Learn English Vocabulary Daily #12.4 - British English Podcast · English Like A Native
本集介绍5个英式英语词汇，涵盖名词、动词和习语，适合练习词汇积累和日常表达。内容涉及信念、压力以及行为失控等主题。
Hello and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.
大家好，欢迎收听《像母语一样说英语》（The English Like a Native Podcast）这个播客节目。
My name's Anna and you're listening to
我叫安娜，你现在正在收听……
Week 12, Day 4 of Your English Five a Day, a series that aims to increase your vocabulary by five pieces every single
现在是第12周的第4天了，你正在参加“每天学习五个英语单词”（English Five a Day）这个学习计划。这个计划的目的是帮助你每天增加五个新的英语单词。
day of the week from Monday to Friday.
一周中的某一天，从周一到周五。
With today's list, we start with the noun notion, notion.
在今天的列表中，我们首先从名词“notion”开始讨论。
We spell this N O T I O N.
我们把这个单词拼写为“NOTION”。
Notion.
概念。
Notion.
概念。
A notion is a belief or an idea.
观念”指的是一种信念或想法。
Here's an example sentence.
这是一个例句：
"The show's director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children."
该节目的导演否认了“在电视上看到暴力内容会对儿童产生负面影响”这一观点。
Next on the list is another noun and it is strain, strain.
列表中的下一个词也是一个名词，那就是“strain”（压力；应变）。
We spell this S T R A I N.
我们把这个单词拼写为“STRAIN”。
Strain.
Strain” 的意思是“拉紧；应变；压力”等。例如： - The metal strip was strained under the heavy load.（金属条在重压下被拉紧了。） - The material can withstand high strains without breaking.（这种材料能承受高应力而不会断裂。）
Strain.
Strain” 的意思是“拉紧；应变；（声音的）紧张感”。例如： - “The wire needs to be strained to fit through the small hole.”（这根电线需要被拉紧才能穿过这个小孔。） - “There was a noticeable strain in his voice during the speech.”（他在演讲时的声音明显有些紧张。）
A strain is a force or an influence that stretches, pulls or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing damage.
应变”（strain）是指一种力或某种影响，它会拉伸、拉扯或对某物施加压力，有时甚至会导致损坏。
A strain.
一种菌株（或菌类）。
So, you might say that financial pressures and the stresses of work can put a strain on a relationship,
因此，你可以说经济压力和工作带来的种种压力可能会对一段关系造成负面影响。
or the coronavirus lockdowns, they definitely put a strain on many relationships, people being confined in the same space for a long period of time,
无论是新冠疫情导致的封锁措施，还是其他类似情况，这些因素无疑给许多人际关系带来了压力——人们不得不在狭小的空间里共同生活很长一段时间。
that put a strain on many relationships.
这给许多关系带来了压力。
Here's another example.
再来看一个例子。
"The recent decline in the Euro has put a bigger strain on the economic system."
欧元近期持续贬值，给经济体系带来了更大的压力。
Moving on, next we have a verb and it is uproot, uproot.
接下来，我们来看一个动词——“uproot”（连根拔起）。
This is spelled U P R O O T.
这个词的正确拼写是“U P R O O T”。
Uproot.
连根拔起。
To uproot, usually someone, is to remove a person from their home or their usual environment.
将某人连根拔起”通常指的是将他们从家中或他们惯常生活的环境中强行带走。
Here's an example sentence.
这是一个例句：
"They wanted to transfer Mark, but he
他们想把马克转会出去，但他……
had been with the team for six years and didn't want to uproot his family to play in a different city."
他已经为这支球队效力了六年，因此并不想为了去另一个城市比赛而让家人离开他们现在的生活环境。
Have you ever been uprooted?
你曾经经历过被迫离开家乡、失去稳定生活环境的情况吗？
I was uprooted a lot as a child, and it's certainly something I consider now that I have children of my own.
我小时候经常搬家（即生活环境不断改变）。现在自己有了孩子，每当想到这些经历，就会深有感触。
If my partner and I ever talk
如果我和我的伴侣有朝一日真的谈起这件事……
about moving to a different location that would mean changing the schools and all the clubs and friends that my boys currently have,
关于搬到另一个地方的问题：这意味着孩子们需要更换学校，以及他们目前参加的所有俱乐部和结识的朋友们。
then that would be too much of an upheaval for them.
那样的话，对他们来说将会是一场太大的动荡（或：变化太大，难以承受）。
I wouldn't want to uproot them in that way.
我不想以那样的方式将它们连根拔起。
Only if it were to be a permanent or long term change would I consider it.
只有当这种变化是永久性的或长期性的时候，我才会考虑接受它。
Next on the list we have the idiom go off the rails.
列表中的下一个短语是“go off the rails”（意为“失控”或“偏离正常轨道”）。
Go off the rails.
完全失控了。
So, that's G O, go.
那么，就是“GO”了，出发吧。
Off, O F F.