人们饮酒量减少了吗？

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你是来找故事的吗？

Have you come in search of a tale?

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This podcast invites you to browse the shelves and find stories that will linger long after you've left this place.

从哥特式杰作到廉价的惊悚小说，我是科林·摩根，每周两次新剧集，和我一起探索吧。

From gothic masterpieces to pulpy penny dreadfuls, join me, Colin Morgan, with new episodes twice a week.

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Find the haunted library wherever you get your podcasts.

六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

来自bbclearningenglish.com。

From bbclearningenglish.com.

你好。

Hello.

欢迎收听BBC英语学习的六分钟英语。

Welcome to Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

我是乔治。

I'm Georgie.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Neil.

你知道吗，现在可以带字幕观看这个播客了。

Did you know you can now watch this podcast with subtitles?

在bbclearningenglish.com上就能找到。

Find it at bbclearningenglish.com.

嗨，尼尔。

Hi, Neil.

嗨，乔治。

Hi, Georgie.

你想听一件对我来说挺不寻常的事吗？

Do you want to hear something quite unusual for me?

想听。

Yes.

我今年还没喝过酒。

I haven't had an alcoholic drink this year.

哇，那真的很厉害。

Wow, that is really impressive.

你感觉怎么样？

How do you feel?

像换了个人似的？

Like a new person?

说实话，我确实感觉很好。

I do feel very good, I have to say.

我可不敢这么说。

I can't say the same.

我周末确实和朋友喝了几杯酒。

I did have a few alcoholic drinks at the weekend with my friends.

但在世界很多地方，人们根本不喝酒。

But in many parts of the world, people don't drink alcohol at all.

在英国，喝酒很普遍，不过最近情况有所变化。

In The UK it's very common, that is until recently.

今天的《六分钟英语》节目，我们要探讨为什么很多人选择戒酒或减少饮酒。

Today on 6 Minute English we're going to find out why many people are choosing to give up or cut down on alcohol.

我们还要问一个问题：这是否意味着英国饮酒文化的终结？

And we'll be asking, is this the end of British drinking culture?

好的，尼尔，我们先从一个小测验开始吧。

Okay Neil, let's start with a quiz question.

在英国和其他国家，很多人选择在新年期间整个一月戒酒。

Many people in The UK and other countries choose to give up alcohol in the New Year for the whole of the month of January.

那这个挑战叫什么名字呢？

But what is the challenge called?

是a）新年不喝酒，b）一月无酒精，还是c）干一月？

Is it a) no drink New Year b) alcohol free January or c) dry January?

嗯，我知道答案，但我不打算说出来。

Well, I know the answer to this, but I'm not going to give it away.

好的。

Okay.

那我们的听众可以在节目最后找到答案。

Well, then our listeners can find out the answer at the end of the programme.

是的，他们可以。

Yes, they can.

所以，乔治，我经常听说现在的年轻人不像过去那样喝那么多酒了。

So, Georgie, I hear all the time that younger people don't drink as much alcohol today as they used to in the past.

这是真的吗？

Is that true?

在英国，调查显示16到24岁的年轻人比老一辈更可能不喝酒。

Well, in The UK, surveys suggest that sixteen to twenty four year olds are more likely to be non drinkers than the older generations.

好的，那为什么现在有更多年轻人选择不喝酒呢？

Okay, so why are more young people choosing to be sober that means not to drink alcohol?

嗯，BBC世界服务播客《世界怎么了》

Well, the BBC World Service podcast What in the World?

一直在调查这个问题。

Have been investigating this.

主持人汉娜·盖尔巴特采访了三位选择不喝酒的年轻人，和他们一起喝了些无酒精饮料，想了解更多情况。

Presenter Hannah Gelbart met three young people who choose to be sober for some alcohol free drinks to find out more.

下面来听听丹尼尔的故事。

Here's Daniel's story.

所以现在，我完全不喝酒了。

So today, don't drink at all.

但在我二十出头的时候，我觉得可能有点社会压力，比如工作应酬或者大学里，大家都觉得喝酒是常态，就跟着一起喝。

But when I was in my early twenties, I think I felt maybe a bit of, like, societal pressure, you know, work drinks or being at uni where it was the norm to just join in.

我想如果你说“不”，可能会有人用异样的眼光看你。

I think you'd probably get a few weird glasses if you're like, no.

我完全不打算参与。

I'm not gonna join in at all.

所以我这么做了，我觉得新冠封锁给了我一点勇气去说，好吧。

So I did that, and I think COVID lockdown just gave me a bit of confidence to say, okay.

让我远离这个。

Let me step away from this.

这不一定是我未来想做的事情。

It's not necessarily something I wanna do moving forward.

那你已经戒酒多少年了？

So how many years have you been sober for?

我觉得现在有六年了。

I would say it's been six years now.

六年？

Six years?

丹尼尔说，他年轻的时候，感到社会压力要喝酒。

Daniel says that when he was younger, he felt societal pressure to drink alcohol.

社会压力就是觉得你需要做某件事，因为周围很多人都在做。

Societal pressure is feeling like you need to do something because lots of people around you are doing it.

所以丹尼尔说，在大学和下班后喝酒是常态。

So Daniel says drinking was the norm at university and after work.

常态就是说某件事是正常的或者常见的。

The norm is a way of saying that something is normal or common.

但是在新冠疫情封锁期间，英国的人们不能社交，也不能去酒吧，丹尼尔对喝酒的态度发生了变化。

But during the COVID-nineteen pandemic, when people in The UK were unable to socialise and visit pubs and bars, Daniel's attitude to alcohol changed.

在那之后，他决定戒酒，到现在已经大约六年没喝酒了。

After that, he decided to be sober, and he hasn't had a drink for about six years.

所以乔治，看起来很多年轻人根本不喝酒，而且很多人都在社交媒体上分享他们戒酒的经历。

So Georgie, it seems like many young people don't drink at all, and lots of them share their experience of being sober on social media.

但最近，情况有点变化，对吧？

But recently, there's been a bit of a change, hasn't there?

是的。

Yes.

虽然很多人用社交媒体分享自己少喝酒或不喝酒的经历，但也有人说他们想多出去玩玩，和朋友一起喝酒开心一下。

Whilst many people use social media to share their experience of drinking less alcohol or no alcohol at all, some people have been saying that they want to go out more and drink and have fun with friends.

他们认为我们太担心健身和健康了，喝点酒享受一下也挺好的。

They argue we're too worried about fitness and wellness and that drinking some alcohol to have a good time is fine.

下面米莉在BBC世界服务播客《世界怎么了》中进一步谈论了这个问题。

Here's Millie talking more about this to BBC World Service podcast, What in the World?

我觉得我们之前有过那种自我优化内容的兴起。

I think we had this, like, rise of self optimization content.

我觉得不幸的是，姐妹会文化也被卷进去了，被吹捧成一种早上5点起床、做高强度锻炼的方式。

I think, unfortunately, sorority kinda got swept in with that, and it got touted as this way to, you know, get up at 5AM, do a higher ups.

而且对我们很多人来说，那不喝酒的现实可能不是那样的。

And, you know, for many of us, that's probably not our reality with not drinking.

我们喝酒是为了让自己感觉更清醒一点，或者类似的原因。

It's that we do it to feel a bit more sane or, you know, things like that.

所以我觉得现在我们正在进入一个对这种内容的抵制时期。

And so I think now we are entering this, like, almost pushback era of that content.

你会看到名人，不只是喝酒。

You're seeing celebrities, like, it's not just alcohol.

你会看到更多名人在Instagram上发抽烟的照片，也不担心是否适合品牌形象。

You're seeing more celebrities smoking and, like, posting that on their Instagram and not worry if it's brand friendly.

好的，所以米莉认为清醒与某种自我优化内容有关，人们在那里谈论健身、饮食和自己设定的远大目标。

Okay, so Millie thinks that being sober is associated with certain kinds of self optimisation content where people talk about fitness, diet and having big goals for themselves.

是的，米莉说清醒被吹捧为一种早上5点起床锻炼的方式。

Yes, and Millie says being sober gets touted as a way to get up at 5AM to exercise.

换句话说，人们经常谈论它，并试图鼓励别人去做。

In other words, people talk about it a lot and try to encourage people to do it.

但米莉说，清醒并不总是关于超级健康和强壮，对她来说，这是关于保持理智。

But Millie says that being sober isn't always about being super fit and healthy For her, it's about being sane.

但尽管如此，米莉认为现在有一种对自我

But still, Millie thinks there's a pushback against self

优化内容的反弹。

optimisation content.

抵制意味着对这些内容的批评，而人们通过反其道而行之来表达抵制。

Pushback means a criticism of the content, and people are pushing back by doing the opposite.

比如，很多名人会发布自己喝酒抽烟的照片。

For example, lots of celebrities post about themselves drinking and smoking.

嗯，乔治，我决定尝试戒酒一整年，但我不认为每个人都应该这样做，如果他们不想的话。

Well, Georgie, I've decided to try to give up alcohol for a whole year, but I don't think everybody should do that if they don't want to.

这真的取决于个人。

It's really up to the individual.

对，我还是喜欢和朋友喝几杯。

Yeah, I still enjoy having a few drinks with my friends.

我觉得关键是要平衡。

I think it's just all about balance really.

好了，尼尔，是时候揭晓本周问题的答案了。

Okay Neil, it's time to reveal the answer to this week's question.

我问的是，人们在一月份戒酒这个行为叫什么？

I asked what was the name given for when people give up alcohol in January?

是的，答案是‘一月戒酒’（dry January）。

Yes, and the answer is 'dry January'.

没错。

That is correct.

干得好。

Well done.

我们来回顾一下本期节目学到的词汇，首先是‘sober’，这个词形容不喝酒或不吸食娱乐性毒品的人。

Let's recap the vocabulary we learned in this programme, starting with 'sober', which describes someone who doesn't drink alcohol or take recreational drugs.

社会压力是指因为很多人期望你去做某件事，所以你觉得自己应该去做的那种感觉。

Societal pressure is the feeling that you should do something because lots of other people expect you to.

说某件事是常态，就是说它很常见或很普遍。

Saying something is the norm is a way to say it's usual or common.

自我优化内容指的是关于健身、健康和实现大目标的视频和帖子。

Self optimisation content means videos and posts about being fit, healthy and achieving big goals.

如果有人鼓吹某种想法或生活方式，他们就会经常谈论它，并试图说服人们去这样做。

If somebody touts an idea or lifestyle, they talk about it a lot and try to convince people to do it.

而“抵制”则是对某种趋势的强烈批评，以及人们反其道而行之的做法。

And pushback is strong criticism of a trend and people doing the opposite.

我们六分钟的时间又到了，但别忘了去我们的网站bbclearningenglish.com上做练习，测试一下你学到的内容。

Once again, our six minutes are up, but don't forget to test what you've learned with the worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

感谢你的收听，再见。

Thank you for joining us and goodbye.

再见。

Goodbye.

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Got another six minutes?

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We have lots more to help you with your English.

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Try Real Easy English to learn from natural English conversations, or learn some English from the biggest news stories from around the world.

在播客应用里搜索BBC Learning English，找到我们的其他节目，或者去bbclearningenglish.com获取更多内容。

Search BBC Learning English in your podcast app to find our other programs or find much more at bbclearningenglish.com.

欢迎来到闹鬼图书馆。

Welcome to the haunted library.

你是来找故事的吗？

Have you come in search of a tale?

这个播客邀请你在书架间漫步，寻找那些在你离开后仍会久久萦绕心头的故事。

This podcast invites you to browse the shelves and find stories that will linger long after you've left this place.

从哥特式杰作到廉价的恐怖小说，和我一起，科林·摩根，每周两次新集数。

From gothic masterpieces to pulpy penny dreadfuls, join me, Colin Morgan, with new episodes twice a week.

无论你在哪里收听播客，都能找到《闹鬼图书馆》。

Find the haunted library wherever you get your podcasts.