跟读练习: Americans Don't Understand English | The Jonathan Ross Show - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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The thing about Americans that I've thought about the language is that they speak,
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The thing about Americans that I've thought about the language is that they speak,
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they say they speak English,
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but they've had to change it to make them understand it more.
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Go with me on this because I've thought it through.
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They've changed some of the words.
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So they've taken the English language,
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but they've looked at some of it and they've thought,
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no, no, I think we need a little bit more explanation here.
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Okay?
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That's my American accent.
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So things like pavement.
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So they can't work with pavement,
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so they've changed it to sidewalk.
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Yeah.
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They needed more information.
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They needed to know where they were going to be walking so that they wouldn't get run over.
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So, I didn't think of that.
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Pavement, sidewalks.
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There must have been a period of time where they ran with the word pavement,
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but they kept getting hit by cars.
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So they changed it to sidewalk.
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Now, bear with me here,
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John, because I've thought this through.
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Bin, the word for bin.
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In American, waste paper basket.
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They needed to know what to put in it.
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They needed to know that not only it was paper,
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but waste paper, and that it goes into a basket.
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It's not just any paper.
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They kept throwing away fresh paper for a period before they introduced the word waste paper basket.
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You see, it's like they need instructions.
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Glasses for your eyes, they call them...
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Eyeglasses.
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THEY LAUGH ..where to put them on their face,
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because they used to have glasses and they would put them on their thighs
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and they would put them on their feet and they would say,
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I can't see any better with the glasses.
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And then somebody went, no, they're eyeglasses.
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Well, why didn't you call them eyeglasses?
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There's a game called Squash.
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Have you heard of it?
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Yes.
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Not in America.
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Racketball.
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It's a true story.
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They needed to know what they were going to be playing with,
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in racquetball, and even then they get confused because there's no court.
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They don't know where to go.
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They just wander through the street going,
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I want to play racquetball,
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I want to play racquetball.
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So they're probably going to have to change that.
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But my favourite one, without a shadow of a doubt, is horse riding.
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Do you know what horse riding is in America?
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Is it not called horse riding?
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No. Horseback riding.
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They have to specify the area of the horse.
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Well, yes.
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There were terrible problems.
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Because there was a period of time when they didn't call it horseback riding.
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Well, where did they go?
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They used to hold on to the tail and then...
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Are you sure this is how they ride the horses in Europe?
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That's a whole different thing you're doing there.
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Anybody who's watching this show who may have been flicking the channels,
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that's not a moment you would have called that.
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LAUGHTER Oh, no!
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This was a story about American, undescriptive words.
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I've never been in the Mile High Club.
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LAUGHTER So, wait.
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Harry, what are you waiting for?
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Come on, we know the answer.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE CHEERING AND APPLAUSE But,
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er, who was the closest to him in the band?
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I think when we were in the band,
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yeah, maybe it was me.
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And, you know, I think we all kind of noticed that he wasn't thoroughly enjoying it,
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and we were.
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And, you know, it can be an intense job at times,
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and I think it got a little bit too much room,
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and he wanted to be in a different place, and that's fair enough.
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关键词汇与短语
- pavement（人行道） - 英国用语，指行人走的路面。
- sidewalk（人行道） - 美国用语，更直接地描述了行人行走的地方。
- waste paper basket（废纸篓） - 用于丢弃废纸的容器，比“bin”更具体。
- eyeglasses（眼镜） - 用于视觉矫正的眼部配件，强调其用途。
- racquetball（壁球） - 美国对壁球的称呼，强调使用的器具。
- instructions（说明） - 说明如何正确使用某物的指导。
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