Name: 訪談薇姬┃隨身學習美式英語發音 (Interview with Vicki┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the Go)
Uploaded: 2025-08-17T17:57:39.000Z
Duration: 30 min 48 s

You're listening to the Rachel's English Podcast, made especially for non-native speakers, where we study the way Americans really speak.

您正在收聽的是專為非母語人士製作的 Rachel's English Podcast，我們在這裡研究美國人真正的說話方式。

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My goal is for you to listen to this podcast every week and sound more natural when speaking English and improve your listening comprehension.

我的目標是讓你每週都能收聽這個播客，在說英語時聽起來更自然，並提高你的聽力理解能力。

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In today's episode, we're speaking with my friend and fellow YouTuber, Vicki Hollett.

在今天的節目中，我們將與我的朋友、YouTuber 同好維姬-霍萊特（Vicki Hollett）進行對話。

Vicki has a long history of teaching English as a second language, and today, she'll share some grammar tips and insight into American culture.

Vicki 長期從事英語作為第二語言的教學工作，今天，她將與大家分享一些文法技巧和對美國文化的見解。

So, Vicki, could you tell everybody who's out there listening a little bit about yourself?

那麼，維姬，你能向在座的各位介紹一下你自己嗎？

I know that you've been teaching English for a long time.

我知道您從事英語教學已經有很長一段時間了。

But these days, I live in Philadelphia in the United States, and I'm a business English teacher.

但現在，我住在美國費城，是一名商務英語教師。

Originally, I was a business English teacher, and then I started writing textbooks for Oxford University Press and Pearson, and I'm also, these days, a video producer, and I make videos with my husband for the Simple English Videos channel.

我最初是一名商務英語教師，後來開始為牛津大學出版社和培生公司編寫教科書，現在我還是一名視頻製作人，和我丈夫一起為簡單英語視頻頻道製作視頻。

And that was luckily how I came to meet you, Rachel.

很幸運，我就是這樣認識你的，瑞秋。

I've definitely been in a handful of videos on that channel, and you've been several of my... been in several videos on my channel as well.

我肯定在那個頻道上看過一些視頻，你也在我的頻道上看過一些......也在我的頻道上看過一些視頻。

We're very lucky to have one another so close, I think.

我想，我們很幸運，彼此離得這麼近。

So, how did you get into business English way back when that happened?

那麼，你是如何進入商務英語行業的？

Well, I started off as a language teacher in Algeria first, and then I started working in Japan, and I was working at a school that had a lot of business English students and had the opportunity to work with them.

我最初在阿爾及利亞擔任語言教師，後來到日本工作，我所在的學校有很多商務英語專業的學生，我有機會和他們一起工作。

And I felt very at home with business English teaching because I'd grown up in a family bakery business, and I always enjoyed talking shop, and it enabled me to carry on talking shop.

我對商務英語教學很有親切感，因為我是在家族麵包店生意中長大的，我一直很喜歡談論商店，這讓我能夠繼續談論商店。

What is the difference between teaching business English and just teaching English?

商務英語教學與單純的英語教學有什麼區別？

Is it just about content only, or are there other differences?

這僅僅是內容上的差異，還是其他方面的差異？

Well, a lot of people think that it's about specialized vocabulary, but actually, that's not the main thing.

很多人認為這與專業詞彙有關，但實際上，這並不是最主要的。

In business English, language tends to be more purposeful, so it's about getting a job done.

在商務英語中，語言的目的性更強，是以是為了完成工作。

It's not about passing an exam, but it's more about accomplishing jobs and tasks, so it's about getting deals and working together so you can finish on time and on budget.

這不是為了通過考試，更多的是為了完成工作和任務，是以要達成交易，共同努力，按時按預算完成工作。

So, there's a lot of teamwork that goes on in business English.

是以，商務英語中有很多團隊合作。

So, that means that there's a lot of it that's about relationship building as well.

是以，這意味著有很多工作也與建立關係有關。

So, I think language for getting on well with other people features large in business English.

是以，我認為與他人相處融洽的語言在商務英語中佔有重要地位。

我非常喜歡它，現在仍然喜歡。

You're all doing, you're doing exclusively simple English videos.

你們都在做，只做簡單的英語視頻。

Is that right, or are you still teaching?

Um, sometimes I teach business English students online.

嗯，有時我會在網上教商務英語學生。

I like to do some online teaching because it keeps me, it keeps me up to date, and it reminds me of the important things and the things that students need.

我喜歡進行一些在線教學，因為它能讓我保持與時俱進，提醒我一些重要的事情和學生需要的東西。

Because otherwise, I think you can forget a  I completely agree.

否則，我想你就可以忘掉我完全同意的觀點了。

I've been teaching once a month live with my Rachel's English Academy, and prior to this, it had been a while.

我在我的瑞秋英語學院每月進行一次現場教學，在此之前，已經有一段時間了。

And every time that I'm in a class working with a student, I just get so re-energized about it and just get all sorts of ideas about what I really have to say in order to help somebody improve.

每當我在課堂上與學生一起上課時，我都會為此重新振作起來，併產生各種想法，我到底該說些什麼，才能幫助別人進步。

There's nothing like having the students in front of you.

沒有什麼能比學生就在你的面前更有說服力了。

So, I, as you know, teach only pronunciation and conversation skills on, on my channel.

所以，大家都知道，我在我的頻道上只教發音和對話技巧。

And a lot of people are interested in grammar, and I know that you are a great grammar teacher.

很多人都對文法感興趣，我知道你是一位出色的文法老師。

And one mistake that I frequently see when people email me or comment on social media is a mistake like this.

當人們給我發電子郵件或在社交媒體上發表評論時，我經常會看到這樣一個錯誤。

I'm interesting in English, or I'm interesting in learning English.

我對英語很感興趣，或者說我對學習英語很感興趣。

What's happening there is you've got two adjectives.

Interesting and interested are both adjectives.

We use interested to say how we feel, but we use interesting to describe the person or thing that causes the feeling.

我們用 "感興趣 "來表達我們的感受，但我們用 "有趣 "來描述引起這種感受的人或事。

So, for example, we could say, I'm interested in this book.

例如，我們可以說，我對這本書感興趣。

And it's quite a funny mistake when students say, I'm very interesting in this book.

當學生們說 "我對這本書很感興趣 "時，就會犯一個很有趣的錯誤。

Because, of course, they'd have to be a character in the book to be interesting in the book.

當然，他們必須是書中的人物，才能在書中引起讀者的興趣。

So, if you're saying I, if the sentence starts with I, I am, then you should be saying with the ED ending.

是以，如果你說 "我"，如果句子以 "我 "開頭，那麼你就應該用 ED 結尾。

When you're describing how you feel, you want to use that ED ending.

在描述自己的感受時，要使用 ED 結尾。

Another mistake students can make with this is in some languages, interesting can be important or big, but it doesn't in English.

學生可能犯的另一個錯誤是，在某些語言中，interesting 可以是重要或大的意思，但在英語中卻不是。

And it's, but it's really worth learning this ing and ed pattern because it applies to lots of other adjectives as well.

它是，但這個 ing 和 ed 模式真的很值得學習，因為它也適用於很多其他形容詞。

所以，"感興趣 "的反義詞就是 "無聊"。

And then you've got surprised, surprising, embarrassed, embarrassing, fascinated, fascinating, amazed, amazing.

然後是驚訝、驚喜、尷尬、難堪、著迷、迷人、驚奇、不可思議。

So, try and learn that pattern, ED, how we feel, ing, the personal thing that causes the feeling, and you've got a pattern that's going to be useful in lots of different ways.

所以，試著學習這種模式，ED，我們的感覺，ing，導致這種感覺的個人因素，你就會得到一種模式，這種模式在很多不同的方面都會有用。

And that's great because one thing about pronunciation is we often don't have clear patterns.

這很好，因為關於發音，我們往往沒有清晰的模式。

Pronunciation often has to just be learned on a word by word basis.

And it sounds like in this case for grammar, there is a clear rule and a clear pattern that you can apply over and over.

聽起來，就文法而言，有一個明確的規則和模式可以反覆應用。

So, let me try to think of some of the examples you said.

那麼，讓我試著想想你說過的一些例子。

You said fascinating, fascinated, and just to make, make it even more clear, let's come up with some sample, a sample sentence.

你說 "引人入勝"、"著迷"，為了說得更清楚，我們來舉例說明。

So, fascinated, I could say I'm fascinated in, and let me think of something that I'm fascinated in.

所以，"著迷"，我可以說是 "著迷於"，讓我想想 "著迷於 "什麼。

I guess right now I would say I'm fascinated in travel.

我想現在我會說我對旅行很著迷。

I'm planning a trip to Italy, and it's been so long since I've been abroad, and I, it's something that's really important to me.

我計劃去意大利旅行，我已經很久沒有出國了，這對我來說非常重要。

You know, the more we put ourselves in, in unfamiliar situations, I think the more we give ourselves a gift.

你知道，我們越是把自己置身於陌生的環境中，我覺得我們就越能給自己一份禮物。

So, I'm fascinated in international travel and, you know, what it does to your personality and to your mind.

所以，我對國際旅行很著迷，你知道，它對你的個性和思想有什麼影響。

Well, I think you're going to have an amazing trip.

我想你們會有一次奇妙的旅行。

You'll be amazed at all the new sights and all the new people that you'll meet.

你會對所有的新景觀和新朋友感到驚奇。

When I was writing books, I used to travel a lot because I would go and give talks to teachers about the books.

當我寫書的時候，我經常出差，因為我會去給老師們做關於書的講座。

And of course, another one you could practice is embarrassing because if students say I am very interesting in this book, that's an embarrassing mistake.

當然，你可以練習的另一個錯誤是 "令人尷尬"，因為如果學生說我對這本書很感興趣，這就是一個令人尷尬的錯誤。

The thing is embarrassing, but you don't feel embarrassing, you feel embarrassed.

事情很尷尬，但你不覺得尷尬，反而覺得難堪。

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