Name: 讓我們學英語主題： Too Many Words!Too Many Words！?⌚?(僅限課程） (Let's Learn English: Topic: Too Many Words! ?⌚? (Lesson Only))
Uploaded: 2024-11-27T15:43:06.000Z
Duration: 28 min 58 s

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Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson which I've titled too many words.

大家好，歡迎來到這節英語課，我給這節課起的題目是 "太多的單詞"。

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。

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 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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

但當你書寫時，墨水就會流出。

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。

Uh and shout out to my uh viewers from France.

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 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。

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。

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, 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。

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。

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

是以，我們不說手機或行動電話。

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。

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 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。

所以，魔法標記，我們只說標記。

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。

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, 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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

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。

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