在日本哪里购买复古科技产品！

哇。

Wow.

大家好，欢迎收听《海外日本》播客，这可能是了解日本生活的最佳方式——即使你人不在日本。

Hello, and welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast, probably probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan.

我是主持人克里斯·布罗德。

I'm your host, Chris Broad.

和往常一样，我们请到了英国头号日本文化爱好者，皮特·唐纳森先生。

We're joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast, mister Pete Donaldson.

皮特，最近怎么样？

Pete, how the devil?

你还好吗？

How are you doing?

发生什么事了？

What's going on?

到底发生什么事了？

What is going on?

日本有个新产品我真的很想试试，克里斯，但听起来很恶心。

There is a new product in Japan that I really wanna try, Chris, and it sounds disgusting.

那我就

Then I'll

会超酷的。

be bloody cool ish.

嗯，它是奶油状的。

Well, it's creamy.

我不能说它不奶油。

I can't say it's not creamy.

日本星巴克推出了汤布奇诺。

Starbucks Japan have released the Supachino.

这特么是什么玩意儿？

What the dick is is that?

这是首次尝试——是汤和卡布奇诺的混合体。

It's a first it's it's a cross between soup and a cappuccino.

基本上，它是用星巴克拿铁咖啡机蒸汽加热牛奶制成的。

It's basically, they it's made by steaming milk in one of your Starbucks latte machines.

没错。

Right.

然后加入黑松露、三种蘑菇、一点煎培根调味，还有蔬菜高汤。

And then combining it with black truffles and three types of mushroom, and and and a bit of fried break bacon, taste as well and vegetable broth.

最后装饰用的不是卡布奇诺常用的巧克力粉，而是撒上欧芹碎。

It's then, garnished with a sprinkled, not of chocolate like a cappuccino, but of parsley.

对，这就是所谓的'汤布奇诺'，看起来简直恶心透了。

And, yeah, it's a it's a Supaccino, and it looks absolutely go gopping.

真的恶心到爆。

Absolutely gopping.

汤布奇诺。

Supaccino.

你从哪儿发现这玩意儿的？

How where'd you find this?

你在哪找到这个的？

Where'd you find this?

就在所有那些古怪日本故事聚集的地方——Soronius 24。

Where all the weird, Japanese stories are in, Soronius 24.

这是个

It's a

所以这应该是甜点吗？还是那种咸味的汤类？

good So is it supposed to be like a dessert, or is that, like, a savory, soupy Kind

看起来像奶制甜点，但我觉得应该是...我已经下载了图片准备上传

of looks like a milky kind of dessert, but, no, I think it is supposed to be a I've I've downloaded a picture to put it up.

这该死的网页图片格式啊老兄

The web peas, man.

为什么互联网开始用WebP而不是该死的JPEG？你们这些混蛋快给我换回去

Why did the Internet start using WebPs instead of freaking My go back to JPEG, you absolute pieces.

WebP

WebP.

去你的。

Get stuffed.

幸运的是，OBS能打开WebP格式。

Luckily, OBS can open WebPs.

是啊。

Yeah.

所以它看起来就是那样。

So it like looks that.

那就是那种

That's who's kind

基本上看起来就像一碗奶油蘑菇汤。

of a normal it does look like a creamy mushroom soup, basically.

松露汤奇诺。

The truffle soupucino.

松露汤奇诺。

The truffle soupucino.

我就是喜欢它。

I I just fancy it.

我只是

I just

你看过阿尔·帕西诺唱Dunkaccino歌的那个片段吗？

You've that clip of Al Pacino singing the Dunkaccino song?

对我的Dunkaccino爱不释手。

Can't get enough of my Dunkaccino.

你看过吗？

Have you seen it?

看过。

Yes.

我想是的。

I think.

那是日本独有的还是美国的？

Was that Japanese only or was that America?

我不记得了

I can't

记不清了

remember.

那是我们2013年参演的一部不太好的电影，对吧

It was a film we was in in, like, 2013 that wasn't very good Right.

和亚当·桑德勒一起拍的

With Adam Sandler.

我觉得他现在回想起来可能会说

And I think he in hindsight, he's like, yeah.

后悔接那部戏

Regret that.

当时需要钱

I needed the money.

确实

Yeah.

不过还挺好笑的。

It's quite funny, though.

我挺享受的。

I quite enjoy it.

但我会像享受超级西尼那样享受它吗？

But will I enjoy it as much as the super the supercini?

我会告诉你的。

I'll let you know.

我打算找个时间试试看。

I'm gonna try I'm gonna seek this out at some point and try it.

我超爱喝汤的。

I love a bit of soup.

你看过那个澳洲博主的视频吗？他和伴侣去麦当劳之类的汽车餐厅。

Have you seen them have you seen that Aussie blog who him and his partner are going to a drive through, like McDonald's or whatever.

每次他女友要点餐，比如‘我要六块鸡柳’，他就大喊‘请给我一大包汤’

And every time she goes to say what she wants, like, I want some I want six chicken tendies or whatever, he just shouts, a big bag of the soup, please.

搞什么鬼？

What the hell?

盖过她的点餐声

Over his over her order.

每次她开口想点餐时，他就喊‘来一大包汤’

Every time she opens her mouth to try and order the food, he goes, big bag of the soup.

他为什么这么做？

Why does he do that?

因为男人都是猪

Because men are pigs.

就是猪

Just pigs.

该死的

Goddamn it.

但每次都是‘来一大包汤就挺好’

But every time, just big bag of the soup would be nice.

每次我在得来速点餐时，莎拉总会大喊'来一大包汤，伙计'，总是这么霸道。

Just always demanding of a so every time I'm at a drive through, Sarah will shout, big bag of the soup, mate.

因为她非常

Because she's very

我仍然对上次和夏树一起去麦当劳的经历感到不安。

I'm still unsettled by my by my previous trip to McDonald's with Natsuki.

我们当时拍了那个视频，就是开着小K-car穿越日本的那个。

We did that, like, the video, like, the tiny K Car thing where we drove across Japan.

在旅程的前三分之一，我们去了得来速，我坐在驾驶座，夏树在副驾驶，我点了个武士汉堡。

And on the third first third, we went for a drive through, and I'm in the driver's seat, Natsuki's in the passenger seat, and I ordered a Samurai Mac.

对吧？

Right?

然后那位女士问：'您要哪种武士汉堡？'

And the woman's like, which what kind of Samurai Mac do you want?

我说：'我不知道啊。'

I'm like, I don't know.

就是，什么情况，我就...我直接僵住了，慌得不行，只能说不。

Like, what and I'm just and I like I freeze and panic, and I'm like, no.

武士...然后夏树在旁边笑得前仰后合。

Samurai so I'm and Natsuki's like laughing his head off.

然后我就说，他妈的武士巨无霸。

And then I I go, fucking fucking Samurai Mac.

随便给

Just give

我个巨无霸什么的。

me a Big Mac or something.

然后

And then

我直接改单了。

I just completely changed the order.

夏树笑得快背过气去了

And Datsuki's, like, laughing, choking to death in

是的。

the Yes.

副驾驶座。

Passenger seat.

记住这个。

Remember this.

愚蠢的武士麦克。

Stupid Samurai Mac.

一大包日本汤。

Big bag of a big bag of a Japanese soup.

直到今天，我还是不知道其他武士麦克是什么。

To this day, I still don't know what other samurai mac there is.

不。

No.

我想好吧。

I think well.

看来你点单时把肉和服给脱掉了。

Seems like this you got away your meat kimono if you're ordering.

就像我说的，这事必须得做。

As I said, it's gotta do it.

哦，我只是觉得东西不错。

Oh, I just Good stuff, though.

好一个老武士麦克。

Good old samurai Mac.

确实不错。

It is good.

确实不错。

It is good.

他们把牛肉浸泡在汤汁里。

It's they bathe the the beef.

他们给汉堡牛肉打嗝。

They burp the the the hamburger beef.

我很高兴你不是公关团队的。

I'm glad you're not in the PR team.

我们已经给牛肉洗过澡了，伙计们。

We've bathed we've bathed the beef, guys.

哦，很好。

Oh, good.

太棒了。

Brilliant.

他们给牛肉洗澡。

They bathe the beef.

他们把牛肉泡在酱油里。

They bathe into soy sauce.

一位老太太的头发。

An old lady's hair.

我们已经给牛肉洗过澡了，伙计们。

We've bathed the beef, guys.

他们他们已经好了。

They've they've alright.

他们把牛肉腌在该死的酱油里了。

They've marinated it in fucking soy sauce.

腌得更好些。

Marinating it Better.

很好。

Good.

天啊。

God.

是啊。

Yeah.

宝贝你

Babe you

在酱油里腌一会儿。

in some soy sauce a minute.

操。

Fuck.

你知道吗？

You know?

我想要

I'd like

不过他挺厉害的。

He's good, though.

那个武士非常厉害。

He's very good, the samurai man.

是啊。

Yeah.

一定要试试

Do do try it

如果你

if you

来日本吧。

come to Japan.

把顺序弄对。

Get the order right.

可爱的司机和武士夏树一起。

Lovely driver's With with samurai Natsuki.

是啊。

Yeah.

荒谬到时间的尽头。

Ridiculously to the end of time.

来自西澳大利亚珀斯的蒂姆说，你好，格里兹·皮特。

Tim from Perth in Western Australia says, hello, Grizzy Pete.

你好。

Hello.

我想感谢你激励我在中断近三十年后重新开始骑自行车。

I wanna thank you for inspiring me to get back in into cycling after a near a near three decade hiatus.

我和夏树是同年代的。

I'm the same vintage as Natsuki.

仅今年一年，我就骑行了3000公里。

This year alone, I've covered 3,000 kilometers on my bike.

这一切最终以我完成岛波海道——点燃最初火花的日本穿越之旅——而达到高潮。

This all culminated in me finishing the Shimonami Kaido, the original journey across Japan that lit the spark.

当我骑上通往今治的最后一座桥的坡道时，我确实感到有些激动。

I actually felt a bit emotional as I rode up to the ramp of the last bridge before Imabari.

我惊讶于一切竟然都按计划进行。

I was amazed that everything had gone according to plan.

天气好极了，我得以欣赏令人叹为观止的风景。

The weather was gorgeous, and I got to enjoy jaw dropping scenery.

我真希望这段旅程永不结束。

I didn't want it to end.

我花了两天多时间骑行，总里程达154公里，期间还完成了一些支线任务，包括绕行大部分尾道市，前往志田高山观景点并返回。

I rode it over two in two in a bit days and covered a 154 kilometers as I did do some side quests, including going around most of Onimichi to Shida Takayama Viewpoint and back.

从第二天起才是真正的旅程开始。

Day two onwards was the journey proper.

骑普通自行车上到那些观景点的路程相当艰难，但我太骄傲也太固执不愿骑电动自行车，不过那些风景绝对值得。

Some of the rides up to the observation points were brutal on a pedal bike, but I was too proud and too stubborn to use an ebike, but the views were worth it.

这是我人生中最喜欢也最有成就感的经历之一，除了第一天被一只黑鸢擦身而过那次。

It's been one of my favorite and rewarding experiences ever except for being, sweeping by a black kite on day one.

再次感谢你，Wow。

Thank you again Wow.

来自澳大利亚珀斯的Tim。

Tim from Perth, Australia.

我刚在上个月和Connor一起完成这段旅程，可以证明这可能是日本最棒的体验。

I mean, having just done it myself, last month with Connor, I can attest it is probably the best thing in Japan.

太有趣了。

It's so fun.

因为岛屿横跨濑户内海，景色简直美得令人窒息。

The scenery is absolutely jaw dropping because the islands go across the inland sea.

你只需不时停下脚步，眺望远方，就能看到这片辽阔美丽的海域和星罗棋布的小岛。

You just stop periodically, you look across, and you see this vast beautiful ocean and these tiny islands dotted around.

那景象确实有点像，你知道的，冥河之类的。

It does look like, you know, the River Styx or something.

就像是你想象中的天堂景色，那种感觉。

It looks like the view of heaven that you kind of Yeah.

就是你可能会想象的那种画面。

You you know, you might picture.

我玩得非常开心。

And I had a great time.

所以我完全理解你的感受，蒂姆。

So I know exactly how you feel, Tim.

如果你正在看这个视频，还在规划近期日本之行的行程，老实说我会强烈推荐把它列在行程首位。

And if you're watching this, still making up your itinerary for your trip to Japan in the near future, I'd put that firmly in the sort of top of it, to be honest.

可能仅次于住在一家带温泉的舒适日式旅馆。

Second only maybe to staying in a nice ryokan with a nice hot spring.

岛波海道简直太他妈棒了。

Shimonami Kaido is just fucking amazing.

确实如此。

It really is.

没错。

Yeah.

不过别骑电动车去。

Don't do it on e bike, though.

有人这么干过。

Some people did.

我和康纳骑车时，总有人嗖地一下骑着电动车超过去，我就觉得，叛徒。

When I was cycling with Connor, people would, like, shoot past on e bike, and I'd be like, traitors.

叛徒。

Traitors.

你们不能这样。

You can't do this.

然后我就因为自己没有...好吧，这么说吧

And then I got angry that I didn't have Well, telling

我是说，我觉得人们存在行动不便的问题

me, I mean, I think people have accessibility issues.

而且我觉得我也骑不了自行车

And also, I don't think I could cycle.

我体格不行

I'm not a fit man.

我偶尔踢踢足球，但我不是那种能让双腿像活塞一样运动、能骑到目的地的人

I play a bit of football here and there, but I'm not a I'm not someone who could get get the old twin pistons going and, you know, get to where we need to be.

说实话，如果再来一次，我可能会选择电动自行车

Well, honestly, if I did it again, I probably would use an e bike.

但事实上我已经骑过两次...现在是三次了，我觉得我有资格用电动自行车了

But I've I've done it twice, done it three times now, actually, and, you know, I've I've earned that e bike.

我现在有自己的电动自行车了

I have my e bike.

是啊。

Yeah.

确实。

You have.

干脆骑摩托车吧。

Do it on a motorbike.

如果你真的很担心的话

If you are generally worried about doing

我建议你买辆电动自行车。

it, though, I would say get an e bike.

去骑吧。

Do it.

这没什么大不了的。

It doesn't matter.

重要的是旅程本身，你知道的，不一定是自行车上的挣扎。

It's about the journey, you know, not the not necessarily the struggle on the bike.

是关于'不'的

It's about the No.

这趟旅程本身绝对令人难以置信

Absolutely incredible journey itself.

而且这条路线有专门的自行车道，你知道的，这样你就不会骑进车流或类似情况

And the route has its own separate bike path, you know, so you're not riding into traffic or anything like that.

但我拍了个视频

But I did a video it.

视频名为《24小时探访日本濑户内海天堂——岛波海道与莎拉同行》

It's called twenty four hours in Japan's inland sea paradise, Shimonami Kaede with Sharla.

2018年发布的，我觉得现在看依然很不错

Came out 2018, and it's held up pretty well, I think.

让我们看看那个视频吧

Let's give a video of that.

美好的回忆

Fond memories.

美好的回忆。

Fond memories.

但这周日本发生了什么，道森先生？

But what is going on in Japan this week, mister Dawson?

给我们讲讲那些不太开心的单身中年男性吧。

Tell us about single middle aged men who aren't that happy.

单身中年男性。

Single middle aged men.

他们不开心。

They're not happy.

他们不开心。

They're not happy.

日本的新研究。

New research in Japan.

日本的研究似乎基本上把大部分时间都花在研究无子女夫妇、独居人群和孤独症候群上了。

Research in Japan just seems to basically just spend most of its time studying childless childless couples, people who are just not together, loneliness epidemics.

他们就是这样，这就是他们所做的一切。

They are just that's all they're doing.

这些孤独的科学家和，你知道的，营销人员就这样把这一切拼凑在一起。

These lonely scientists and, you know, marketers just sort of putting it this altogether.

是啊。

Yeah.

日本的新研究揭示了一个关于幸福感的惊人趋势。

New research in Japan has highlighted a surprising trend in happiness.

一项对东京及周边地区超过15,000人的调查显示，四五十岁的单身男性在所有年龄和婚姻群体中幸福感最低。

A survey of over 15,000 people in Tokyo and nearby prefecture show that single men in their forties and fifties report the lowest levels of happiness among all age and marital groups.

据研究员荒川和久称，这是两个因素共同作用的结果。

According to researcher, Kazuhisa Arakawa, this is a com combination of two factors.

中年往往伴随着幸福感下降，而未婚人士通常比已婚人士感到更不满足。

Middle age tends to bring lower happiness, and unmarried individuals generally report less contentment than married people.

当这两个因素叠加时，中年单身男性就成了最挣扎的群体。

When these overlap, it's middle aged single men who are struggling most.

经济压力是原因之一。

Economic pressures are part of the story.

这一群体中的许多男性面临工作不稳定或收入较低的问题。

Many men in this group, face job insecurity or lower income.

社会变革意味着传统角色——曾经的身份认同与稳定来源正在发生变化。

Societal changes mean that traditional roles, once a source of identity and stability, are shifting.

但这种现象在世界各地都能看到，不是吗？

But you see that all over the world, don't you?

荒川指出，这些损失可能影响自尊和整体幸福感，但仍有希望。

Arakawa points out that these losses could impact self worth and overall well-being, but there is hope.

荒川认为，通过关注有意义的体验而非地位或财富等外在指标，幸福感可以得到提升。

Arakawa, suggests that, happiness can improve by focusing on meaningful experiences rather than external measures like status or wealth.

建立人际关系、探索新兴趣、规划人生方向都能帮助中年单身男性重获满足感。

Building connections, exploring new interests, and creating places to go in life can help middle aged single men rediscover contentment.

虽然中年单身男性可能是目前最不快乐的群体，但让我们把重点放在生活体验上。

Apparently, middle aged single men may be the currently the least happy group, but let's focus on experience.

让我们聚焦于人生目标。

Let's focus on purpose.

加入一个壁球队。

Join a squash team.

我不了解那个领域的人们做什么。

I don't know what people do in that sphere.

加入一个壁球队。

Join a squash team.

我在思考。

I wonder.

我认为在日本，相比其他国家，人们被要求遵循某种既定的人生蓝图。

I think in Japan, more than other countries, there's a sort of blueprint that people are made to follow.

比如，从四岁到十八岁甚至更长的教育过程中，你的手被牵着，就像其他国家那样简单地走过教育的流水线。

Like, if you look at the education process from four years old to 18 years old and often beyond, your hand is held and you simply walk through the conveyor belt of education, like other countries.

但在日本，这种教育确实某种程度上为你适应国内生活并融入其中做了准备。

But in Japan, it it does sort of prepare you for life in the country and being a part of it.

我记得最令人印象深刻的是，我的每个学生在离校前都已经安排好了下一步计划。

And I remember what was most impressive, my students every one of my students had something lined up and ready to go before they left school.

比如，通常他们都已经找好了工作和去处。

Like, often, they'd have their jobs and places.

所有上大学的人都已经准备就绪，而那些准备直接就业的人也早已做好职业规划，工作都已落实。

Everyone that went to university was already were ready to go, and everyone that was doing like, getting a job in the real world would, like, be prepped for that and have their jobs already go.

所以他们一走出校门就直接步入职场。

So they stepped out of school and into employment.

日本这种模式很好，但突然之间，到了二十多岁的人生下一阶段，压力就来了——要迅速安定下来，赶紧找人结婚，最好在28岁前生孩子。

So Japan has that nice way of but then all of a sudden, after that, you know, the next phase, your twenties, the pressure's on to to settle down, find someone quick, marry, have kids before sort of 28 years old.

如果你不符合这个标准，就会很麻烦，人们确实承受着巨大压力。

And if you don't fit that, then it can be problematic and, you know, real pressure on people.

所以，是的，我对这种情况并不感到惊讶。

So, yeah, I'm not surprised by that.

而且我感觉这里并没有...

And there's not as I feel like there's

没有那么多，可能有，但我觉得

not as much, and there might be, but I feel like there's

日本的社会流动性不如其他国家高。

not as much social mobility in Japan as other countries.

很难在不同行业间转换。

It's hard to move between sectors.

对吧？

Right?

转行换工作比在国内要困难一些。

It's hard to do that a bit more so than maybe it's to switch between jobs and careers and sectors back home.

不过，我对这个并不感到惊讶。

But, yeah, I'm not surprised by that, though.

真的吗？

Really?

人们不像你说的那样，他们一毕业就直接工作，没有花点时间寻找自我，只是把时间花在喝酒上。

People don't sort of take like you say, like, people start their job straight out of school or or university, and they don't take a little bit of time to sort of find themselves a little bit, and you just spend time just drinking.

从某些方面来说，我18岁毕业后算是幸运的。

I mean, I was lucky in some respects after I finished school aged 18.

我本来准备上大学，但后来意识到自己并不确定是否真想读大学。

I was about to go to university, and then I, like, realized I wasn't sure I wanted to do it.

所以我休了一年间隔年。

So I took a gap year.

坦白说那一年里，与其说是找到了自我，不如说是拼命工作度过了相当抑郁的一年。

And in that year, admittedly, I I didn't really find myself so much as work really hard and have a pretty depressing year.

不过那段时期让我想清楚了很多事，帮助我意识到或许还是该去上大学。

Well, I got a lot of clarity during that time, and it helped me realize, I should probably go to university.

我算是找到了让自己兴奋的目标。

And I sort of got, like, something to get excited about.

就我而言，这个目标是来日本——我想在日本教书，然后再说，因为我觉得这会很冒险刺激。

In this case, it was coming to Japan, this idea of like, I wanna teach in Japan, we'll go from there, you know, because I thought it'd be quite adventurous.

但在迷茫时期，这个指路明灯确实给了我很多目标和方向，就像很多刚毕业的人一样。

But having that guiding star really did give me a lot of purpose and focus at a time when I was lost, like a lot of people coming out of school, you know.

真他妈吓人，对吧？

Fucking terrifying, ain't it?

刚从教室出来就要进入现实世界，整天就是考试、测验什么的。

Going into the real world after just sitting in a classroom, doing your tests, exams, and stuff.

突然间，你就得积极主动起来。

All of a sudden, you have to be proactive.

突然间，你就得自己做决定，这真的很难。

All of a sudden, you have to make decisions, and, it's it's tough.

很可怕。

It's scary.

不只是在日本，在哪儿都一样。

Not just in Japan, but anywhere.

会有很多二十多岁的年轻人收听、观看这个播客。

There will be a lot of people in their, sort of twenties, listening and, you know, viewing this podcast.

虽然我不想摆出老前辈的姿态，但二十几岁就是可以随便折腾的年纪啊。

And, you know, I hate to be old father time and stuff, but, I mean, your twenties are a free hit, man.

二十多岁就是可以尽情尝试的年纪。

Your your 20 hit your twenties are free hit.

我当时确实搞砸了不少事。

I did fuck on.

我大概是在26、27岁左右才开始我的广播生涯。

I I started my radio career at, like, 26, I think, 27.

其他人可能都是从校园电台之类的起步。

Everybody else would have started, like, student radio and stuff.

但我很长时间都在伦敦的某个地方政府工作。

But I was, like, just working for a, you know, local government in in in London for the longest time.

虽然那份工作不错，不过...

So they've had a good job, but

特工先生。

Special agent.

卡！

Cut.

道尔顿。

Dalton.

地方政府。

Local government.

是啊。

Yeah.

住房部门没错。

The housing yeah.

住房部门的。

The the housing division's.

基本上就是问社会住房住户，

So basically saying to social housing members,

你们想搬到东北部吗？

do you wanna move into the Northeast?

因为我们有

Because we've got a

那边有更多的社会保障房。

lot more social housing up there.

你可能会有更多空间给孩子。

You'd probably actually have a bit more room for your kids.

他们会问，你为什么待在这里？

And they go, why are you down here?

我说，别管那个。

I'm going, don't worry about that.

别担心。

Don't worry.

为什么？

Why?

工作。

A job.

不过确实。

But yeah.

我是说，别给自己施加不必要的压力去开始那份职业。

I mean, just don't don't put undue pressure on yourself to start that career.

也许，这种所谓的‘奋斗文化’，你知道的，不断拼搏上升之类的观念，某种程度上让人们觉得不必非得通过工作来赚钱和实现你想做的事。

And maybe, like, this whole kind of hustle culture and, you know, grinding rising and grinding and stuff, maybe perhaps gives, people a bit of a, an idea that you don't have to go into the job to make your money and to make the thing that you want to do.

也许你可以做些更有创意的事情。

Maybe you can do something a bit more creative.

也许你可以尝试些城市常规工作之外的事情，比如为对冲基金工作之类的。

Maybe you can do something outside of, you know, your usual, you know, work in the city and, you know, work for a hedge fund, etcetera.

对我来说，这是毫无疑问的。

I mean, for me, there was no doubt.

在我们上一期播客里，我提到过我祖父母曾在外交部工作。

In the last episode that we had the podcast, I talked about my grandparents who worked for the foreign office.

对吧？

Right?

他们曾在利比亚、波兰、加拿大和爱尔兰这些异国他乡工作过。

And they worked in, like, Libya and Poland and Canada and Ireland, exotic clans.

小时候围坐在餐桌旁听他们讲故事时，就在我心里埋下了种子：哦，我也想生活在海外。

And sitting around the dinner table hearing their stories as a kid, it put it sort of seeded this idea that, oh, I wanna live overseas.

我也想拥有这样的冒险经历。

I wanna have these adventures as well.

所以，是的。

So we'll yeah.

我认为我们每个人心底都藏着一颗指路星辰，知道自己想做什么，哪些事能让我们兴奋。

We'll find we will I think that, yeah, we will have, a guiding star hidden away in our minds of what we wanna do somewhere, things that excite us.

但对我来说，二十多岁时能为之兴奋的就是这件事。

But for me, yeah, was that was something to get excited about in my twenties.

我觉得很幸运当时在日本，因为每天都像在迎接激动人心的挑战，学习新事物，尝试新体验，走出舒适区。

And I think I'm lucky that I was in Japan because I felt like every day was like an exciting challenge, learning new things, doing new things, going outside my comfort zone.

这种经历以我从未想过的方式推动着我成长。

And yeah, it pushed me in ways I never thought I would.

所以我并不是在建议所有年轻人都要搬到日本当老师。

So I'm not necessarily saying if you're young to to move to Japan and become a teacher.

我认为这不适合所有人。

I don't think it's for everyone.

我觉得我的大多数朋友都不会喜欢这种生活。

I don't think many of my friends would have enjoyed it.

我想说的是，既要享受乐趣，也要挑战自我。

What I'm saying is, you know, try and have fun, but challenge yourself as well.

去做那些你有点想做但又有点害怕的事。

Do things that you kinda wanna do, but you might feel a bit scared of doing.

我想在这个过程中，你很可能会找到真正的自己。

And I think you'll probably find yourself along the way.

你明白吗？

You know?

不过我觉得人到中年会更艰难些。

But I suppose it's tougher when you're in your middling middle age years, though.

你懂我的意思吗？

You know?

你是个中年男人。

You're a middle aged man.

你快乐吗？

Are you happy?

你是个中年男人。

You're a middle aged man.

是啊。

Yeah.

我是个

I'm a

那个男人，我想。

the man, I think.

是啊。

Yeah.

我是说，我有一个孩子、一个伴侣和两条狗。

I mean, I've got a child and a partner and two dogs.

什么？

What?

但我还能要什么呢？我刚给自己买了个小信箱，装在房子前面，方便人们放包裹。

But what more could I I've just bought myself a little I've just bought myself a little post box for the front the house so people can put their packages in.

我还做了个圣诞蛋糕，一直用雪利酒喂养它，像个奇怪的孩子。

And I've I've I've made a Christmas cake, which is which I keep on feeding Sherry too, like a weird child.

但如果你是个单身中年男人，你会做什么？

But what would you be doing if you were if you were a single middle aged man?

你究竟会做什么呢，真的？

What what would you do, really?

我在一个房间里，里面有台七十年代的电视机，还有个电视主持人理查德·基斯的纸浆头像。

I'm in a room with a with a nineteen seventies television and a papier macha head of, of the TV presenter Richard Keys.

老实说，我实在想不出还能怎么更古怪了。

I'm struggling to see how I could get more eccentric, to be honest with you.

是啊。

Yeah.