Name: 日常英語說說人們做了什麼 - 手勢與反應 (Everyday English: Say What People Did — Gestures & Reactions)
Uploaded: 2025-09-15T18:12:34.000Z
Duration: 12 min 5 s

In today's lesson, I have something that's a little bit interesting, I hope.

在今天的課程中，我希望會有一些有趣的內容。

I'm going to talk to you about gestures, hand signals, some things you do with your face, things you do with your body, because communication is not all about words and sentences and vocabulary.

我要和你們談談手勢、手勢，還有你們用臉、用身體做的一些事情，因為交流並不全是單詞、句子和詞彙。

Communication, a lot of what you communicate to people comes through the way you look, how you do things with your eyes, how your body stands.

交流，你與人交流的很多東西都是通過你的外表、你的眼神、你的身體站立方式來傳達的。

Like, if you're facing somebody or facing away from somebody, the way your hands move, a lot of that is communication.

比如，如果你正對著某人或背對著某人，你的手會怎麼動，這在很大程度上就是一種交流。

But I'm going to show you a bunch of actual physical gestures, but people say these, especially when they're reporting about somebody else.

但我要給你們看一些實際的肢體動作，但人們會說這些，尤其是在報道別人的時候。

So, for example, if you ask someone about somebody else's reaction to a piece of news, for example, obviously you can't see the physical gesture.

是以，舉例來說，如果你詢問別人對一則新聞的反應，顯然你無法看到他的身體姿態。

But the person telling you what... how the person reacted might simply tell you what gesture that person made, and from the gesture you will understand their reaction.

但是，告訴你......這個人的反應如何的人可能只是告訴你這個人做了什麼手勢，從手勢中你就能理解他的反應。

We're going to start with scratch one's head.

So, scratch one's head, if I do... if you're telling me something and I go... what do you understand from that?

那麼，撓撓頭，如果我......如果你告訴我一些事情，而我去......你從中明白了什麼？

You understand that maybe I'm confused, maybe I don't really know what's going on, but if you tell me that somebody else reacted by doing that, I will understand that that person was confused or didn't know what's going on.

你要明白，也許我很困惑，也許我真的不知道發生了什麼，但如果你告訴我，別人也有這樣的反應，我就會明白，那個人很困惑，或者不知道發生了什麼。

So, I have a friend, he's a teacher, and I knew he was going to teach his students a very complex grammatical point.

我有個朋友是老師，我知道他要教學生一個非常複雜的文法知識點。

So, after the class, I asked my friend, how did it go?

下課後，我問朋友，課上得怎麼樣？

And he said, oh, no, they were pretty much scratching their heads the whole time.

他說，哦，不，他們一直在撓頭。

So, when he says to me, they were scratching their heads the whole time, I understand they didn't understand, they were very confused, they didn't know what's going on.

所以，當他對我說，他們一直在撓頭時，我明白他們不明白，他們非常困惑，不知道發生了什麼。

He doesn't have to show me, he doesn't have to tell me they were confused, he tells me the gesture that they made.

他不用給我看，不用告訴我他們很困惑，他告訴我他們做的手勢。

And in English, we have quite a few of these gestures that people say that somebody else did to get the... to get the reaction, basically, to see how somebody reacted.

在英語中，我們有很多這樣的手勢，人們說別人做這些手勢是為了得到......基本上是為了得到反應，看看別人的反應如何。

Now, the reason we would say these, the reason I would say he scratched his head instead of he was confused, because this gives more of a visual description of the person's reaction.

現在，我們之所以說這些，我之所以說他撓了撓頭，而不是說他很困惑，是因為這更直觀地描述了人的反應。

Instead of saying he was confused, okay, he was confused.

與其說他很困惑，不如說他很迷茫。

If he was scratching his head, it means it was maybe too complicated or he was trying to understand, but couldn't really understand, and it gives more of a visual.

如果他在撓頭，說明可能太複雜了，或者他想理解，但無法真正理解，這就給了他更多的直觀印象。

I can see him and I feel sorry for him because scratching his head doesn't know what's going on.

我能看到他，我為他感到難過，因為他搔首弄姿，卻不知道發生了什麼事。

So, let's go through a few more of these.

那麼，讓我們再來看看其中的幾個。

To lick one's lips or to smack one's lips.

So, mmm, licking one's lips, smacking one's lips, like opening and closing.

所以，嗯，舔嘴脣，咂嘴，就像翕動。

So, mostly, we use this to describe someone's reaction to food.

是以，我們通常用它來描述某人對食物的反應。

So, you go to a restaurant and you can smell the food, it's really delicious, everything around you, so you're, mmm, licking your lips, means you're excited about what is coming.

所以，你去一家餐廳，你能聞到食物的香味，它真的很美味，你周圍的一切，所以你，嗯，舔你的嘴脣，意味著你對即將到來的東西感到興奮。

You are anticipating a very good meal and you're getting your mouth ready for it.

您正期待著一頓豐盛的晚餐，您的嘴巴正在為它做好準備。

But, these days, we also use this expression just to mean generally excited or if you see a very good opportunity, you get very excited and you're anticipating.

不過，現在我們也用這個詞來表示一般的興奮，或者說，如果你看到一個非常好的機會，你會非常興奮，你會充滿期待。

So, investors are licking their lips at the prospect of this company's success.

是以，投資者對這家公司的成功前景翹首以盼。

So, some investors put money into this company or they bought stocks and there's news that this company is going to have a very successful year, so the investors are licking their lips because they know money is coming to them.

是以，一些投資者把錢投入了這家公司，或者他們買了股票，有消息說這家公司今年將取得巨大成功，所以投資者們都舔著嘴脣，因為他們知道錢就要到手了。

所以，不僅是食物，還有其他東西。

Same idea, very similar to lick one's lips, you're anticipating something, you're excited about something that's coming.

意思相同，與舔嘴脣非常相似，你在期待著什麼，對即將發生的事情感到興奮。

So, I walked into a store, for example, or I walked into a car dealership, that's a better example.

例如，我走進一家商店，或者我走進一家汽車經銷商，這就是一個更好的例子。

And over there in the corner, I see the salesperson with a young couple.

在角落裡，我看到售貨員和一對年輕夫婦在一起。

And the couple looks, you know, they're very excited, they're getting a new car, but I could see the car dealer was just rubbing his hands waiting to sign the contract.

這對夫婦看起來非常興奮，因為他們要買一輛新車了，但我可以看到汽車經銷商只是在搓手等待籤合同。

He was rubbing his hands, again, he knew money is coming to him, he's getting a nice commission, he's excited, he's a little bit greedy about what's coming.

他搓著手，又一次，他知道錢要到手了，他要拿到一筆不錯的佣金，他很興奮，他對即將到來的一切有點貪婪。

I don't need to say the salesman looked very excited.

不用我說，銷售員看起來非常興奮。

The salesman was rubbing his hands together, very clear what he was feeling.

銷售員搓著手，非常清楚自己的感受。

So, if somebody shrugs one's shoulders, that generally means one of two things.

是以，如果有人聳聳肩，通常意味著兩件事中的一件。

One, they just don't care, or two, they just want to be in a bad mood.

其一，他們根本不在乎；其二，他們只是想讓自己心情不好。

It doesn't matter what you say to them, they just want to stay in a bad mood.

你對他們說什麼都沒用，他們只想繼續沉浸在糟糕的情緒中。

Especially when we're talking about a child, right?

尤其是當我們談論的是一個孩子時，對嗎？

My friend's son didn't want to go to school.

於是，我問我的朋友，你做了什麼？

My friend says she offered him candy and ice cream when he comes home from school.

我的朋友說，當他放學回家時，她會給他糖果和冰淇淋。

If he goes to school, when he comes home, he'll get candy and ice cream.

如果他去上學，回家後就會得到糖果和冰淇淋。

And I said, oh, that's a nice, nice little trade.

我說，哦，這真是個不錯的小交易。

Didn't really care, or he just wanted to be in a bad mood.

他並不在意，或者他只是想讓自己心情不好。

You can make all kinds of different faces, but essentially, when you're making a face, usually it means a negative reaction.

你可以做出各種不同的表情，但基本上，當你做鬼臉時，通常意味著負面反應。

So, I offered her a position, a raise, but it included more duties.

於是，我給了她一個職位，加薪，但包括更多的職責。

Make a face usually means to show through a facial gesture that you don't like something or you're not interested in something.

做鬼臉通常是指通過表情動作表示不喜歡某件事情或對某件事情不感興趣。

If you cross your fingers for someone, you go...

But a completely different meaning, if someone says something to you and then later it turns out that it's not true, and I say, but you told me you'll do this.

但是，如果有人對你說了一些話，後來發現不是真的，我就會說，但你告訴過我你會這麼做，這就是完全不同的意思了。

It basically means crossing your fingers behind your back means I'm not telling the truth.

基本上就是說，你在背後比劃手指，說明我說的不是實話。

But because I'm crossing my fingers, I'm not committing a sin.

但因為我在祈禱，所以我沒有犯罪。

I'm not a bad person because this lets me say whatever I want.

我不是壞人，因為這讓我想說什麼就說什麼。

If an adult says this, they're just basically taking a joke, right?

如果大人這麼說，基本上就是在開玩笑，對嗎？

They weren't very serious the first time.

So, to wish someone luck or to not tell the truth.

那麼，是祝人好運還是不說真話呢？

Okay, so now we have a few more, and some of these are a little bit less literal than others, but I'll give you an example.

好了，現在我們又有了一些，其中有些比其他的字面意思要少一點，但我還是要給你們舉個例子。

So, if you give somebody a thumbs up, it means that you approve or accept something or that you just think something is very good, right?

所以，如果你給某人豎起大拇指，就意味著你認可或接受了某件事情，或者你認為某件事情非常好，對嗎？

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日常英語說說人們做了什麼 - 手勢與反應 (Everyday English: Say What People Did — Gestures & Reactions)

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