短语洞察 56 | Tune out: 走神？屏蔽噪音？如何表达“不听了”？| 英语口语

🎧 节目简介你有没有过这种经历：在开会或上课时，虽然眼睛盯着对方，但思绪早就飞到了九霄云外，完全听不进任何声音？或者在嘈杂的环境中，你有意“屏蔽”周围的噪音，专注于手头的事？这种“大脑关机”或“选择性失聪”的状态，英语里有一个非常生动的短语。本期 Beyond English 不止英语，Mandy 和 Patrick 带你解锁 "Tune out" 的多重用法，并分享另外两个相关的地道表达，助你精准描述这种微妙的心理状态。📖 CORE VOCABULARY• Tune out: [走神/屏蔽] - To stop paying attention to something or someone• Zone out: [发呆/放空] - To stop paying attention and not think about anything• Ignore: [忽视/不理睬] - To intentionally not listen or pay attention• Distraction: [干扰] - Something that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else• Focus: [专注] - The center of interest or activity________________________________________🗣️ BILINGUAL SCRIPT (中英对照 · 辅助理解)Patrick: Hello everyone. Good to be here with you. Welcome to Beyond English. I'm Patrick.Patrick: 大家好。很高兴和你们在一起。欢迎来到 Beyond English 不止英语。我是 Patrick。Mandy: And I'm Mandy. Patrick, I have a confession. I was in a meeting this morning, and I completely lost track of what was happening.Mandy: 我是 Mandy。Patrick，我要坦白一件事。今天早上我在开会，我完全不知道发生了什么。Patrick: Oh? Was it a boring meeting?Patrick: 哦？会议很无聊吗？Mandy: Yes, very long and very technical. My boss was talking, and suddenly I realized I hadn't heard a word for five minutes. My brain just... turned off.Mandy: 是的，非常长而且非常技术性。我老板在说话，突然我意识到我有五分钟没听进去一个字了。我的大脑就好像……关机了。Patrick: That happens to the best of us. You stopped paying attention to the input. We have a specific phrasal verb for this: Tune out. You tuned out your boss.Patrick: 这种事谁都遇到过。你停止接收输入了。我们对此有一个专门的动词短语：Tune out（走神/屏蔽）。你屏蔽了你的老板。Mandy: Tune out. Like a radio?Mandy: Tune out。就像收音机一样吗？Patrick: Exactly. Think of your attention like a radio dial. You can "tune in" to a station to hear it clearly.Patrick: 没错。把你的注意力想象成收音机的旋钮。你可以 "tune in"（调入）一个电台来清晰地收听。Patrick: But if the signal is boring or annoying, you turn the dial away. You "tune it out." The sound is still there, but you are not processing it anymore.Patrick: 但如果信号无聊或烦人，你就把旋钮转开。你把它 "tune out"（调出/屏蔽）了。声音还在，但你不再处理它了。Mandy: That is a perfect description. The sound was there, but I wasn't listening. So, can I "tune out" on purpose?Mandy: 这是一个完美的描述。声音在那儿，但我没在听。那么，我可以故意 "tune out" 吗？Patrick: Yes! That is the positive side. Imagine you are working in a noisy coffee shop.Patrick: 可以！那是积极的一面。想象你在一家嘈杂的咖啡店工作。Patrick: You can put on headphones to "tune out" the background noise and focus on your work. It is a skill.Patrick: 你可以戴上耳机来 "tune out"（屏蔽）背景噪音，专注于你的工作。这是一种技能。Mandy: I do that all the time. So it can be accidental (boredom) or intentional (focus).Mandy: 我一直这么做。所以它可以是意外的（因为无聊）或者是故意的（为了专注）。Patrick: Precisely. Now, are there other ways to say this? What if I am just staring at the wall, thinking about nothing?Patrick: 确切地说。现在，还有其他说法吗？如果我只是盯着墙，什么都不想呢？Mandy: Like daydreaming?Mandy: 像做白日梦吗？Patrick: Yes. For that, we often use: Zone out. "I zoned out for a minute."Patrick: 是的。对于那个，我们经常用：Zone out（发呆/放空）。“我刚才发了一会儿呆。”Mandy: Zone out. That feels more like being in a different world.Mandy: Zone out。感觉更像是进入了另一个世界。Patrick: It does. "Tune out" is blocking something specific (like a voice). "Zone out" is mentally leaving the room.Patrick: 确实如此。"Tune out" 是屏蔽特定的东西（比如声音）。"Zone out" 是精神上离开了房间。Mandy: Got it. And what about "Ignore"? Is that the same?Mandy: 懂了。那 "Ignore"（忽视）呢？是一样的吗？Patrick: "Ignore" is active and often conscious. You hear it, but you choose not to react. "I ignored his rude comment."Patrick: "Ignore" 是主动的，通常是有意识的。你听到了，但你选择不反应。“我无视了他粗鲁的评论。”Patrick: "Tune out" can be unconscious. Your brain just stops listening because it is overloaded.Patrick: "Tune out" 可以是无意识的。你的大脑只是因为过载而停止倾听。Mandy: That makes me feel better about my meeting. I didn't ignore my boss; I just tuned him out!Mandy: 这让我对我的会议感觉好点了。我没忽视我老板；我只是屏蔽了他！Patrick: Haha, let's hope he didn't notice. Listeners, what makes you tune out?Patrick: 哈哈，希望他没发现。听众朋友们，什么会让你们走神？Mandy: A long speech? Or maybe traffic noise?Mandy: 长篇大论？还是交通噪音？Patrick: Tell us in the comments.Patrick: 在评论区告诉我们。Mandy: Thanks for listening. Go beyond words.Mandy: 谢谢收听。超越词汇。Patrick: See you next time.Patrick: 下次见。在小宇宙查看该单集文稿