Learn English Vocabulary Daily #13.2 - British English Podcast · English Like A Native
本集介绍5个英语词汇，适合练习日常表达和词汇积累。内容涵盖名词和动词用法，适合英语学习者提升词汇量。
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 is Anna and you're listening to Week 13, Day 2 of Your English Five a Day.
我的名字是安娜，你现在正在收听《Your English Five a Day》节目的第13周、第2天的内容。
This is a series that aims to increase your active vocabulary by deep diving into five pieces every day of the week from Monday to Friday.
这是一个旨在通过每周一至周五每天深入分析五篇特定文章来帮助你扩充主动词汇量的学习计划。
Now, let's get started.
现在，让我们开始吧。
The first word on our list today is a noun and it is Advocate.
我们今天列表中的第一个单词是一个名词，它的名称是“Advocate”（倡导者）。
Advocate.
倡导者。
So, this is spelled A D V O C A T E.
所以，这个词的拼写是 “A D V O C A T E”。
Advocate.
倡导者。
Advocate.
倡导者。
An advocate is a person who speaks for, supports, or represents a person or a group of people who may need extra help or protection.
倡导者是指那些为需要额外帮助或保护的个人或群体发声、提供支持或代表他们的人。
I recently adopted a kitten, a little kitten who'd been abandoned and was
我最近收养了一只小猫。这只小猫是被遗弃的。
being helped by a local cat charity.
在当地一家猫咪慈善机构的帮助下，他们得以顺利完成相关工作。
Now I've been following this particular charity online for a few months and I have become an advocate of what they're trying to do.
我已经在线关注这家慈善机构好几个月了，现在我已经成为他们所从事工作的积极支持者。
An advocate of all these poor little pussycats.
我是所有这些可怜的小猫咪的捍卫者。
So, I was more than happy to opt to help out.
因此，我非常乐意提供帮助。
So, I went and adopted this kitten and made a generous donation and
于是，我去领养了这只小猫，并慷慨地捐了一些钱。
have been looking after this kitten who is now a member of my family.
我一直照顾着这只小猫，现在它已经成为我们家庭的一员了。
So, I am an advocate of that charity.
因此，我是那家慈善机构的支持者。
I support them.
我支持他们。
I don't officially represent them.
我并没有正式代表他们。
So, I'm not an official advocate.
所以，我并不是官方的倡导者。
I'm just a social advocate of the work that they do.
我只是他们所从事工作的社会倡导者罢了。
I support them and I'm happy to speak to others about the work that they do.
我支持他们，并且很乐意与他人分享他们所做的工作。
So, here's an example sentence.
那么，这是一个例句。
"Candidates for the job need to have at least five years' experience as a solicitor or advocate in a similar industry."
该职位的候选人需至少具备五年在类似行业担任律师或法律顾问的经验。
Have you ever been an advocate for anything?
你曾经为某件事或某个群体发声、积极倡导过吗？
Let's move on to our next word, which is going to be quite interesting.
让我们继续学习下一个单词吧，这个单词会非常有趣。
This is a verb and it is advocate.
这是一个动词，它的意思是“倡导”（advocate）。
Advocate.
倡导者。
And it's spelled A D V O C A T E.
它的拼写是 “A D V O C A T E”。
It's spelled exactly the same way as our first word, the noun advocate.
它的拼写与我们的第一个单词（名词“advocate”）完全相同。
So, yes, this is the same word, or at least it has the same spelling but it sounds different and it has a different meaning.
所以，没错，这确实是一个相同的单词；至少它的拼写是相同的，但发音不同，含义也不同。
Okay, so these are homophones.
好的，这些词都是同音异义词（即发音相同但意义不同的词）。
An advocate is the person who advocates for a person or a group that needs supporting.
倡导者是指那些为需要帮助的人或群体发声、争取支持的人。
So, to advocate for something is to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something.
因此，倡导某件事意味着公开支持或提出某种想法、某种发展方式，或是某种做事的方法。
So, you might advocate for healthy eating.
那么，你可能会提倡健康饮食。
I am an advocate of healthy eating.
我是一个提倡健康饮食的人。
I often advocate publicly the work of ZOE, which is a company that are
我经常公开倡导 ZOE 公司的工作。ZOE 是一家……（此处原文信息不完整，具体业务内容需要补充）。
currently doing these huge studies and tests and helping people to improve their lifestyle through food.
目前正在开展这些大规模的研究和测试，通过饮食帮助人们改善生活方式。
And I am happy to advocate for them because I have done it.
我很乐意为他们发声支持，因为我自己也曾经历过类似的事情。