Name: AEE - 我們無意誇誇其談，但這一集令人慾罷不能 (AEE - We Don't Mean to Brag but This Episode Is to Die For)
Uploaded: 2024-06-01T07:18:09.000Z
Duration: 16 min 21 s

Hello, Michelle. Feeling great today. How are you? How's it going?

你好，米歇爾。今天感覺很好你好嗎？How's it going?

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Yeah, everything's good over here. Lindsay, do you find it irritating when people brag?

是啊，這裡一切都很好林賽，你覺得別人吹牛時很惱火嗎？

Yeah, for sure. It can be, well, it depends on how it's done, right?

是的，當然。這取決於怎麼做，對吧？

If it's done well, then I may not notice as much that it's a brag, right?

如果做得好，我可能就不會注意到這是在吹牛，對嗎？

I might consider it just, hey, this person is confident.

我可能會考慮，嘿，這個人很自信。

They've done a lot of cool things, and so it's okay.

他們做了很多很酷的事情，所以沒關係。

It just really depends on the delivery, Michelle.

Right, and also on the person. If it's somebody that you feel is just doing it all the time, then you're just kind of over it, I think.

對，還要看人。如果你覺得某個人總是這樣，那我覺得你就有點過了。

And that's when you kind of, they cross that line from confident to cocky, and yeah.

這時候，他們就會從自信變得狂妄自大，是的。

But we've talked about bragging a little bit before, and I would like to be a little bit better about promoting myself, but I feel very uncomfortable doing that. But you do need to share your skills.

但我們之前也談到過吹牛的問題，我也想在宣傳自己方面做得更好一些，但我覺得這樣做很不自在。但你確實需要分享你的技能。

Guys, it's also good to do it in a humorous way, and today you're going to learn ways to talk about bragging, and how to say that you're not bragging.

夥計們，用幽默的方式吹牛也很好，今天你們將學習如何談論吹牛，以及如何說自己沒有吹牛。

Because sometimes that's a key piece, right?

因為有時這是關鍵一環，對嗎？

How to say, hey, this is not meant to be a brag.

Sometimes that can actually backfire. There's a lot here, Michelle, today.

有時候，這樣做反而會適得其反。米歇爾，今天這裡有很多東西。

So I hope our listeners are ready to get into some really good tips.

所以，我希望聽眾朋友們已經準備好了解一些真正的好建議了。

I'm sure that we'll pull in culture today as well, right?

我相信，我們今天也會把文化拉進來，對嗎？

Yes, and please, guys, remember, if you haven't hit the follow button wherever you're listening to this podcast, be sure to do that.

是的，請各位記住，如果你還沒有點擊關注按鈕，無論你在哪裡收聽這個播客，一定要點擊關注按鈕。

That's where you're going to get bonus episodes.

這就是你將獲得獎勵劇集的地方。

You're going to get all the episodes coming to you.

It's going to be easy. You don't have to think about it and go search for us.

這很簡單你不用想，也不用去找我們。

All right, that sounds good. All right, what else, Michelle?

好吧 聽起來不錯好吧，還有什麼，米歇爾？

There is another episode we wanted to tell you guys about.

Episode 2194, play it cool with these English idioms.

第 2194 集，用這些英語成語耍酷。

So I don't remember exactly what that one was about, but I bet it was a good one.

所以我不記得具體是關於什麼的了，但我打賭一定很精彩。

Okay, let's get into it. Lindsay, what's the first one?

好了，我們開始吧林賽，第一個是什麼？

All right, so you might say, I don't mean to brag, but I make the best cup of coffee in New York City.

好吧，你可能會說，我不是吹牛，但我做的咖啡是全紐約最好的。

哦，這肯定是件值得炫耀的事。

Well, it's funny. In New York, you always see different restaurants.

嗯，這很有趣。在紐約，你總能看到不同的餐廳。

紐約最好的披薩、最好的百吉餅。

Well, it's funny because you don't have to qualify.

嗯，這很有趣，因為你不必符合條件。

Anyone can say anything about their product, right?

任何人都可以對自己的產品說三道四，不是嗎？

Anyone can say they're the best X, Y, Z in X place for sure.

任何人都可以說自己是 X 地區最好的 X、Y、Z，這是肯定的。

Yeah, but that would be really common. So I don't mean to brag, but I make the best cup of coffee in New York City.

是的，但那很常見。我不是吹牛，但我做的咖啡是全紐約最好的。

是的，是的。下一個，這個很有趣。

It's another way to say not to brag or to shout about myself.

這也是另一種說法，即不要自吹自擂，也不要高談闊論。

So you could say not to toot my own horn, but I won first place in my middle school's art show when I was a kid.

所以你可以說，不是我自吹自擂，而是我小時候在中學的藝術展上得過第一名。

Yeah, this expression to toot one's own horn.

是啊，這種表達方式是在自吹自擂。

We do hear that. It's kind of a strange expression.

我們確實聽到了。這是一種奇怪的說法。

We do hear it even in professional advice.

即使在專業建議中，我們也能聽到這樣的聲音。

For example, the way this translates into the working world, let's say you won an award in your industry.

舉例來說，如果你在本行業獲得了一個獎項，你就可以把它轉化為工作中的技能。

You need to go on LinkedIn and do that thing that people do.

你需要在 LinkedIn 上做一些人們會做的事情。

And maybe we could do an episode on this actually.

也許我們可以就此做一集節目。

I see this every day and I struggle with it too.

我每天都能看到這樣的情況，我也很糾結。

Writing those posts, but it's good to do for your career.

寫這些帖子，但對你的職業生涯有好處。

You hear a lot of people posting things and it might start with,

你會聽到很多人在發帖子，開頭可能是：

I'm honored to receive this award or I'm excited to be collaborating with.

我很榮幸能獲此殊榮，也很高興能與他們合作。

There's a lot of ways that we can learn the right language for it, but you do need to get the word out.

我們有很多方法可以學習正確的語言，但你確實需要把話說出去。

I like that expression to get the word out.

我喜歡這樣的表達方式，把話傳出去。

That's a good bonus one today. What does that mean?

Get the word out, to announce things, let people know what's going on.

發佈消息，宣佈事情，讓人們知道發生了什麼。

So there is a time and a place for not bragging, but self-promoting and tooting your own horn, I think.

是以，我認為，不吹牛、自我推銷和自吹自擂是有時間和地點限制的。

Okay. All right, next one is pat oneself on the back.

好的好了，下一個是拍拍自己的背。

So you could say, I don't mean to pat myself on the back, but I think I did a good job on this report.

所以你可以說，我並不想拍馬屁，但我認為我在這份報告上做得很好。

Yeah, it's interesting how all of these phrases say,

是啊，所有這些短語都很有意思、

It is interesting because that's exactly what you're doing.

這很有趣，因為這正是你正在做的事情。

You're trying to soften it or at least acknowledge how it may sound and that awareness.

你在試圖軟化它，或者至少承認它聽起來可能是這樣的，並意識到這一點。

Without it just saying, I make the best cup of coffee in New York City or I won first place or I did a good job on this report.

而不只是說，我做的咖啡是紐約市最好的，或者我得了第一名，或者我的報告做得很好。

Without that awareness of that it sounds like bragging, it feels more intense.

如果沒有這種意識，聽起來就像是在吹牛，感覺會更強烈。

I think if it's the right platform for just presenting the facts as facts, it's okay.

我認為，如果這是一個合適的平臺，可以把事實作為事實來呈現，那就沒問題。

Let's say you're on a panel and you've been invited to speak on a panel and it's okay to say, all there's English, we do 5 million downloads a month.

比方說，你受邀參加一個小組討論，你可以說："這裡都是英語，我們每個月有 500 萬次下載。

I don't mean to brag, but I would never say that on a stage.

我無意自誇，但我絕不會在舞臺上這麼說。

That's a very good point is when you are in that actual professional situation where you want to show what you've accomplished, don't use these.

這一點非常好，當你在實際的職業環境中想要展示自己的成就時，就不要使用這些。

You must present that data to give yourself credibility for what you're going to share.

您必須展示這些數據，讓自己的分享具有可信度。

So that's another episode for another day.

Probably for our Business English podcast, which you guys should check that out.

可能是為了我們的商務英語播客，你們應該去看看。

If you're planning to go to a conference, speak on a stage, or just speak in general, hit the follow button for Business English.

如果您打算參加會議、上臺演講或只是泛泛而談，請點擊商務英語的 "關注 "按鈕。

But this is more in, I think we should just lay out the context, Michelle, who are we talking to when we're saying these things?

但這更多的是在，我認為我們應該說明背景，米歇爾，當我們說這些話的時候，我們是在和誰說話？

You're talking to a friend about your coffee-making skills or you're sharing something with a friend that you did at work.

你在和朋友談論你煮咖啡的技巧，或者你在和朋友分享你在工作中做的事情。

Maybe you won an award at work and you say, no, not to toot my own horn, but I just got the Employee of the Month award.

也許你在工作中得了獎，然後你會說，不，不是我自誇，我剛剛獲得了本月最佳員工獎。

Maybe it's a dinner party with your partner and another couple.

也許是與你的伴侶和另一對情侶共進晚餐。

Sometimes people might just be able to say it and be okay with that.

有時，人們可能只是說說而已，並不覺得有什麼不妥。

It depends on your personality in general outside of the comment, too.

這也取決於你在評論之外的總體性格。

So these actually might be best used by someone who's uncomfortable bragging.

是以，對於那些不喜歡吹牛的人來說，這些可能是最好的選擇。

But wants to try it out and needs to a little bit, right?

但想試一試，需要一點時間，對嗎？

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