Name: 用《使女的故事》學英文！ (Learn English with THE HANDMAID'S TALE)
Uploaded: 2026-03-11T17:15:27.000Z
Duration: 24 min

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生育能力是上帝直接賜予的恩典。

He left you intact for a biblical purpose.

他讓你們完好無損，是為了達成一個聖經上的目的。

You girls will serve the leaders of the faithful and their barren wives.

你們這些女孩將服侍信徒們的領袖和他們不孕的妻子們。

This Latin phrase from one of my favorite series, the Handmaid's Tale, means, don't let the bastards grind you down.

這句拉丁語，出自我最喜歡的影集之一《使女的故事》，意思是，別讓雜種打垮你。

And we're not going to let advanced English vocabulary intimidate you today, either.

今天我們也不會讓進階的英文單字嚇倒你們。

So this show that debuted in 2017 tells the story of a dark, dystopian future where where a totalitarian government has taken over the United States and renamed it Gilead.

這部在2017年首播的影集，講述了一個黑暗的反烏託邦未來的故事，一個極權政府接管了美國，並將其改名為基列國。

This bleak future is mostly caused by most women becoming barren or infertile, meaning that they can no longer have children.

這個黑暗的未來，大部分是因為大多數女性變得不孕或無法生育，也就是說她們再也無法生孩子了。

Fertility, as we just saw Aunt Lydia use in the clip, means the ability to have children.

生育能力，就像我們剛才看到Lydia阿姨在片段裡使用的，意思就是能夠生孩子的。

To deal with this crisis, the government forces a group of fertile women to become handmaids and bear or have children for powerful couples who can't have them.

為了應對這個危機，政府強迫一群有生育能力的女性成為侍女，為那些無法生育的權貴夫婦生孩子。

The Handmaids were left intact, which means that they were undamaged.

這些侍女被完好無損地保留下來，這意味著她們沒有受到損害。

Just like when you order a package online, you expect that it will arrive at your door intact.

就像你在網路上訂購包裹時，你希望它能完好無損地送到你家門口一樣。

So what Antlidium means by using this here is that these women were not affected by the infertility crisis.

所以Antlidium在這裡使用這個詞的意思是，這些女性沒有受到不孕危機的影響。

So we've already learned some advanced English, and

所以我們已經學到了一些進階的英文單字，

by the end of this lesson, you will have learned over 15 everyday expressions that we native speakers use or all the time.

在今天的課程結束時，你將學到超過15個我們母語人士經常使用的日常表達。

And if your goal is to really master these expressions so that you can use them confidently and naturally when you speak English, then this is where our RealLife English app will help a lot.

如果你的目標是真正掌握這些表達，讓你能夠自信且自然地在說英文時使用它們，那麼我們的RealLife English app將會非常有幫助。

Inside the app, you go beyond just watching the lesson.

在APP裡，你還可以學到更多，而不只是看課程。

You'll be able to interact with and practice all the vocabulary from today's lesson with the Handmaid's Tale and hundreds of others so that you can actually remember them.

你將能夠透過《Handmaid's Tale》和其他數百個內容來互動和練習今天課程中的所有單字，這樣你就能真正記住它們。

You'll never forget these words and expressions that you're learning.

你將永遠不會忘記這些你正在學習的單字和表達。

So I'll tell you more about how the app works in just a little bit.

所以，我馬上會跟你說更多關於這個APP如何運作。

But if you're ready to level up your confidence already, well, you can get access to this lesson with Handmaid's Tale for free by clicking the link down description below on your phone now.

但如果你已經準備好要提升你的自信心，那你現在就可以透過點擊下方連結，在手機上免費取得這堂包含《Handmaid's Tale》的課程。

All right, so in the scene that we're going to learn with today, the main character, June, is meeting with her family for the first time.

好的，所以我們今天要學習的場景中，主角June正要第一次和她的家人見面。

And for your information, this series does contain some more mature themes that you might feel uncomfortable with if you're more sensitive.

另外跟你說一下，這部影集包含一些比較成熟的主題，如果你比較敏感，可能會覺得不太舒服。

So if that's your case, you might want to check out this playlist instead, which I've linked down in the description below.

所以如果你的情況是這樣，你或許可以看看這個播放清單，我已經在下方連結裡放好了。

I don't make a practice of it, but just this one time.

我平常不會這樣，但這次就破例一次。

It was like training a dog, only not a very smart one.

感覺就像在訓練一隻狗，而且還不是聰明的。

Now, even though women in the Handmaid's Tale live under strict control, two of the main characters, June and Serena, that we've just seen eventually become two of the most powerful women in the series.

雖然在《侍女的故事》裡，女性受到嚴格的控制，但我們剛才看到的兩個主要角色 June 和 Serena，最終卻成為劇中最有權勢的女性。

In fact, author Margaret Atwood, who wrote the book that this series is based on, really loves to create strong female characters.

事實上，寫出這部劇集原著小說的作者 Margaret Atwood，非常喜歡創造強大的女性角色。

我平常不會這樣，但這次破例。

Alright, so first off, make a practice or make a habit of something means to do something habitually.

好，所以首先，「make a practice or make a habit of something」的意思就是習慣性地做某件事。

So Serena doesn't usually allow this, but

所以 Serena 平常不會這樣，但是

just this one time, she's making exception and invites June to sit and talk.

這次就破例，她邀請 June 坐下來聊聊。

Check out this other example of how this phrase is used in the Simpsons.

看看這句在《辛普森家庭》裡的其他用法。

我平常不會這樣，但這次就破例。

We have an example of one of the most common but most frustrating words in the English language for learners.

我們有一個例子，是英文裡對學習者來說最常見卻也最令人沮喪的單字之一。

It's because the pronunciation of the affirmative can and the native cant sound so similar.

這是因為肯定句的 can 和否定句的 can't 發音聽起來太相似了。

So with can't, we have what's called a glottal T.

所以在 can't 這個字裡，我們有一個叫做聲門 T 的發音。

The sound is cut off at the back of the throat, which makes it hard to hear.

這個音在喉嚨後方被切斷，所以很難聽清楚。

But good news is there's a trick you can use to tell them apart.

不過好消息是，有個小技巧可以幫助你分辨它們。

Can in the affirmative is usually reduced to couldn't as we hear it here.

肯定句的 can 通常會被弱化成 couldn't，就像我們在這裡聽到的。

Say this phrase in the affirmative and negative and repeat after me.

請用肯定句和否定句說這個句子，然後跟我唸。

Once his name didn't work out, what do you think Serena means by what's his name?

一旦他的名字沒辦法用了，你覺得 Serena 說的「那個人」是什麼意思？

在這裡他太重要了，不能說出他的名字。

So a very casual way to refer to someone whose name you've forgotten is what's his name or what's her name.

所以，一個很隨便的說法，當你忘記某個人的名字時，就是用「那個人」或「那個女人」。

Oh, hey, by the way, I don't think I can get that book back from what's his name.

喔，對了，我好像拿不回那本書，從那個誰那裡。

When you don't know what something is called, you can say whatchamacallit, which is a connected form of.

當你不知道某樣東西叫什麼名字時，你可以說「那個什麼」，它是連在一起唸的。

Warm up gear, training sweats, Shiny type.

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