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BE 634: 你在英语学习上是否坚定决心?

BE 634: Are You Resolute in Your English Language Learning?

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这里是商务英语播客,第六百三十四期。

This is the business English podcast episode six thirty four.

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你在英语学习上够坚定吗?

Are you resolute in your English language learning?

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欢迎收听来自All Ears English的商务英语播客。

Welcome to the business English podcast from All Ears English.

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获取你在全球商务中实现梦想所需的英语技能。

Get the English skills you need to achieve your dreams in global business.

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无论是做演示、开会,还是参加办公室聚会,这都是真正的商务英语,由你最喜欢的美国主持人Lindsay和Aubrey带来,她们分别在亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

For a presentation, a meeting, or your office party, this is real business English with your favorite American hosts, Lindsay and Aubrey, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado,

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完美。

perfectly.

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关键在于舒适地沟通。

It's about communicating comfortably.

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能够毫无压力地分享你的想法。

Being able to share your ideas without stress.

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在对话中自然反应,用英语表达你的个性。

React naturally in conversations and express your personality in English.

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如果英语仍然让你觉得需要小心翼翼,那你可能离流利的下一阶段很近了。

If English still feels like something you have to manage carefully, you're probably very close to the next level of fluency.

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但一旦你清楚自己的水平,进步就会快得多。

But progress becomes much faster once you know exactly where you stand.

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参加我们免费的2分钟流利度测试,今天就了解你的英语水平。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz and discover your English level today.

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访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

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就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

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你好,Lindsay。

Hello, Lindsay.

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你今天怎么样?

How are you today?

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我挺好的,奥布里。

I'm doing pretty good, Aubrey.

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你呢?

How are you?

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最近怎么样?

How's it going?

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非常好。

Excellent.

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问你个问题。

A question for you.

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你有没有认识过那种很贪婪的人?

Have you ever known someone that was greedy?

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哦,我认识一些有名的人物。

Oh, I know some famous figures.

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我也能想到一些。

I can think of.

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我不会点名道姓,但说实话,我觉得现在身边还真没有那种我会称之为贪婪的人。

I won't name any names, but personally, I don't really think I know anyone that I would call greedy at this time in Such my

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这词挺重的。

a harsh thing.

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就是说,你不想叫别人贪婪,万一他们知道了,会伤感情的。

Like you wouldn't want to call someone greedy and then they find out it would hurt their feelings.

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这确实。

This is

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这是个很负面的标签。

such a negative attribute.

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我得说,我不会点名,但我有一个孩子有时候确实有点贪。

I will say that I won't name names, but one of my children has a tendency to be greedy sometimes.

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我得经常跟他谈这个问题。

I have to talk to them about it a lot.

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比如他们想多拿点,不让别人得到什么的时候,我就会说,嘿,咱们别这么贪心。

Like if they're kind of trying to take more and keep other people from getting something, I'm like, hey, let's not be greedy.

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你知道,我一直在帮他们明白,要无私一点,别那么自私,有时候这不是天生的。

Let's be, know, I'm like constantly having to help them see like, let's be selfless, know, and selfish and sometimes it's not innate.

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有时候这是需要学习的一种技能。

Sometimes it's something that is skill you have to learn.

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嗯,这是非常人性化的事情。

Well, it's it's a very human thing.

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我研究过佛教。

I mean, you know, I studied Buddhism.

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我几集前提到过。

I mentioned a few episodes ago.

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在佛教中,他们说人类的三种状态,或者说作为人的存在状态,要么是贪婪,要么是恐惧,要么是推开事物,要么是迷惑。

And in Buddhism, they say that the three things to human conditions, states of being human are either being greedy, being fearful or pushing things away, or being diluted.

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就是超然、困惑或者对什么都不在乎。

Just being detached or confused or not caring about anything.

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所以,贪婪是非常人性的,就像我想要这些美好的体验。

So, it's so human to be greedy in the sense of, I want these great experiences.

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我想要这些东西。

I want these things.

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对。

Yes.

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这很正常。

It's very normal.

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想想这个挺有意思的,这也是这期节目的灵感来源。

So interesting to think about, this was interesting what inspired this episode.

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我在看世界杯的时候,听到一个体育评论员用了一个很奇怪的词,说“贪婪”。

I was watching the World Cup and I heard a sports commentator use the word greedy in a really strange word.

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而且他还是个英语母语者。

And this was a native English speaker.

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他说他觉得一支球队应该“贪婪”一点,赢下小组赛的所有三场比赛。

And he said he thought a team should be greedy and win all three of their group stage games.

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所以他说他们的心态应该是“贪婪”的,而且他说了好几次。我就跟我丈夫说,我觉得他用“贪婪”这个词很奇怪,因为这个词有很负面的含义。

So he was saying that their mentality should be greedy and he said the word a few times and I said to my husband, I was like, it's weird to me that he's using the word greedy because it has such a negative connotation.

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我丈夫也同意。

And my husband agreed.

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他说,这听起来不太对劲。

He was like, this seems off to me.

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就是说,有那么多更好的词可以用,因为贪婪,至少在美国,是个非常负面的特质。

Like there are so many better words to use because greedy, at least in The States, such a negative characteristic.

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有意思。

Interesting.

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这个人是从哪里来的?

Where was this person from?

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我

I

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其实我查过他,他好像是在佛蒙特州或者类似的地方出生和长大的。

looked him up actually, he's from like Vermont or somewhere born and raised from The States.

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而他那是

And he that's was

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把它当成一个褒义词来用。

using it as if it had a positive connotation.

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我真的能看出这会让人困惑,如果他们看到这个,然后想,我应该用“贪婪”来形容一个出于正面原因想要某样东西的人。

And I could really see that throwing people off if they like saw this and we're like, I should use greedy to describe someone who wants something for positive reason.

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在英语里真的不是这样,所以我挺惊讶的,这也让我好奇。

It's really not that way in English, so I was surprised and it made me wonder.

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我想,在体育的语境里,我好奇是不是有时候那些规则就不适用了。

I'm like in the context of sports, I wonder if because sometimes some of that goes out the window.

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比如无私和善良这些。

This like selflessness and kindness.

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你会有一种心态,就是你应该贪婪,拿下所有胜利,拿第一名。

You have this mentality of like you should be greedy and get all of the wins to be first place.

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所以有意思的是,有时候在体育的语境里,那些在平常生活中不是正面的东西,反而成了正面的。

So it is interesting how sometimes in the context of sports, things, are positive that in regular life are not.

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有意思。

Interesting.

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有意思。

Interesting.

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好,那我们先把贪婪这个词通常怎么用,搞清楚一个明确的定义。

Well, let's get, a clear definition of generally how we use greedy.

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什么是……

What what is

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有意思的定义是什么。

the definition of interesting.

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如果在工作中,你形容某个人贪婪,以为这是夸奖,那可不是。

If at work, you described someone as greedy thinking it would be a compliment, it's not.

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真的永远不会是。

It really would not ever be.

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对。

No.

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在工作中绝对不是。

Definitely not at work.

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这个词的定义是,一个人想要的东西超出了他们的需要或应得的。

The definition is this someone who wants more than they need or deserve.

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特别是,它常和金钱、食物、权力或财产搭配使用。

Especially, it's collocated with money, food, power, or possessions.

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在现代英语中,它几乎总是带有负面含义。

It's almost always negative in modern English.

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确实。

For sure.

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比如,一家公司因为贪婪的商业行为而受到批评。

For example, a company was criticized for its greedy business practices.

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或者,贪婪的政客常常失去公众的信任。

Or greedy politicians often lose the public's trust.

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所以……

So...

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这让我觉得特别有意思的是,我能想象我的学生们听到这个体育评论员这么说,心里会想,好吧。

That's what what really flagged as interesting to me is I'm like, I can imagine my students hearing this sports commentator and thinking, okay.

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好。

Good.

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如果一个人有动力、有干劲,还有这些比较正面的特质,我是不是应该叫他贪婪呢?

I should call someone greedy if they're motivated and driven and all of these things that are more positive.

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不。

No.

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不太对。

Doesn't quite work.

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不。

No.

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不太合适。

It doesn't quite work.

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我觉得在美国,我们可能……

I think in The US, we maybe...

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我不知道那个人当时是怎么想的,也许想法不一样,但贪婪这个词真的更侧重于金钱,而不是其他东西。

I don't I don't know what that guy was thinking, maybe in a different way, but it really greedy focuses on more on money than anything else.

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贪婪这个词的联想意义就是关于钱的。

Connotation of greedy focuses on money.

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你想想那些电影,比如《华尔街之狼》什么的。

You think about the movies like Wolf of Wall Street or what is it?

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还有戈登·盖柯,那种美国人的形象,华尔街之类的。

Gordon Gekko, the image of Americans, Wall Street and that kind of thing.

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对,就是贪婪。

Yeah, greed.

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贪婪基本上就是说你想为自己捞钱。

Greed means you want money for yourself basically.

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对,如果你看这个定义,它说贪婪是指想要超过自己需要或应得的东西,那这就不太符合体育里那种用法了,因为那样的话,你就是在暗示他们想要超过自己应得的东西。

Right, and if look at this definition, right, where it says it's for someone who wants more than they need or deserve, that sort of makes it not fit in this sports, way it was used in the sports because then you are implying that they should want more than they deserve.

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如果你说的是世界杯球队,你未必是这个意思。

And you wouldn't necessarily mean that if you're talking about a World Cup team.

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如果他们赢了,你会觉得他们应得那场胜利。

If they win, you would think they deserve that win.

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有意思。

Interesting.

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我觉得贪婪这个词……

I mean, I think greedy...

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我不知道,在其他语言里,我猜翻译过来意思可能不一样,可能含义更广。

I don't know, in other languages, I'm imagining the translation can mean different things, mean more.

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就像我之前说的佛教里的意思,比如渴望体验。

Like I was saying with Buddhism, it means, like, wanting experiences.

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也许上瘾也可以归到这一类,就是想要什么东西……

Maybe addiction would fall under this category where, like, wanting things...

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如果你有一次愉快的体验,你就会想再来一次。

If you have a good pleasant experience, you want that again.

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你会执着于那种体验。

You cling to that experience.

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那就是贪婪更广义的定义。

That is like a broader definition of greedy.

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但在美国的更衣室里,教练会说,咱们要贪心一点。

But in America coach in the locker room being like, let's be greedy.

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咱们要拿下这场胜利。

Let's get this win.

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就是说,你要激发一个人身上那种不自私的部分。

Like, you're trying to tap into that part of a person where they are not being selfless.

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他们不会考虑对手的感受。

They're not thinking about the team they're beating.

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他们就是冲着胜利去的。

They're just going for the win.

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所以我能看到,在体育界,这可能就不一样了。

So that's where I can see like in the world of sports, this might be different.

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但当我们考虑把这个词用到工作中时,我强烈建议你永远不要叫别人贪心。

But when we think about translating this language to work, I would highly recommend you don't ever call someone greedy.

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所以,我很期待探讨一些更积极的选项,因为当一个人有动力、有决心时,这种性格特质在工作中是很好的品质。

It's So, so I'm excited to dive into some more positive options because this character trait when someone is driven and determined, that's a great quality at work in a state.

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这是非常好的品质。

In a very good quality.

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而且你不想让人觉得,想做好事就是坏事。

And you don't want to make someone seem like they're bad for wanting to do well.

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没错。

Exactly.

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所以我们要深入探讨一些更好的选择。

So we're going to dive into some better options.

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是的,各位。

Yes, guys.

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现在就点击关注按钮,关注Business English。

Go ahead and hit the follow button right now on Business English.

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我们在这里发布内容。

We publish here.

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Aubrey,我们每周在Business English上发布几天?

Aubrey, how many days a week do we publish on Business English?

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每周三集新节目。

Three new episodes every week.

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所以一定要点关注,这样就不会错过任何一集了。

So be sure to hit follow so you never miss an episode.

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大家现在就点关注按钮吧。

Hit that follow button now, guys.

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好的。

All right.

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所以我们想保持……

So we wanna stay...

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在美国职场文化中,要避开“贪婪”这个词,除非你是在谈论工作之外的人,而那个人……

Steer clear, stay away from the word greedy in American culture at work, unless you are literally talking about someone outside of work that...

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只是个数字。

Just a figure.

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我……

I...

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比如说,可能某些政客吧。

Maybe certain politicians maybe, for example.

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对。

Exactly.

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但还有什么更好的说法呢?

But what else could we say that would be better?

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是的,首先可以是“坚定”,对吧?

Yeah, first would be determined, right?

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所以,这是指尽管有障碍或挫折,他们仍有强烈的愿望去实现某件事,但这并不带有“贪婪”那种想要超出自己应得或挣得的东西的意味。

So, this is if they have a strong desire to achieve something despite obstacles or setbacks, but it does not have that implication that greedy does that they want more than they have earned or deserved.

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这完全就是那种强烈的实现愿望。

This is just all about that strong desire to achieve.

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对。

Exactly.

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比如,尽管失去了几个大客户,销售经理仍然坚定地要超额完成季度目标。

So for example, despite losing several major clients, the sales manager remained determined to exceed the quarterly target.

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坚定。

Determined.

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对。

Yes.

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我们团队决心在假日购物季之前推出这款产品。

Our team is determined to launch the product before the holiday shopping season.

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而且对我来说,用世界杯来举例也更合适。

And this would have made more sense for me as the World Cup too.

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这支球队应该下定决心拿下三场胜利。

This team should be determined to get all three wins.

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对。

Yes.

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并且去掉“贪婪”这个词的负面含义。

And remove that negative connotation of the word greedy.

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或者“坚决”。

Or resolute.

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我喜欢这个词。

I like this.

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坚定。

Resolute.

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多好的一个词啊。

What a great word.

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意思是坚定、不动摇,对某个决定或行动方向充满信心。

Firm, unwavering, and confident in a decision or a course of action.

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我知道白宫里有一张“坚毅桌”。

I know in the White House, have the resolute Desk.

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据我所知,总统办公桌就是以这个名字命名的。

They call it the President's Desk is named that from what I know.

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有意思。

Interesting.

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是个很好的形容词。

Is a great adjective.

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这是每个人都希望被形容的词。

This is something everyone wants to be called.

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它太正面了。

It's so positive.

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比如,尽管投资者施压要求放弃项目,CEO仍然坚定不移。

So for example, the CEO remained resolute despite pressure from investors to abandon the project.

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我们经常这样用它,形容一个人在面对困难时依然坚定、不动摇。

This is often how we use it, someone staying determined and unwavering in this...

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即使遇到各种复杂情况。

In spite of complications.

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或者她在执行公司新的网络安全政策时非常坚定。

Or she was resolute in enforcing the company's new cybersecurity policies.

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所以,对,坚定不移,很棒……

So, yeah, unwavering, great...

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坚定不移也是个好词。

Also a great word, unwavering.

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确实。

Definitely.

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这些都是非常正面的特质。

These are very positive characteristics.

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没错。

Absolutely.

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那“relentless”这个词挺有意思的。

Then relentless is an interesting one.

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前面那两个词,“determined”和“resolute”,还有“unwavering”,都是非常正面的。

These other two determined resolute unwavering are extremely positive.

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真的没有任何负面含义。

There's really just no negative connotation.

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“Relentless”的意思是拒绝停止或放弃,以非凡的强度坚持不懈。

Relentless means refusing to stop or give up, persistent with extraordinary intensity.

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根据语境,说一个人“relentless”可以是非常正面的评价。

It can be very positive depending on the context for someone to be relentless.

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它也可能像“固执”那样带有负面含义。

It can also be negative in the same way that like stubborn can be.

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这要看情况。

It depends.

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没错。

Exactly.

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如果你对某人说,你真是锲而不舍。

If you say to someone, you're relentless.

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停下来。

Stop this.

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那就是……

That is...

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你一直在做这件事。

You keep on doing this thing.

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比如说……

So for example...

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但这里有一个工作中的正面例子。

But here's a positive example at work.

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她坚持不懈地开发新客户,使公司收入翻了一番。

Her relentless pursuit of new clients doubled the company's revenue.

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所以这个词,真的可以根据你的用法在正面和负面之间切换。

So this one, you can really flip between positive and negative depending on how you're using it.

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明白吗?

Okay?

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对。

Exactly.

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是的。

Yes.

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或者,这家初创公司对创新的执着追求,帮助它超越了更大的竞争对手。

Or the startup's relentless focus on innovation helped it outperform larger competitors.

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所以这个词,根据语境,可以非常正面。

So this one, depending on the context, can be very positive.

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就是有人为了一个积极的目标不肯放弃,或者你也可以说某人很执着。

Just someone refusing to give up for a positive goal, or you could be relentless.

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如果一个人只是被笼统地描述为执着,那通常意味着这个人很烦人或者让人讨厌。

You know, if someone is just described as relentless in general, often that's something that's annoying or irritating.

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你会觉得,他们就是不肯停下来。

You're like, they just won't stop.

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对,确实。

Yeah, for sure.

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确实。

For sure.

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非常有意思。

Super interesting.

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好的。

Alright.

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我们稍微休息一下,然后马上回来进行角色扮演。

We'll take a quick break, and then we'll be right back for a role play.

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好的。

Alright.

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听懂英语和参与英语对话之间有很大的区别。

There's a big difference between understanding English and participating in English.

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听懂意味着你能跟上对话。

Understanding means you follow the conversation.

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参与则是通过加入你的想法、自然地回应,并让对话继续下去。

You participate by adding your ideas, reacting naturally, and keeping the conversation moving.

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很多英语学习者听力很强,但开口说话时却犹豫不决。

Many English learners are strong listeners, but hesitant speakers.

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一旦你了解了自己目前的流利程度,缩小这个差距就容易多了。

Once you know your current fluency level, it becomes much easier to close that gap.

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参加我们免费的2分钟小测验,了解你的水平以及接下来该重点提升什么。

Take our free two minute quiz to discover your level and what to focus on next.

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访问 all.com/fluencyscore。

Go to all.com/fluencyscore.

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那是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.comfluencyscore.

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好的,Aubrey。

Alright, Aubrey.

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我们来做个角色扮演吧。

Let's dive into a role play.

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今天我们有一些非常扎实的词,我想看看它们在真实生活中是怎么用的。

We have some really solid, solid words today, so I wanna see how it's used in real life here.

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来吧。

Let's do it.

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在这个角色扮演里,我们是同事。

We're coworkers in this role play.

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我先开始。

I'll start us out.

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好的。

Okay.

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你有没有注意到丹尼尔在公司里升职升得有多快?

Have you noticed how quickly Daniel has moved up in the company?

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是的。

Yes.

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他的决心让我印象深刻。

I've been impressed by how determined he is.

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即使提案被拒绝,他也会带着更强的版本回来。

Even when a proposal gets rejected, he comes back with an even stronger version.

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我同意。

I agree.

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在并购讨论中,他也非常坚定。

During the merger discussions, he was also very resolute.

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一旦他相信某个策略是对的,他就会用确凿的证据来捍卫它,而不是在压力下退缩。

Once he believed a strategy was the right one, he defended it with solid evidence instead of backing down under pressure.

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而且他的工作态度几乎是不知疲倦的。

And his work ethic is almost relentless.

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他一直在跟进客户,改进演示文稿,还不断寻找优化我们流程的方法。

He's constantly following up with clients, improving presentations, and looking for ways to refine our processes.

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不错。

Nice.

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这挺有意思的。

So this is interesting.

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看得出来,我们俩都对这位丹尼尔印象深刻。

Can tell we're both really impressed with this Daniel character.

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是的。

Yes.

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而且我们用了很多非常正面的形容词,但都有具体事例支撑,对吧?

And it's good that we have these, you know, a variety of interesting adjectives that are extremely positive, but we have specifics about it, right?

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对,没错。

Yeah, exactly.

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所以我们一开始说,他那种坚定的态度让我印象深刻。

So, we started by saying, I've been impressed by how determined he is.

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另一个好词,也是今天的关键词之一。

Another great word, one of the keywords from today.

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而且即使他的提案被拒绝了,他也会带着一个更强的版本回来。

And even when his proposal gets rejected, he comes back with a stronger version.

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所以,这有点像固执,但它是固执的积极版本。

So, it's like stubborn, but it's a positive version of stubborn.

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没错。

Exactly.

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这就是有趣的地方。

That's what's interesting.

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在英语里,我们经常有这样的词,两个词意思很相似,但一个带点负面含义,另一个更正面。

We often have words like that in English where one word, like two, the very similar meanings, but one has a little bit of a negative implication and one is more positive.

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Determined 绝对是更积极的说法。

Determined is definitely the more positive spin on this.

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这其实可以做成一期好节目,Aubrey,改天可以聊聊。

That would actually make a good episode, Aubrey, for another day.

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各位,记得在All Ears English播客上点个关注哦。

Guys, hit the follow button on maybe over on All Ears English podcast.

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就做一集,一边是正面的说法,一边是负面的说法。

Just an episode where here's the positive version, here's the negative one.

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大概十个例子就够了。

Just like 10 examples.

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那会挺

That'd be kind

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不错的。

of great.

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我们根据想表达稍微负面还是稍微正面的意思,来调整用词。

How we spin things depending on if we want to imply a little bit negative or a little bit positive.

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我很喜欢这个想法。

I love that.

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还有什么呢?

What else?

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然后我在谈到合并讨论的时候,我说他非常坚定,然后我举了个例子,对吧?

And then I said during the merger discussions, was very resolute and then I gave an example, right?

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一旦他相信某个策略是对的,他就会用确凿的证据来捍卫它。

Once he believed a strategy was the right one, he defended it with solid evidence.

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所以是的,坚定是另一个很好的特质。

So yeah, this is another great characteristic to be resolute.

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这挺正面的。

This is pretty positive.

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对,确实。

Yeah, for sure.

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然后我说,他的工作态度几乎是不知疲倦的,对吧?

And then I said, and his work ethic is almost relentless, right?

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所以这是用正面的方式来表达。

So this is using it in a positive way.

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它不会停下来,对吧?

It doesn't stop, right?

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他一直在跟进客户,改进演示文稿,寻找优化我们流程的方法。

He's constantly following up with clients, improving presentations, looking for ways to refine our processes.

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是的,那语境呢?

Yes, how about the context?

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如果你说某人的工作态度是坚持不懈的,那是正面的,因为工作态度永远不会太多,对吧?

If you're talking about someone's work ethic being relentless, that's a positive thing because you can't have too much work ethic, right?

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对,在美国文化里,我们确实这么说。

Yeah, I mean, definitely in American culture, we say that for sure.

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我也同意。

And I agree.

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没错。

Exactly.

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但如果你说他没完没了地催别人按时交东西,那就是负面的,对吧?

But if you say like he's relentless in pestering people to turn things in on time, that's a negative, right?

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因为那意味着他不会放弃一个不好的行为。

Because that means he like won't quit a negative behavior.

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对,没错。

Yes, exactly.

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我很喜欢。

I love it.

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今天的话题很有意思,是关于贪婪这个概念,以及它的其他说法。

Very interesting topic today on the concept of greedy and other ways to say this.

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我喜欢。

I like it.

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我喜欢。

I like it.

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各位,去商务英语06:30频道看看。

Guys, go over to Business English 06:30.

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什么时候应该让事情顺其自然发展?

When should you let something play out?

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这就是你的下一个话题。

That is your next That

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那真是个有趣的短语动词。

was really interesting phrasal verb.

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往上翻翻,如果错过了就去看看吧。

Scroll up and check that one out if you missed it.

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Aubrey,今天我们还有什么最后的要点想留给听众吗?

Any other final takeaway today, Aubrey, that we wanna leave

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各位听众,这个很有意思。

This our listeners is interesting.

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我们想能够对同事说一些正面的话。

We we want to be able to say positive things about coworkers.

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这段角色扮演、这段对话,如果你没注意到别人身上的优点,你确实想分享出来。

This role play, this conversation, if you haven't noticed positive attributes about other people, you do want to share that.

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你想建立这些联系,进行这些对话,而你需要词汇才能做到。

You want to build these connections, have these conversations, and you need the vocabulary to be able to do that.

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有可能你不小心说别人贪婪,却没意识到这其中的负面含义。

It could be if you call someone greedy accidentally, not realizing the negative implications here.

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还有好多更积极的说法呢。

There are so many more positive terms.

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确实。

For sure.

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好。

Alright.

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今天的内容真不错,Aubrey。

Good stuff for today, Aubrey.

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我们很快会在节目里再见。

I'll see you back here on the show very soon.

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祝你今天愉快。

Have a good day.

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太棒了。

Awesome.

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谢谢你,Lindsay。

Thanks, Lindsay.

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下次见。

See you next time.

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好的。

Alright.

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拜拜。

Bye.

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感谢收听《商务英语》,这是一档专为追求卓越的全球职场人士打造的播客。

Thank you for listening to business English, a podcast just for you, the high achieving global professional.

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想从《全耳英语》获得更多内容吗?

Want more from All Ears English?

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Don't miss our biggest and best podcast with 8,000,000 monthly downloads.

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Just search for the All Ears English podcast and hit follow to get four new episodes per week on fluency, American culture, grammar, and so much more.

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或者点击节目备注中的链接。

Or tap the link in the show notes.

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记住,我们相信学习英语重在交流,而不是追求完美。

Remember, we believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

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现在就关注All Ears English播客吧。

Follow the All Ears English podcast now.

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