Name: 聽力、詞彙、理解：學習 12 個新單詞 (Listening, Vocabulary, Comprehension: Learn 12 new words)
Uploaded: 2025-07-22T18:05:54.000Z
Duration: 17 min 54 s

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Hey, you want to share some of that popcorn?

Today's lesson is going to be on listening, vocabulary, and comprehension.

今天的課程是聽力、詞彙和理解。

So, the lesson actually is about movies, and that is why E is eating popcorn.

所以，這節課實際上是關於電影的，這也是 E 吃爆米花的原因。

I'm going to teach you nine phrases or words, vocabulary, that are...

我要教你九個短語或單詞，這些詞彙...

That is used in both business and casual conversations.

在商務和休閒對話中都會用到。

So, we'll go through a story, and I need you to bear with me, which means wait for a second or two, because I'm going to go off of camera, I will read the story so you can hear it.

所以，我們要講一個故事，我需要你們忍耐一下，也就是等一兩秒，因為我要離開攝影機，我會讀這個故事，這樣你們就能聽到了。

Then when you come back, we will work on the vocabulary that I have specially picked for you.

然後，當你回來時，我們將學習我專門為你挑選的詞彙。

And then afterwards, we'll listen to the story once again without me there so you can practice your comprehension.

之後，我們再聽一遍這個故事，我不在場，這樣你們就可以練習理解了。

So, we're going to go through some idioms and some vocabulary, and we're going to start in about five seconds.

所以，我們將學習一些成語和詞彙，大約五秒鐘後開始。

Summertime in Canada and the USA is usually kicked off with the summer blockbuster.

加拿大和美國的夏季通常以暑期大片拉開序幕。

It's the movie season where big-budget movies are released.

These movies are not only fun and exciting, they are filled with bombshells, curveballs, epiphanies, unexpected turns of events, and jaw-dropping revelations.

這些電影不僅有趣、刺激，還充滿了重磅炸彈、曲線球、頓悟、意想不到的轉折和令人瞠目結舌的啟示。

Unfortunately, many of these movies don't live up to the hype.

遺憾的是，這些電影中的許多並沒有達到預期的效果。

Okay, so we did the listening portion of the lesson.

好了，我們完成了本課的聽力部分。

And I hope you had that pencil and pen or whatever and some paper, took as many notes as you could.

我希望你有鉛筆、鋼筆或其他什麼東西和紙，儘可能多地做筆記。

讓我們看看你可能錯過了什麼。

So, this is the vocabulary we're going to work on before we go back to the comprehension where I will read the story again and you put your new knowledge with what you heard before to see how much of the story you understand.

所以，這是我們要學習的詞彙，然後我們再回到理解部分，我會再讀一遍故事，然後你們把新知識和之前聽到的知識結合起來，看看自己理解了多少故事內容。

Well, it's a thing of great power or size.

嗯，它是一種具有強大力量或體積的東西。

It can be a movie, and we talked about the summer blockbusters.

它可以是一部電影，我們討論過暑期大片。

It can be a book or a product that is a big commercial success, which means it makes a lot of money.

它可以是一本在商業上大獲成功的書或產品，這意味著它能賺很多錢。

So, when you hear, like, Harry Potter, that's a blockbuster when it comes out because it makes money.

所以，當你聽到《哈利-波特》這樣的故事時，它一上映就是一部大片，因為它能賺錢。

And you can have a blockbuster idea, huh?

你也可以有一個大片式的創意，對吧？

Well, when you have a blockbuster idea, it's a big idea that could be a commercial success.

好吧，當你有一個 "大片 "創意時，它就是一個可以取得商業成功的大創意。

Well, to kick something off is to start or...

And you think of soccer or football, depending where you are, they have the kickoff where they actually kick a ball and the game starts.

你想想足球或橄欖球，根據你所在的地方，他們會在開球時踢球，然後比賽就開始了。

So, we could say, and you will next year, I'm sure, you'll say, I want to kick off the new year with a party.

所以，我們可以說，我相信明年你也會說，我想用一場派對來拉開新年的序幕。

Or I want to kick off this meeting, we'll see there's a business term, with the reports from last week, and that means to start.

或者我想以上週的報告作為本次會議的開場白，我們會看到有一個商業術語，那就是開始。

That is something that is very surprising, amazing, or shocking.

這是非常令人吃驚、不可思議或令人震驚的事情。

So, because it explodes, it can be very shocking.

是以，因為它爆炸了，所以會非常震撼。

Bombshell, the shell is the outside of it, but a bombshell is something that will completely take you aback or completely surprise you.

重磅炸彈，外殼是它的外表，但重磅炸彈是會讓你完全大吃一驚或完全出乎意料的東西。

它令人吃驚，令人讚歎，令人震撼。

A bombshell can also be a very attractive woman, because she, I did a video on stunning.

重磅炸彈也可以是非常有魅力的女人，因為她，我做過一個關於驚豔的視頻。

It means they're so beautiful, it's like an explosion before you of beauty.

這意味著它們是如此美麗，就像美麗在你面前爆炸。

You can have, they used to say a blonde bombshell, but you could have a brunette bombshell and a black-haired bombshell, and it's usually a female, though, and it means they are sexy and very attractive.

你可以有金髮碧眼的美女，但你也可以有黑髮碧眼的美女和黑髮碧眼的美女，不過通常是女性，這意味著她們性感迷人。

So, you could say, I dated a bombshell last year.

所以，你可以說，我去年和一個重磅炸彈約會過。

Or the bombshell revelation, oops, sorry, I jumped ahead and was going to give you one of the words that's coming up down here, but I'm going to go to curveball first.

或者是重磅消息，哎呀，對不起，我跳到前面去了，本來想給你下面即將出現的一個詞，但我還是先說曲線球吧。

A curveball is something unexpected or disruptive, and what does that mean?

弧線球是指出乎意料或具有破壞性的東西，這意味著什麼？

With a curveball, it looks like, see, I got a curveball for you, you didn't expect that, did you?

弧線球，看起來就像，看，我給了你一個弧線球，你沒想到吧？

It looks like they're throwing a straight ball, but the ball will actually curve and go on an angle.

看起來他們投出的球是直的，但實際上球會彎曲，並有一定的角度。

So, it's unexpected, so the person trying to hit the ball doesn't know it's going to go over there.

是以，這是意料之外的，所以想擊球的人並不知道球會飛到那裡去。

And disruptive means you have a plan, and the curveball changes that plan.

破壞性意味著你有一個計劃，而曲線球改變了你的計劃。

So, it will disrupt your plans or break them.

是以，它會打亂或破壞你的計劃。

So, when someone throws you a curveball, you're like, okay, tonight I'm going to be going home, having dinner, da-da-da-da.

所以，當有人給你一個曲線球時，你會想，好吧，今晚我要回家，吃晚飯，噠噠噠。

Your boss comes in and goes, hey, Johnson, we need to get the Williamson project done.

你的老闆進來說，嘿，約翰遜，我們需要完成威廉姆森項目。

他說，哦，天哪，可我有計劃。

他用弧線球打亂了他們的節奏。

It's a surprising fact that was previously unknown, especially done in a dramatic way.

這是一個以前不為人知的驚人事實，尤其是以一種戲劇性的方式。

Funny enough, revelations is in the Bible, and it's to tell people to reveal.

有趣的是，《聖經》中有 "啟示 "一詞，它是告訴人們要揭示。

So, you look in the revel, it's to reveal something.

所以，你看啟示錄，就是要揭示一些東西。

When the police arrested him, there were many revelations about his criminal past.

警方逮捕他時，揭露了他的許多犯罪前科。

Things that people didn't know were revealed or came out so people could know about it.

人們不知道的事情被揭露出來，或被曝光，讓人們瞭解它。

And I said to the police, to give you that dramatic effect, because it's like, he was arrested and then these things came out.

我對警察說，要給你戲劇性的效果，因為他被逮捕了，然後這些事情就出來了。

A curveball is something somebody gives you and it changes your plan.

曲線球是別人給你的東西，它改變了你的計劃。

An unexpected turn of events is like you're walking this way and then you're walking that way.

意想不到的轉折就像你走到這邊，然後又走到那邊。