Learn English Vocabulary Daily #37.5 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native Podcast
本视频介绍每日5个实用英语词汇，涵盖日常表达和情景应用，适合练习听力和词汇积累。
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 37, Day 5 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37周、第5天的内容。
That's right, we've spent the last 37 weeks trying to blow up your vocabulary,
没错，过去37周里我们一直在努力扩充你的词汇量。
improve your listening skills and entertain you with English every day of the working week from Monday to Friday.
提升你的听力技巧，每周工作日（周一至周五）每天都能通过英语内容来放松自己、享受乐趣。
So, let's finish this week with a fantastic list of target vocabulary.
那么，让我们以这份精彩的“目标词汇清单”来结束这周的学习吧。
We start with the noun blunder.
我们先从名词“blunder”（错误、失误）开始讲起。
Blunder.
真是个愚蠢的错误（或失误）。
We spell this B L U N D E R.
我们把这个单词拼写为“B L U N D E R”。
Blunder.
真是愚蠢至极的错误。
Blunder.
这是一个严重的失误（或错误）。
A blunder is a mistake, a silly mistake, careless and stupid.
失误”指的是一种错误——一种愚蠢、粗心且令人尴尬的错误。
It often results in embarrassment or harm.
这种情况往往会导致尴尬或伤害。
So this always makes me think of politicians actually, or people in the public eye doing something that embarrasses them.
这总是让我联想到那些政客，或者那些处于公众视野中的人，他们会做出让自己难堪的事情。
So, saying something really careless, really embarrassing or doing something like when Boris Johnson did the zip wire and got stuck I mean,
比如说，说了一些非常粗心、非常令人尴尬的话；或者做了像鲍里斯·约翰逊那样的事情——他尝试走钢丝时结果被困住了。我的意思是……
maybe I'm thinking of a sketch of him actually, I can't remember if that actually happened or if it was a satire that I was watching.
也许我真正想的是他的某幅素描……我记不清那件事是否真的发生过，还是我当时看的是一部讽刺作品（其中包含了关于他的内容）。
Anyway, Boris Johnson had plenty of blunders during his time as London Mayor and his time as the Prime Minister.
无论如何，鲍里斯·约翰逊在担任伦敦市长和首相期间犯下了许多错误。
A blunder.
一个愚蠢的错误（或失误）。
We've all made blunders.
我们都犯过错误。
I often make blunders, especially when I'm doing a live recording or speaking in front of an audience.
我经常犯错，尤其是在进行现场录制或在观众面前讲话的时候。
I do silly things that embarrass me.
我会做一些让自己尴尬的傻事。
Here's an example sentence, "The clumsy waiter's blunder of spilling red wine on the bride's dress was a disaster."
这是一个例句：“那个笨手笨脚的服务员不小心将红酒洒在了新娘的礼服上，这简直是一场灾难。
Now, I was cringing while reading that sentence because I used to work as a silver service waitress,
读到那句话的时候，我感到非常尴尬——因为我曾经做过高级餐厅的服务员（属于“银级服务”范畴）。
which meant I did high-end events and I would serve food directly onto people's plates at these very posh dinners.
这意味着我负责承办高端活动，在那些极其豪华的晚宴上，我会直接将食物端上宾客的盘子。
And I was good at what I did.
我擅长自己所做的事情。
And I was working the bride's table during one wedding celebration and they had red cabbage as one of the vegetables.
在一次婚礼庆典上，我负责负责新娘席的餐饮服务；他们提供的蔬菜中包括了红卷心菜。
Why would you have red cabbage?
你为什么要种植红甘蓝呢？
I mean, it's just a recipe for disaster.
我的意思是，这简直就是一场灾难的导火线。
And of course, you can guess what happened.
当然，你可以猜到接下来发生了什么。
I dropped red cabbage into the lap of the bride on her wedding day.
在新娘的婚礼当天，我把红卷心菜扔到了她的腿上。
Purple stains on her crotch.
她的裆部有紫色污渍。
Oh my gosh, it was the worst working day of my life.
哦，我的天啊，那是我一生中最糟糕的工作日。
So, as you can imagine, I was never allowed to serve at the bride's table again in future weddings from that point on.
可以想象，从那以后，在以后的任何婚礼上，我都再没有被允许在新娘的桌旁服务了。
A blunder.
一个严重的错误（或失误）。
It was a huge blunder.
这是一个巨大的失误。
Very embarrassing.
非常尴尬。
The next item on our list is a verb and it is blush.
我们列表中的下一个项目是一个动词，那就是“blush”（脸红）。
Blush.
脸红了。
We spell this B L U S H, blush.
我们把这个单词拼写为“BLUSH”，即“脸红”或“腮红”。
To blush is to become red in the face and it's normally because you're embarrassed or because you feel shame.
脸红是指脸部变红，通常是因为你感到尴尬或羞愧。
I know some people who feel so embarrassed, even when they're not in the spotlight, but when someone is talking to them,
我认识一些人，他们总是感到非常尴尬——即使他们并没有处于众人关注的焦点之下；每当有人和他们交谈时，他们依然会感到不安或尴尬。