Conan Learns About The Art Of Body Modification | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

📅 2026-09-17 · 新集 · ▶ 影片 · 22 個學習點 · 4 題

Conan 訪一位身體改造藝術家。練怎麼問一個你完全不懂的世界，而不讓對方覺得被評價。

在 YouTube 播放，CC 可開英文字幕。建議先看「聽之前」，看完影片再做理解題。 到 YouTube 開啟 ↗

🎯 聽之前

Conan talks to a tattoo and body-modification artist about a world most listeners have never entered: split tongues, removed navels, and the people who choose them. The lesson is how to ask about something unfamiliar without sounding like a judge.

  • How does Conan ask the first question: with a joke, a disclaimer, or straight?
  • Which words describe the body neutrally, and which carry a reaction?
  • Where does curiosity turn into comedy, and where does it turn back?
  • Listen for the expert explaining a procedure as a job, not a dare.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

  1. I have a lot of questions and none of them are polite, so I will start with the least rude one.
  2. Help me understand what someone is looking for when they choose this.
  3. What sounds extreme to me is a Tuesday to you.
  4. The body is the one canvas you cannot put away.
  5. Curiosity is fine. The tone is what makes it an insult.
  6. Every profession has a procedure it describes calmly and a public that gasps.

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

a different kettle of fish 成語
a completely different matter · 完全是另一回事
Tattoos are one thing; splitting a tongue is a different kettle of fish.
to each their own 諺語
people may have their own tastes · 各有所好
To each their own is the sentence that keeps the interview going.
make your skin crawl 成語
to make you feel uneasy or disgusted · 讓人起雞皮疙瘩
The description made the room's skin crawl, and the room kept listening.
wrap your head around 成語
to understand something difficult · 搞懂、理解
He could not wrap his head around it, so he asked a better question.
go under the knife 成語
to have surgery · 動刀、開刀
Going under the knife by choice confuses people who fear the dentist.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder 諺語
attractiveness is personal · 情人眼裡出西施
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder sometimes holds a scalpel.

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

Help me understand what ___ is looking for when ___.
幫我理解⋯⋯在⋯⋯的時候是在找什麼。不帶評價的追問。
  • Help me understand what a collector is looking for when they buy a tenth watch.
  • Help me understand what a runner is looking for when they sign up for a fourth marathon.
✍️ Ask it about a hobby you do not share.
What sounds ___ to me is ___ to you.
對我來說⋯⋯的事，對你來說是⋯⋯。承認視角差異。
  • What sounds dangerous to me is routine to you.
  • What sounds expensive to me is Tuesday to you.
✍️ Write one about a job you find hard to imagine.
___ is fine. The ___ is what makes it ___.
⋯⋯沒有問題，是⋯⋯讓它變成⋯⋯。把責任放在方式上。
  • Asking is fine. The smirk is what makes it rude.
  • Disagreeing is fine. The volume is what makes it a fight.
✍️ Use it to describe a conversation that went wrong.

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

  1. Why does "Help me understand" work as a question?
  2. What does "a different kettle of fish" mean?
  3. What makes curiosity an insult, in the lesson?
  4. "Wrap your head around" means:

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

  • Write three questions about a practice you do not understand, each starting with "Help me understand."
  • Describe something that is "a Tuesday" to you but sounds extreme to others.
  • When has your tone turned a fair question into an insult? Rewrite the question.

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