AEE：四个描述无意识动作的副词

这里是All Ears English播客，四个副词，用来描述无意中的行为。

This is an All Ears English Podcast, four adverbs to describe inadvertent actions.

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

你是否觉得英语学习遇到了瓶颈？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们将向你展示如何变得无所畏惧、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Michelle Kaplan，纽约电台女孩，和Aubrey Carter，雅思专家，从美国亚利桑那州和纽约市为你带来。

With your American host, Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, and Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, coming to you from Arizona and New York City, USA.

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想想你上次犯的错误。

Think about the last mistake you made.

你是无意中犯的，还是不小心犯的？

Did you do it accidentally or inadvertently?

今天，你会学到四个描述意外事件的副词的差别。

Today, you'll learn the difference between four adverbs that describe accidents.

你还要在多少英语对话中，感觉自己像个更安静、更平淡的自己？

How many more conversations in English will you sit through feeling like a quieter, flatter version of yourself?

你不需要更多的习语，甚至不需要更好的语法。

You don't need more idioms or even better grammar.

你需要知道如何进入对话，读懂社交信号，并在当下自然地建立联系。

You need to know how to enter the conversation, read the social signals, and naturally connect in the moment.

这就是你会在我们的新课程《社交英语》中学到的。

That's what you'll learn in our new course, Socializing in English.

但是报名很快就要截止了。

But enrollment closes soon.

这门课程是全新的，我们教你其他英语课程不教的内容。

The course is brand new, and we teach you what other English courses don't teach.

不要让自己被排除在对话之外。

Don't stay on the outside of the conversation.

现在就加入我们，访问 allearsenglish.com/social。

Join us now at allearsenglish.com/social.

在周日之前加入，就能在我们的全新课程上节省高达100美元。

Join before Sunday to save up to $100 on our brand-new course.

快去抓住这个特别优惠吧。

Go and grab the special deal now.

访问 allearsenglish.com/S-O-C-I-A-L。

Go to allearsenglish.com/S-O-C-I-A-L.

你好，Michelle。

Hello, Michelle.

你最近怎么样？

How are you doing?

我很好，Aubrey。

I'm doing well, Aubrey.

你呢？

How are you?

我很好。

I'm great.

今天能和你一起录节目，我很兴奋。

Excited to be recording with you today.

是的，我也是。

Yes, me too.

Aubrey，你有没有不小心把东西忘在烤箱里，或者把东西烤糊了——

Aubrey, have you ever accidentally left something in the oven or burned something-

哦，有啊

Oh, yes

……做饭的时候？

... when you're cooking?

唉。

Ugh.

我不小心——我会忘记调烤面包机的设置，结果它一直是五档，把什么都烤糊了，我就想：“为什么会有这个档位？”

I accidentally, I'll forget to change the setting on the toaster, and it'll be five, which burns everything, and I'm like, "Why is that even a setting?"

我得把它调到四或者三。

I need to lower it to four or three.

我也不知道怎么回事。

And I don't know what it is.

有时候我的孩子可能会把它调高，谁知道呢？

Sometimes my kids will turn it up if maybe they want, who knows?

不过是的。

But yeah.

所以我经常不小心把吐司烤焦。

So I accidentally burn toast a lot.

你呢？

What about you?

是啊，你把吐司烤焦了。

Yeah, you burn toast.

我也有过不小心把东西放在烤箱里时间太长的时候。

I've accidentally left things in the oven longer than they should be.

倒不是说有什么危险，但愿没事，但愿没事。

Not in an unsafe way, knock on wood, knock on wood.

但就是，对，然后就烤焦了。

But just, yeah, then it gets burnt.

我肉菜做得不太好，因为我总觉得一不小心就做过头了。

I'm not great at cooking meat or anything like that because I feel like I accidentally overdo it.

做肉的时候，其实界限挺微妙的——

When you're making meat, it's kind of a fine line between-

要么没熟，要么太干。

Undercooked and dry

……既要保证安全，然后，对。

... making it safe and then, yeah.

是的。

Yes.

然后就会觉得，唉。

And then it's like, ugh.

那确实挺难的。

That's tricky.

或者饼干。

Or cookies.

更糟，对。

Worse, yeah.

多放一分钟，它们就突然变得又脆又过头了。

You leave it one minute too long and suddenly they're crispy and overdone.

就像变魔术一样，生和熟之间那条线太微妙了。

It's like a magic, that fine line between- ... overcooked and raw.

说到这个，我们收到一个关于“accidentally”这个词的好问题。

Well, we got a great question about this word, accidentally.

是在YouTube上的。

It was on YouTube.

Michelle，你愿意帮我们读一下这个问题吗？

Michelle, do you want to read the question for us?

好的。

Sure.

这个问题来自Saddam Mohammed U1G。

So this is from Saddam Mohammed U1G.

非常感谢你的提问。

Thank you so much for your question.

Saddam Mohammed说：“这真的太棒了。

And Saddam Mohammed says, "This is really awesome.

我很喜欢这一集。

I loved this episode.

你把intentionally、on purpose和deliberately之间的细微差别讲得非常透彻。”

You perfectly expounded," ooh, "on the nuances between intentionally, on purpose, and deliberately.

你能谈谈这些词的反义词吗？比如inadvertently、unwittingly、accidentally和involuntarily。

Could you please reflect on the opposite meanings of these words, like inadvertently, unwittingly, accidentally, and involuntarily?

还有，能不能解释一下low-key这个词怎么用作名词、动词或形容词？

Could you also explain how to use the word low-key as a noun and a verb or adjective?

我经常听到这个词，在不同的场合里。

I hear this word a lot used in different contexts.

非常感谢Michelle、Lindsay和Aubrey，你们付出了巨大的努力。

Thank you so much, Michelle, Lindsay, and Aubrey, for your colossal efforts."

非常感谢你的提问。

Thank you so much for your question.

谢谢收听。

Thank you for listening.

是的，这个问题里的词汇很棒。

Yes, and great vocabulary in this question.

非常厉害。

Very impressive.

对，这挺有意思的。

And yeah, this is interesting.

其实我们不久前刚录了一集关于low-key的节目。

We recorded an episode not long ago, actually, about low-key.

所以如果你错过了那一集，请听到最后了解详情，因为那集真的很棒。

So stay to the end for details if you missed that one, because that was a great episode.

我们确实会用 low-key 表达几种不同的意思。

We do use low-key a few different ways.

另外，Saddam 提到的关于 inadvertently 这类词的那集，其实是不久前发布的，4月18号星期六，所以你可以往上翻看看那集，讲的是如何有意识地丰富你的词汇。

And then also, the episode Saddam was referring to with words like inadvertently was published not long ago, Saturday, April 18th, so you could scroll up to see that one, how to intentionally vary your vocabulary.

但我很高兴他问到了这些很有意思的形容词，比如 inadvertently、unwittingly，所以我们今天很期待深入聊聊这些词。

But I'm excited he asked about these really interesting adjectives, inadvertently, unwittingly, so we're excited to dive into these today.

对，我想澄清一下，抱歉，那集里用的不是 inadvertently，应该是 intentionally。

Yeah, and just to clarify, sorry, it wasn't inadvertently on the episode, it was probably intentionally.

哦，对，没错。

Oh, yeah, that's right.

不过我们今天确实要聊 inadvertently，肯定的。

But yeah, we are going to talk about inadvertently today, for sure.

那太好了。

So, great.

大家去看看吧，还有，无论你在哪里收听《All Ears English》播客，记得点关注或者订阅。

So check those out, and guys, make sure that you hit follow wherever you're listening to the All Ears English Podcast, or hit subscribe.

也许你是在YouTube上看我们。

Maybe you're watching us on YouTube.

这样就不会错过任何内容，所有节目都会直接出现在你的播放列表里。

Never miss anything, and you'll be able to get all our episodes right into your queue.

如果你错过了那期节目，或者这些词——intentionally、on purpose、deliberately——听起来不熟悉，那你可能真的错过了。

If you missed this episode, if these words don't sound familiar to you, intentionally, on purpose, deliberately, then you might have missed that episode.

一定要点关注，这样就不会错过我们任何一期精彩的节目。

Be sure to hit follow so you never miss one of our amazing episodes.

没错。

That's right.

好，那我们开始吧。

All right, let's get into it.

第一个词是accidentally，指的是偶然发生的事情，对吧？

So the first one is accidentally, and that's something that happens by chance, right?

不是故意的，也不是计划好的。

Not intentionally, not planned.

我觉得这是最常用的一个。

I would say it's the most common one.

它听起来比较中性。

It's kind of neutral sounding.

而且它不会把责任归咎于任何人或任何事。

And another thing is it's not placing any blame on anyone or anything.

就是意外嘛，对吧？

It was just an accident, right?

没错。

Exactly.

所以可以指错误，也可以指意料之外的情况。

So an error, or it could be for an unexpected situation.

这种情况是你无法控制的，对吧？

The situation was out of your control, right?

如果是意外发生的，或者是不小心发生的。

If it happened on accident or accidentally.

你会注意到我们有两种不同的发音方式。

And you'll notice we're pronouncing it two different ways.

有时候我们会说成——

Sometimes we'll say it with-

……五个音节都发出来，accidentally，然后经常在——

... all five syllables, accidentally, and then often when-

……日常对话中使用时，我们会省略一个音节。

... we're using it in regular conversation, we drop a syllable.

这种情况经常发生，只是为了说话更快。

This happens a lot, just for quicker speech.

比如，我不小心把消息发错了群聊。

So for example, I accidentally sent the message to the wrong group chat.

你会注意到在那里我省略了最后的一个音节。

You'll notice there I'm dropping one of those final syllables.

或者，“她洗碗的时候不小心把玻璃杯打碎了。”

Or, "She accidentally broke the glass while she was doing dishes."

哎呀，那可不好玩。

Ooh, that's no fun.

这种事谁没遇到过呢。

That's happened to the best of us.

对。

Yes.

我有时候也会不小心把盘子碰到台面上，台面是大理石的，结果盘子就崩了——

I'll accidentally sometimes hit a dish against the counter, which is marble, and that'll chip-

或者直接碎了。

... or break a dish.

所以，哎呀，我真的尽量不那样做。

So, ooh, I really try not to do that.

每次发生这种事都挺让人郁闷的。

It's always such a bummer when it happens.

是的，当然。

Yes, for sure.

或者，“我不小心删了文件，但后来找回来了。”

Or, "I accidentally deleted the file, but I was able to recover it."

那真是松了一口气。

Well, that's a relief.

我们都经历过那种情况，就是不小心删了东西，赶紧说“快，撤销”。

We've all been there, where we're like, "Quick, hit undo," when you accidentally delete something.

希望你能想办法补救这些小意外。

Hopefully you can figure out fixing those accidents.

对，而且不用重做所有工作。

Yes, and not have to redo all your work.

所以，是的，不管是不小心还是无意，这种情况确实很常见。

So yeah, accidentally or accidentally, is definitely very common.

你不小心踩到别人的脚趾，或者做了别的什么事。

You accidentally step on someone's toe, do whatever it is.

但这是非常常见的一种。

But very common one.

接下来是“involuntarily”（非自愿地）。

And then the next one is involuntarily.

这是指你在无法控制自己的身体或选择的情况下做的事情。

And this is something you do without control over your body or choices.

你觉得这个词和“accidentally”一样常见，还是有点不同？

And would you say this one is as common as accidentally, or a little bit different?

不，这个词肯定没那么常见，对吧？

No, this is definitely less common, right?

意外随时都在发生，每天每时每刻都有。

Accidents happen constantly, all day every day.

非自愿的动作更少见，也更具体。

An involuntary action is more rare, it's more specific.

这个词更偏技术性或正式一些。

This is more technical or formal.

可能是因为某种健康问题。

It could be because of some kind of medical issue.

也可能跟习惯有关，比如身体或生理上的某种反应。

It can also be more about habits, like a physical or biological something.

比如你无意识地咬指甲，就是心不在焉地做这件事。

If you're involuntarily biting your fingernails, for example, you're doing it absentmindedly.

哦，那就是我。

Oh, that's me.

对，很多人都会这样。

Yeah, a lot of us do that.

那就是我。

That's me.

绝对是我。

That's definitely me.

所以这个词确实很实用。

So yeah, this one is definitely a very good one.

比如说，“我不小心在开会时没关摄像头。”

So for example, "I inadvertently left my camera on during the meeting."

或者，哦，或者无意中——

Or, oh, or involuntarily-

哦，哇，我一下子滑到底了。

Oh, whoa, I went all the way down.

非常抱歉。

I'm so sorry.

好的。

Okay.

你看，我不小心往下滚动了。

See, I accidentally scrolled down.

然后跳过了好多内容。

And I jumped way ahead.

那我举个例子，“他听到巨响时不由自主地缩了一下。”

So an example I'll give one is, "He involuntarily flinched when he heard the loud noise."

这通常是因为——

And this is often for-

……情绪反应，对吧？

... emotional responses, right?

比如你哭、笑或者打喷嚏，所有这些。

If you're crying or laughing or sneezing, all of that.

如果你不是故意的，我们不会说这是意外做的，而是说这是不由自主的。

If you don't intend it, we wouldn't say we're doing it accidentally, we'd say we're doing it involuntarily.

不由自主。

Involuntarily.

这是一种我们无法控制的生理反应。

It's like a physical reaction that we can't control.

或者，“她在演讲时不由自主地哭了起来。”

Or, "She involuntarily started crying during the speech."

或者，“我压力大的时候手会不由自主地颤抖。”

Or, "My hand trembles involuntarily when I'm stressed."

我要是公开演讲或者特别紧张的时候，手就会有点抖。

This happens to me if I'm giving a speech in public or I'm really stressed out, my hands will shake a little bit.

我得想办法把手藏起来，不让别人看到它们在抖。

I have to sort of hide my hands so people can't see them shaking.

哎呀。

Aw.

我记得小时候，有一堂课要求我们做演讲，我们得——

I remember when I was a kid, I was in a class where you had to give a speech, and we had to-

演示怎么做某件事，我当时演示的是怎么下国际象棋，就像我那时候那个可爱的小书呆子。

... demonstrate how to do something, and I was demonstrating how to play chess, like the cute little nerd I was.

哎呀。

Aw.

我的手抖得太厉害了，以至于我——

And my hands were shaking so much that I was-

哎呀。

Aw

把棋子都碰倒了。

... tipping over the chess pieces.

太尴尬了。

It was so embarrassing.

哎呀。

Aw.

我当时上初一或初二，正是青春期最尴尬的时候。

I was in seventh or eighth grade, the height of adolescent embarrassment.

太糟糕了。

It was terrible.

哎呀。

Aw.

哎呀，可怜的小奥布里。

Aw, poor little Aubrey.

可不是嘛。

I know, right?

哎呀。

Aw.

你会不会在英语对话结束后，在脑子里回放刚才的对话？

Do you replay conversations in English after they end?

也许你会想自己当时应该说什么，或者怀疑自己是不是错过了什么信号、打断了别人，或者给人留下了不好的印象。

Maybe you think of what you should've said, or wonder if you missed a signal, interrupted, or came across the wrong way.

这种不断的自我怀疑会让你更加退缩。

That constant second-guessing can make you pull back even more.

用英语社交给你一个清晰的方法，让你读懂局面、采取行动，并自信地与人建立联系。

Socializing in English gives you a clear method to read the situation, make your move, and connect with confidence.

现在，我们有更多练习英语的方式，比如实时开放对话俱乐部、流利度派对等等。

And now, with more ways to practice your English, like live open conversation club, fluency parties, and more.

报名即将截止。

Enrollment closes soon.

不要错过加入我们的机会，访问 allersenglish.com/social。

Don't miss your chance to join us at allersenglish.com/social.

好的。

All right.

那我们开始吧，先来看“inadvertently”，米歇尔。

Let's dive in with inadvertently, Michelle.

这个词是什么意思？

What does this one mean?

这个词指的是在没意识到的情况下做的事情，通常是因为你没注意到或者没留心。

So this is something done without realizing it, often because you didn't notice or pay attention.

这个词比“accidentally”听起来稍微正式一些。

And this one is slightly more formal sounding than certainly accidentally.

我觉得你更多会用它来写作，而不是在对话里说。

I would probably say you would write it more, than use it in conversation.

所以它更多用在专业或书面英语里，强调的是缺乏意识，而不只是随机的意外。

So it's used in professional or written English, and it can mean lack of awareness, not just a random accident.

你觉得呢，奥布里？

Don't you think, Aubrey?

我们更多用它来指工作上的失误或沟通不畅，那种情况算是意外，但更像是可以怪到某个人头上的。

We use it more for work mistakes or miscommunication, where it is sort of an accident, but it was more like you probably could blame someone.

要么是他们没注意，要么是没做好充分准备，类似这样的情况……就是那种不经意的错误。

They either weren't paying attention, or hadn't done the proper preparation, something like that- ... for an inadvertent mistake.

对，没错。

Yes, exactly.

所以，这跟意想不到的后果有关。

So, it's about unintended consequences.

那举个例子吧。

So here's an example.

“我不小心在开会时没关摄像头。”

"I inadvertently left my camera on during the meeting."

或者，“公司不小心提前发布了产品。”

Or, "The company inadvertently released the product early."

或者这种情况经常发生在冒犯到别人的时候。

Or this can happen a lot with offending someone.

她无意中说的话冒犯了他。

"She inadvertently offended him with her comment."

所以，我觉得这个词很多时候用在冒犯别人的情况上。

So yeah, I think there's a lot of the use of this word with offending someone.

哦，我不是故意的。

"Oh, I didn't mean to do that.

我无意中冒犯了别人。

I inadvertently offended someone."

那可真不好受。

That's never fun.

你会发现，这个词和accidentally几乎可以互换。

And this one, I think you'll notice, is pretty interchangeable with accidentally.

这些情况我们完全可以用accidentally。

We really could use accidentally for these.

我不小心把相机开着没关。

"I accidentally left my camera on."

公司不小心提前发布了产品。

"The company accidentally released the product early."

但有时候我们用“inadvertently”更多是在有人要负责任的情况下，对吧？

But sometimes we'll use inadvertently more when someone is to blame, right?

所以如果我说——

So if I say-

“我不小心让水一直流着，结果房子被淹了。”

... "I inadvertently left the water running and the house flooded."

在这里说“accidentally”的话，就有人要负责。

To say accidentally there, someone's to blame.

我要负责。

I'm to blame.

我犯了错，对吧？

I made a mistake, right?

所以我可以说是“inadvertently”，但可能不会说“accidentally”。

So I could say inadvertently, but I might not say accidentally.

我可能会这么说，但说成“accidentally”就暗示我觉得自己没责任。

I might, but to say accidentally is implying that I feel like I'm not at fault.

挺有意思的。

It's interesting.

确实挺逗的。

It's funny.

这让我想起我孩子们的事。我儿子刚为夏令营买了个新风扇，她拿过去就开始玩，还拿着跑，然后——

This is making me now think of my kids because my son just got a new fan for summer camp, and she took it, and right away she was kind of messing around and is running away with it and-

……心情不太好，结果她给弄坏了。

... not in a great mood, and she broke it.

然后她就说：“这是个意外。”

And then it was like, "It was an accident."

有时候你会觉得：“好吧，算是个意外。”

And sometimes you're like, "Okay, it was an accident."

有时候你会觉得：“那根本不是意外。”

Sometimes you're like, "That was not an accident."

所以他们为此吵了一架。

So they had an argument about that.

对，这总是很有意思，就像，如果你没有跑，或者你没有扔它，那件事就不会发生。

Yeah, that's always interesting when it's like, but if you weren't running, or if you weren't throwing it, that wouldn't have happened.

那这算意外吗？

So was it an accident?

因为有时候是有责任的。

Because sometimes there's fault.

但有趣的是，我们还是会经常用“意外”这个词，比如“好吧，她不小心弄坏了它”，因为那不是故意的。

But it's interesting because we'll still often use accident, like, "Okay, she accidentally broke it," because it wasn't intended.

但确实，你能明白为什么在商业场合更常用“无意中”，当……

But yeah, you can see why inadvertently is used more in a business context when-

……有造成后果的错误，而这些错误其实并不是真正的意外。

... there are mistakes that have consequences that weren't really an accident.

更多是有人没注意，或者没做该做的事，导致了这个非故意的……

It was more about someone not paying attention, or not doing something they should have, that this unintended-

……后果就发生了。

... consequence happened.

对，我觉得我永远不会用“无意中”来形容孩子。

Right, and I don't think I would ever use inadvertently about children.

你明白我的意思吗？

You know what I mean?

不明白。

No.

这个词听起来更专业。

It's a more professional sounding word.

我不会说“哦，她无意中弄坏了他的风扇”来形容她。

I don't think I would say, "Oh, she inadvertently broke his fan," about her.

你明白我的意思吗？

You know what I mean?

不，完全明白。

No, exactly.

这挺有意思的。

It's just kind of interesting.

这其实不是我们用来形容那些生活经验不足的孩子的词——

It's not really a word we use to describe children who don't have enough life understanding-

……他们还不至于真的被责怪——

... to really be blamed-

……因为任何意外。

... for any accident.

有意思。

Interesting.

没错。

Exactly.

好了，我们最后一个词是——

All right, our last one is-

好，我们来做最后一个。

All right, let's do the last one

……无意之中，对吧？

... unwittingly, right?

这就是在做某件事——

This is doing something-

……却不知道全部情况或后果。

... without knowing the full situation or consequences.

这种情况挺少见的。

And this is quite rare.

这个词——

It's-

……如果你在备考雅思，这个词很加分。

... an impressive word if you're studying for IELTS.

这是九分词汇，但我们在日常对话中不太常用。

This is a Band 9 word, but we don't use it a ton in everyday conversation.

对，是的。

No. Yeah.

其实，这可以指隐藏的信息。

It can be about hidden information, really.

而且这个词听起来确实更书面或正式，但也适用于误解或缺乏了解的情况。

And it does sound more literary or formal, but also situations about misunderstanding or lack of awareness.

那么，奥布里，你会在哪里看到这个词呢？

So where might you see it, Aubrey?

对，肯定是在小说、文学作品里——

Yeah, definitely in novels, literature-

……还有新闻报道里。

... also news articles.

正式的描述，对吧？

Formal descriptions, right?

通常当我们看到一篇文章或一个标题时，有人会故意用这个词来强调某个决定的重要性——

Often when we see an article, a headline, someone would use this intentionally to add import to a decision-

……或者某个错误的重要性。

... or to a mistake.

对，没错。

Yeah, exactly.

那这里有一些例子。

So here are some examples.

“他在采访中无意间泄露了秘密。”

"He unwittingly revealed the secret during the interview."

对，你可以想象在传记或者类似的东西里，你想让事情听起来更重要的时候。

Yeah, you can imagine that during either a biography, right, or something where you're trying to make it sound more important.

他无意间泄露了秘密。

He unwittingly revealed the secret.

你也可以直接说“不小心”。

You could just say accidentally.

或者，“他们无意间走进了禁区。”

Or, "They unwittingly walked into a restricted area."

或者，“她无意间成了实验的一部分。”

Or, "She unwittingly became part of the experiment."

哦。

Ooh.

对，这挺有意思的。所有这些词，在平常对话里，你直接说“不小心”就行了，但我们有时会听到——

Yeah, so this is interesting how, for all of these, in a regular conversation, you would just say accidentally, but we will sometimes hear-

……或者看到“无意中”，如果出于某种原因，我们想让自己的话听起来更正式或更文雅一点。

... or see unwittingly if, for some reason, we're trying to make our speech sound a little more formal or polished.

说实话，我觉得我从来不会说这个词，但我可能会在书里读到它。

Honestly, I don't think I ever say this, but I would read it.

如果有人真的在对话里这么说，那挺有意思的。

If someone were to say this in a conversation, it's interesting.

时不时你会遇到一个朋友，词汇量特别丰富，你就会觉得——

Every now and then you'll have a friend who just has- ... this amazing vocabulary, and you're like-

……那就是他们的风格。

... that's just them.

用这些高级词汇就是他们的说话方式。

It's their style to use these impressive words.

也许他们会说‘无意中’，然后你会想，‘哦，对，那只是他们的风格。’

And maybe they would say unwittingly, and you're like, "Oh, yeah, no, that's just them."

但普通人……如果在日常对话中用这样的词，几乎会显得有点居高临下。

But the average person- ... it would almost seem condescending for them to use a word like this-

……在平常聊天的时候。

... in a regular conversation.

对，没错。

Yeah, exactly.

有意思。

Interesting.

好，我们来做个角色扮演吧。

Well, let's do a role-play.

哦，有意思。

Oh, interesting.

所以在这里，你和我就是朋友。

So you and I are friends here.

来吧。

Let's do it.

那我们现在就是朋友了。

So here we are friends.

而且我们正在偷偷为我们的朋友珍娜策划一个惊喜派对。

And we're secretly planning a surprise party for our friend Jenna.

我先开始。

I'll start us out.

准备好了吗？

Ready?

好的。

Okay.

哦，好的。

Oh, okay.

“珍娜这周六的惊喜派对都准备好了吗？”

"Is everything set for Jenna's surprise party this Saturday?"

是的，所有邀请函都发出去了，食物也订好了。

"Yes, all the invites are sent, and we ordered the food.

只是拜托你别不小心跟珍娜提任何事。

Just please don't accidentally mention anything to Jenna.

我知道上次你把群聊搞混之后发生了什么。

I know what happened before when you got the group chats mixed up."

哎呀，我觉得我刚才可能正好犯了同样的错误。

"Uh-oh, I think I may have just inadvertently made that exact same mistake."

哦不，快看看你的手机。

"Oh, no. Check your phone."

呼，我没有。

"Phew, I didn't."

谢天谢地。

"Thank God.

我觉得你检查的时候我都不自觉地屏住呼吸了。

I think I was involuntarily holding my breath as you checked."

我也是这么想的。

"Same.

想想看，如果我又不小心搞砸了一个惊喜派对。

Imagine if I unwittingly ruined another surprise party.

那我会非常尴尬的。

I'd be so embarrassed."

好的，没错。

All right, yeah.

所以这太完美了。

So this is perfect.

我们来过一遍，看看怎么用它们。

Let's go through this to show how we use them.

你真的得打起精神来，奥布里。

You really got to get it together, Aubrey.

是啊，我也这么觉得。

I know, right?

这太疯狂了。

It's crazy.

好，你说过：“是的，所有邀请都发出去了。”

Okay, so you said, "Yes, all the invites are sent.

我们订了食物。

We ordered the food.

只是请别不小心跟珍娜提起这件事。”

Just please don't accidentally mention anything to Jenna."

所以这里你用了“不小心”。

So here you're using accidentally.

你意识到这不是故意的。

You're recognizing it wouldn't be intentional.

我知道——

I know that-

……这是个惊喜派对，但你会说：“别在不经意间提到它。”

... it's a surprise party, but you're like, "Don't accidentally mention it in passing."

然后你说：“哎呀，我想我可能刚刚不小心犯了同样的错误。”

And then you said, "Uh-oh, I think I may have just inadvertently made that exact same mistake."

所以我可以这么说，有时候你需要这些别的词，因为你已经说过“accidentally”了，所以现在我用一个不同的词，对吧？

So I could say that sometimes you need these other options because you already said accidentally, so now I'm using a different word, right?

而“inadvertently”在这里也合适。

And inadvertently works here.

我做了这件事，不是故意的，但也不完全是意外。

I did it, was not on purpose, but it wasn't really an accident.

这确实是我的错。

It really is my fault.

我可能应该知道的，对吧？

I should've known, maybe, right?

所以“inadvertently”在这里可以用，但有点正式——

So inadvertently works here, but it is a little formal-

——对于这种随意的对话来说——

... for just this casual conversation-