每日口說挑戰從前專門叫人起床的鬧鐘人！ (Before Alarm Clocks, There Were ‘Knocker-Uppers’)

[Transcript]

Intro:
Hey guys, it’s Jenny here. This morning my alarm didn’t go off so when I eventually woke up I almost had an anxiety attack because my online meeting was starting in 5 minutes! I realized what had happened was that I set my phone alarm for 7:30PM instead of 7:30AM! Ugh...I hope I will never make that mistake again!
Maybe I should hire someone to wake me up every morning! In fact, this was someone’s actual job to do so back in the early days! You can watch the video later to learn more about the ‘knocker-uppers’.

But now, let’s listen to the sentence of day:
[1'11]
See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.
你看，在大的工業都市像是倫敦、伯明翰 和 曼徹斯特，Knocker Uppers 用竿子敲打窗戶。


[1'51'']
Pronunciation Tips:
我們來看看句子裡的英國城市名稱
第一個你們一定都有聽過 就是倫敦 London, London.
第二個城市是Birmingham ，美國人也許會唸 Bir-ming-ham，其實英國人的唸法是 Bir-ming-um第三個城市是Manchester ，分成三個音節，Man-cheh-stuh，Manchester. 也許你有聽過一個世界有名的足球俱樂部叫做Manchester United.

再來句子裡面的to reach 要把兩個字連在一起，唸成 to-reach.

[2'38'']
Vocabulary Words:

1. Industrial [ɪnˋdʌstrɪəl] ɪnˋdʌstrɪəl
Adj. 工業的 in or related to the industry, or having a lot of industry and factories.

Example sentence:
Citizens go on a protest due to the air pollution that the industrial sites released.
市民們抗議工廠造成空氣汙染。

Industry的形容詞是 industrial. 動詞是
Industrialize
V. 工業化 to develop industry in a country or an area.

Example sentence:
I heard that the government is going to industrialize this town, it would create more than three hundred job opportunities.
我聽說政府要把這個小鎮工業化，工業化將提供超過三百個工作機會。

2. Knock [nɑk] nɒk
V. 敲、擊、打 to make a sound by striking something hard or by the fist, especially on a door, table or window.

Example sentence:
He knocks on the door to see if anyone could open the door for him because he forgot his keys.
他試著敲門看有沒有人可以幫他開門，因為他忘記帶鑰匙了。

同義詞synonym:
Strike
V. 敲、擊 to hit or attack someone or something hardly
Can’t believe he struck the scooter because of drunk driving.
不敢相信他是因為酒駕才撞到那台機車的。

3. Pole pol pəʊl
N. 竿 stick

The technician said it would take over 3 days to repair the electricity pole.
維修人員說那隻電線杆要超過三天才能修好 。

[4'46'']
Outro:
Back in the days, a knocker upper would use a stick to knock on your window to wake you up! If that job still exists today then they probably need a really long stick to knock on my bedroom window because I live on the 8th floor! Do you use a conventional alarm clock or use the alarm function on your mobile phone? Do you set more than three different alarm times like me just to make sure you don’t snooze back off again? I’m definitely not a morning person so I’d love to hear your tips on getting up in the morning! Please share your recordings and leave a comment! Thanks for listening and I’ll see you next time! Bye for now.

What an interesting job! 路晉、路晉, come be my Knocker Upper...

這麼顧人怨的工作，感覺跟汽車的喇叭手有得拼啊～

是說，如果窗戶被這樣碰了一下破掉了，要賠嗎？
還有，叫床人如果睡過頭，怎麼辦？沒被叫醒的人遲到的損失算他頭上嗎？

See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.

See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.

☺See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.
在工業大城，像是倫敦、伯明罕和曼徹斯特這些城市，Knocker Uppers (人體鬧鐘)是用竿子敲打窗戶。
【心得】這樣敲是要敲多少個窗戶啊(光想就覺得手酸脖子酸)，直接在窗外敲鑼打鼓，是不是比較有效率，整棟樓都可以一次叫醒!?
■industrial [ɪnˋdʌstrɪəl] (adj.) 工業的、產業的；勞資的；供工業用的；從事工業的；產業工人的；靠勤勞獲得的
(n.C) 從事工業的公司；產業工人
(n.P) 工業股票(或債券)
■industry [ˋɪndəstrɪ] (n.U) 工業；產業；生產製造；工業企業的資方人員；勤奮；勤勞
(n.C) 行業；(暴利的)行當
■agriculture [ˋægrɪ͵kʌltʃɚ] (n.U) 農業、農耕；農藝；農學
■agricultural [͵ægrɪˋkʌltʃərəl] (adj.) 農業的；務農的；農用的；農藝的；農學的
■knock [nɑk] (vi.) 敲、擊、打[(+on/at)]；相撞、碰擊[(+against)] ；發出爆震聲、砰砰作響、發出碰撞聲
(vt.) 敲、(撞)擊、打；{口語}批評、貶損
(n.C) 敲；擊、打；敲擊聲、爆震聲；(重重的)一擊；{口語}不幸、挫折、艱苦；{美式口語}指摘、挑剔
■knock off (ph. v.) 撞倒；打掉；敲掉；打掉；{口語}(從價格、帳單等中)減去、除去；{口語}停止、歇工；{口語} (倉促、草率地)做、完成、匆寫出、即席作成；{口語}擊敗、壓倒、去除、消除、破壞、毀滅；{口語}殺死、幹掉、謀殺；搶劫、偷
■knock-off [ˋnɑkˋɔf] =knockoff (n.C) (售價低廉的)冒牌服裝；名牌仿製品
■knock sth out(ph. v)摧毀；倉促完成；草草擬出
■knock sb. out(ph. v)擊昏；使打敗；使淘汰；使驚訝、欽佩；使引起共鳴；使筋疲力盡；使昏睡
■knockout [ˋnɑk͵aʊt] (adj.) 擊倒對手的；淘汰的；{口語}極有吸引力的
(n.C)(拳擊)擊倒；判敗擊倒；淘汰賽；{口語}極有吸引力的人(或物)
■effective [ɪˋfɛktɪv] (adj.) 有效的[(+against/in][+to-v]；能産生預期結果的；(法律等)生效的、起作用的；給人深刻印象的、有力的；實際的、事實上的；有戰鬥力的
(n.P)實際可作戰的部隊(或士兵)
■effectively [ɪˋfɛktɪvlɪ] (adv.) 有效地、有成效地；生效地；實際上；有力地、給人深刻印象地；有戰鬥力地
■cost-effective [kɔst ɪˋfɛktɪv] (adj.) 划算的；有成本效益的

Day 25 2021.07.12
See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.
你看，在大的工業都市像是倫敦、伯明罕和曼徹斯特，Knocker Uppers 用竿子敲打窗戶。

有一本繪本就是講這種工作。“敲門人瑪莉史密斯”
她有不同的方法耶…
“來自倫敦東區的真人實事──瑪麗．史密斯，她每天都要走上好幾哩的路，去叫醒她的顧客，然而她叫人的方法可和一般「敲門人」不同，只要幾粒乾豌豆和一截小塑膠管，不論你是多會賴床的人，她可是都有辦法叫醒你喔！”
………

看完完整影片 的確也有介紹這種吹豆子叫人起床的方法

See, in big industrial cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, Knocker Uppers used poles to reach the windows.
你看，在大的工業都市像是倫敦、伯明罕和曼徹斯特，Knocker Uppers 用竿子敲打窗戶。