跟讀練習: To Tip or Skip? Consumers Say They’ve Had Enough - 通過影片學習英語口語

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While Americans love to reward good service, many are having second thoughts about the barrage of tip requests on practically everything.

儘管美國人向來樂於為優質服務支付小費，但面對幾乎所有消費場景都鋪天蓋地而來的打賞請求，許多人開始重新考慮這一習慣。

It seems that tipping screen pops up in just about every sale.

Are we tipping every single time that we go to a coffee shop?

I have become so good at pressing that no tip button.

I'm paying 50 bucks for two drinks at a Phillies game.

I'm not tipping you.

Shoppers are being nudged to tip when ordering a sandwich, a single cup of coffee, even for things like tires.

如今，消費者在點三明治、買一杯咖啡甚至購買輪胎等商品時，都會被提示打賞。

I went to go get new tires on my truck

and they literally had the screen turn around and had the audacity to say, would you like to tip?

I said no. So it's tipping out of control.

A little bit.

Yeah.

Although it's a custom that isn't going anywhere, people are pulling back on where, when and how much to tip.

Restaurant technology platform PopMenu says 40% of consumers are tipping less this year than last year because of tipping fatigue,

tighter budgets and rising prices with 3.4% inflation over the past year.

If you go to an establishment and every other month the price for

that same item or service goes up and you start to get fatigued there and you have to make up for that.

同一件商品或服務的價格上漲，你會開始感到疲憊，而你必須為此做出補償。

You can't just eat that all yourself.

There is also the anxious, somewhat guilty feeling as you stare at the large tip screen that appears before the required customer signature.

Do you feel like you're seeing like the tip screen more than you used to?

Yeah, definitely within the last two years, I'm seeing a lot more like iPad.

Would you like to tip?

As people cut back on tips, some consider the cost of the item.

隨著人們減少小費支出，一些人開始考慮商品本身的價格。

When do you say no?

When it's about like less than $20.

For others, it's about the service.

If it's somebody working in like a sandwich shop and they make me a nice sandwich, then I might lay them a tip.

But if I'm just buying something like from a corner store, absolutely not.

It's not always comfortable to hit no tip, especially when an employee is watching and waiting for the sale to be completed.

Does it make you feel guilty not to give the tip?

Sometimes, yeah.

Pop menu says more than 56% of people don't typically tip at fast food spots and 44% don't tip for fast casual.

But most are tipping at sit down restaurants, carry out counters and coffee shops.

I think about the people that rely on tips as the primary source of income

but also the more personalized I get for example your hair stylist or people

that you see on a more frequent basis you start to develop a more personal relationship to me

那些你更常接觸的事物，會讓你逐漸對我產生更私人的情感聯結。

that is where I put the extra dollar.

All right so

if you do decide to tip is like 20% still the standard 15 to 20% you just heard

that guy talk about

if it's somebody you're going to see again somebody you have

a relationship with you need to tip you want to tip for good service especially

if it's something that's part of their pay

and their salary a candy bar at the corner store i'm hitting no tip

and i don't feel badly about it

and we talked to a lot of men on the street

and also a lot of experts who told us you don't have to feel guilty

if you skip the tip if it's just a kiosk

or just the screen the ipad screen in many cases it's

just built into their payment software it's not maybe even necessarily

that the company's asking you to tip it's just how that's

been presented just hit note i wish i was curated a

little bit better like business to business you know like

so it's not in front of me you know that's not

to be embarrassed you know i mean there's still our tip jars out there too

and sometimes i feel like i'll put a few dollars in a tip jar

because i feel like hey

that person making my sandwich they're they're splitting it i can see who's going to get uh get

that money but you can really tell from those pop menu numbers

that people are they have inflation fatigue they have you know their budgets are stretched

and they feel like they're being asked to tip for things

they weren't asked to tip on a few years ago tires for example

or just a pre-made sandwich you know behind the counter yeah why are you tipping for

that they're already resentful they're paying eight dollars for coffee exactly

他們本來就已經在為一杯咖啡要付八塊錢而感到不滿了，真的是這樣。

like those airport stores you go get a bottle of water

sporting events like you get a beer it's like 15 bucks yeah

but to be clear and roker makes this point a lot like

if you can afford to tip you should be tipping

and what we don't want to see is depending on like

swing back you remember during the pandemic we were all tipping for just about everything absolutely

but i will say for restaurants and for hairstylists and things like

that people are tipping people are still generous that has not changed pop man you said that most people are tipping,

they're tipping well at a restaurant where they see your server and they see your server hustling.

And that's important.

All right.

Christy, that was great.

It was great.

Thank you.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這段影片共有 78 個句子、916 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 4:33。說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 201 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 85% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
tire 動詞	/ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/	勞累 /勞累, 累
fatigue 名詞	/fəˈtiːɡ/	疲勞 /疲勞, 倦怠
server 名詞	/ˈsɝvɚ/	伺服器 /伺服器, 伺服器
menu 名詞	/ˈmɛn.juː/	選單 /選單
inflation 名詞	/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/	通貨膨脹 /通貨膨脹, 通脹 /通脹
necessarily 副詞	/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/	必然地, 必定地
custom 名詞	/ˈkʌstəm/	習慣 /習慣, 習俗 /習俗
establishment 名詞	/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/	建立, 設立 /設立
salary 名詞	/ˈsæləɹi/	薪金, 薪水
stretch 動詞	/stɹɛt͡ʃ/	伸展, 拉
swing 動詞	/ˈswɪŋ/	擺動 /擺動, 搖擺 /搖擺
reward 名詞	/ɹɪˈwɔɹd/	報酬 /報酬, 獎勵 /獎勵
candy 名詞	/ˈkæn.di/	糖果, 糖
rely 動詞	/ɹɪˈlaɪ/	依賴 /依賴, 依靠
frequent 形容詞	/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/	頻繁 /頻繁

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
carry out 動詞	/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/	進行 /進行
go up 動詞		上昇 /上升, 上去
sit down 動詞		坐下, 坐
turn around 動詞		轉身 /轉身

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 22 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 they're, don't, I'm。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, barrage /bəˈɹɑʒ/
長單詞——注意重音位置: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/

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先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 tire, fatigue, server 這類單詞。

影片中的語法

說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：

結構	影片中的用法
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	being nudged · be completed · been presented
現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事	have become · has not changed

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