Name: 真實生活英文 Podcast | 初級 | 第 009 集 閒聊 (Real-Life English Podcasts | Elementary | Episode 009 Small Talk)
Uploaded: 2026-03-25T02:42:35.000Z
Duration: 10 min 18 s

And we're bringing you another great elementary lesson for all our elementary learners.

我們要為所有初級學習者帶來另一堂很棒的初級課程。

This is language that you can actually use every single day.

這是你每天都可以實際用到的語言。

Exactly, because today we're going to be teaching you small talk.

沒錯，因為我們今天要教大家小談。

Well, small talk is small conversations that you would have with people that you don't know very well,

嗯，小談就是你會跟你不太熟，

但又想保持禮貌的人，進行的小對話。

And you want to maybe just chat a little bit.

而且你可能只是想輕鬆聊幾句。

And as always, it's going to be a little bit fast, but don't worry about it.

一如往常，語速會有點快，但別擔心。

Because we'll come back in a minute and help you with some of the difficult language.

因為我們等一下會回來，幫你處理一些難詞。

I heard that there was a fire in Byron Street.

Did you happen to watch the football game last night?

你昨天晚上有看 football game 嗎？

Oh, by the way, I saw you with your daughter at the office Christmas party.

喔，順帶一提，我在 office Christmas party 看到妳跟妳女兒。

Okay, I think this guy was a little bit annoying.

Anderson really didn't want to talk to him, did he?

Anderson 真的不太想跟他講話，對吧？

Okay, let's take a look at our language today in language takeaway.

好的，我們來看看今天的語言重點。

All right, what do we have today in language takeaway?

好的，今天的語言重點有什麼呢？

Well, we've got four words and phrases, and our first one is barely even.

嗯，我們有四個單字和片語，第一個是 barely even。

It's really similar to, like, almost couldn't, or almost nothing, or almost can't.

它很像「幾乎不能」、「幾乎沒有」或「幾乎辦不到」。

So we use it usually in a negative sense.

所以我們通常在否定句中使用它。

For example, I could say, I was so busy today, I could barely even eat my lunch.

舉個例子，我可以說，我今天超忙的，我午餐幾乎沒吃到。

Okay, so I can maybe say, It was so dark, I could barely even see.

好的，那我就可以說，當時太暗了，我幾乎什麼都看不到。

Or, I'm so poor, I can barely even pay my rent.

或是，我窮到幾乎繳不起房租。

All right, let's take a look at our next one.

So by, did you catch the news, you mean did you hear the news?

所以，你說你有聽到新聞，是你的意思是你聽到了新聞嗎？

A really common one is, I didn't catch your name.

一個很常見的說法是，我沒聽清楚你的名字。

And we can also say, I didn't catch what he said.

我們也可以說，我沒聽清楚他說什麼。

Okay, so let's listen to some examples first of how we can use by the way,

好的，那我們先聽幾個例句，看看「順帶一提」要怎麼用，

and then we'll come back and talk more about it.

Are you going to be at the meeting today?

Oh, by the way, did you hear what happened today?

喔，對了，你聽到今天發生什麼事了嗎？

By the way, I almost forgot to tell you, Maggie called.

對了，我差點忘了跟你說，Maggie 打電話來了。

Okay, so I see that when we say by the way, we're introducing a point after we've already talked about something.

好的，所以我們看到，當我們說「順帶一提」的時候，是在我們已經聊完某件事之後，要介紹一個新的重點。

Exactly, and maybe it's not even related to the topic we were talking about.

沒錯，而且這個重點可能跟我們剛剛聊的話題根本就沒關係。

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真實生活英文 Podcast | 初級 | 第 009 集 閒聊 (Real-Life English Podcasts | Elementary | Episode 009 Small Talk)

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真實生活英文 Podcast | 初級 | 第 009 集閒聊 (Real-Life English Podcasts | Elementary | Episode 009 Small Talk)