AEE：危及、 endanger、妥协……天哪！

这是《All Ears English》播客。

This is an All Ears English Podcast.

危及、危害、损害。

Jeopardize, endanger, compromise.

天哪。

Oh my.

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你是不是觉得自己的英语进步停滞了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何放下完美主义，通过注重交流来真正自信流利地说英语。

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：麦卡洪——热爱英语探险的达人，和米歇尔·卡普兰——纽约电台的女生，他们分别从科罗拉多和纽约市为你直播。

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

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你能听出来母语者说 'closed to' 和 'close to' 时的区别吗？

Can you tell the difference when native speakers say closed to versus close to?

今天我们就来搞清楚它们到底有什么不同，让你以后再也不混淆。

Today, let's figure out how they are different and how to make sure you never get confused again.

你有没有听过母语者说话，觉得每个词都懂，但还是有点摸不着头脑？

Have you ever listened to native speakers and thought, I understand the words, but I still feel slightly lost.

这是因为真实的英语对话不仅仅是词汇量的问题。

That's because real English conversations include more than vocabulary.

还有语速、连读、文化背景，以及各种口语表达。

There's speed, there's connected speech, there are cultural references and casual phrases.

你的大脑得实时处理所有这些信息。

Your brain has to process all of this in real time.

如果有时候对话让你觉得压力太大，那可能只是说明你已经准备好进入下一阶段了。

If conversations sometimes feel overwhelming, it may simply mean you're ready for the next level of training.

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Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

你好，米歇尔。

Hello, Michelle.

你今天过得怎么样？

How is your day going?

还不错。

Going pretty well.

挺平常的。

Pretty normal.

今天到目前为止还没怎么冒险。

Not taking too many risks so far today.

你呢？

How about you?

你是Lindsay吗？你是个喜欢冒险的人吗？

Are you Lindsay, are you a risk taker?

是的。

Yeah.

说实话，这个问题挺难回答的。

I mean, that's a hard interesting one to answer.

身体上？不算。

Physically, no.

比如我虽然会滑雪，但不喜欢在树林里滑，也不会做那些疯狂的事。

Like, I don't, you know, I don't I'm a skier, but I don't love skiing the trees, and I don't do crazy things.

我从不会像有些人那样滑出雪道。

I don't go out of bounds like some people do.

不过在事业上，可能有一点吧。

But I would say, like, in business, maybe a little bit.

过去确实有那么一点。

Maybe a little bit historically.

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，开公司本身就是

I mean, opening a business is

其实我本来想说，对。

not really I was gonna say, Right.

没错。

Exactly.

只要真去做了，那就已经是

That's just doing it at all is Yeah.

一种冒险了。

Is a risk.

是的。

Yeah.

好吧。

So okay.

挺有意思的。

Interesting.

是的。

Yeah.

我说不太清楚，但我觉得自己在某些方面还算敢冒险。

I don't know what I mean, I guess I would consider myself a risk taker in some ways.

我是说，我挺喜欢随性而为的。

I mean, I'm I'm pretty I like to be spontaneous.

好吧。

Okay.

这算数吗？

That counts for anything.

如果他真的做了呢？

If he does?

是的。

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

而且我确实如此

And I yeah.

我是说，我觉得我住过不少地方

I mean, I think I've done you know, I've lived in different places.

对

Mhmm.

做过一些事情，你知道的吧

Done you know?

所以我会说，某种程度上是这样，但肯定不是在身体上

So I would say that somewhat, but certainly also not physically.

好的

Okay.

不是那样的

Not yeah.

不是。

No.

你知道吗，有些人到三十岁的时候，骨头都断过好几次了。

I I you know, there are people that by the time they're 30, they've broken, like, three different bones.

对吧？

Right?

咱们俩可都不是这样。

That is not either of us.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

别老说这个了。

Stop saying that.

天哪。

Oh my god.

你忘了吗？我特别迷信，而且

Don't you remember that I'm so superstitious and

别踩啊，天哪。

can't step Oh my gosh.

你记得吗？就在几周前，你有没有看到？

Did you hear did you see just a few weeks ago?

我们现在录的是二月的内容，朋友们。

We're recording this in February, guys.

那已经是很久以前的事了。

So it's way back.

但你认识亚历克斯·霍诺尔德吗？就是那个玩自由独攀的人？

But there was do you know Alex Honold, the guy that does the free solo stuff?

你看过《自由 Solo》这部电影吗？

Did you ever see the movie free solo?

没有。

No.

我没看过。

I didn't.

好吧。

Okay.

他是个攀岩者，但从不使用绳索。

He is a rock climber, but he climbs without ropes.

他最近刚来过台北。

And he just was in Taipei.

就在台北，他爬了台北101大楼，咱们很多听众肯定都知道这座楼。

It was just in Taipei, and he climbed Taipei 101, which a lot of our listeners are gonna know that building.

他们一听就明白我说的是哪儿。

They know exactly what I'm talking about.

整个过程在Netflix上直播了。

It was featured live on Netflix.

他徒手攀上了世界上最高或最高的几座大楼之一，全程没有用绳子。

He climbed the tallest building in the world or one of them to the top with no ropes.

我一听到就起鸡皮疙瘩了。

I I like I I got, like, a chill.

对。

Yes.

而且我都不知道该怎么形容那种感觉。

And I'm not even you know what I mean?

就是那种肾上腺素飙升的感觉。

Like, that feeling of adrenaline.

同样的那种激动。

Same adrenaline.

没错。

Yeah.

太惊人了。

It's amazing.

他训练自己面对恐惧。

He's trained fear.

我觉得他说过，他依然会感到害怕。

Like, I I think he says that he still experiences fear.

以前有种说法认为他不会害怕，但其实不是这样。

There was a theory that he didn't experience fear, but that's not true.

我觉得因为他做的事，他让自己一直处在恐惧的边缘生活。

I think he's trained himself to live constantly on the edge of fear because of what he does.

他爬岩从不系绳子。

He rock climbs without ropes.

所以他很清楚，一旦摔下去就必死无疑。

So if he he knows he'll die if he if he falls.

他就是明白这一点。

Like, he just knows it.

他就这么和恐惧共处。

He works he works with that.

这太不可思议了。

It's incredible.

但为什么，这正是我想问的。

But why is my question.

我不知道。

I don't know.

他结婚了。

He's married.

他现在有孩子了。

He has kids now.

我也说不清楚。

It's I don't know.

天哪。

Oh my god.

这纯粹是他热爱的事情。

It's it's just what he loves

去做。

to do.

他真是个特别有意思的人。

He's such an interesting person.

不管怎样，我都能没完没了地说下去。

He's anyways, I can go on forever about this.

但很明显，这已经切入了今天节目的主题了。

But so clearly, like, this is getting into the theme of today's episode.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

对。

Yes.

所以今天我们要回答一位听众关于词汇的问题，这是一个非常高级的问题。

So today, we're answering a listener question about vocabulary, and this is a really advanced Yes.

问题。

Question.

对。

Yes.

但这些都涉及某种风险。

But this they all involve some sort of risk.

所以这正是今天要谈的主题。

So that's kinda the theme of today.

不过，这些词都是用在关键时刻的。

But, yeah, these words these are these are for the big times.

你懂的。

You know?

是的。

Yeah.

但它们也很有人情味，而且非常重要，因为我们现在正在聊一个我们认识的、敢于冒险的人，这些词完全可以融入我们的对话中。

But they're also very human and very important because we're we're having a really interesting conversation now about someone we know that takes big risks, and any of these words could be incorporated into our conversation.

所以，是这样的。

So Yeah.

我来念一下这个问题。

I'm gonna go ahead and read the question.

这是来自YouTube的留言。

This comes from YouTube.

朋友们，别忘了我们每周五天都在YouTube上更新。

Guys, don't forget that we are over on YouTube five days a week.

如果你更喜欢看视频，也可以去那里看。

So if you prefer to watch us on video, you can do that.

你可以订阅我们的YouTube频道。

You can subscribe to our YouTube channel.

搜索‘All Ears English Podcast’就能找到我们。

Just type in All Ears English Podcast, and we'll come up.

但这条留言是来自乔丹·李的。

But this is from Jordan Lee.

乔丹说，你好。

Jordan says, hello.

我听了你们的商业播客很久了，真的很喜欢。

I've been listening to your business podcast for a long time, and I really appreciate it.

真贴心。

Aw.

jeopardize、in peril、in danger 和 compromise 这几个词有什么区别？

What's the difference between jeopardize, in peril, in danger, and compromise?

在不同情况下该怎么用它们呢？

How can we use these words in different situations?

你能帮我搞清楚这些用法吗？

Maybe you can help me master these usages.

非常感谢。

Thank you very much.

真好。

Nice.

这个问题问得真好。

Really good question.

我的意思是，这些词确实属于高级词汇，虽然都跟风险有关，但风险的类型其实不一样。

I mean, yeah, these are really these are advanced words because even though they all involve risk, the type of risk is different.

今天我们就来好好聊聊这个话题。

So we're really gonna dive into this today.

不过在深入之前，想请大家帮个忙，给我们的节目留个评价吧。

So but before we get into that, guys, we wanna ask you, please leave us a review.

对，大家记得评价一下。

Yes, guys.

给我们的节目写个评价。

Review our show.

只要看到你们的评价，我们都会尽力在苹果播客、Castbox、Spotify，甚至YouTube上念出你们的名字。

We will do our best to announce your name out loud if we see your review, maybe on an Apple Podcast, Castbox, Spotify, maybe over on even on YouTube.

我们一定会尽力念出你们的名字。

We'll do our best to announce your name.

好了，各位？

Alright, guys?

很好。

Good.

没错。

That's right.

好的。

Alright.

那我们开始吧。

So let's go for it.

Jeopardize。

Jeopardize.

对。

Yes.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

好的。

Okay.

这相当于把有价值的东西置于危险之中。

So this is putting something valuable at risk.

这让我想到了那个节目《危险边缘》。

This makes me think of the game Jeopardy.

《危险边缘》。

Jeopardy.

没错。

Yep.

当然了。

Of course.

你听不出‘Jeopardize’这个词。

You can't hear Jeopardize.

是的。

Yeah.

而且别想到危险。

And not think of jeopardy.

《危险边缘》。

Jeopardy.

我知道。

I know.

我正想回忆一下那个节目是怎么玩的。

What was being I I'm trying to remember how that game works, though.

希望你能想起来。

I hope you do.

当时赌的是什么啊？

Like, what was being put on the line?

就是说，他们到底在赌什么，冒什么风险，好像是拿钱在赌。

Like, what was, what they were, like, wagering kind of, like, risking money.

怎么回事？

What's going on?

天哪。

My god.

我不清楚。

I don't know.

我从来没看过这个节目。

I never really watched it.

所以我也不懂。

So I don't know.

那是什么？

What

是啥？

is it?

好吧。

Okay.

不行。

No.

《危险边缘》。

Jeopardy.

不是。

No.

我的意思是，他们确实是在下注。

I mean, they're, yeah, they're wagering.

他们会在知道答案之前，先报出自己要押多少钱。

They're they're, you know, saying how much money that they Okay.

首先，他们会根据题目分值来选择要答哪一题。

Well, for well, first of all, they choose questions based on how much money they can get for it.

节目给出的是答案，你要反过来问出问题。

And they give the answer, and you ask the question.

到了最后，还有些时候你可以自己决定押多少，比如……

And then at the end, there's the well, there's other times where you can say how much, like, if you yeah.

如果你抽到每日双倍题，就得在听到题目前就报出押注金额；决赛题也是，你得先说好要押多少。

If you get a daily double, then you say you you before you even hear the question, and for final jeopardy, you say how much you wager.

但你根本不知道问题是什么。

But you don't even know what the question is.

你知道主题，但不知道具体问题。

You know the topic, but not the question.

你知道主题。

You know the topic.

明白了。

Okay.

所以你在下注。

So you are wagering.

你在冒险。

You're risking.

就是那种他们问‘这是什么？’的情况。

And it's it's the one where they're like, what is this?

那是什么？

What is that?

就是这样。

That's what it is.

因为你问了这个问题。

Because you're asking the question.

对吧？

Right?

好的。

Okay.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

我以前从来没想过，比如说，

I was never So, like,

我可以说，比如答案是《危险边缘》，那问题就是：这是一个琳赛根本不该了解的节目？

I could say, like, oh, like, the answer is Jeopardy, and the question would be, what is a show that Lindsay really shouldn't know anything about?

是的。

Yeah.

所以这是一个例子。

So that was an example.

太棒了。

Love it.

很好的例子，米歇尔。

Good example, Michelle.

所以是 'jeopardize'。

So jeopardize.

我们从中得到了一个动词。

So we get a verb out of that.

对吧？

Right?

这是一个我们日常英语中真能用上的动词。

We get a verb that we can actually use in everyday English.

说到职业发展机会。

So talking about professional opportunities.

是的。

Yeah.

所以，Michelle，你又因为看《危险边缘》上班迟到了吧？

So, Michelle, are you late to work again watching Jeopardy probably?

对。

Yeah.

没错，我就是这么干的。

Exact that's what I'm doing.

是的。

Yes.

这可真够糟糕的。

It's terrible.

我担心这样会影响我升职的机会。

I'm worried it'll jeopardize my chances of getting promoted.

这倒是个有趣的双关语。

That'd be a funny pun.

我觉得你完全可以拿这个来玩个文字游戏，

I feel like you can make a pun out of that or

挺合适的。

something.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

好吧。

Alright.

那感情生活呢？

What about what about relationships?

我们能不能就这么默认了？

Can we be like mhmm.

那你干嘛不直接撒个谎呢？

So why don't you just lie?

我不想这么做。

I don't want to.

这可能会危及我们的关系，而我们现在本来就不太稳。

It could jeopardize our relationship, and we're already on shaky ground.

是啊。

Yeah.

直接撒谎，这从来就不是什么好建议。

Probably never a good good advice to just lie.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Yeah.

也许你该跟那个朋友断了。

Maybe you should fire that friend.

对。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

跟那个朋友断了。

Fire that friend.

那我们就陷入危险了。

So then we have endanger.

这个词是‘endanger’。

So this is this has the word endanger.

意思是让某人或某物处于危险之中，通常是身体上的危险。

So it's to put someone or something in danger, usually in some sort of physical danger.

对。

Yes.

是的。

Yes.

这通常用在比较严重的情况里。

So this would be used for serious situations.

我觉得日常对话中我们不太会用这个词。

I don't think that we would use it too much in everyday conversations.

是的。

Yes.

但你可能会在安全警示里看到它。

But you may see it in things like safety warnings.

对。

Mhmm.

没错。

Yeah.

比如，超速会危及生命。

So for example, speeding endangers lives.

对。

Mhmm.

或者风暴威胁着沿海地区。

Or the storm is endangering coastal areas.

没错。

Right.

或者你有时候会在酒精瓶的警告标签上看到，比如。

Or you hear, you know, sometimes maybe on a warning label of, like, an alcohol bottle.

对吧？

Right?

酒精危害健康。

Alcohol endangers your health.

你可能会看到这种说法。

You might see that.

还有一个概念叫危害儿童安全，如果有人让自己的孩子处于危险之中，可能会因此坐牢。

There's also the concept of child endangerment where people end up, like, in jail or something if they've put their child in danger in some way.

对吧？

Right?

这种说法就是一个术语。

That sort of thing is a term.

明白吗？

Okay?

是的。

Mhmm.

所以是‘ endanger ’。

So endanger.

‘ endanger ’。

Endanger.

算是个比较高级的词。

Kind of a high level word.

不过，米歇尔，这词是不是挺正式的？

Kind of a fancier word though, Michelle, wouldn't you say?

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

Absolutely.

接下来一个是 imperil。

And then the next one is imperil.

这个单词拼写是 I-m-p-e-r-i-l。

So this is spelled I m p e r I l.

说说这个单词吧。

Tell us about this one.

这个词平时用得不多，但我觉得从今天起，我们的听众们都能把它记在心里了。

Well, this isn't used too too much, but I love that our listeners are gonna have it now in their back pocket after today.

日常对话里我们很少用它。

So we don't really use it in daily conversation.

你更可能在正式写作、文章、法律文件、文学作品或者高级报刊里见到它。

We think you're gonna see it more in formal writing, articles, legal documents, literature, high level newspapers.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Right.

是的。

Yeah.

它的意思其实和‘ endanger ’或者‘ jeopardize ’差不多。

And this means the same things, essentially Yeah.

就是‘危险’或‘威胁’的意思。

As endanger or jeopardize.

它听起来更强烈、更正式，通常用在特定场合。

It's just more dramatic, more formal, used in those certain contexts.

比如，那个鲁莽的司机危及了路上所有人的安全。

So for example, the reckless driver imperiled everyone on the road.

是的。

Yeah.

这种说法我平时根本不会用。

It's it's not something I would really say.

也许你只会在书面语里看到它。

Maybe this you would see it written.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

这个词根本不在我的日常用词里。

This word is not really in my everyday vocabulary.

是的。

Yeah.

我同意。

I agree.

甚至每个月都用不上。

Or my every month vocabulary.

你一读到就能认出来，当然了。

Know it when you read when you read it, you know it, of course.

对。

Right.

没错。

Course.

知道这个挺好的。

It's good to know.

是的。

Yeah.

或者那位首席执行官在搞欺诈。

Or the CEO was committing fraud.

现在他的错误决定可能会危及整个公司，甚至在某些情况下危及整个市场。

Now his poor choices could imperil the entire company or in some cases, entire markets.

你明白我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

是的

Yeah.

一家公司要是犯了这种错误，后果会波及多方，最近我们在这档节目里也聊过这个。

When one company makes a mistake like that, it can have ripple effects, which we've talked about on the show lately.

对吧？

Right?

对

Yeah.

没错

Yeah.

确实如此

Yeah.

最后一个是妥协。

And then we have the last word is compromise.

这个更常见。

This one is this More common.

这挺有意思的，因为这个词有不同含义。

It's interesting because but there's different meanings.

是的。

Yeah.

通常我会觉得这不该放这儿，但如果你用对了意思，它其实是很合适的。

There's different meanings because normally, I would say, oh, this doesn't belong in here, but it actually does if you use the right meaning.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Mhmm.

所以你刚才说，这跟立刻的危险没关系，而是指某件事虽然能运行，但效果没那么好。

So this is again, you said it's not about immediate danger, but it's when something is gonna work but not quite as well.

没错。

Mhmm.

那我们来看个例子，说明这到底是什么意思。

So let's see what that means in an example.

对吧？

Right?

好的。

Okay.

分享密码会削弱安全性。

When you share passwords, you compromise security.

这就等于把安全风险敞开了。

So it's like you put it at risk.

你等于把它置于危险之中。

You you put it in danger.

当然，我们的听众可能也知道‘compromise’的另一个意思。

And, of course, maybe our listeners know the other definition of compromise.

就是达成某种共识。

It's like to come to an agreement.

你让一步，我也让一步。

I give a little, you give a little.