Let's do it.

我們開始吧

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

Mm.

嗯。

Mhm.

嗯

Hi, everybody.

嗨，大家好。

It's me, Elliot from E.

是我，艾略特從E。

T.

T.

J.

J.

English.

英文。

And today I'm going to be sharing five really useful expressions.

而今天我要分享的是五個非常有用的表達方式。

In fact, all of these expressions I used in my podcast Episode 11 when I was listening back and editing it, I realized, Wow, I used a lot of idioms and expressions here.

其實，我在播客第11集裡用的這些表達方式，當我回聽和編輯的時候，我發現，哇，我在這裡用了很多成語和表達方式。

So I thought today I'd delve into these expressions, give you some useful information about them and tell you how you can use them.

所以我想今天我就深入研究一下這些表達式，給你一些有用的資訊，並告訴你如何使用它們。

And hopefully you'll be using them naturally in no time with some good pronunciation.

並希望你能在短時間內自然而然地使用它們，有一些好的發音。

Speaking of accents, remember, I do have an accent course which includes WhatsApp and we chat voice message support.

說到口音，記得，我是有口音課程的，包括WhatsApp和我們哈拉語音資訊支持。

You can find all the information below at e.

下面的所有資訊你都可以在e。

T.

T.

J english dot com.

J english dot com。

So expressions.

所以表情。

The first one I noticed that I used in my podcast the other day.

我注意到前幾天我在播客中使用的第一個。

It was when I was talking about my headphones.

那是我在說我的耳機的時候。

I was talking about them in my podcast about how I wanted to get some new ones and The reason why is because my current headphones, well, they're on their last legs.

我在我的播客中說到他們，我想買一些新的，原因是我現在的耳機，嗯，他們是在他們的最後的腿。

If something an item is on its last legs, it means that it's not working the same as it used to it.

如果一個東西一個物品已經奄奄一息了，就意味著它的工作方式和以前不一樣了。

It's near the end of its life or of its kind of time of being useful.

它的生命已經接近尾聲了，或者說已經到了它的那種有用的時間。

I've been wearing these headphones for such a long time.

我已經戴了這麼久的耳機了。

Okay, I've worn them in the rain.

好吧，我已經在雨中穿上了它們。

I've worn them at the gym, you know, six days a week for months and months since the beginning of this year.

我已經穿他們在健身房，你知道，每週六天 幾個月，從今年年初開始。

And they're just getting tired.

而他們只是累了。

So tired, in fact, that they're on their last legs.

事實上，他們已經累得奄奄一息了。

They're going to break any moment.

他們隨時都會崩潰。

I know it.

我知道的

I can just feel it there, there, at the weakest they can be.

我只是能感覺到那裡，那裡，在他們最脆弱的時候。

So they're on their last legs.

所以，他們是在他們最後的腿。

You can say this about an animal.

你可以這樣說一個動物。

It's on its last legs.

它的最後一條腿。

You can say this about an item you own.

你可以這樣說你擁有的物品。

So some electronic item you own or something like that.

所以一些你自己的電子物品之類的東西。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

It can be on its last legs.

它可以在它的最後的腿。

You could even say it's hanging by a thread.

你甚至可以說它是懸在一線的。

Imagine a threat, right, A string.

想象一個威脅，對吧，一串。

And you have something heavy on that string.

而且你的繩子上有很重的東西。

It's going to start breaking, and eventually the string will break and the item will fall.

要開始斷了，最後繩子會斷，物品會掉下來。

It's the same thing.

這是同樣的事情。

In a way.

在某種程度上

It's very similar.

這很相似。

If something is hanging by a thread, for example, our relationship is hanging by a thread.

比如說某件事情是懸而未決的，我們的關係也是懸而未決的。

That simply means that just one more pool on that string and it will break.

簡單來說，就是那根弦上只要多一個池子，就會斷掉。

So that's another useful expression.

所以這又是一種有用的表達方式。

I just thought of that while I was talking.

我剛才說話的時候就想到了這一點。

Now this one is a little bit naughty.

現在這個就有點調皮了。

It involves a word which could be considered to be a little bit rude.

這涉及到一個詞，可以說是有點不禮貌。

But as I said, I used this in my podcast.

但正如我所說，我在播客中用了這個。

I used this quite a lot.

我用這個挺多的。

I work my ass off.

我的工作我的屁股。

I work my ass off.

我的工作我的屁股。

Now, if you work your ass off, it means you work really, really, really, really, really hard.

現在，如果你的工作你的屁股， 這意味著你的工作 真的，真的，真的，真的，真的很辛苦。

Really hard, right?

真的很難吧？

I worked my ass off.

我工作了我的屁股。

I could say I've been working my ass off all week.

我可以說我這一週都在努力工作。

I worked my ass off to make my course.

我拼命工作，才有了我的課程。

Now it doesn't really make sense because your ass your bottom, it can't really fall off.

現在說不通了，因為你的屁股你的底，真的掉不下來。

Technically, don't quote me on that.

技術上，不要引用我的話。

I don't know if there are any doctors in the house.

我不知道家裡有沒有醫生。

It doesn't really make sense, but that's the whole point of this.

這並沒有真正的意義，但這是這一切的重點。

It's an expression.

這是一種表達方式。

We use this expression a lot, but please remember the word arses slightly rude and slangy, so I wouldn't recommend using it in the workplace.

我們經常使用這種表達方式，但請記住這個詞arses略顯粗魯和俚俗，所以我不建議在工作場所使用它。

Maybe just use it with friends and in informal situations.

也許只是和朋友一起使用，在非正式場合使用。

Okay, so I work my ass off.

好吧，所以我工作我的屁股。

Let's just talk about the pronunciation of the word work.

我們就說說work這個詞的發音。

Because so many of my students who join my cause have a problem with the ER sound.

因為很多加入我的事業的學生都對er音有意見。

The first thing I want you to know is that with this word work, we don't pronounce the letter R.

首先我想讓你知道的是，這個單詞的工作，我們不念字母R。

Okay, so it's just a work.

好吧，所以這只是一個工作。

Uh, but the difficulty is the sound.

呃，但困難的是聲音。

Everybody has a problem with this sound.

大家都對這個聲音有意見。

Uh, look at my mouth.

呃，看我的嘴。

Okay.

好吧，我知道了

It's quite relaxed.

挺輕鬆的。

It's a bit like how you would breathe when you're sleeping, right?

這有點像你睡覺時的呼吸方式，對吧？

If you sleep with your mouth open, we kind of just have your mouth relaxed.

如果你張著嘴睡覺，我們算是把嘴放鬆了。

But we just need to curl the tongue slightly in the middle of the mouth and release the sound.

但我們只需要將舌頭在口腔中間微微卷曲，然後釋放聲音即可。

Take a deep breath.

深吸一口氣。

Uh, work.

呃，工作。

There's no are.

沒有是。

Don't pronounce the r next one.

不要讀出r下一個。

Have you ever poured your heart out to someone now?

你現在有沒有對一個人掏心掏肺？

Really?

真的嗎？

This again doesn't make sense.

這又說不通了。

But we associate our heart with our emotions, with our feelings with love, right?

但我們把心和情緒聯繫在一起，把感情和愛情聯繫在一起，對嗎？

So if you pour your heart out to someone, you're you're telling them how you feel, whether whether you're telling them how much you love them, how strongly you feel about something you're saying all of that until your heart is empty to pour your heart out.

所以，如果你向一個人傾訴你的心聲，你就是你在告訴他你的感受，不管你是不是在告訴他你有多愛他，你對某件事情的感受有多強烈，你都要把這些說出來，直到你的心空了才能傾訴。

It's a very good one to use if you're talking about a relationship, you know.

如果你在談論一段關係，你知道，這是一個非常好用的。

Or last night my my girlfriend and I, we had an argument.

還是昨晚我和我女朋友，我們吵架了。

Okay, we didn't really and I poured my heart out to her.

好吧，我們並沒有真的，我向她吐露了我的心聲。

Ah, you a sucker for something?

啊，你是一個吸盤的東西？

I'm a sucker for you.

我是你的吸盤。

For example.

例如：

I'm a sucker for chocolate.

我是巧克力的吸盤。

Anything, right?

任何事情，對吧？

If you're a sucker for something, it means that you love it.

如果你對某件事情情有獨鍾，說明你喜歡它。

You give into it, you need it.

你給它，你需要它。

It's just something that's really, really nice and you love it.

只是有些東西，真的很好，你很喜歡。

Can't help but love it.

不禁讓人愛不釋手。

You're a sucker for it.

你是個笨蛋

It's a bit more again of an informal expression, Okay, but you can be a sucker for someone as well.

這又是一種非正式的表達方式，好吧，但你也可以是一個吸盤的人。

It's in a lot of songs in music where we would say, I'm a sucker for you It means that you are something which I adore.

在很多音樂歌曲中，我們都會說："我是你的吸盤"，這意味著你是我所崇拜的東西。

I love and I enjoy using or talking to or being around or whatever it is.

我喜歡和我喜歡使用或交談或在身邊或任何東西。

For example, my friend said to me the other day that he's a sucker for romantic movies.

比如前幾天我朋友跟我說，他是個喜歡看愛情片的人。

I want to finish with a phrase all verb, which is in touch because again, I use this In my podcast episode, I said that I'm in touch with my sensitive side in touch with my sensitive side.

最後我想用一個短語都是動詞，就是in touch，因為我又用了這個 在我的播客集裡，我說我在接觸我敏感的一面在接觸我敏感的一面。

Firstly, to be in touch.

首先，要聯繫。

There are a number of ways that you could use this.

有很多方法可以使用。

I'm staying in touch with my friend while he's traveling in Australia.

我和我的朋友保持聯繫，而他在澳洲旅行。

Okay, that means he's in Australia, but we're still contacting each other.

好吧，這意味著他是在澳洲， 但我們仍然聯繫對方。

We're staying in touch now on a similar note.

我們現在保持著類似的聯繫。

If you're in touch with your emotions, then that means you're not afraid to show your sensitive side.

如果你與自己的情感相通，那麼就意味著你不怕展現自己敏感的一面。

You understand your emotions, and you might be quite a sensitive emotional person.

你瞭解自己的情緒，你可能是一個相當敏感的情感者。

Okay, so some people aren't in touch with their sensitive side, meaning that then they don't like to show their sensitive side.

好吧，所以有些人沒有接觸到自己敏感的一面，也就是說，那麼他們不喜歡錶現出自己敏感的一面。

Or maybe they don't have a sensitive side to themselves.

或者說他們本身就沒有敏感的一面。

An emotional side right, so basically it's just another way of saying that you are sensitive.

感性的一面吧，所以基本上就是另一種說法，你很敏感。

Okay?

好嗎？

And that's it.

就是這樣。

I'd love you to write in the comments below which one of these was your favorite?

我希望你能在下面的評論中寫下你最喜歡哪一款？

Did you know all of them, or was there a one particular that you learned today?

你是全部都知道，還是有一個特別的，你今天學到了？

Which was really, really useful.

這是真的，真的很有用。

Why don't you try and use one of them in a sentence?

你為什麼不試著在句子中使用其中一個呢？

Maybe Tell me about a time when you worked your ass off.

也許告訴我，當你工作的時間 你的屁股。

Maybe tell me about a time when you poured your heart out to someone.

也許告訴我，當你向某人傾吐心聲的時候。

Is there something that you own right now which is on its last legs?

你現在擁有的東西是否已經到了最後的階段？

Maybe let me know and practice in the comments below.

也許在下面的評論中讓我知道並實踐。

Now, I know you love it when I share these expressions videos and when I include a little bit of pronunciation and I love sharing these things, which I know that you wouldn't learn in school.

現在，我知道你喜歡我分享這些表情視頻，當我加入一點發音時，我喜歡分享這些東西，我知道你不會在學校學習。

You know these expressions you'd never learn in school.

你知道這些在學校裡學不到的表達方式。

But remember that my real profession is being a pronunciation teacher.

但請記住，我真正的職業是發音老師。

An accent coach.

一個口音教練。

So if you're looking to reduce your accent and to replace it with a full British accent with a professional teacher through voice conversations and videos, downloadable content, everything you could possibly need to change your accent.

所以，如果你想降低口音，想在專業老師的指導下，通過語音對話和視頻、下載內容，換成完整的英式口音，一切你可能需要的口音都可以改變。

You can join my course by clicking the link.

你可以點擊鏈接加入我的課程。

In the description below.

在下面的描述中。

Go to e t j english dot com.

去e t j english dot com。

And if you're watching this around the end of November, beginning of December 2000 and 19, it's black Friday.

如果你在看這個大約11月底，2000年12月初和19日，是黑色星期五。

Okay, We're around that period of time, so there is currently a 15% off sale, so be quick.

好了，我們就在這個時間段左右，目前有八五折的促銷活動，所以要快。

I can't wait to talk to some of you and give you your first accent evaluation when you join the course.

我迫不及待地想和你們中的一些人交流，在你們加入課程時給你們第一個口音評價。

But for now, those of you who don't join thank you very much for watching.

但現在，沒有加入的朋友們非常感謝你們的觀看。

Please give me a thumbs up.

請給我豎起大拇指。

If you found it useful, press that subscribe button and I will see you next time.

如果你覺得有用，請按下那個訂閱按鈕，我們下次再見。

Cheers, guys.

乾杯，夥計們。

Bye.

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