Learn English Vocabulary Daily #24.2 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native Podcast
每日学习5个英语词汇，适合提升词汇量和听力。内容涵盖动词、形容词等，适合英语学习者日常练习。
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 24, Day 2 of Your English Five a Day.
我的名字是安娜，您现在正在收听《Your English Five a Day》节目的第24周、第2天的内容。
This is the series where we aim
这就是我们致力于打造的系列作品。
to explode your active vocabulary by deep-diving into five pieces every day of the working week from Monday to Friday with extra episodes
通过每周工作日（周一至周五）每天深入研究五个特定的语言主题（或词汇相关内容），来大幅扩充你的主动词汇量；此外还提供额外的学习资源/内容。
coming along on Saturday and if you're a Plus Member, a bonus episode on Sunday.
周六会有新内容更新；如果你是 Plus 会员的话，周日还会额外赠送一集特别内容。
So, we have something for you every single day.
因此，我们每天都会为您准备一些内容。
Let's get started with today's list.
让我们开始处理今天的待办事项列表吧。
We begin with a verb and it is serving.
我们从一个动词开始，这个动词就是 “serve”（服务）。
Serving.
份量（或：供应量）。
I spell this S E R V I N G.
我将其拼写为“S E R V I N G”。
Serving.
份量（或：供应量）。
Serving.
份量（或：供应量）。
This means to work for an organisation, normally the forces.
这意味着为某个组织工作，通常这个组织是指军队。
So, if you say, "I am serving."
那么，如果你说：“我在服侍。
Then you'd normally be working in the Army or the Navy or the Marines or the Air Force or something like that.
那么，你通常会加入陆军、海军、海军陆战队或空军之类的军队服役。
So, you are a serving officer or a soldier serving your organisation or force.
那么，您是一名现役军官或士兵，正在为您所属的组织或部队效力。
Obviously, you can also literally be serving if you are a waiter, you can say, "I'm serving right now,
显然，如果你是一名服务员，那你确实是在“提供服务”（即正在为顾客服务）。你可以这样说：“我现在正在为顾客服务呢。
I'm busy."
我很忙。
Or maybe if you work on the bars in a restaurant and there's a bar and you're a bartender,
或者，如果你在餐厅里负责调酒工作（比如你是那里的调酒师），那么……
then you are serving customers.
那么你就是在为顾客提供服务。
But this verb is also used when describing your work within the forces.
不过，这个动词也可以用来描述你在军队中执行的工作。
Perhaps you have served at some point in your life.
也许在你的人生中的某个阶段，你曾经从事过服务性工作（比如当志愿者、在餐厅工作等）。
A funny little story that I don't think I've mentioned before.
一个有趣的小故事，我想我之前还没讲过。
It's not funny actually, it's just a story.
其实这并不好笑，只是一个故事而已。
I tried to join the army when I was 16 years old.
我16岁的时候试图参军。
I felt very lost at that point in my life.
在人生的那个阶段，我感到非常迷茫、无所适从。
I knew I wanted to be creative, but I hadn't had a very stable schooling.
我知道自己想要发挥创造力，但我的求学经历并不稳定（或者说教育环境不够完善）。
And so, I didn't have many options open to me.
因此，我并没有太多选择。
My mum wanted me to do something sensible.
我妈妈希望我能做一些明智的事情。
I wanted to do something creative, but I also had an interest in travel.
我想做一些有创意的事情，同时我也对旅行很感兴趣。
And I thought one great way to travel is to be in the forces.
我认为旅行的一个绝佳方式就是参军。
And so, I applied and I went through the whole process and I was rejected.
于是，我提交了申请，完成了整个申请流程，结果却被拒绝了。
So, had I not been rejected, I would have had a very different path in life.
因此，如果我没有被拒绝的话，我的人生道路将会截然不同。
Here's an example sentence, "I spent 27 years serving in the army.
这是一个例句：“我在军队服役了27年。
The experience shaped my life and made me the person I am today."
这段经历塑造了我的人生，也让我成为了今天的自己。
Next on the list, we have an adjective and it is fervent.
列表中的下一个词是一个形容词，它的意思是“热切的”（fervent）。
Fervent.
热情的；热切的。
We spell this F E R V E N T.
我们将其拼写为“F E R V E N T”。
Fervent.
热情的；热忱的。
Fervent.
热情的；火热的。