Learn English Vocabulary Daily #14.5 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native
本视频介绍英式英语每日5个词汇，适合练习日常表达和俚语理解。内容涵盖名词和习语，如hangover和paint the town red，帮助提升英语词汇量和语感。
Hello, and welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast, my name is Anna and you're listening to Week 14,
你好，欢迎收听《像母语一样说英语》（The English Like a Native Podcast）这个播客。我叫安娜，你现在正在收听第14周的内容。
Day 5 of Your English Five a Day.
这是你“每天学习五个英语单词”计划中的第五天。
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到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计划。
Now let's kick off today's list with the noun hangover.
现在，让我们从名词“hangover”（宿醉）开始今天的列表吧。
Hangover.
宿醉……
Hangover is spelt H A N G O V E R.
Hangover”（宿醉）的正确拼写是 H A N G O V E R。
Hangover.
宿醉。
Now a hangover is a horrible thing.
宿醉确实是一件非常糟糕的事情。
It's the feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol.
这就是在过量饮酒后出现的身体不适（即生病的感觉）。
So, it's normally what you experience the morning after the night before, when you've been to a crazy party and drank a lot of alcohol,
通常情况下，这种感觉会出现在前一晚参加了一场热闹的派对并喝了很多酒后的第二天早上。
you wake up in the morning, you might feel sick, your eyes might hurt, you possibly have a headache,
你早上醒来时，可能会感到恶心、眼睛疼痛，还可能伴有头痛。
and yeah, you do not have any energy to get out of bed.
没错，你根本没有任何力气从床上爬起来。
It's awful.
太糟糕了。
I sound like I'm speaking from experience.
我的话听起来像是基于个人经验来说的。
I have experienced hangovers in the past.
我过去确实经历过宿醉的情况。
It's not something I experience anymore because I don't really drink anymore.
我已经不再经历这种情况了，因为我已经基本上不再喝酒了。
Only on very special occasions will I have a little tipple of something, but not these days.
只有在非常特殊的场合，我才会喝一点酒；不过现在这样的场合已经很少了。
When I was a teenager and in my early twenties, I would push the boat
在我十几岁以及二十出头的那些年里，我经常会去划船（或者：我会积极参与一些需要体力或团队合作的活动）。
out and go crazy and have a bit too much to drink, but I'm sensible now.
我曾经失控过，喝得太多；不过现在我已经恢复正常了。
I've matured.
我已经成熟了。
Okay, here's another example sentence.
好的，这是一个另一个例句。
" I can't remember the last time I had a serious hangover.
我记不清上一次严重宿醉是什么时候了。
I just can't cope with those late nights out anymore!"
我真的再也无法忍受那些深夜外出、狂欢作乐的经历了……
Next on our list is an idiom.
我们列表中的下一个项目是一个习语（idiom）。
And it's to paint the town red.
而这一切都是为了把整个城镇装扮得五彩缤纷（即充满喜庆的气氛）。
To paint the town red.
把整个城镇都装扮得五彩缤纷（或热闹非凡）。
Let me spell that in case you're mishearing me.
让我把那个词拼写一遍，以防你们听错了我的意思。
Paint, P A I N T, paint.
画画，画画，画画。
The, T H E town, T O W N.
那个小镇……
Red, R E D.
红色（Red）。
Paint the town red.
把整个城镇都打扮得五彩缤纷（或热闹非凡）。
To paint the town red refers to going out and enjoying yourself by drinking alcohol, dancing, and just having a good time with your friends.
把整个小镇闹得红彤彤的”（to paint the town red）指的是外出与朋友们一起尽情享受欢乐时光：喝酒、跳舞，总之就是玩得开心。
Here's an example sentence.
这是一个例句：
"Hey, I'm ready to paint the town red with a few of my closest friends."
嘿，我已经准备好和我的几个最亲密的朋友一起，把整个城市闹得热闹非凡了。
So, if I heard someone say that to me, then I know they're going to go out and party.
所以，如果我听到有人对我说这样的话，我就知道他们打算出去参加派对。
They're going to paint the town red.
他们要把整个城镇装扮得五彩缤纷（即非常热闹、喜庆）。
Next on our list is another idiom, and it is to fall off the wagon, to fall off the wagon.
我们列表上的下一个表达是一个习语：“fall off the wagon”（重新开始吸毒或酗酒等不良习惯）。
We spell this F A L L, fall.
我们把这个单词拼写为“FALL”，意思是“秋天”或“跌倒”。
Off, O F F.
Off, O F F.
The, T H E.
那，那个……