Name: 跟著《辛普森家庭》一起學英文！🎬 (Learn English with THE SIMPSONS)
Uploaded: 2026-03-17T17:13:42.000Z
Duration: 24 min 15 s

Do you want me to sing your birthday song, or do you want me to shoot Sideshow Bob out of a cannon?

你想我唱生日歌，還是你想我把你從砲裡射出去？

I know we haven't had much luck shooting you out of this cannon, but

我知道我們之前把你從這砲裡射出去的運氣不太好，但是

maybe that's because we haven't used enough gunpowder.

Today we're learning English with the Simpsons.

今天我們要用 Simpsons 來學 English。

Now, if you're a fan of the show, then you might know that Bart has a nemesis named Sideshow Bob.

如果你是這部劇的粉絲，你可能會知道 Bart 有個宿敵叫做 Sideshow Bob。

Now, to know why Sideshow Bob is Bart's enemy, we have to go all the way back to season one of the show, which we're gonna do today.

想要知道 Sideshow Bob 為什麼是 Bart 的敵人，我們得回到這部劇的第一季，今天我們就要來做這件事。

And this is also going to be a great opportunity for you to pick up a bunch of advanced legal and police vocabulary in English.

這也是個絕佳的機會，讓大家學到很多進階的法律和警察 English 詞彙。

And if you're new here, every single week we make fun lessons with your favorite series, movies and more to help you finally understand fast speaking natives without getting lost, without missing the jokes and without subtitles.

如果你是新來的，我們每週都會用你喜歡的系列、電影等等來製作有趣的課程，幫助你終於聽懂語速快的母語人士，不會聽不懂、錯過笑點，也不需要字幕。

So join over 10 million English learners from around the world who are doing exactly that by hitting the subscribe button and the bell down below.

所以加入全球數百萬的英語學習者，一起透過按下訂閱按鈕和小鈴鐺來達成目標吧。

And that way you won't miss a single new lesson.

這樣你就不會錯過任何新的課程了。

Now let's jump into this hilarious lesson with the world's favorite yellow family.

現在我們就來進入這堂有趣的課程，跟世界上最受歡迎的黃色家庭一起學習吧。

The reason I look unhappy is that tonight I have to see a slideshow starring my wife's sisters.

我看起來不高興的原因是，今晚我必須去看一場由我妻子的姊妹們主演的表演。

或者我稱她們為「恐怖二人組」。

把你所有的錢都用紙袋裝著交出來。

I do work in a convenience store, you know.

你可以從我的便宜貨裡出來了。

The opportunity to prove yourself a hero is long gone.

證明自己是英雄的機會早就沒了。

So, as we can see in this first scene, Krusty the Clown, a children's TV personality, apparently robbed this supermarket.

所以，就像我們在這第一幕看到的，Krusty the Clown，一個兒童電視節目主持人，竟然搶劫了這家超市。

And Homer is a crucial witness to the crime.

而 Homer 是這起犯罪的關鍵證人。

A witness is someone who observes a crime and helps in the prosecution of the criminal or the formal legal process of determining whether they are guilty of the crime.

證人是指親眼目睹犯罪並協助起訴罪犯，或是正式進行法律程序以判定其是否有罪的人。

Later in the lesson, we'll see what happens to Krusty.

稍後課程中，我們會看到 Krusty 的下場。

But first, let's learn the most valuable vocabulary and pronunciation.

但首先，我們先來學最有價值的詞彙和發音。

你要我唱生日歌，還是要把 Sideshow Bob 綁在砲裡射出去？

So, first off, what does this character's name mean?

所以，首先，這個角色的名字是什麼意思？

On his TV show In a Circus, a sideshow is a smaller act next to the main event.

在他的電視節目「馬戲團裡」中，sideshow 是指主活動旁邊的小型表演。

Someone Krusty could literally shoot out of a cannon to make the audience laugh.

一個 Krusty 真的可以把他綁在砲裡射出去逗觀眾笑的人。

A cannon is this big tube shaped weapon that shoots out heavy objects.

砲是一種管狀的巨大武器，可以射出重物。

So Krusty stuck Bob inside and fired him into the air.

所以 Krusty 把 Bob 塞進去，然後把他射向空中。

By the way, can you catch the connected speech in this phrase?

順帶一提，你聽得出來這句話裡的連音嗎？

Connected speech is how natives reduce, cut and link their words together in fast speech.

連音是母語人士在快速說話時，如何省略、刪減和連結單字的技巧。

Or do you want me to shoot Sideshow Bob out of a cannon?

還是你想讓我把 Sideshow Bob 用砲射出去？

The T sound stands between two vowels and so it turns into an American T or soft D D.

T 音夾在兩個母音中間，就會變成美式 T 或軟 D。

Then the A reduces to a schwa sound and links to.

然後 A 會變成一個弱母音，並連結過去。

So when we put it all together, we get out of a.

所以當我們把這些組合起來，就會變成 out of a。

The children seem pleased and we hear Bart's reaction.

孩子們看起來很高興，我們也聽到了 Bart 的反應。

這意味著 Sideshow Bob 麻煩大了。

To be doomed means that something bad is definitely going to happen and there's no way to escape it.

「末日」的意思是，某件壞事確定要發生了，而且無處可逃。

我知道我們之前用這門砲射你沒什麼好運，但是

也許是因為我們火藥還沒用夠。

Gunpowder is a material that creates explosions.

火藥是一種會製造爆炸的物質。

To do the honors is a fancy way of asking someone to take action or start something.

「做這件事」是個比較講究的說法，意思是請某人採取行動或開始做某事。

In this case, Krusty is telling Britney to light the cannon and launch Bob into the air.

在這裡，Krusty 是要 Brittany 點燃火砲，把 Bob 發射到空中。

Now let's move on to the next part of the episode with the robbery at the Kwik E Mart.

現在，我們繼續看這一集的下一段，Kwik E Mart 的搶案。

我看起來不開心是因為今晚我得去看我老婆姊妹們主演的幻燈片秀。

So Homer does not seem to have a very healthy relationship with his sisters in law, does he?

所以 Homer 跟他的大嫂們關係好像不太健康，對吧？

Which is a funny but insulting way to say that two people a twosome are unpleasant or scary gruesome.

這是一種有趣但侮辱的說法，意思是兩個人（二人組）令人不快或可怕（恐怖）。

現在來聽聽 Homer 是怎麼發音的。

The reason I look unhappy is that tonight I have to see a slideshow.

我看起來不開心是因為今晚我得去看幻燈片秀。

In the phrase I have to see, we have the H sound drop and to is reduced to a T.

在「I have to see」這個片語裡，「have」的 H 音掉了，「to」被簡化成 T 音。

所以我們聽到的就是「I have to see」。

或者我稱他們為，那對恐怖二人組。

Here the r sound from or links to as ors and then the z sound connects to the following vowel ez.

這裡的 r 音和 as 連起來變成 ors，然後 z 音連接到下一個母音 ez。

We often drop the first sound in pronouns like him, im, her, and them.

我們常常省略像 him、her、them 這些代名詞的第一個音。

Then the l sound connects to the rest of the word call em or as I call em.

然後 l 音會連接到單字的其餘部分，變成 call em，或者我稱他們為 em。

Now practice your speaking by listening and repeating.

現在透過聽和重複來練習你的口說。