BBC英語(yǔ)六分鐘-每天堅(jiān)持口語(yǔ)Mermaids – Fact or fiction

Mermaids–Factorfiction?BBC英語(yǔ)六分鐘練起來(lái)（2023.03.20）Transcript

Note:ThisisnotawordforwordtranscriptDanHelloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish–theshowthatbringsyouaninterestingtopic,authenticlisteningpracticeandvocabularytohelpyouimproveyourlanguageskills.I'mDan…CatherineAndI'mCatherine.Inthisprogrammewe'llbediscussingmermaids,aswellasteachingyou6newitemsofvocabulary,ofcourse…DanHowwouldyouliketobeamermaid?CatherineAhalf-humanandhalf-fish?Well,Dan,Ithinkit'sallamyth.DanWell,thenyou'llfindthisweek'squestionabitofadifficultonetoanswer.CatherineIsupposeIwill.Goonthen.DanWhendidthemostrecent

alleged

mermaidsightingtakeplace?Wasita)the1400sb)1800sorc)2000s?CatherineOk,andby

alleged,

youmean'saidorbelievedtobetruebutnotproven'.Idon'tbelieveinmermaids,butIthinkthere'salotofpeoplewhodo,soIwillsayc)the2000s.DanWell,we'llfindoutifyou'rerightabitlateron.So,whatdoyouknowaboutmermaids,Catherine?CatherineWell,amermaidisacreaturethat'ssimilarinappearancetoawomanbutinsteadoflegs,amermaidhasthetailofafish.Themalesarecalledmermen,andtheyliveintheocean.Ithoughttheywereamyth.DanTheycertainlyappeartobemythical.Theyfeatureinlegendsandstoriesfromallovertheworld.TheearliestknownoneinastorydatesfromancientAssyria,around1000BC.Canyouthinkofamoremodernexample?CatherineManypeoplewillbefamiliarwiththeDisneystory,'TheLittleMermaid'.DanYes.Beforeitwasananimatedmovie,itwasarenownedfairy-talewrittenbyHansChristianAndersen,firstpublishedin1837.Interestingly,asmallbronzestatueofthelittlemermaidhasbeensittinginCopenhageninDenmarksince1913.CatherineThereyougo!There'snorealevidence.DanWhatifItoldyouthatover200mermaidshaverecentlygatheredinGreensboro,NorthCarolinaintheUSA?CatherineYou'retellingmefishtales,DanDanOk.I'llconfess.Theyaren'trealmermaids.Eachpersonisanormalhumanwearingawaist-highlatextail.Theymeettoshareaninterestinaquaticmythology,takeunderwaterphotos,andswim.Formanyofthem,it'sasourceofincometoo!ListentoDanielCraig,fiveyearmerman,explain.INSERTDanielCraig,mermanAlotofthemermaidswehaveattendinghereareprofessionalmermaids.Theywillentertainatbirthdayparties,socialevents,companyevents.I

stumbledacross

themermaidingcommunitymerelybyaccident.CatherineSoit'sajobtoo!Aprofessionalmerman.AndDanielsaidthathe

stumbledacross

it,or'founditbyaccident'.So,itdoesn'treallycountthenthough,doesitDan?DanAreal,realmermaid?

That'sadifferent

kettleoffish,whichisanidiomaticphrasethatmeans'acompletelydifferentmatterorissue'.Well,whilewehavenohardevidence,suchasaphotoofarealmermaid,therehavebeenseveralsightings.Oneofthemorerecentoneswasin2009inHaifaBay.CatherineHangonnow,thatringsabell!That'sinIsrael,isn'tit?Andit

allegedly

appearedatsunset.Apparentlythemermaidwasdoingtricks.DanThereyougothen!CatherineButthereisnoreason,Dan,tobelievethatitwasanythingotherthana

hoax,

whichmeans'adeceptionorlie–oftendoneforhumourorsometimescruelty'.Well,realornot,itcouldbefuntobeamermaid.Iwonderwhatitwouldbelike?DanWell,thatIcanhelpwith.LetDanielCraigexplainwhyhelikesitsomuch.INSERTDanielCraig,mermanIt'sjust

serene.It'stheperfectplaceforatemporary

getaway.CatherineSohelikesitbecauseit's

serene,whichmeans'calmandpeaceful'.DanYesandhesaysit'stheperfect

getaway,whichis'aplaceyougoinordertoescapefromnormallife'.CatherineWell,Istilldon'tbelieveinmermaids,butIdobelieve,Dan,thatyouaskedmeaquestion.DanIdefinitelydid.Iasked,whendidthemostrecent

alleged

mermaidsightingtakeplace?Wasita)the1400sb)1800sorc)2000s?CatherineAndIsaidIthinkitwasthe2000sDanAndyouhavehitthenailonthehead.Welldone.CatherineThankyouDanYou'reright.Itwasthe2000s.Itwasin2012inZimbabweanditwasreportedbythewaterresourceminister.Let'stakealookatthevocabularyfromthisprogramme.Ourfirstwordwas

alleged.Ifsomethingis

alleged

itis'saidorbelievedbetruebutnotproventobetrue'.Canyouthinkofarecentexample,Catherine?CatherineUSPresidentDonaldTrumphasallegedthatnewspapershavebeenprintingfakenews,butapparentlythere'snoproof.Andournextonewas

stumbledacross.So,ifyou

stumbleacross

somethingyou'encounterorfinditbyaccident'.It'saphrasalverbandyoucouldalsosaycomeacross.So,Dan,haveyouever

stumbledacross

anythingunusual?DanWell,therewasatimewhenIwasgoingtoapartyinHolbornandIgotcompletelylost.AndthereonthefloorinfrontofmeI

stumbledacross

amapofLondon.Itgotmestraighttotheparty.CatherineSpooky.DanThenextoneafterthatwas

adifferentkettleoffish.Adifferentkettleoffish

isanidiomaticphrasewhichmeans'acompletelydifferentmatterorissue'.Youcouldalsousethephrase'ahorseofadifferentcolour'.

CatherineNextup,wehad

hoax.Anda

hoax

is'adeceptionorlie–whichisoftendoneforhumourorcruelty'.Whatwasthelasthoaxyoudid,Dan?DanOneChristmasIwrappedabrokenlightbulbinaboxandgaveittomotherasapresent.IpretendedtodropitandthebrokenlightbulbmadeaglassshatteringnoiseandshethoughtthatIhadbrokenherpresent.Afterthatweheard

serene.

Serene

means'calmandpeaceful'.Thenounisserenity.What'syourideaofserene,Catherine?CatherineTwoweeks,lyingonthebeach,drinkinglemonade,listeningtothesoundofthesea.Fabulous.Andfinallywehada

getaway.

A

getaway

isaninformalwordmeaning'aplaceyougoinordertoescapefromnormallife',suchasaholiday.So,where'syourfavouritegetaway,Dan?DanMyfavourite

getaway

ismyyogaclass.Ifinditreally,reallyrefreshing.Well,that'stheendoftoday's6MinuteEnglish.Pleasejoinusagainsoon!CatherineAndweareonsocialmediatoo,somakesuretovisitusonFacebook,Twitter,InstagramandYouTube.BothBye!

VocabularyallegedsaidorbelievedbetruebutnotproventobetruestumbledacrossencounteredorfoundbyaccidentadifferentkettleoffishacompletelydifferentmatterorissuehoaxadeceptionorlieoftendoneforhumourorcrueltyserenecalmandpeacefulagetawayaplaceyougoinordertoescapefromnormallifeTranscript雙語(yǔ)版Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish–theshowthatbringsyouaninterestingtopic,authenticlisteningpracticeandvocabularytohelpyouimproveyourlanguageskills.I’mDan…大家好，歡迎收聽(tīng)六分鐘英語(yǔ)，我是凱瑟琳。該節(jié)目會(huì)奉上有趣的話(huà)題，純正的聽(tīng)力練習(xí)和單詞，幫助你提高語(yǔ)言技能。我是丹。AndI’mCatherine.Inthisprogrammewe’llbediscussingmermaids,aswellasteachingyou6newitemsofvocabulary,ofcourse…我是凱瑟琳。在今天的節(jié)目中我們將討論美人魚(yú)，同時(shí)教你六個(gè)新單詞。Howwouldyouliketobeamermaid?你覺(jué)得美人魚(yú)是什么樣子的？Ahalf-humanandhalf-fish?Well,Dan,Ithinkit’sallamyth.半人半魚(yú)？丹，我覺(jué)得這只是神話(huà)。Well,thenyou’llfindthisweek’squestionabitofadifficultonetoanswer.那你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)今天的問(wèn)題有點(diǎn)難回答。IsupposeIwill.Goonthen.我猜也許是吧。繼續(xù)說(shuō)吧。Whendidthemostrecentallegedmermaidsightingtakeplace?Wasita)the1400sb)1800sorc)2000s?最近人們宣稱(chēng)看到美人魚(yú)是什么時(shí)候？a)15世紀(jì)，b)19世紀(jì)，還是c)20世紀(jì)？Ok,andbyalleged,youmeansaidorbelievedtobetruebutnotproven.Idon’tbelieveinmermaids,butIthinkthere’salotofpeoplewhodo,soIwillsayc)the2000s.宣稱(chēng)的，是指說(shuō)或相信某事是真的，但并未證明。我不相信美人魚(yú)，但我想有很多人都相信，所以我選c)20世紀(jì)。Well,we’llfindoutifyou’rerightabitlateron.So,whatdoyouknowaboutmermaids,Catherine?我們之后再看你回答得是否正確。凱瑟琳，關(guān)于美人魚(yú)你知道什么呢？Well,amermaidisacreaturethat’ssimilarinappearancetoawomanbutinsteadoflegs,amermaidhasthetailofafish.Themalesarecalledmermen,andtheyliveintheocean.Ithoughttheywereamyth.美人魚(yú)是指外表和女性類(lèi)似，但是沒(méi)有腿，而是有魚(yú)尾。男性的美人魚(yú)叫做男性人魚(yú)，他們生活在海洋。我認(rèn)為他們都是神話(huà)。Theycertainlyappeartobemythical.Theyfeatureinlegendsandstoriesfromallovertheworld.TheearliestknownoneinastorydatesfromancientAssyria,around1000BC.Canyouthinkofamoremodernexample?他們當(dāng)然是神話(huà)中的人物。全世界都有關(guān)于他們的傳說(shuō)和故事。最早為人知的美人魚(yú)故事可以追溯至約公元前1000年的古亞述。你能想到一個(gè)更現(xiàn)代的例子嗎？ManypeoplewillbefamiliarwiththeDisneystory,TheLittleMermaid.很多人都很熟悉迪斯尼的《小美人魚(yú)》。Yes.Butbeforeitwasananimatedmovie,itwasarenownedfairy-talewrittenbyHansChristianAndersen,firstpublishedin1837.Interestingly,asmallbronzestatueofthelittlemermaidhasbeensittinginCopenhageninDenmarksince1913.是的。但在制作成動(dòng)畫(huà)電影前，它是漢斯?克里斯蒂安?安徒生創(chuàng)作的著名的童話(huà)故事，于1837年初次出版。有意思的是，自1913年起，丹麥哥本哈根就佇立了一座小美人魚(yú)的青銅雕塑。Thereyougo!There’snorealevidence.你又來(lái)這一套！沒(méi)有真的證據(jù)證明有美人魚(yú)的存在。WhatifItoldyouthatover200mermaidshaverecentlygatheredinGreensboro,NorthCarolinaintheUSA?如果我告訴你，美國(guó)北卡羅來(lái)納州最近聚集了200名美人魚(yú)呢？You’retellingmefishtales,Dan.你在講故事吧，尼爾。Ok.I’llconfess.Theyaren’trealmermaids.Eachpersonisanormalhumanwearingawaist-highlatextail.Theymeettoshareaninterestinaquaticmythology,takeunderwaterphotos,andswim.Formanyofthem,it’sasourceofincometoo!ListentoDanielCraig,fiveyearmerman,explain.好吧，我承認(rèn)。他們都不是真的美人魚(yú)。每一個(gè)都是人穿著齊腰高的乳膠魚(yú)尾。他們都對(duì)水生神話(huà)感興趣，他們共同在水下拍照、游泳。對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，這也是他們的收入來(lái)源。讓我們聽(tīng)聽(tīng)當(dāng)了五年人魚(yú)的丹尼爾·克雷格的解釋。Alotofthemermaidswehaveattendinghereareprofessionalmermaids.Theywillentertainatbirthdayparties,socialevents,companyevents.Istumbledacrossthemermaidingcommunitymerelybyaccident.很多在此的美人魚(yú)都是專(zhuān)業(yè)扮演人魚(yú)的。他們會(huì)在生日派對(duì)、社會(huì)活動(dòng)或公司活動(dòng)中助興。我也是偶然加入人魚(yú)社團(tuán)的。Soit’sajobtoo!Aprofessionalmerman.AndDanielsaidthathestumbledacrossit,orfounditbyaccident.So,itdoesn’treallycountthenthough,doesitDan?這也是一種工作！專(zhuān)業(yè)的人魚(yú)！丹尼爾說(shuō)他也是偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)的。這不算是真的人魚(yú)，不是嗎丹？Areal,realmermaid?That’sadifferentkettleoffish,whichisanidiomaticphrasethatmeansacompletelydifferentmatterorissue.Well,whilewehavenohardevidence,suchasaphotoofarealmermaid,therehavebeenseveralsightings.Oneofthemorerecentoneswasin2009inHaifaBay.真的人魚(yú)？那是截然不同的事，differentkettleoffish是指完全不同的事情或問(wèn)題。我們沒(méi)有十足的證據(jù)，例如真的美人魚(yú)的照片，還是有很多人表示看到過(guò)美人魚(yú)。最近的一次是2009年在海法港。Hangonnow,thatringsabell!That’sinIsrael,isn’tit?Anditallegedlyappearedatsunset.Apparentlythemermaidwasdoingtricks.等等，這聽(tīng)起來(lái)很熟。那是在以色列，對(duì)不對(duì)？人們宣稱(chēng)美人魚(yú)出現(xiàn)在日落時(shí)。顯然美人魚(yú)在耍把戲。Thereyougothen!你又來(lái)了！Butthereisnoreason,Dan,tobelievethatitwasanythingotherthanahoax,whichmeansadeceptionorlie–oftendoneforhumourorsometimescruelty.Well,realornot,itcouldbefuntobeamermaid.Iwonderwhatitwouldbelike?但沒(méi)有理由去相信一個(gè)騙局啊，hoax是指為了幽默感，有時(shí)是為殘忍行為而做出的欺騙和謊言。不管真假，做一只美人魚(yú)也很有意思。我很好奇那是什么感覺(jué)。Well,thatIcanhelpwith.LetDanielCraigexplainwhyhelikesitsomuch.這一點(diǎn)我可以幫上忙。讓丹尼爾解釋他為什么如此喜愛(ài)美人魚(yú)。It’sjustserene.It’stheperfectplaceforatemporarygetaway.很平靜。是短暫逃離現(xiàn)實(shí)的完美去處。Sohelikesitbecauseit’sserene,whichmeanscalmandpeaceful.他喜歡美人魚(yú)是因?yàn)樗芷届o，靜謐而祥和。Yesandhesaysit’stheperfectgetaway,whichisaplaceyougoinordertoescapefromnormallife.沒(méi)錯(cuò)，他還說(shuō)那是絕佳逃離現(xiàn)實(shí)的方式，也就是一個(gè)可以讓你逃離現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的去處。Well,Istilldon’tbelieveinmermaids,butIdobelieve,Dan,thatyouaskedmeaquestion.我仍然不相信美人魚(yú)，但我相信你問(wèn)過(guò)我一個(gè)問(wèn)題。Idefinitelydid.Iasked,whendidthemostrecentallegedmermaidsightingtakeplace?Wasita)the1400sb)1800sorc)2000s?確實(shí)如此。我問(wèn)你最近人們宣稱(chēng)看到美人魚(yú)是什么時(shí)候？a)15世紀(jì)，b)19世紀(jì)，還是c)20世紀(jì)？AndIsaidIthinkitwasthe2000s.我覺(jué)得是20世紀(jì)。Andyouhavehitthenailonthehead.Welldone.你回答正確！做得好！Thankyou.謝謝。You’reright.Itwasthe2000s.Itwasin2012inZimbabweanditwasreportedbythewaterresourceminister.Let’stakealookatthevocabularyfromthisprogramme.Ourfirstwordwasallegedorallege.Ifsomethingisallegeditissaidorbelievedbetruebutnotproventobetrue.Canyouthinkofarecentexample,Catherine?你答對(duì)了，是在20世紀(jì)。2012年，津巴布韋的水資源部長(zhǎng)報(bào)道的?，F(xiàn)在我們看看今天節(jié)目中的單詞。第一個(gè)詞是宣稱(chēng)的，或宣稱(chēng)。是指說(shuō)過(guò)或相信某事是真的，但該事情并未得到證實(shí)。你能舉一個(gè)最近的例子嗎，凱瑟琳？USPresidentDonaldTrumphasallegedthatnewspapershavebeenprintingfakenews,butapparentlythere’snoproof.Andournextonewasstumbledacross.So,ifyoustumbleacrosssomethingyouencounterorfinditbyaccident.It’saphrasalverbandyoucouldalsosaycomeacross.So,Dan,haveyoueverstumbledacrossanythingunusual?美國(guó)總統(tǒng)特朗普宣稱(chēng)報(bào)紙上說(shuō)的都是假新聞，但顯然沒(méi)有證據(jù)。下一個(gè)單詞是偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)。是指你偶然遇到或偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)某事。這是一個(gè)動(dòng)詞詞組，你也可以用comeacross表達(dá)相同的意思。但你有沒(méi)有偶然碰到什么不同尋常的事？Well,therewasatimewhenIwasgoingtoapartyinHolbornandIgotcompletelylost.AndthereonthefloorinfrontofmeIstumbledacrossamapofLondon.Itgotmestraighttotheparty.有一次，我去霍爾本參加派對(duì)，但我完全迷路了。然后在我前方的地上，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一張紐約地圖。地圖引導(dǎo)我到了派對(duì)。Spooky.有點(diǎn)令人毛骨悚然的。Thenextoneafterthatwasadifferentkettleoffish.Adi