餐桌上的对话 ⏲️ 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

6 Minute English from the BBC.

BBC的《六分钟英语》。

Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，这里是BBC英语教学的《六分钟英语》。

I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Beth.

我是贝丝。

In this program,

在本期节目中，

we'll be discussing the dinner table. 表達脈絡

我们将讨论餐桌文化。

But we're not interested in food.

但我们对食物不感兴趣。

We're talking about talking. 表達脈絡

我们要聊的是交流。

A lot can happen around the dinner table. 短語搭配

餐桌旁会发生很多事情。

Gossip, arguments,

八卦、争论，

you might meet the love of your life on a blind dinner date 講解

你可能会在一场相亲晚宴上遇到你的一生挚爱，

or find out you're a great storyteller. 短語動詞

或者发现自己是个讲故事的高手。

Neil, when you were younger,

尼尔，当你还小的时候，

did you eat with your family around a dinner table?

你会和家人围坐在餐桌旁吃饭吗？

We did.

会的。

Eating at the table was an important ritual. 講解

在餐桌上吃饭是一项重要的仪式。

It was something we did every day.

这是我们每天都会做的事。

And quite often,

而且很多时候，

it was the only time we could get together and chat. 短語動詞

这是我们唯一能聚在一起聊天的时间。

I think there's something very comforting about eating good food 語法

我觉得吃着美食，

and being with the people you're closest to. 語法

和最亲近的人在一起，是一件非常令人欣慰的事。

And now, I do the same with my own family. 短語搭配

现在，我和我自己的家人也是这样。

The kids are more likely to open up, 講解

孩子们更容易敞开心扉，

talk more easily about their day or something troubling them while they're eating. 語法

在吃饭时更容易谈论他们这一天或者困扰他们的事情。

Well, the dinner table is a space that families across the world

嗯，餐桌是世界各地家庭

get together at, to not only eat, but chat. 語法

聚在一起的地方，不仅为了吃饭，也为了聊天。

And is often the only point in the day or week 用詞

而且通常是一天或一周中唯一

that the whole family gathers together.

全家人聚集在一起的时刻。

In this program,

在本期节目中，

we'll be discussing how people behave at the table.

我们将讨论人们在餐桌上的行为。

And of course,

当然，

we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

我们也会学习一些有用的新词汇。

But first,

但首先，

I have a question for you, Beth.

贝丝，我有一个问题要问你。

In 2016,

2016年，

a couple from Germany won the world record

一对来自德国的夫妇赢得了

for the fastest time to set a dinner table. 短語搭配

布置餐桌最快时间的世界纪录。

But how long did it take them?

但他们花了多长时间呢？

Was it A, 25 seconds,

是 A，25秒，

B, 1 minute and 5 seconds,

B，1分5秒，

or C, 2 minutes and 5 seconds?

还是 C，2分5秒？

Surely not 25 seconds. 語氣意圖

肯定不是25秒。

I will guess 1 minute 5 seconds.

我猜是1分5秒。

Okay, Beth.

好的，贝丝。

I'll reveal the answer later in the program. 短語搭配

我会在节目稍后揭晓答案。

Now, while eating with a group, 語法

现在，当和一群人一起吃饭时，

you might feel that you need to act 語氣意圖

你可能会觉得需要表现出

in a certain way because of the people around you.

特定的行为方式，因为周围有其他人在。

Philippa Perry, a psychotherapist and author,

心理治疗师兼作家菲利帕·佩里

thinks we should try to be ourselves as much as possible, 語氣意圖

认为我们应该尽可能做自己，

as she told BBC World Service program,

正如她在接受BBC世界服务节目

The Food Chain.

《食物链》采访时所说。

In any group,

在任何群体中，

we find a role. 用詞

我们都能找到一个角色。

And if we're only in one group,

如果我们只在一个群体中，

if we're only ever with our family, 語法

如果我们总是只和家人在一起，

we might think,

我们可能会想，

"Oh, I'm the funny one. 語法

"哦，我是那个搞笑的人。

He's the wise one."

他是那个聪明的人。"

We might think that's who we are.

我们可能会认为自己就是这样的人。

And then we go to another group,

然后我们进入另一个群体，

and then we find,

接着我们发现，

"Oh, I'm the wise one."

"哦，我才是那个聪明的人。"

And I think if you feel like you're assigned a role in your family, 短語搭配

而且我认为，如果你觉得你在家庭中被分配了一个角色，

I just think take that with a little bit of a pinch of salt. 習語

我觉得你对这个角色应该持有保留态度（半信半疑）。

When you spend time with the same group of people, 短語搭配

当你和同一群人相处时，

you might start to think of yourself 短語搭配

你可能会开始认为自己

as the funny one or the wise one.

是那个搞笑的人或者那个聪明的人。

When we say the one,

当我们说 the one 时，

we describe a person by using a particular and prominent characteristic they have.

我们通过某人拥有的一种特殊而突出的特征来描述他们。

If you're very tall,

如果你很高，

you might be the tall one.

你可能就是那个高个子（the tall one）。

However, Philippa says we should take these labels

然而，菲利帕说我们应该对这些标签

with a pinch of salt,

持有保留态度（with a pinch of salt），

an idiom meaning you shouldn't believe or do everything

这是一个习语，意思是你不要全信或者照做

you're told or that's expected of you.

别人告诉你的或期望你做的一切事情。

Now, over time, 表達脈絡

如今，随着时间的推移，

interactions at the dinner table have changed. 語法

餐桌上的互动已经发生了变化。

In the past,

在过去，

children were sometimes seated on a different table 講解

孩子们有时会被安排坐在与大人

to adults or told they should be seen and not heard. 習語

不同的餐桌上，或者被告知小孩应该“只在一旁看着而不要出声”。

An old-fashioned phrase emphasizing that children should be quiet 用詞

这是一个老式短语，强调孩子们应该安静，

and always on their best behavior. 習語

并时刻保持最好的举止。

Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez,

安布雷亚·梅多斯-费尔南德斯，

a writer and founder of Free Black Motherhood,

作家兼“自由黑人母亲”组织的创始人，

spoke about older generations' reactions to children asking awkward questions 短語搭配

谈到了老一辈对孩子们在餐桌上

at the dinner table

问出尴尬问题时的反应，

to BBC World Service program,

这是在接受BBC世界服务节目

The Food Chain.

《食物链》采访时说的。

So, it's a mixed bag. 習語

所以，这是喜忧参半的（a mixed bag）。

It's overwhelmingly positive, 短語搭配

它的积极面占绝对优势，

but I also know that it is kind of a bit of a culture shock 講解

但我也知道，这确实有点像一种文化冲击，

for them to hear my children ask the questions

当他们听到我的孩子们问出

that they ask,

他们所问的那些问题时，

because our children haven't really been raised 短語搭配

因为我们的孩子并不是在

with that line of demarcation between the adult table and the kid table. 講解

大人桌和小孩桌之间有着明确界线的环境中长大的。

Ambreia says that the older generations' reactions

安布雷亚说老一辈的反应

to her children's questions at the table

对她孩子们在餐桌上的提问来说

can be a mixed bag.

可能是喜忧参半的（a mixed bag）。

A mixed bag is a situation that can have positive and negative aspects.

A mixed bag 是指一个同时具有积极和消极方面的状况。

She also says that it's a culture shock for them,

她还说这对他们来说是一种文化冲击（a culture shock），

a sense of feeling uncertain

一种感到不确定的感觉，

because you're in a different environment to usual. 短語搭配

因为你处在一个不同于往常的环境中。

Okay, Beth.

好的，贝丝。

I think it's time I revealed the answer to my question. 語法

我想是时候揭晓我那个问题的答案了。

I asked you what the world record is 語法

我问你布置餐桌最快时间

for the fastest time to set a dinner table.

的世界纪录是多少。

And I said it was 1 minute and 5 seconds.

我猜是1分5秒。

And that was the right answer.

那是正确答案。

That's not very long, is it? 語氣意圖

时间不长，不是吗？

Okay,

好的，

let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this program, 表達脈絡

让我们复习一下在这个节目中学到的词汇，

starting with open up, 表達脈絡

首先是 open up（敞开心扉），

a phrasal verb meaning speak more easily than usual,

一个动词短语，意思是比平时更容易地说话，

particularly about worries or problems.

特别是谈论担忧或问题。

If someone is the funny one or the wise one,

如果某人是 the funny one（搞笑的人）或 the wise one（聪明的人），

they're labeled by that particular characteristic.

他们就是被那个特定的特征贴上了标签。

To take something with a pinch of salt means you shouldn't believe everything you're told.

To take something with a pinch of salt 意思是你不应该全信别人告诉你的话。

Children should be seen and not heard is an old-fashioned phrase

Children should be seen and not heard（小孩有耳无嘴/只需旁观不许插嘴）是一个老式短语，

that means children should be quiet and behave well.

意思是孩子们应该保持安静并表现乖巧。

A mixed bag means something has both positive and negative aspects.

A mixed bag 意思是某事同时具有积极和消极的方面。

And finally,

最后，

a culture shock is an uncertain feeling because you're in a new environment.

a culture shock（文化冲击）是指因为处在新环境中而产生的不确定感。

Once again,

再一次，

our 6 minutes are up. 習語

我们的6分钟时间到了。

Join us again soon for more useful vocabulary here at 6 Minute English.

欢迎很快再次加入我们，在《六分钟英语》学习更多实用词汇。

Goodbye for now.

暂且说到这里，再见。

Goodbye.

再见。

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