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Hello everybody, this is Elliot from ETJ English.
大家好，我是ETJ英语的埃利奥特。
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Today I have an interesting video for you.
今天我给大家带来了一个很有意思的视频。
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We're going to be learning some very common and very useful British expressions
我们接下来要学习一些非常常见且非常实用的英式表达。
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which I think are most often used in the workplace or in a business environment.
我认为这些是在工作场所或商务环境中最常使用的。
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However, some of these can be used and transferred into daily life also.
不过，其中一些方法也可以应用并迁移到日常生活中。
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So, we're going to learn quite a few.
所以，我们接下来要学习不少内容。
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I want to get straight into the video.
我想直接进入视频内容。
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Just so you know, because I mainly focus on pronunciation,
跟你说一下，因为我主要关注的是发音，
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I'm a pronunciation teacher, we will be focusing on also how to connect our speech with some of these phrases
我是一名发音老师，我们也会重点讲解如何用这些短语来实现语音连读。
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and also how to just make things sound very nice, okay, in a British style.
还有，怎么才能让话说得特别好听，就是那种英式风格的感觉。
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Thank you.
谢谢。
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Off the top of my head I'd say we have about 300 employees.
我随口估计一下，我们大概有300名员工。
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Okay, so the expression I'm talking about, "off the top of my head" Notice how the word 'of' becomes 'of'.
好，我要说的这个表达是“off the top of my head”，注意这里的“of”发音还是“of”。
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It's what we call a function word, it's not important.
这就是我们所说的虚词，并不重要。
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Top of my head.
我随口想的。
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off the top of my head Sometimes it will even become "uh" top of my head.
我一时想不起来，有时候甚至会卡在那儿，脑子里一片空白。
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- Yeah.
是的。
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The of is not important.
该对象并不重要。
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The important words are top and head mainly.
重要的词主要是 top 和 head。
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Of the top of my head I'd say we have about 300 employees and what it means is
我随口说的话，大概有300名员工，这意味着
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without thinking too much or without really thinking about it then you make your statement.
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So I don't know that we have exactly 300 employees, but off the top of my head the first thing I can think of is that we have about 300.
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The next sentence, have a listen here.
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I leave for work at about 6am.
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and I get off work at about 5 :00 p .m.
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I leave for work.
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Firstly, let's look at that.
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I leave for work.
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So we've got the schwa on the word for.
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Once again, for is not important.
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So we say for work.
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I leave for work.
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A lot of my students, they get confused.
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They think that to leave for work actually means to go home from work.
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Because I said the time is 6am, maybe it's a bit clearer for you.
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I leave for work at 6am means I leave my house to go to work.
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At 6 :00 a .m.
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I leave for work.
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Okay?
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And I get off work That's when I finish work, when I leave work.
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Get off work, connected speech, get off, get off work.
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That is when you finish work, you go home.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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I leave for work at about 6 a .m.
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and I get off work at about 5 p .m.
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Another one, very, very, very, very common one, I'll drop you an email later.
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I'll drop you an email later.
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Now listen to my pronunciation.
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I'll drop you one email, you one email.
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Connected speech happening there, a wha sound.
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I'll drop you an email later.
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Now the word drop is used here and that literally just means I will send, I will give you an email later.
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Sometimes people also say, "I will ping you an email later." Or even,
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"I will ping you later." And I think the word ping has come from the sound when we receive a message, you know, that kind of ding sound.
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"I'll drop you an email later." "I'll ping you an email later." Whichever one is best for you, really.
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But that's more common than saying, "I will send you an email." Next one, I use this a lot with my friends, as well as in business terms.
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Give me a shout.
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For example, give me a shout when you're free.
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Give me a shout is a bit like saying, let me know or tell me.
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Give me a shout when you're free.
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Okay, so it's just like saying tell me when you're available.
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And also related to email, I could say give me a bell later.
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Give me a bell later.
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And that also means call me, call me later.
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Give me a bell.
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Some people do also say give me a ring, give me a call, and those can also be used in the same situation.
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Give me a ring, give me a bell, give me a call.
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Whatever you want.
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This one's a good one to use if you're, uh, if you like talking about other people in the office.
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He's been sucking up to the manager all week.
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I think he's a bit of a kiss arse.
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Okay, let's take a look at the first part of the sentence.
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He's been sucking up to the manager all week.
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To suck up means to be really nice to someone, to really compliment them.
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"Oh, you're an amazing boss.
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Oh, you're so good at your job.
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Oh, you're fantastic.
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He's sucking up." Okay?
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To tell someone how great you think they are, maybe even if you don't think it's true.
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Okay, so he's been sucking up to the manager or the boss all week.
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I think he's a bit of a Bit of the.
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Kiss us.
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A kiss ass is a name we give to someone who likes to suck up.
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So now you know what suck up means.
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A kiss ass is someone who sucks up.
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Imagine they are kissing someone's bottom.
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And you'll find the office business work jargon really Bad language is not a problem,
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but you need to feel comfortable with the people that you're talking to to use the bad language.
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So the word 'arse' is not that bad.
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if you're in a comfortable office environment.
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If you're talking to your boss, maybe don't use the word "arse" or other words.
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There are worse phrases, some quite rude expressions, but This is a family show.
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I've got two expressions in this next sentence, so listen closely.
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Everything is a bit up in the air right now.
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I think I need to put off our meeting.
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Everything is a bit up in the air right now.
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Up in the air.
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So lots of connected speech here.
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Up in the air.
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up in the air.
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Now if things are up in the air, imagine you have loads of plans, loads of ideas, but they're not coming together, that you're not organised.
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That would mean that your plans or things are up in the air, not very organised, a bit kind of confusing at the moment.
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So everything is a bit up in the air right now.
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Notice how I use the word a bit as well.
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This is very common put off.
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put off "our meeting".
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So I think we need to put off our meeting.
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So connected speech, put off, put off.
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If you need to put something off, Very simple.
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Postbone.
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"Change to another day." So, this guy's plans, they're a bit up in the air,
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not organised, so he needs to put off, reschedule, change the meeting.
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One which is very similar to put off, so put off means postpone, and call off means cancel, just so you know.
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So I could say I need to call off our meeting.
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Notice the pronunciation of this.
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An American would say "Carl".
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We say "Cool".
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Notice where my tongue is, I'm doing a very round shape with the mouth and the tongue goes back.
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Ooh, cool.
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I need to call off the meeting.
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"Call off" means cancel.
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The best way to remember: put off, begins with P and so does postpone.
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Cancel begins with C, and so does cool off.
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Finally, last one.
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So we got two in this one.
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We need to knuckle down and finish this project or else it will all go down the drain.
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First thing we need to knuckle down.
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Knuckles, these things, knuckle down.
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That means, get your hands on the table and start working.
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Or else, so if we don't knuckle down and finish the project soon, It will all go down the drain.
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This is such a British expression.
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If things all go down the drain, that means it all goes wrong, it finishes, it's over, no chance of continuing, it's finished.
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It's all gone down the drain.
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Okay, so you failed.
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And that's just like water when it goes down the drain, when we're draining water.
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There you go.
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There's your expressions.
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I hope you found them useful today.
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This was one of the most requested videos.
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Last week I said, what do you want me to make a video about?
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you wanted this.
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So I hope you're happy.
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Please leave me a comment and tell me if you found this useful.
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And if you have any pronunciation ideas for the next lesson next Thursday, please let me know.
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Thank you for watching.
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If you haven't already, please remember to press the subscribe button.
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Give me a thumbs up.
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Write a comment below.
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Tell me how much you love me.
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And I will see you in the next lesson next Thursday.
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Cheers guys.
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Bye.
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为什么要通过这个视频练习口语？
通过观看这个视频，您可以在一个真实的工作环境中学习英语表达。视频中的口语实例不仅在商务场合常用，也可以轻松转化到日常生活中。通过模仿和练习这些常见表达，您能够逐步提升自己的英语口语能力，增强交流自信。利用英语影子跟读的技巧，您可以更好地掌握发音和语调，帮助您在真实对话中表现得更加自然流利。此外，看YouTube学英语可以让您在轻松愉快的氛围中学习，同时提高理解力和互动能力。
语法与表达的语境
在视频中，Elliot老师介绍了几个非常实用的短语，适合用在商务交流中。以下是几个关键结构的分析：
- “off the top of my head”：这个表达表示在没有深入思考的情况下给出的答案，比如他提到的关于员工数量。
- “I leave for work”：这个句子清楚地表明了出门的意图，使用“for”来指向工作，搭配时注意轻声发音。
- “get off work”：这个短语表示结束工作的时刻，强调了“get off”连接时的语调变化，方便在日常交流中流利表达。
掌握这些表达，您可以在与同事或客户交流时更加自信。同时，通过英语口语练习，您可以不断提高自己的表达能力和反应速度。
常见发音陷阱
在Elliot老师的讲解中，有几个词汇发音可能会让非母语者感到困惑：
- “for”：在快速的语流中，这个词通常会变成轻音“fə”，不容易被注意到。
- “top of my head”：在俚语表达时，连接时可能会出现“uh”这样的轻声发音，也需注意。
- “I'll drop you an email later”：注意这个句子的连读，发音速度较快时可能会让人误解。
通过这些发音练习，您可以提高听力和口语能力。结合 shadowspeak 练习，您可以更好地掌握这些发音，进而在实际对话中自如应对。
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成进行时 have/has been + -ing — 以前开始、现在仍在继续的动作 | He's been sucking |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | someone who likes · someone who sucks · One which is |
| 最高级 the -est / the most … — 一组中最高或最低的 | The best · the most requested |
| “will” 表将来 will + 动词 — 决定、承诺或预测 | will be · will even become · I'll drop |
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