

对。

Yes.

我问你周末做了什么。

I'm asking you what you did over the weekend.

好的。

All right.

准备好了吗？

Ready?

好的。

Okay.

是的。

Yes.

好的。

All right.

嘿，Lindsay，你周末过得怎么样？

Hey, Lindsay, how was your weekend?

哦，特别好玩。

Oh, it was super fun.

我们去了市中心的美食节，尝了大概20个不同国家的菜。

We went to a food festival downtown and tried dishes from about 20 different countries.

听起来真棒。

That sounds amazing.

人多吗？

Was it crowded?

哦，对，人超级多。

Oh yeah, it was mega busy.

我觉得我从没见过那么多人在一个地方。

I don't think I've ever seen that many people in one place.

哇。

Wow.

我想我会受不了的。

I think I would get overwhelmed.

有什么特别好吃的吗？

Were there any standout foods?

有一种超辣的咖喱，大家都在讨论。

There was this ultra spicy curry that everyone was talking about.

我咬了一口，马上就后悔了。

I took one bite and immediately regretted it.

哦，是吗。

Oh, yeah.

你不太能吃辣。

You're not good with spicy food.

对，完全不行。

Oh, not at all.

不过我的朋友杰克，倒是特别执着，非要找到那里最辣的东西。

My friend Jake, though, became hyper-focused on finding the spiciest thing there.

他花了一个小时到处逛，比较各家菜单。

He spent an hour walking around comparing menus.

不错。

Nice.

好的。

All right.

我们这里全用上了。

We used them all here.

而且你看，根据你聊的内容不同，它们其实挺灵活的，对吧？

And as you can see, depending on what you're talking about, they are a little bit versatile, right?

我们不是在说——

We're not talking-

——科技工程方面的东西，但用上“超级”或者“极致”也完全没问题。

... about technology engineering, and it still worked to throw in mega-

……或者“超”在这里也行。

... or ultra here.

确实。

For sure.

所以最开始我说的是，你问我周末过得怎么样，我说超级好玩。

So the first thing I said was, you asked me how my weekend was, and I said it was super fun.

而且确实超级好玩。

And it was super fun.

这很有意思。

And this is interesting.

非常常见。

Very common.

这太常见了。

This is so common.

超级适合所有这些情况。

Super would work for all of these.

你可以说——

You could say-

……超级忙。

... super busy.

超级忙。

Super busy.

超级辣。

Super spicy.

超级辣。

Super spicy.

超级专注，对吧？

Super focused, right?

它是最灵活的——

It's the most flexible-

确实如此。

That's true

……远远超过其他词。

... by far.

拿不准的时候，就用super。

When in doubt, use super.

确实。

That's true.

说得有道理。

Good point, actually.

因为如果在这里说‘mega fun’、‘ultra fun’、‘hyper fun’，听起来会有点不对劲。

Because it also, it would sound a little off here to say it was mega fun, it was ultra fun, hyper.

对。

Yes.

我们不会说那些词，对吧？

We wouldn't say any of those, right?

我同意。

I agree.

它没那么通用。

It's not quite as versatile.

所以就像你说的，Aubrey，拿不准的时候就用‘super’。

So like you said, Aubrey, when in doubt, go for super.

明白了吗？

Okay?

没错。

Exactly.

但后来你说“哦，是的”的时候，用“mega”就合适了。

But it does work later when you said, "Oh, yeah.

“当时人超级多。”

It was mega busy."

我们会说“mega”，因为我们在谈论人群的规模，对吧？

We will say mega because we're talking about the scale of the crowd Right?

规模。

The scale.

所以我们不会说“mega fun”，但我们会说“哦，当时人挤爆了，超级忙，或者超级贵。”

So we wouldn't say mega fun, but we would say, "Oh, it was mega packed, mega busy, or mega expensive."

像这种范围或程度的东西，我们会用“mega”来形容。

The scope of something like that we'll describe as mega.

对，然后我说有个超辣的咖喱，大家都在讨论，可能菜单上写的就是“超辣”。

Yeah, and then I said there was this ultra spicy curry that everyone was talking about, and it's possible that on the menu it said ultra spicy.

确实。

That's true.