7. 苏珊·波伊尔

好的？

Okay?

举个例子，阿曼达和现场观众能听到苏珊的演唱是非常难得的，因为大多数人没有这个机会。

So for example, Amanda and and the audience were very privileged to see Susan Boyle singing because most people didn't have the opportunity to do it.

所以她是，你知道，她得到了一个非常难得的特殊机会。

So she was, you know, she had a very special opportunity.

她享有特权。

She was privileged.

明白吗？

Okay?

我们常说社会上的富人是特权阶层，因为他们比其他人拥有更多机会，因为他们有钱。

We often say that rich people in society are privileged because they have more opportunities than than everyone else because they're rich.

明白。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

所以当西蒙说'通过'时，他说，苏珊·波伊尔，你可以昂首挺胸地回到村庄，因为这是三个'通过'。

So when Simon says yes, he said, Susan Boyle, you can go back to the village with your head held high because it's three yeses.

明白吗？

Okay?

所谓'昂首挺胸做事'，意味着你可以带着自豪感去做事。

So to do something with your head held high means that you can do something with a feeling of pride.

这样你就能为自己出色完成某事感到非常骄傲。

So you can feel very proud that you've done something very well.

所以你昂首挺胸。

So you hold your head up high.

明白吗？

Okay?

这与低头垂首正好相反。

It's the opposite of have letting your head go down.

如果你低着头，说明你感到羞愧或非常失望。

So if your head is down, it means you're ashamed or very disappointed.

但如果你昂首挺胸，就意味着你非常自豪，对自己所做的事感到非常满意。

But if you hold your head high, it means you're very proud, very pleased that you've done something.

明白了吗？

Okay?

对。

Right.

基本上这就是他们在那个片段里说的内容。

So those are basically the things that they said in that clip.

现在我想谈谈原因。

What I'd like to just talk about now is why.

为什么苏珊·波伊尔如此出名？

Why is, Susan Boyle such a famous person?

是什么让这件事如此特别？

What is it that has made this so special?

我做了些研究。

And I've done a bit of research.

我一直在阅读关于她的文章等等。

I've been kind of reading articles about her and so on.

看起来这基本上是关于外表的问题，以及我们以貌取人的事实。

And it seems that basically this is about appearances and the fact that we judge people by appearances.

实际上，苏珊·博伊尔接受了美国《华盛顿邮报》的采访，她说得非常清楚。

So actually, Susan Boyle did an interview with the Washington Post, an American newspaper, and she said it very clearly.

她说，现代社会总是急于根据外表来评判他人。

She said, modern society is quick to judge people on their appearances.

对此你无能为力。

There is not much you can do about it.

这就是他们的思维方式，也是他们的本性。

It's the way they think and it's the way they are.

但也许这可以给他们一个教训或树立一个榜样。

But maybe this could teach them a lesson or set an example.

所以，是的，她的意思是当今社会中，人们仅仅根据你的外表来评判你。

So, yeah, what she's saying is that these days in society, people just judge you by the way you look.

但希望这种情况能帮助人们意识到，重要的不仅仅是外表，而是内在的品质。

But hopefully, this this situation could help people to realize that it's not just the appearances, that it's what's inside that counts.

明白吗？

Okay?

互联网上的其他报纸文章称，这一情况、这一故事实际上是才华与艺术的胜利。

Other newspaper articles on the Internet have said that this situation, this story is really about it's it's really a victory for talent and artistry.

因此，在一个痴迷于外在吸引力和形象展示的文化中，这是才华与艺术家的胜利。

So it's a victory for talent and artists in a culture which is obsessed with physical attractiveness and physical presentation.

是的。

Yeah.

阿曼达·霍尔顿再次表示，当她出场时所有人都持怀疑态度，但听她唱歌却如同一记警钟。

So Amanda Holden again said that everyone was cynical when she came out, but listening to her sing was a wake up call.

一记警钟。

A wake up call.

警钟是指唤醒你的事物，某种让你突然意识到某些事情的东西，一记警钟。

A wake up call is something that wakes you up, something that sort of makes you realize something, a wake up call.

现在你在酒店早晨会接到叫醒电话。

Now you get a wake up call in the hotel in the morning.

这意味着前台，他们叫什么来着？

That means that the the the front desk, the what are they called?

接待员，客服人员会在早晨打电话到你的房间叫醒你。

The receptionist, the the customer services will call your room to wake you up in the morning.

那就是叫醒服务。

That that's a wake up call.

但它也用来指让你意识到某些事情，让你大开眼界的事物。

But it's also used to mean something that makes you realize something, something that opens your eyes.

明白吗？

Okay?

所以这是有史以来最震撼的觉醒。

So it was the greatest wake up all ever.

其他报纸评论说这个故事有趣之处在于苏珊·博伊尔的外表与歌喉形成的反差。

Other newspapers are saying that this story is interesting because it's about the contrast between Susan Boyle's appearance and her singing.

所以你看，她外表平凡甚至有点丑陋，但歌声却如此美妙，这种巨大反差让人非常惊喜，也使得故事格外有趣。

So the fact that, you know, she looks so ordinary and a little bit ugly, but actually her singing was so good, it was a big surprise, and it makes it very interesting.

这让整个观看过程变成一种激动人心的体验。

It just makes it a kind of exciting experience to watch.

还有人认为这是一个关于弱势者逆袭的故事。

Other people are saying that this is an underdog story.

所谓underdog（弱势方），在足球比赛中就是指人们预期会输的那支队伍或个人。

Now an underdog is the person or the team, if it's a football game, the person who you expect to lose.

明白吗？

Okay?

这就是underdog的含义。

So that's the underdog.

就是你认为会输的那个人或队伍。

The person you expect or the team that you expect to lose.

举个例子，比如在一场足球比赛中...

So for example, in a football game, let's see.

比如曼联对阵某个日本地方小球队。

If it's like Manchester United against maybe, like, a small local Japanese team.

可能是曼联对阵平冢的湘南贝尔马雷，那是神奈川县平冢市的一支水平较低的日本足球队。

So it could be, like, Manchester United against Hiratsuka's Shonan Belmari, who are a kind of low quality Japanese football team from Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture.

对吧？

Right?

如果是曼联对阵湘南贝尔马雷，显然湘南贝尔马雷就是弱势方。

So if it was Manchester United versus Shonan Belmari, then obviously, Shonan Belmari are the underdog.

没人指望他们能赢。

Nobody expects them to win.

但人们喜欢支持弱势方。

But people like to support the underdog.

如果弱势方获胜，那就太棒了，所有人都会为此兴奋不已。

And if the underdog wins, it's fantastic, and everyone is very excited and pleased about it.

所以苏珊·波伊尔的故事其实就是一个弱势方逆袭的故事。

So, really, Susan Boyle's story is an underdog story.

这对观众产生了非常强烈的影响。

It has a very powerful effect on the audience.

其他人说这实际上是中产阶级的胜利，哦不对。

Other people are saying that this is really a victory for middle class or sorry.

是中年女性的胜利。

Middle aged women.

不是中产阶级女性。

Not middle class women.

中年女性。

Middle aged women.

因为在我们的文化中，流行明星和电视媒体通常痴迷于年轻女性，你知道，就是那些性感的年轻女性。

Because usually in in our culture, you know, pop stars and in, you know, on TV, the media is obsessed with younger women, you know, like sexy younger women.

你在音乐视频和MTV上看到的全是这些。

And that's all you see in music videos and on MTV.

但这确实是年长女性、中年女性的一次胜利。

But this is really a victory for older women, middle middle aged women.

对吧？

Right?

苏珊·博伊尔是位平凡女性。

Susan Boyle is an every woman.

她代表着普通女性。

She's an every woman.

这意味着每个人都能在她身上找到共鸣。

That means that everyone can relate to her.

每个人都感同身受。

Everyone feels the same as her.

每个人都觉得自己与她相似。

Every everyone feels like they are similar to her.

大家都认识像苏珊·博伊尔这样的人。

Everybody knows somebody like Susan Boyle.

她可能就是住在你隔壁的邻居。

She could be your next door neighbor.

她可能是你学校的数学老师之类的。

She could be, you know, your maths teacher at school or something.

所以她和其他人没什么两样。

So she's she's just like everybody else.

她是个普通女性，这意味着人们能对她的故事产生共鸣。

She's an every woman, and that means that people can relate to her story.

此外，美国人非常喜爱苏珊·波伊尔，她的故事具有非常典型的美式特质。

Also, the Americans love Susan Boyle, and there is something very American about her story.

不过她并不是美国人。

Well, she's not American.

她是苏格兰人。

She's Scottish.

但美国人钟爱逆袭者，他们显然信奉美国梦——即任何人都能登上巅峰。

But the Americans love an underdog, and they they obviously believe in the American dream, which means that anybody can can get to the top.

所以即便最平凡普通的人也能直抵巅峰。

So even the most normal ordinary person can go straight to the top.

这就是美国梦的绝佳例证——苏珊·波伊尔从默默无闻登上舞台，以惊艳歌喉征服世界。

And this is a good example of the American dream that Susan Boyle came from nowhere, went on this show, sang beautifully, and now she's famous all over the world.

是啊。

Yeah.

这就是整个故事的经过。

So that's that's the story.

最近英国报纸上全是她的新闻。

Recently, she's been in papers here in The UK.

到处都是她的照片。

There are pictures of her that have been taken.

她还做了形象改造。

She's had a a makeover.

现在你总能在报纸上看到她穿着皮夹克、围着巴宝莉围巾的样子。

So now, you know, you can see her in the newspapers wearing a leather jacket and a Burberry scarf.

虽然她现在看起来很酷，但人们真正铭记的永远是那个让所有人感动落泪、用天籁之音震撼世界的平凡中年苏格兰妇女形象。

You know, she looks cool and everything now, but really, I think the people will remember her as being the ordinary middle class sorry, middle aged Scottish woman who made everyone feel very emotional and surprised everyone with her fantastic voice.

现在我预计，苏珊·波伊尔不会红太久。

Now I expect that, Susan Boyle won't stay famous for very long.

她大概会出名几个月左右吧。

She'll probably be famous for, you know, a few months or so.

但之后，我想人们就会把她遗忘。

But after that, I think people will will just forget about her.

现代艺术家安迪·沃霍尔曾说过一句名言，我记得是在六十年代。

The the artist the the modern artist Andy Warhol said a famous quote once, I think in the nineteen sixties.

他说，未来每个人都能成名15分钟。

He said, in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.

我认为这或许能证明安迪·沃霍尔是对的。

And I think that this could be proof that that Andy Warhol was right.

我觉得苏珊·波伊尔很可能红不了太久。

And I think that Susan Boyle probably won't be famous for for very long.

她只会出名15分钟。

She'll be famous for fifteen minutes.

嗯，不一定是字面上的十五分钟，但意思是她会有短暂的成名期。

Well, not literally fifteen minutes, but it means she'll have a short period of of fame.

我想她会发行一张CD，由西蒙·考威尔负责出版。

I think she's going to release a CD, which Simon Cowell is going to publish.

所以你或许能在CD上听到她的歌声。

So you might be able to listen to her singing on CD.

她很可能会变得非常非常富有，但我预计她的名气不会持续很久。

She'll probably become very, very rich, But I expect that she won't be famous for very, very long.

这是我的预测。

That's my prediction.

我可能错了。

I might be wrong.

我可能错了。

I might be wrong.

她说不定会成为下一个大红人，名气持续很长很长时间。

She might become, you know, the next big, big thing who is famous for for a long, long time.

但我认为真正会被铭记的，只有她在《英国达人秀》上亮相的那一刻。

But I think it's really just that one moment when she appeared on Britain's Got Talent that will will be remembered.

嗯。

Yeah.

好的。

Okay.

就这样吧。

So that's that.

别忘了，如果你对此有任何疑问或意见，请告诉我。

Don't forget if you've got questions about that or if you have comments, please let me know.

我很想听听你们对苏珊·波伊尔的看法。

I'd like to hear what you think of Susan Boyle.

她在你们国家有名吗？

Is she famous in your country?

你们觉得她怎么样？

What do you think of her?

你认为她会永远出名，还是只会红几个月？

And do you think that she will be famous forever, or will she just be famous for a few months?

好的。

Okay.

明天我打算录一些朋友的看法。

Now what I'm going to do tomorrow is record some of my friends.

我要采访几个人，问问他们对苏珊·博伊尔的看法。

I'm going to interview a few people and ask them what they think of Susan Boyle.

我会把这些采访内容发布在另一个播客里。

So I will post those interviews in another podcast.

好吗？

Okay?

所以我今晚会把这段播客发布到网上，明天再做一些采访。

So I'm going to post this podcast on the Internet tonight, and I will do some interviews tomorrow.

我会把这些采访内容发布在另一个额外的播客里，你们大概周末就能下载了。

And I will post those interviews in another extra podcast that you will be able to download probably over the weekend.

好吗？

Okay?

接下来，你将听到语言环节，我会教你一些习语。

So next, you're going to hear the language section when I'm going to teach you some idioms.

好的。

Okay.

关于习语。

So idioms.

我觉得教你们一些关于外貌和人物性格的习语会很有趣。

I thought it would be interesting to teach you some idioms about appearance and about people's character and personality.

我认为这与苏珊·博伊尔的情况相当契合。

I feel like it relates to the Susan Boyle situation quite well.

简单介绍一下习语。

Just a little bit of information about idioms.

什么是习语？

What is an idiom?

习语是人们日常对话中经常使用的固定表达方式。

Well, an idiom is a fixed expression that people often say as part of their normal conversation.

这种固定表达对英语学习者来说非常难以理解。

It's a fixed expression which is very difficult for learners of English to understand.

这是因为你无法仅通过查看单个单词来理解它。

And that's because you, you can't understand it just by looking at the individual words.

如果我给你一个习语，而你只是查字典里的单词，你可能无法理解它的含义。

So if I give you an idiom and you just look up the words in the dictionary, you might not be able to understand what it means.

这些单词组合在一起就有了另一种含义。

So the words together have another meaning.

每种语言都有习语。

Everyone has idioms.

你们的语言中也会有习语，这些习语对于学习该语言的人来说很难解释清楚。

You have you will have idioms in your languages that will be different difficult to explain to someone who's learning the language.

英语中确实有很多习语，它们对学习者来说既难学又难懂，尤其是在听到对话中使用时。

But and we certainly have a lot of idioms in English, and they're they're rather difficult for learners to learn, but they're also difficult to understand when you hear them being used in conversation.

母语人士在交谈、写作时总是会使用习语。

Native speakers use idioms all the time when they're when they're talking, when they're writing to each other, and so on.

所以我要教你们一些可以用来描述个性和性格的实用习语。

So I'm going to teach you some useful idioms that you can use to describe personality and character.

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

第一个习语是：不要以貌取人。

So the first idiom is don't judge a book by its cover.

不要以貌取人。

Don't judge a book by its cover.

你可能会说这不是习语，因为你实际上可能理解它的意思。

Now you could say that that's not an idiom because you can probably understand what it means, actually.

但'不要以貌取人'的意思是你不应该仅凭外表来评判一个人。

But don't judge a book by its cover means you shouldn't judge somebody just by the way they look.

你需要先了解他们，才能对他们做出判断。

You need to get to know them first before you can make a judgment about them.

就像你不会仅凭封面和封面上的图片来评价一本书，你必须打开书阅读后才能评价它。

So just like you you wouldn't judge a book by looking at the cover and looking at the picture on the cover, you have to judge a book by opening it and reading it.

对人也是如此。

It's the same about a person.

举个例子，如果你看到苏珊·博伊尔，你可能会想，哦，她只是个无聊的中年妇女。

So for example, if you look at Susan Boyle, you think, oh, she's just a boring middle aged woman.

对吧？

Right?

但是不要以貌取人。

But don't judge a book by its cover.

实际上她非常有趣。

Actually, she's very interesting.

她有一副好嗓子。

She's got a beautiful voice.

她非常有才华。

She's very talented.

是啊。

Yeah.

接下来这句意思非常相近，就是‘表象之下另有深意’。

Now the next one is is very similar in meaning, and it's there is more than meets the eye.

‘表象之下另有深意’。

There's more than meets the eye.

明白吗？

Okay?

所以‘表象之下另有深意’和‘不要以貌取人’其实是同一个意思。

So there's more than meets the eye means the same thing as don't judge a book by its cover, really.

它意味着人或事物的外表无法展现其内在本质。

It means the way someone looks or the way something looks doesn't show you what is inside.

懂了吗？

Okay?

或者说它没有向你展示其真实的一面。

Or it doesn't show you what it really is.

再以苏珊·波伊尔为例，你看着她，会觉得她只是个普通人。

So again again, Susan Boyle, you look at her, you think, oh, she's just sort of an ordinary person.

但实际上远不止如此。

But no, there's more than that.

表象之下另有乾坤。

There's more than meets the eye.

事实上，她才华横溢且充满魅力。

Actually, she's she's very talented and interesting.

明白吗？

Okay?

所以说表象之下另有乾坤。

So there's more than meets the eye.

下一个短语是'她格调高雅'。

The next one is she's a class act.

她是个一流人物。

She's a class act.

所谓一流人物，就是在自己领域非常出色、表现极其优秀的人。

So a class act is somebody who's who's excellent at what they do, somebody who is very, very good at what they do.

苏珊·博伊尔是一流人物，因为她拥有一副好嗓子。

So Susan Boyle is a class act because she's she's got a great voice.

明白吗？

Okay?

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

下一个是他是个笑柄。

The next one is he's a laughing stock.

他是个笑柄。

He's a laughing stock.

所谓笑柄，就是指某人在公众场合做了非常愚蠢的事，现在大家都在嘲笑他。

So a laughing stock is someone who has done something very stupid in public, and now everybody's laughing at them.

没人再把他们当回事，大家都认为他们很愚蠢。

Nobody takes them seriously anymore, and everybody thinks that they are stupid.

对吧？

Right?

举个例子，如果苏珊大妈唱得不好，如果她嗓音很差或者做了很蠢的事，那她就会成为笑柄。

So for example, if Susan Boyle hadn't sang very well, if she had had a very bad voice or if she'd done something very stupid, then she would be a laughing stock.

好吗？

Okay?

她根本不是什么笑柄。

She isn't a laughing stock at all.

她实际上很棒。

She's actually great.

大家都觉得她非常出色。

Everyone thinks she's fantastic.

但笑柄指的是做了蠢事、现在被众人嘲笑的人。

But a laughing stock is somebody who's done something really stupid, and everyone is now laughing at them.

让我想想。

I let's see.

你或许可以说乔治·布什因为糟糕的英语水平而有点像个笑柄。

You could say perhaps that George Bush is a bit of a laughing stock because of his bad English.

对吧？

Right?

他讲话时经常犯英语错误，所以成了笑柄，尤其在美国。

He often made bad English mistakes when he spoke, and so he's a laughing stock, particularly in America.

我是说，美国人现在很喜欢嘲笑乔治·布什。

I mean, the Americans love to laugh at George Bush now.

有些人不会，但很多人会。

Some of them don't, but a lot of them do.

是啊。

Yeah.

我觉得他是个笑柄。

He's a laughing stock, I think.

好的。

Okay.

下一个是有道德操守。

The next one is to have moral fiber.

有道德操守。

To have moral fiber.

明白了吗？

Okay?

道德品质指的是内在的力量。

So moral fiber is the inner strength.

这种人格中的力量，能帮助你在困境中坚持做你认为正确的事。

So the strength that you have in your personality, which helps you to do what you believe is right in a difficult situation.

比如说，你可以说，他缺乏足够的道德品质来

So for example, you could say, he didn't have the moral fiber to be

a

a

领导者。

leader.

对吧？

Right?

他缺乏成为领导者所需的道德品质。

He didn't have the moral fiber to be a leader.

因此，要成为领导者，你需要具备个人性格的力量，我们称之为道德品质。

So in order to be a leader, you need to have, like, strength of personal strength of personality, and we describe that as moral fiber.

例如，要成为一位好总统，你需要具备很强的道德品质。

So for example, you you need to have a lot of moral fiber to be a good president.

所以，巴拉克·奥巴马似乎拥有很强的道德品质。

So probably, Barack Obama seems to have a lot of moral fiber.

对吧？

Right?

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Okay.

类似的表达是‘坚持信念的勇气’。

A similar expression is to have the courage of your convictions.

‘坚持信念的勇气’。

To have the courage of your convictions.

如果你有坚持信念的勇气，就意味着你足够勇敢去做自己认为正确的事，即使别人不同意。

Now if you have the courage of your convictions, it means you're brave enough to do what you feel is right even if other people disagree with you.

对吧？

Right?

举个例子，好的。

So for example, okay.

我们以查尔斯·达尔文为例。

Let's take the example of Charles Darwin.

查尔斯·达尔文是提出进化论的人。

Charles Darwin, was the man who came up with the theory of evolution.

明白吗？

Okay?

当时他提出这个观点时，还没有人相信进化论。

Now he came up with that idea when nobody else believed in evolution.

他是唯一一个相信的人，其他所有人都反对他。

He was the only one, and everyone else disagreed with him.

但他有坚持信念的勇气。

But he had the courage of his his convictions.

他为此撰写了书籍。

He wrote books about it.

现在我们知道他是正确的，进化论是真实的。

And now we know that he was right, that evolution is is true.

对吧？

Okay?

我是说，我相信进化论。

I mean, I I believe in evolution.

所以达尔文坚持他的信念，现在我们知道他其实是正确的。

So Darwin had the courage of his convictions, and now we know that he was right, actually.

明白吗？

Okay?

另一个表达是‘厚颜无耻’。

Another expression is to be bold as brass.

‘厚颜无耻’。

To be bold as brass.

明白吗？

Okay?

如果你‘厚颜无耻’，意味着你非常自信。

Now if you're bold as brass, it means that you're very confident.

明白吗？

Okay?

你那种自信满满的样子，根本不在乎别人怎么看你。

You're you're sort of you're you're if you're so confident that you're not worried about how other people will think about you.

明白吗？

Okay?

比如说，苏珊·波伊尔走上舞台时，就表现得极其自信。

So for example, Susan Boyle walked onto the stage and she was bold as brass.

对吧？

Right?

她根本不在乎别人对她的看法。

She didn't she wasn't worried about what people thought of her.

明白吗？

Okay?

极其自信。

Bold as brass.

明白吗？

Okay?

另一个不错的表达是‘他的吠声比咬人更凶’。

Another nice expression is his bark is worse than his bite.

他的吠声比咬人更凶。

His bark is worse than his bite.

明白吗？

Okay?

意思是如果某人‘吠声比咬人更凶’，意味着他们可能会生气、会大喊大叫，看起来非常吓人，但实际上并不真的可怕。

This means if someone's bark is worse than their bite, it means that they might get angry, they might shout, they might seem to be very frightening and scary, but actually, they're not really scary.

他们不会做出任何危险的事。

They won't do anything dangerous.

明白吗？

Okay?

而‘吠叫’和‘咬人’，我们通常会联想到狗的行为。

And a bark and a bite, we we associate with a with a dog.

对吧？

Right?

所以我们可以用这个说法来形容一只叫得很凶的狗，它吠声很大，但实际咬人并不厉害。

So we can use it to talk about a dog who makes a lot of noise, like that, barking, but the bark is worse than the dog's bite.

明白吗？

Okay?

它叫得很凶，但不会真的咬人。

So it barks a lot, but it doesn't bite.

它的吠声比咬人更可怕。

Its bark is worse than its bite.

但我们也可以用这个说法来形容人。

But we can also use that expression to talk about people.

比如你认识的某个人可能脾气暴躁，动不动就发火大喊大叫，但实际上这个人并不危险。

So if there's someone you know who is perhaps very angry, they shout, they get angry very easily, But actually, they're not very dangerous as a person.

实际上他们还挺友善的。

Actually, they're quite friendly.

你就可以说'他雷声大雨点小'。

You can say his bark is worse than his bite.

明白了吗？

Okay?

比如像西蒙·考威尔这样的人，他是节目评委之一。

So maybe someone like Simon Cowell, who's one of the judges on the show.

他看起来像是个脾气暴躁的人。

He seems to be a very sort of angry guy.

对吧？

Right?

而且他爱批评人。

And he's he's critical.

是吧？

Yeah?

但实际上当你了解他后，他可能是个相当不错的人，我觉得。

But actually, when you get to know him, he's probably quite a nice person, I think.

他心地善良，所以他是刀子嘴豆腐心。

He's got a big heart, so his bark is worse than his bite.

我要教你的最后一个习语是‘她是个开心果’。

And the the last idiom I'm going to teach you is she's a barrel of laughs.

她是个开心果。

She's a barrel of laughs.

明白吗？

Okay?

‘开心果’指的是一个非常非常有趣的人。

Now a barrel of laughs means someone who's really, really good fun.

一个非常非常幽默的人。

Someone who's very, very funny.

懂了吗？

Okay?

一个经常笑，也能让你开怀大笑的人。

Someone who laughs a lot and someone who makes you laugh a lot.

对吧？

Yeah?

举个例子，如果你认识一个特别有趣的人，和他们相处时你会笑个不停，玩得很开心，你就可以说，她真是个开心果。

So for example, if you know someone who's really funny, when you spend time with them, you laugh a lot, you have a really good time, you can say, oh, she's just a barrel of laughs.

明白吗？

Okay?

这里的barrel是一种容器，就像木制容器可以用来装啤酒。

Now a barrel is a kind of container, like a wooden container that you can use to to keep beer in.

你可能会把啤酒装在里面。

You might put beer in it.

对吧？

Yeah?

所以如果你有一桶欢笑，我想你能想象那是什么样子。

So if you have a barrel full of laughs, right, I think you can imagine what that is.

一桶欢笑。

A barrel of laughs.

满满一桶欢笑。

A barrel full of laughs.

所以我们用它来形容一个人。

So we use it to describe someone.

他是个十足的开心果。

He's an absolute barrel of laughs.

和他在一起你会玩得很开心。

You'll have a great time with him.

好的。

Okay.

语言环节到此结束。

So that is the end of the language section.

别忘了查看网页teacherluke.podomatic.com。

Don't forget, look at the web page, teacherluke.podomatic.com.

你可以在页面上看到我刚介绍的所有习语及其定义。

You can see all of the idioms that I've just introduced to you there on the page with definitions.

你还能看到苏珊·博伊尔的照片，以及YouTube视频链接。

You can also see a picture of Susan Boyle, and you will see a link to the YouTube video.

你还可以阅读苏珊与评委对话的脚本，以及她歌曲的歌词。

And you can also read the scripts of the conversation between Susan and the judges, and you can read the lyrics of her song.

就这样。

That's it.

别忘了给我发邮件，luketeacher@hotmail.com。

Don't forget to email me, luketeacher@hotmail.com.

告诉我你对苏珊·波伊尔的看法。

Let me know what you think of Susan Boyle.

告诉我你对这个播客的看法。

Let me know what you think of the podcast.

这是我目前做过的最长的播客。

This is the longest podcast I've done yet.

每次播客都变得越来越长。

Each podcast is getting longer and longer every time.

希望你不介意。

I hope you don't mind.

这大概有四十五分钟长。

This is about forty five minutes long.

所以请告诉我你对这个播客的看法。

So please let me know what you think of the podcast.

给我一些反馈。

Give me some feedback.

给我一些评论。

Give me some comments.

如果太长了，请告诉我。

If it's too long, let me know.

我会把它们缩短些。

I'll make them shorter.

本期播客到此结束。

That's the end of the podcast.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

感谢下载Luke的英语播客。

Thanks for downloading Luke's English podcast.

别忘了给我发邮件：luketeacher@hotmail.com。

Don't forget to email me at luketeacher@hotmail.com.

Acast推荐。

Acast recommends.

你好。

Hi.

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I'm Carmen, and this is Asian Business Owners, podcast sharing real stories from founders across Asia.

我与创始人们进行坦诚对话，他们分享塑造真正成功的经验教训、转型思考和心态转变。

I have honest conversations with founders and creators who share the lessons, pivots, and mindset shifts that shape real success.

那项事业让我能够退后一步思考：等等，你为什么要开始这个？

That business allowed me to take a step back and think about, wait, why are you starting this?

成为企业家的好处在于你可以经历很多失败。

The benefit of being an entrepreneur is that you can fail a lot.

无论你是在创业、发展品牌，还是需要一剂诚实良言，这个播客都适合你。

Whether you're building your business, growing your brand, or just need a dose of honesty, this podcast is for you.

如果你厌倦了虚假的成功故事，想要真实内容，请关注《亚洲企业主》，每周更新。

If you're tired of fake success stories and want something real, follow Asian business owners, new episodes every week.

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