Name: 對話：尷尬時刻┃隨身學習美式英語發音 (Conversation: Embarrassing Moments┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the Go)
Uploaded: 2025-07-30T18:20:11.000Z
Duration: 31 min 34 s

Welcome to the Righteous English Podcast.

現在進行式

In today's episode, I'm sitting down with my husband David, and we've chosen some interesting questions to get us talking about ourselves and our lives.

在今天的節目中，我和我的丈夫大衛坐在一起，我們選擇了一些有趣的問題，讓我們談談我們自己和我們的生活。

未來簡單式

And as we go, we'll identify phrasal verbs, idioms, or interesting vocabulary words that come up as we speak naturally.

在學習過程中，我們會找出短語動詞、成語或在自然說話時出現的有趣詞彙。

We'll pause the conversation and we'll discuss those words.

我們暫停對話，討論一下這些詞。

We'll make sure they get defined and that you understand how to use them.

我們將確保它們得到定義，並確保您瞭解如何使用它們。

If you'd like a free copy of the transcript for this podcast, please visit rachelsenglish.com slash podcast and look for this episode.

如果您想免費獲得本期播客的文字稿，請訪問 rachelsenglish.com slash podcast 並查找本期節目。

Okay, David, I'll start with a question and we'll both answer.

好的，戴維，我先問一個問題，然後我們一起回答。

So I would like you to describe an embarrassing moment or two that you've had as an adult.

所以，我想請你們描述一下成年後的一兩個尷尬時刻。

So my recent embarrassing moment was a couple of years ago when you and I were traveling on one of our road trips.

我最近的尷尬時刻是幾年前，你和我在一次公路旅行中。

And all of a sudden, I realized that I had scheduled a phone session with one of my clients here.

突然間，我意識到我已經和我的一位客戶約好了電話會議。

And bang, out of nowhere, I just got this thought that I realized that I had totally missed that session.

突然，我有了一個想法，我意識到我完全錯過了那次會議。

And so therapists, you're not supposed to miss your sessions.

所以治療師們，你們不應該缺席治療。

I called him and he really rolled with it.

我給他打了個電話，他就真的答應了。

But man, that's not a good feeling to know that you've missed something and that the other person is really depending on you.

但是，當你知道自己錯過了什麼，而對方真的很依賴你時，那種感覺可不好受。

So roll with it means something unexpected has happened, but you don't let it mess you up.

所以，隨遇而安意味著發生了意想不到的事情，但你不會讓它把你搞得一團糟。

Another example would be during my presentation, my projector broke, but I rolled with it.

另一個例子是，在我的演講中，我的投影儀壞了，但我還是堅持了下來。

在沒有視覺效果的情況下，我還是堅持了下來。

So you called him like after the session was supposed to have happened?

所以你是在會議結束後給他打的電話？

Or maybe he texted a sort of like, hey, where are you?

或者他發短信說，嘿，你在哪兒？

On some kind of bridge thing at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco?

在舊金山漁人碼頭的一座橋上？

On our way to get the, what are they called?

在我們去拿它們的路上，它們叫什麼來著？

Well, I think actually we were taking a trolley that time.

嗯，我想其實那次我們是坐電車去的。

One of them was I was doing this YouTube program.

其中一次是我在做 YouTube 節目。

And there were 36 different channels that had been invited to Los Angeles to the YouTube space.

有 36 個不同的頻道受邀來到洛杉磯的 YouTube 空間。

We were getting a channel workup where we were getting all sorts of, you know, advice on how to make our channel better.

我們得到了一個管道工作坊，在那裡我們得到了各種各樣的，你知道的，關於如何讓我們的管道變得更好的建議。

And so of those 36 channels, there were maybe five or six where there were two people working on the channel, a male and a female.

是以，在這 36 個頻道中，可能有五六個頻道有兩個人在工作，一男一女。

Most of them were just one person like me.

他們中的大多數人都和我一樣，只有一個人。

But so there were some what looked like couples working on YouTube channels together, which is not uncommon.

不過，也有一些看起來像情侶的人在一起製作 YouTube 頻道，這並不罕見。

And I realized that not all of those male female partnerships were couples.

我意識到，並非所有這些男女伴侶都是夫妻。

And I knew at least one that it was just a business relationship.

我知道至少有一個人認為這只是一種商業關係。

And so then I I sort of felt like, you know, I didn't want to assume that everybody was a couple just because it was a man and a woman working on the same channel.

所以我覺得，我不想因為是一男一女在同一個頻道工作，就認為每個人都是情侶。

And I asked one of the one of the sets of people how what made them decide to start working together.

我問其中一組人是如何決定開始合作的。

I was clearly assuming they were not a couple.

我顯然是在假設他們不是一對。

And then they very awkwardly, you know, answered.

But I could tell that it seemed weird that I had assumed that they weren't married.

但我看得出，我認為他們沒有結婚似乎很奇怪。

So then I was like, well, it's weird to assume that someone is married.

於是我就想，好吧，假設一個人結婚了是很奇怪的。

So I just I felt like I was stuck between a rock and a hard place there.

所以，我覺得自己被困在了一個兩難的境地。

Like no assumption was going to be socially acceptable if it was wrong, if it was the wrong one.

如果假設是錯的，如果假設是錯誤的，那麼任何假設都不會被社會所接受。

I mean, you don't just go up to someone in a professional environment and say, hey, are you guys married?

我的意思是，你不能在職業環境中走到某人面前說，嘿，你們結婚了嗎？

I was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

好吧，那就意味著你也在其中。

You're trying to make a decision between two things, and neither of them really seem like a great option.

你正試著在兩件事情之間做出決定，而這兩件事情看起來都不是很好的選擇。

I I felt like I could assume they were married and try to interact with them on that way.

我覺得我可以假設他們結婚了，並試著以這種方式與他們互動。

I could assume that they weren't married and try to interact with them that way.

我可以假設他們沒有結婚，並試著以這種方式與他們交流。

But neither one of them felt like the right thing to do.

I just found it very hard to figure out what to assume.

我只是覺得很難想清楚該怎麼假設。

And then you you might think, well, why did you have to assume one or the other?

然後你可能會想，為什麼非要假設其中一個呢？

But when you're in this social slash professional situation, because there was a lot of hanging out to for a whole week.

但是，當你處於這樣的社交和職業環境中時，因為整整一週都有很多事情要做。

I mean, that it's just hard to not interact with somebody with that, knowing what that relationship is between other people in your group.

我的意思是，你很難不與這樣的人交往，因為你知道你所在小組的其他人之間是什麼關係。

And I think it brings up, you know, this thing that we talk about a lot, where for people who are learning English and want to sound like a native speaker, there's the desire to sound natural and to use slang, which which you've been talking about a lot, or to just be a little bit more informal.

我想這就提到了我們經常談論的一件事，對於那些正在學習英語並希望聽起來像母語人士的人來說，他們希望聽起來自然並使用俚語，這一點你已經說過很多了，或者只是更隨意一點。

And it is really tough in those situations where it is one part professional, one part social.

在這種情況下，專業性和社交性缺一不可，這確實很困難。

Another example of that is if you're out after work with coworkers and let's say you're out for happy hour getting a drink.

另一個例子是，如果你下班後和同事一起出去玩，比方說在歡樂時光喝一杯。

It's really difficult sometimes to know, well, wait a minute.

有時真的很難知道，好吧，等一下。

Is this you know, how should I be talking to this person?

你知道，我應該如何與這個人交談嗎？

Maybe they're your supervisor or your supervisee.

When those lines get blurred, it can be hard, you know, even as a native speaker among Americans to know exactly how to be and what to say.

當這些界限變得模糊時，你知道，即使是以美國人為母語的人，也很難確切地知道自己該怎麼做，該說什麼。

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