AEE：是你做饭，还是被饭做？

这里是《全耳英语》播客。

This is an All Ears English Podcast.

你是在做饭，还是已经被生活煮了？

Are you cooking or are you cooked?

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你是不是觉得英语学习卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

英语？

English?

我们会教你如何变得无所畏惧、流利自如，重点是建立连接，而不是追求完美。你的美国主持人奥布里·卡特，雅思达人，还有林赛·麦克马洪，英语冒险家。

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.

我们来自美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

Coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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你有没有听过Z世代的人说“let her cook”或者“you're cooking”？

Have you ever heard a Gen Zer use the phrase let her cook or you're cooking?

这些说法有了新的含义。

These have a new and updated meaning.

今天我们就来看看它们是什么意思，以及谁应该用这些说法。

Find out what they are and who should use them in English today.

英语学习者最大的错误是什么？

The biggest mistake English learners make?

就是觉得自己卡住了。

Assuming they're stuck.

他们以为自己已经到了极限。

They think they've reached their limit.

但其实大多数学习者根本没有达到极限。

But most learners haven't reached a limit at all.

他们只是把精力放在了不适合自己当前水平的技能上。

They're simply focusing on the wrong skills for their current level.

这就是为什么了解你的水平很重要。

That's why understanding your level matters.

我们免费的2分钟小测验能帮你准确找到你现在的位置，以及下一步该提升什么。

Our free two minute quiz helps you identify exactly where you are and what to improve next.

去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 参加我们免费的2分钟小测验吧。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore to take our free two minute quiz.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.comf/luencyscore.

嘿，Lindsay。

Hey, Lindsay.

你今天怎么样？

How are you today?

我很好，Aubrey。

I'm doing great, Aubrey.

我刚从加州度完周末回来。

I just came off of a weekend in California.

你周末也在西海岸。

You are also on the West Coast over the weekend.

是的，我们都在。

We are Yes.

对，刚从我们的小假期回来。

Yeah, coming back from our our vaca our mini vacations.

林赛，你度假回来的时候，是不是感觉特别累？

Feeling When you come back from a vacation, Lindsay, are you just like cooked?

特别疲惫？

So exhausted?

嗯，

Am,

有点，确实有点。

in a way, a little bit.

这次我反而觉得更精神了，因为我睡得比平时好。你知道，我有个两个月大的宝宝，他经常让我睡不好觉。

I'm actually more refreshed this time because I slept better than I sleep in my normal life because I have a, you know, two month old and he keeps me awake a lot.

对吧？

Right?

所以他没有跟我们在一起，我睡得好多了。

So he wasn't with us, so I slept much better.

哦，那不错。

Oh, nice.

好的。

Okay.

所以你回来之后精神挺好的。

So you you actually came back refreshed.

是的。

That's Yeah.

你呢？

What about you?

你感觉精神恢复了，还是……

Are you feeling refreshed or

你问我感觉怎么样？我今天还行。

are you feeling I'm okay today.

昨天我们回来的时候，我知道我们一直在太阳底下，在海滩上待着。

Yesterday, we got back and I know, all of the time in the sun, on the beach.

所以，是的。

So yeah.

但你可能会注意到，我问Lindsay她是不是“cooked”了，意思是累坏了。

But you may have noticed that I asked Lindsay if she's cooked, meaning exhausted.

我的孩子们肯定会翻白眼。

My children would be rolling their eyes.

他们不喜欢我用这种新潮的俚语。

They don't love when I use this trendy new slang.

他们不想让他们的妈妈用年轻人的

They don't want their mom using young

那种俚语。

because person slang.

妈妈不可能酷的。

Moms can't be cool.

但我越来越常听到这个词，比如在播客、电视节目里，它变得越来越普遍了。

But I am hearing this more and more like podcasts, TV shows, like it's becoming more and more common.

我们现在用“cooked”和“cooking”有好几种新的流行说法。

A few different new trendy slang ways we're using cooked and cooking.

这不再只是小孩子的用语了。

It's not just for little kids anymore.

我的孩子们得习惯这一点。

My kids need to get used to it.

他们得

They have

习惯这一点。

to get used to it.

这词也属于你。

It belongs to you too.

它属于我们所有人。

It belongs to all of us.

语言属于我们所有人。

Language belongs to all of us.

这个问题来自我们一位非常棒的听众，拉面大辅。

So this comes from a question from our amazing listener, Ramen Daisuke.

我来读一下这个问题。

I'm gonna go ahead and read the question.

准备好了吗？

You ready?

准备好了。

Yes.

好的。

Yeah.

让我看看。

Let's see.

奥布里，我是只读红色部分，还是……

Should I just read the part in red, Aubrey, or should

不，不用。

I No.

全读了吧。

Read it all.

红色的问题。

The questions in red.

对。

Yeah.

嗯。

Mhmm.

好的。

Alright.

我是来自日本的英语学习者。

I'm an English learner from Japan.

自从去年开始，听这个超棒的播客就成了我每天的习惯。

Listening to this amazing podcast has been my daily habit since last year.

我非常感谢你们，因为从你们这里学到了很多习语和动词短语，现在我看英文电影里的台词比以前明白多了。

I wanna thank you so much because I've learned a lot of idioms and phrasal verbs from you guys, and now I can understand the lines in English movies better than before.

我有一个问题。

And I have a question.

我注意到几个英文播客用cooking或cooked这个词，既有正面的意思也有负面的意思。

I've noticed several English podcasts using the word cooking or cooked in both positive and negative ways.

Cooking听起来像是把好东西做出来的过程，而cooked听起来像是结果已经不好了。

Cooking sounds like the process of making something good, but cooked sounds like the result that it's not good anymore.

我想知道它们之间有什么区别。

I wonder what's the difference between them.

这就是来自日本的Ramen Daisuke。

And And that's Ramen Daisuke from Japan.

这个问题问得真好，也谢谢你说了这么多。

Such a good question and also thank you for all of this.

我特别喜欢看这样的评论。

I love reading reviews like this.

所有这些精彩的反馈。

All of this amazing feedback.

坚持听了一年，每天都听。

It's a daily habit for a year.

太棒了。

That's fantastic.

我都不敢想象拉面君的英语进步有多大。

I can only imagine how much ramen's English has improved.

是啊。

I know.

这真的很棒，也很聪明，拉面君通过听节目，真的学到了很多新俚语和新东西。

This is fantastic and so smart that ramen is listening to shows and really picking up on new slang, new things.

对，我也经常听到“cooking”和“cooked”，它们的意思确实很不一样。

Yeah and I am hearing these more cooking and cooked and they do have very different meanings.

所以我能理解这为什么会让人困惑。

So I can see how that would be confusing.

对。

Yep.

说到俚语，关键就在于联系，Aubrey。

It's all about connection when it comes to slang terms, Aubrey.

所以这就是正确的方法。

So this is the way to do it.

明白了吗？

Alright?

那我们就开始吧。

So let's get into it.

但在我们深入之前，各位，请点击这里关注All Ears English。

But before we get any further into it, guys, hit the follow button right here on All Ears English.

你不想错过它。

You don't want to miss it.

我们正在为秋季的精彩节目做准备。

We're gearing up for a great fall season.

现在已经九月了，你肯定想准备好实现自己的目标。

We're in September now, and you want to be ready to achieve your goals.

大家都开学了。

Everyone's back to school.

这正是集中精力的时候。

This is the time to focus your energy.

对吧？

Okay?

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yes.

所以，就在这个播客上点关注吧。

So hit follow right here on the podcast.

对，那我们直接进入这些短语，看看怎么用它们来拉近关系。

And yeah, let's dive in with these phrases and how you can use them to connect.

这两个在Z世代中都非常流行。

Both of these are very popular among Gen Z.

就是青少年，甚至更小的孩子。

So teenagers and even younger.

我的孩子11岁，快12岁了。

My kids are 11, they're almost 12.

他们经常用这些词，你在网上也会经常看到。

They use these a lot And you'll see them a lot online.

人们经常在评论区、社交媒体、视频里用它们，所以你肯定会听到。

People will often use them in comments, on social media, in videos, so you're going to be hearing them.

有很多内容都在用这些。

There's a lot of content that uses this.

是的。

Yeah.

奥布里，很高兴你在这里。

I'm glad that you're here Aubrey.

我们总能指望你讲解Z世代的俚语，因为这些东西总是从Z世代开始的，对吧？

We can always count on you with the Gen Z slang because it always does start with Gen Z, right?

是的。

Yes.

我们喜欢发明新词。

Love to invent new words.

就是改变我们一直以来的说法。

Just change the way we always said it.

在这一集之前，我和林赛聊了聊。

Lindsay and I were chatting before this episode.

我们以前说“用油烹饪”，现在他们说“用油烹饪”或者直接说“烹饪”。

We used to say cooking with grease, like now they're cooking with grease or just cooking.

现在你是在烹饪，意思就是你现在做得很好。

Now you're cooking and that just meant like now you're doing a good job.

我们的父母还在用那些。

Our parents still use those.

我们也还在用。

We still use them.

年轻人就喜欢稍微改一改，对吧？

The younger kids just like to tweak it a little bit, right?

他们改一改，对吧？

They tweak it, right?

没错。

Exactly.

那跟我们说说现在是怎么改的。

So tell us how we've tweaked it now.

这个“cooking”这个词是怎么变的？

How has this changed, this word cooking?

对，那我们先聊聊“cooking”吧。

Yeah, so first we'll talk about cooking.

所以如果你没听过这些新俚语，你可能会听到cooking意思是表现非常好。

So if you haven't heard these new slang terms, you might hear cooking to mean doing really well.

所以我经常听到我的孩子们说这个，如果他们玩电子游戏，或者他们玩得很好，他们会说，我在烹饪。

So, I'll often hear my kids say this if they're playing a video game and someone they're playing with or if they are doing really well, they'll be like, I'm cooking.

看我烹饪。

Watch me cook.

或者像，他在烹饪。

Or like, He's cooking.

意思就是他们表现非常好。

And it means they're doing really well.

好的，知道了。

Okay, good to know.

也许就像他状态正佳。

Maybe like he's on a roll.

是这样吗？

Would it be like that?

差不多是这个意思吧？

Something like that?

对，非常相似。

Yes, very similar.

我们以前可能会说他们状态正佳。

We might have said they're on a roll.

你也可以用在音乐上，对吧？

You could say it's about music, right?

比如那个歌手的新专辑真的很棒，或者就是当下常说的那种感觉。

Oh that artist is really cooking with their new album or just it's often said in the moment.

就是某人正在做某件事，比如你在看视频，然后评论他们正在做的事。

Someone's doing something right now like you're watching a video and you're commenting about what you're watching them do.

就会说，哇，他真的太厉害了。

Be like, Oh he's really cooking.

就是当下那个时刻。

In the moment.

所以如果我说Bad Bunny现在真的很火，那就不太一样了。

So it wouldn't be like if I said like Bad Bunny, I feel like is really popular right now.

对吧？

Right?

不是那种情况。

It wouldn't be like that.

更像是得看着他表演的时候。

It's more like I have to be watching him perform.

是这样吗？

Is that right?

没错。

Exactly.

对吧？

Right?

所以比如你在看超级碗，你就会说，哇，Bad Bunny真是火力全开。

So if you're watching the Super Bowl for example, you'd be like, Oh, Bad Bunny is cooking.

你知道，或者就像你在看他们表演一样。

You know, or like you're watching them perform.

这真的更注重当下的感觉。

It is really more in the moment.

对。

Yeah.

好的，所以这就是我们八九十年代用法的主要区别。

Okay, so that's the key difference from how we used it in the 80s and 90s.

确实。

True.

对吧？

Right?

因为我以前带回家成绩单，可能成绩还不错。

Because I used to bring home like a report card and maybe it was a good report card.

我爸就会说，你表现得很棒。

My dad would say, You're cooking.

对吧？

Right?

对，那只是说你做得很好。

Yeah, that just means you're doing great.

这次不一样。

This is different.

这次更像是你当下状态正佳。

This is more like in the moment you're on a roll.

我们也会说，你太厉害了。

We'll also say like, You're killing it.

这可以用在体育上。

And it could be sports.

比如打球的时候，她状态火热，连续几个好球。

Playing sports, She's cooking, she's got several good plays in a row.

这更关乎当下正在发生的事情。

It's more about what's happening right now.

好的，不错。

Okay, good.

接下来我们该聊什么，Aubrey？

Where to go from here Aubrey?

我们还需要了解什么？

What else do we need to know?

那我们就说说什么时候可以用这个表达吧，因为用“cooking”来夸人真的很有意思。

Well, let's share when you can use it because it is a really fun connection skill to use cooking.

你可以用它来给别人打气，对吧？

You can use it to hype someone up, right?

就像，哇，你真是火力全开，不管他们现在在做什么。

Just like, oh you're cooking whatever they're doing right now.

如果他们做得好的话。

If they're doing it well.

你在工作中也可以这么说，但这是非常随意、非正式的说法。

You could say this at work but it's very casual, very informal.

再比如，你知道，如果有人讲故事，讲得特别好，大家都笑得很开心，你注意到他们状态特别好，我们以前会说他们‘火力全开’。

So more about, you know, if someone's telling a story, like tells a really good story and everyone's laughing and you notice they're just kind of, we would say on fire back in the day.

对。

Yeah.

就像，你今晚火力全开。

Like, you're on fire tonight.

现在可能会说，我

Now we might I

还是会这么说。

still say that.

你今晚状态爆棚。

You're cooking tonight.

我还是会说‘今晚火力全开’。

I still say on fire tonight.

我可不会丢掉我的老俚语。

I'm not dropping any of my old slang.

可能不那么酷，但我还是会说。

Maybe it's not cool, but I'm still saying it.

所以，就像你说的，夸人，或者在工作中正面评价他们的表现。

So hyping someone up maybe again, like you said, critiquing their performance at work in a positive way.

但当然，这还得看工作环境，对吧？

But again, depends on the workplace, of course, right?

对。

Mhmm.

这

This is

非常口语化。

very conversational.

你可以在休息室或者下班后的聚会上聊天时用这个，但在更正式的场合，比如开会什么的，可能就不太合适了。

You can have a conversation in the break room or at happy hour and use this, but it probably wouldn't be like in a more formal setting in a meeting or something like that.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

For sure.

好的。

Okay.

然后就像你说的，你的朋友在讲故事，大家都在笑。

And then like you said, your friend's telling a story and everyone's laughing.

哦，你今晚真是火力全开啊。

Oh, you're just cooking tonight.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Mhmm.

或者如果有人在争论中占了上风。

Or if someone is winning an argument maybe.

比如在社交媒体评论里，或者你知道的，如果有人在聊天时说，好吧，他真的很厉害，当你在讨论谁在争论中占上风的时候。

Maybe in like comments on social media or, you know, if someone's chatting and be like, okay, he's really cooking when you're talking about who you think is winning the argument.

对，现在在TikTok上跳舞是大事。

Yeah, or dancing on TikTok is the big thing now.

TikTok。

TikTok.

所以你可以说他们很厉害，对吧？

So you could say they're cooking, right?

如果你在回应别人的舞蹈，如果它获得很多点赞或者大家很喜欢，对吧？

If you're responding to someone's dance, if it's getting a lot of likes or people love it, right?

对，意思是他们做得很好。

Yeah, mean they're doing a good job.

不管什么原因，他们都很厉害，对吧？

It's good for whatever reason they're cooking, right?

但更常听到的是，“让他们发挥吧”。

But this is even more common to hear, Let them cook.

让她继续。

Let her cook.

这有点像，你想让他们继续下去。

This is sort of like, you want them to keep going.

你想让他们成功，而且这通常是在为某人辩护时说的。

You want them to succeed and it's often in defense of someone.

比如说，有人站起来唱卡拉OK，你想支持他们，而其他人可能会说，换首歌？

So, say someone gets up to sing karaoke and you want to support them and someone else is maybe like, Different song?

或者让他们坐下，然后你会说，让她继续！

Or telling them to sit down and you'd be like, Let her cook!

意思是，不，我想让她能继续下去。

It means like, No, I want her to be able to keep going.

你在支持他们。

You're supporting them.

我喜欢这个。

Love it.

好的，我每天都在这个节目里学到新东西。

Okay, I learn something new on this show every day.

这太棒了。

This is great.

不错。

Nice.

是的，而且

Yeah, and

这个很有趣，而且是个很好的连接技巧。

this is a fun one and what a great connection skill.

如果你有朋友，我们都经历过那种情况，他们只需要有人支持他们，有人为他们撑腰，而这是一个很好的方式，因为它有趣、好玩、轻松。

If you have a friend, like we've all been in that situation, where all they need is someone to support them, someone to stick up for them, and this is a great way to do it because it's fun, it's playful, it's light hearted.

你不会真的和任何人吵架，如果你只是说“让她继续”。

You're not going actually get in a fight with anyone if you're just like, let her cook.

对。

Right.

明白了。

Got it.

明白了。

Got it.

或者有人在网上发表一些奇怪的观点。

Or maybe someone's posting a weird viewpoint online.

对吧？

Right?

很疯狂的观点。

A crazy viewpoint.

你就想看看接下来会怎样。

And you just wanna see where it goes.

对吧？

Right?

他有些奇怪的想法，但就让他继续吧。

He's got some weird ideas, but just let him cook.

让他去吧。

Let him go.

对，这有点像在说，我们看看接下来会怎么样。

Yeah, that's kind of like saying, we'll see how this goes.

让他自由发挥。

Let him cook.

看看会有什么结果。

Let's see what shakes out.

看看会有什么结果。

See what shakes out.

我喜欢这个说法。

I like it.

关于“让他自由发挥”这个说法，还有什么我们需要了解的吗？

Anything else we need to know about cook?

让他们自由发挥吧。

Let them cook.

对，这挺有意思的。

Yeah, this is interesting.

这种俚语有很多用法，我们使用它的方式非常特别。

There are so many things about this type of slang that so specific the way that we use it.

有一点我们不建议做，就是问“我做得怎么样？”

One thing we would not recommend is to ask Did I cook?

“我刚才表现如何？”

Was I cooking?

如果我说这种话，我会觉得特别丢脸，尤其是在孩子面前。

If I said that, I would say that to mortify my children.

如果我那样做，他们肯定会说：“不，妈妈。”

If I did that, they would just be like, No, mom.

那绝对不行，对吧？

That's absolutely not, right?

所以，这挺有意思的。

So, it's interesting.

我最推荐的就是“让他发挥”或者“让她发挥”这种说法。

The biggest way I would recommend is the let him cook or let her cook.

我经常听到我这个年纪的人这么说。

Hear people my age saying that a lot.

我们其实是在借用Z世代的俚语，用起来挺有意思的。

We're kind of taking this Gen Z slang and using that and it's fun.

很俏皮。

It's playful.

我特别喜欢这个。

I like that one a lot.

我喜欢。

I like it.

知道了。

Good to know.

所以我们不是要寻求认可。

So we're not asking for validation.

那可不酷。

That's not cool.

对。

Right.

对吧？

Right?

我

I

不会那么做。

wouldn't do that.

酷一点。

Be cool.

酷一点，各位。

Be cool, guys.

酷一点。

Be cool.

我们是想帮你们变得酷一点。

We're trying to help you guys be cool.

好的。

Alright.

我们稍微休息一下，然后回来继续聊。

We'll take a quick break, and then we'll be back to talk more.

说英语说累了吧？

Exhausted after speaking English?

不是因为对话难，而是因为你的大脑在超负荷运转，忙着翻译、检查语法、找词汇。

Not because the conversation was difficult, but because your brain was working overtime to translate, checking grammar, searching for vocabulary.

但真正的流利其实感觉更轻松。

But true fluency actually feels lighter.

你花更少

You spend less

的时间去想英语，更多的时间去和人交流。

time thinking about English and more time connecting with people.

找出是什么阻碍了你达到你想要的下一个水平。

Find out what's standing between you and that next level that you're looking for.

来做个免费的2分钟流利度测试吧。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz.

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

好的，Aubrey，接下来呢？

Okay, Aubrey, to next?

我们还需要了解什么？

What else do we need to know here?

现在我们要讲的是“cooked”，这个词很不一样。

So now we're going talk about cooked which is very different.

它的意思正好相反，对吧？

It's like the opposite meaning, right?

比如说，如果你听到有人说“cooked”，比如“我没复习考试，我完了。”

If you hear cooked for example, I didn't study for the test, I'm cooked.

你觉得那是什么意思，Lindsay？

What do you think that would mean Lindsay?

你大概能

You can probably

猜出来，就是你有麻烦了，对吧？

tell Probably from you're in trouble, right?

哦，那肯定要完蛋了。

Oh, it's gonna be a disaster.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

对吧？

Right?

或者如果我们错过了这个截止日期，我们就完蛋了，意思是事情会变得很糟糕。

Or if we miss this deadline, we're cooked means things are going to go badly.

那将是一场灾难，这和烹饪正好相反。

It's going to be a disaster, which is the opposite of cooking.

好的。

Okay.

如果

If

你被烤了，那你就不在烹饪了。

you're cooked, you're not cooking.

对。

Yeah.

有意思。

Interesting.

知道了。

Good to know.

有时候英语里也有这种情况。

Sometimes we have that in English.

俚语看起来很像，但意思可能完全相反。

The slang seems very similar, but can mean the complete opposite.

所以关键就在于上下文。

So it's all about context.

所以再说一遍，各位，be cooked 的意思就是遇到麻烦，或者对接下来要发生的事情完全没有准备。

So again, guys, to be cooked means to be in trouble or totally unprepared for what's coming next.

哦，那种感觉最糟糕了。

Oh, that's the worst feeling.

还记得上学的时候，你到了教室才发现有测验什么的，而你根本没准备吗？

Remember when you were in school and you would show up and you realize there's like a quiz or something and you didn't prepare?

那真是太可怕了。

It was horrible.

对。

Yes.

这是现在最常说的，尤其是Z世代。

And this is the most common thing to say right now, especially Gen Z.

就直接说，我完了。

Just be like, I'm cooked.

我们完了。

We're cooked.

他们会做一件很有趣的事，就是会说，我完了吗，查德？

They do this funny thing where they'll say, Am I cooked, Chad?

就好像是在对我说。

And it's like they're saying it to me.

我的孩子们会这样对我说。

My kids will say this to me.

一开始我还得问他们。

I had to ask them at first.

就像他们在游戏或社交媒体上对聊天框里打的那种话。

It's like that's what they would type on a video game or on social media to the chat.

如果有人在直播的话。

If someone's on a live stream.

所以各位，如果你们熟悉这些的话，我当时就想，你什么意思？

So everyone out there if you're familiar with all of that, I was like, what do you mean?

你为什么叫我聊天区？

Why are you calling me chat?

我是不是完蛋了，聊天区？

Am I cooked chat?

很有意思，现在Z世代的俚语真的跟网络生活紧密相关。

It is so interesting how Gen Z slang now really involves being online.

都融进词里了。

Integrated into the words.

太有意思了。

That's fascinating.

他们的生活太依赖网络了。

Their lives are so much online.