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This is an All Ears English Podcast.

想了解这些词汇的详细用法吗？

Want the lowdown on this vocabulary?

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

是不是觉得自己的英语进步遇到瓶颈了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何摆脱顾虑，流利表达——重点不是完美，而是自然交流。带你了解美国本土口音的主持人米歇尔·卡普兰，纽约电台女孩，还有雅思达人奥布里·卡特，他们来自亚利桑那和纽约市。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection 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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And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com forward slash subscribe.

给某人‘the rundown’和‘the lowdown’有什么区别呢？

What is the difference between giving someone the rundown and giving them the lowdown?

今天就来弄清楚，顺便学学怎么用这些表达让讲故事更生动。

Find out today and learn how to improve your storytelling with these phrases.

如果你的英语听起来没错，但就是不太自然，别担心，你不是一个人。

If your English sounds correct, but not quite right, you're not alone.

有时候问题不在语法。

Sometimes it's not grammar.

而是在用词、语气和节奏上。

It's word choice, tone, timing.

你可能总用那些稳妥的表达，不是因为你喜欢，而是因为更细腻的表达让你觉得有风险。

You might rely on safe phrases, not because you want to, but because nuance feels risky.

但少了这些细腻的表达，就很难真正和别人建立连接。

But without nuance, it's harder to build connection.

我们的两分钟流利度测试，能帮你看出英语里哪些地方你太保守了，哪些地方还能提升——只要了解你现在的水平。

Our two minute fluency quiz helps you see where your English is playing it safe and where it can grow by knowing your current English level.

你是B1、B2，还是C1水平？

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

现在就来测一测吧。

Find out now.

前往 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 查看你的水平。

Get your level at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

再提醒一次，去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 看看你的水平。

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

米歇尔，你这周过得怎么样？

Michelle, how's your week been?

说说具体情况吧。

Give me the lowdown.

哦。

Oh.

我这周到目前为止还不错。

Well, my week has been good so far.

我周末过得很愉快，虽然那几天特别累，而且天气又冷又阴沉。

I had a good weekend, so I'm kinda, you know, I although I was very tired over the weekend, and now the weather is it was very cold and gloomy this weekend.

今天感觉完全不同了，阳光明媚，心情一下子就好了。

And today, I feel just an immediate change because it is so nice and sunny.

所以我特别喜欢。

So I love it.

这就是全部情况了。

So that's really the lowdown.

我本可以

I could

我倒想来点又冷又阴沉的天气，真羡慕你。

use some cold and gloomy weather, so I'm jealous.

咱们换换吧。

Let's trade.

咱们换换吧。

Let's trade.

说来好笑，我明明都还没到周一早上，就问你这一周过得怎么样？

It's funny because yeah, I'm asking you how's your week been when it's like Monday morning?

这有点奇怪。

That's kind of strange.

是的，没错。

Yeah, yeah.

但我想要

But I to

我想说，给我讲讲具体情况。

I wanted to say, give me the lowdown.

我们有

We got

有一位听众提了一个关于这个词的很好的问题。

a great question from a listener about this word.

我来念一下。

I'm going go ahead and read that.

这是来自马修斯的留言，他说：‘give someone the rundown’ 和 ‘give someone the lowdown’ 有区别吗？

This is from Matthaus and he said, Is there a difference between give someone the rundown and give someone the lowdown?

问得真好。

Great question.

这两个表达用法不一样，今天我们就来详细说说。

Are used differently and we're going to break it down today.

详细说说。

Break it down.

好的。

Okay.

谢谢您，马蒂亚斯。

So thank you, Matthias.

这个问题问得非常好。

That is a very good question.

我们还想感谢一位听众，他给我们送来了评价。

And we also wanted to thank a review, a listener who sent us a review.

是的，这太棒了。

Yes, this was amazing.

这是来自宾·阿吉莉娜的留言，她说：我每天早上开车上班时都特别喜欢听你们的播客。

This is from Bing Abjelina, who said, I love listening to your podcast when I'm driving to work every morning.

每次从播客里学到新的表达或词义，我都特别想马上用起来。

The moment I learned from the podcast new conversations or word meanings, I'm eager to use them.

这太棒了。

This is awesome.

听到这样的反馈，我真的特别开心。

I love to hear feedback like this.

感谢Jelena收听我们的节目，还分享了这段感想。

Thank you being I'm Jelena for listening and for sharing this feedback with us.

各位，无论你们在哪儿听节目，都请给我们留言、打分、写评价，不管是Spotify、YouTube还是Apple Podcasts，都行。

Guys, wherever you're listening, leave us comments, leave a rating, a review in Spotify, on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, wherever you listen.

我们特别喜欢看到这些评分和评价。

We love to see these ratings and reviews.

非常感谢。

Thank you so much.

我们真的非常感激。

We really do appreciate it.

另外，大家记得在你们听播客的平台关注《All Ears English》，这样就不会错过我们的任何内容了。

And guys, remember to follow wherever you are listening to the All Ears English Podcast so you never miss anything from us.

来，Aubrey，你给说说具体情况。

So give me the lowdown, Aubrey.

好啊，我这就告诉你实情。

Yeah, I'm gonna give you the lowdown.

实情是吧？

Lowdown,

对。

right?

我们先说说‘lowdown’，然后再讲‘rundown’。

We're first going to start with lowdown and then we'll cover rundown.

‘Lowdown’的意思呢，就是某件事的真相，往往是完整又坦诚的那部分。

So lowdown means, you know, the real, often complete or honest truth about something.

有时候还包含一些外人不知道的内部消息。

Sometimes it has insider details that not a lot of people know.

没错，如果有人问起某件事的最新动态，我会说，好吧，我来给你说说真实情况，然后再更新一下。

Right, so if someone asked about the latest news about something, I'd say, okay, I'll give you the lowdown and then update them.

对，不过这个词通常更偏向于那些隐秘或不为人知的信息，对吧？

Exactly, but it's often more about secretive or unknown information, right?

我们经常用它来传递内部消息。

We use it often to give someone inside information.

比如，你在工作中带新人，遇到一些办公室里的八卦，想让他们了解情况时，你可能会说，我来跟你讲讲办公室里的那些事儿。

For example, if you're training a new trainee at work and there's some office drama, you need to let them know about, you might say, I'm going give you the lowdown about office politics.

对吧？

Right?

其实就是把内部消息告诉他们。

And you're giving them the inside scoop.

哦，没错，就是这样。

Oh, yes, exactly.

我喜欢这个说法。

I like that.

内部消息

The inside scoop.

对，再举个例子吧。

Yeah, so here's another example.

好，给我讲讲真实情况。

Alright, give me the lowdown.

昨晚派对上到底发生了什么？

What really happened at the party last night?

哦。

Oh.

得是点劲爆的。

Something juicy.

没错，

Yes,

我想知道到底怎么回事，或者在我加入那个俱乐部之前，我想先了解清楚里面到底是怎样的。

I want to know what did happen at that Or before I join that club, I want the lowdown on what it's actually like.

这种情况很常见，对吧？

This is often, right?

做决定之前，你总想看看评价、听听推荐，了解真实情况。

You want reviews, you want recommendations, you want the low down sometimes before making a decision.

是的。

Yeah.

她跟我讲了她新工作的内幕，听起来压力真大。

Or she gave me the low down on her new job and it sounds intense.

所以我听到了所有细节，好的坏的，全都有。

So I got to hear all the details, all the good, the bad, the ugly.

没错。

Exactly.

接下来我们来看‘rundown’这个词。

And now let's move to rundown.

这个意思有点不一样。

This is a little different.

这更像一个简要总结，对某件事的说明，对吧？

It's more a brief summary, an explanation of something, right?

所以如果我要教别人一个流程，我可能会说，我来给你讲讲大致情况。

So if I had to train someone on a process, I might say, let me give you the rundown.

然后我再详细说明，把每一步的关键点一一列出来。

And then I'm going give them the details, the bullet points of, you know, the step by step how to do something.

没错。

Right.

听起来它比‘内幕消息’更中性一些。

So it sounds like it's more neutral than lowdown.

它不涉及秘密或八卦。

Like it's less about secrets or gossip.

更像是一种有条理的概括。

It's more just kind of a structured summary.

是的，我更愿意听别人讲内幕消息，而不是简单概括。

Yes, I would much rather have the lowdown about something than the rundown.

对，没错。

Right, exactly.

我来举个 rundown 的例子。

So here's an example with rundown.

你能给我简单说说开会时我错过了什么吗？

Can you give me a quick rundown of what I missed at the meeting?

这真的挺不错的。

Yeah, is super cool.

你不是在打听什么内幕或细节，只是想知道错过了什么。

You're not asking for secretive insight or detail, you're just asking what did I miss?

就是要点，我看到了议程，但漏掉了一些内容，你只需要把缺失的部分补上。

Bullet points, I see the agenda but I missed some things and you're just going to provide details here.

他吃饭的时候给我们讲了趟欧洲之行的经过。

Or he gave us a rundown of his trip to Europe over dinner.

也就是说，他只是讲了去哪些地方、做了些什么，大概的要点而已。

So that means he's sharing where they went, what they did, just kind of the high level details.

他们可能会先给你讲讲旅行的概况，然后再说：来，告诉你点劲爆的。

They might give you the rundown of the trip and then say, now let me give you the lowdown.

发生了一些特别离谱的事。

Something crazy that happened.

对吧？

Right?

这些才是最精彩的部分。

And that's going to be the interesting bits.

没错。

Yes.

我想知道内幕细节。

I want the lowdown.

或者在开始之前，我先给你说说计划。

Or before we start, let me give you a rundown of the plan.

所以，就是那种基础、中性、结构化的总结。

So yeah, basic, neutral, kind of the structured summary.

是的，很有用。

Yes, very useful.

好，我们来做个角色扮演吧。

All right, let's do a role play here.

米歇尔，你和我都是参加完派对后老友重逢。

Michelle, you and I are friends catching up after a party.

我很好奇，你现在还经常去参加派对吗？

I'm curious quickly, do you still go to parties a lot?

是的，现在的派对跟以前很不一样。

Yeah, parties are very different.

意思不是那种

Mean they're not

比如和朋友孩子一起的烧烤聚会？

Like a barbecue with friends and kids?

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

和朋友一起烧烤。

Barbecue with friends.

我们刚给女儿办了个生日派对。

We just threw a birthday party for my daughter.

生日派对。

Birthday parties.

是的。

Yeah.

哦，我经常去参加生日派对

Oh, birthday parties I go to

经常去。

all the time.

确实如此。

That's true.

跟你大学时参加的那些派对完全不一样。

Very different from the parties you might have gone to in college.

挺有意思的，虽然都叫派对，但不同场合的派对，体验差别可大了。

It's interesting how a party is the same word, but depending on the party you're talking about, it's a very different experience.

这话说得太逗了。

That's really funny.

确实是这样。

It's so true.

所以我们是朋友，聚会后聊聊天。

So we are friends here and we are catching up after a party.

知道

Knows

是什么样的聚会。

what kind party.

嘿，我昨晚没去成。

Hey, I couldn't make it last night.

快跟我说说具体情况。

Give me the lowdown.

我错过了什么？

What did I miss?

哦，天哪。

Oh, wow.

我从哪儿说起呢？

Where do I start?

你想听全部细节，还是简单概括一下？

Do you want all the details or just a quick rundown?

先说个大概，不过我可想知道那些精彩的部分。

Start with the rundown, but then I want to hear the juicy stuff.

好吧，聚会是在杰克家办的，音乐很棒，来了不少人，一开始还挺轻松的。

Alright, so it was at Jake's place, music was great, a lot of people showed up, and everything was pretty chill at first.

嗯，听起来到目前为止还挺正常的。

Okay, sounds normal so far.

那现在告诉我

Now give me

到底发生了什么。

the lowdown.

快到午夜的时候，有两个人吵了起来，酒洒了一地，场面一下子就乱了。

Well, around midnight two people got into an argument and drinks were spilled and it kind of turned into a scene.

天啊，我

Oh wow, I

真不敢相信我错过了这么多。

can't believe I missed all of that.

这大概不是你平时参加的那种生日派对吧。

This is probably not the birthday parties you're attending.

不是。

No.

其实小孩子也能来，你懂的

Well actually little kids can You get

把工具拿下来。

the get the tool off.

你说的是果汁洒了、孩子们互相喊叫，这完全可能是你上周末参加的生日派对。

You're talking about juice that was spilled and kids yelling at each other, it absolutely could be the birthday party you went to last weekend.

你提到的那些日期，指的就是这个情况。

That's really what the dates you're referring to.

确实如此。

So it's so true.

是的，真的很有趣。

Yeah, so very interesting.

特别真实，就像日常的闲聊一样。

So very good, like common sounding conversation.

这里很有意思。

Very interesting here.

那我们来逐一看看。

So let's go through it.

你说，给我讲讲具体情况。

You said, give me the lowdown.

我漏掉了什么？

What did I miss?

所以你的意思是，你想听点劲爆的细节？

So you're saying, oh, I want the juicy details.

没错。

Right.

然后你就会问，你是想听全部细节，还是简单概括一下？

And then you're like, well, do you want all the details or just a quick rundown?

这么问其实挺聪明的，因为有人一说‘给我讲讲具体情况’，

And this is really smart to ask because someone saying, give me the lowdown.

可能根本没意识到这句话背后的意思。

They might not really be thinking about what all is implied.

他们就是随口那么一说，对吧？

They might be saying that, right?

我想听那些有意思的部分。

I want the interesting bits.

我想听那些内幕细节。

I want the juicy details.

但他们也可能只想知道谁在场，就是一些基本的信息。所以其实这么问挺聪明的，能帮对方理清需求。

But they also might want just who was there, more of the things that would be in a So this is smart actually to ask them, like clarify.

你到底想听哪些内容？

What exactly do you want to hear?

对，我之前问过，你是想听全部细节，还是只要个简要概括？

So yeah, I said do you want all the details or just a quick rundown?

然后你说先给我个概要，但之后还想听那些精彩的部分。

And then you said start with the rundown but then I want to hear the juicy stuff.

是的，我都想听。

Yeah, I want both,

我的意思是，我确实想听

I'm saying I want I do want

就想了解这些细节。

to know just those details.

怎么样？发生什么事了？

How was it What happened?

先简单说个大概。

Just kind of the rundown.

但我也想听点内幕。

But then I also want the lowdown.

然后我跟你说过，我给你讲了地点、音乐怎么样、都有谁在场。

And then you I told you so I gave you the rundown, where it was, how the music was, who was there.

接着你说，嗯，听起来到目前为止挺正常的。

And then you said, okay, sounds normal so far.

现在告诉我。

Now give me

内幕吧。

the lowdown.

是的。

Yes.

也可能根本没什么特别的事发生，对吧？

And there's a chance that nothing really exciting happened, right?

说不定就是那样，老实说，事情就到此为止了。

Might just be like, honestly, like that's about it really.

我们聊了聊各种事，但也许有些有意思的细节，这正是你该点出来的机会。

Like we've chatted about whatever, but like there may be some kind of interesting detail and this is your chance to highlight that.

别人问你事情的来龙去脉。

Someone asks you for the lowdown.

他们想知道有没有什么精彩的事发生。

They want to know if anything exciting happened.

有没有人说了什么有争议的话？

Did someone say something controversial?

有没有两个本来有矛盾的人同时出现了？

Did two people show up who are in a fight?

对，这时候你就可以说说那些有意思的事了，你正好有

Right, this is when you can give that interesting information and you had

一个特别劲爆的给我，是吧？

a doozy for me, right?

确实有，没错。

I sure did, yes.

是啊，这事儿真够劲爆的。

Yeah, that is a doozy.

我太喜欢这个词了。

I love that

顺便说一句，'doozy'这个词用得真妙，加分。

word doozy by the way, that's a bonus.

我

I

我觉得我们刚做过一期相关内容，或者我正计划做一期。

think we just did an episode on or I have one planned.

不管怎样，记得关注一下。

Either way, hit follow.

我想我们刚做过。

Think I

对，刚做完了。

just did.

所以，各位也别忘了听第2633期节目。

So, so guys, also check out episode two thousand six thirty three.

那一期叫《我掌握了》，讲的是怎么表达你已经精通了某件事。

That was I've Got It Down, How to Say You've Mastered Something.

是啊，差不多是这样。

Yeah, so sort of

这里有个要点，要分清楚：'lowdown' 更口语化。

a takeaway here, to keep them straight, right, lowdown is more informal.

它指的是某种秘密的、内部的消息或真相。

It's secretive, some kind of insider information or truth.

不是每个人都知道内情。

Not everybody knows the lowdown.

你是在打听细节，真正的内幕。

You're asking for the details, the inside details.

而简报就中性多了。

And rundown is much more neutral.

它更像是一个有条理的总结。

It's more of like an organized summary.

我们工作中更常这么说。

We use it more at work.

开会时，你可能会说：‘给我做个简报。’

Give me the rundown in a meeting.

在闲聊中，如果有人只想了解大概情况，也会用这个词。

You'll hear it in casual conversations as well when someone's just wanting the high level details.

到底发生了什么？

Just what happened?

对。

Right.

没错。

Right.

正是如此。

Exactly.

所以这两种说法你肯定都会经常听到。

So definitely you'll hear both of these.

这两个词在好多不同的场合都特别实用。

They're both very useful for so many different contexts.

对，今天不妨都试试。

And, yeah, give give them a try today.

还有，

And when

拿不准的时候，用 lowdown 比用 rundown 更合适。

in doubt, give someone the lowdown instead of the rundown.

如果你在讲个故事，对吧？

If you're telling a story, right?

或者只是随便聊聊派对上发生了什么，其实没必要事无巨细，那样反而挺无聊的。

Or if you're just kind of sharing what happened at a party, we don't always need the rundown can often be kind of boring.

你只是简单说说谁去了，发生了什么。

You're just kind of sharing like who was there and what.

但‘内幕’就不一样了，那是有意思的关键细节，是值得讲出来的亮点。

But the lowdown, that's that interesting detail, something interesting that happened that is worth telling a story.

不如就分享点内幕吧。

Share the lowdown instead.

不过你用‘内幕’的时候也得小心，明白吗？

But you also have to be careful with the lowdown, know?

没错。

That's true.

要是被人知道了，哦，她把内幕说出去了。

Somebody finds out, oh, she gave the lowdown.

她把我说的话告诉他们了。

She told them what I said.

我不希望这些话被公之于众。

I didn't want that to be out in the public.

我感到很尴尬。

I was embarrassed.

对吧？

Right?

特别是如果有人跟你说了秘密，还让你别外传，这种内幕你就千万别到处说。

Especially if someone tells you a secret and asks you to not share it, that's a lowdown you shouldn't be sharing.

你总不会马上跑去跟别人说：我来给你讲讲我朋友告诉我的那些秘密吧？

You're not gonna immediately go to someone else and be like, let me give you the lowdown about all the secrets my friend told me, right?

很多私密事你确实该保密，但如果你讲的是派对上的事，而发生的事是大家都听说过的、挺有意思的细节，那讲出来反而会让故事更精彩。

A lot of confidences you wanna keep, but if you're telling a story about just a party and like something happened that a lot of people know and like that's an interesting detail to share, that's gonna the more interesting story.

对，对，对。

Right, right, right.

没错。

Exactly.

所以这里面有很多细节，大家不妨试试这些表达。

So a lot of nuance there guys, but give these words a try.

非常实用。

Very useful.

谢谢奥布里，带来这一期内容。

Thanks Aubrey, for for this episode.

这期挺有意思的。

This was fun.

我也是。

Too.

太棒了。

Awesome.

谢谢米歇尔。

Thanks, Michelle.

下次见。

I will see you next time.

好的。

Alright.

再见了，各位。

Bye, guys.

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Thanks for listening to All Ears English.

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