Sometimes in English, we have a name for something and it's more than one word or it's a really long word and it's not the actual word we use in regular everyday English conversation.

在英語中，我們有時會給某樣東西起一個名字，但這個名字不止一個單詞，或者是一個很長的單詞，而這並不是我們在日常英語會話中使用的真正單詞。

I'll give you a few examples in a bit but one would be wristwatch.

我稍後會舉幾個例子，但其中之一就是腕錶。

Uh we don't call it a wristwatch when we're talking to people.

呃，我們跟別人說話時不叫它手錶。

We just call it a watch.

我們稱之為手錶。

So, I've found about thirty words like this.

所以，我找到了大約三十個這樣的單詞。

I've been keeping a nice list of vocabulary terms that are more than one word or really long words and then I'll teach you what the shorter version is.

我一直保存著一份很好的詞彙表，上面列出了超過一個單詞或很長的單詞，然後我會教你什麼是簡短的版本。

Some will be obvious.

有些是顯而易見的。

Some you will already know and some will be interesting to you I think.

有些你們已經知道，有些我想你們會感興趣。

So, kind of a a fun lesson.

所以，這是一堂有趣的課。

A lesson just for fun.

一堂有趣的課

Uh welcome to this English lesson which I've called too many words.

歡迎來到這節英語課，我說了太多的單詞。

I think a better description would be using the shorter version of the name for something instead of the long cumbersome version.

我認為更好的描述應該是使用某事物名稱的簡短版本，而不是冗長累贅的版本。

That might be a new word for you.

對你來說，這可能是個新詞。

Cumbersome.

繁瑣。

You might wanna look it up.

你可以去查查。

So, once again, welcome to this English lesson about too many words.

所以，再次歡迎大家來上這堂關於單詞過多的英語課。

A ballpoint pen.

原子筆

So, interestingly enough, a long time ago, I'm sure there were many different styles of pen but the ballpoint pen is the most popular right now.

是以，有趣的是，很久以前，我相信有很多不同樣式的筆，但原子筆是現在最流行的。

A ballpoint pen at the very end.

最後是一支原子筆。

This is I I chose a picture.

這就是我選擇圖片的原因。

Has a little round steel ball that turns and it's called uh a ball bearing I guess you could say.

有一個會轉動的小圓鋼球，我想可以稱之為滾珠軸承。

But as you write, the ink comes out.

但當你書寫時，墨水就會流出。

But we don't call it a ballpoint pen.

但我們不叫它原子筆。

We just call it a pen.

我們稱之為筆。

Because almost every pen in the world now is a ballpoint pen.

因為現在世界上幾乎所有的筆都是原子筆。

We usually just call this uh pen.

我們通常叫它 "呃筆"。

Uh and shout out to my uh viewers from France.

向來自法國的觀眾致敬。

Thank you for making BIC pens.

感謝您製作 BIC 筆。

They're really good.

他們真的很棒。

I have a BIC pen at work.

我工作的地方有一支 BIC 筆。

It's very reliable.

它非常可靠。

It's a great ballpoint pen.

這是一支很棒的原子筆。

But again, I just call it a pen.

不過，我還是叫它 "筆"。

We also have wristwatch which I talked about in the introduction.

我們還有腕錶，我在介紹中已經提到過。

This is actually a Fitbit but I could call it my watch as well.

這其實是 Fitbit，但我也可以稱它為我的手錶。

Uh we don't say wristwatch anymore.

我們不再說手錶了。

Uh I think a long time ago, people might have a pocket watch or a wristwatch and you might have wanted to distinguish between the two.

呃，我想在很久以前，人們可能會有懷錶或腕錶，你可能會想把兩者區分開來。

But now, pretty much, if you say, watch, we mean this, the thing you wear on your wrist.

但現在，如果你說 "手錶"，差不多就是指這個戴在手腕上的東西。

So, what time is it?

那麼，現在幾點了？

I'll check my watch.

我去看看錶

I don't think I've ever said, I'll check my wristwatch.

我想我從來沒有說過，我要看看我的手錶。

Um and then just to uh highlight as well, if you notice, uh the term is two colors.

如果你注意到，這個詞有兩種顏色。

It's black and gray.

是黑色和灰色。

The gray is the common or informal way of using that thing's vocabulary name at this point in the English language.

灰色是該事物的詞彙名稱在英語中的常用或非正式用法。

So, wristwatch becomes watch.

於是，腕錶變成了手錶。

Light bulb.

燈泡

So, uh we sometimes still say light bulb but it's far more common to just say bulb.

所以，呃，我們有時還是會說燈泡，但更常見的是直接說燈泡。

I might say to Jen, oh, there's a bulb out in the uh upstairs bathroom or I need to change the bulb in the kitchen because it's not working anymore.

我可能會對珍說，哦，樓上浴室的燈泡壞了，或者廚房的燈泡壞了，我得換一個。

You can still say light bulb and as with all of these vocabulary words or terms, you can still use the big version.

你仍然可以說 "燈泡"，就像所有這些詞彙或術語一樣，你仍然可以使用較大的版本。

There's no problem there but uh of course, a light bulb is something that you screw in when the bulb needs to be replaced, you unscrew it and you screw in a new bulb.

當然，燈泡是可以擰上的，當燈泡需要更換時，擰下燈泡，再擰上一個新燈泡。

Mobile phone.

行動電話。

So, interestingly enough, when I was younger, you sometimes had a phone at home that was plugged into the wall and then you also might, if you are lucky, have a mobile phone.

有趣的是，在我年輕的時候，家裡有時會有一部插在牆上的電話，如果幸運的話，還可能有一部手機。

I know in some places, they've gone with the word mobile to talk about their phone.

我知道在一些地方，他們用手機這個詞來談論他們的電話。

They might just call this a handy or a mobile but here, if someone says phone, they mean this kind of phone.

他們可能只稱其為便攜式或行動電話，但在這裡，如果有人說電話，他們指的就是這種電話。

They don't mean the kind of phone necessarily that plugs into a wall because most people don't have one anymore.

他們指的不是那種一定要插在牆上的手機，因為大多數人已經沒有這種手機了。

In fact, when I was a kid, if you said phone, it meant like the old phone, the phone that hung on the wall or that went into its little holder uh and then if someone had a cellular phone or mobile phone, we would use that term.

事實上，在我小時候，如果你說電話，它的意思就是老式電話，掛在牆上或放在小支架上的電話。

Now, people use the word phone for this and if you still have an old phone, we call it a landline.

現在，人們用電話這個詞來表達這個意思，如果你還有一部老式電話，我們稱之為座機。

So, common term, hey, no phones allowed in class.

所以，一般情況下，嘿，上課不準玩手機。

Leave your phone in your locker.

把手機放在儲物櫃裡。

That's our rule at school.

這是我們學校的規矩。

No phones allowed in class.

課堂上禁止使用手機。

So, we don't say cell phone or mobile phone.

是以，我們不說手機或行動電話。

There's no reason to.

沒有理由。

We in Canada just say phone and I should specify that.

我們在加拿大隻說電話，我應該說明一下。

This lesson is very much some of the terms are very Canadian.

本課的一些術語非常適合加拿大人。

So, you'll have to kind of get a sense of what they are if you are learning a different version of English.

是以，如果您學習的是不同版本的英語，就必須對它們有一定的瞭解。

A magic marker.

神奇記號筆

I'm not sure if you know what a magic marker is but when I was a kid, I had magic markers.

我不知道你是否知道魔術記號筆是什麼，但我小時候用過魔術記號筆。

Basically, a magic marker is something where it's it's not like a pen.

從根本上說，魔筆是一種不像筆的東西。

They come in different colors and ink does come out but it usually has a soft tip.

它們有不同的顏色，墨水確實會噴出來，但通常是軟頭的。

It's not like a ballpoint pen.

它不像原子筆。

It has a soft tip and then as you use it, you can color, you can write in different colors and when I was a kid especially, we called the magic markers because they were magical, I guess but now we would just call them markers like one of my kids for school brings markers to school because in of their classes, they make posters and they need markers in order to draw and color the poster.

它的筆尖很柔軟，使用時可以上色，也可以用不同的顏色書寫，尤其是在我小時候，我們稱它為魔法記號筆，因為它很神奇，我想，但現在我們只稱它為記號筆，比如我的一個孩子上學時會帶記號筆，因為他們在課堂上會製作海報，需要用記號筆來繪畫和給海報上色。

So, magic marker, we just say marker.

所以，魔法標記，我們只說標記。

Steering wheel.

方向盤。

So, this one, I would say, we still use both terms.

所以，這個問題，我想說，我們仍然使用這兩個術語。

Although, wheel is common.

儘管車輪很常見。

Once you know, you're talking about the steering wheel.

一旦你知道了，你說的就是方向盤。

So, a car has four wheels.

所以，汽車有四個輪子。

So, don't get too confused but it also has a steering wheel.

所以，不要太困惑，它也有方向盤。

Often, you'll hear things like this.

你經常會聽到這樣的話。

Did you hear that there was an accident?

你聽說發生事故了嗎？

Oh, who is behind the wheel?

哦，誰在開車？

Or I had to turn the wheel in order to avoid hitting someone.

或者我不得不轉動方向盤以避免撞到別人。

So, this one works in context.

所以，這個在語境中是可行的。

You kind of have to know already in the conversation that you're talking about the steering wheel.

在對話中，你必須知道你說的是方向盤。

So, it's not a direct replacement but you will often hear those phrases like oh um behind the wheel when that car went in the ditch or um yeah a good one would be an animal was crossing the road.

所以，這並不能直接替代，但你會經常聽到這樣的短語：哦，嗯，在方向盤後面，那輛車衝進了溝裡，或者嗯，是的，一個好的短語是動物橫穿馬路。

So, I I turned the I turned the wheel to avoid them and we're talking about the steering wheel.

於是，我轉動方向盤避開他們，我們說的是方向盤。

Photocopier.

複印機。

So, yes, English speakers are a little bit lazy and we don't like to say more words or use more letters than we need to.

所以，是的，說英語的人有點懶，我們不喜歡說更多的單詞或使用更多的字母。

So, this is an of something where we just call it the copier at at work.

是以，在工作中，我們稱它為複印機。

We will sometimes say photocopier.

我們有時會說複印機。

It hasn't disappeared but more often we will just say, oh, I have to go and do make some copies.

它並沒有消失，但更多時候我們會說，哦，我得去影印幾份。

I'm going to use the copier.

我要用複印機。

Um are there, is anyone standing at the copier right now?

現在有人站在複印機旁嗎？

I I need to use it.

我需要使用它。

So, hopefully, no one else is using it right now.

所以，希望現在沒有其他人在使用它。

So, again, with this one, you can say photocopier or copier and people will understand what you're saying.

所以，還是那句話，你可以說影印機或複印機，人們就會明白你在說什麼。

And then, I think you're really familiar with this one.

然後，我想你對這個非常熟悉。

This one, we added a letter to the shorter version but a refrigerator, we often just call the fridge.

這個，我們在簡寫本上加了一個字母，但冰箱，我們通常只叫它冰箱。

So, when I get home from the grocery store, I have some things that I put in the cupboard and other things I put in the fridge.

是以，當我從雜貨店買完東西回家時，我會把一些東西放在櫥櫃裡，另一些放在冰箱裡。

I rarely say refrigerator that there's just no reason to say that whole word.

我很少說冰箱，因為沒有理由說整個詞。

It's too many letters.

字母太多了

I should have made the lesson title, too many letters, too many words.

我應該把課文題目寫成 "字母太多，單詞太多"。

So, when you have something that needs to stay cold, you will put it in the fridge.

是以，當你有需要保持低溫的東西時，就會把它放進冰箱。

Cordless drill.

充電式電鑽

So, many years ago, you would call a cordless drill, a cordless drill because you probably also had a drill that plugged into the wall and you might still have a drill like that but because cordless drills or rechargeable drills have become so common, the word drill often just refers to that.

是以，很多年前，你會把無繩電鑽稱為 "無線電鑽"，因為你可能也有一個插在牆上的電鑽，而且你可能仍然有一個這樣的電鑽，但由於無線電鑽或充電式電鑽已經變得如此普遍，電鑽這個詞通常只是指這個。

If I go help my brother with something, I'll bring my drill.

如果我去幫我哥哥做事，我會帶上我的電鑽。

He might say, hey, can you bring your drill?

他可能會說，嘿，你能把電鑽帶來嗎？

Um I might specify like do you want the big old drill that plugs into the wall or you want me to just bring my DeWalt cordless drill but often drill now just simply refers to that type of drill.

嗯，我可能會說明，你是想要那種插在牆上的老式電鑽，還是想讓我帶 DeWalt 無繩電鑽，但現在電鑽通常只是指那種類型的電鑽。

Similar to mobile phone and now we just use phone.

類似於手機，現在我們只使用電話。

When you talk about a cordless drill, you often just say drill.

說到無繩電鑽，人們往往只說電鑽。

Oh, I need to charge my drill.

哦，我得給電鑽充電了。

Did you bring your drill?

你帶電鑽了嗎？

Often, we know the person is talking about this type of drill.

通常，我們知道對方說的就是這種演習。

By the way, one of the handiest tools in the world in my opinion.

順便說一句，在我看來，這是世界上最實用的工具之一。

If I was to give you a list of the five tools you need to have, hammer, measuring tape, and then cordless drill, I think would be number three.

如果讓我給你列出你需要準備的五種工具，錘子、捲尺和無繩電鑽應該排在第三位。

What else would I put on there?

我還能在上面放什麼？

Hand saw, maybe a level.

手鋸，也許還有水平儀。

I'm not sure.

我不確定。

This isn't a lesson on tools.

這不是一堂工具課。

Although, I should do one on tools again soon.

不過，我應該很快再做一個關於工具的報告。

So, eyeglasses.

那麼，眼鏡。

I don't know if I've heard anyone say eyeglasses other than the eye doctor but this is the official term for these.

我不知道除了眼科醫生，我是否聽別人說過眼鏡，但這是眼鏡的正式名稱。

I mean, these are called eyeglasses but we just call them glasses.

我是說，這些東西叫眼鏡，但我們只叫它眼鏡。

Now, again, you have to be careful because you can have glasses in the kitchen and you can put water in those glasses but you can also have eyeglasses.

現在，你必須再次小心，因為你可以在廚房裡放杯子，你可以在杯子裡放水，但你也可以放眼鏡。

So, but I think again, this comes from context.

所以，但我認為，這還是要根據具體情況而定。

Context.

背景。

If someone says, oh, I'm having trouble seeing.

如果有人說，哦，我看不清。

I don't have my glasses.

我沒戴眼鏡。

You know that they're talking about eyeglasses and not water glasses.

要知道，他們說的是眼鏡，而不是水杯。

This is more of a jar by the way.

順便說一下，這更像是一個罐子。

And then I again eyeglass was is probably from the word spectacles long ago.

然後，我又想到了 eyeglass（眼鏡）這個詞，它可能來自很久以前的眼鏡。

I did a lesson a while ago.

我不久前上過一堂課。

I see in the chat, Hapia is talking about spectacles.

我在哈拉中看到，哈皮亞正在談論眼鏡。

Uh I did a lesson long ago about um I did a lesson, sorry, Jen's sneaking in to grab her coat.

我很久以前上過一堂課，是關於 呃，我上過一堂課， 對不起，珍正溜進來拿她的外套。

Um I did a lesson a while ago about words we don't use anymore and spectacles was one of those.

嗯，我不久前上過一堂課，講的是我們不再使用的單詞，眼鏡就是其中之一。

So, glasses or the longer version eyeglasses.

所以，眼鏡還是長版眼鏡。

Phone charger.

手機充電器

So, this is an interesting one.

是以，這是一個有趣的問題。

Um it used to be that the charger you use for your phone didn't work for your computer and the charger you use for your computer didn't work for your phone.

以前，手機的充電器不能用在電腦上，電腦的充電器也不能用在手機上。

But in some cases, with newer phones and newer computers, the word charger means the same thing.

但在某些情況下，對於較新的手機和較新的電腦來說，充電器一詞的含義是一樣的。

Most of my students can use the same charger for their computer as they can for their phone.

我的大多數學生都能像使用手機一樣使用電腦充電器。

And again, this isn't always true.

再說一遍，事實並非總是如此。

But we often just use the word charger.

但我們通常只使用 "充電器 "這個詞。

If Jen says to me, have you seen my charger?

如果珍對我說，你看到我的充電器了嗎？

I know she's talking about her phone charger.

我知道她說的是手機充電器。

If I say to her, have you seen my charger?

如果我對她說，你看到我的充電器了嗎？

She knows I'm talking about my phone charger.

她知道我說的是我的手機充電器。

So, you can have a laptop charger, a computer charger, um and chargers for other things but I would say most of the time, if someone uses the word charger, they're probably looking for a phone charger.

是以，你可以有筆記本電腦充電器、電腦充電器，嗯，還有其他東西的充電器，但我想說的是，大多數時候，如果有人使用充電器這個詞，他們可能是在尋找手機充電器。

Web browser.

網絡瀏覽器。

So, this is what we called uh Internet Explorer or Chrome uh or Firefox or Safari.

是以，這就是我們所說的 IE 瀏覽器、Chrome 瀏覽器、火狐瀏覽器或 Safari 瀏覽器。

Uh the program you use to use the internet.

使用互聯網時使用的程序。

Some of you who are at a computer right now have a browser open.

你們當中有些人現在正在電腦前打開瀏覽器。

We don't say web browser very often anymore.

我們不再經常說網絡瀏覽器了。

Um so, you have a browser open.

你打開了瀏覽器。

You went to YouTube.com.

你去了 YouTube.com。

You found my channel and you're watching a video in your web browser but yeah, we just say browser.

你找到了我的頻道，正在用瀏覽器觀看視頻，但我們只說瀏覽器。

Like, if I'm talking to a student in class, I might say, oh, open up a browser and search for uh lithium ion batteries or iron batteries.

比如，如果我在課堂上與學生交談，我可能會說，哦，打開瀏覽器，搜索一下鋰離子電池或鐵電池。

Um so, browser has become the de facto.

是以，瀏覽器已成為事實。

I don't even know if my students know the term web browser anymore or whether that's just faded from use but uh yes, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox.

我甚至不知道我的學生們是否還知道網絡瀏覽器這個詞，或者這個詞是否已經被淡忘了，但嗯，是的，IE、Chrome、Opera、Safari、Firefox。

I think those are the main ones.

我想主要就是這些。

Um if you're on an Apple machine, you're probably using Safari.

嗯，如果你使用的是蘋果電腦，你可能正在使用 Safari。

Laptop computer.

筆記本電腦

So, notice the gray word has moved to the other end.

所以，請注意灰色的字已經移到了另一端。

Um we don't often add the word computer anymore.

嗯，我們不再經常加上計算機這個詞了。

We might say but if you're talking to someone about computers, you might say laptop or desktop or I might say to students, don't forget to bring your laptop tomorrow.

我們可能會說，但如果你和別人談論電腦，你可能會說筆記本電腦或臺式機，或者我可能會對學生說，明天別忘了帶筆記本電腦。

We're going to need it in class.

我們上課時會用到它。

So, I don't use the term computer very often.

所以，我不經常用電腦這個詞。

Um we used to use notebook as well or portable computer but I think laptop is now the term that we've decided to use for this device.

嗯，我們以前也用筆記本電腦或便攜式電腦，但我認為筆記本電腦是我們現在決定用於這種設備的術語。

So, again, I might say to my students, make sure you charge your laptop tonight.

所以，我還是要對學生們說，今晚一定要給筆記本電腦充電。

When you come to class tomorrow, bring your laptop because we're going to be using it.

明天來上課時，帶上你的筆記本電腦，因為我們要用它。

Shopping mall.

購物中心。

Oh, it's me.

哦，是我

This is from last February or March from the video.

這是去年二三月份的視頻。

Uh the English lesson I did at the mall.

我在商場上的英語課。

Uh if you wanna watch it, you can search for it.

如果你想看，可以搜索一下。

Just search Bob the Canadian Mall.

只需搜索 Bob the Canadian Mall。

Uh we just call this the mall.

我們叫它商場

You will hear the term shopping mall but probably 90% of the time, people will say, oh, I'm going to go to the mall Friday night.

你會聽到購物中心這個詞，但可能 90% 的時候，人們會說，哦，我週五晚上要去購物中心。

I went to the mall yesterday.

我昨天去了商場。

Uh I need to go to the mall and do some Christmas shopping.

我得去商場買點聖誕禮物。

I could say those all using shopping mall like I went to the shopping mall last week or I'm going to go to the shopping mall.