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6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello,
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this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Phil.
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And I'm Beth.
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A list is a collection of items with a single item written on each line.
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And they're everywhere.
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Shopping lists, to-do lists, even bucket lists.
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A list of all the things a person would like to do before they die.
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In fact, there's an episode of Six Minute English all about them.
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Imagine you're at the supermarket and find someone's shopping list.
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This happens a lot to Jo Nolan,
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a linguistics researcher whose new book explores our love of lists.
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Here's Jo reading her shopping list on BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth.
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I only list the first four items but the list read Nanas, aye-aye, puke, shrooms.
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Nanas, aye-aye, puke, shrooms?
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Can you work out what Joe was buying at the supermarket, Phil?
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OK, well I'm going to guess that Nanas are bananas and shrooms,
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they've got to be mushrooms, right?
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OK, but what about aye-aye and puke?
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What could they mean?
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Well, here's Jo's explanation to Michael Rosen,
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presenter of BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth.
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And let's just come back to puke.
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I mean, were you instructing yourself to be sick in the supermarket?
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I'm just a bit lost there.
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No, it's slightly grotesque.
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My husband doesn't like cucumber and the abbreviation for cucumber would be cuke,
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so he has always referred to it as puke.
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Aha!
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Cucumbers make Joanna's husband puke,
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a slang word for vomit.
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And puke rhymes with cuke,
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so it's a way of reminding her to buy cucumbers.
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Wow, sometimes lists are like secret codes.
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In this episode, we'll find out why people love lists and learn some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you'll find another list of all the vocabulary used on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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But first, a question for you, Beth.
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According to the list on the Internet Movie Database website,
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which movie has made the most money ever?
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Is it A.
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Titanic B.
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Avengers Endgame Or C.
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Avatar I think it might be Avatar,
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although that might have been the most expensive to make.
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I'm not sure.
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OK, well we'll find out at the end of the programme.
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Popular songs are full of lists,
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and one of the most famous is My Favourite Things,
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sung by Julie Andrews in the film The Sound of Music.
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The song lists all her favourite things,
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from raindrops on roses to whiskers on kittens.
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Here, Jo Nolan and Michael Rosen discuss the song on BBC Radio 4 programme Word of Mouth.
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I feel like you get a big bang for your buck in that song.
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Maybe it's the positivity.
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It's a bit saccharine.
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Maybe that's also part of the issue.
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The list encourages you to think really efficiently and economically.
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So I think you don't waste a lot of time and effort making a nice sentence or using long words.
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You just get to the nub of things quite quickly.
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The song's list of favourite things is long and Jo says you get a big bang for your buck,
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an idiom meaning that you gain a lot in return for the money or effort you spend on something.
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But not everyone likes the song.
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Some call it saccharine, an adjective meaning excessively sweet, sentimental or insincere.
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Lists often abbreviate the items they contain,
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so you get to the nub of things quickly.
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The nub of something means the most important or essential point about it.
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Lists can be useful as well.
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Here's Jo Nolan giving an example of a useful list to BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth.
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A friend of mine who makes pros and cons lists finds that it really helps her resolve a situation.
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She halves her page, pros,
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cons, and she said by the end of it,
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she knows what what she's doing.
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Lists help us make decisions by writing down all the pros and cons of a situation.
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The pros and cons is another way of saying the advantages and disadvantages of something,
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especially when you're trying to choose between them.
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The more you think about it,
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the more you see lists everywhere – in menus and bank statements, for example.
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And therapists even recommend listing all the good things in your life to feel happier.
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Not bad for a few words on a scrap of paper.
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OK, it's time to reveal the answer to my question.
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Beth, I asked you which movie had made the most money ever,
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and you said Avatar.
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And now, according to the Internet Movie Database, that's exactly right.
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Yay!
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned,
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starting with bucket list – all the things you would like to do before you die.
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Puke is slang for vomit or sick.
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If something gives bang for your buck,
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you gain a lot of extra value in return for the money or effort you put into it.
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If you call something saccharine,
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you criticise it for being too sweet or sentimental.
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The nub of a problem or situation is the most important or essential thing about it.
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And finally, something's pros and cons are its advantages and disadvantages.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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But remember, you'll find a quiz and worksheet for this episode over on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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Goodbye for now!
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Bye!
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本课内容简介
在这一课中，您将通过了解和分析“写清单”的乐趣来提升英语口语能力。我们将探讨清单的多种用途，例如购物清单、待办事项清单以及愿望清单。同时，您还会学到一些有趣的单词和短语，帮助您更流利地表达自己。这是一次在轻松氛围中提高您英语口语练习的机会，适合所有想要提升口语能力的学习者。
关键词汇与短语
- 清单 (list) - 一系列项目，每项单独列出。
- 购物清单 (shopping list) - 记录计划购买物品的列表。
- 待办事项清单 (to-do list) - 列出需要完成的任务。
- 愿望清单 (bucket list) - 人生中想要做的事情的列表。
- 俗语 (slang) - 非正式、口语化的用词或表达方式。
- 简写 (abbreviation) - 用短形式表示的词。
- 语音 (phonetics) - 语音学，研究语音的科学。
- 愉悦 (joy) - 愉快的感觉或体验。
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