Learn English Vocabulary Daily #58.4 — British English Podcast · English Like A Native Podcast
本集介绍英国英语中5个实用词汇，涵盖自然、动作等场景，适合练习词汇记忆和日常表达。
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 58, Day 4 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58周、第4天的内容。
This is the series that gives you a healthy daily dose of English vocabulary
这就是那个能让你每天轻松学习一定量英语词汇的系列节目。
so that you can slowly but surely increase your confidence and start to feel like yourself when communicating in English.
这样，你就可以逐渐增强自信心，并在用英语交流时重新找回自我。
So, let's start today's episode with the noun undergrowth, undergrowth.
那么，让我们从名词“undergrowth”开始今天的节目吧。
We spell this U N D E R G R O W T H, undergrowth, undergrowth.
我们将其拼写为“UNDERGROWTH”（意为“灌木丛”或“植被层”）。
Undergrowth is a mass of bushes, small trees and plants, especially that that grows under the trees, the tall trees in a forest.
林下植被指的是由灌木、小树以及各种植物组成的群落，尤其是那些生长在森林中高大树木下方的植物。
So, the undergrowth, so if you are walking into an area that's quite wild, that's been allowed to just be itself,
那么，就是那些灌木丛了。如果你走进一片完全处于自然状态、未被人为干预的区域的话……
hasn't been manicured or changed in any way by man, then you're probably going to encounter undergrowth, an
如果这片自然环境没有经过人类的修整或改造（即没有经过任何人为的改变），那么你很可能会遇到灌木丛之类的植被。
area that's quite difficult to move through because there are so many bushes and plants and small trees all there,
这个区域非常难以通行，因为那里长满了灌木、植物和小树。
dense and difficult to go through.
这片区域植被茂密，难以穿越。
So, a mass of bushes, trees and plants — undergrowth.
因此，这里是一片由灌木、树木和植物组成的茂密植被区域，也就是所谓的“下层植被”（undergrowth）。
Here's an example sentence, "The hill behind the beach is covered in trees and undergrowth."
这是一个例句：“海滩后面的小山上长满了树木和灌木丛。
Next on the list is the verb rustle, rustle.
列表中的下一个单词是动词“rustle”（沙沙作响）。
We spell this R U S T L E, rustle.
我们把这个单词拼写为“R U S T L E”，发音为“rʌs(ə)l”。
That T is silent.
那个字母“T”是不发音的（即它是静默的，不发出任何声音）。
So, this sounds like the boy's name, Russell.
所以，这个名字听起来像是男孩的名字——拉塞尔（Russell）。
To rustle is to make a noise.
Rustle”这个词的意思是指发出某种声音。
So, it's something like paper or leaves.
所以，它的质地类似于纸张或树叶。
When they move, they make a soft, dry sound, like this,
当它们移动时，会发出一种轻柔、干燥的声音，就像这样。
I'm rustling my paper.
我正在轻轻翻动我的文件（或纸张）。
You might say that the wind gently rustled through the quiet fields and orchards.
你可以这样描述：微风轻拂着宁静的田野和果园，发出沙沙的声响。
Or you might say in the morning I could hear the leaves rustling.
或者你可以这样说：早上时，我能听到树叶沙沙作响的声音。
If you're trying to hide from someone in the woods.
如果你想在树林里躲藏起来以避开某个人的话……
Then that's a bit of a nightmare if the leaves rustle.
如果树叶发出沙沙声的话，那可就真是场噩梦了……
If it's autumn and all the leaves are dry and have fallen to the ground, they'll rustle as you move and give your location away.
如果是秋天，所有的树叶都已经干枯并掉落到地上，当你移动时，树叶会发出沙沙声，从而暴露你的位置。
Next on the list is the lovely little verb flit, flit.
列表中的下一个词是那个可爱的小动词——“flit”（飞来飞去）。
We spell this F L I T.
我们把这个词拼写为“F L I T”。
Flit.
飞吧。
To flit is to fly or move quickly from one place to another.
flit”意为快速地从一个地方飞到另一个地方。
We could say that we are flitting.
我们可以说，我们就像是在不停地穿梭、移动一样。
So, I might say, "I hate having to flit back and forth or flit between different offices all day long."
所以，我可能会说：“我讨厌整天在不同办公室之间来回奔波。
But we often use this to describe the movement of insects, little creatures, things that fly.
但我们经常用这个词来描述昆虫、那些微小的生物以及会飞的东西的运动。
So, the birds might flit around.
那么，这些鸟可能会在周围飞来飞去。
A moth always flits here, there, and everywhere.
一只飞蛾总是到处飞来飞去。
We once had a stag beetle in
我们曾经在家里发现过一只雄性甲虫。
our garden, I say once, we've had a number of occasions where stag beetles have visited and one occasion that
我们的花园……我记得有几次雄性甲虫会来到这里；其中有一次……
sticks in my mind is a day when I was sitting in the garden with my laptop.
让我印象深刻的是有一天，我坐在花园里，手里拿着笔记本电脑。
It was a beautiful sunny day, one of those gorgeous days where you just love your life.
那是一个阳光明媚的美丽日子，属于那种让你忍不住热爱生活的美好时光。
And I was sitting with my laptop working in the sun when suddenly I noticed this large black thing flitting around behind my laptop.
我当时正坐在阳光下，用笔记本电脑工作，突然注意到有一个黑色的大东西在我笔记本电脑的后方飞来飞去。