Can You Understand My Mum’s TRUE STORY? (British English Listening Practice) · My English Coach Dave
通过妈妈的真实故事练习英式英语听力，内容涉及信任、友谊和意外背叛。适合提高听力理解、词汇和口语模仿能力。
Hi everyone.
大家好！
I'm Dave.
我是戴夫。
I'm here with my mum, Wen- Wen-
我和妈妈一起来这里的，文文……
Hi everyone.
大家好！
I'm Dave.
我是戴夫。
I'm here with my mum.
我和妈妈一起来这里的。
Mum, would you like to introduce yourself?
妈妈，您愿意介绍一下自己吗？
Hi everyone.
大家好！
I'm Wendy.
我是温迪。
Some of you have already met her in, um, her- your first interview actually.
你们当中有些人其实已经在第一次面试中见过她了。
Do you remember that?
你还记得那件事吗？
I do.
是的，我确实这么认为。
That was quite a while ago.
那已经是很久以前的事了。
If you haven't seen that, maybe go watch that now.
如果你还没看过那个视频，或许现在就去看看吧。
I'll put a link here.
我会在这里放一个链接。
Um, so today you are going to practise your listening skills and also learn some really great vocabulary and phrases.
嗯，今天你们将练习听力技巧，同时还会学习一些非常实用的词汇和短语。
Um, also you could shadow.
嗯，也就是说你可以选择“影子跟随”（即跟随某人进行观察或学习）这种方式。
Practise some shadowing because my mother is going to tell you a really interesting story, a memorable story.
先练习一下“影子跟随”（即模仿说话者的动作和语调）吧，因为我的妈妈要给你们讲一个非常有趣、令人难忘的故事。
Um, now please remember, I am going to take away the words at the bottom and the meanings on the top,
嗯，现在请记住：我会去掉底部的单词以及顶部的解释内容。
and I really want you to just listen.
我真的希望你能认真听我说完。
Just focus and listen.
只要集中注意力并认真倾听就好。
And then you can listen to it again with the words, learn the vocabulary.
然后你可以再次听这段录音，同时注意其中的单词，从而学习相关的词汇。
And finally you listen to it.
最后，你终于听完了它。
A last time, for the last time, rather.
最后一次吧……确切地说，应该是“最后一次”。
And, um, see how much you've improved.
嗯，看看你自己进步了多少吧。
Okay.
好的。
I've done enough talking.
我说得已经够多了。
Um, mum, it's time to share your memorable story, preferably from when you were young, maybe.
嗯，妈妈，现在是时候分享你那些难忘的故事了，最好是从你年轻的时候开始讲起吧。
Yeah.
是的。
Okay.
好的。
Yeah.
是的。
Well, one story that sticks out, um, I was 16 years old.
嗯，有一个故事让我印象深刻。当时我16岁。
I just left school, uh, got, got
我刚从学校毕业……
my exams, but I didn't stay on and I got a junior office job in a factory that made tin cans.
我参加了考试，但之后没有继续深造，而是找了一份在工厂里的工作——那家工厂专门生产锡罐。
So, in my job it was a very basic entry level job.
所以，在我的工作中，这只是一份非常基础的入门级职位而已。
I would sort the post in the
我会对这些帖子进行分类整理。
morning and take the post around the factory, which used to take about 20 minutes to walk all the way around,
早上需要把邮件送到工厂的各个部门。过去，步行完成整个送邮过程大约需要20分钟的时间。
sort it all out, frank it, ready to go out the post again.
把所有问题都解决清楚，坦诚相待，然后准备再次投入工作中（即再次通过邮递方式发送相关文件或信息）。
I would answer the telephone for incoming calls.
我会接听电话。
I would do, um, some printing, but it wasn't a photocopier machine.
我本来想做一些打印工作，但那台机器并不是复印机。