55. 迷你播客合集1

你正在收听卢克的英语播客。

You're listening to Luke's English podcast.

如需更多信息，请访问 teacherluke.podomatic.com。

For more information, visit teacherluke.podomatic.com.

大家好。

Hello, folks.

我是卢克。

This is Luke.

在本期播客中，我要向你们介绍我最近制作的新系列迷你播客。

And in this podcast, I'm going to tell you about the new mini podcasts which I have been doing recently.

现在，我刚刚为我的iPhone下载了一个应用程序，它可以让我轻松录制并分享大约五分钟的音频。

Now I just, downloaded an app for my iPhone which allows me to basically record and share about five minutes of audio.

这有点像推特，但不同的是，你不是阅读简短的文字评论，而是可以收听时长约五分钟的音频记录。

It's a bit like Twitter, but instead of reading sort of short comments, you actually can listen to audio recordings of about five minutes in length.

所以我非常喜欢这个想法，因为它非常适合卢克的英语播客——这意味着无论我身在何处，都可以随时录制一段五分钟的迷你播客，讲解一些语法点，或者用英语与你们分享一些内容。

So I've really taken to this idea because, it's really good for for Luke's English podcast because it means now wherever I am, I can just, record maybe a five minute mini podcast in which I can do things like explain bits of grammar or just share something with you in English.

我已经录了七个这样的迷你播客。

And I've already recorded seven of these.

如果你在Facebook上加了我为好友，就会看到我每次录制完都会上传到Facebook。

And if you are friends with me on Facebook, you'll see that whenever I do one, I upload it onto Facebook.

如果你喜欢我的‘Luke的英语播客’Facebook页面，也能在那里看到这些内容。

And if you like my Luke's English podcast Facebook page, then you can also see them posted there.

除此之外，我也会不时制作一期较长的播客，把到目前为止录过的所有迷你播客都播放一遍。

And as well as that though, I will from time to time make a longer podcast in which I will play all of the mini podcasts I've done so far.

而这期节目，我就要这么做。

And that's what I'm gonna do in this episode.

我会一个接一个地播放每个迷你播客，然后在每个之后做一些解释或描述。

I'm going to play you each mini podcast one by one and maybe explain or or describe something after each one.

明白吗？

Okay?

这是第一个迷你播客。

So here is the first mini podcast.

大家好。

Well, hello, folks.

我是卢克，来自卢克的英语播客。

This is Luke from Luke's English podcast.

我现在有点感冒，所以声音有点奇怪。

I've got a bit of a cold at the moment, so my voice is a bit strange.

希望你们能听懂我说的每一句话。

So I hope you can understand everything that I'm saying.

这是我的第一个移动播客。

Now this is my first ever mobile podcast.

我刚刚为我的iPhone下载了一个叫AudioBoo的应用程序。

I've just downloaded an application for my iPhone, which is called AudioBoo.

它让我可以在我手机上录制简短的播客片段，然后立即上传到互联网。

And, basically, it allows me to record short podcast episodes on my phone and then upload them to the to the Internet instantly.

对吧？

Right?

所以我心想，哇。

So I thought, wow.

真是个绝妙的主意。

What a brilliant idea.

这让我可以在外出时用手机录制短小的播客片段。

That's gonna let me create little podcast episodes while I'm out and about with my phone.

现在我可以随时随地录制《卢克的英语播客》了。

So I can do Luke's English podcast anywhere now.

我不必非得待在家里。

I don't have to be at home.

我的声音听起来很糟糕，对吧？

And my voice sounds terrible, doesn't it?

确实很糟糕。

It really does.

但无论如何，如果你收听这些片段，就能基本上跟上我的进度。

But anyway, if you listen to these episodes, it'll give you a chance to basically keep up with me.

我会在我日常外出时录制这些内容。

I will I will record these while I'm out in my everyday life.

所以我要用这个应用程序添加一些迷你播客片段。

So I'm gonna add, like, mini podcast episodes using this application.

我会谈论我注意到的事情、我正在做的事情、我遇到的人，这将让你有机会了解我日常使用的英语表达。

So I'm going to talk about things I notice, things I'm doing, people I meet, and it'll be a chance for you to keep up to date with some everyday bits of English that I'm gonna use.

我觉得这对你来说会非常有用，对我而言也会非常有趣。

And I think it's gonna be really useful for you and really fun for me.

就这样了。

And that's it.

这是第一个播客的结尾。

That's the end of this first one.

未来我会提供更多迷你迷你播客，到那时我的声音应该会好很多。

Expect more mini mini podcast episodes from me in the future when I expect my voice will be a lot better.

天啊，听起来太糟了。

God, it sounds terrible.

我只是感冒了，但这让我嗓子哑了。

I've just got a cold, but it's making me lose my voice.

每年这个时候我都会这样。

It happens to me every every year at this time of year.

不知为什么，我总是会感冒导致失声，这对我工作很不利，因为作为一名英语老师，我需要不停地用嗓子。

For some reason, I always seem to catch a cold which makes me lose my voice, which isn't very useful for my job because as an English teacher, I need to use my voice all the time.

所以这确实不太方便。

So that's not very useful.

但无论如何，记得关注我时不时录制的这些迷你播客，你可以收听它们。

But anyway, keep up to date with these mini podcast episodes that I'm gonna record from time to time, and you'll be able to listen to them.

好好享受它们，还能学到很多日常、自然、地道的英语。

And enjoy them very much, and you'll use them to learn a lot of everyday normal natural English.

目前就这些了，到此为止。

That's it for now, and that's it.

再见。

Cheers.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

好的。

Okay.

这是第一个。

That's the first one.

基本上，你明白了吧。

Basically, you get the idea.

所以实际上，我现在打算播放我迄今为止做过的所有其他集。

So actually now, I think I'm just gonna play all of the other episodes that I've done so far.

还有六集。

There's six more episodes.

每一集都不超过五分钟。

None of them are any more than five minutes each.

我会把它们全部播放出来，同时也会把一些文字稿放到网站上，网站是 http://teacherluke.podomatic.com。

I'll play them all and I'll also put bits of transcript onto the website as well, which is httpcolon//teacherluke.podomatic.com.

你可以阅读一些与这个播客相关的文字稿和其他信息。

And you can read some transcripts and other bits of information that's relevant to this podcast.

就这样了。

So that's it.

祝你愉快。

Enjoy.

大家好。

Hello, folks.

又是我。

It's me again.

我是卢克，来自卢克的英语播客。

It's Luke from Luke's English podcast.

我刚刚才做完最后一个手机播客，但已经上瘾了。

And I've only just done my last one of these mobile podcasts, but already, I'm addicted to this.

我完全沉迷于这些短小的播客了。

I'm completely addicted to these little podcasts.

所以我现在就坐在我的公寓里，意识到我几分钟内就能录一个。

So I'm just sitting here in my flat, and I've realized I can just do one in a few minutes.

我手边有本词典，想着干脆教你们一些常见的习语。

I've got my dictionary here, and I thought I would just teach you some common idioms.

我打开词典到A页，找到了单词about。

I've opened the dictionary at page a, and I've got to the word about.

在英语中，我们经常使用很多包含about的表达。

And it's very common that we we have lots of expressions in English with the word about.

让我来教你们其中一些表达。

And let me teach you some of them.

好吗？

Okay?

对吧。

Right.

第一个是 be about to do something。

So the first one is to be about to do something.

be about to do something。

To be about to do something.

这意味着你马上就要做某事。

And that means that you're going to do something immediately.

例如，我马上就要去睡觉了，所以现在真的没法跟你聊天。

For example, well, I'm about to go to bed, so I can't really talk to you.

对吧？

Right?

或者我马上要去开会，现在不能跟你说话。

Or I'm about to go into a meeting, so I can't talk to you now.

我马上要去开会。

I'm about to go into a meeting.

对吧？

Right?

我马上就要去开会了。

I'm going to go into a meeting right away.

这种用法在过去很常见。

It's quite commonly used in the past like this.

我们来看一下。

So, let's see.

电话响的时候，我正要上床睡觉。

I was about to go to bed when the phone rang.

这意味着我刚要上床睡觉，电话就响了。

So that means I was just going to bed and then the phone rang.

所以，这是一种在故事中描述事件顺序的常见方式。

So that's quite common as a way of like describing a sequence of events in a story.

比如，我正要进会议室，约翰就问我一个问题。

I was about to go into a meeting when John asked me a question, for example.

对吧？

Right?

接下来我们要用‘what about’或‘how about’，用来询问一些事情，可能涉及某个人。

So next one is we use what about or how about, and we use that to kind of ask questions, maybe about a person.

如果你想了解某个人的情况，你可以说：‘那约翰呢？’

If you want to know about a person, so you'd say, oh, how about John?

他怎么样？

How is he?

对吧？

Right?

约翰呢？

What about John?

他怎么样？

How is he?

所以如果你想问关于某人的情况，就是这样。

So if you want to kind of ask question about someone, there you go.

现在我们用‘what about’或‘how about’来提出建议。

Now we use what about or how about to make a suggestion.

比如，去酒吧怎么样？

Like, how about going to the pub?

去公园踢场足球怎么样？

What about going to the park for a game of football?

这个周末去看电影怎么样？

How about going to the cinema this weekend?

类似这样的说法。

That kind of thing.

另一个用法是当你想在对话中引入某个话题时。

Another one is if you want to introduce something into a conversation.

对吧？

Right?

你就这么做。

You you do that.

所以你会说，哦，你的假期怎么样？

So you'd say, oh, how about your holiday?

过得怎么样？

What was it like?

或者，哦，你找到新工作了。

Or, oh, you got a new job.

你的新工作怎么样？

How about your new job?

进展如何？

How's it going?

对吧？

Right?

所以要在对话中引入一个话题。

So introduce something into a conversation.

明白吗？

Okay?

使用‘怎么样’的另一种方式是表达惊讶。

Another way of using how about that is to express surprise.

所以你会说，那怎么样呢？

So and and you'd say, so how about that then?

就像这样。

Like that.

所以你会说，据说詹姆斯刚找到了一份新工作。

So you'd say, apparently, James just got a new job.

那怎么样呢？

How about that then?

那怎么样呢？

How about that then?

据说卢克刚刚开始做移动播客。

Apparently, Luke has just started doing mobile podcasts.

那你觉得怎么样？

What about that then?

这是一种表达‘哇，这真有趣’的方式。

And it just is a way of saying, wow, that's interesting.

好的。

Okay.

另一个用‘about’的方式是说‘我可不会做那事’。

So another way of using about is to say, I'm not about to do that.

意思是我不愿意。

And it means I'm not willing.

我根本没打算做。

I have no intention to do it.

比如，我老板刚让我下周整个星期加班，但我可不会干那事。

So for example, my boss just asked me to work overtime all week next week, but I'm not about to do that.

所以我说‘我不会去做’，意思是我真的不想做。

So I'm not about to do it means I really don't want to do it.

我从来没做过饭，现在也不会开始做。

So I've I've never done any cooking, and I'm not about to start now.

我不会去做。

I'm not about to do it.

明白吗？

Okay?

最后，我们会说‘差不多就这些了’或‘就这些了’。

And then finally, we'd say, well, that's about all or that's about it.

意思是基本上你已经把某件事告诉了对方，没什么可再说了。

And it means that, basically, you finished telling telling somebody about something, and there's nothing more to say.

还有别的吗？

Anything else?

没有。

No.

目前就这些了。

That's about it for now.

所以我认为这个迷你播客就到这里了。

So I think that's about it for this mini podcast.

希望你觉得这很有用，也希望你继续收听这些精彩的移动播客。

I hope you found that useful, and I hope you continue to listen to these wonderful mobile podcasts.

我就说这些了。

That's it from me.

目前就差不多这些了。

That's just about it for now.

干杯。

Cheers.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

好的。

Alright.

大家好。

Hi, everyone.

我是卢克。

This is Luke.

我刚吃完早餐。

I've just had my breakfast.

那真不错。

That was nice.

是吐司。

It was toast.

很好吃。

Delicious.

草莓果酱。

Strawberry jam.

是的。

Yeah.

确实非常不错。

It was it was very nice indeed.

事实上，我可能会再吃一点，但我没时间，尤其是还要录这个。

In fact, I might have some more, but I don't really have time, especially if I record this.

所以我刚刚在听收音机。

So I've just been listening to the radio.

我一直在听BBC广播，大家都在谈论这些新的政府削减措施。

I've been listening to BBC Radio, and everyone is talking about these new government cuts.

为了给你一些背景信息，在英国，我们有一个相对较新的政府。

Just to give you some background, here in The UK, we've got a fairly new government.

今年早些时候我们举行了选举，原来的工党落选了，取而代之的是一个由保守党和自由民主党组成的联合政府。

We had an election earlier this year and the old party, the Labour Party were voted out and instead we've got a coalition party which is a kind of combination between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.

现在，这个联合政府决定就经济问题做出一些相当激进的决策。

Now, the coalition have decided to make some quite radical decisions regarding the economy.

目前，英国背负着巨额债务，预算赤字严重。

Now because at the moment The UK has a lot of debt where we've got a big deficit in our budget.

这主要是由于经济衰退、借贷以及其他相关因素造成的。

This is because of the recession, because of our borrowing and all that kind of thing.

所以我们需要节省大量资金，对吧？

So we've got a lot of money that we need to save, right?

因此，政府决定削减公共支出以降低成本。

So the government has decided to cut public spending in order to reduce costs.

这意味着公共服务将受到直接影响。

So this means that basically public services will be affected.

政府将在教育、发展、街道清洁等公共服务上大幅减少支出。

The government is going to be spending a lot less on public services like education, development, street cleaning, those sorts of things.

政府将在这些方面大幅减少支出。

The government's going to spend a lot less on those things.

事实上，政府正尽可能削减公共支出，以尽量节省资金。

In fact, the government is basically cutting back on public spending as much as possible in order to try and save money.

这将对人们的生活产生巨大影响。

Now, this is gonna have a lot of effect on people's lives.

这意味着，如果政府在公共服务上的支出减少，可用的公共服务就会变少。

It's gonna mean that if the government spends less on public services, that means there can be fewer public services available.

因此，这将影响人们的生活。

So this is gonna affect people's lives.

政府表示，他们将针对高收入人群。

The government says that they're going to target high earners.

这些是收入很高的人。

These are people who earn a lot of money.

他们将会被征税，某种程度上负担会被分摊，高收入者将成为目标。

They'll be kind of taxed and that somehow the burden is going to be spread and the high earners will be targeted.

但许多人认为，实际上受苦的是低收入者，真正受到这些大幅预算削减影响的是穷人。

But many people think that actually it's low earners who are going to suffer and it's kind of poor people who really will suffer the effect of these big budget cuts.

但这不仅影响英国人，事实上，世界各地的英语学习者也可能受到影响，因为BBC的存在。

But it's not just people in The UK, actually learners of English around the world are gonna be affected by this possibly as well because because of the the BBC.

如果你是个认真的英语学习者，你一定知道BBC学习英语，它是BBC世界服务的一部分。

Now, if if you're a good learner of English, you will know about BBC Learning English which is part of the BBC World Service.

如今，BBC在英国的经费来源于电视执照费。

Now the BBC here in The UK is funded by the license fee.

这是一种所有在英国看电视的人都必须缴纳的费用。

That's an amount of money that's all people in The UK who watch television have to pay.

但世界服务的资金也来自外交事务部，也就是政府的一个部门。

But the World Service is also funded by the Foreign Office, that's a government department.

因此，政府资金被用于支持世界服务，而世界服务提供的服务之一就是英语学习网站。

So it's kind of government money is spent on the World Service and part of what the World Service offers is a learning English website.

现在，我认为BBC已经宣布，为了节省在世界服务上的开支——而世界服务实际上是由政府资金支持的——他们不得不做出各种削减，并正在考虑削减其语言服务。

Now, I think the BBC have announced that in order to try and save money that they spend on the world service, which is actually government money, they're gonna have to make various cuts and they are considering making cuts to their language services.

因此，可能发生的情况是，BBC英语学习项目将被削减，这意味着你们在线上能享受到的那些精彩内容可能就再也看不到了。

So possibly what's gonna happen is that BBC learning English is gonna be cut and that means that all of those brilliant things that are available to you online won't be available anymore possibly.

这有点令人遗憾，因为BBC英语学习可能是全球英语学习者最好的在线资源。

And that's a bit of a tragedy because BBC Learning English is probably the best online resource for learners of English.

当然，仅次于卢克的英语播客，但BBC英语学习网站真的非常出色，如果它被削减，对所有英语学习者来说都将是一个巨大的遗憾和损失。

Maybe the second best after Luke's English podcast of course, but BBC Learning English is a really fantastic website and it would be a great pity and a great loss for all you learners of English out there if it was cut.

所以，我给你们带来一点最新的消息。

So just a bit of a news update for you there.

我的分享就到这里，我很快再和你们聊。

That's it for me and I'll speak to you again soon.

谢谢。

Cheers.

再见再见再见。

Bye bye bye bye.

好的。

Right.

所以我现在和理查德在学校里。

So I'm here with Richard at school.

我刚泡了一杯茶。

I've just made a cup of tea.

但你觉得那杯怎么样？

But what do you think of that one?

显然，这杯不能喝，因为那是我的。

Obviously, can't drink it because that's mine.

但它看起来怎么样？

But how does it look?

看起来不错。

Looks good.

我喜欢这个颜色，但也许是因为这个蓝色的杯子。

I like the color, but maybe that's because of the blue cup.

这是一个蓝色的杯子

It's a blue cup

这让茶看起来很好喝。

which makes the tea look good.

但依你看来，怎样才能泡出一杯完美的茶呢？

But in your opinion then, what's the way to make a perfect

看起来牛奶不多不少。

looks like it isn't too milky.

对。

Right.

所以牛奶不能放太多。

So not too much milk.

牛奶不能放太多，但也不能放得太少。

Not too much milk, but then you don't want to have too little milk either.

所以你要掌握好牛奶的量。

So you're get the right amount of milk.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Okay.

是的。

Yeah.

所以看起来对我来说差不多正好。

So that looks like that looks about right to me.

你是先把牛奶倒进去，还是第二步，还是最后才倒？

Do you put do you put the milk in first or second or or last?

最后再倒牛奶。

Put the milk in last.

为什么呢？

Why is that?

因为如果你先倒牛奶，可能会太奶味重了。

Because if you put it in first, it might be too milky.

对。

Right.

所以你最后加牛奶，是为了判断以及判断加多少牛奶。

So you put it in last in order to judge And to judge how much milk.

好的。

Okay.

我

I

明白了。

see.

你会挤茶包吗？

Do you squeeze the tea bag?

会。

Yes.

我会用 yeah 挤它。

I squeeze it with the yeah.

为了获得均匀的浓度，我用茶匙挤压茶包。

To get the consistency, I squeeze it with the teaspoon.

不过，如果你挤压茶包，会不会导致茶味太苦，变得太浓了呢？

Isn't there a risk though that if you squeeze the tea bag that you're going to get a kind of bitter taste, you're to get too it's going to become too strong?

因为在我看来，泡出完美的茶...

Cause in my opinion, getting the perfect

是的，但那样你就多加点牛奶就行了。

Yeah, but then you just add more milk.

对。

Right.

但那样你喝的不就是工人茶吗？

But then what you've got is like builder's tea, isn't it?

那种茶特别浓，还加了大量牛奶。

Which is like really super strong with loads of milk.

不过，这其实取决于茶包本身。

Well, it depends on the tea bag, really.

确实如此。

It does.

你要选对茶包。

You're gonna choose the right tea bag.

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，如果你用约克郡红茶，那本质上就是工人的茶。

I mean, if you use that Yorkshire tea, you're gonna get builders tea by definition.

没错。

That's true.

但我的意思是，如果你用正山小种或者川宁茶的话。

But I mean, if you use Lapsong Souchong Or Twinings.

或者川宁茶。

Or Twinings.

很难做出工人的茶。

It's very hard to get builders tea.

好的。

Okay.

在我看来，对吧？

In my opinion, right?

让我告诉你我是怎么泡出我完美的那杯茶的。

Just here's how I make my my perfect cup of tea.

显然，在理想情况下，你会用茶壶，对吧？

Obviously, in a in a perfect world, you'd have a teapot, right?

你应该用茶壶来做，但我没有茶壶。

You you do it in a teapot, but I don't have a teapot.

现在还有谁用茶壶啊？

Who uses teapots these days?

我老婆用茶壶。

My missus uses teapots.

你老婆用茶壶啊。

Your missus does.

好的。

Okay.

她是伊朗人。

She's Iranian.

奶酪非常重要。

That's Cheese is very important.

好的。

Okay.

嗯，他们知道用不同种类的茶叶冲泡特制茶饮。

Well, They know what special brew with different types.

真的吗？

Really?

嗯。

Mhmm.

好的。

Okay.

这非常有趣。

That's that's very interesting.

但就我个人而言，我做的就是把水烧开。

But just from my point of view, what I do is boil the water.

水必须是沸腾的。

It's gotta be boiling water.

嗯。

Mhmm.

不行。

No.

绝对不能低于沸腾的温度。

Nothing less than boiling.

对吧？

Right?

把茶包放进杯子里，倒入沸水，然后静置即可。

And put the tea bag in the cup, pour the boiling water onto the tea bag, and just leave it.

别碰它，大约三分钟半。

Don't touch it for about three and a half minutes.

完全别碰它，让它自然浸泡。

Don't touch it at all and just naturally let it brew.

用茶匙把茶包捞出来。

Fish out the tea bag with a teaspoon.

别挤压茶包，因为那样会破坏味道。

Don't squeeze the bag because that's just gonna damage the taste.

我觉得你实际上对茶包太尊重了。

I think you're treating the tea bag with too much respect actually.

我的意思是，你可以让茶叶自然浸泡，但对茶包如此恭敬似乎不太合适。

I mean, you can let, you know, leave it to draw as it were with the tea leaves, but to treat a tea bag with that sort of reverence seems inappropriate.

所以你

So you

觉得你应该让茶包知道谁说了算？

think you should show the tea bag who's boss?

是的，但用勺子。

Yeah, but with a spoon.

对。

Right.

所以差不多就是拍打一下茶包，对它粗鲁一点。

So kind of batter the tea bag, be a bit rough with

我不太会说拍打，我会说用勺子对茶包施加一点压力，好吧。

Not the I tea wouldn't say batter, I'd say more exert pressure with the spoon on the tea bag Okay.

来释放它的内容物。

To release its contents.

对。

Right.

所以你得鼓励茶包，没错。

So you got to encourage the tea bag Exactly.

把茶释放出来。

To release the tea.

我明白了。

I see.

好的。

Okay.

让茶包知道谁是老大。

Show the tea bag who's boss.

对。

Right.

好的。

Okay.

也许我太温柔了，但这就是我的风格，理查德。

Maybe I'm too soft, but that's just my style, Richard.

我做事就喜欢这样。

That's the way I like to do things.

你只是在等事情发生。

You're just waiting for things to happen.

我会的。

I do.

我让事情发生，顺其自然。

I I let things happen I let things happen naturally.

更主动一些。

More proactive.

我对‘不’没那么在意了。

I'm a bit less affair with No.

如果你想达到我今天的境地，那就一定要用勺子给茶包施加压力。

If you wanna if you wanna get be in the position I am today, then you should definitely exert pressure on a tea bag with a spoon.

好的。

Okay.

我会想想的。

I'll think of that.

我会时刻牢记这一点。

I'll bear that in mind at all times.

谢谢。

Thank you.

这只是开始，你知道的，然后你会在生活中发现其他事情。

That's the beginning, you know, and then you'll find other things in life.

你也会

You'll also be

用勺子施加压力

exerting pressure with

用勺子。

a spoon.

有勺子或没勺子都行。

With or without a spoon.

好的。

Okay.

从中学到的东西很多，对吧？

There's a lot to learn from this, isn't there?

是的。

Yeah.

确实如此。

There is.

糖。

Sugar.

你加糖吗？

Do you do you add sugar?

等一下。

A second.

喂？

Hello?

剪刀。

Scissors.

好了。

There.

是的。

Yeah.

上面有一些。

There's some on the top.

是的。

Yeah.

我们刚才被一个要剪刀的人打断了，不过没关系。

We're just being interrupted by someone asking for scissors, but that's alright.

所以，糖，理查德。

So sugar, Richard.

你喝茶时加糖吗？

Do you add sugar to your tea?

不加。

No.

代糖。

Sweeteners.