AEE：学习大约五种新方法，让你的英语表达更广泛

这是All Ears English播客。

This is an All Ears English podcast.

学习大约五种新的方法来在英语中表达大致范围。

Learn roughly five new ways to stay broad in English.

欢迎收听All Ears English播客，下载量已超过两亿次。

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

你是否觉得自己的英语进步停滞了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们将教你如何通过注重交流而非完美，变得自信而流利。本节目由美国主持人林赛·麦马洪——这位英语冒险家，以及纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰为您带来，他们分别来自科罗拉多和纽约市。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American host, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

如需每周通过电子邮件接收文字稿，请访问allearsenglish.com/subscribe。

And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe.

你是否曾经想给出一个大概的答案，而不是精确的数字？

Do you ever want to give an approximate answer instead of citing an exact number?

今天，我们将教你如何做到这一点，让你在英语中既能表达大致范围，又能清晰明了。

Today, find out how to do this so that you can stay broad while also being clear in English.

你有没有过刚开始说英语，突然词就没了的情况？

Do you ever start speaking English and suddenly the words disappear?

你停顿得太频繁了。

You pause too much.

你犹豫不决。

You hesitate.

你知道自己想说什么，但只是事后才想起来，而不是在关键时刻脱口而出。

You know what you want to say, but only later, not in the moment when it matters.

这就是你的流利度出现问题的地方，但这个问题是可以解决的。

This is where your fluency is breaking down, and it's fixable.

所以我们才推出了两分钟流利度测试。

That's why we created our two minute fluency quiz.

它能立即告诉你当前的英语水平，让你清楚下一步该重点提升什么。

It shows you your exact English level right now so you know what to work on next.

你是B1、B2还是C1水平？

Are you b one, b two, or c one?

去了解一下。

Find out.

现在就访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore，了解你当前的英语水平，并从今天开始规划今年的提升方向。

Go now to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore and get clarity on your English level and how you can improve this year starting today.

再强调一次，访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

One more time, go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嘿，林赛。

Hey, Lindsay.

你怎么样？

How are you?

嘿。

Hey.

我很好，米歇尔。

Doing great, Michelle.

你最近怎么样

How's it going for

你呢？

you?

很好。

Good.

是的。

Yeah.

能回来继续录制真是太好了。

It's been so it's so nice to get back to recording.

大家，我们刚休息了一会儿，现在很高兴能回来。

Guys, were on a little break, and now we are happy to be back.

但是，Lindsay，你今天想录大概多少集？

But, Lindsay, approximately how many episodes do you wanna record today?

我觉得今天我们该录大约五到六集，Michelle。

I would say we should record roughly five or six episodes today, Michelle.

你觉得怎么样？

What do you think about that?

我觉得这是个好主意。

I think that's a good idea.

好的。

Alright.

我们就这么办。

We'll go for it.

那我们就开始吧。

So Let's go for it.

所以，各位，今天我们要教一些非常实用的词汇，帮助你们在不完全具体的情况下传达信息。

So, guys, today we are going to teach very functional vocabulary to help you give out information without being completely concrete.

而且，各位，我们知道很多收听《All Ears English》播客的朋友，也是为了职场学习而听的。

And, guys, we know that a lot of you listening to the All Ears English podcast are really also listening to learn for the workplace.

所以这个话题对商务场合非常合适，但也适用于你们日常生活中的任何场景。

So this is a really great topic for business, but also could be for anything in your regular life.

因此，无论你是来学习商务英语、日常生活英语，还是普通英语，我们都能满足你。

So whether you're here to learn about business, regular life, regular English, we got you covered.

我们已经为你准备好了。

We got you covered.

没错。

Exactly.

那么，简短地说，米歇尔，我们为什么在这里要模糊一点呢？

And so just real quick, Michelle, why would we want to be vague here?

这本质上就是稍微模糊一点。

It's essentially being a little vague.

我不确定‘模糊’是不是最准确的词，

I don't know if vague is the right word,

但我们在表达上要更宽泛一些。

but broad broad in what we're saying.

也许我们该想想，为什么要在回答中保持宽泛呢？

Maybe we don't why would we wanna be broad in our answer?

对。

Right.

我的意思是，有时候我们无法提供百分之百准确的数字或信息。

Well, I mean, sometimes we can't give numbers or information that is a 100% accurate.

对。

Right.

所以我们想用一些词语来表明这里有一定的弹性空间。

So we wanna use words to show that there is some wiggle room.

嗯。

Mhmm.

对吧？

Right?

我们不想太过死板。

We don't wanna be totally stiff.

这些时候我不能说‘好吧’。

And this is for those moments I can't say, okay.

我不能告诉你。

I can't tell you.

我们二十分钟后就结束了。

We will be finished in twenty minutes.

是的。

Yeah.

但是，哦，我知道。

But, oh, I know.

二十到三十分钟，大概二十分钟。

Twenty to thirty, roughly twenty.

所以今天我们要做的例子实际上是商业导向的。

So today's examples, actually, we're going to do are business oriented.

对。

Yep.

我们已经提到过这一点了，琳达，但我们还有另一个播客。

And we've been touching on this already, Lindsay, but we have this whole other podcast.

播客。

Podcast.

我知道。

I I know.

知道。

Know.

Lindsay，Lindsay，你想跟我们说说吗？

Lindsay, Lindsay, you you wanna wanna tell us about it?

是的。

Yeah.

这太疯狂了。

It's crazy.

也许我们的有些听众还不知道，但我们还有一个名为《All Ears English 商务英语》的节目。

Maybe some of our listeners don't know, but we have another show called Business English from All Ears English, guys.

要找到这个节目，你只需要现在打开搜索栏，输入“商务英语”，就能找到它。

To find this show, all you have to do is open your search bar right now, type in Business English, and you'll get it.

你会看到黄色的图标，就知道是我们了。

You'll see the yellow that will come up, and you'll know it's us.

关注这个节目。

Hit follow on that show.

我们每周发布三次，主要面向那些在工作中使用英语的听众，无论你只是每月在会议或演讲中用一次英语，还是每天都用，或者你希望有一天能用英语工作。

We do publish there three days a week, and we focus really very much on our listeners who do use English at work, whether it's once a month in that conference or that presentation, or whether it's every single day or whether you aspire one day to work in English.

所以去了解一下这个节目吧。

So go check out that show.

好吗？

Alright?

当然。

Absolutely.

那我们开始吧。

So let's get started.

我们最先提到的是‘approximately’。

So the first one we threw out was approximately.

我问过你们大约有多少集。

I asked you approximately how many episodes.

而这样提问的方式，对我来说也体现了一点尊重。

And this is kind of for me, for ask asking the question in that way, it kinda showed a little bit of respect also.

这表明我愿意并且随时准备好，我有时间。

Like, it showed that I am willing and I am open to whatever like like, I have time.

好的。

And Okay.

如果我们想录五集、六集，也没关系。

It's okay if we wanna record five, we wanna record six.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得这个词更正式一些，所以更适合工作场合。

I think this word's a little more formal, so that's why it's good for work.

对吧？

Right?

我的意思是，你可能不会问朋友，大概有多少人会来参加派对。

I mean, you might not ask your friend, like, approximately how many people are coming to the party.

对吧？

Right?

嗯哼。

Mhmm.

因为这种说法在朋友之间显得太正式了。

Because that feels a little too formal for the friendship world.

对吧？

Right?

你同意吗？

Do you agree with that?

我想你也许可以这么用。

I guess you could get away with it.

但我不确定。

But I don't know.

我的意思是，你当然可以。

I mean, you could.

我的意思是，我们马上会谈到另一个我觉得更合适的词。

I mean, we're gonna get to another word that I think that would be more appropriate for that.

这个列表上的第三个词，我觉得可能是最好的。

The third word down on this list, I think might be best.

但，是的，这个词的意思就是大约、基本上。

But, yeah, this means just about or basically.

所以，是的。

So Yeah.

例如，我们今天结束前还需要处理大约10个图表。

For example, there are approximately 10 charts we still need to get through before the end of the day.

是的。

Yeah.

或者我们应该在大约三个月后重新评估这些数据。

Or we should have we should reevaluate these figures in approximately three months.

好吗？

Okay?

嗯嗯。

Mhmm.

如果你是经理，在做演示时用这个非常好。

So great to use if you're a manager, you're making a presentation.

实际上，任何你在工作的时候，用这个都没问题。

Really, anytime you're at work, it's fine.

这个不错。

This is good.

往上提升，是的。

This is up Yeah.

提升层次，让你的英语更优雅一些。

Up leveling, making your English a little fancier.

行吗？

K?

是的。

Yeah.

下一个词是大致。

The next one is roughly.

这和大约是一样的。

And this is the same as approximately.

听起来没那么正式，但差别不大。

A little less formal sounding, but not by much.

是的。

Yeah.

我喜欢

I like

这个。

this one.

我希望我常用，因为我倾向于用‘about’。

I wish I used because I tend to use about.

对吧？

Right?

大概有五个人要来，这非常常见。

About there are about five people coming, which is super common.

而且这根本没什么大不了的。

And it's just it's nothing.

对吧？

Right?

这简直无处不在。

It's just it's everywhere.

我希望我能更经常用‘roughly’，因为我觉得它听起来更有趣。

I wish I used roughly a little bit more often because it sounds more interesting to me.

所以，也许我会，实际上就这么做吧。

So So maybe I will So actually go for it.

新年决心。

New Year's resolution.

新年决心。

New Year's resolution.

大概，你有没有提到过第一个例子？

There are roughly did you ever say the first example?

没有。

No.

没有。

No.

好的。

Okay.

大概有250名公司员工，我们需要给所有人发放节日奖金。

There are roughly 250 corporate employees, and we need to get holiday bonuses to all of them.

好的？

K?

嗯嗯。

Mhmm.

嗯。

Mhmm.

或者我们将在大约9:30完成。

Or we will be done at roughly 09:30.

不错。

Nice.

还有一个。

And then there's one more.

嗯，还有几个，但在我们休息前，再给听众一个。

Well, there's a few more, but the we'll give our listeners one more before we go for a break.

大概是。

It is around.

怎么样

How is

这个有什么不同，米歇尔？

this one different, Michelle?

这个肯定比另外两个更随意，但也适用于工作场合。

So this one is less formal than the other two for sure, but it could also be used for work.

但是，林赛，这个表达是我想到的，如果你在说，又不想明确说出有多少人会来你朋友的派对，你可以说‘大概有多少人会来’。

But, Lindsay, this is the one where I was thinking if you're saying and if you don't wanna say approximately how many people are coming to the party for your friend, you might say around how many people are coming.

或者这和你之前提到的‘about’用法是一样的。

Or this would go with what you said about about.

对吧？

Right?

大概有多少人会来？大概有多少人会来？

About how many people are coming, around how many people are coming.

当然。

Sure.

两种说法都可以。

Both would work.

我们的会议大约四点结束。

Our meeting will be over at around four.

你也可以这么说：我们的会议大约在四点结束。

You could also say our meeting will be over around four.

是的。

Yeah.

你可以这么做。

You could do that.

并不是每种情况都需要用‘at’。

You don't need the at in every case.

还有别的例子吗？

What's another example?

大约有20份新病人表格需要完成。

There are around 20 new patient forms to finalize.

嗯。

Mhmm.

对。

Yeah.

大约、左右或差不多也都非常合适。

Around so around or about also work really well.

真的吗？

Same really?

嗯。

Mhmm.

我要把‘about’加到这个列表里。

I'm gonna add about to this list.

是的。

Yeah.

太棒了。

Love Love that.

对。

Yep.

这是好东西。

It's good stuff.

所以，我们一开始列出了三个词：approximately、roughly 和 about 或 around。

So So here we have we started with three approximately, roughly, and about or around.

在广告之后，我们还要再讲一个词，来聊聊哦，等等。

And we're gonna do one more after the break and talk through oh, wait.

哦，等等。

Oh, wait.

实际上，我们还有一个特别的词。

Actually, we have a special one too.

好的。

Okay.

敬请期待，这会很精彩。

Stay I'm tuned for excited for that.

好的。

Alright.

好的，米歇尔。

Alright, Michelle.

我们从广告中断回来了，现在听众们都专注听着呢。

We're back from the break, and now you have our listeners' attention.

那特别的是什么？

So what is the special one?

哦，马上就到了。

Oh, it's coming up.

但这并不是那个特别的。

Well, this isn't the special one.

下一个才是，好的。

It's the next Okay.

好的。

Okay.

这个是‘nearly’。

So this one is nearly.

‘nearly’ 就像 ‘almost’。

Nearly is, like, almost.

对吧？

Right?

这和大致或大约真的不一样。

This is not this is different really from roughly or approximately.

这更多是说我们非常接近这个了。

This is more about we're very close to this.

嗯。

Mhmm.

所以例如，我们的收入几乎比去年增长了三倍，或者她几乎打破了纪录。

So for example, we nearly tripled our revenue from last year, or she nearly beat the record.

差不多。

Almost.

差不多做了某事。

Almost did something.

对吧？

Right?

嗯。

Mhmm.

好的。

Okay.

所以现在这是特别的一个。

So now here's the here's the special one.

这个和年份有关。

This is one that has to do with years.

所以不一定是只用于年份，但我认为这是最常见的方式。

So it doesn't have to be just with years, but I think that's the most common way.

好的。

Okay.

所以是大约。

So it's circa.

是的。

Yeah.

这是

This is

很特别，米歇尔。

special, Michelle.

哇。

Wow.

这确实很特别。

It is a special one.

我们经常看到这种情况。

We see this a lot.

我觉得你经常在建筑物上看到铭牌。

I feel like you see plaques on buildings.

是的。

Yep.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yep.

比如说，大约在1775年左右，也就是这座建筑建成的时候。

Say, like, circa 1775 or something when the building was was built.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yep.

是的。

Yep.

对。

Yeah.

所以上面写着‘是的’。

So it says yeah.

我只是在看这里的AI概要，以提供更多背景信息。

I'm just looking at the AI overview here just to give a little more context.

一个拉丁词，意思是大约或近似，用于日期前表示估计的时间。

A Latin word meaning around or approximately used before a date to indicate an estimated time.

是的。

Yeah.

所以，是的，你会的，没错。

So, yeah, you will yeah, exactly.

你可能会在铭牌上看到它，不管是什么地方。

You might see it on a plaque, whatever it may be.

在铭牌上，你有没有见过类似‘EST’的字样？

Also on a plaque, do you ever see like EST?

是的。

Yeah.

建立。

Established.

建立。

Established.

嗯。

Mhmm.

嗯。

Mhmm.

所以很相似。

So similar.

但每当我看到EST时，即使我知道它意思是“成立”，我仍然会想到“估计”。

Whenever I see EST though, even though I know it means established, I still think estimate.

我总是觉得是“估计”。

I'm always Estimated.

这挺有趣的。

Like That's funny.

它总是这样，对我来说感觉很奇怪。

It was always like, it just seems weird to me.

是的。

Yeah.

但Circa这家公司自1980年左右就存在了。

But so Circa, their company has been around since circa 1980.

是的。

Yeah.

或者我们在2005年左右设立了这项奖学金。

Or we established the scholarship circa 2005.

所以你意思是，这只是‘大约那个时间’的一种更文雅的表达方式。

So you're it's just a fancy way of saying around that time.

是的。

Yeah.

我们做了这件事。

We did this.

对吧？

Right?

从比如说这个开始。

Starting with say this.

你不会一直这么说的。

You're not gonna say this all the time.

就像林赛说的，你可能会在铭牌上看到它。

Like Lindsay said, you might see it on a plaque.

你肯定可以在演示文稿中使用它，类似这样的场合。

You could definitely use it in a presentation, things like that.

但我认为这不是我会对朋友说的话。

But I I don't think that it's something that I would say to my friend.

它并不常出现，但这是一个很好的特殊用法

It doesn't come up as often, but it is a special one that's good

值得了解。

to know.

是的。

Yep.

或者用于分类物品。

Or categorizing items.

比如，我喜欢参加历史游览，导游可能会说，这组家具大约是19世纪初的。

Like, if you go on I like to go on historical tours, and they might say, oh, this furniture is circa early eighteen hundreds or something.

是的。

Yep.

就是这样。

Like that.

挺有趣的。

That's kinda fun.

顺便说一下，鬼魂游览是了解历史的最佳方式。

By the way, ghost tours are the best ways to get history, to learn history about things.

太神奇了。

It's amazing.

对。

Yeah.

我在新奥尔良参加过一次。

I did one in New Orleans.

你又是在哪儿参加的？

Where did you do one again?

哦，好多地方呢。

Oh, a bunch of places.

我们刚在罗马参加了一个。

We just did one in Rome.

对啊。

Right.

哦，你在罗马参加过？

Oh, you did one in Rome?

哦，我们也在

Oh, We did one in

罗马的那个特别酷。

Rome, which was super cool.

我还去过南卡罗来纳州的查尔斯顿，还有其他几个地方。

And I've done one in, actually, I think South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina, and few other places.

但确实，如果你们在旅行，我强烈推荐参加鬼魂之旅。

But, yeah, I highly recommend ghost tours if you guys are traveling.

随机小贴士。

Random tip.

所以

So

让我们来角色扮演一下，把这些内容串联起来。

let's do a role play and put these together.

所以我们现在正在讨论即将召开的会议。

So here we are meeting about an upcoming conference.

是的。

Yes.

我们开始吧。

Here we go.

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

那么会去多少人呢？

So how many people will be there?

我听说会有

I heard there will be

将近一千名与会者。

nearly a thousand attendees.

哇。

Wow.

所以我们应该做多少个包呢？

So how many bags should we make?

大概400个吧，我觉得。

Roughly 400, I'd say.

听起来差不多。

That sounds about right.

我听说每天大约四点结束，所以也许我们可以为潜在客户安排一些额外的活动。

I heard each day ends around four, so maybe we can also organize some extra activities for potential clients.

好主意。

Good idea.

我关注的公司大约有30家。

There are approximately 30 companies I have my eye on.

是的。

Yeah.

这个会议规模很大。

And this conference is huge.

他们举办这个会议多久了？

How long have they been holding it?

哦，天哪。

Oh, wow.

我不知道。

I don't know.

我觉得大概是2000年左右开始的。

I'd say it started somewhere circa 2000.

我觉得你说得对。

I think you're right.

哇。

Wow.

好的。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

所以策划一场会议，这是我们听众可能最终要用英语做的事情。

So planning a conference, something our listeners might end up doing in English.

对吧？

Right?

嗯。

Mhmm.

或者计划在会议上见面。

Or planning to meet at the conference.

所以我首先说，将有近一千名与会者。

So I said first, there will be nearly a thousand attendees.

我本可以说大约一千名与会者。

And I could have said about a thousand attendees.

我本可以说大约一千名与会者。

I could have said approximately a thousand attendees.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得区别就在于，你本可以说‘大约’，这个数字可能是50，也可能是1100。

And I think just the difference is you could have set approximately and it's a 50 or it could be 1,100.

但nearly指的是大约950，你知道的，少于一千

But nearly is, like, 950, you know, less some less than

一千。

a thousand.

所以是几乎。

So almost.

对。

Right.

是的。

Yeah.

嗯。

Mhmm.

是的。

Yeah.

所以这就是其中的区别。

So that's the difference there.

然后我说，我们应该做多少个袋子？

And then I said, how many bags should we make?

所以也许我们是在做礼品袋或宣传袋。

So maybe we're doing like a gift bag or a promotional bag.

你说大概400个，我觉得是这样。

You said roughly 400, I'd say.

很好。

Good.

然后你说听起来差不多对。

And then you said that sounds about right.

我听说每天结束时间大约是四点。

I heard each day ends around four.

对吧？

Right?

下午四点。

4PM.