Name: 長時間工作 "每年導致74.5萬人死亡"。BBC新聞評論 (Long working hours 'kills 745,000people a year': BBC News Review)
Uploaded: 2021-05-18T16:45:41.000Z
Duration: 11 min 8 s

Hello and welcome to News Review from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

你好，歡迎來到BBC學習英語的新聞評論。我是尼爾。

今天和我一起的是湯姆。嗨，湯姆。

Hi, Neil. Good morning and hello to our audience.

嗨，尼爾。早上好，向我們的觀眾問好。

Did you know that 745,000 people are killed each year

你知道嗎，每年有745,000人被殺害

by working for too long. That's according to a new study

由於工作時間過長。這是根據一項新的研究

released by the World Health Organization.

If you want to test yourself on any of the vocabulary that you hear in

如果你想測試一下你在學校聽到的任何詞彙

this programme, there's a quiz on our website at bbclearningenglish.com.

這個節目，在我們的網站bbclearningenglish.com上有一個小測驗。

Now, let's find out some more about the story from this BBC News report:

現在，讓我們從這篇BBC新聞報道中瞭解更多關於這個故事的情況。

So, the World Health Organization has released a report about

是以，世界衛生組織發佈了一份關於

working hours. The study says that working for too long can kill you.

工作時間。研究報告說，工作時間過長會使人死亡。

Around 745,000 deaths each year can come from working too long.

每年約有74.5萬人的死亡可能來自於工作時間過長。

Working 55 hours or more can increase your chance of having a

工作55個小時或更長時間可以增加你患癌症的機會。

heart attack or having a stroke. This is particularly true for

心臟病發作或中風。這一點對以下情況尤其適用

men and the study says that the worst affected region for this

該研究稱，受此影響最嚴重的地區是

problem is the Asia-Pacific region, which includes Japan and Australia.

問題是亞太地區，其中包括日本和澳洲。

OK. Well, you've been looking at this story, at the various news websites,

好的。好吧，你一直在看這個故事，在各種新聞網站上看。

and picking out really useful vocabulary for our viewers to learn.

並挑選出真正有用的詞彙供我們的觀眾學習。

Today's vocabulary, Neil. We have: 'killer', 'burden' and 'detrimental'.

今天的詞彙，尼爾。我們有。'殺手'、'負擔'和'有害'。

So, let's hear your first headline, please.

那麼，讓我們聽聽你的第一個標題，請。

Of course. My first headline is from Reuters – it says:

當然了。我的第一個標題來自路透社--它說。

'A killer' – something or someone who kills.

Now, that's pretty straightforward, isn't it? Why are we learning this?

現在，這很直接了當，不是嗎？我們為什麼要學這個？

Probably a lot of our audience do know what a 'killer' is, Neil,

可能我們的很多觀眾確實知道什麼是 "殺手"，尼爾。

but we're going to look at some sort of wider uses of this expression.

但我們要看的是這個表達方式的某種更廣泛的用途。

It has more than one meaning. To begin with,

let's look at the headline. 'A killer' – this is a noun.

讓我們看看這個標題。'一個殺手'--這是一個名詞。

It's a singular noun and it's something or someone that kills.

它是一個單數名詞，是指殺死的東西或人。

Note that long working hours is plural, but 'a killer' with

請注意，長期工作時間是複數，但 "殺手 "與

the article remains a sort of fixed piece of language.

This is the same with cigarettes, for example. 'Cigarettes – plural –

例如，這與香菸的情況相同。'香菸--複數--。

are a killer' means cigarettes are a cause of death. They can kill you.

是一個殺手'意味著香菸是死亡的原因之一。它們可以殺死你。

Now, all of these examples you've given – this is

現在，你所舉的所有這些例子--這就是

all really negative stuff. But our audience may be

所有真正負面的東西。但我們的觀眾可能是

surprised to learn that we can use 'killer' in a positive way.

驚訝地發現我們可以以積極的方式使用 "殺手"。

Yeah, and that's why we've chosen it – because that's why we're here:

是的，這就是我們選擇它的原因--因為這就是我們在這裡的原因。

to look at different ways we can use this language.

來看看我們可以使用這種語言的不同方式。

So, for example, how would you feel if I said

是以，舉例來說，如果我說："你有什麼感覺？

and I ate 'a killer sandwich' while I did that?

而我在做這些的時候吃了 "殺手鐗 "三明治？

Well, I would hope that the sandwich was not bad – it

好吧，我希望這個三明治不壞--它

didn't affect your health. To me, it would mean that it was

沒有影響你的健康。對我來說，這將意味著它是

a really great sandwich or the film was really, really good.

一個非常棒的三明治，或者說這部電影真的非常非常好。

Yeah, or I had a very strong emotional reaction, you could say.

是的，或者說我有一個非常強烈的情緒反應，你可以說。

所以，如果我看了'一部殺人電影'。

that could mean that I watched a really great movie.

這可能意味著我看了一部非常棒的電影。

And I ate 'a killer sandwich' – that means I had a

我還吃了'殺手三明治'--這意味著我吃了一個

strong emotional reaction, because it was so delicious.

強烈的情感反應，因為它是如此美味。

Yes. Now, I think what we can tell from this

是的。現在，我認為我們可以從這一點看出

Context is everything. So, let's take that movie example.

語境就是一切。是以，讓我們以那部電影為例。

If I watched a really funny film and I said,

如果我看了一部非常有趣的電影，我說。

that might mean it's hilarious. It's really funny.

這可能意味著它是搞笑的。這真的很有趣。

But if I watch a sad film, like Titanic, and I say,

但如果我看一部悲傷的電影，比如《泰坦尼克號》，我說。

這可能意味著它是非常悲傷的。

As you say, context is everything with this expression.

正如你所說的，這種表達方式的背景就是一切。

Yeah. And we could also say that someone 'kills someone' and it

是的。我們也可以說，某人'殺了人'，而它

doesn't mean that they kill them; it means that it makes that...

並不意味著他們殺了他們；這意味著它使那...

Yeah, I could say, 'So, Neil kills me with his jokes on News Review!'

是的，我可以說，'所以，尼爾在《新聞評論》上用他的笑話殺死了我！'

  這意味著他們讓我笑得很開心。

I have a strong emotional reaction and that is hilarity.

我有一種強烈的情緒反應，那就是歡呼雀躍。

I try my best, Tom. OK. Let's get a summary:

我盡力了，湯姆。好的。讓我們來做個總結。

If you would like to watch another story about work,

如果你想看另一個關於工作的故事。

we have the perfect one for you, don't we Tom?

我們為你準備了一個完美的，不是嗎，湯姆？

Yeah, we do. Are you work... do you want to work for free?

是的，我們有。你的工作...你想免費工作嗎？

This is our story: it's about young people being expected to work for free.

這就是我們的故事：這是關於年輕人被期望免費工作的故事。

It's 6 Minute English and you can find it

by clicking the link in the video description.

OK. Let's take a look at your second headline.

好的。讓我們看一下你的第二個標題。

Cool. Yeah, my second headline is from stuff.co.nz,

酷。是的，我的第二個標題是來自stuff.co.nz。

It's not actually a headline; it's from the body of the article.

這實際上不是一個標題；它來自於文章的正文。

  'Detrimental' – likely to cause harm.

Yeah, so 'detrimental' is an adjective and it's got an

是的，所以 "有害的 "是一個形容詞，它有一個

interesting pronunciation as well. Four syllables: 'de-tri-men-tal'.

發音也很有趣。四個音節：'de-tri-men-tal'。

And it's that third... that third syllable:

而且是那第三個......那第三個音節。

'de-tri-MEN-tal' is the pronunciation of the adjective.

And it means it is likely to cause harm or be damaging.

而這意味著它可能會造成傷害或損害。

Yeah. So, when we talk about harmful things,

是的。所以，當我們談論有害的東西時，。

we can say that they are 'detrimental to' something.

我們可以說它們 "有害於 "某些東西。

Definitely, yeah. You could say: 'Cigarettes are detrimental.'

絕對的，是的。你可以說："香菸是有害的。

Or you could say: 'Cigarettes are detrimental to your health.'

或者你可以說："香菸有害於你的健康。

'Detrimental to' is a kind of common construct

Cigarettes are 'detrimental to your health'.

Working long hours – also 'detrimental to your health',

長時間工作--也 "有害於你的健康"。

正如頭條新聞所告訴我們的那樣。

是的。所以，"有害的 "是一個形容詞。

but there's also a noun version: 'detriment'.

但也有一個名詞版本："損害"。

We have to use that in a special kind of way, though.

不過，我們必須以一種特殊的方式來使用它。

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