147. Idioms and Expressions from Episodes 145 & 146

第17个，我说过，TTT，也就是老师讲课时间，我们在语言课堂上应该尽量减少。

So number 17, I said, TTT or teacher talking time is something that we should cut down on in the language learning classroom.

对吧？

Right?

‘cut down on’ 就是减少的意思。

So to cut down on something means to reduce it.

明白吗？

Alright?

比如，我正在努力戒烟，减少抽烟的量。

For example, I'm trying to cut down on smoking, trying to smoke less.

清楚了吗？

Okay?

第18个。

Number 18.

我说过，我们有两只耳朵，却只有一个嘴巴，这可不是没道理的。

I said, we've got two ears and one mouth for a reason.

这其实不算个习语，就是个表达方式，用来提醒别人好好听。

So this isn't really an idiom, but it's just an expression which we use to tell people to listen.

意思就是，你有两只耳朵一张嘴，肯定是有原因的。

It's like, you've got two ears and one mouth for a reason.

麻烦你认真听一听。

Please listen.

这话有点儿不礼貌。

It's a bit rude.

虽然有点儿冲，但说起来还挺有意思的。

It's a bit of a rude expression, you might say, but it's kind of kind of a fun one.

你有两只耳朵一张嘴，肯定是有原因的。

You've got two ears and one mouth for a reason.

我不建议你对别人这么说，毕竟挺伤人的，但这个说法确实能说明人应该多听。

I don't recommend that you use that when you're talking to someone because it can be pretty rude, but it's still an expression which could be used to explain that people should listen more.

你懂的。

You know?

我们有两只耳朵，一张嘴。

We have two ears, one mouth.

你该多听听。

You should listen.

明白吗？

Alright?

是的。

Yeah.

好。

Good.

行。

Fine.

我刚做的第18题。

Number 18 that I've just done.

对。

Right.

所以第19点，我说，一所昂贵且营销力度很大的学校，会给老师设定很高的标准。

So number 19, I said, an expensive school with a powerful marketing drive can set the bar very high for its teachers.

所谓设定高标准，就是把要求定得非常高。

So to set the bar high means that you set standards very high.

明白吗？

Okay?

这里的‘标准’，就像田径比赛里跳高时要越过的那根横杆。

The bar, in this case, refers to the bar that you have to jump over in athletics, in in the high jump in an in an athletics event.

如果横杆放得特别高，那就意味着你得跳得特别好，才不至于失败。

So if that bar is set very high, it means that you have to jump really, really well order to avoid failure.

教书也是这样，如果你的宣传承诺了特别棒的课程，那老师肩上的标准就定得很高了。

So in teaching, if your marketing has promised an amazing course, then the bar has been set pretty high for the teacher.

同样，如果你接手了别人的班级，而前任老师特别优秀，是个顶尖的老师，那他早就给你设下了很高的标准。

Similarly, if if you take over someone else's class and the previous teacher was really, really good, a really brilliant teacher, then he has set the bar pretty high for you.

明白吗？

Okay?

第二十点。

Number 20.

我说，这个过程对你的培训也很有帮助。

I said it's also a good process to go through for your training.

它能帮你成长为一名好老师，因为你不得不逼自己提升。

It's a good process to go through for training you into a good teacher because you're forced to raise your game.

提升自己的水平。

So to raise your game.

这个应该很清楚了。

This one should be pretty clear.

明白吗？

Okay?

在体育领域也经常用到。

And it's also used in sports a lot.

如果你提升了自己的水平，意思就是你提高了表现。

If you raise your game, it means that you just improve your performance.

明白了吗？

Alright?

提升你的水平。

To raise your game.

别忘了raise和rise的区别，这个错误很常见。

Don't forget the difference between the word raise and the word rise because this is a common error.

Raise的意思是让某物上升，而rise是自己上升。

Raise means make something go up, and rise means just to go up.

所以你说raise your game，就是让自己的水平提高。

So if you raise your game, it means you make your game go up.

也就是提升你的表现。

You improve your game.

你不能说rise your game。

You can't rise your game.

这样说不通。

It doesn't work.

你的表现可能会提升，但你是提升你的表现。

Your game maybe your your performance rises, but you raise your performance.

明白吗？

Alright?

所以 rise 就是自己上升。

So rise means go up.

raise 是让某物上升。

Raise means make something go up.

太阳早上升起，如果你信的话，是神让太阳升起来的。

So the sun rises in the morning, and god raises the sun, if you believe that kind of thing.

比如你举手，手会举起来，也会上升。

You know, you raise your hand, and your hand rises.

对吧？

Right?

政府加税，税额就会上涨。

The government raises taxes, and taxes rise.

明白了吗？

Okay?

raise 的过去式是 raised。

The past of raise is raised.

raise，raised，raised。

Raise, raised, raised.

rise 的过去式是 rose，过去分词是 risen。

And the past of rise is rose and then risen.

rise，rose，risen。

So rise, rose, risen.

raise，raised，raised。

Raise, raised, raised.

明白了吗？

Okay?

清楚了吗？

Is that clear?

是吗？

Yes?

很好。

Good.

我们继续看第21题。

Let's move on to number 21.

我说过，最后我决定努力试试看。

And I said, in the end, perhaps I've decided to make a go of it.

‘make a go of it’ 就是努力争取把事情做成的意思。

To make a go of it, make a go of it, means to try hard to make something a success.

比如，他们婚姻里遇到些问题，但决定努力维系，不离婚。

For example, they've had some problems in their marriage, but they've decided to make a go of it and not get divorced.

明白吗？

Okay?

‘make a go of it’ 就是拼命努力，让事情成功。

To make a go of it, to just try really hard to make something a success.

明白了吗？

Alright?

第22条是跳出框架思考。

Number 22 was to think outside the box.

跳出框架思考。

To think outside the box.

意思就是不受限制地思考，完全放开思路。

This just means to think in an unrestricted way with no limitations, to just think in a completely free way.

明白了吗？

Okay?

经理们常常要求员工跳出框架思考，以便想出新颖创新的点子。

Often, managers will ask their staff to think outside the box in order to come up with new and innovative ideas.

对。

Yes.

加油，团队。

Come on, team.

比如这次，我希望你们能打破常规来想想办法。

I want you to think outside the box on this one, for example.

第二十三条。

Number 23.

我说过，要装出一副镇定的样子。

I said to put on a brave face.

我说要装出一副镇定的样子，因为你的情绪对课堂氛围影响特别大。

I said put on a brave face because somehow your mood has a massive influence on the mood of a lesson.

所以‘装出一副镇定的样子’，意思就是明明情况很糟，却还要表现得勇敢、没事一样。

So to put on a brave face means to act brave or act like everything is alright when in fact the situation is quite bad.

就是在困难面前依然保持自信的态度。

It means to act confidently in a difficult situation.

比如你家里出了不少事，搞得你特别难过，但上班时你得装出一副若无其事的样子，别让别人看出你心情不好，这样才能好好工作。

For example, if you're having a lot of family problems, which are making you very upset at home, you have to put on a brave face when you go to work so that people don't see that you're upset and so that you can still do your job well to put on a brave face.

明白吗？

Alright?

比如，你刚听完卢克的英语播客最后一集，别的集数全听完了，心里肯定特别失落得不行。

So for example, if you've just, like, finished listening to the last episode of Luke's English podcast and you don't have any other podcast episodes left, and obviously, you're devastated.

你都快哭了。

You're, like, crying.

天哪。

Oh god.

播客再也没新内容了。

There's no more episodes of the podcast.

我接下来该怎么办啊。

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

可你还得去上班。

And then you have to go to work.

这时候你肯定得告诉自己，行吧。

Obviously, you'd be like, right.

好吧。

Okay.

别这样了。

Come on.

别这样了。

Come on.

打起精神来。

Put on a brave face.

咱们得去上班了。

We've gotta go to work.

这当然很难，但你还是得打起精神，去把工作做完。

Obviously, it would be very hard, but you can just put on a brave face and go and go and do your job.

对。

Right.

尽力就好。

Try try your best.

对。

Right.

第24条，我说了，如果你一味追求搞笑，拼命博眼球，别人会觉得你是个讨人嫌的、急需关注的人。

Number 24, I said, if you go for big laughs and you make lots of effort, then you'll come across as a dick who's just desperate for attention.

所以‘给人留下某种印象’，就是让别人对你形成某种看法。

So to come across as something, come across as something, means to give other people a certain impression of you.

比如，如果你去面试时不穿得得体，别人可能会觉得你不专业。

For example, if you don't dress smartly for your job interview, you might come across as unprofessional.

或者，如果你在谈判时声音太大，别人可能会觉得你很咄咄逼人。

Or if you talk too loudly during a negotiation, you might come across as aggressive.

对。

Mhmm.

第25条。

Number 25.

我说，我觉得自己的名声悬在一线之间。

I said, I felt like my reputation was hanging by a thread.

如果某件事‘悬在一线之间’，就意味着它处境极其危险，随时可能崩溃、破裂或失败。

So if something is hanging by a thread, it means that it's in a very threatened and tenuous situation, and it might just die or break or fail at any moment.

线就是那种特别细的绳子或棉线。

A thread is like a very thin piece of string or cotton.

比如你衬衫或夹克上的纽扣，要是只靠一根线挂着，随时都可能掉下来。

For example, if your button, a button on your shirt or a button on your jacket is hanging by a thread, it might just fall off at any moment.

对吧？

Right?

你有没有遇到过，袖子上的纽扣就剩一线连着的情况？

Have you ever had that situation where, like, you've got a button on your sleeve that's just hanging by a thread?

天啊，真的。

Know, oh my god.

我的纽扣快掉了。

My button's hanging by a thread.

随时可能掉下来。

It might fall off at any moment.

大家都别说了。

Everyone stop.

你懂的。

You know?

我敢打赌你经常遇到这种情况。

I'm sure that happens to you all the time.

确实如此。

It does.

我也会遇到。

It happens to me.

几乎每天都会。

Every every day.

不会。

No.

不是每天。

Not every day.

真的不会。

No.

我不这么认为。

I don't think so.

事实上，我曾经在挪威买过一件夹克。

In fact, once I bought a jacket, I bought this jacket in Norway.

对吧？

Right?

我这话题可能有点跑偏了。

Just I suppose this is a kind of tangent that I'm going off on here.

我在挪威买了一件大衣，觉得这衣服挺不错的。

I bought a coat in Norway, and I thought this is a nice coat.

既然这是挪威，那质量肯定差不了。

And this is Norway, so it's bound to be a good quality coat.

我经常穿那件大衣。

And I wore that coat a lot.

那时候很冷，所以大衣特别暖和。

It was very warm because it was cold.

我经常穿那件外套。

I wore the the coat a lot.

但接下来的四周，所有的纽扣全掉了，一个不剩。

And but then over, like, the next four weeks, all of the buttons fell off, just all of them.

因为这是件特别暖和的挪威冬衣，到处都是纽扣——帽子上、袖子上、衣领上，哪儿都是，结果全掉了。

And because it was like a very warm, like, Norwegian winter coat, there were loads of buttons everywhere, buttons on the hood, buttons on the sleeves, buttons on the collar, buttons everywhere, and they all fell off.

我走路的时候就像个会掉纽扣的人。

So I was just like a walking button dropping man.

我就跟个‘掉纽扣先生’似的。

I was like, button drop man.

我要是超人，肯定就叫‘掉纽扣先生’。

If I had been a superhero, I would have been button drop man.

就像有人说：不好了，有银行劫匪！

It's like, oh, we've got bank robbers.

快点！

Quick.

只要喊一声按钮侠，我立马就到。

Call button drop man, and I would arrive.

别担心。

Don't worry.

按钮侠来了。

Button drop man is here.

哦，对，就是按钮侠。

And the oh, button drop man.

你打算怎么帮我们？

How are gonna help us?

我就从外套上掉几颗扣子下来。

I'm just gonna drop some buttons off my jacket.

就这么简单。

That's it.

按钮侠，登场。

Button drop, man.

你太差劲了。

You're rubbish.

能请个蝙蝠侠来吗？

Can we have Batman, please?

呃，蝙蝠侠现在没空，抱歉。

It's like, well, Batman's unavailable, I'm afraid.

什么？

What?

蝙蝠侠没空？

Batman's unavailable?

是的。

Yeah.

你没看上一部蝙蝠侠电影的结尾吗？

Well, didn't you see the the end of the the last Batman movie?

我就不剧透了，毕竟你也不想被剧透吧。

Well, I'm not gonna spoil it because, you know, I suppose you don't want it to be spoiled.

而且，新任蝙蝠侠是本·阿弗莱克。

And, anyway, the new Batman is Ben Affleck.

你真的确定要请蝙蝠侠来吗？

Are you sure you want Batman to come?

说真的，再想想，还是算了吧。

It's like, actually, on second thoughts, no.

咱们别请蝙蝠侠了。

Let's not have Batman.

还不如请蜘蛛侠呢，至少他比这强。

Let's have, I don't know, even Spider Man is better than that.

我宁愿请雷神。

I'd rather have Thor.

你能去请雷神来抓这些银行劫匪吗？

Can you can you get Thor, please, to stop these bank robbers?

你真的确定要请雷神？

Are you sure you want Thor?

因为他和他那帮复仇者盟友，肯定把银行直接砸个稀巴烂。

Because him and all of his friends, the Avengers, they're probably just gonna smash the bank up.

说实话吧。

Let's be honest.

他八成会在墙上打几个洞，最后你的银行就成一堆废墟了。

He's probably just gonna put holes in the wall, and in the end, your bank will be a big pile of rubble.

没错，他倒是能拦住劫匪，但银行本身也别想保住了。

And sure, you'd he will stop the bank robbery, but he'll also just generally stop the bank as well.

对啊。

Right.

咱们还是回到名单上吧。

Moving back to the list.

第二十六号。

Number 26.

我觉得这能多一项技能，就答应去参加培训了。

I said, I thought it might be another string to my bow, so I agreed to take the training.

‘多一项技能’就是指你拥有的另一项本事。

A string to your bow means another skill that you have.

对吧？

Right?

多一项技能，就是你拥有的另一项本事。

Another string to your bow, another skill that you have.

弓是一种用来射箭的工具。

A bow is something that you use to fire an arrow.

就是像罗宾汉那样射箭用的弓。

You know, you use it to fire an arrow like Robin Hood.

它是一根长而弯曲的木头，弦就是连在两端、用来把箭射出去的那根线。

It's a long curved piece of wood, and the string is the thread or fiber which connects the ends of the bow and is used to fire the arrow forwards.

如果你的弓上有好几根弦，那就说明这把弓威力更强。

Now if you have lots of strings on your bow, it means that your bow is more powerful.

对吧？

Right?

同样，如果你的简历上技能越多，就说明你越有竞争力。

Similarly, if you have more skills in your CV, it means that you're more powerful.

我写简历的时候，从来不觉得那些是待提升的技能，反而更愿意把它们当成自己身上慢慢发现的超能力。

Sometimes when I'm when I'm writing my CV, I prefer to think of I don't prefer to think of my CV as full of skills which can be improved, but, like, just superhero abilities which I can discover.

这样想挺好的。

That would be good.

行了，别老扯超人了， Thompson，咱们回到正题吧。

Anyway, stop talking about superheroes and get get back to the point, Thompson.

咱们能不能别让这一集拖上一百年，行吗？

Let's see if we can make this episode, like, not last a hundred years, shall we?

我才刚说到第27条。

I'm only on number 27.

我大概刚过一半。

I'm about halfway through.

好。

Okay.

所以第27条，我说父母高兴得不得了。

So number 27, I said, the parents were over the moon.

如果你‘高兴得不得了’，那就是说你特别开心、非常满意。

So if you're over the moon, it means that you're absolutely delighted or very pleased.

比如你告诉父母‘我要结婚了’，他们肯定会惊呼：天哪！

For example, if you tell your parents, oh, I'm gonna get married, they'll be like, oh my god.

我太开心了。

I'm so pleased.

我父母高兴得不得了。

My parents were over the moon.

没错。

Right.

第28条。

Number 28.

我说，我被一句评论给惊醒了，还挺不客气的。

I said, I've been rudely awakened by some comment.

所以被人狠狠打醒，意思是突然意识到某件事的真相，受到很大冲击。

So to be rudely awakened means to be shocked to discover the truth about something.

我们也会说，我经历了一次惨痛的醒悟。

We also say, I had a rude awakening.

比如，你本来以为班上大家都挺好的，结果却发现其实人人都不开心，那种感觉就是被狠狠打醒了。

For example, assuming that your class is fine and everyone's happy, and then being shocked to discover that they're all unhappy.

所以我也是被狠狠打醒了一次。

So I I was rudely awakened.

第29个。

Number 29.

我说过，我付出了额外的努力。

I said, I went the extra mile.

我真是竭尽全力，才把这门课讲得这么好。

I bent over backwards, and I delivered a very good course.

所以‘付出额外努力’就是指做超出本分的事。

So to go the extra mile means to make more effort than is necessary.

对吧？

Right?

你付出了额外的努力。

You make extra effort.

你做到了极致。

You go the extra mile.

就是尽最大努力，甚至更多。

So to do the maximum amount of effort or more.

弯下腰去帮忙基本上也是这个意思，我想我之前几期播客里已经讲过了。

To bend over backwards basically means the same thing, and I think I've explained that one in previous episodes of the podcast.

他们真的特别用心，让我们感觉很舒服。

So they really went the extra mile to make us feel comfortable.

他们当主人当得真好。

They were really great hosts.

没错。

Right.

第三十条，我说，刚过了那么艰难的一周，这个肯定轻松得很。

Number 30, I said, after the tough week I've just had, this will be a walk in the park.

‘轻松得很’就是说特别特别简单，就跟吃蛋糕一样容易。

Well, a walk in the park is something that's very, very easy, just like a piece of cake.

这次考试肯定轻松得很，或者说是小菜一碟。

This exam is gonna be a walk in the park, or this is this exam's gonna be a piece of cake.

对。

Right.

第三十一条。

Number 31.

我说，大家都挺喜欢她，还纵容她，让她随便干。

I said, they all seem to like her and to kind of let her get away with it.

‘纵容某人’就是说任由他们做坏事，却不加以惩罚。

So to let someone get away with something means to let them do something bad without punishing them.

比如你爸要是发现你又抽烟，肯定不会放过你。

For example, your dad won't let you get away with it if he catches you smoking again.

对。

Right.

第32个例子是，所有演讲都冷场了，讲者们在几分钟后就讲不下去了。

Number 32 was the presentations all fell flat with the speakers just grinding to a halt after a few minutes.

所以“fall flat”意思是表现得很糟糕，或者没有得到听众的认可。

So to fall flat means to go down badly or to be received badly by people.

比如，那些演讲就完全冷场了。

For example, the presentations just fell flat.

这意味着观众对这场演讲没什么感觉，也没有给出什么回应。

That means the audience were not impressed by the presentation, and they didn't really respond.

他们看起来完全没兴趣。

They they didn't seem to be interested at all.

而“grind to a halt”的意思就是彻底停下来。

And to grind to a halt means to just stop.

对吧？

Right?

然后它就像停了下来，好像有什么机械在运作似的，我没法模仿那种‘逐渐停住’的感觉。

And it kinda stop like as if there's some machinery involved, like I can't do the impression of that to grind to a halt.

如果你想象一下，大概就是那样的。

If you imagine I suppose it's a bit like that.

想象一台机器慢慢停下，发出咔嗒咔嗒的摩擦声。

Imagine a machine slowly stopping and making a kind of grinding sound.

所以‘grind’的过去式是‘ground’。

So the past form of grind is ground.

那节课上到一小时左右就突然停了下来。

So the lesson just ground to a halt after an hour.

就这么戛然而止了。

It just sort of stopped.

直接就停住了。

Just ground to a halt.

第33条。

Number 33.

我说，那气氛简直能用刀切开。

I said, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

那气氛能用刀切开。

You could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

我们用这句话来形容特别压抑的氛围，通常是房间里发生了严重的事情，气氛紧张得让人透不过气。

And we use this expression to describe a very heavy atmosphere, usually when something really bad has happened in a room and there's a really thick and bad atmosphere with lots of tension.

比如，黛安和卡罗尔之间就充满火药味。

For example, there was a lot of tension between Diane and Carol.

那个房间里的气氛，简直能用刀切开。

You could cut the atmosphere in that room with a knife.

你可以想象一下，当安吉丽娜·朱莉和那个谁……

If you could imagine sort of when Angelina Jolie and what's her face?

她叫什么来着？

What's her name?

詹妮弗·安妮斯顿和安吉丽娜·朱莉碰面的时候。

Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie met each other.

天哪，真是尴尬。

It's like, oh god.

那会儿气氛确实很紧张。

That was it was pretty tense.

那房间里的气氛简直能用刀切开。

You could you could cut the atmosphere with a knife.

第三十四条。

Number 34.

我说了，我必须强硬起来。

I said, I decided I had to put my foot down.

‘强硬起来’就是说在某件事上坚决表明立场。

So to put your foot down means to put your authority strongly on a situation.

比如，老板强硬表态，拒绝再接受任何对计划的修改。

For example, the boss put her foot down and refused to accept any more changes to the plan.

也就是说，当你强硬起来，就是在这件事上亮明你的权威。

So it's to kind of stamp your authority on a situation to put your foot down.

第35条，我说，我睡过头了，闹钟都没叫醒我。

Number 35, I said, I slept through my alarm clock.

这意思就是你睡过头了，闹钟没响，这可是学生上课迟到最常见的理由或借口。

This means that you just overslept and your alarm clock didn't wake you up, which is one of the most common reasons or excuses for students being late in class.

哦，我睡过头了。

Oh, I overslept.

我闹钟都没叫醒我。

I slept through my alarm clock.

好吧。

Alright.

行了。

Okay.

第36条，我说，我因为她们迟到而数落了她们一顿。

Number 36, I said, I had a go at them for being late.

‘数落某人’就是对某人发火，严厉地责备他们。

So to have a go at someone means to tell someone off or to say something angrily at someone.

你又迟到了，这是为啥？

It's like, why are you late again?

你懂的吧。

You know?

这周我已经跟你说过三次了。

I've I've told you three times this week.

别再迟到了。

Don't be late.

拜托了。

Please.

尽量准时来上课。

Please try to come in class on time.

好吗？

Okay?

如果再有下次，我就去找经理谈了。

If it happens again, I'm gonna speak to the manager.

至于学生那边，他们说对不起。

And the per the student's like, I'm sorry.

或者学生就只是应一声，是啊。

Or or the student just goes, yeah.

那又怎样？

So what?

是啊。

Yeah.

我介意吗？

Am I bothered?

当然介意。

Yeah.

是的。

Yes.

‘教训人’就是指狠狠批评某人，对某人发火，或者责备某人。

So to have a go at someone means to kind of tell someone off, to say something angrily at someone, to reprimand someone.

第37条，我说我要强硬起来，结果却说错了话。

Number 37, I said, I wanted to put my foot down, and I ended up just putting my foot in my mouth.

‘说错话’就是指说了让你后悔的话。

So to put your foot in your mouth means to say something that you regret, basically.

对。

Right.

第38条，我那天结束时彻底垮了，头疼得要命，肩上还压着沉甸甸的负担。

Number 38, I finished the day completely shattered with a mind numbing headache and a massive heavy load on my shoulders.

‘头疼得要命’就是那种严重到让你没法好好思考的头痛。

Well, a mind numbing headache is a really bad headache that stops you thinking properly, basically.

就是说：‘哎呀，我头疼得要命。’

It's like, oh, I've got a mind numbing headache.

要是脑子发麻，那就是没知觉的意思。

If your mind is numb, well, numb means there's no sensation in something.

你有没有过这种情况？睡久了压着胳膊，半夜或者早上醒来，整条胳膊都没感觉。

You know, sometimes you fall asleep on your arm, and you wake up in the morning you wake up in the middle of the night, and you've you've got no feeling in your arm.

你的手臂完全没知觉了。

Your arm is completely numb.

对。

Yeah.

Numb，拼成 n-u-m-b，b 不发音。

Well, numb, n u m b, the b is silent.

Numb 就是身体某个部位完全没有感觉。

Numb means that you got no feeling or no sensation in something.

所以要是你头疼得要命，那就是疼得你脑子都一片空白了。

So if you have a mind numbing headache, it means that the the headache just kinda makes your mind go numb.

脑子里啥都想不起来。

You've got no thoughts.

根本没法好好思考。

You can't think properly.

第39条。

Number 39.

我之前说的那个难搞的女孩，现在事事都跟我对着干。

I said, the difficult girl I described earlier decided to lock horns with me over everything.

‘跟人对着干’就是跟别人发生冲突，比如吵嘴或者意见不合。

So to lock horns with someone means to get into a conflict with someone, like an argument or a disagreement over something.

明白吗？

Okay?

就是‘对着干’的意思。

To lock horns.

这就像一些动物打架时，会用角顶在一起。

It's like when some animals fight with each other, they lock horns.

你可以想象两头公牛在搏斗，它们头上的角很尖锐。

If you could have if you can imagine two bulls fighting, the horns are the sharp things on their heads.

当它们角抵着角，互相推搡角力的时候，就叫‘角力’，人之间也可以这样‘对着干’。

And if they lock horns, they kind of put their horns together and kind of move around fighting, okay, to lock horns with someone.

其实人与人之间也会互相对着干。

Well, people can lock horns with each other too.

所以当你和别人发生争执或意见不合时，就是和他们顶上了。

So when you have, like, a fight or disagreement with someone, you lock horns with them.

明白吗？

Okay?

第40条，我说过，她凭着强势的性格完全压倒了我。

Number 40, I said, she completely ran over me with her forceful character.

我的意思是，她完全不把我放在眼里。

And what I mean here is that she just walked all over me.

明白吗？

Okay?

她把我踩在脚下。

She ran over me.

就像开车一样，如果有人开车碾过你，希望这种事永远别发生。

Like in a car, if if someone runs over you in a car, hopefully, it will never happen.

意思就是车直接从你身上压过去。

It means they hit you and they drive over you in a car.

明白吧？

Okay?

欺负人。

To run over someone.

这姑娘就是这么欺负我，不是真开车压我，而是她那性格，完全不把我放在眼里。

Well, this girl just ran over me, not literally, not in her car, but she just sort of walked all over me with her personality, let's say.

真是个讨厌鬼。

What a what a bitch.

是啊。

Yeah.

对啊。

Yeah.

我不怕说出来，因为事实就是如此。

I'm not scared to say that because it's true.

真不知道她有没有在听。

I wonder if she's listening.

我非常非常怀疑她会听。

I very, very much doubt that she is.

她现在大概正到处使坏呢。

She's probably just being horrible somewhere.

没错。

Right.

咱们继续吧。

Moving on.

第四十一条。

Number 41.

我说过我根本不知道该怎么处理，所以平时根本不给她可乘之机。

I said I didn't really know how to do this, so I generally didn't give her any rope.

我的意思是，我对她没什么耐心。

I mean, I wasn't patient with her.

我所说的不给她可乘之机，其实就是没给她任何机会。

So what I mean by give her any rope basically is that I didn't give her any opportunities.

明白吧？

Okay?

我只是没给她任何余地。

I just didn't give her any slack.

也没给她任何机会。

I didn't give her any rope.

就是不给她机会去，比如说，表现得无礼。

Didn't give her any opportunities to, like, you know, be rude, for example.

第42条，我说，我到现在还想不明白当时到底发生了什么。

Number 42, I said, I'm still scratching my head trying to work out what was going on.

如果你像这样挠头，那就说明你在努力理解某件事。

If you're scratching your head like this, it means you're trying hard to understand something.

对吧？

Right?

我觉得这是一种普遍的身体语言。

It's kind of universal body language, I think.

如果你一脸困惑的样子，那就是在努力理解某件事。

If you're sort of scratching your head, it means you're trying to understand something.

我到现在还是想不明白那个女孩留给我那张纸条的意思。

So I'm still scratching my head over this note that that girl left left me.

她前两周对我态度那么差，最后却留了张条子说：谢谢你是个好老师。

So after she'd been horrible for for two weeks, she left me a note saying, oh, thanks for being such a great teacher.

很高兴认识你。

It's really lovely to meet you.

什么？

What?

你说什么？

You know, what what?

她干嘛非得现在才写这张条子？

Why write that note now?

一开始对她好点不就行了吗？

Why not just be nice at the beginning?

太奇怪了。

Very strange.

好吧。

Okay.

第四十三号。

Number 43.

我说第一周直接算作浪费了。

I said the first week was a write off.

浪费了。

A write off.

写，就是拿笔写字的那个写。

Write like when you write with a pen.

写便条。

Write notes.

浪费了。

A write off.

所以‘报废’就是指东西损毁得太严重，根本没法修了。

So a write off a write off is something that's so badly damaged that you can't save it.

这个词大概是从汽车领域来的。

And this basically comes from cars, probably.

如果你出了车祸，车损毁得很厉害，修车的费用比买辆新的还贵，那这车就被判报废了。

If you have a car crash and your car is badly damaged, and it would cost more money to repair the car than it would be to just buy another one, then the car is written off.

对吧？

Right?

所以如果你出车祸，车严重损坏，开去修理厂，人家说：不行。

So if you have a car crash, the car is badly damaged, and you take the car to a garage, and they go, no.

说实话，修车的钱太贵了，不值得修。

To be honest, it's the it's gonna cost too much money to to fix the car.

你还不如直接买辆新的。

You should just buy a new one.

所以这辆车已经报废了。

So this car is a write off.

这车已经报废了。

It's written off.

明白吗？

Okay?

我觉得是保险公司判定它报废的。

And I think it's written off by the insurance company.

他们就说，算了，别修了。

They kind of say, oh, never mind.

别费劲去修了。

Just don't don't repair it.

直接买辆新的吧。

You can buy another one.

这车早就报废了。

It was written off.

这车属于报废车。

It was a write off.

好的。

Alright.

对。

Yeah.

行。

Okay.

我们接着看第44条吧？

Should we move on to number 44?

好。

Yes.

那就这么办。

Okay then.

这个主意不错。

Good idea.

第44条。

Number 44.

我说了，我只是成了他们的替罪羊。

I said, I just became their scapegoat.

替罪羊。

Scapegoat.

替罪羊就是那个被拿来承担所有问题责任的人。

Now a scapegoat is someone that you blame for all the problems.

就是你挑一个人，把所有问题都算在他头上。

So it's just like you pick one person and you just make them responsible for all the problems.

把所有的责任都推给他。

You just put the blame on them.

让他来当这个替罪羊。

You make them the scapegoat.

举个例子，我简单说说2007年的电话窃听丑闻。

And as an example, I'll just tell you briefly about the 2007 phone hacking scandal.

2007年在英国，发生了一起大丑闻，很多报纸的记者都在非法窃听别人的手机。

So back in 2007 in England, there was a big scandal because a lot of newspapers, a lot of journalists in newspapers were hacking people's mobile phones.

他们非法入侵人们的语音信箱，只为偷听留言，然后据此写报道。

So they were illegally getting into people's voice mails in order to listen to their voice mails so that they could then write stories about them.

他们主要针对的都是名人，比如西恩娜·米勒这样的明星。

Most of the people they were hacking were celebrities, people like Sienna Miller, for example.

你可能记得，西恩娜·米勒曾经和裘德·洛交往，直到两人分手。

If you remember, Sienna Miller used to be in a relationship with Jude Law until they broke up.

那些八卦小报当然想挖点猛料，于是非法入侵西恩娜的手机，窃取私人信息，再刊登在报纸上。

And, of course, all of the horrible newspapers, like the tabloid newspapers, decided that they would try and dig up some dirt on this story, and they did it by illegally hacking into Sienna Miller's mobile phone to find out private messages, which they could then write up in their newspapers.

这不仅极其不道德，而且完全违法。

Really, really unethical and also illegal.

但情况变得更糟了，后来有些报纸甚至开始入侵一名失踪女孩的电话，而她最终被发现遭谋杀。

But it got worse because, in the end, the some of the newspapers started hacking into the the the telephone of a missing girl who ended up being murdered.

她原本是个失踪少女，后来人们才发现她已经遇害。

She she was a a girl who was missing, and in the end, they discovered that she was dead and that she'd been murdered.

对吧？

Right?

但那些报纸确实黑进了她的电话。

But the the newspapers had actually hacked into her telephone.

他们不仅没有协助警方调查，还做了极其不道德、违法的事情——在没征得家属同意的情况下，非法入侵一名失踪少女的电话，只为获取能登在报纸上的信息。

So not only were they not helping the police in the investigation, they were also doing something extremely unethical, illegally hacking into the telephone of a of a missing girl without asking the parents' permission or anything in order to find out information that they could just print in the in the newspapers.

所以这成了一个大丑闻。

So it was a big scandal.

记者皮尔斯·摩根，当时好像是《每日镜报》的负责人，他说电话窃听在当时是一种普遍做法。

And Piers Morgan, who is a journalist and who was the head of the Daily Mirror, I think, he said that the phone hacking he said phone hacking was a common practice.

他说有很多报纸记者都在干这种事。

He said loads of newspaper journalists were doing it.

然后克莱夫·古德曼是《世界新闻报》的一名记者，他因为这件事被起诉了。他说，克莱夫·古德曼，《世界新闻报》的记者，成了这种普遍做法的替罪羊。

And then Clive Goodman, was a News of the World journalist who got prosecuted for it, he said, Clive Clive Goodman, the news of the world reporter, has been made the scapegoat for a for a widespread practice.

所以克莱夫·古德曼看起来像是承担了所有责任的那个人，但实际上，很多人都参与了。

So Clive Goodman seemed to be the one who got all of the blame when, in fact, lots and lots of people were doing it.

对。

Yeah.

这真是个既有趣又引人入胜的故事。

That was a really interesting, exciting story.

我相信在座的各位都会这么觉得。

I I'm sure you'll all agree.

我敢打赌，你们大多数人听的时候都在想，卢克，这太让人着迷了。

I'm sure that almost all of you were listening to that thinking, Luke, this is fascinating.

再给我讲讲电话窃听丑闻吧。

Tell me more about the phone hacking scandal.

我觉得这简直不可思议。

I think it's amazing.

你可能听出我话里带着点讽刺。

You may detect a note of sarcasm in my voice there.

我不确定。

I don't know.

我不确定。

I don't know.

有时候，我真的猜不到你在想什么。

Sometimes, I don't know what you're thinking.

也许你心里想的是：我都听完了卢克的英语播客全部剧集，确实挺不错的。

Maybe you're kind of like now I've listened to every episode of Luke's English podcast, and it's pretty good.

但等一下。

But wait a second.

这可是前所未有的事。

This is unprecedented.

简直太有意思了。

This is amazingly interesting.

关于电话窃听丑闻和西恩娜·米勒手机的那段内容。

This bit about the phone hacking scandal and Sienna Miller's mobile.

天哪。

Wow.

或者你也可能没这么想。

Or maybe you're not.

也许你心里在想，是啊。

Maybe you're thinking, yeah.

电话窃听丑闻。

Phone hacking scandal.

好吧。

Fine.

你能讲点超级英雄、僵尸，或者别的什么吗？

Can you talk about superheroes or or or or zombies or something?

我不清楚。

I don't know.

有时候我真不知道。

I sometimes I don't know.

你不可能让所有人都满意。

You can't please all the people all the time.

确实如此，对吧？

It's true, isn't it?

是的

Yeah.

对

Yeah.

没错

Yeah.

确实如此

It's true.

没错

Right.

第四十五号

Number 45.

我刚才说，有时候学生会措手不及，因为根本没想到会这样

I said, sometimes it hits the students for six because they're not expecting it.

我之前在讲文化冲击的事

I was talking about culture shock.

有时候文化冲击会让学生措手不及，因为他们根本没想到会这样。

Sometimes culture shock hits the students for six because they're not expecting it.

所以如果你被击中六分，或者你被来了个六分，意思就是某件事突然让你大受震撼，完全没想到，接着就让你觉得特别糟糕、迷茫，甚至浑身无力。

So if you hit someone for six or if you get hit for six, it means that something really shocks you and surprises you and then makes you feel really bad and really confused and weak.

对吧？

Right?

这个词来自板球，是一种运动。

And it comes from cricket, which is a sport.

明白吗？

Okay?

英国人玩的运动。

A British sport.

可能是世界上最好的运动。

Probably the best sport in the world.

明白吗？

Okay?

我这话说得有点开玩笑，毕竟足球还是更厉害一些。

I'm kinda joking because, obviously, it's not as good as football.

大家都这么觉得。

It's what everyone thinks.

不过说实话，板球确实是一项很棒的运动。

But, no, cricket is a great sport.

简直太棒了。

It's brilliant.

有点让人摸不着头脑。

It's a bit confusing.

但不管怎样，这个‘被击出六分’的说法就是来自板球。

But anyway so this expression to get hit for six comes from cricket.

这可能有点难懂，因为板球的规则确实比较复杂。

So this means that when you so this might be complicated because the rules of cricket are a bit complex.

你可以想象它有点像棒球。

It's a imagine that it's a bit like baseball.

明白吗？

Okay?

当你朝击球手扔球的时候，那个拿球棒的人就是击球手。

When you throw a ball at the batsman, that's the guy with the bat.

如果你扔的球被击球手狠狠打出去，球直接飞出界外，那他就得六分。

If you throw the ball at the batsman and he hits the ball really hard and the ball goes all the way off the field, then that batsman gets a six.

他能拿到六分。

He gets six points.

所以他刚才直接让你吃了个大亏。

So he just hit you for six.

那个投球的人，也就是扔球的，肯定觉得挺丢脸的。

So the bowler, the guy who threw the ball, is gonna feel kinda bad about that.

对吧？

Right?

所以如果你被打了六分，那感觉肯定特别糟，心里直喊‘天哪’。

So if you get hit for six, then you're gonna feel really bad and really sort of like, oh god.

这会打击你的信心。

It's gonna knock your confidence.

举个例子，现在我给你说这个例子，你应该就明白了。

For example, right, you're gonna understand it now when I give you this example.

这个例子能解决所有问题。

This example is gonna fix everything.

明白吗？

Okay?

比如，他妻子去世这件事，对他来说简直就是致命一击。

For example, the death of his wife really hit him for six.

从那以后，他就再也不同了。

He's never been the same after that.

对吧？

Right?

好吧。

Okay.

别忘了，这些内容网站上都能看到，我建议你去读一读。

Don't forget, you can read all this stuff on the website, and I recommend that you do that.

可能会对你有帮助。

It might help.

我们快讲到尾声了。

We're nearly at the end of this.

我们现在说到第46条，正如我之前说的，这意味着我有一种虚假的安全感。

We're in fact at number 46, and that was I said, this meant that I I had a false sense of security.

如果你有虚假的安全感，那就是你以为自己很安全，但实际上并不安全。

So if you have a false sense of security, it means that you think you're safe when actually you're not.

比如，戴头盔会让骑自行车的人产生一种虚假的安全感，反而更敢冒险。

For example, wearing helmets gives cyclists a false sense of security and encourages them to take risks.

明白吗？

Alright?

所以如果你是个骑车的人，戴了头盔，你可能会想：我戴着头盔呢。

So you might think if you're a cyclist and you've a helmet, you think, I'm I'm wearing a helmet.

我是钢铁侠。

I'm Iron Man.

我现在几乎是刀枪不入的，所以想开多快就多快。

I'm basically indestructible right now, So I can ride as fast as I like.

红灯？我不用停。

I don't need to stop for red lights.

我刀枪不入。

I'm indestructible.

嗯，其实不是。

Well, no.

你没那么厉害。

You're not.

你只是戴了个廉价塑料头盔，才觉得自己很安全，其实不然。

You've just got a false sense of security because you're wearing a a a cheap plastic helmet.

骑车的时候，你还是有危险的。

You're still, you know, in in a bit of danger on a bike.