My name is Marco.

我叫馬可。

And I'm Erika.

我叫艾麗卡

And today we're going to be talking about a really common situation with parents.

今天我們要討論的是家長們經常遇到的一種情況。

Yeah, when you're a teenager, you always need to ask your parents for money, ask your parents for the car, or ask your parents if you can do something.

是啊，當你還是青少年的時候，你總是需要向父母要錢，向父母要車，或者問父母你能不能做什麼。

Exactly, and that's what we're going to be looking at is how you can ask for permission for the car, for money.

沒錯，這就是我們接下來要討論的問題，即如何獲得汽車和金錢方面的許可。

Right, and these phrases are not only for your parents, right?

對了，這些短語不僅是說給父母聽的，對嗎？

No, you could use them in your office, with your boss, or for any situation where you need to ask politely.

不，你可以在辦公室、與老闆或任何需要禮貌詢問的場合使用它們。

Yes.

是的。

Okay, so let's take a look at Vocabulary Preview.

好了，讓我們來看看詞彙預覽。

Vocabulary Preview.

詞彙預覽。

We have one word for you today, concerts.

今天，我們有一個詞要送給你們--音樂會。

Concerts.

音樂會。

Concerts.

音樂會。

A concert.

一場音樂會

A concert is an event, right?

音樂會是一項活動，對嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

Where people play music.

人們演奏音樂的地方

Right.

對

So you have different types of concerts, like a rock concert.

是以，你可以舉辦不同類型的音樂會，比如搖滾音樂會。

They play rock music.

他們演奏搖滾樂。

Or a pop concert.

或者一場流行音樂會。

Yeah, a pop music, or even a classical music concert.

是啊，流行音樂，甚至是古典音樂會。

Exactly, where you have people playing violins and pianos.

沒錯，就是有人拉小提琴、彈鋼琴的地方。

Yeah.

是啊

Okay, concert.

好吧，音樂會。

So concerts are always for music.

是以，音樂會總是為了音樂而存在。

Yeah, exactly.

是啊，沒錯。

They're always for music.

他們總是為了音樂。

Well, with that, let's go into our dialogue.

好了，我們開始對話吧。

Marco, what happens here?

馬可，這裡發生了什麼？

Well, basically we have a teenage girl who needs to go to a concert and is asking her something.

好吧，基本上我們有一個十幾歲的女孩，她需要去聽一場音樂會，並在問她一些事情。

All right, let's listen.

好吧，讓我們聽一聽。

Hey, Daddy.

嘿，爸爸

You look great today.

你今天氣色不錯。

I like your tie.

我喜歡你的領帶。

By the way, I was wondering, can I...

對了，我想知道，我可以...

No.

不

I haven't even told you what it is yet.

我還沒告訴你它是什麼呢。

Okay, okay.

好吧 好吧

What do you want?

你想要什麼？

Do you think I could borrow the car?

我能借用一下車嗎？

I'm going to a concert tonight.

我今晚要去聽音樂會。

Um, I don't think so.

嗯，我不這麼認為。

I need the car tonight to pick up your mother.

我今晚要用車去接你媽媽

I told you about it last week.

我上週就跟你說過了。

Smelly Toes is playing, and Eric asked if I would go with him.

Smelly Toes 正在演出，埃裡克問我是否願意和他一起去。

Who is this Eric guy?

埃裡克是誰？

Duh.

咄。

He's like the hottest and most popular guy at school.

他是學校裡最受歡迎的帥哥。

Come on, Dad.

來吧，爸爸

Please?

求你了？

No can do.

沒辦法。

Sorry.

對不起。

Fine then.

那好吧。

Would you mind giving me 100 bucks?

你能給我 100 塊錢嗎？

No way.

不可能

Ugh.

唉。

That's so unfair.

這太不公平了。

Teenagers, huh?

青少年，是吧？

Yeah.

是啊

They're always asking for something.

他們總是有求必應。

Yeah, this brings back memories, but I'll tell you about that later.

是的，這勾起了我的回憶，但我稍後再告訴你。

Why don't we take a look at the vocabulary in Language Takeaway?

我們為什麼不看看《語言外賣》中的詞彙呢？

Alright, we've got a few interesting words here.

好吧，這裡有幾個有趣的詞。

The first one, hottest.

第一個，最熱。

Hottest.

最熱門

Hottest.

最熱門

So, this is the superlative of hot.

所以，這就是 "熱 "的最高境界。

Right.

對

So, the hottest guy in school is...

那麼，學校裡最帥的男生是...

The most handsome.

最帥的

Yeah, the most sexy guy in school.

是啊，學校裡最性感的傢伙

Exactly.

沒錯。

So, if somebody is hot, they are really attractive.

所以，如果一個人很性感，他就真的很有吸引力。

Really good looking.

真好看

Really good looking.

真好看

So, Marco, is this a word that is only used for men?

那麼，馬可，這個詞是不是隻能用在男人身上？

No, you can also use it for women.

不，女性也可以使用。

And what about things?

那東西呢？

You know, recently with Paris Hilton, it's more popular with things like, wow, I got a new car.

你知道，最近帕麗斯-希爾頓（Paris Hilton）更喜歡說 "哇，我買了輛新車 "之類的話。

Wow, that's hot.

哇，真性感。

Right.

對

But I guess we maybe should tell our listeners to be careful with this word.

但我想，我們也許應該告訴聽眾們要小心這個詞。

Yeah, you don't really want to tell somebody you're hot.

是啊，你不會真的想告訴別人你很性感的。

No.

不

It's not very polite.

這可不太禮貌。

But with your friends, you can use this word.

但在朋友面前，你可以使用這個詞。

Exactly.

沒錯。

If I'm talking with my friends and I see a girl, like, wow, she's hot.

如果我和朋友哈拉時看到一個女孩，就會想，哇，她好性感。

Okay.

好的

Yeah, but just don't tell her.

對，但別告訴她

Yeah, don't go up to her and say, wow, you're hot.

是啊，別走過去對她說，哇，你真性感。

Okay.

好的

Our next word, most popular.

我們的下一個詞，最受歡迎。

Most popular.

最受歡迎

Most popular.

最受歡迎

Most popular.

最受歡迎

Another superlative.

又是一個極品。

Exactly.

沒錯。

And popular means...

流行意味著...

Means having a lot of friends.

意味著有很多朋友。

Exactly.

沒錯。

Having a lot of friends or being well-known.

朋友多或知名度高。

Or well-liked.

或深受喜愛。

Well-liked.

深受喜愛。

Yeah.

是啊

So, in every school, there's always, like, the most popular guy in school, the most popular girl.

所以，在每所學校裡，總會有學校裡最受歡迎的男生 最受歡迎的女生。

Yeah.

是啊

Were you the most popular guy?

你是最受歡迎的人嗎？

Not really.

其實不然。

No, I wasn't the most popular guy, but I wasn't unpopular.

不，我不是最受歡迎的人，但也不是不受歡迎的人。

Okay.

好的

So, that's the opposite.

所以，這恰恰相反。

Yeah.

是啊

So, I was okay.

所以，我還好。

All right.

好的

Our last phrase, fine then.

我們的最後一句話，那好吧。

Fine then.

那好吧。

Fine then.

那好吧。

Fine then.

那好吧。

Well, this is a phrase made up of two simple words, but why don't we listen to some examples so we can understand the meaning of these two words together.

好吧，這是一個由兩個簡單的詞組成的短語，但我們為什麼不聽一些例子，以便理解這兩個詞放在一起的含義呢？

Example one.

例子一

Fine then.

那好吧。

If you won't go with me, I'll go by myself.

如果你不和我一起去，我就自己去。

Example two.

示例二

Fine then.

那好吧。

If you want to break up, I don't care.

如果你想分手，我不在乎。

Example three.

示例三

You want to go out with your friends?

你想和朋友出去玩嗎？

Fine then.

那好吧。

Go.

走吧

So, you would use this when you agree with somebody, but you're not really happy about it.

所以，當你同意某人的觀點，但又不太滿意時，你就會用到這個詞。

Yeah.

是啊

It's like saying, I agree, but I'm really angry.

這就好比說，我同意，但我真的很生氣。

Right.

對

Maybe sometimes because you don't have a choice.

也許有時是因為你別無選擇。

Yeah.

是啊

Right.

對

Like the girl.

就像那個女孩

Fine then.

那好吧。

Yeah.

是啊

Yeah.

是啊

So, even though we have the word fine in there, it's not really a nice thing to say to someone.

是以，儘管我們在這裡用了 "好 "這個詞，但對別人說 "好 "並不是一件好事。

No.

不

No.

不

This is definitely not one to use with your boss.

這絕對不是用來對付老闆的。

Right.

對

Yeah.

是啊

Exactly.

沒錯。

Okay.

好的

Okay.

好的

Let's listen to our dialogue again, and then we'll talk about some more phrases.

讓我們再聽一遍對話，然後再討論一些短語。

No.

不

Okay.

好吧

Okay.

好吧

What do you want?

你想要什麼？

Hmm.

嗯

I don't think so.

我不這麼認為。

I need the car tonight to pick up your mother.

我今晚要用車去接你媽媽

Who is this Eric guy?

埃裡克是誰？

No can do.

沒辦法。

Sorry.

對不起。

No way.

不可能

That's so unfair.

這太不公平了。

There's a lot of phrases in this dialogue that we can use to ask for something.

在這段對話中，我們可以用很多短語來要求什麼。

Right?

對不對？

Exactly.

沒錯。

And in a very polite way.

而且是以非常禮貌的方式。

Okay.

好的

So, we're going to look at three ways of asking for something.

是以，我們將探討三種請求的方式。

And the first way is, I was wondering.

第一種方法是，我想知道。

I was wondering.

我在想

I was wondering.

我在想

So, I could say, I was wondering, can I borrow your car?

所以，我可以說，我想知道，我能借用一下你的車嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

Or, I was wondering, can I stay at your house?

或者，我想知道，我能住在你家嗎？

Okay.

好的

It's a very nice way to ask something.

這是個很好的提問方式。

Yeah.

是啊

It's like to begin a question.

就像開始提問一樣。

To begin.

開始

Yeah.

是啊

All right.

好的

Let's take a look at the next one.

讓我們看看下一個。

And it's basically the same thing.

這基本上是一回事。

Do you think I could...

你覺得我能...

Do you think I could...

你覺得我能...

Do you think I could...

你覺得我能...

Do you think I could...

你覺得我能...

Borrow the car?

借車？

Yeah.

是啊

Or, do you think I could use your computer?

或者，你覺得我可以用你的電腦嗎？

I can say, I was wondering, can I use your computer?

我可以說，我在想，我能用一下你的電腦嗎？

Do you think I could use your computer?

我能用一下你的電腦嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

They mean the same.

它們的意思是一樣的。

Right.

對

Now, let's look at the last one.

現在，讓我們來看看最後一個。

Would you mind...

你介意...

Would you mind...

你介意...

Would you mind...

你介意...

Would you mind...

你介意...

So, I could say, would you mind holding this for me?

所以，我可以說，你能幫我拿著這個嗎？

Yep.

是的。

Or, would you mind finishing this report for me?

或者，你能幫我完成這份報告嗎？

Now, there's an interesting thing here that you have the verb in a gerund form, right?

有趣的是，這裡的動詞是動名詞形式，對嗎？

Right.

對

The ing form.

ing形式。

Exactly.

沒錯。

Giving, holding, finishing.

付出、堅持、完成

So, we've got, I was wondering, can I do something?

我在想，我能做點什麼嗎？

Right.

對

And, would you mind doing something?

還有，你介意做點什麼嗎？

Yeah.

是啊

So, you have the ing.

所以，你有了 ing。

Be very, very careful.

一定要非常非常小心。

Be sure to not say, would you mind to give me?

一定不要說，你介意給我嗎？

Right.

對

That's wrong.

這是不對的。

Right.

對

That's wrong.

這是不對的。

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

錯了，錯了，錯了。

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

錯了，錯了，錯了。

So, you would say, would you mind giving me?

所以，你會說，你介意給我嗎？

Yep.

是的。

Okay.

好的

Let's listen to some more examples of these three phrases.

讓我們再聽聽這三個短語的例子。

Example one.

例子一

Would you mind cooking dinner tonight?

你介意今晚做飯嗎？

I'll be home late.

我會晚點回家

Example two.

示例二

We were wondering if you could buy the tickets for us?

我們想知道你能否幫我們買票？

Example three.

示例三

Do you think you can have those reports finished by today?

你覺得今天之前能完成這些報告嗎？

All right.

好的

So, I think it's really clear now, and it's a very useful way of asking for things.

是以，我認為現在已經很清楚了，這是一種非常有用的要求方式。

Okay.

好的

So, let's listen to our dialogue for the third time, and then we'll come back and talk a little bit more.

那麼，讓我們先聽第三次對話，然後再回來聊一聊。

Hey, Daddy.

嘿，爸爸

You look great today.

你今天氣色不錯。

I like your tie.

我喜歡你的領帶。

By the way, I was wondering, can I?

對了，我想知道，我可以嗎？

No.

不

I haven't even told you what it is yet.

我還沒告訴你它是什麼呢。

Okay, okay.

好吧 好吧

What do you want?

你想要什麼？

Do you think I could borrow the car?

我能借用一下車嗎？

I'm going to a concert tonight.

我今晚要去聽音樂會。

I don't think so.

我不這麼認為。

I need the car tonight to pick up your mother.

我今晚要用車去接你媽媽

I told you about it last week.

我上週就跟你說過了。

Smelly Toes is playing, and Eric asked if I would go with him.

Smelly Toes 正在演出，埃裡克問我是否願意和他一起去。

Who is this Eric guy?

埃裡克是誰？

Duh.

咄。

He's like the hottest and most popular guy at school.

他是學校裡最受歡迎的帥哥。

Come on, Dad.

來吧，爸爸

Please?

求你了？

No can do.

沒辦法。

Sorry.

對不起。

Fine, then.

那好吧

Would you mind giving me 100 bucks?

你能給我 100 塊錢嗎？

No way.

不可能

Ugh.

唉。

That's so unfair.

這太不公平了。

So, Marco, you said that this dialogue really brought back some memories for you.

馬可，你說這段對話勾起了你的一些回憶。

Yeah, my dad was exactly the same way.

是啊，我爸爸也是這樣。

I would just say, Dad, and he would be like, No.

我只要說 "爸爸"，他就會說 "不"。

So, he would always cut me off before I ask anything.

所以，他總是在我問什麼之前就打斷我。

Sounds like a pretty strict guy.

聽起來是個很嚴厲的人。

No, but it was a lot of fun.

沒有，但很有趣。

Sometimes he would just say it just to make me angry or something like that.

有時，他說這些話只是為了惹我生氣或諸如此類的話。

Like, just as a joke.

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