English Vocabulary Builder: HOUSING (American & British English) · English with Emma · engVid
在今天的视频中，我们将学习英美英语中关于住房的词汇差异，例如英国用'flat'，美国用'apartment'；'flatmate'对'roommate'等。视频涵盖多个单词如elevator/lift、garden/yard、bathroom等，适合英语学习者练习词汇和听力，理解文化背景。学习后通过
My name is Emma, and in today's video, we're
我的名字是艾玛。在今天的视频中，我们将……
going to learn some housing vocabulary, so some words we use when we talk about houses and apartments and rentals.
我们将学习一些与住房相关的词汇，这些词汇用于描述房屋、公寓以及租赁相关的情况。
But in this video, I'm also going to pay careful attention to some of the differences between
但在这个视频中，我也会仔细关注其中一些差异。
British English and North American English, because when it comes to words about houses and apartments, we often use very different words.
英式英语和北美英语之间存在差异；尤其是在描述房屋和公寓的相关词汇时，我们使用的词汇往往截然不同。
So, let's get started with our first word here, "flat" or "apartment".
那么，让我们从第一个单词开始吧——“flat”或“apartment”。
So, a lot of the times when
所以，很多时候……
British people are speaking, they talk about a "flat", and this might be true for other people or other speakers of English.
英国人正在使用某个特定的词汇来描述某种东西；他们用“flat”这个词来指代这种东西。对于其他使用英语的人来说，这个词汇也可能具有相同的含义。
A "flat" is a small apartment; it's often in a building, like a high-rise,
Flat”指的是一种小型公寓，通常位于高层建筑等建筑物内。
and so you hear a lot of British people talk about their "flat".
因此，你会经常听到很多英国人谈论他们的“公寓”（flat）。
The North American equivalent is "apartment".
在北美，对应的词汇是“apartment”（公寓）。
We don't use the word "flat" often in North America.
在北美，我们并不经常使用“flat”这个词。
Now, I'm going to add a word here.
现在，我在这里要加一个词。
So, when people in England talk or in parts of Britain, when they talk about who they live with,
那么，当英格兰或英国某些地区的人们谈论他们与谁一起生活时……
sometimes they talk about their "flatmate".
有时候他们会谈到自己的“室友”。
This is the person they live with.
这就是和他们一起生活的人。
In North American English, we use a different word.
在北美英语中，我们使用另一个词。
We can use "roommate" or we can use "housemate".
我们可以使用“roommate”（室友），也可以使用“housemate”（同住一栋房子的人）。
So, both of these words are common to use.
因此，这两个词都是常用的。
So, again, both of these words end in "mate", but in North American English, we often talk about a "roommate",
那么，再次强调：这两个词的结尾都是“mate”，但在北美英语中，我们通常用“roommate”来指代室友。
whereas in British English, we talk about our "flatmate".
而在英式英语中，我们则使用“flatmate”这个词来指代我们的室友。
Another difference you might hear when we're
当我们讨论这个话题时，你可能会听到的另一个区别是……
talking about houses in North America and houses in England is how we talk about the outside part of the house.
在北美和英格兰，当我们谈论房屋时，其实指的是房屋的外部结构或外观。
In North America, we talk about our "yard".
在北美，我们通常用“yard”来指代自家院子或后院。
So, a lot of houses have a "front yard".
因此，很多房子都有一个“前院”。
So, it's a place in the front of the house with trees or flowers.
这个地方位于房子的前面，周围种着树木或鲜花。
Sometimes there's a driveway for cars to park.
有时候，会设有供汽车停放的车道。
So, we call that the "front yard", and that is the garden area that you can see from the road.
我们把那个区域称为“前院”，也就是从道路上可以看到的那个花园区域。
And then we also talk about a "backyard".
然后我们还提到了一个“后院”。
A "backyard" is behind the house, and, again, there's usually grass, plants, flowers, trees.
房子的后面有一个“后院”，那里通常长着草、各种植物、鲜花和树木。
Sometimes if people have a swimming pool, it might be in their backyard, or if they have a swing set for their children,
有时候，如果人们家里有游泳池，那么游泳池可能会位于后院；如果他们为孩子们准备了秋千架，那么秋千架也会设置在后院。
that might be in the backyard.
那可能在后院里。
So, we use this word "yard" in North American English.
在北美英语中，我们会使用“yard”这个词。
In British English, they use the word "garden".
在英式英语中，人们使用“garden”这个词。
So, there's a bit of a difference in how we talk about our properties.
在我们谈论自己的房产时，表达方式确实存在一些差异。
Another difference you might find between North American English and British English are words we use to talk about the bathroom.
在北美英语和英国英语之间，另一个可能存在的差异体现在我们用来描述“浴室”的词语上。
Words about the bathroom are very important, because whenever you go traveling,
关于浴室的描述非常重要，因为每当你去旅行的时候……
one thing that often happens is you need to find a bathroom.
经常会发生的一件事就是，你需要找到洗手间。
So, it's important to know what words to use when you talk about the bathroom.
因此，在谈论浴室时，知道该使用哪些词汇是非常重要的。
In British English and in North American English, we both use the word "bathroom", but there's a little bit of a difference.
在英式英语和北美英语中，我们都会使用“bathroom”这个词，不过两者之间确实存在一些细微的差别。
In North American English, a "bathroom" is the word we use for "toilet".
在北美英语中，“bathroom”这个词指的是“厕所”。