this is a funny story — as they all are — is when I first started doing things,

這是一個有趣的故事--因為它們都是--是我第一次開始做事的時候。

I saw this word as a "hyperbole". And I thought: "Wow, 'hyperbole' — that's a

我看到這個詞是一個 "誇張 "的說法。然後我想"哇，'誇張'--那是一個

weird word." But it's actually "hyperbole". Huh? And it's the first

奇怪的詞"。但它實際上是 "誇張"。嗯？而且它是第一個

time ever that I've looked at this English word and gone: "Wow, we've

這是我有史以來第一次看到這個英語單詞，然後就說"哇，我們已經

actually pronounced the... the 'l' and the 'e' together." So, this is a

實際上是把......'l'和'e'一起讀出來。"是以，這是一個

"hyperbole". It's not. This is a "hyperbole". What is a "hyperbole"? A

"誇大其詞"。這不是。這是一個 "誇張"。什麼是 "誇張"？A

"hyperbole" is basically acting like a drama queen, as I was doing in the

"誇張 "基本上是表現得像一個戲劇女王，就像我在做的那樣。

video. If you want to exaggerate something; exaggerated statements —

視頻。

these are not literal statements; they're exaggerating. They're for all

這些不是字面上的陳述，他們是在誇大其詞。他們是為所有

the drama queens out there. If you want to improve your vocabulary — mm-hmm —

在那裡的戲劇女王。如果你想提高你的詞彙量 - mm-hmm -

then hyperboles are a great way to do this. And the only problem is they're

那麼誇張的說法就是一個很好的方法。而唯一的問題是他們

not formal language; it's very slang, very street, very today. So, you have to

不是正式的語言；它是非常俚語，非常街頭，非常今天。是以，你必須

understand that it's not literal. So, I wouldn't write these in scientific

明白這不是字面意思。所以，我不會把這些寫在科學的

essays, or experiments, or PhD dissertations. So, let's go.

作文，或實驗，或博士論文。所以，我們走吧。

They can be describing many things. For example, time. "Oh, man, this is taking

他們可以描述很多東西。例如，時間。"哦，夥計，這要花

forever!" But it's not, though; because "forever" is just like eternity. So,

永遠！"但事實並非如此；因為 "永遠 "就像永恆。所以。

it's... if you want to say something's taking me a long time, we exaggerate it.

這是......如果你想說一件事花了我很長時間，我們就會誇大它。

We say: "This is taking forever". Oh, god. "Ages": "It's taking ages for me to

我們說。"這要花很長時間"。哦，上帝。"漫長"。"我花了很長時間來

get the document from the government." You're just saying: "It's taking me a

從政府那裡得到文件。"你只是在說"我花了很長時間

long time." And, like most things, if it's important, it can take a

漫長的時間。"而且，像大多數事情一樣，如果它是重要的，它可能需要一個

"lifetime". Again, not literal. A "lifetime" means a long time. Quality.

"一生"。同樣，不是字面意思。一生 "意味著很長的時間。品質。

This one's not really slang, but we use it a lot, like: "Oh my god, my mom is

這個不是真正的俚語，但我們經常使用它，比如。"哦，我的上帝，我媽媽是

the best mom ever." And we use words, like: "the best" or "the worst". And to

有史以來最好的媽媽"。而我們使用的詞語，如"最好的 "或 "最差的"。而對

make them even stronger, we say: "ever". "This is the worst food ever. I'm never

使他們更加強大，我們說。"曾經"。"這是最糟糕的食物。我從來沒有

eating again." But you are going to, cause if you didn't eat again, you would

又吃了。"但你要去，因為如果你不再吃，你會

die. So, be careful. "Massive". Size. We talk about the size of things. Classic,

死了。所以，要小心。"巨大的"。大小。我們談論的是事物的大小。經典。

classic. People go fishing and they catch a fish this big, but that's kind

經典。人們去釣魚，釣到一條這麼大的魚，但那是一種

of boring. So, you might hear some people talk about how things that they

的無聊。是以，你可能會聽到一些人談論他們的事情如何

have are "massive". People might say: "I have a massive snake. Would you like to

有 "大規模"。人們可能會說"我有一條巨大的蛇。你是否願意

see it?" Or things can be "huge"; "huge" and "massive" are the same — they mean

看到它了嗎？"或者事物可以是 "巨大的"；"巨大 "和 "大規模 "是一樣的--它們意味著

very big. The opposite of this is "tiny". Somebody might say: "Oh, I have

非常大。與此相反的是 "微小"。有人可能會說"哦，我有

a massive snake!" And then when you look at the snake, it's actually tiny. And

一條巨大的蛇！"然後當你看到蛇的時候，它實際上很小。而且

you say: "Yeah, yeah, your snake is super tiny there, buddy". Tiny snake.

你說。"是的，是的，你的蛇在那裡超級小，夥計"。小蛇。

My Mom always said this: -"Ronnie, I told you 100 times: Don't pick your

我媽媽總是這樣說。- "羅尼，我告訴你100次了。不要挑選你的

nose." -"I counted. It was 42. And that was 43, Mom, so you're still not at

鼻子。"- "我數過了。是42。而那是43，媽媽，所以你仍然沒有在

100." So, we use this to exaggerate how many times we tell someone. We nag at

100."是以，我們用這個來誇張地告訴別人多少次。我們嘮叨著

them: "I told you 100 times not to do that!" No, that was seven now. This is a

他們。"我告訴過你100次不要這樣做！"不，那是七次了。這是個

classic. Classic. So, you go out drinking, and you wake up the next day

經典。經典。所以，你出去喝酒，第二天醒來的時候

with a terrible hangover. And a "hangover" is something that you get the

有一個可怕的宿醉。而 "宿醉 "是一種你會得到的東西。

next day after drinking too much; you're dehydrated. And you promise, you say:

喝多了的第二天，你就脫水了。而你承諾，你說。

"I'm never going to drink again." Or: "I'm never gonna drink again." Hey,

"我再也不會喝酒了。"或者："我再也不喝了"。嘿。

guess what? That's a "hyperbole". Of course you're going to drink again;

你猜怎麼著？那是一種 "誇張 "的說法。你當然又要喝酒了。

you're going to have water. I know in like next weekend, you're still going to

你將會有水。我知道在像下個週末，你仍然要

have a beer or a delicious glass of wine. So, you're lying. You're just

有啤酒或美味的酒杯。所以，你在撒謊。你只是

lying. "My leg is killing me." Did you know that my leg was a killer? My leg

撒謊。"我的腿是我的殺手。"你知道我的腿是一個殺手嗎？我的腿

can come off and actually go: "Ah!" and kill me. But it can't. We just say: "Oh,

可以脫口而出，真正去。"啊！"並殺死我。但它不能。我們只是說。"哦。

you know, my leg's killing me." Or: "Oh, my head's... I have a headache. It's

你知道，我的腿疼死了。"或者："哦，我的頭......我有一個頭痛。它是

killing me." Just feeling a lot of pain, aren't you? It' not actually dying from

殺了我。"只是感到很痛苦，不是嗎？它'不是真的死於

it. And this is kind of creepy, too, this last one. "My arm hurts so much" —

它。而這也有點令人毛骨悚然，這最後一個。"我的手臂好痛" -

okay? This... this arm hurt — "so I just want to cut it off". Well, do you know

好嗎？這......這隻手臂很疼--"所以我只想把它切下來"。嗯，你知道嗎？

what? I don't think that's a good solution because if you actually

什麼？我不認為這是一個好的解決方案，因為如果你真的

"amputate" — which means cut off your arm — you're not gonna have an arm. And

"截肢"--這意味著切斷你的手臂--你就不會有手臂了。而且

I think that actually cutting your arm off, would have more pain than whatever

我認為，真正切斷你的手臂，會比什麼都更痛苦。

your ailment is now. So, for all you drama queens out there, this lesson's

你的疾病是現在。是以，對於所有的戲劇女王來說，這一課的

for you. Improve your vocabulary with hyperboles or hyperboles, if you'd like.

給你。如果你願意的話，用雙關語或雙關語提高你的詞彙量。

I'm out of here for now. Gonna go chop off my own tongue.

我暫時離開這裡了。我要去砍掉我自己的舌頭。