Learn English Vocabulary Daily #13.4 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native
本集介绍5个英式英语词汇，涵盖旅行、娱乐和文化主题，适合练习日常表达和词汇积累。
Hello, and welcome to The English Like A Native Podcast.
你好，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 are listening to Week 13, Day 4 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4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研究五篇相关文章来扩充你的主动词汇量的学习系列。
Now let's start today's list.
现在，让我们开始今天的任务清单吧。
We're starting with the noun circus.
我们先从名词“circus”（马戏团）开始讲起。
Circus.
马戏团。
How do we spell that?
我们该怎么拼写那个词呢？
It's spelled C I R C U S.
它的拼写是 “CIRCUS”。
Circus.
马戏团。
Circus.
马戏团。
The circus is a group of travelling performers that includes acrobats and those who work with trained animals and other performers that usually
马戏团是一群巡回演出的艺术家，他们包括杂技演员、与训练有素的动物一起表演的演员以及其他各类表演者。
put on their show in a large tent.
他们在一个大帐篷里表演他们的节目。
So, it's a travelling show with very specific, skilled performers who do wonderful things.
这其实是一场巡回演出，参演的都是技艺高超的表演者，他们能完成一些非常精彩、令人惊叹的表演。
Now, here's an example sentence.
现在，这里有一个例句。
"I can't wait for the circus to come to town this weekend, I haven't been since I was a kid."
我迫不及待地想看到这个周末马戏团来到镇上表演了，我小时候就再也没看过马戏团了。
Have you ever been to a circus?
你曾经去过马戏团吗？
I've been to quite a few circus performances actually, and I've known quite a few circus performers.
实际上，我看过不少马戏团的表演，也认识了不少马戏团演员。
A friend of mine who I used to train with at gymnastics was a fire eater, and he was also a strongman.
我的一个朋友，我们以前一起在体操俱乐部训练，他会吞火，同时也是一名力量型运动员（即擅长进行力量训练的人）。
And I did a show once, a pantomime, with a lady who could do contortion,
我曾经和一位擅长柔术表演的女士一起演出过一场哑剧。
so she could bend herself into all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes that just seem completely unnatural.
因此，她能够将自己弯曲成各种奇怪而奇妙的形状——这些形状看起来完全违背了自然规律（即不符合生物体的正常生理结构）。
And yes, I've known many acrobats who have also spent time in the circus.
没错，我认识很多杂技演员，他们也曾在马戏团工作过。
So, moving on to our next word.
那么，接下来我们来看看下一个单词吧。
This is also a noun and it is trapeze, trapeze.
这也是一个名词，它的名称是“trapeze”（吊架；空中杂技表演）。
We spell this T R A P E Z E, trapeze.
我们把这个单词拼写为“T R A P E Z E”，即“trapeze”（空中杂技）。
The trapeze is a short bar that hangs high in the air from two ropes and acrobats use it to perform special movements.
吊环”是一种悬挂在高空中的短杆，由两根绳子固定；杂技演员利用它来完成各种特技动作。
So, it's a bar that you'd hold
所以，这是一个你可以握在手中的杆子。
onto and swing high in the air,
然后高高跃起，在空中旋转……
and then you can turn around and hang off it with your legs and do all sorts of things and jump from one trapeze to another.
然后你可以转身，用双腿悬挂在吊架上，做出各种动作，从一个吊架跳到另一个吊架上。
It's very, very scary, takes a lot of skill.
这真的非常非常可怕，而且需要很高的技术水平才能完成。
And here's an example sentence.
这是一个例句：
"The glamorous couple performed amazingly on the flying trapeze, they must spend hours practising every day."
这对光彩照人的夫妇在飞人舞台上表现得非常出色，他们肯定每天都要花好几个小时来练习。
Next on the list is an adverb and it is clownishly.
列表中的下一个词是一个副词，它的形式是“clownishly”（意为“滑稽可笑的”或“愚蠢的”）。
Clownishly.
以一种滑稽可笑的方式。
We spell this C L O W N I S H L Y.
我们把这个单词拼写为 “CLOWNISHLY”。
Clownishly.
以一种滑稽可笑的方式。
Clownishly.
以一种滑稽可笑的方式。
So, this means to be acting in a way that is similar to a clown.
也就是说，这种行为方式类似于小丑的表演方式。
So silly and foolishly.
如此愚蠢、如此荒谬……
Clownishly.
以一种滑稽可笑的方式。
Here's an example sentence.
这是一个例句：