【逐句精讲YouTube影片学英文】脱口秀笑点中的真实人生 Jimmy O. Yang 的幽默与文化思考
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通过喜剧演员欧阳万成（Jimmy O. Yang）的脱口秀片段，学习地道英文表达与美式幽默！本篇文章带你逐句解析他的语言节奏、文化背景和口语用法，在笑声中提升英文听力与表达力。
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Ever since I was five years old, my mom had me believe that anything I do would make me sick.
自从我五岁起，妈妈就让我相信我做什么事情都会生病。
📘 词汇精讲：
- Ever since I was five years old：自从我五岁以来，这是一个典型的时间状语短语
- Ever since：continuously since the time mentioned 自从；自…以后；从…起
例句：He's had a car ever since he was 18. 他从18岁起就有汽车了。
I was bitten by a dog once and I've been afraid of them ever since.我曾被狗咬过，自那以后就一直害怕狗。
- had me believe that...：是“让某人相信……”的结构
- have + sb + do → 表示“让某人做某事”
You go outside without a jacket, you get the flu.
你不穿外套出门，就会得流感。
📘 词汇精讲：
- 这句话是条件句的口语简化：省略了 if
👉 “If you go outside without a jacket, you’ll get the flu.” - get the flu：得流感
- flu /fluː/ → 流行性感冒；流感
You go to bed with the fan on, pneumonia.
你开着电风扇睡觉，就会得肺炎。
📘 词汇精讲：
- go to bed：上床睡觉
- with the fan on：开着风扇
- fan /fæn/ 电风扇
- on 开着的状态
- pneu·mo·nia /nuːˈmoʊniə/ 肺炎
God forbid you fall asleep with wet hair, you don't want to wake up, that's it, you're dead, that's it, you're dead.
要是你湿着头发睡觉，你就别想再醒过来了，就这样，你死定了，死定了。
📘 词汇精讲：
- God forbid (that)... 是固定说法，意思是 “但愿不会发生……I hope it does not happen”，这里用于模仿妈妈的夸张恐吓语气
例句：God forbid (that) we should hate each other. 但愿我们不会彼此仇恨。
- you don’t want to wake up 并不是建议，而是一种讽刺式表达，意思是“你醒不过来了”
- that’s it, you’re dead 重复使用体现出妈妈的“戏剧化恐吓风格”，是典型的 stand-up comedy 夸张说法
That's fear mongering, man.
这就是“制造恐慌”，老兄。
📘 词汇精讲：
- fear mongering：散布恐惧、制造恐慌
- mongering /ˈmʌŋɡərɪŋ/ adj. 贩卖的；兜售的
例句：Rumor mongering 造谣生事，散布谣言
- man 在这里是口语语气词，相当于“伙计、老兄”，用于加强语气。
And when I was like 10 years old, little boy, I was very scared because there's just one kid, pretty sad story, in my class, he had childhood leukaemia.
我大概十岁的时候，还只是个小男孩，我那时真的很害怕，因为班上有个孩子，挺可怜的故事，他得了儿童白血病。
📘 词汇精讲：
- like：口语语气词，表示“差不多、好像、大概”，“我记得好像是”，“比如说”
- pretty sad story：插入语，“挺可怜的故事”
- childhood leukaemia：儿童白血病
- leu·kae·mia /luːˈkiːmiə/ 白血病
And then he lost all his hair to chemo and everything, looking really frail.
他因为化疗什么的，把头发都掉光了，看起来特别虚弱。
📘 词汇精讲：
- lost all his hair to chemo：因为化疗掉光头发”
- to 表示“由于、因为”
- chemo /ˈkiːmoʊ/ = chemo·ther·apy /ˌkiːmoʊˈθerəpi/ 化学治疗，化学疗法
- and everything：意思是“等等之类的”。
- looking frail：现在分词短语作补充说明
- frail /freɪl/ physically weak and thin 瘦弱的
And I was really scared. I was like, oh my God, is he gonna be okay?
我那时候真的很害怕。我当时心想，天哪，他会不会没事啊？
📘 词汇精讲：
- I was like... 是口语里表示“我当时心想，我说”的万能句型，用来重现当时的心理活动或反应。
- is he gonna be okay? 他会不会没事？
And my mom, she's a great mother, she saw how scared I was. So she came up to console me.
我妈妈——她真是个好妈妈——她看出了我有多害怕。于是她走过来安慰我。
📘 词汇精讲：
- she saw how scared I was：看出我有多么的害怕
- come up to：移动到（某人或某物）附近；接近（某人或某物）
例句：It's a friendly place — people come up to you in the street and start talking. 这个地方的人很友好 — 在街上走着就有人上来跟你攀谈。
- console /kənˈsoʊl/ to give comfort or sympathy to sb who is unhappy or disappointed 安慰；抚慰；慰藉
She was like, Jimmy, Jimmy, you see? This is what happens when you play too much video games.
她说：“Jimmy，Jimmy，你看啊，这就是你玩太多电子游戏的下场。”
📘 词汇精讲：
- She was like = she said 她说
- you see? 你看吧？
- This is what happens when you... 这就是当你......时会发生的情况
例句：This is what happens when you don’t get enough sleep. 这就是你睡眠不足时的结果。
This is what happens when you don’t listen to me. 看吧，不听我说的结果就是这样。
See，We're living in a very frivolous society, man.
你看，我们现在活在一个非常浮华的社会里，老兄。
📘 词汇精讲：
- frivo·lous /ˈfrɪvələs/ having no useful or serious purpose 无聊的；不严肃的（常用于形容人或社会追求表面、物质、娱乐的东西）
例句：Social media often makes people obsessed with frivolous trends. 社交媒体常让人沉迷于肤浅的潮流。
Everybody loves to brag about how much shit they have, how much money they make.
每个人都喜欢炫耀自己有多少东西、赚了多少钱。
📘 词汇精讲：
- brag /bræɡ/ to sb about sth：to talk too proudly about sth you own or sth you have done 吹嘘；自吹自擂
- shit：It refers to a person's belongings, material wealth, or general collection of things they own. 拥有得东西
We all brag, we're all guilty of this.
我们都爱炫耀，我们都逃不掉这个毛病。
📘 词汇精讲：
- we're all guilty of this：字面意思是“我们都有罪”，但在口语中表示“我们都这样、都难免、我们所有人都都有这样的过错。”
We all just do it in subtle, different ways.
只是每个人炫耀的方式不同，而且更隐晦一些。
📘 词汇精讲：
- sub·tle /ˈsʌt(ə)l/ not very noticeable or obvious 不易察觉的；不明显的；
例句：She's been dropping subtle hints about what she'd like as a present. 她不断隐隐暗示她喜欢什么样的礼物。
Like white people, for example. White people never brag about how much money they got, they always just brag about how expensive their life is.
比如说白人吧。白人从不炫耀自己赚了多少钱，而是炫耀自己的生活有多贵。
- Like... for example：引出例子
- white people：白种人
# Asian American 亚裔美国人
# Black American 非裔美国人
# Latino American 拉丁裔美国人
Like, oh, Joey just started private school, it's so expensive.
比如：‘啊，Joey刚上私立学校，学费贵得要命呢～’
📘 词汇精讲：
- private school：私立学校
- public school：公立学校
And our remodel is totally going over budget.
而且我们的房子装修也完全超预算了呢。
📘 词汇精讲：
- re·model /ˌriːˈmɑːd(ə)l/ means to change the structure, form, or style of something, usually a house or a room, to give it a new shape or appearance. 装修、翻新房子
- go over budget：超出预算
Oh, and you wouldn't believe how much money we spent going to Fiji.
哦，对了，你绝对想不到我们去斐济花了多少钱呢。
📘 词汇精讲：
- Fiji /ˈfiːdʒiː/ 斐济（太平洋西南部的岛国）
- spend sth on sth：把钱、时间花在某事上
例句：How long did you spend on your homework? 你做家庭作业用了多长时间？
- spend sth doing sth：花费...做某事
例句：I spend too much time watching television. 我看电视花的时间太多。
- spend sth in doing sth：花费...做某事
例句：Most of her life was spent in caring for others. 她大半辈子的时间都用来照顾别人了。
Black people on the other hand, a lot more straightforward.
另一方面，黑人的表达方式直接得多。
📘 词汇精讲：
straight·for·ward /ˌstreɪtˈfɔːrwərd/ (of a person or their behaviour 人或行为) honest and open; not trying to trick sb or hide sth 坦诚的；坦率的；率直的
Black people just tell you exactly how much money they spent on something.
黑人就会直接告诉你，他们在某件事上到底花了多少钱。
📘 词汇精讲：
- exactly 是副词，意思是 “确切地、精确地”
They're like, this car, 80 thou. My mama's house, 500 thou. This chain, a million dollars, man.
他们说，这辆车要 8 万美元。那妈妈栋房子要 50 万美元。这条链子，一百万美元，老兄！
📘 词汇精讲：
- thou = thousand（千）的口语缩写
- 80 thou = 80,000 dollars
- chain：这里指大粗链子，大粗项链
I'm like, okay, you clearly don't have your priorities straight.
我当时就说，你显然没有理清自己的优先顺序
📘 词汇精讲：
- I'm like = I said 我说
- don't have your priorities straight：没有把优先事项理清
- get/keep your priorities straight → 安排好优先顺序
Asian people on the other hand, we do the exact opposite.
亚洲人就不一样啦，我们完全反着来。
📘 词汇精讲：
the exact opposite：完全相反；正好相反
例句：It's the exact opposite in the United States. 在美国，情况正好相反。
We love to brag about how little money we spent on some shit.
我们爱炫耀自己花了很少的钱买东西。
📘 词汇精讲：
- little money：很少的钱
例句：She spent little time on the project. 她在这个项目上花的时间很少。
Because the art is in the savings.
因为省钱本身就是一种艺术。
📘 词汇精讲：
- art：精妙之处
类似表达：The beauty is in the details. 美在细节。
The fun is in the challenge. 乐趣在于挑战本身。
- the savings：省下来的钱
You never pay full price. Like my mom, her catchphrase is, guess how much.
从不付全价。比如我妈妈，她的口头禅就是：“猜猜多少钱？”
📘 词汇精讲：
- catch·phrase /ˈkætʃfreɪzˌˈketʃfreɪz/ 名言；流行语
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📚 参考资料：
- 剑桥词典 https://dictionary.cambridge.org
- 牛津英语词典 https://www.oed.com
- 柯林斯英语词典 https://www.collinsdictionary.com
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