Name: 英語短語｜降低期望值 (English Phrases | LOWERING EXPECTATIONS)
Uploaded: 2021-04-13T18:10:58.000Z
Duration: 14 min 27 s

Do not get in the way of a pregnant lady and  her donuts. That is the moral of this video.  

不要妨礙一個孕婦和她的甜甜圈。這就是這個視頻的寓意。  

Along the we'll will talk about expectations in  English and how to describe how good something  

沿著我們將談論英語中的期望和如何描述如何好的東西。

is. Is it mediocre? out of this world?  Stick with us, learn useful English phrases,  

是。是平庸的嗎？  跟我們一起，學習有用的英語短語。

and English vocabulary and a cute  toddler makes an appearance too.

和英語詞彙，還有一個可愛的幼兒也出現了。

Important: I am not pregnant again. This  is footage from a couple of years ago.  

重要：我沒有再懷孕。這是幾年前的錄像。  

We visit these friends every year. And for 3  years, we've been trying to get these donuts. We'd

我們每年都會去拜訪這些朋友三年來，我們一直在努力得到這些甜甜圈。我們...

heard such good things about them each year. For  whatever reason, it didn't work out to go until  

每年都聽說他們的好話。不知道什麼原因，沒能去到。

this trip. So at this point, our expectations  were pretty high. An expectation is a belief that  

這次旅行。所以在這一點上，我們的期望值是相當高的。期待是一種信念

something will happen. Our high expectations meant  we were expecting these donuts to be amazing.

有些事情會發生。我們的高期望值意味著我們期待這些甜甜圈能讓人驚豔。

We're on our way to try what we've heard  are some of the best donuts in the world.

我們要去嚐嚐我們聽說的世界上最好的甜甜圈。

So Tara just said she hope she wasn't talking  about it too much because we have been wanting  

所以Tara剛才說希望她不要說的太多 因為我們一直想要的是

to come here for 3 years and sometimes  when you talk something up too much, then  

來這裡3年，有時當你說的東西太多，然後。

you get let down because you blew it up in your  head into something more than it could ever be.

你被辜負了，因為你把它吹在你的腦袋裡，變成了比它可能更多的東西。

Talking something up: a phrasal verb. When you  talk something up, you talk about how great it  

誇誇其談：一個短語動詞。當你談論某事的時候，你會談論它有多好。

is. “These donuts are the best donuts you'll  ever have. People come from all over the state  

是。 - "這些甜甜圈是你吃過的最好的甜甜圈。"這些甜甜圈是你吃過的最好的甜甜圈。人們從全州來

for these donuts.” Think about something  you've heard great things about. A movie,  

對於這些甜甜圈。"想想一些你聽說過的好東西。一部電影。

a restaurant, a place to work. Got  it? Now make a sentence with it.

一個餐廳，一個工作的地方。明白了嗎？現在用它造個句子。

The critics really talked up  Parasite, but I  never saw it. Now you make a sentence, out loud,  

影評家們真的把《寄生蟲》說得天花亂墜，但我沒看過。現在你來造句，大聲說出來。

for your example, using 'talk up'. Go ahead and  pause this video if you want to take your time.

為您的例子，使用'talk up'。如果你想慢慢來，請繼續暫停這個視頻。

And before I forget, if you like this  video or you learn something new,  

在我忘記之前，如果你喜歡這個視頻，或者你學到了新的東西，

please give it a thumbs up and  subscribe with notifications.  

請豎起大拇指，用通知訂閱。  

I'd love to have you as my student here on  YouTube. Now, let's hear just that phrase again.

我很樂意讓你成為我在YouTube上的學生。現在，讓我們再聽聽這句話。

So Tara just said she hope she  wasn't talking 'em up too much.

所以Tara說她希望自己沒有把他們說得太多。

Talking'em up. What's 'em? This is one of  common ways we pronounce the word 'them'.  

談論他們。什麼是 "他們"？這是我們對 "他們 "這個詞的一種常見發音方式。  

In this case, 'them' refers to 'the donuts.' And  what we do is drop the TH sound, we also change  

在這種情況下，'他們'指的是'甜甜圈'。而我們要做的是去掉TH音，我們也改變了。

the vowel EH, THEM, to the em, em, em the schwa.  And we say it really quickly. Em,em, em. We link  

元音EH，THEM，到em，em，em的分音。  而且我們說得非常快。em, em, em.我們把

it on to the end of the word that comes before  it. Talking'em, talking'em, talking them up.

它在前面的詞的結尾。說著說著，說著說著，就說起來了。

所以Tara只是說希望她沒有把他們說得太多。

Sometimes when you talk something  up too much, then you get let down  

有時候，當你把某件事情說得太高大上的時候，你就會被辜負。

because you blew it up in your head into  something more than it could ever be.

因為你把它在你的腦海中炸開了，變成了比它更多的東西。

You get let down. Disappointed. Like  the Beatles song “Don't let me down”.

你被辜負了。失望。就像披頭士的那首 "別讓我失望"。

You get let down because you blew it up in your  heard into something more than it could ever be.

你被辜負了，因為你把它在你的聽覺中吹成了比它更多的東西。

Because you blew it up in your head. Blow  up, a phrasal verb, it has a lot of different  

因為你在腦子裡把它炸了。Blow up，一個短語動詞，它有很多不同的。

meanings. The way I used it here, it means  to make something bigger, better in my mind.  

的意思。我在這裡用的方式，是指在我的心目中做得更大、更好。  

You think about something so much, so  positively, that you kind of blow it  

你想的太多了，太積極了，以至於你會把它吹得天花亂墜

up into something bigger or better than it can  actually be in reality. It also means to explode.  

變成比現實中更大或更好的東西。它也有爆炸的意思。  

They're going to blow up the old building to make  space for new houses. It also means to get really  

他們要把老樓炸掉，為新房騰出空間。這也意味著要得到真正的

angry. My boss blew up at me for being late  again. It also means to enlarge, like a photo.  

生氣。我的老闆因為我又遲到而大發雷霆。也有放大的意思，比如照片。  

We're going to blow up a family  photo to hang in our dining room.

我們要炸掉一張全家福，掛在我們的餐廳裡。

You get let down because you blew it up in your  head into something more than it could ever be.

你被辜負了，因為你在腦海裡把它吹成了比它更多的東西。

As we said, talking something up is to speak  very favorably of it. What's the opposite? To  

我們說過，把某件事情說得很好，就是對它很有好感。什麼是反話呢？就是...

belittle something, to disparage it. In other  words, to say it's not very good. Talk down.

貶低某物，貶低它。換句話說，就是說它不是很好。貶低說話。

So David said we're going to talk'em down. How to  we talk'em down? These donuts are kind of stale.

戴維說我們要把他們談下來。怎麼談？這些甜甜圈都變質了

嗯，他們只是，他們是平均的。

Notice that 'them' reduction. Talk'em  down, talk'em, talk'em. Talk down does  

注意，"他們 "的減少。小聲說話，小聲說話，小聲說話。Talk down does

have another definition. It's when you think  someone can't understand what you're saying,  

有另一個定義。就是當你覺得別人聽不懂你在說什麼的時候。

so you really simplify it. It's a little  insulting. If you're arguing with somebody and you  

所以你真的把它簡化了。這是一個有點侮辱。如果你在和別人爭論，你...

feel they're doing this to you, you can say, don't  talk down to me. But here we're talking about  

覺得他們這樣對你，你可以說，不要對我說話。但我們現在說的是

trying to lower our expectations. They're really  high, and we don't want to be disappointed.

試圖降低我們的期望。他們真的很高，我們不想失望。

High expectations, low expectations, no  expectations. If you have no expectations,  

高期望、低期望、無期望。如果你沒有期望。

that means you have no idea what to expect,  you've heard nothing about it. If something's  

這意味著你不知道會發生什麼，你什麼都沒聽說過。如果有什麼東西

been really talked up, of course, you'll  have high expectations. If it's been talked  

被真正的談論起來，當然，你會有很高的期望。如果它已經被談論

down a little, you might have low expectations.  Your expectations might also be based on previous  

下來一點，你可能期望值很低。  你的期望值也可能是基於之前的

experience. For example, if you went to Disney  world last year and had the time of your life,  

經驗。例如，如果你去年去了迪斯尼樂園，度過了人生中最美好的時光。

and now you're going back, you  probably have pretty high expectations.

現在你要回去，你可能有相當高的期望。

So we decided, to lower our expectations,  

所以我們決定，降低我們的期望值。

we're going to come up with a bunch of ways  to say the donuts just aren't that good.

我們要想出一堆辦法說甜甜圈沒那麼好。

Stale. You do not want that in a pastry.  

陳舊的。你不希望在糕點中出現這種情況。  

It's a few days old. Eww. You want  the opposite. Fresh. What else?

這是幾天前的事了。Eww.你想要的是相反的。新鮮的。還有什麼？

我們會他們只是，他們是平均的。

Average. Not terrible, but not very good. If  you're selling something, this is not what  

平均。不是很糟糕，但不是很好。如果你是在賣東西，這不是什麼

you want people to say about it. You want  them to give it a glowing review – that is,  

你希望人們對它的評價。你想讓他們給它一個好評--那就是。

to say how much they loved it. You want them to  say it's out of this world. Out-of-this-world,  

說他們有多喜歡它。你想讓他們說這是世界上獨一無二的。出了這個世界。

out-of-this pronounced “outta”, means excellent,  the best of the best. Way better than average.

out-of-this的發音是 "outta"，意思是優秀的，最好的。比一般人好得多。

斯通尼他們只是（喃喃自語）：他們只是（喃喃自語）

Stoney, can you talk them down a little bit?

Say I bet these donuts aren't that great.

說我打賭這些甜甜圈沒那麼好吃。

Not that great. Again, that's sort of like  average. What else? How else can you describe  

沒那麼厲害。又有點像一般。還有什麼？你還能怎麼形容

something as being not very good? Let's hear  what Stoney has to say about the donuts.

什麼東西不是很好？讓我們來聽聽石頭對甜甜圈有什麼看法。

Oh, you think they're going to  be yummy? Stoney's talkin'em up.

你覺得他們會很好吃嗎? Oh, you think they're going to be yummy?斯通尼在跟他們說話

Talkin'em'up! He didn't want to talk them  down. He was too excited to have donuts.  

說話！他不想把他們說倒。他太興奮了，想吃甜甜圈。  

But David and I had lots of other phrases  to say something is just not very good.  

但我和大衛還有很多其他的短語，說有些東西就是不怎麼好。  

Stoney, as you'll notice, was really  into repeating what we were saying.

斯通尼，你會發現，他真的很喜歡重複我們說的話。

David, you said they we're kind of average  and then you had another phrase for that.  

戴維，你說我們是那種平均水平，然後你有另一個短語。  

What did you say? Yeah, I've heard these  donuts we're just run of the mill. Yeah.

你說什麼？是啊，我聽說這些甜甜圈 我們只是運行的磨。是啊，是啊

Yeah. They're just. They're just run  of the mill. They're nothing special.

是啊，他們只是。他們只是。他們只是運行的磨。他們沒有什麼特別的。

Run of the mill, nothing special. The idiom run  of the mill means exactly what we're talking about  

潤物細無聲，沒什麼特別的。這個成語run of the mill的意思正是我們所說的。

here. Average. Not especially good, not especially  bad. Just ordinary. Notice the stress there,  

在這裡。一般。不是特別好，也不是特別差。只是普通。注意這裡的壓力。

just like when we reduced 'them' in  “talking 'em up”. RUN uhthe MILL. 'Of'  

就像我們把 "他們 "減少到 "說他們 "的時候一樣。RUN uhthe MILL。'的'。

and 'the' are unstressed, said very quickly.  They SHOULD NOT have the same stress as  

和'的'都是不受力的，說的非常快。  他們不應該有相同的壓力，如

'run' and 'mill'. I even reduced 'of' by dropping  the V. uhthe, uhthe. Run of the. Run of the mill.

'跑'和'磨'。我甚至減少了'的'，去掉了V. uhthe, uhthe.運轉的。運行的工廠。

We also said they were nothin' special.  

我們還說他們沒什麼特別的。  

Changing the ING ending, nothing, to the  IN ending, nothin'. This is something we  

把ING的結尾，沒什麼，改成IN的結尾，沒什麼。這是我們

do sometimes in familiar phrases like this. It  makes it a little more casual. Nothin' special.

做有時在這樣的熟悉的短語。這讓它更隨意一些。沒有什麼特別的。

Yeah, I've heard these donuts  we're just run of the mill.

是啊，我聽說這些甜甜圈我們只是普通人。

Yeah. They're just run of  the mill. They're nothing special.

是啊，他們只是普通人。他們只是運行的磨。他們沒有什麼特別的。

I bet he won't think so when he eats them.

我敢打賭，他吃了之後一定不會這麼想。

Eats'em. Again, reducing 'them' to 'em'.  

Eats'em.同樣，把 "他們 "還原成 "他們"。  