跟读练习: Stop Saying “I Don’t Care” — Use These Fluent Phrases! - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Have you ever said, don't care in English and suddenly the conversation felt really awkward?
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Have you ever said, don't care in English and suddenly the conversation felt really awkward?
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Yeah, that's because in English, I don't care can sound cold, dismissive or even rude.
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But here's the deeper problem.
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You're translating your thoughts directly instead of thinking in English like a native speaker.
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Native speakers don't usually think, I don't care.
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Instead, they think, more specifically.
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This isn't my responsibility.
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I don't know enough about that.
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That's not my role.
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That's not my interest.
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And I'm going to teach you some more idiomatic phrases that we use in everyday real life conversation instead of I don't care.
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So today I'll teach you to think in English more precisely so you sound more natural, polite, confident, and of course, fluent.
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And a quick note, I made a free PDF study guide for this lesson with all the phrases, example sentences, and a practice session.
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You can download it below.
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The link is in the description and the pinned comment.
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And practice these until they feel automatic.
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And a quick tip, if you're serious about thinking in English, don't just watch.
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Write these phrases down.
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Use the PDF.
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You can download it.
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print it off, and you can also use a small notebook just for expressions like this so you can review them daily.
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I'm going to link to one of my favorite notebooks that I recommend if you'd like to check it out.
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Okay, let's start with the first phrase, one of my favorites.
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It comes from baseball.
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So if you're a baseball fan, this is a fun one.
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It's out of my league, like a baseball league.
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You know, we have an amateur and a professional league.
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So if we're talking about something that is a little too advanced for us, we would say it's out of my league.
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And we can say this jokingly, but it basically means that something is too advanced or beyond your knowledge or experience.
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And I thought of this phrase this morning while I was walking my dog with my neighbor and his dog.
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So we were out walking around and he told me that his sister just became an attorney.
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She just passed the bar exam, which is a difficult test that makes you officially able to practice law.
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So he then said, I don't really know how all that works.
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It's out of my league.
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And I thought that's a great phrase to talk about with you.
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So he said, Honestly, that's out of my league.
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I don't really understand how all that works.
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This is humble, natural, slightly informal.
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So whenever you feel like something is a bit beyond what you know, you can use this phrase.
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It's out of my league.
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And it can be used like kind of jokingly too.
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Or if you just don't want to talk about something, it's also a good phrase to know.
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Okay, another one that's above my pay grade.
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I also used this phrase this morning and I couldn't wait to share it with you.
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So I was talking to my neighbor and he told me that his boss wants him to start taking clients out to lunch, but he's not in sales or marketing.
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He's an engineer.
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So I said, that's kind of outside your job description.
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And he said, yeah, it's way above my pay grade.
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Meaning it's not part of his expected work.
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So he doesn't really want to do it.
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It's not part of his job and he's not a very social person.
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So he said, yeah, it's above my pay grade.
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It's a professional phrase, slightly playful and very natural.
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Another one that's used at work.
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or in professional situations a lot is, it's out of my wheelhouse.
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This is another idiom that comes from baseball.
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A wheelhouse is the zone where you can hit the best.
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So if something is out of your wheelhouse, it's not where you perform best.
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So out of my wheelhouse means it's not your area of expertise or something you're comfortable with.
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For example, technical SEO.
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is kind of out of my wheelhouse.
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I focus more on content strategy.
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Another one.
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It's not my strong suit.
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And by the way, if you're just listening, stop, repeat after me.
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After I say these phrases, you're going to learn so much faster.
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You're going to remember more if you repeat them after me.
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So if you haven't been repeating, be sure to go back and repeat these phrases along.
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with me. It's also a good idea to write them down as I mentioned before.
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So let's practice your pronunciation.
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Let's practice your speaking together.
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And let's say this one again.
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Ready? It's not my strong suit.
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So this means it's not something you're especially good at.
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For example, public speaking in large groups isn't my strong suit.
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I prefer smaller conversations.
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It's honest, humble, very natural.
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By the way, Maybe you can see this microphone here.
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I wanted to tell you, I recently got the Shure MV7 Plus microphone and I love it.
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It's really been helping me to create the Private Fluency podcast, which uh you can listen to if you go to gne.supercast.com.
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I'll also add that link in the description and the pinned comment.
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And I'm really excited because...
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I'm gonna add another microphone for guests to have conversational lessons.
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And I got this pod track.
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This is where I plug both microphones in and mix them.
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I guess this is a little mixer.
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I'm learning a lot, technologically speaking.
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This used to be out of my wheelhouse, but no more, no longer, because I'm learning.
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I'm educating myself about how to video podcast with two people or more.
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And if you're interested, I'll link to this as well if you're interested in creating content.
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Okay, I have more phrases for you.
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Are you ready?
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That's not really my area, meaning not your expertise.
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I work in marketing, so finance stuff isn't really my area.
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I'm not involved in that, meaning you're not part of the situation.
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For example, I'm not involved in that project, so I don't have the details.
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That's outside my scope, meaning it's not part of your role.
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For example, hiring decisions are outside my scope.
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That's not my call, meaning not your decision.
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To be your call means your decision.
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So this is a really good one to know.
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It's very common.
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For example, whether we approve this, that's not my call.
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Next, I'm not the right person to ask, meaning someone else knows better.
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For example, I'm not the right person to ask about legal stuff.
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I'm not a lawyer.
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That's not really my thing, meaning it's not your interest.
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This is much better than saying you don't care about something.
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That's not really my thing.
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Another bonus phrase that's even more idiomatic is that's not my cup of tea.
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I learned when I was living in Brazil that the equivalent phrase is it's not my beach.
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Não é minha praia if you speak Portuguese, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that was really cute sometimes We have the same meaning in totally different idiomatic phrases like you can't translate directly and that's why it's so important to remember these phrases and not Translate in your head from your first language.
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Okay moving on I don't have much insight into that Meaning, you don't know enough to comment.
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I don't have much insight into that decision.
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I can't really speak to that.
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Meaning, you're not qualified to give an opinion.
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I can't really speak to that.
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I wasn't there.
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I wasn't in the meeting.
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That's a bit beyond me.
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It's slightly too complex.
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All the technical details are a bit beyond me.
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I'll have to defer to someone else on that.
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you're passing it to another person.
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For example, I'll have to defer to the legal team on that.
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So remember, when you say, don't care, it doesn't mean what you think it might mean.
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We really only specifically use, I don't care if something is truly unimportant and we don't really want to talk about it.
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It sounds...
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It can sound rude.
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So be careful using this phrase.
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It can sound like saying, isn't important.
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This is a waste of time or stop talking.
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Yes, saying I don't care actually conveys these very kind of strong and negative meanings.
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So be careful because most of the time that's not what you mean.
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So instead of translating, don't care from your native language, pause and think, what do I really mean?
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It's not my job.
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It's not my expertise, not my interest.
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Then choose the exact phrase.
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And that's how you start thinking in English is thinking how natives really use the language, not how you would translate from your mother tongue.
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All right. Now it's your turn.
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In the comments, complete the sentence.
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When it comes to fill in the blank, I usually say fill in the blank.
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For example, when it comes to investing, I usually say, that's not really my area.
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Or when it comes to the law, that's outside my wheelhouse.
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So you can practice more than one of these phrases in the comments.
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Be sure to subscribe to get new lessons every week here.
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And remember to get your free PDF download to study along with me.
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Remember, the goal isn't just to speak English, it's to think in English like a native speaker.
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and small shifts like this using the right idiomatic phrases, they completely change how people experience you.
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Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you next time.
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Bye for now.
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语法与情境中的表达
在视频中，讲述者使用了几种关键的表达，其中包括以下几种：
- It’s out of my league：这个短语在谈论一个人对某个话题的了解程度时尤其恰当，让人感到谦逊且真实。
- It’s above my pay grade：用于表达某件事超出了自己的职责范围，这种说法常常流露出一种无奈和幽默感。
- That’s not my role：直接表达了自己对某个职责的不适合，这种表达方式清晰且有效。
尝试在日常交流中使用这些短语，能够帮助你更好地理解和运用英语，提高与人沟通的准确性。
常见的发音陷阱
当你练习这些短语时，注意以下几个可能的发音挑战：
- League（联赛）：这个词的发音可能会让人困惑，确保你清晰地发出其音节，避免含糊其辞。
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