AEE 35: English Tip: How to Answer a Question about Your Performance at Work

这是《All Ears English》播客第35期，英语小贴士。

This is an All Ears English Podcast episode 35, English tip.

如何用英语回答关于你工作表现的问题。

How to answer a question about your performance at work.

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客，在这里你将真正听到地道的英语对话，提升商务和生活中的英语流利度。

Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast where you'll finally get real native English conversation and fluency for business and life.

我们相信，学英语的关键在于交流，而不是完美。

We believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

接下来是你们的主持人：英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和来自纽约的电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，他们从波士顿和纽约为大家带来节目。

Now here are your hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl coming to you from Boston and New York City, USA.

美国。

USA.

当同事问你演讲或面试怎么样时，你该怎么用英语正面回应呢？

When your colleagues ask you how your presentation or interview went, how can you respond by taking a positive angle in English?

今天就来告诉你。

Find out today.

嗨。

Hey.

Lindsey，最近怎么样？

How's it going, Lindsey?

我这儿挺好的，Aubrey。

It's going great, Aubrey.

能来这儿我很开心。

I'm happy to be here.

我今天有个问题想问你。

I have a question for you today.

说来听听。

Let's hear it.

好。

Alright.

总的来说，你是个挺积极的人吧？

So are you a pretty positive person overall, would you say?

是的。

Yes.

非常积极。

Very much so.

我生活中确实有几个人比较消极，这反而让我更倾向于正面看待事情。

I do have a few people in my life that are a little more negative, and I think that's pushed me the opposite direction.

所以我意识到，生活中有太多负面情绪真的很难受，所以我一直努力保持积极的心态。

So I'm like, oh, it's hard to have negativity in your life, so I'm very proactively positive.

你呢？

What about you?

对，没错。

Oh, yeah.

完全同意。

Totally.

在我们All Ears English这个节目里，我们一直秉持积极的态度。

On our show here at All Ears English, we are positive.

而且，我天生就挺乐观的。

And, yeah, I'm naturally a pretty positive person in general.

我觉得玻璃杯里的一半水是满的，而且我们觉得学英语本质上就是建立连接。

You know, I see the glass is half full, and, you know, we like to look at learning English as being all about connection.

对吧？

Right?

所以我们讲英语里的连接时，

And so when it taught we talk about connecting in English.

我们散发出的能量真的很重要。

It matters the energy we put out in the world.

对吧？

Right?

说得太对了。

So true.

对吧？

Right?

我知道你们都遇到过这种情况，遇到那些充满正能量的人，你特别想和他们聊天。

It's I I know you guys have seen this where if you have people who have a very positive energy, you wanna talk to them.

和他们说话让你特别兴奋。

You're excited to talk to them.

聊完之后，你会感觉特别好。

You leave feeling great.

你可能也认识一些人，情况刚好相反，你并不太期待和他们通电话。

And you may know people with that it's a little bit the opposite where you maybe don't look forward to a phone call with that person.

和他们聊完，你会莫名地感到有点低落。

You leave feeling a little down for whatever reason.

所以，你要做那种让人想和你聊天、聊完后感觉特别愉快的人。

So you wanna be that person who has that positive energy that people want to talk to and leave feeling great about your conversation.

没错。

Exactly.

这就是为什么言辞这么重要——如果你内心充满热情、积极向上，就像你们很多人那样，你就需要找到合适的表达方式来体现这种状态。

And that's why words matter so much because you need to have if you feel excited on the inside, you feel positive, which many of you guys do, you wanna have the words to reflect that.

对吧？

Right?

所以我们不仅需要掌握英语词汇，还得用合适的语调把那种能量传递出来。

So we need the vocabulary in English, and then we need the energy to convey it with the right tone of voice.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

对吧？

Right?

想想工作中的情形。

So think about at work.

我知道很多同事平时都用英语工作。

I know a lot of you work in English.

而且经常会有这样的情况：有人在工作中表现得不错。

And there often, there's going to be times where someone had some type of performance at work.

比如他们做了个演讲，或者主持了一场会议。

Like maybe they gave a presentation or led a meeting.

之后你可以问问他们，结果怎么样？

And you can ask them after, know, how did it go?

这是一个关键问题。

And this is a key question.

对吧，奥布里？

Right, Aubrey?

今天我们要讨论的关键问题就是这个，对吧？

That's our key question today, right?

就是去问别人：结果怎么样？

Is to ask somebody how did it go?

而且你注意一下，母语者通常就简单说一句：结果怎么样？

And then notice natives, we just say how'd it go?

结果怎么样？

How'd it go?

这样表达就简洁多了。

That's Shorten it a lot.

对。

Yeah.

这是个很好的问题，因为你们完全可以根据自己的情况自由发挥。

And this is a great question because, I mean, you guys can take this answer in any direction you want.

所以我们今天讨论这个特别重要。

That's why it's important for us to talk about this today.

你有选择的空间，而且最好往积极的方向回答，假设事情进行得还不错。

You have a choice, and you need to take it in a positive direction, assuming it went pretty well.

当然，如果演示文件根本打不开，你也不会硬说一切顺利，对吧？

Obviously, if, you know, the presentation, like, didn't load onto your computer, you're not gonna say it was great when it actually didn't work.

对吧？

Right?

但这里说的是事情进展得比较顺利的情况。

But this is when, you know, things went well.

你想把这一点告诉你的同事。

You wanna convey that to your coworker.

是的。

Yeah.

就算真出了问题，也别太消极，不妨说一句：‘哎呀，真够搞笑的。’

And even if it does go poorly like that, think about, you know, instead of being real negative, you'd just be like, oh, man.

这事挺滑稽的。

It was kinda silly.

事情就这么发生了。

This happened.

但总的来说，结果还不错。

But all in all, it worked out.

对吧？

Right?

当然可以往积极的一面说，毕竟我们最后还是解决了。

You can still put a positive spin on it for sure because we figure it out.

就算出了岔子，我们也能想办法解决。

Even if something goes wrong, we figure it out.

我们接着往前走。

We move on.

我们会尽量把事情做好。

We make the best of it.

你知道吗，这给我启发了一个新的节目点子。

You know, that's giving me an episode idea for another day.

我们可以告诉听众，即使事情没按计划来，也要学会从积极的角度总结，总的来说、归根结底、从大局看都是这样。

We could show our listeners how to sum things up in a positive way, even if things didn't go well, all in all or overall or in general.

这些表达方式，大家都可以用。

These are all things we can say, guys.

我们下次再专门讲这个，记得关注、订阅，无论你在哪个平台听，都别忘了订阅这个节目，这样就能收到更多《All Ears English》的内容。

We'll do that in another episode, so make sure you have hit follow or subscribe or wherever you listen, make sure you have subscribed to this show so you get more All Ears English.

那么，奥布里，我们是不是该给听众讲讲，遇到这种情况该怎么回应了？

So, Aubrey, should we go into some vocab words for our listeners of how they could respond to this?

是的

Yes.

没错

Exactly.

对吧

Right?

所以我们得保持积极的态度

So we wanna be positive.

你可以先说‘挺好的’，然后马上展开细节

You can, first of all, just say great and then jump right into detail.

那具体好在哪里呢？

What was great about it?

因为既然他们问了，我想他们是想听听具体哪儿好

Because if they're asking, I think they would like to hear a detail about what was great.

对

Yeah.

这其中很大一部分取决于你的语气。

And so much of this is your tone of voice.

对吧？

Right?

光说‘很好’是不够的。

You can't just say great.

对吧？

Right?

很好。

Great.

很好。

Great.

然后再补充一些细节。

And then give more details.

这样别人也会更愿意听你讲。

That gets people excited to listen to you as well.

是的。

Yeah.

如果你光说‘挺好’，那确实容易让人困惑。

That'd be confusing if you're like, great.

所以你会想，等等，你这是在讽刺吗？

So it's like, wait, are you being sarcastic?

我不太确定。

I'm not sure.

没错。

Right.

还有一个很自然、很地道的表达就是‘太棒了’。

And then another supernatural and native one is just awesome.

我经常用‘太棒了’这个词。

I use awesome all the time.

我可能用得有点多，但没关系。

I probably overuse it, but that's okay.

我也是这样。

That's me too.

我觉得美国人在总体上可能太常使用‘awesome’这个词了。

I think people from The United States in general maybe overuse awesome.

我总觉得别人老在说这个词，但我们根本没察觉，因为我们自己也一直在用，而且

I feel like I hear people say it all the time, but we don't even notice because we say it And

下一个我们可能也用得太多的词是‘amazing’。

then the next one we probably overuse as well, amazing.

Amazing。

Amazing.

这可是件了不起的事。

And this is something sensational.

对吧？

Right?

超出平均水平。

Above average.

是的。

Yes.

本该如此。

It's supposed to be.

对吧？

Right?

它本来的意思是，哇，这真是太棒了。

It's supposed to be like, oh, it was really amazing.

所以我们听到的时候，常常就用它来表示‘不错’。

So then when we hear we often will use it just to mean good.

没错。

Yeah.

就是这个道理。

That's the thing.

因为美式英语里我们特别喜欢夸大其词，什么事都得往上提一提。

Because we do exaggerate a lot in American English, everything gets kinda notched up a little bit.

没错。

Exactly.

但正如你所说，语调很关键——如果你说‘太棒了’，语调一变，意思就明显变成‘真的特别好’了。

But again, the intonation, like you said, because if you say, oh, it was amazing, then with your intonation, you're making clear that it was actually really great.

是的。

Yes.

确实如此。

That's so true.

这全靠语调。

This is all about intonation.

guys，你们得听出语气里的意思。

They need to hear it in your voice, guys.

如果我们想说得低调一点，没那么夸张，也可以说‘进行得特别顺利’。

Then And if we wanna tone it down a little bit, right, and be a little more measured, we could say it went so well.

对吧？

Right?

我们只是从‘太棒了’和‘惊人’这种程度稍微降一点下来。

We're just coming a little bit down from awesome and amazing.

你觉得呢，奥布里？

Wouldn't you say, Aubrey?

是的。

Yes.

但就连那句话的语调也很有意思，如果你用平淡的语气说‘进展得还不错’，那你就得稍微加点起伏，让‘进展得还不错’听起来更有味道。

But even the intonation there, it's interesting because if you do say say that with a monotone, you know, just it went so well, think about just a little bit more intonation to say it went so well.

对吧？

Right?

把‘还不错’里的‘还’字稍微强调一下。

Emphasize so a little bit.

这样听起来才更地道。

It's a lot more native.

语调里藏着太多东西了，各位。

There's so much in the tone of voice, guys.

我的意思是，这个节目里我们经常聊连接，聊建立关系。

I mean, this is gonna be know, on this show, we talk a lot about connection, a lot about building relationships.

你看，光是语调就能帮你更好地建立关系，比语法还管用。

And you can see here that just the tone of your voice is gonna help you build that relationship more than grammar.

别担心自己犯错，关键是要想好怎么表达你的意思。

You know, don't worry if you're making mistakes, but worry about how you convey your words.

你说话的时候，背后带着什么样的情绪？

What's the energy behind your words?

明白吗？

Okay?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Alright.

下一个情况，要是没那么完美的话。

The next one, this would be if it wasn't perfect.

对吧？

Right?

即使没达到你理想中的样子，我们还是可以往积极的一面说，比如觉得还行。

We're going to wear it if it's not exactly how you would have loved, but you know, we can still put a little bit of a positive spin on it, you could say it was alright.

好吧。

Okay.

这全靠语调的把握。

It's all a fun intonation

所以听起来也没那么糟。

there So it still doesn't sound that bad.

对吧？

Right?

你其实是在找积极的一面，觉得还行。

So you're sort of trying to find the positive, and it was alright.

对吧？

Right?

我的语气里确实有种节奏，说这话的时候，我总在往好的方面看。

So the there's a there's definitely a rhythm to my voice where I'm looking at the positive part of that when I say that.

还行吧。

It was alright.

明白吗？

Okay?

关键其实在于你接下来怎么说。

So just weird the kind of key is what you say next.

对吧？

Right?

你可以一直抱怨哪里糟透了，也可以就说还行。

Because you could go on and on about everything that was terrible, or you can say it was alright.

告诉他们哪里没做好，但接着也说说哪些地方其实不错。

Let them know what wasn't perfect, but then, you know, what did go well.

是的

Yeah.

我的意思是，生活中很大一部分取决于我们选择怎么看它。

I mean, so much of life is how we choose to look at it.

我们并不是在否认，生活中确实会发生各种事情。

We're not denying that, you know, things happen in life.

对吧？

Right?

东西会坏，演示用的投影仪可能出问题，观众也可能没理解，但我们会选择去看自己想看的部分。

Things break, presentation projectors could break, maybe your audience just doesn't get it, but we choose to see what we wanna see.

然后选择突出那些积极的方面。

And choose to emphasize.

那还有呢，奥布里？

So what else, Aubrey?

我们继续吧，想象一下

Let's keep going and let's imagine the

这个和说‘还行’其实很像。

So this one's very similar to it was alright to just say not bad.

你知道的，‘还行’就是说不算好，但也不算差。

You know, that means not great, but not bad.

是的。

Yeah.

还行。

Not bad.

对。

Yeah.

简洁明了，地道又自然。

Very succinct and clear and native and natural.

然后，好吧。

And then, okay.

也就那样吧。

It was okay.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

所以情况还行。

So it went okay.

如果情况特别好，你根本不会用这个。

You're not ever gonna use this if it was fantastic.

对吧？

Right?

我们就觉得，情况还行。

And we're like, it went it went okay.

它就是

It's

一般般。

just average.

对。

Yeah.

然后可能还有几个，也许再给听众准备两个。

And then maybe we have a couple more, maybe two more for our listeners here.

这个回应方式挺有意思的。

This is an interesting way to respond.

如果我问，嘿，进展怎么样？

If I say, hey, how'd it go?

奥布里，你的演讲怎么样？

How'd your presentation go, Aubrey?

你觉得

What

怎么说呢？

would you say?

也就那样吧。

More or less.

这说法特别地道。

This is very idiomatic.

对吧？

Right?

这个词你听了可能会懵，根本不知道啥意思。

This word, you know, you might hear that and be like, I don't know what that means.

其实就是表示‘还行’的意思。

It's just a way of saying like, yes, it was okay.

不算差。

Not bad.

本来还能更好一点。

It could have been better.

差不多吧。

More or less.

我觉得西班牙语里也这么用，我学过西班牙语，法语里可能也是。

And I think I know in Spanish they use this because I've studied Spanish, maybe in French.

我也不确定，奥布里。

I don't know, Aubrey.

法语里也用这个表达吗？

Do they use this chunk in French?

对的。

Mhmm.

对吧？

Right?

西班牙语里也是。

And in Spanish.

没错。

Totally.

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

For sure.

在某些语言里，你们都知道这个。

So in certain languages, you guys know this.

你们明白它的意思。

You know what it means.

想用的话就直接用吧。

So go for it if you want to.

然后你也可以这么说，下次肯定会更好。

And then you could also say, I'm sure next time will be better.

所以这里，我还是在往积极的方面看。

So here, I'm still putting the positive spin on it.

往前看，我会进步的。

By looking ahead, I'm gonna improve.

我会找出自己哪里做错了。

I'm gonna find what I did wrong.

我会做得越来越好。

I'm gonna get better at it.

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

我喜欢这个。

I love that.

我喜欢那种人，就算事情没完全如愿，他们也能坦诚面对。

I love a person who even if things don't go positive, you know, perfectly, they're gonna be honest.

他们会说实话。

They're gonna be real about it.

但接着他们会说，你知道吗？

But then say, you know what?

下次一定会更好。

Next time will be better.

我会往前看。

I'm looking forward.

我会全力以赴，为下一次做得更好。

I'm gonna do what it takes to improve for next time.

没错，奥布里。

You got it, Aubrey.

好的。

Alright.

我想今天就到这里了。

I think that's it for today.

我觉得我们今天给了听众不少实用的表达，希望你们都记下来了。

I feel like we've given our listeners a lot of great expressions, and now I hope you guys wrote those down.

对吧，奥布里？

Right, Aubrey?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Mhmm.

对。

Yeah.

不错。

Cool.

所以各位，下一期我们会做一些很有趣的内容。

So, guys, in the next episode, we are gonna do some cool stuff.

我们会聊聊怎么用幽默让英语更生动，还会教你们一个笑话。

We're gonna talk about how you can spice up your English with some humor, and you're gonna learn a joke.

Aubrey，讲笑话是给生活增添积极氛围的好方法。

Aubrey, a joke is a great way to add to a positive spin on life.

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

That's for sure.

我经常讲笑话。

I tell jokes all the time.

这个可有意思了，各位。

This is gonna be a fun one, guys.

好的。

Alright.

我们到时候见。

We'll see you there.

你也是，保重。

Have a good one, Aubrey.

你也是。

You too.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

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