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📅 2026-09-21 · Benny Blanco · 新集 · ▶ 影片 · 22 個學習點 · 4 題

流行製作人談合作、署名，以及拿掉你自己覺得很得意的那一段。

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🎯 聽之前

A pop producer talks about hits, collaboration, and knowing when a song is finished. Practice the English of making something with other people: credit, taste, and the cut.

Who is in the room when a song starts, and who arrives later?
How does he decide a track is done?
Which words are studio slang, and which are just enthusiasm?
Listen for credit: who wrote it, who played it, who chose it.

💬 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。

A hit is a decision a lot of people can sing after one listen.

一首暢銷歌是一個很多人聽一次就會唱的決定。
a lot of people can sing 修飾 decision。after one listen。
Collaboration works when nobody is protecting a bad idea.

合作能成，是在沒有人死守一個壞點子的時候。
when + 子句。protecting 把固執講成保護。
Taste is the ability to remove the part you are proud of.

品味是拿掉你自己覺得很得意的那一段的能力。
the ability to + 原形。you are proud of 修飾 part。
The demo is a sketch. The record is the argument you won.

小樣是草稿。唱片是你贏下的那個論點。
兩個 A is B。demo / record 是音樂名詞。
If everyone in the room is polite, the song stays average.

如果房間裡每個人都太客氣，歌就會停在普通。
If..., stays + 形容詞。
Credit is how you keep the next room willing to invite you.

署名是你讓下一間房間還願意邀請你的方式。
how you... 名詞子句。willing to + 原形。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

in the pocket 俚語

of music, locked into a groove that feels right · 節奏卡得很準、很貼

The drums were in the pocket, so they stopped adding parts.

strip it back 片語動詞

to remove layers until the core shows · 把多餘的拿掉、回歸簡單

Strip it back to voice and piano and see if it still hurts.

phone it in 成語

to contribute with almost no effort · 敷衍

You can hear when a feature was phoned in.

on the same page 成語

sharing the same understanding · 想法一致

They were not on the same page about who owned the chorus.

a diamond in the rough 成語

something valuable that still needs work · 未經琢磨的鑽石、有潛力的粗胚

The voice note was a diamond in the rough.

too many cooks spoil the broth 諺語

too many decision-makers ruin the result · 人多手雜

The proverb is why someone in the room has to be allowed to say no.

🧩 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。

A ___ is a ___ a lot of people can ___ after ___.

一個⋯⋯是很多人在⋯⋯之後就能⋯⋯的⋯⋯。

A hit is a decision a lot of people can sing after one listen.
A headline is a promise a lot of people can repeat after one glance.

✍️ Define something that has to be obvious quickly.

___ is the ability to ___ the part you are proud of.

⋯⋯是拿掉你覺得得意的那部分的能力。

Taste is the ability to remove the part you are proud of.
Editing is the ability to cut the paragraph you are proud of.

✍️ Name a skill that is mostly deletion.

___ is how you keep ___ willing to ___.

⋯⋯是你讓⋯⋯還願意⋯⋯的方式。

Credit is how you keep the next room willing to invite you.
A clear no is how you keep collaborators willing to return.

✍️ Write the professional habit that earns you a second invitation.

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

What is taste, in this lesson?

Taste is defined as subtraction.
What does "strip it back" mean?

Back means toward the simpler version.
Why does politeness keep a song average?

Collaboration needs someone who will not protect a bad idea.
What does the proverb "too many cooks" warn about?

The broth is the song. The cooks are the undecided room.

💭 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。

Describe a project you are proud of. What should you strip back?
When did politeness keep a group average? What sentence was missing?
How should credit work on something you made with a friend? Write the rule in one sentence.

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