Name: 撰寫清單的樂趣 ⏲️ 6 分鐘英語 (The joys of writing lists ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-09-05T05:38:05.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil.

您好。這裡是 BBC Learning English 頻道的 6 分鐘英語。我是菲爾 I'm Phil.

程度副詞

A list is a collection of items with a single item written on each line. And they're everywhere – shopping lists, to-do lists, even bucket lists – a list of all the things a person would like to do before they die. In fact, there's an episode of 6 Minute English all about them.

清單是一個項目的集合，每行寫一個項目。它們無處不在--購物清單、待辦事項清單，甚至是遺願清單--一個人死前想做的所有事情的清單。事實上，《6 分鐘英語》中有一集就是關於清單的。

Imagine you're at the supermarket and find someone's shopping list. This happens a lot to Jo Nolan, a linguistics researcher, whose new book explores our love of lists.

想象一下，你在超市裡發現了某人的購物清單。語言學研究員喬-諾蘭（Jo Nolan）經常遇到這種情況，她的新書探討了我們對清單的喜愛。

Here's Jo reading her shopping list on BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth.

下面是喬在 BBC 廣播 4 臺的 "口碑 "節目中宣讀她的購物清單。

I only list the first four items, but the list read nanas, aye-aye, puke, shrooms.

我只列出了前四項，但清單上寫著納納斯、阿耶耶、嘔吐物、蘑菇。

Nanas, aye-aye, puke, shrooms? Can you work out what Jo was buying at the supermarket,

納納斯、阿耶耶、嘔吐物、蘑菇？你知道喬在超市買了什麼嗎？

OK, well I'm going to guess that nanas are bananas and shrooms, they've got to be mushrooms, right?

好吧，我猜 "香蕉 "是香蕉，"蘑菇 "是蘑菇，對嗎？

OK, but what about aye-aye and puke? What could they mean? Well, here's Jo's explanation to Michael Rosen, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth.

好吧，那 "哎呀呀 "和 "嘔吐 "呢？它們是什麼意思？下面是喬對 BBC 廣播 4 臺 "口語 "節目主持人邁克爾-羅森（Michael Rosen）的解釋。

And let's just come back to puke. I mean, were you instructing yourself to be sick in the supermarket? I'm just a bit lost here.

我們再來說說嘔吐。我是說，你是在訓示自己在超市裡生病嗎？我有點糊塗了

No, it's slightly grotesque. My husband doesn't like cucumber and the abbreviation for cucumber would be puke, so he has always referred to it as puke.

不，這有點怪誕。我丈夫不喜歡吃黃瓜，而黃瓜的縮寫是 "嘔吐物"，所以他一直稱黃瓜為 "嘔吐物"。

Cucumbers make Joanna's husband puke, a slang word for vomit. And puke rhymes with kuk, so it's a way of reminding her to buy cucumbers. Wow, sometimes lists are like secret codes.

黃瓜會讓喬安娜的丈夫嘔吐，這是一個表示嘔吐的俚語。而 puke 與 kuk 押韻，所以這也是提醒她買黃瓜的一種方式。哇，有時候清單就像密碼一樣。

In this episode, we'll find out why people love lists and learn some useful new words and phrases. And remember, you'll find another list of all the vocabulary used on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

在本期節目中，我們將瞭解為什麼人們喜歡列表，並學習一些有用的新單詞和短語。請記住，您將在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到另一份詞彙表。

But first, a question for you, Beth. According to the list on the Internet Movie Database website, which movie has made the most money ever? Is it… a. Titanic b. Avengers Endgame c. Avatar I think it might be Avatar, although that might have been the most expensive to make. I'm not sure.

但首先要問你一個問題，貝絲。根據互聯網電影數據庫網站的列表，哪部電影的票房最高？是...... a. 《泰坦尼克號》 b. 《復仇者聯盟終結者》 c. 《阿凡達》 我覺得可能是《阿凡達》，雖然那可能是製作成本最高的一部。我不確定。

OK, well, we'll find out at the end of the programme.

好吧，節目結束後我們就知道了。

Popular songs are full of lists and one of the most famous is My Favourite Things, sung by Julie Andrews in the film The Sound of Music. The song lists all her favourite things, from raindrops on roses to whiskers on kittens. Here, Joe Nolan and Michael Rosen discuss the song on BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth.

流行歌曲中充滿了清單，其中最著名的是朱莉-安德魯斯（Julie Andrews）在電影《音樂之聲》中演唱的《我最喜愛的事物》（My Favourite Things）。這首歌列出了她所有喜歡的事物，從玫瑰上的雨滴到小貓的鬍鬚。喬-諾蘭（Joe Nolan）和邁克爾-羅森（Michael Rosen）在 BBC 廣播 4 臺的 "Word of Mouth "節目中討論了這首歌。

I feel like you get a lot, you get a big bang for your buck in that song. Maybe it's the positivity, it's a bit saccharine, maybe that's also part of the issue. The list encourages you to think really efficiently and economically, so I think you don't waste a lot of time and effort making a nice sentence or using long words. You just get to the nub of things quite quickly.

我覺得在這首歌裡，你能得到很多，得到很大的回報。也許是因為它的積極性，它有點糖衣炮彈，也許這也是問題的一部分。歌單鼓勵你高效、經濟地思考，所以我覺得你不會浪費很多時間和精力去造一個漂亮的句子或用很長的詞。你只是很快就能找到問題的關鍵所在。

The song's list of favourite things is long, and Joe says you get a big bang for your buck – an idiom meaning that you gain a lot in return for the money or effort you spend on something. But not everyone likes the song. Some call it saccharine, an adjective meaning excessively sweet, sentimental or insincere.

這首歌中列舉的最喜歡的東西有很多，喬說你會得到很大的回報--這個成語的意思是你花了錢或精力在某件事情上，卻得到了很大的回報。但並非所有人都喜歡這首歌。有人說這首歌 "糖衣炮彈"（saccharine），這個形容詞的意思是過分甜美、多愁善感或不真誠。

Lists often abbreviate the items they contain, so you get to the nub of things quickly. The nub of something means the most important or essential point about it.

列表通常會縮寫所包含的項目，這樣就能快速找到事物的核心。事物的核心指的是最重要或最基本的一點。

Lists can be useful as well. Here's Joe Nolan giving an example of a useful list to

清單也可以很有用。下面是喬-諾蘭（Joe Nolan）舉例說明的一個有用的列表。

A friend of mine who makes pros and cons lists finds that it really helps her resolve a situation.

我的一個朋友會列出利弊清單，她發現這真的能幫助她解決問題。

She halves her page – pros, cons – and she said by the end of it she knows what she's doing.

她把自己的頁面抽成兩半--優點、缺點--她說，到最後她就知道自己在做什麼了。

Lists help us make decisions by writing down all the pros and cons of a situation. The pros and cons is another way of saying the advantages and disadvantages of something, especially when you're trying to choose between them.

列表通過寫下某種情況的所有利弊來幫助我們做出決定。利弊是指某件事情的優點和缺點，尤其是當你要在兩者之間做出選擇時。

The more you think about it, the more you see lists everywhere – in menus and bank statements for example. And therapists even recommend listing all the good things in your life to feel happier. Not bad for a few words on a scrap of paper!

你想得越多，就越能在菜單和銀行對賬單中看到隨處可見的清單。治療師甚至建議把生活中所有美好的事情都列出來，這樣會讓你感覺更快樂。在一張廢紙上寫幾個字就不錯了！

OK, it's time to reveal the answer to my question. Beth, I asked you which movie had made the most money ever and you said Avatar and now according to the Internet Movie Database, that's exactly right!

好了，是時候揭曉我的問題的答案了。貝絲，我問你哪部電影賺的錢最多，你說是《阿凡達》，現在根據互聯網電影數據庫的數據，這完全正確！

Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with bucket list – all the things you would like to do before you die.

讓我們回顧一下所學的詞彙，首先是遺願清單--你死前想做的所有事情。

Puke 是俚語，意為嘔吐或生病。

If something gives bang for your buck, you gain a lot of extra value in return for the money or effort you put into it.

如果某樣東西物有所值，那麼你付出的金錢或精力就會換來很多額外的價值。

If you call something saccharine, you criticise it for being too sweet or sentimental.

如果你稱某樣東西為糖精，你就會責備它太甜膩或太多愁善感。

The nub of a problem or situation is the most important or essential thing about it.

問題或情況的關鍵是最重要或最本質的東西。

And finally, something's pros and cons are its advantages and disadvantages. Once again, our six minutes are up, but remember you'll find a quiz and worksheet for this episode over on our website bbclearningenglish.com. Goodbye for now!

最後，"利 "和 "弊 "是指事物的優點和缺點。我們的六分鐘時間又到了，但請記住，你可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到本集的測驗和工作表。再見！