AEE第7集：如何利用电视开启更多英语对话

这是《All Ears English》播客的第七期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode seven.

教你如何用电视来开启更多英语对话。

How to use the TV to start more English conversations.

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客，全球下载量已超过两亿次。

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

你是不是觉得自己的英语进步卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何放下对完美的执念，通过建立真实连接，变得自信又流利。

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

本期节目由两位美国主持人带来：英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，以及纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，她们分别从科罗拉多和纽约市为你直播。

With your American hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

你有没有过这样的经历：跟母语是英语的人聊天时，完全想不出该聊什么话题？

Do you ever feel like you don't know any topics to bring up when you are in English conversations with native speakers?

不妨从新闻和美剧里找话题，轻松开启英语对话。

Use the news and TV sitcoms to start English conversations.

今天，挑几部最好的情景喜剧和新闻节目，看看怎么用这个方法来建立联系。

Today, get the best sitcoms and news shows, and find out exactly how to use this strategy to connect.

你有没有觉得自己的英语已经不错了，但还没达到你理想中的水平？

Do you ever feel like your English is good, but not quite where you want it to be?

也许你能正常聊天，但一说到复杂的想法还是会犹豫。

Maybe you can have conversations, but you still hesitate when expressing complex ideas.

也许你心里清楚想说什么，但就是说不出口，听起来不够自然。

Maybe you know what you want to say, but you can't always say it naturally.

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If that sounds familiar, our b two English fluency course was designed for you.

你会学会更自然地表达，自信地传达想法，彻底摆脱中级阶段的停滞感。

You'll learn how to speak more naturally, express yourself with confidence, and finally stop feeling stuck at the intermediate level.

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This week, you can save $50 on our basic plan or save a $100 on our personal coach plan.

去 allearsenglish.com/btwo 了解更多。

Go to allearsenglish.com/btwo.

那就是 allearsenglish.com/letterbnumbertwo。

That's allearsenglish.com/letterbnumbertwo.

你好，林赛。

Hello, Lindsey.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

嗨，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

今天能和你一起在话筒前和听众们交流，我真的很开心。

Happy to be on the microphone with you for our listeners today.

我状态很好。

I'm doing great.

我状态很好。

I'm doing great.

你周末过得怎么样？

How was your weekend?

哦，挺好的。

Oh, it was nice.

确实不错。

It was nice.

我出去待了会儿，那感觉真好。

I got to be outside a little bit, so that was good.

你呢？

How about you?

很棒。

Wonderful.

是的。

Yeah.

上周末我去爬了一座特别高的山。

I hiked a crazy high mountain over the weekend.

哦，实际上我总是比梅伦特表现得更好。

Oh, and actually always outdo Maylent.

没有。

No.

不过我有个故事要说。

But actually, have a story.

简短说一下，真的挺短的。

Real quick, real quick story.

上周末我们遇到一只流浪狗。

We actually found a stray dog over the weekend.

是的。

Yeah.

那场面可真够惊险的。

It was really dramatic.

他一直跟着我们。

So he followed us.

我们在丹佛到处逛的时候，发现他在草坪上，就一直跟在我们后面。

We were scooting around Denver, and we found him on the lawn, and he tried following us.

他差点就跟我们冲到马路上去了。

He almost followed us into the street.

我们试着找他的主人，但没找到，就带他去兽医那儿，扫描了芯片——现在狗都有芯片，能连回主人信息。

So we tried to find his owner, couldn't find his owner, took him to the vet, scanned his chip, because dogs now have a chip, which like links them back to the owner.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Uh-huh.

扫了芯片，结果发现他没登记。

Scanned his chip, couldn't no, he wasn't registered.

哇，真的吗？

Oh, wow.

我们就带他回了家，但他跟我们的狗合不来。

So we took him to our house, but he didn't get along with our dog.

最后只好送他去收容所了。

So we had to take him to the shelter.

但幸运的是，我们在Nextdoor上发了帖，那是我们社区的论坛，结果联系上了狗的主人。

But luckily, we were posting on Nextdoor, which is like our neighborhood forum, and we got connected with the owner.

所以第二天早上，主人就来把狗接走了。

So the Oh, owner that the next morning could go and pick the dog up.

哦，天哪。

Oh, Oh, wow.

这真是个精彩的故事。

That's that's quite a story.

那天可真够折腾的。

It was quite a day.

我的意思是，我们去爬了座一万四千英尺的山，结果还碰上找狗的事，真是充实的一天。

I mean, hiking a fourteener, 14,000 foot mountain, and then, you know, finding a dog, it was a big day.

我简直期待着去挑战一万八千英尺的山了。

So I'm so pumped for 18,000.

差不多就跟珠穆朗玛峰一样了。

Almost like Everest or

就是这么回事。

something.

是的。

Yeah.

对，琳达。

I yeah, Lindsay.

我干脆编点故事出来，好跟上节奏。

I I'm just gonna start making up stuff so I can compete with it.

所以。

So

好吧。

Okay.

哇，真没想到。

Well, wow.

明白了。

Okay.

这只狗能遇到你，真是运气好。

Well, that dog was lucky to find you.

确实太幸运了。

So Very lucky.

是的。

Yeah.

不过，咱们不谈狗或者徒步了，咱们说的是待在户外。

But, anyways, we're not talking about dogs or hiking We're being outside.

我们在聊电视。

We're talking about TV.

电视能带来各种各样的其他冒险。

TV, which offers a whole range of other adventures.

对吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

没错。

Exactly.

我是说，琳达，我觉得很多人学新语言的时候，都会转向看电视。

I mean, Lindsay, I I think that a lot of a lot of people when they're learning a new language, they kinda turn to the TV.

今天我想聊聊这个话题。

And I wanna talk about this today.

这么做靠谱吗？

Like, is it a good idea?

用电视学英语，到底有哪些好处呢？

Like, what's what are some of the benefits with learning English using the TV?

我也不太确定。

I don't know.

你觉得呢？

What do you think?

你知道吗，米歇尔，我觉得关键在于——我们平时做了很多雅思相关内容。

Well, you know, Michelle, I think what it comes down to and we we do a lot of IELTS.

如果你们去找《IELTS Energy》这个播客，就会发现我们也经常做雅思备考。

If you guys go find the IELTS energy podcast, we do a lot of IELTS preparation as well.

我们发现，当学生脑子里积累了大量内容——比如故事、笑话、时事、看过的情景喜剧、有趣的情境——他们就有更多可说的，也更自信了。

We find that when students have a lot of material in their mind, they have stories, they have jokes, they have current events, they have sitcoms that they've seen, funny situations, they have a lot to say, and they become more confident.

Michelle，你教的学生也有这种情况吗？

Have you seen that, Michelle, with your students?

有的。

Yes.

我觉得确实如此，因为你总得不断积累素材，这样跟人聊天时才有东西可聊。

I I I think so because you just wanna constantly be building up, like, your bank of material to be able to talk to people about something.

比如说，我有时候走进教室，就会问学生：

So, like, for example, I always whenever like, I've had it where I've come into a classroom.

你周末干什么了？

Oh, what did you do over the weekend?

没干什么。

Oh, nothing.

真的吗？

Really?

你什么都没做啊。

You did nothing.

我就待在家里。

Oh, I just stayed inside.

你在家啥也没干。

I just you did nothing inside.

我就看电视。

Oh, I watch TV.

哦，这样啊。

And Oh.

然后呢。

Then

很多人周末都这么过，这也没问题。

you kinda like a lot of people spend their weekends that way, and that's fine.

所以与其说‘什么都没做’，不如试着说点具体的事。

So maybe instead of saying nothing, you wanna always try and actually put something forward.

也许那个人会看那个电视剧。

Maybe that person watches the TV show.

哇。

Wow.

我整个周末都在看《老友记》。

I spent the whole weekend watching friends.

我整个星期都这样，你知道的，这也没问题。

I spent the whole week, you know, and that's fine.

这样你就多了不少可以聊的话题。

So, like, it just gives you more things to talk about.

还能学到更多东西，因为剧里头 references 多得很，挺好的。

It gives you more things to learn because there are tons of references in TV shows, so it's all good.

没错，米歇尔。

Exactly, Michelle.

而且在这档节目里，我们看重的是连接，而不是完美。

And, you know, on this show, again, what we believe in is connection not perfection.

再没有什么比别人问你周末过得怎么样，你却说啥也没干，更能打断交流的了。

And nothing kills connection faster than when someone inquires about your weekend and you said you did nothing.

没错。

Right.

对啊。

Right.

一下子就把话题给掐灭了。

It just stops the connection right away.

哦，

Oh,

是的。

yeah.

你总得说点什么。

You gotta say something.

对。

Yeah.

这会让人觉得你封闭、不想交流，但其实我们知道你们是想建立联系的。

Makes it makes it seem like you're closed off, like you don't wanna connect, but we know you guys want to connect.

明白吗？

Okay?

那今天我们先来聊聊几个能获取新闻的渠道。

So we're gonna start today by throwing out some news channels where you can get the news.

现在新闻事件这么多，我们希望你们能了解这些信息，这样就能用它们来开启对话，之后我们还会推荐一些值得看的美剧。

There's a lot going on in the news right now, and we want you guys to be informed so that this material will help you start conversations, and then we'll give you some TV sitcoms that you should be watching.

明白吗？

Okay?

太好了。

Love it.

太好了。

Love it.

那可以从这几个地方开始。

Well, some places to start.

首先是BBC。

So there's the BBC.

对。

Mhmm.

还有NPR，也不错。

And NPR is another good one.

NPR还有很多内容，我知道他们提供文字稿。

And NPR also has a lot of I know they have transcripts.

不过这个主要是用来听的。

Well, this is this is for listening.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，NPR更偏向于听觉内容。

I mean, so you could I guess well, NPR is more of a listening channel.

这是美国国家公共广播电台。

It's National Public Radio.

对。

Mhmm.

他们有很多节目。

But they have a lot of shows.

如果你去他们的网站看看，其实他们是有字幕文本的，我觉得。

If you just go to their website, guys, and they do have transcripts, I think.

BBC会给你更英式的视角，对吧？我觉得它可能比美国的NPR更偏向国际视角，这是我猜的。

BBC is gonna give you that more British perspective, right, and which I think probably tends to be more international as well compared to an American NPR is my guess.

对。

Mhmm.

那Hulu是什么呢？Hulu到底是个啥？

And then, you know, Hulu is what is Hulu?

米歇尔，你用Hulu吗？

Do you use Hulu, Michelle?

我没有

I don't

Hulu。

have Hulu.

我就只有，嗯，

I just have yeah.

那个就别管了。

Just skip that one.

对。

Yeah.

但我确实经常看ABC和NBC。

But I do, you know, a lot of ABC, NBC.

那些都是常见的频道。

Those are, like, your regular ones.

CBS，还有那些有线电视网络。

CBS, then there's, you know, the cable networks.

有线电视频道。

The cable networks.

对吧？

Right?

CNN 一直都在。

There's always CNN.

对吧？

Right?

这个频道在电视上几乎从不缺席。

That's a big one that's always on TV.

所以看新闻的地方多的是。

So lots of places to get your news.

关键是不管去哪儿，先把新闻看了再说。

The point is it doesn't matter where you go, just get the news.

对吧？

Right?

一定要关注新闻。

Make sure you're getting the news.

这样你的媒体摄入就有一半是新闻了。

And then also so that's 50% of your media diet.

另外一半当然就是电视剧了。

And then the other 50% is, of course, TV shows.

最近我又重新看了《欲望都市》的老剧集，米歇尔。

And lately, I've been going back through the old episodes of Sex and the City, Michelle.

真不错。

Oh, nice.

经典的《欲望都市》，主角是莎拉·杰西卡·帕克吧？

The classic Sex and the City, which Sarah Michelle was it Sarah Jessica Parker?

对。

Yep.

就是个挺轻松的剧。

It's a it's just a fun show.

讲的是纽约的事。

It's about New York.

我特别喜欢纽约。

I love New York.

就是挺有意思的。

So it's just it's fun.

挺好玩的。

It's fun.

是啊。

Yeah.

我听说他们要翻拍了。

And they're rebooting it, I think.

我听说了。

I heard that.

这太让人兴奋了。

That's so exciting.

是的

Yeah.

真的很让人兴奋。

It's exciting.

或者你可以看看《宋飞正传》，这是我最喜欢的剧之一。

Or guys, you can you can check out Seinfeld, which is one of my favorite ones.

虽然现在看有点老了，但特别搞笑。

I mean, it's old now, but it's so funny.

还有《老友记》，当然了。

And then Friends, of course.

《摩登家庭》也特别特别适合用来学习。

There's also Modern Family is a really, really good one to to learn with.

我喜欢这部。

I love that.

真的特别棒。

It's so good.

《摩登家庭》《法律与秩序》，如果你喜欢犯罪剧，这些都很常见。

Modern Family, Law and Order, if you like crime shows, very common.

《实习医生格蕾》这些年来一直很受欢迎。

Grey's Anatomy has, over the years, been really common.

另一个写作出色的例子是《女子监狱》。

Another good example of good writing is Orange is the New Black.

虽然现在看有点老了，但剧本确实很棒。

It's older now, but it's it's just good writing.

真的特别好。

It's really good.

还有，米歇尔，那个……

And, Michelle, the yeah.

你请说。

Go ahead.

不好意思。

I'm sorry.

另一部剧是《我们这一天》。

And a drama another drama is This Is Us.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

对。

Yes.

《我们这一天》。

This Is Us.

米歇尔，我对这部剧感觉挺复杂的，说实话，它特别真实，也很容易引起共鸣。

Michelle, I have mixed feelings about that show because, to be honest, it's very human and it's very relatable.

但每次看的时候，我都觉得特别难过。

But every time I watch it, I feel, like, intensely sad.

是啊。

Yeah.

这确实是一部让人伤心的剧。

It is a sad show.

我懂。

I know.

你要是看这个剧，就得做好可能会掉几滴眼泪的准备，不过呢，

You can't go into it without expecting you might you might shed a tear or two, but it's kinda.

是啊。

Yeah.

我明白。

I know.

它不是我最爱的，但我确实挺喜欢的。

I it's it's not my number one, but I do like it.

这得看你的状态。

It depends on your mood.

咱们给听众们准备了各种类型，朋友们。

So we've given our listeners something for everyone, guys.

如果你喜欢犯罪剧，那就看《法律与秩序》吧。

If you're into crime shows, go for Law and Order.

如果你喜欢医疗剧，那就看《实习医生格蕾》。

If you're into medical shows, Grey's Anatomy.

我也挺喜欢《良医》。

I also like The Good Doctor.

我们一直在看这部剧。

We've been watching that.

哦，我知道。

Oh, I know.

《良医》。

The Good Doctor.

这部剧真不错。

It's a good one.

所以啊，大家的选择可多了。

So guys, lots of options.

关键是别忘了给自己安排点好看的内容，毕竟咱们得有东西聊，对吧。

The point is make sure you get your media diet because, you know, we need material.

米歇尔，《宋飞正传》里有太多场景，母语者经常提到。

Michelle, in Seinfeld, there's a ton of scenarios that people are constantly native speakers are constantly referring to.

所以你得能参与到这些对话里去。

So you wanna be able to participate in those conversations.

对吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

当然了。

Absolutely.

没错。

Absolutely.

各位，这真的特别重要。

Guys, this is so important.

所以一定要开始看新闻。

So definitely start consuming news.

多看看电视剧。

Start watching TV shows.

这会让你的英语进步神速。

It'll do wonders for your English.

也会让你和别人的关系更融洽。

It'll do wonders for your connections with other people.

各位记住，我们All Ears English讲的不是完美，而是连接。

Guys, remember, we are here at All Ears English are all about connection, not perfection.

别忘了在你听All Ears English播客的平台点个关注。

And remember to hit follow wherever you are listening to the All Ears English podcast.

关注或者订阅，这样就不会错过我们的任何内容。

Follow or subscribe so that you don't miss anything from us.

我们每周更新四次。

We're here four days a week.

是的。

Yes.

太好了。

Perfect.

好的，米歇尔。

Alright, Michelle.

我们下一期再见。

I'll see you in the next episode.

保重。

Take care.

好的。

Alright.

再见。

Goodbye.

拜拜。

Bye.

感谢收听All Ears English。

Thanks for listening to All Ears English.

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