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AEE 2375: It's About Connection, After All

2025/3/18
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@Michelle : 我和@Lindsay 讨论了"after all"这个词组在不同语境下的用法和语气。它并非一个简单的词组,而是根据上下文有着不同的含义。它可以用来表达说话者对之前发生的事情的暗示,或者表达一种转折,甚至是一种情绪。 例如,在"Are you going to visit me after all?"这句话中,"after all"暗示了之前已经有过关于是否探访的讨论或计划变更,比直接问"Are you going to visit me?"更强烈,更带有情绪色彩。 在另一个例子中,"I thought he didn't like me, but he asked for a second date after all." 中的"after all"表达了一种转折,暗示了之前说话者内心的担忧或不确定性被推翻。 "after all"还可以用来解释或给出理由,例如"I don't want to bother you. After all, I know you're still busy working on that project." 这句话中,"after all"补充了不打扰对方的理由,使句子更完整,也更显体贴。 总而言之,"after all"是一个非常灵活的词组,需要根据具体的语境来理解其含义和语气。它可以使句子更完整,更生动,更富有情感。但是,它不是一个可以随意使用的词组,需要在合适的语境下使用才能表达其含义。 Lindsay: 我同意Michelle的观点。"after all"这个词组的用法非常灵活,它可以根据上下文表达不同的含义和语气。它可以用来表达一种转折、一种意外、一种解释或者一种理由。 在与朋友的对话中,使用"after all"可以使对话更自然流畅,更富有情感。但是,需要注意的是,"after all"不是一个可以随意使用的词组,需要根据具体的语境来选择是否使用,以及如何使用。 学习者应该多观察母语人士如何使用"after all",并在合适的时机尝试使用,而不是频繁使用。过多的使用可能会显得不自然,甚至会影响表达效果。 总而言之,"after all"是一个非常有用的词组,可以使英语表达更地道,更自然。但是,需要谨慎使用,避免滥用。

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This chapter explores the meaning and usage of the phrase "after all." The hosts discuss how it adds context and intensity to a sentence, depending on the situation. They explain that "after all" implies a preceding conversation or event that influences the current statement.
  • The phrase "after all" implies a prior conversation or event.
  • It adds context and intensity to a sentence.
  • Its meaning depends heavily on the context of the conversation.

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This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2375. It's about connection after all. Welcome to the All Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection.

with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New York City, USA.

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hey michelle how's it going good lindsay lindsay are we going to record extra episodes after all you know yeah it turns out michelle i need to have an early lunch today so i guess we won't be recording extra episodes today maybe next time okay okay okay lindsay today we have a listener question about the expression after all that i'm really excited to get to

oh my gosh and this question comes from our listener sophia who did have a question last week that we answered as well but uh you know what sovia has amazing questions very specific ones so this is how you get your questions answered is by sending in a very specific question guys to support at all ears english.com

Okay. Love it. So thank you, Sophia, for another great question. Yes. And guys, go ahead and hit the follow button right now, right here on All Ears English. This allows you to get All Ears English five days a week in your listening queue. So you don't miss a single episode. You don't miss any bonus episodes. All a great reason to hit follow.

Okay. Good. Yes. All right. So do you want me to read the question? Oh, yes. That would be great, Michelle. Thank you. I'll do it. All right. Here we go. This is from YouTube from Sophia. Hey, I'm Sophia and I have a question about the phrase after all. How is it used and how does it change the tone of a sentence?

For example, so are you going to visit me after all? My friend sent me this and she's just asking if I'm going to visit her, but it seems a bit intense. Looking forward to your reply. Thank you so much for creating such great learning content. Well, thank you, Sophia, for another great question. You are awesome.

yeah we love those questions keep them coming so this is a great it's almost like Sophia is really observing native natural English right after all is a truly uh natural thing to say and there's a lot here we need to give some context right there is yep there is a lot yes exactly you're so right and we're going to talk about that so let's dive into after all

So the message Sophia received, so are you going to visit me after all? Yeah. Lindsay, what does it mean to you here? It's so it's very, very different from just saying, are you going to visit me? Right.

Right? What's different here is when we say, "Are you going to visit me after all?" It means that there was some kind of large discussion over whether or not she was going to be coming to visit. There's a lot that's already happened. There's a lot of contacts that were, that we don't have, but it means they've had, maybe she was wavering back and forth. "Oh, I can't come. I can come. I can't come. I can come." And then finally

this friend is saying, so are you going to visit me? Or maybe there was some kind of plan to come and she had to cancel. And then she tried to come again. She had to can't, I don't know if there's a lot of, right. There's layers. There's layers to this. It's basically,

Basically, you know saying that you know There's a surprise or twist that you're going to visit her if you do and like Lindsay said there's a background to this There's more to the story. There's context. So yes Yeah, maybe the hesitating and maybe you cancelled or maybe you had rejected her invitation many years Yeah, and so it's kind of saying oh after all that you're gonna come visit me. So

So yeah, it's loaded. It's totally loaded. Very loaded. I mean, would you say this is intense? Kind of intense. Absolutely. Maybe they have a very intense friendship or something. It's kind of emotional. Maybe there's a lot here. It's so different from, Hey, are you going to come visit?

Totally different. Right. Right. Exactly. And we don't the truth is, Sophia, we don't really have enough information to truly answer this. We would need more context. Right. It could be intense if it was meant more like that second way where we're talking about, oh, you know, after all this time.

I've been waiting and I'm kind of annoyed that you haven't visited me. So it really, really kind of depends on the context. But let's give some more examples of how this would be used. And we're going to do some role plays throughout this episode. So get ready. All right. Perfect. So let's start with that first role play, Michelle. And here we are roommates. And I said that I was moving out next year.

And then what happened, Michelle? Little context. So you said you were going to move out and then you sent me a message saying that you might reconsider. So, yeah, there's like a back and forth. Oh, she's moving out now. Are you changing your mind? So you come home after you sent that text message and I am in the kitchen.

Okay, here we go. You're in the kitchen. All right. All right. Hey, Michelle, did you get my text? Oh, yeah. So you're going to resign after all? It's not 100%, but I'm hoping to.

great oh boy yeah so there's some confusion that's happened some back and forth some indecision right a sense of people being indecisive maybe yeah so exactly i meant you know it basically was saying in the end like that's your decision something changed um there was a twist um

And essentially what you're saying when you say after all, you're saying after all of that drama or after all of that confusion or that indecision. Yeah. Right. Exactly. So let's do this is a similar context. So here here we got in a big fight about moving out. OK. Then you sent the text, you know, saying that you were thinking that you might.

reconsider. Okay. So here you go. Here you are. You come home. All right. Hey, Michelle, did you get my text? Hi. Yeah. So you're staying after all. I think so. I'm sorry about before. Thanks. That doesn't seem like that's going to be a very good living. Ooh, that's awkward. Consider again. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Then you're, then you're gonna say, oh, you're leaving after all. Yeah.

Yeah, the point is there's just a lot that has to have happened before if you're going to add after all. It's not just a neutral question. Okay. Right. Yep. It's loaded as Lindsay said. Yes.

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So, for example, we have the phrase, I thought he didn't like me, but he asked for a second date after all. And here, after all, means all my inner strife of worrying that this person didn't like me. Okay. Exactly. Or maybe their texts haven't gone through or something. Yes. Right. Right.

So there are a lot of ways to use after all and we're gonna teach you one more way But we're gonna come back to this so after all can also be used as a way to give an excuse or a reason or an explanation so for example

I don't want to bother you. After all, I know you're still busy working on that project. Yeah, this is a slightly more advanced way to use it, but I'm excited that we're going into this today. Here's another example. He slept until 3 p.m. After all, he's completely jet lagged still. Or I want to save money. I'm hoping to buy a new house after all. Yeah. Now, how do we explain this part, Michelle? This use of after all?

Well, yeah, it's giving an extra, it's giving more information, right? It's giving the excuse, the reason or the explanation. So I want to save money. So I could have just, it sounds, if I could have said, I want to save money, I'm hoping to buy a new house.

Right. And then I could have cut it off here, but this gives it rounds it out nicely. Rounds it out, gives it a little bit more context, maybe adds a little emotion to it, a little urgency showing that this thing is maybe important to you. I don't want to bother you. After all, I know you're still busy working on that project. So again, you could have said, I don't want to bother you. I know you're still working on that project. Totally legitimate to say that. But we add the after all, why, Michelle?

uh it just kind of rounds it down and it shows it shows this extra level of understanding or this explanation right it just it shows that there's i don't know there's a little more oomph to it a little more it's a great word yeah so make sure you can see that word written in the transcripts um all right what else do we need to know here michelle okay great so um i was adding um

Okay. So, I mean, which way would you say is more common? I mean, that first way or, you know, the first way. Yeah. You think the first one? The first way. Yeah. I think the first way, but it is very, very natural to use the second way. It is rounding it out. It's adding a little more context, maybe some emotional context. So I like both.

Yeah. I mean, I'm just glad that we could go over two very different ways of using these. So should we put it together in a roll call? Yeah, let's put this together. So again, we need context. What's happening? We are friends in this situation, but you told me that you can't meet tonight for dinner because you're sick. So I'm going to go out and I'm going to run into you. Uh-oh.

And another friend in a restaurant. I'm going to catch you in a lie. Okay, here we go. Now that our listeners have the context, here we go. All right. Hi, Michelle. How are you feeling? Oh, you know, it's the weirdest thing. I guess I feel better after all. I decided to get some soup and ran into Stacey.

Interesting. Of course, I guess you should get home though. You're still probably carrying germs after all. Ooh, I kind of gave you a little bit of a little insult there, right? Yeah. Yeah. Awkward, awkward scenario. Hopefully this has never happened to our listeners, right? We don't want to get caught in a lie, right?

So I said, oh, hi, Michelle. How are you feeling? Right. And then I said, it's the weirdest thing. I guess I feel better after all. So after that back and forth. Hmm.

Yeah, I guess I feel better right after all that. Oh, I can't go out tonight. You had told me you couldn't go. You're not feeling well. There was maybe there was some drama. We don't know exactly all of the after all that there was before. Right. It just indicates something came. We don't know what the all is. What the all is. Yeah. And then you're and then I said, interesting. Of course, I guess you should get home, though. You're still probably carrying germs after all. Well,

And then you look right at the mutual friend or the other friend.

Oh, God. I have to say, I got back at you here a little bit, didn't I? Yeah, you're kind of twisting a little knife like you are. Yeah. So, exactly. So, right. And the other friend will maybe think, wait, what? Yeah, what do you mean you're sick? What do you mean you have germs, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Awkward situation. So, yeah, you can use... This is just very versatile. You really...

i don't think that is something that you just throw out you know all the time um yeah but it is very helpful for those those very specific times where you could use it

Yeah, yeah. I wouldn't say start saying it all the time like a filler word. Definitely don't do that. But observe now for our listeners, guys. Go and observe native speakers using this and then start to fit it in when you're ready. Okay? And it's another route to connection. This is what we like to show you on this show.

All Ears English 2369 is another episode to check out right now. Transition to the truth with these four English words. I love that title, by the way. Fantastic. Yep, exactly. So takeaway today is don't lie to your friends. Yikes.

Don't lie to your friends. Don't get caught lying to your friends. I mean, not good, right? That's a bad feeling, bad energy in the world. You know, maybe call that friend, invite them out. You're feeling better. Okay. Call that friend and go out together, right? Yes, exactly. Exactly. All right. Yeah, definitely give this a try. Let us know how it goes, but don't force it. I would say. I love it. Good stuff, Michelle. You have a good day and I'll see you very soon.

All right. Bye, Lindsay. Bye. Thanks for listening to All Ears English. Would you like to know your English level? Take our two-minute quiz. Go to allearsenglish.com forward slash fluency score. And if you believe in connection, not perfection, then hit subscribe now to make sure you don't miss anything. See you next time.

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