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大家好，听众朋友们，欢迎再次回到卢克的英语播客的又一期节目。
Hello, listeners, and welcome back to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
本集是您学习更多地道英语表达的绝佳机会，同时也能享受三位来自英国的母语者之间真实、非脚本的对话。
This one is another great opportunity for you to pick up and learn some more really natural English expressions, while also just enjoying an authentic unscripted conversation between three native speakers of English, all of whom come from The UK.
在本集中，我再次邀请了我的朋友凯特，以及她的一位朋友马克。
So in this episode, I'm joined again by my friend Kate, and a friend of hers called Mark.
基本上，我们会向您介绍12个实用的表达，并以非常自然的方式讨论这些表达。
And basically, we just teach you 12 useful expressions and talk about those expressions in a really natural way.
所以，在听完这些内容之后，你真的应该好好掌握这些语言表达。
So you should really get to know those bits of language after listening to all of this.
如果你愿意，实际上可以在网站上阅读这些表达及其定义和一些例句，当然，网站是 teacherluke.podomatic.com。
If you want to, you can actually read the expressions and their definitions and some examples on the website, which of course is teacherluke.podomatic.com.
我相信这应该是第114集。
And if you find I believe it's episode 114.
你还会找到本集中我们教的所有表达，它们都已写下来，供你眼睛观看、大脑理解和最终掌握。
You will also find all of the expressions which we teach you in this episode written down for your eyes to look at and for your brain to kind of process and eventually understand.
然后，希望在这一过程结束时，你的嘴巴能自然地使用这些表达。
And then hopefully, at the end of the process, your mouth will then actually produce those expressions in a kind of natural way.
说不定，如果你在语言学校学习，你的老师会说：‘嘿，何塞用了些听起来非常有趣又地道的表达。’
And who knows, maybe if you're a student at a language school, your teacher will go, hello, Jose is using some really interesting sounding natural expressions.
我觉得我们应该把他升到下一班。
I think we should move him up to the next class.
不知不觉中，你就进入了学校的最高班级，开始参加剑桥高级证书考试，并且以A等成绩通过。
And then before you know it, you're in the top group of your school, and you're taking the Cambridge Advanced Certificate exam, and you're passing it with an A grade.
接着，你会在银行获得一份极其高薪的工作，通过结识对的人并用你的第二语言——英语——与他们建立关系，明智地投资你的资金，而你的英语水平已经被你发挥到了极致。
And following that, you get an incredibly lucrative job in a bank, and you invest your money wisely by meeting the right people and building a relationship with them using, of course, English, your second language, which you've really pushed to the limit of its capability.
基于这些你建立起来的绝佳关系，作为银行家，你会做出正确的投资决策。
And based on those, great relationships that you build, as a banker, you make the right investments.
猜猜接下来会发生什么？
And guess what happens next?
你会赚到数十亿英镑、美元或欧元，可能是英镑，因为英镑价值更高。
You earn billions and billions of pounds or dollars or euros, probably pounds because they're worth more.
接下来合乎逻辑的一步，当然是接管世界。
And then the next step logically, of course, is to take over the world.
一旦你接管了世界，你会做些什么？
And what do you do once you've taken over the world?
没错，你会给每个人免费提供冰淇淋，就像我们知道你理应做的那样。
That's right, you give everyone free ice cream, just like we know that you should.
所以，希望这一切真的会发生；如果可能的话，如果你能亲眼看到这一幕，能不能帮我拿两份免费冰淇淋？
So hopefully that will happen, and if possible, if you could see it happen somehow, could you perhaps get me sort of two helpings of free ice cream?
我只是有点喜欢冰淇淋。
It's just that I'm kind of a bit fond of ice cream.
明白吗？
Okay?
所以就是这样。
So there you go.
这就是你听卢克的英语播客后能期待取得的成就。
That's what you can expect to achieve from listening to Luke's English podcast.
这一集也不例外。
And this episode is no exception.
所以我觉得现在开始是个好时机。
So I think it's probably a good time to start now.
好了，介绍就到这里，现在你可以开始享受这一集了。
So that's it for this, introduction, and you can now enjoy the episode.
非常感谢收听。
Thanks very much for listening.
所以我每次开播都会说：欢迎来到另一期卢克的英语播客。
So I always begin an episode by saying, and welcome to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
所以，这大概是个开始本期节目的好方式，不是吗？
So it's probably a good way to begin this episode, isn't it?
你不觉得吗？
Don't you think?
那我来这么做吗？
So shall I do that?
干杯。
Cheers.
是的。
Yeah.
大家好，欢迎来到另一期卢克的英语播客。
Hello, and welcome to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
我每次在节目开头都会这么做，即使带着一点笑声，纯粹是为了好玩。
That's what I always do at the the beginning of an hour, even with that kind of laughter in the voice thing just for just for fun, really.
这是一种习惯。
It's a habit.
你知道的。
You know?
这就像是我每集开头现场表演的专属片头曲。
It's like my own jingle that I that I do live at the beginning of every episode.
你好，欢迎来到另一集Luke的英语播客。
Hello, and welcome to another episode of Luke's English podcast.
这集开头我要说些什么呢？
What shall I say at the beginning of this episode?
有什么想法吗？
Any any ideas?
嗯，没有。
Well, no.
当然没有。
Of course not.
因为这就是我的工作，不是吗？
Because that's that's my job, isn't it?
我想我可能又要重新开始了。
I think I might start this again.
你好。
Hello.
欢迎来到另一期卢克的英语播客，我现在在这间房间里，这很正常，我想。
Welcome to another episode of Luke's English podcast, and you find me here in a room and which is normal, I suppose.
你Expected在房间里找到我。
That's where you'd expect to find me in a room.
我头顶上有天花板，两侧有墙壁，脚下有地板。
There's a ceiling above my head, walls on either side, and a floor below my feet.
待在房间里是一种令人安心的感觉，因为你知道，比如天下雨时，你不会被淋湿。
It's a it's a it's a reassuring feeling being in a room because you know that if it rains, for example, you're not gonna get wet.
我觉得这非常重要。
I think that's very important.
这不就是房间的主要功能之一吗？你说呢？
That's one of the main jobs of of a of a room, wouldn't you say?
不过现在没下雨啊，卢克。
It's not raining though, Luke.
天气真好，是个美好的日子。
A nice it's a lovely day.
如果真下雨了，是的。
If it did rain Yeah.
你知道英国的情况，如果咱们不在房间里，很可能就会被淋湿。
You know what it's like in Britain, there's a chance that if I wasn't if we weren't in a room that we would get wet.
所以。
So
这个理论很有道理。
Theory is sound.
这是一个合理的理论。
It's a it's a sound Theory.
这是一个合理的理论。
It's a sound theory.
你可以听到其他声音。
You can hear other voices.
那是因为我有嘉宾加入，但那并不是你脑海中的声音。
That's because I'm joined but that's not just you in your head.
你脑海里并没有声音。
The the there there aren't voices in your head.
如果你脑海里有声音，那你可能需要寻求一些帮助。
If there are voices in your head, then you might need to go and get some help with that.
但好吧，我猜确实有声音，因为你很可能正戴着耳机听这个。
But there well, I suppose there are voices because you're probably listening to this in your headphones.
所以，我希望你能分辨出哪些是疯狂的声音，哪些是播客里真实的声音。
So I hope you can work out which are the which are the sort of crazy voices and which are the actual genuine voices on the podcast.
如果你无法区分脑海中的声音和耳机里的声音，那你可能也需要一些帮助。
If you can't distinguish between the voices in your head and the voices in the headphones, then you might need a bit of help with that as well.
但你很可能能听到其他几个声音，因为这一集我又邀请了凯特一起参与。
But you you can probably hear a couple of other voices and because that's what that's because I'm joined in this episode by Kate again.
你好，凯特。
Hello Kate.
嗨。
Hi.
大家好，听众朋友们。
Hi listeners.
你今天怎么样？
How are you today?
我很好，谢谢。
I'm fine thanks.
其实我状态不太好。
Well actually I'm not that good.
今天教课有点压力，过得不太顺。
I've had a bit of a a bit of a stressful day teaching.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
有什么特别的吗？
Any anything in particular?
没有。
No.
我在这里不方便说。
Not that I can say on here.
没有。
No.
你不太想在这里谈这个，是吗？
You don't really wanna go into it here, do you?
对。
No.
但如果你教书时有过特别难熬的一天，是的。
But if you ever had a difficult day of teaching Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
教书有时候确实是一份艰难的工作。
It's it's a hard job sometimes, teaching.
是啊，确实如此。
It is, yeah.
好，明白了。
Yeah, okay.
嗯，我希望你现在正在放松，凯特。
Well, I hope that you're relaxing now, Kate.
我现在感觉好多了。
I feel much better now.
很好，很好。
Good, good.
和我们在一起的还有马克。
And with us too is Mark.
你好，马克。
Hello, Mark.
你好，世界。
Hello, world.
事实上，这是我第一次见到马克。
And well, as a matter of fact, this is the first time that I've met Mark.
所以我想，过一会儿我会试着多了解一点马克。
So I think what I will do in a in a few moments is get to know Mark a little bit.
听起来很有趣。
Sounds fun.
这将是一场真实而真诚的对话。
And that that will be that will be a genuine an actual genuine conversation.
你们将真正听到母语者第一次见面时会发生什么。
What you will actually hear what actually happens when native speakers meet each other for the first time.
这将是一场真实的对话，不会有任何人为造作的成分。
It's gonna be a real conversation, not sort of contrived in any way.
不。
No.
就是一场真诚的交流，我们一定会的。
Just a genuine so we'll Absolutely.
我的意思是，我们之前确实交换过几条信息，我们确实有过一些交流，是的，
I I mean, I I've kind of exchanged a few we've we've exchanged a few Yes,
还有特蕾丝。
and Trace.
我们确实有过。
We have.
是的。
Yeah.
但我们还没有真正了解对方。
But we haven't fully got to know each other yet.
但他们会马上出现的。
But that that they'll come in a moment.
一个。
One.
谁
Who
但是
But
其实，我一开始在想，这次节目非常重要的一点是，我们应该给听众传授一些东西，因为自从我在这档播客里真正教过东西以来，已经过去很久了。
what I was thinking, actually, at the beginning of this episode, I think it's very important, actually, that that I actually teach that we teach the listeners something because it's been a long time since I actually taught anything on this this podcast.
感觉就是这样。
It feels like that.
最近几期节目感觉就像是我在胡说八道，想到什么就说什么，全灌进麦克风里了。
It feels like recently the episodes have just been me kind of talking a load of nonsense and just sort of whatever's whatever comes into my head has just gone into the microphone.
这完全是胡说八道，对吧，卢克？
Which is nonsense, Luke, isn't it?
是吗？
Is it?
大多数时候都是。
Most of the time.
你这是无政府状态。
You've got anarchic.
我觉得这是无政府状态。
I think it's anarchic.
是的。
Yeah.
你可以说。
You could say.
是的。
Yeah.
真的吗？
Really?
你
Do you
觉得那是你只是在胡思乱想。
think that's You just think nonsense.
我觉得我脑子里大部分都是
I think that most of what Am
我有点？
I kind?
是的。
Yeah.
好吧。
Okay.
所以，我脑子里大部分都是胡思乱想，凯特？
So most of what's in my head is nonsense, Kate?
你真的这么认为吗？
Is that do you really think that?
是的。
Yeah.
好的。
Okay.
嗯，
Well,
我原本以为，由于我最近一直在对着麦克风胡言乱语，所以这一集我们干脆从头开始教点东西。
I thought that in this episode, because I've just been talking nonsense into the microphone recently, that I would actually teach something, that we would actually teach something right at the the the beginning.
因此，我为此做了准备，真的规划了一些内容。
So what I did is in preparation, I actually planned something for this one.
我随手写下了一些常见的表达、习语和短语动词之类的东西。
I wrote down just off the top of my head some common expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs, that kind of thing.
一共12个常用表达。
Just 12 common expressions.
现在，我们将免费为各位听众讲解这些内容。
And what we're gonna do for you now, listeners, for free, is actually teach them to you.
好吗？
Okay?
所以我想我先从我的第一个开始。
So I think I'm gonna go first with my first one.
我第一个表达是‘及时’。
So my first expression is in the nick of time.
不错的选择。
Good one.
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
你有时候会用这个表达吗？
Do you use that sometimes?
我确实会用。
I do, actually.
是的。
Yeah.
我会用。
I do.
是的。
Yeah.
是什么来着，凯特？
What was it again, Kate?
是什么来着？
What was it?
在最后一刻。
In the nick of time.
在最后一刻。
In the nick of time.
在最后一刻。
In the nick of time.
例如，你可能会说，哦，那是……当然，你不会在开头发出那种声音。
For example, you might say, oh, it was Well, you wouldn't you wouldn't make that noise, obviously, at the beginning.
这是一个重要的，是的。
That's that's an important Yeah.
重要的前提。
Important preface.
你使用这个习语之前不必先说那些话。
You don't have to go before you you use this idiom.
但那只是我试图想出一个好例子时发出的语气词。
But that's just the noise that I make when I'm trying to think of a good example.
对吧？
Right?
例如，你可能会说，我们刚好在最后一刻赶上了火车。
For example, you might say, we got onto the train just in the nick of time.
当时很紧张。
It was close.
我们差点没赶上火车。
We nearly missed the train.
事实上，我们差点被夹在车门里，但还是在最后一刻上了车。
We nearly got trapped in the doors, in fact, but we managed to get on just in the nick of time.
我喜欢这个说法。
I like it.
对吧？
Right?
所以，如果你‘在最后一刻’做某事，那是什么意思呢？
So if you do something just in the nick of time what's that what's that mean then?
用起来比解释更容易。
It's easier to use than explain.
确实是，对吧？
It is, isn't it?
我想，这指的是在时间刚好够用的时候做某事。
I suppose it's when you do something with just enough time left.
你就在最后一刻才做。
You do it right at the last moment.
你差点就错过了。
You nearly miss it.
你差点就错过了，但你运气不错。
You nearly miss it, but you get lucky.
是的。
Yeah.
你最终还是赶到了，虽然你差点就错过了。
You get there you get there in the end, but you although you nearly missed it.
对吧？
Right?
所以，举个例子，我拿火车当例子，你可以想象火车即将开走。
So, for example, my my example of the train is that you can imagine the train is about to leave.
车门正在关闭，但在最后一刻——没错。
The doors are closing, but just at the last second Exactly.
它也会发出那种声音，你可能听过。
It makes that noise as well, you might have heard.
就在最后一刻，你成功赶在车门关闭前上了火车。
Just at the last second, you managed to get into the train just before the doors close.
所以我刚好在最后一刻上了火车。
So we I got onto the train just in the nick of time.
顺便说一下，你可以在网站上读到所有这些习语，当然，你知道的，网站是 teacherluke.podomatic.com。
You'll be able to read all these idioms, by the way, on the website, which, as you know, of course, is teacherluke.podomatic.com.
我敢肯定，因为听太多遍了，这个网站已经深深印在你的脑子里了。
I'm sure that website is burned into your brains from hearing it repeated so many times.
所以，这就是我的‘最后一刻’例子。
So that was mine in the nick of time.
马克，你有什么例子？
Mark, what's what have you got?
我最后总是得做点什么。
I have to end up doing something.
最终做某事。
End up doing something.
好的。
Alright.
例如，我最终成了一名英语老师。
For example, I ended up becoming an English teacher.
嗯嗯。
Uh-huh.
所以也许我之前做过很多其他事情。
So perhaps I did many things before.
我尝试过不同的工作，或者可能根本没有工作。
I experimented with different jobs or no jobs perhaps.
最后，经过一番考虑，我决定成为一名英语老师。
And then in the end, final decision, I became an English teacher.
对。
Right.
所以就像是在尝试了各种不同的事情之后，你最终发现自己成了英语老师。
So kind of like after playing around with various different things, the final result, the final situation that you found yourself in was that you were an English teacher.
所以你一开始并不一定计划成为英语老师？
So you didn't necessarily plan
当然。
Certainly.
从一开始就打算当英语老师吗？
From the beginning to become an English teacher?
这可能是偶然的。
Could be an accident.
是的。
Yeah.
对。
Yeah.
这纯粹是环境和机会使然。
And it's just circumstances and the opportunity to do it.
所以我做了，并且我对它感到满意。
And so Then I did it and I'm happy with it.
所以最终，我成了这样的人。
So in the end, that's what I became.
好的。
Okay.
我觉得我们经常说这样的话：哦，我本来想当医生，但最后却成了别的。
I think we quite often say stuff like, oh, I wanted to be a doctor, but I ended up.
这其中可能带有一丝遗憾的语气。
There could be a tone of regret.
那种感觉就像是，这并不是我最初真正打算做的，但最终我所处的境况，比如成了英语老师。
That kind of like, it wasn't what I really intended to do in the first place, but somehow the situation I found myself in at the end was, for example, as an English teacher.
所以我最后成了英语老师。
So I ended up being an English teacher.
但这对我们来说不是这样，因为我们一直都有强烈的志向，当然。
Not that that's the case for us because, of course, we always had a burning ambition Certainly.
成为英语教师。
To become English language teachers.
这已经根深蒂固了。
It's ingrained.
这种表达方式你也可以用来描述周五晚上做了什么，比如。
It's the sort of expression you might use as well to describe what you did on a Friday night, for example.
就像说，哦，我们去了酒吧，喝了几杯，然后去了这家酒吧，接着唱了卡拉OK，最后躺在了沟里。
It's like, oh, we went to the pub, had a few drinks, then we went to this bar, and then we did some karaoke, and we ended up in In a gutter.
我们最后躺在了沟里。
We ended up in a gutter.
吐了。
Throwing up.
恶心。
Sick
是的。
Yeah.
醉醺醺的，处于一种极度放纵的状态。
Drunk, in a desperate desperately wanton state.
我最后在排水沟里昏了过去。
I ended up passing out in a gutter.
当然。
Certainly.
是的。
Yeah.
如果你是英国人，那样说会很好。
That would be good if you're British.
我不确定你的听众需要这么说，因为那是典型的英式表达。
I'm not sure that your listeners would need to say that because that's a typically British Yeah.
行为。
Behavior.
在海滩上，是的。
On a beach Yeah.
睡着了。
Falling asleep.
最后自己读起了诗歌。
Ended up reading poetry for myself.
哦，我明白了。
Oh, I see.
没有酒精。
Without the alcohol.
是的。
Yeah.
所以这会像。
So it'd
好吧。
be like, okay.
我一晚上开始的时候是嗯。
I started the evening by Mhmm.
品尝一些优质的葡萄酒。
Sampling some fine wines.
小口啜饮你的雪利酒。
Sipping your sherry.
最后，我给一位美丽的少女朗读了诗歌。
And finally, I ended up reading poetry to a beautiful maiden.
是的。
Yeah.
好吗？
Okay?
当然。
Sure.
那就是真实的世界。
That's that's the real world.
好吗？
Okay?
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
好的。
Okay.
很好。
Good.
行。
Alright.
所以，凯特，你有什么？
So, Kate, what have you got?
是的。
Yeah.
时不时地。
Every now and then.
偶尔。
Every now and then.
是的。
Yeah.
比如呢？
For example?
偶尔，我会想吃一个巨无霸配薯条和奶昔。
Every now and then, I fancy a Big Mac with fries and a milkshake.
真的吗？
Is that true?
不是。
No.
这不对。
This isn't true.
这是卢克写下来的句子。
This is the sentence that Luke has written down.
是的。
Yeah.
我记下了这句话。
I wrote that down.
所以这并不是凯特的原话，只是我举的例子。
So that's not really Kate's sentence, but it's just my example.
偶尔，我会想喝一杯红酒。
Every now and then, I every now and then, I fancy a nice glass of red wine.
所以基本上，now and then 就是有时候的意思，对吧？
So basically, now and then means sometimes, doesn't it?
偶尔。
Occasionally.
偶尔。
Occasionally.
偶尔。
Every now and then.
事实上，我认为下一个是你列表中的下一个类似表达吗？
In fact, I think the next is the next expression on your list similar?
我列表上还有一个表达，就是once in a while，它和every now and then基本上是一样的。
Someone else has got oh, I've got I've got an expression on my list, which is once in a while, and it's basically the same thing as every now and then.
所以是once in a while。
So once in a while.
比如，我偶尔喜欢吃麦当劳。
For example, I like to eat McDonald's once in a while.
这是真的吗？
And that is true?
这是真的。
And it's true.
是的。
Yeah.
偶尔。
Once in a while.
我并不是经常吃麦当劳。
I don't I don't eat McDonald's, like, all the time.
所以‘once in a while’和‘every now and then’都表示‘有时候’。
So that was once in a while and every now and then, and they both mean sometimes.
嗯。
Mhmm.
是的。
Yeah.
马克，你接下来有什么？
What have you got next, Mark?
我有一个不错的表达。
I have oh, a good one, actually.
我得费尽周折。
I have to bend over backwards.
好的。
Okay.
弯腰曲背。
Bend over backwards.
弯腰曲背。
To bend over backwards.
好的。
Okay.
当然。
Of course.
这不是字面意思，因为这是一个习语。
Not in a physical sense because this is an idiom.
但例如，假日酒店的员工真的非常尽心尽力，让我和妻子感到舒适。
But for example, the staff at the Holiday Inn really bent over backwards to make my wife and I feel comfortable.
是的。
Yeah.
好的。
Okay.
有什么猜测吗？
Any guesses?
所以假日酒店的员工真的非常努力，让我和我妻子感到尽可能舒适
So the the the staff of the Holiday Inn really bent over backwards to make my wife and I feel as comfortable as
尽可能舒适。
as As possible.
他们尽了一切可能。
They did everything within their power.
是的。
Yeah.
对。
Right.
所以‘bend over backwards’意味着付出大量努力。
So to bend over backwards is to make a lot of effort.
绝对如此。
Absolutely.
是的。
Yeah.
尽最大努力帮助一个人，彻底完成全部事情，是的。
To to help a person as much as possible to to go the complete distance Yeah.
如果你想帮助一个人
If you want to to help a person
解决问题。
solve a problem.
所以，例如，你会说类似这样的话：如果你有机会，你能做这件事吗？
So for example, you'd say something like, could if you got a chance, could you do this thing?
你能帮我寄这封信吗？
Could you post this letter for me?
如果做不到，就别勉强自己。
Don't bend over backwards or anything if you can't.
是的。
Yeah.
我想你可以这么做。
I suppose you could.
这是否意味着你只做你工作职责范围内的事？
Does it mean you just you do what what's in your job description?
不。
No.
这远远不止这些。
It's more than that.
如果你只做职责范围内的事，那就是完成你该做的，但真正要全力以赴、付出110%的努力去帮助一个人解决问题或让他们度过愉快时光，就需要做得更多。
If you do what's in your job description, you do what you need to do, but it's to to do more than you need to do to to really put a 100%, a 110% effort in to help a person solve the problem or to have a good time.
比如在酒店度假的例子。
So the example with the holiday with the holiday in the hotel.
另外，如果工作人员非常友好，那很好。
Also, if the staff are very friendly, that's good.
但如果他们超越了工作职责，真正努力帮助你，甚至愿意竭尽全力。
But if they're, you know, if they do more than their job description, if they really try to help you, they bend over backwards.
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是的
Yeah.
所以这关乎帮助，对吧？
So it's about helping, isn't it?
基本上是的。
Basically.
这是
It's
关于付出大量
about making a lot
努力来帮助你。
of effort to help you.
尽可能多的。
As possible.
对。
Yes.
是的。
Yes.
好的。
Okay.
好吧。
Alright.
好的。
Okay.
今天这里像皮卡迪利广场一样热闹。
It's like Piccadilly Circus in here today.
这正是我学校所在的地方。
Which is exactly where my school is.
真的吗？
Is really?
是的。
Yes.
确实是。
It is.
你在皮卡迪利广场工作。
You work in Piccadilly Circus.
是的。
I do.
对。
Yes.
所以那是一所学校，而不是正对面的里普利信不信由你博物馆。
So that's a school, not the Ripley's Museum, which is directly across
所以这就像皮卡迪利广场吗？
from So is this like Piccadilly Circus?
你是专家。
You're the expert.
刚才那一瞬间，我差点以为自己身处皮卡迪利广场，看着有人进来赶垃圾。
This, just for a moment there, I could have been in Piccadilly Circus with the man coming in to chase the rubbish.
我
I
说过这话。
said that.
我说它像皮卡迪利广场的听众，因为这是一种表达方式。
I say it's like Piccadilly Circus listeners because that's an expression.
这是一种玩笑说法，当人潮汹涌、来来往往很多的时候人们会这么说。
It's kind of a joke that people say when it's very busy and there's lots of people coming and going.
但你可能没意识到这一点。
But you might not have realized that.
你可能听到过塑料袋的声音，但其实只是清洁工走进来，提着袋子把垃圾拿走了。
You might you may have heard the noise of, a plastic bag, but the cleaner just came into the room and sort of walked in with his bag and took the rubbish out.
而这种情况确实发生在我们的剧集中。
And that that actually happened in our episodes.
记得吗？
Remember?
清洁工在那一集里也打断了我们。
The cleaner interrupted us in that one too.
是的。
Yes.
所以我们有弗朗西斯把头探进窗户。
So we have Francis come putting his head through the window.
清洁工进来的时候，这里就像皮卡迪利广场一样热闹。
The cleaner coming in is like Piccadilly Circus around here.
讽刺的是，你实际上就是在那里工作。
And ironically, that is actually where where you work from.
确实如此。
It is indeed.
对。
Yeah.
而这非常像皮卡迪利广场。
And so which is very much like Piccadilly Circus.
好的。
Okay.
所以，你知道吗，你在学校里是否努力工作来帮助你的学生？
So do, you know, do you work hard at the school to make to help you students?
我跟你说啊。
I I tell you what.
有时候我为了帮他们提高英语，真是竭尽全力。
Sometimes I bend over backwards to help them with their English.
我希望他们能明白这一点，马克。
I hope they appreciate that, Mark.
当然。
Of course.
有时候吧。
Sometimes.
大多数时候。
Most of the time.
所以，他们在课程结束时会送你礼物吗？
So the do they ever buy you presents at the end of a course?
你知道，这取决于有多少学生离开，因为每周都会有新的学生加入。
You know, it depends on how many of them are leaving because, you know, their new students start every week.
但如果你遇到一群特别好的学生，大家彼此相处融洽，那这种情况是有可能发生的。
But if you get a really, you know, good group that sort of put together and they like you, you like them, then it it can happen.
在韩国确实发生过。
It happened in Korea no.
在澳大利亚有一次，是的。
In Australia once Yeah.
当我带了一大群韩国学生的时候。
When I had loads of Korean students.
是的。
Yeah.
但那群韩国学生都给我买了好多礼物。
But they all bought me loads of presents, these this Korean class.
是的
Yeah.
从那以后，就只是一些小东西，比如书签或者
And since then, it's just little things like bookmarks or
小钥匙圈。
Little key rings.
钥匙圈。
Key rings
上面有巴西的，是的。
with Brazilian Yeah.
Hyvana，不管他们叫什么。
Hyvana, whatever they're called.
我可以使用一个
Can I use a a
品牌名称吗？
brand name?
是的。
Yeah.
当然。
Of course.
你可以。
You can.
哦，太好了。
Oh, wonderful.
好的。
Okay.
我的意思是，那些人字拖品牌的名称该怎么发音？
I mean, maybe what are they how do you pronounce the name of that that flip flop company?
我刚才试着小声说了一下那个名字。
I just tried to say it, but sort of very quietly
以防万一，以防万一
just in case you just in case
如果错了的话。
if it's wrong.
我不知道。
I don't know.
它大概是这样的，或者类似的东西。
It's something like or or something.
我连这个著名的沙滩凉鞋或人字拖品牌怎么发音都不知道，感觉有点尴尬。
Feel a bit embarrassed that I don't know how to pronounce that famous brand name of of beach sandal or flip flop.
至少我们不会惹上麻烦，以防万一。
At least we can't get into trouble, just in case.
我们不会的。
We can't.
是的。
Yeah.
也许有些听众能告诉你。
Well, maybe some of the listeners could tell you.
可以
Could
Havayanas 或者 have a Havana's Have
Havayanas or have a Havana's Have
我们需要
We need
帮忙。
help.
Havana Havana。
Havana Havana.
Havana's。
Havana's.
我不知道。
I don't know.
是的。
Yeah.
但我
But I
反正我猜也是。
suppose anyway.
是的。
Yeah.
如果我是澳大利亚人，我会更在意这个，因为他们穿得多得多
If I was Australian, I'd worse about that because they wear them a lot more
比我们多。
than we do.
嗯，你看，问题就在这里。
Well, you see, that's the thing.
我不
I don't
有一双。
own a pair.
我也没有。
Neither do I.
就是这样。
That's it.
是的。
Yeah.
我也想要。
I'd like yeah.
我想买一双那样的。
I'd like to have a pair of those.
它们挺好看的。
They're nice.
是的。
Yes.
很多老师都会收到这样的鞋子。
Lots of teachers get given them.
我觉得它们质量很好。
I think they're quality.
它们是高品质的凉鞋。
They're quality sandals.
哦，当然。
Oh, certainly.
它们能穿很久。
They last a long time.
我女朋友有一双。
My girlfriend has a pair.
她只要一出门就只穿这个，真的吗？
She just doesn't wear anything else when she's Really?
她什么都不穿？好吧，算了。
She doesn't wear anything Well, okay.
显然，你是在字里行间揣测，不管她觉得还有什么别的必须穿的，但脚上只穿这个。
Well, clearly, you're reading between between the lines there and whatever else she may feel necessary to wear, but on her feet.
对。
Right.
在她的脚上，她只穿那种凉鞋。
Upon her feet, she will only wear wear those.
我明白了。
I see.
我明白了。
I see.
抱歉。
Sorry.
这是我的扭曲想象。
It's my it's my perverted imagination.
好的。
Okay.
那你列表上的下一个习语是什么？
So what's the next idiom that you've got on the list?
凯特。
Kate.
我得好好想想。
I've got to sleep on it.
好好想想。
Sleep on it.
好好想想。
To sleep on it.
想什么？
Sleep on what?
好好想想。
To sleep on it.
哦，这个。
Oh, it.
是的。
Yeah.
哦，是吗？
Oh, is it?
例如，我无法决定是否应该接受这份工作邀请。
For example, I can't decide if I should accept the job offer.
他们给的薪水更高，但我得搬到另一个城镇。
They pay more, but I have to have to move to a different town.
我觉得，你知道吗，凯特？
I think, you know, Kate?
我觉得时间不早了。
I think it's getting late.
是的。
Yeah.
我觉得你应该去睡觉，好好想想，明天再做决定。
I think you should go to bed, sleep on it, make the decision in the morning.
好的。
Okay.
是的。
Yeah.
我现在不会做决定。
I won't decide now.
我明天再决定。
I'll decide tomorrow.
你睡一觉之后再决定吗？
After you have slept on it?
是的。
Yeah.
我会睡一觉再决定。
I'll sleep on it.
好的。
Okay.
所以睡一觉再决定，就是说你需要对这个决定
So to sleep on it, it's the it's thing is a decision that you have to
做出。
make.
像是一个问题，也许。
Like a problem, maybe.
决定。
Decision
是的。
of Yeah.
好的。
Okay.
是的。
Yeah.
如果你睡一觉再做决定，就意味着你面临一个艰难的抉择或需要处理一个问题，但你此刻无法解决，于是决定去睡觉，让潜意识在睡眠中思考它。
If you sleep on it, it's like you have a difficult decision to make or a problem to deal with, and you can't do it now, so you decide that you will go to bed and subconsciously think about it in your sleep.
这是一个不寻常的表达，对吧？
It is an unusual expression, isn't it?
但这样很好。
Because But it's good.
当你睡着的时候，你可能并不会去想那个问题。
When you when you are asleep, you're probably not thinking about the problem.
至少对我个人来说是这样。
At least me, personally.
我脑子里不会进行这样的讨论。
I don't have this discussion in my head.
那你也不是真的在‘睡在问题上’吗？
And you're not physically sleeping on the problem?
不是。
No.
不是。
No.
这并不是
It's not
就像睡觉一样。
like sleeping.
你只是在提供床单。
You're just giving sheets.
你是在给自己更多时间。
You're giving yourself extra time.
是的。
Yeah.
简单来说。
Simply.
这并不是说你把问题打在纸上，打印出来，然后放在床垫上。
It's not like you're typing out the problem on a piece of paper, printing it, and then laying it down on the mattress.
哦，放在头下或者枕头下。
Oh, under your head or under the pillow.
没错。
Exactly.
是的。
Yeah.
然后这实际上是睡一觉解决。
And then and it's literally sleeping on it.
是的。
Yeah.
不。
No.
这仅仅意味着你没有做出决定。
It just means that you're sort of not making the decision.
你去睡觉了。
You're going to bed.
是的。
Yeah.
然后第二天早上，希望你能更清醒地做出决定。
And then in the morning, hopefully, you'll have a clearer mind in order to make the decision.
我得说，我觉得我几乎每天都会用这个。
I have to say, I think I use this probably every day.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
很多决定。
Lots of decisions.
是的。
Yeah.
你就是不喜欢快速做决定。
You're you're just not happy making quick decisions.
不是。
No.
不是。
No.
而且我觉得是这样
And I think it is
好好睡一觉真的会有帮助。
it really helps to sleep on it.
当然。
Definitely.
你指的是哪类决定？你认为大多数人会用这种方法吗？
Sort of decisions do you And do you think most people use?
比如，我现在正纠结是去佛罗伦萨还是马德里。
Well, like, with I'm at the moment, I'm trying to decide whether to go to Florence or Madrid.
工作？
Work?
不是。
No.
不是。
No.
不是。
No.
假期。
Holiday.
我和一个朋友一起去，我们一直拿不定主意。
And I and I'm going with a friend, and we can't decide.
我对她说，不如我们睡一觉再决定。
And I said to her, well, let's sleep on it.
什么？
What?
你们要一起去？
You're gonna together?
是男朋友还是
Male friend or
是女性朋友。
It's a female friend.
所以你说咱们睡一觉再决定？
So you said let's sleep on it?
是的。
Yeah.
对。
Yeah.
你你有没有
Did you did you
其实她真的过来和我住在一起，还睡在我的床上。
Well, actually, she did come and stay with me, and she did sleep in my bed.
什么？
What?
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
你听到了吗，夫人？
Did you hear that, missus?
你真的听到了吗？
Did you actually hear that?
等等，凯特，等等。
And actually Wait a minute, Kate.
等等。
Wait a minute.
你是说你和一位女性朋友睡在同一张床上？
Are you saying that you slept with a with one of your female friends in in the same bed?
我确实睡了。
I did.
是的。
Yeah.
所以这不再只是一句表达了。
So this is no longer an expression.
这只不过是你做过的一件事。
This is just something you did.
这不是表达方式，你确实这么做了。
This is not You literally did this.
别管那些习语了。
Forget the idioms.
别管语言了。
Forget the language.
别管英语了。
Forget English.
你和你最好的朋友睡过觉吗？
Did you slept with your best friends?
我确实睡过。
I did.
是的。
Yeah.
她今晚也会留下来。
And she's staying she's staying tonight as well.
哦，就这样了。
Oh, that's it.
好吧。
Okay.
行。
Fine.
但我从未意识到，
But I never realized,
老实说。
to be honest.
是的。
Yeah.
你还有其他决定需要好好想想。
You have other decisions you need to sleep on.
这行不通。
That doesn't work.
好的。
Okay.
女孩子有时候和女性朋友一起睡，这其实挺正常的，对吧？
It's quite it's quite normal for sort of girls to sleep with their female friends sometimes, isn't it?
当然。
Sure.
你当然希望是这样。
You'd like to think so.
我觉得确实如此。
It actually it actually is, I think.
我也这么认为。
I think so.
女孩子有时候会睡在一起。
Girls girls will girls sleep together sometimes.
她们会说，‘来我家吧。’
They're like, oh, come over to my house.
好的。
Okay.
你知道的？
You know?
我不知道女孩们都会做些什么。
I don't know what girls do.
就像那样。
Like that.
哦，你知道的？
Oh, you know?
我们把枕套都清空吧。
Let's let's empty the pillowcases.
我们一起来睡吧，
Let's let's let's sleep together and
不。
No.
不。
No.
跳来跳去。
Jump around.
就像你那样。
Like you do
当你还是孩子的时候。
when you're a kid.
当然。
Sure.
是一回事。
It's the same thing.
但男人呢。
Men, though.
男人不会这么做。
Men don't do that.
男人会说，嘿，
Men are like, hey,
伙计。
buddy.
嘿。
Hey.
你想过来一起玩会儿PlayStation，喝点啤酒，睡一张床吗？
You wanna come over and play play a bit of PlayStation, drink a few beers, sleep in the same bed?
哇哦。
Woah.
是的。
Yeah.
男人不会，就像从头到脚一样。
Men don't It's like heads to toe.
头对脚。
Heads on end.
眼泪。
Tears.
但那仍然是个问题。
But that that's still the problem.
你有的。
That you have.
私密部位仍然在中间。
The private part is still middle.
它很大。
It's big.
它并没有解决问题，对吧？
It's not it just doesn't solve it, does it?
我朋友卡罗琳今晚住在我这儿，因为她目前无家可归。
Well, the reason my friend Caroline is is staying with me tonight, she's homeless at the moment.
她不得不搬出她的公寓。
She's she's had to move out of her flat.
好的。
Okay.
她找到了新公寓，但还得等一段时间。
And she she's got a new flat, but not for a while.
她现在和父母住在一起。
And she's staying with her parents.
是的。
Yeah.
所以如果她来伦敦，她需要
So she needs if she comes to London, she has
她今晚和你睡在一起吗？
to So she's sleeping with you tonight?
是的。
She is.
明天呢？
And tomorrow?
我不确定。
I I don't know.
我不确定。
I'm not sure.
睡一觉再说。
Sleep on.
看看你吧。
See if you yeah.
所以你不确定是否让她留下来住？
So you're not sure whether you're gonna let her slay stay
和你一起？
with you?
哦，不。
Oh, no.
不。
No.
我不确定她是否需要茶。
I'm not sure if she needs tea.
好的。
Okay.
她随时都可以来。
She's welcome anytime.
我只有一张床。
I've only got one bed.
这就是问题所在。
That's the problem.
对。
Right.
但你并不介意，你知道的，让朋友睡在你的床上，如果
But you don't mind, you know, putting letting a friend sleep in your bed if
我不介意。
I don't mind.
我不介意。
I don't mind.
你真是太慷慨了，
That's very generous of
凯特。
you, Kate.
我总是，实际上，几乎因为取笑它而感到内疚，是吗？
I always I actually almost feel bad for making fun of it, am I?
我也是。
Me too.
是的。
Yeah.
知道。
Know.
她无家可归。
She's homeless.
好的。
Okay.
其实她并不是无家可归。
Well, she's not actually homeless.
她只是
She's
她只是暂时没有住所。
She's just without a home at the moment.
她不是那种她在过渡中。
She's not like She's she's in transition.
她不会住在纸板箱里。
She doesn't live in a cardboard box.
她也不会到处乞讨或者身上有尿骚味。
She's not sort of begging and smelling of urine or anything.
至少现在还没有。
Not not yet anyway.
是的。
Yes.
好的。
Okay.
是的，听众们，我想你们大概能理解睡一觉再决定的意思。
Yeah, listeners, I think you'd probably get the idea of sleeping on it.
希望如此。
I hope so.
如果不懂，去谷歌一下吧。
If you don't, just Google it.
我们可能在这个问题上混淆了答案
We may have confused the answer at
这时候。
this point.
好的。
Okay.
该我了吗？
Is it my turn?
该你了，马克。
Your turn, Mark.
我觉得是我
I think it's I
我不知道。
don't know.
该你了。
It's your turn.
该我了。
It's my turn.
好吧。
Alright.
我那是勉强通过的。
Mine mine is by the skin of my teeth.
勉强通过，或者说是险些通过。
By the skin of my teeth or by the skin of one's teeth.
比如，我就是勉强才考上大学的。
For example, I got into university by the skin of my teeth.
你是真的吗？
Did you, like?
真的吗？
So really?
嗯，确实如此。
Well, yeah.
我确实是考上了。
I did actually.
你呢？
Did you
你的考试考得怎么样？还是没考好？
do well in your exams or did you do not Well.
像你希望的那样好吗？
As well as you wanted?
我的意思是，进入大学之后，在大学里我表现还行。
When I I mean, after I got into university, at university, I did okay.
但进入大学对我来说很难，因为我的考试成绩不好。
But it was difficult for me to get into university because my I didn't get good results in my exams.
好的。
Okay.
所以，你知道的，我到底考了多少分？
And so, you know, if I got like, what did I get?
嗯，成绩相当差，但刚好够用。
Well, fairly poor results and and it but they were just good enough.
所以，我能不能上大学，差别非常非常小，你知道的，一个
So the the the difference between me getting into university and me not getting in was very, very thin, you know, a
微小的差距。
slim difference.
所以这类似于千钧一发吗？
So is this similar to the the nick of time?
这不仅关乎时间，还关乎你的考试成绩。
It is not only not about time, but about, like, here, your exam results.
是的。
Yeah.
所以刚好够格。
So it was just good enough.
对。
Yeah.
而在千钧一发的情况下，你只是刚好够快。
And with the nick of time, you were just quick enough.
是的。
Yeah.
所以当你做某事时说‘勉强通过’，意思是‘靠牙缝’，显然，牙齿并没有皮肤，或者说即使有，也极其极其薄。
So it's by the skin of if you do something by the skin of your teeth I mean, obviously, your teeth don't have skin, or if they do, it's very, very, very thin.
它薄得不可思议。
It's so thin.
你根本看不到、摸不到，也测量不了。
You can't see it, touch it, or measure it.
这可能就是原因。
That could be why.
是的。
Yeah.
我的意思是，我想你确实有皮肤。
I mean, I guess you do
身体里是有皮肤的。
have skin in the body.
总比靠我牙齿的釉质来勉强通过要好。
Better than I got in by the enamel of my teeth.
是的。
Yeah.
它听起来没有同样的‘是的’那种感觉。
It doesn't have the same Yeah.
声音，是吧？
Sound, does
真的吗？
it really?
是的。
Yeah.
听起来太技术化了，或者类似的原因。
It's too technical sounding or something.
但我完全是勉强才进的大学。
But I got into university by the skin of my teeth.
所以这个说法是，你的牙齿上有一层非常薄的皮。
So the idea is that your teeth have a very thin skin on them.
显然，牙齿是没有皮肤的。
Obviously, teeth don't have skin.
这太荒谬了。
It's ridiculous.
这是英语中我们经常使用的一种荒谬表达。
It's another one of those ridiculous English expressions that we use a lot.
我们确实常用这个表达。
We do use this expression
经常用。
a lot.
所以。
So
牙齿上的皮肤被认为是非常、非常、非常薄的。
skin on your teeth is considered to be very, very, very thin.
所以如果你勉强通过，就是靠牙齿上那层薄皮。
So if you get in by the skin of your teeth
是的。
Yeah.
这就像成功进入和没能进入之间的差别，薄得就像牙齿上的那层皮。
It's like the difference between getting in and not getting in is is as thin as the skin on your teeth.
好的。
Okay.
多荒谬的表达啊。
What a ridiculous expression.
卢克，你知道马克和我是怎么认识的吗？
And Luke, you know how Mark and I know each other?
是的。
Yeah.
你们一起学习过。
You you studied together.
是的。
Yeah.
真的吗？
Really.
是的。
Yeah.
然后我觉得我通过了我们做的考试或者教学部分。
And then I think I passed the exam that we did or the teaching part.
哪一部分？
Which part?
教学部分。
The teaching part.
二。
Two.
第二部分。
Part two.
第二部分。
Part two.
是的。
Yeah.
对。
Uh-huh.
险些没通过。
By the skin of my teeth.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
真的吗？
Really?
我差点没通过。
I almost didn't pass it.
我对我的考试也有同样的感觉。
I feel the same about about my exam.
哦。
Oh.
因为我准备考试时遇到了问题。
Because I had problems preparing for the exam.
我讨厌考试。
I hate exams.
是的。
Yes.
我考得不好。
I do badly.
我一紧张就大脑一片空白，各种问题在脑子里乱转。
I freeze, and I have all these problems running in my head.
然后我就想，我不知道。
And then I I think I don't know.
但我有种感觉，考试那天我完全是擦着及格线过的。
But I I have a feeling that on the day of the exam, I I passed just by the skin of my teeth.
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
只是擦着
Just by the
顺便问一下，你拿到成绩了吗？
skin of Did you get your results, by the way?
我的意思是，你拿到你的成绩了吗？我知道你们俩都及格了。
Did you get I mean, did you get your I know you passed, both of you.
恭喜。
Congratulations.
非常感谢。
Very much.
但是
But
你实际上比我考得好。
did you actually better than me.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
你考了多少分？
What did you get?
我只是全部通过了。
I just passed everything.
通过了。
Passed.
通过了。
Passed.
通过了。
Passed.
你还得了优秀和优良吗？
And you got merits and distinctions
还有其他东西？
and stuff?
呃，我可不是勉强通过的。
I I well, I I didn't pass the exam by the skin of my teeth.
我确实通过了。
I I passed it.
好吧，你做到了。
Well, you you did it.
是的。
Yeah.
你表现得很好。
You did well.
我得了很好的分数。
I got a a very good mark.
是的。
Yeah.
真的吗？
Really?
是的。
Yeah.
你得了多少分？
What did you get?
我得了
I got
啊？你你你不想
a Do you you you don't wanna
我得了优秀。
I got a distinction.
真的吗？
Did you really?
是的。
Yeah.
太棒了。
Brilliant.
干得好。
Well done.
恭喜。
Congratulations.
很好。
Good.
天哪。
Oh my god.
你不知道吗？
Didn't you know that?
不知道。
No.
我不知道这件事。
I didn't know that.
不知道。
No.
这真的非常令人印象深刻。
That's that's really impressive.
确实如此，因为那场考试太可怕了。
It is because that exam is a nightmare.
是的
Yeah.
想想
Think
所以。
so.
这是一门可怕的课程。
A horrible it's a horrible course.
顺便说一下，我们谈论的是一个我们都上过的特定教学课程。
We're talking, by the way, about a particular teaching course, which we've all taken.
我六年前上过。
I did it six years ago.
很难。
It's very hard.
真的很难。
It's really hard.
现在更难了。
It's harder now.
对吧？
Right?
是的。
Yeah.
哦，是的。
Oh, yeah.
它变得确实更难了。
It gets yeah.
它比六年前难多了。
It's it's much, much harder than it was six
年。当然。
years Sure.
好的。
Okay.
是的。
Yeah.
工作量几乎翻了一倍。
It's almost, like, double the work.
是的。
Yeah.
是的。
Yeah.
对。
Right.
是的。
Yeah.
好的。
Okay.
而且这是一场非常难的考试。
And it's a really hard exam.
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