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独霸上海的妖怪 · 公众号 · · 2024-05-28 11:12

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前几期跟Vlog学英语，给大家推荐都是说美音的博主。新的一期，给同学们推荐一位宝藏英音博主： Ruby Granger。

Ruby Granger 是个很有英伦气质的英国女孩，正在牛津大学读研究生，专业是英国文学。

她的英音特别舒服动听，是绝佳的模仿材料，喜欢英音的朋友一定不能错过。

每次打开她的视频，都能被激起好好学习、认真生活的欲望。

这次想给大家推荐我很喜欢的一期：
Things to do by yourself as introvert
i人独处时能做的事

这一期给了我这个资深i人很多生活的灵感，也希望能够启发大家~

我分别做了无字幕版和英文字幕版，大家可以先挑战一下无字幕版，再带着问题看字幕，学习后文的语言点讲解。

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我们再来看看视频里值得学习的语言点：

如何表达「内向者」？

Hello, it's Ruby and today I'm going to run through 12 idea of things you can do in your free time as an introvert.

🪴 introvert 指「内向者」，也就是i人。
extrovert 指「外向者」，也就是e人。
introverted 为形容词形式，指「性格内向的」。
extroverted 指「性格外向的」。

🪴 run through 是个动词词组，跑过，也就是我们常说的「快速过一遍」 (If you run through a list of items, you read or mention all the items quickly) 。

我在英剧《性爱自修室》里也遇见过：

I just wanted to run through a few things before our show tonight.

如何表达「充电」？

I enjoy spending time with friends, but I also like to spend time recharging by myself.

🪴 recharge 本来是「充电」的意思，比如： recharge your phone 给你的手机充电。
与中文一样， rech arge 也可以表示抽象意义上的「充电」，表示「放松，补充精力」，非常形象的表达。

recharge 既可以用作不及物动词，比如： spend time recharging by myself
recharge 也可以用作及物动词，比如： recharge one's batteries 给某人充电，养精蓄锐
后文博主再次用到这个词：

For me, this is the most recharging activity that there is.

🪴 再拓展一个词： restorative 。

restore 作动词，是「恢复」的意思， restorative 便指「让人恢复精力的」，也是非常地道的一个表达。

这个词我也是在vlog里学到的：

It was honestly such a restorative act! After being stuck inside for ages, it was beautiful to see so many people soak up the sun.

🪴 soak up the sun 指「晒太阳」，这也是个很地道的说法，大家直接背过~

如何表达「令人精疲力尽」？

And I feel like most ideas of things to do in your free time are social things. But as an introvert, I end up finding that quite draining .

🪴 find sth adj. 指「感觉某事物如何如何」。

大家注意，口语里说「我感觉...如何如何」，常常都是用 find 这个词，而不是大家熟悉的 feel 。

我们再来看几个例子：

She must find training highly amusing, then.

I found it entertaining.

🪴 draining 这个词非常形象，大家重点掌握，我们从drain开始讲起：

drain [dreɪn] 作动词，本义为「使...流干，排干」，也可引申为「耗尽」的意思，后面常跟时间、精力等等。

draining ['dreiniŋ] 为形容词，指「令人精疲力竭的」，有一种把人掏空的感觉，非常形象。

draining 常常和 emotionally 搭配： emotionally draining 表示情绪上的、心理上的疲惫。

《纽约时报》采访到的一个失业者就用到了这个词：
It’s been the most emotionally draining , scariest time in my life by far.
这是我人生中最心力交瘁、最可怕的日子。

我们在外刊精读社关于试管婴儿那篇文章也学过这个词：
It is physically painful for women, and emotionally draining for both sexes.
女性要承受身体上的痛苦，而不论男女都要面对巨大的情感折磨。

再举一个英剧《性爱自修室》里的例子：

That girld's energy is so emotionally draining.

如果想表达「身心俱疲」，我们就可以说：
be physically and emotionally draining
也可以说 emotionally draining and physically exhausting 。

比如《经济学人》一篇关于老年痴呆的文章曾这样描述护理工作：
Care work is undervalued, underpaid, emotionally draining and physically exhausting.

大家可以背下来。这句话可以套用在很多工作上，只需要替换掉主语，就可以写出一个漂亮的句子。举两个例子：
Translation is undervalued, underpaid, emotionally draining and physically exhausting.

Teaching is undervalued, underpaid, emotionally draining and physically exhausting.

我们也可以用人作主语，比如：
Translators feel undervalued, underpaid, emotionally drained and physically exhausted.

如何形容「窝」在沙发里？

I have to curl up with a blanket, and a book, a mug of tea, maybe something to eat and just sit there for a couple of hours and read.

🪴 curl up 是「蜷缩」的意思，这里 curl up 就是形容「窝」在沙发里这个动作，非常舒服~

我在英剧《喋喋不休》里也遇见过：

I'd rather curl up with a book, quite frankly.

再补充一个日常表达： curl one's hair 卷头发
curly 为形容词，指「卷曲的」。 curly hair 即「卷发」。自然卷就叫作： naturally curly hair 。
我在Breanna Quan的Vlog里就遇见过这个词：

I'm not getting my hair re-permed obviously because it's still curly.

顺便补充一下， curler 指「卷发夹，卷发棒」。睫毛夹也是用这个词： eyelash curlers 。
我们再来看个美剧《绝望的主妇》里的例子：

She stops by the post office with curlers in her hair.

🪴 mug 就是「马克杯」的意思。 a mug of tea 便指「一杯茶」。

🪴 for a couple of hours 指「几个小时」。
a couple of sth 也是一个大家都认识，但很少使用的词。

我们再来看几个例子：

We’ve only been going out for a couple of weeks, do you think I gotta get her something.

He seemed very distraught. He knocked back a couple of brandies.

如何表达「奋斗文化」？

I feel like, societally, we think of social activities as being a kind of acceptable form of leisure activity, where it doesn't matter if you're not being productive, whereas as soon as you're spending time by yourself, it turns into you being lazy, misusing your time. I think that's quite an interesting distinction .

🪴 think of sth as sth 指「认为...是...」，和大家熟悉的 regard sb / sth as sth , see sb / sth as sth , view sb / sth as sth... 等等是一个用法。
这个词考研英语也考过，很多同学没有反应过来，考研的同学留意一下。

🪴 social activities 社交活动
🪴 leisure activity 休闲活动

顺便讲一讲 leisurely ：
leisurely [ˈleʒəli] 为形容词，指「慢悠悠的，不慌不忙的」 (describes an action that is done in a relaxed way, without hurrying) 。
我们再来看两个英美剧的例子：

We'll go have a nice, leisurely lunch wherever the fuck we want.

Not many men can plan their exit from this world in such a leisurely way.

🪴 societal [səˈsaɪətəl] 指「社会的，社会层面的」。上周听播客，恰好遇到一个词：
societal timelines 指「社会时钟」。

有同学会问了， societal 和 social 都是形容词，两者有什么区别呢？
social 更微观，强调个人、群体和人际关系。
比如： social skills 社交技巧 social problems 社会问题
而 societal 更宏观，强调整个社会的结构、制度、问题。
注意看英文解释：Societal means relating to society or to the way society is organized.
举个外刊里的例子：
Mass joblessness exacts societal costs.
大规模失业使社会付出代价。
There has been a shift in societal attitudes towards pets.
社会对宠物的态度发生了转变。
简单粗暴地说， social 相当于「社会的」或「社交的」，而 societal 相当于中文里的「社会层面的」。

🪴 spend time by yourself 独处
enjoy spending time by myself 便指「享受独处」，我们也可以说 enjoy my own company 享受自己的陪伴。

🪴 distinction 指「区别，差别」，来自于形容词 distinct 。

我们在 “人人影视”被判刑！《经济学人》如何报道？这篇文章里还讲过：
与众人不同，往往意味着优秀，因此名词 distinction 有「优秀，杰出，卓越」的意思。
回顾一下原句：
Being accepted into such firms’ “translation groups” was a badge of distinction . Standards were high and competition for membership was fierce. It will not be in future, however.
获准加入此类公司的“翻译组”是一种优秀的体现。加入字幕组要求很高，竞争也很激烈。不过，那只是过去，以后不会了。

英国研究生最优秀的那一档，就叫作 Distinction 。

最后一栏里的 borderline 是个形容词，指「边界附近的」， a borderline pass/fail 便指「在及格线上下」。

博主后面说的这句话也很有意思：

Hustle culture kind of convinces us that it's okay to spend time doing social things for leisure, but not okay to do things by yourself.

hustle 为名词，是「忙碌，喧嚣」的意思。 the hustle and bustle of the city 就叫作「城市的忙碌喧嚣」。
而 hustle culture 忙碌文化，就类似于我们常说的「奋斗文化」。

如何表达「有点儿」？

I mean I love the whole trend online of taking yourself on a date and I guess that this is just an element of that.

🪴 an element of sth 是一个词组，指「少量，有一点」( a small amount of a quality or feeling ) 。
我们再来看几个例子：
There is an element of truth in your argument.
你的论点有些道理。
All outdoor activities carry an element of risk.
所有户外活动都带有些许风险。

美剧《爱情故事》里也用到了这个词：

But there's an element of shadiness to him.

如何表达「很治愈」？

Next you can make some bookmarks. This is so therapeutic and actually a good one to do with friends as well, like other introverted friends.

🪴 therapy 为名词，指「心理咨询」。

therapeutic [ˌθer.əˈpjuːtɪk] 是它的形容词形式，指making you feel calm and relaxed，相当于我们常说的「治愈的，疗愈人心的」。

比如： Painting can be very therapeutic. 绘画可以使人完全放松。
I find walking my dog very therapeutic. 我觉得遛狗让人非常放松。

顺便补充一下， therapist 指「心理咨询师」。

类似的形容词还有 healing 。举个外刊里的例子：
Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing .
冥想可以帮助我们接纳自己的忧虑、恐惧、愤怒；这非常治愈。

如何表达「写观后感」？

I actually prefer going to museums and galleries alone. I do also like going with friends, because then you have good discussion, especially if they're also interested in it. But it's fun being able to take it completely at your own pace . And I also love writing up reflections and I like journaling after seeing these exhibitions, because then I feel like you get more and it's like having the conversation.

这段话其实是一个很棒的论述框架，大家可以直接挪用在雅思口语里：

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