跟读练习: American Slang about Negative People: 12 Expressions you need toknow - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello my favorite English language learners.
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It is your favorite English teacher here,
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Amy Joy, and in today's video I'm going to share with you some American slang expressions to talk about really negative people.
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So to get started, let's imagine that you have a friend and her name is Nancy.
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We are going to call her Negative Nancy and that is our first two slang expressions.
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One, to be a Negative Nancy and two,
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to be a Debbie Downer.
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So these are expressions that just describe really negative people.
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So imagine that you are with your group of friends and you say,
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hey what should we do this weekend
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and someone suggests hey why don't we go to the beach
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then negative Nancy says oh I hate the beach I hate
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the sand it's too hot I always get sunburned it's too
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much work I don't want to go she is being a negative Nancy
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and you can tell her hey don't be such a negative Nancy or hey don't be such a Debbie Downer.
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So again our first two words to be a negative Nancy or to be a Debbie Downer.
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Now Nancy and Debbie are female names but you can actually call men a negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer too.
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And if you're feeling a little bit negative
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that day you might even say oh I don't mean to be a negative Nancy or oh,
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I don't want to be a Debbie Downer,
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but I don't want to go to the beach.
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And number three is also a name and the phrase is to be a Scrooge.
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And this means to be a negative person,
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but also be cheap or not want to pay for things.
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So for example, again, you're with your friends and you say,
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hey, what should we do this weekend?" and your friend suggests,
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well we could go see that new Marvel movie.
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And then your friend Negative Nancy,
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she says, oh I don't want to go to the movies.
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Tickets are so expensive these days.
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You can say, hey don't be such a Scrooge or stop being a Scrooge.
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We can go to the early showing which is cheaper.
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And Negative Nancy might say fine but I'm not buying any snacks.
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Negative Nancy is now being a Scrooge.
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And this word actually has an interesting history.
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It comes from Charles Dickens' play A Christmas Carol and the main character in that play is Ebenezer Scrooge.
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And he is a really negative man who is very wealthy but doesn't want to spend any money.
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So he is very cheap and now since that is his character.
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We also call people who are cheap scrooges.
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So don't be a scrooge or stop being a scrooge.
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And number four, a whiner.
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A whiner is just a person who whines a lot and to whine means to complain.
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So we can be talking about negative Nancy and say,
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Ugh, Nancy is such a whiner.
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She is always complaining about something.
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And number five is the word rude.
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To be rude is an adjective that means to be impolite.
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So again, let's say that we are out to dinner with negative Nancy
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and we are about to order and Nancy decides to order the salmon
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and the waitress says oh I'm so sorry we don't have any more salmon.
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Nancy gets very upset starts yelling at the waitress and says then why do you have it on the menu?
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Who is your manager? this is ridiculous.
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She is being rude.
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And number six, to be spoiled.
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To be spoiled means to complain when you don't get your way or when you don't get what you want.
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So your friend Nancy grew up as a single child.
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She didn't have any brothers or sisters,
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so her parents always gave her what she wanted and now she complains when she does not get what she wants.
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So she is spoiled.
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Another more academic word for spoiled is entitled
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and again this just means you think you deserve everything probably because you grew up getting everything you wanted.
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Numbers seven, eight, and nine are all synonyms so I'm going to group them together.
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They are to be grumpy,
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to be cranky, and to be in a bad mood.
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These all mean that you are unhappy or that you are annoyed by something.
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So again, thinking about our friend Negative Nancy,
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she hates waking up early in the mornings and whenever she has to wake up early she is grumpy,
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she is cranky, she is in a bad mood until she has her coffee.
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And number 10, to give someone bad vibes.
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This just means to give off bad energy
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so again maybe with your friends
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and you say who should we invite to our trip
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and someone says oh please don't invite Nancy she gives me bad vibes
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and similarly number 11 you can say bad
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or negative energy you might say oh please don't invite Nancy I don't like her bad energy or her negative energy.
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And our last word for today, self-centered.
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And it just means that you are selfish or you only care about yourself and what you want.
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So negative Nancy, she is very spoiled and she only wants to do what she wants to do.
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She doesn't want to go to the beach.
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She doesn't want to go to the movies and she wants everyone to do what she wants to do.
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She is self-centered.
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All right, well there you have it,
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12 slang expressions to talk about negative people.
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I'm sure that I may have forgotten some,
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so if you can think of any other expressions,
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let me know in the comments below.
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And if you found this video helpful,
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make sure you like it,
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subscribe to my channel, and click that notification bell.
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And until next time, don't be a negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer.
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Stay positive, stay happy, and I will see you next time.
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Bye!
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在这段精彩的视频中，英语老师Amy Joy 为我们分享了一些描述消极人的美国俚语表达。她以一个名叫南希（Nancy）的角色为起点，用“消极南希”（Negative Nancy）和“德比·唐纳”（Debbie Downer）来形容那些总是抱怨或者消极的人。这些俚语在日常生活中非常实用，尤其是在和朋友一起讨论活动的时候，当某个人表现得特别消极时，这些表达可以帮助我们轻松表达对这种情绪的不满。
日常交流中的五大短语
- 消极南希（Negative Nancy）：用来形容总是持消极态度的人。
- 德比·唐纳（Debbie Downer）：同样是形容那些常常唱衰或使气氛变得沉闷的人。
- 小气鬼（Scrooge）：这不仅形容消极人，还指那些不愿意花钱或过于节省的人。这个词来源于查尔斯·狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》，主角埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇（Ebenezer Scrooge）就是这样的人。
- 抱怨者（Whiner）：指那些总是爱抱怨的人。
- 粗鲁（Rude）：形容一个人不礼貌或者言辞无礼。
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