我无法再继续这样下去了（中级）

在今天这期节目开始前，你会听到一些广告，正是这些广告让我能靠做这个节目谋生。不过如果你愿意支持我，又不想听广告，我也完全理解。

Before today's episode you're going to hear some advertisements which help make it possible for me to do this as my job, but if you want to support me and would rather not hear adverts I completely understand.

你可以试试 EasyStoriesInEnglish 的高级版。

You should try EasyStoriesInEnglish premium.

高级版意味着更多专属内容，加入后你不仅能免广告收听所有节目，还能获得额外的福利，比如更多故事和对话类播客。

Premium means extra special and by joining you not only get all the episodes without adverts but also extra special bonus content like extra stories and conversational podcasts.

直接访问 easystoriesinenglish.com/supportsupport，即可开启七天免费试用。

Just go to easystoriesinenglish.com/supportsupport to start your seven day free trial.

如果你是在 Apple 播客上收听，只要在节目列表顶部点击‘免费试用’就能加入。

If you're listening on apple podcasts just click try free at the top of the episode list to join.

接下来，让我们听听赞助商的消息。

And now a word from our sponsors.

别人说话快的时候，你是不是觉得很难听懂英语？

Is it hard for you to understand English when people speak fast?

我是 Connor，来自《Listening Time》播客，我的目标就是帮你更好地理解英语。

I'm Connor from the Listening Time Podcast, and my goal is to help you understand English better.

所以我才做了《Listening Time》这个播客，专门帮助英语学习者自然提升听力。

That's why I created Listening Time, a podcast designed to help English learners improve their listening naturally.

每期节目里，我会用缓慢清晰的语速，聊聊旅行、美国文化这类不同的话题，还会提供完整的文字稿，让你看到我说的每一个词。

In each episode, I talk slowly and clearly about a different topic like travel or US culture, and I give you the transcript that shows every word that I say.

《Listening Time》是帮你更好理解英语的绝佳工具。

Listening Time is the perfect tool to help you understand English better.

《Listening Time》这个播客在所有主流音频平台都能找到。

The Listening Time podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

我真的撑不下去了。

Guys, I can't do this anymore.

必须得做点改变了。

Something needs to change.

我得做出质量更高的节目。

I need to make better quality episodes.

大家好，亲爱的英语学习者们，欢迎收听《EasyStoriesInEnglish》，这个节目将帮助你的英语从还行提升到不错，再从不错进步到出色。

Hello, my lovely learners, and welcome to EasyStoriesInEnglish, the podcast that will take your English from okay to good and from good to great.

我是阿里尔·古德贝迪，这档节目的主持人。

I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.

在今天的节目中，我要跟大家说说这档播客即将迎来的一些重大变化。

In today's episode, I will tell you about some quite dramatic changes that are coming to the podcast.

和往常一样，文字稿和PDF文件都可以在easystoriesinenglish.com上找到，链接在简介里。

As always, the transcript and PDF are available at easystoriesinenglish.com, and you can find the link in the description.

没错，是真的。

So, yes, it's true.

我实在没法再这样继续做下去了，但在揭晓这个惊人的真相之前，我得先解释几个词的意思。

I can't keep going on making episodes like this, but before I reveal the shocking truth, I need to tell you the meaning of some words.

如果你实在等不及，可以直接跳到下一章。

So if you simply can't wait, just skip to the next chapter.

Binge，拼写是b-i-n-g-e，意思是短时间内大量消费同一种东西。

Binge, b I n g e, means to consume a lot of one thing at one time in one sitting.

过去这个词通常指狂饮，也就是一次性喝下大量酒精饮料。

Traditionally, it refers to binge drinking, which is when you drink lots of alcohol in one go.

在英国，尤其是在大学里，这种情况很常见。

It's quite common in The UK, especially at universities.

不过现在，‘狂看’或‘狂吃’也常被用来形容长时间刷剧或吃很多食物。

But these days, bingeing often refers to watching TV shows or eating lots of food.

比如，你最爱的剧集可能会一次性放出整季，然后你一口气把所有集数看完。

For example, your favorite TV show might drop its new season all in one go, and you might binge all the episodes at once.

在新冠疫情之前，这种一次性放出整季剧集的方式曾经非常流行。

This was a very popular form of, releasing TV episodes years ago before COVID.

比如，《女子监狱》刚上线时，很多人都会一口气追完整季。

For example, when Orange Is The New Black came out, people would binge the whole season.

我自己其实不太会追剧，但要是不注意，玩起游戏来也能一连好几个小时。

Personally, I'm not much of a binger myself, but I can play video games for hours if I'm not careful.

‘放手一搏’指的是做出一个可能带来巨大成功，也可能导致严重失败的重大决定。

A leap of faith is when you make a really big decision that could go really well or really badly.

你等于是在毫无把握的情况下，直接跳进了未知的领域。

You're essentially leaping, jumping into the unknown.

搬到中国对我来说是一次很大的冒险，不过幸运的是，一切都很顺利。

Moving to China was a big leap of faith for me, but fortunately, it is going very well.

没人真会闲着没事看油漆干。

Watching paint dry isn't really an activity people do.

这正是重点所在。

That's the point.

这是个用来形容特别特别无聊的事情的表达。

It's a phrase we use to talk about something hypothetical that is so so boring.

比如你可能会说，背单词书学英语就跟看油漆干一样无聊，我完全同意，因为我觉得教科书学起来真的太枯燥了。

For example, you might say that studying English from a textbook is like watching paint dry, and I would agree with you because I think textbooks are a very boring way to learn.

当你把一个项目搁在一边，意思就是你目前没在 actively 做它。

When you have a project on the back burner, it means you are not actively working on it.

想想厨房的炉子，有四个灶眼，你可能会把锅放在后灶上慢炖酱汁，大概炖四十分钟，同时在前灶上炒洋葱。

If you think about a hob in a kitchen, you have four burners and you might put a saucepan on the back burner simmering a sauce for like forty minutes while you cook some onions, you fry some onions on the front burner.

所以，把事情搁在一边，意思就是暂时放一放，过会儿再回来处理。

So the idea is often that we leave something on the back burner and come back to it later.

我现在的创作方面有很多事都搁着，不过后面再聊。

I have a lot of things on the back burner in my creative life right now, but I'll get to that later.

我们说某事‘很烂’，就是指它特别差，这是很口语的说法。

When we say that something sucks, we mean that it's really bad, and this is very colloquial language.

这种说法特别美式。

It's specifically quite American.

比如我觉得英国的公共交通挺烂的，至少伦敦以外是这样；但中国的乳制品，像牛奶和酸奶，质量也挺烂的。

For example, I think that public transport in The UK sucks, at least outside of London, but the quality of dairy products, so milk and yogurt in China also sucks.

所以‘烂’这词，哪儿都通用。

So sucking is universal.

‘ fortnight ’就是两个星期的意思。

Fortnight means two weeks.

这个词字面意思是‘十四个夜晚’。

It literally comes from fourteen nights.

英式英语里常用这个词，但美式英语里不用。

We use this in British English, but they don't use it in American English.

所以当他们说‘biweekly’或者‘每两周一次’的时候，我们就会说‘fortnightly’或者‘每过一 fortnight’。

So when they would say biweekly or once every two weeks, we would say fortnightly or once a fortnight.

当某样东西‘起效’了，通常是指药物开始发挥作用。

When something kicks in, usually a medicine, it starts being effective.

比如很多止痛药，那些减轻疼痛的药，大概要三十分钟才会起效。

For example, many painkillers, many medicines that reduce the level of pain take about thirty minutes to kick in.

我们也可以用‘起效’来形容情绪的出现。

We can also talk about an emotion kicking in.

比如在本期节目中，我谈到恐惧突然袭来的时候，就像药物起效一样，瞬间充满全身。

For example, in today's episode, I'm talking about fear kicking in when suddenly fear rushes through your body, a bit like a medicine taking effect.

Anodyne，拼写是 a-n-o-d-y-n-e，顺便说一句，这是我最喜欢的词之一，意思是枯燥乏味，特指那种刻意设计得毫无棱角、 bland 到极点的东西。

Anodyne, a n o d y n e, which by the way is one of my favorite words, means boring, specifically in a way where something has been designed to be as inoffensive and bland as possible.

现在看来，大多数媒体不是做得极具煽动性，故意冒犯所有人，就是完全无趣，力求不触怒任何人。

These days, it feels like most media is made to either be really inflammatory, to offend as many people as possible, or to be completely anodyne, to be uninteresting and friendly to everyone.

很多糟糕的流行音乐之所以差，正是因为它们太无趣了。

A lot of bad pop music is bad precisely because it's anodyne.

现在有了人工智能，任何人都能源源不断地生成大量平淡无奇的歌曲、故事和图片，因为AI本质上就是把所有已有的东西搅在一起，产出极其平庸的作品。

And now with AI, anyone can pump out endless anodyne songs, stories, images, because AI literally just takes the soup of everything that exists and mixes it all together and creates very average Anodyne work.

轶事，就是真实生活中发生的小故事。

An anecdote a n e c d o t e is a story from real life.

轶事通常都很短，主要是对某个情境的观察。

Anecdotes are usually quite short, It's usually observing a situation.

我们还常说‘轶事证据’，指的是没有科学研究支持，但很多人说自己经历过类似的事情。

We also talk about anecdotal evidence, which is when you don't have scientific studies about something, but lots of people talk about experiencing the same thing.

很多时候，正是这些轶事证据促使科学家们去研究某个现象。

And usually, anecdotal evidence is what inspires scientists to study something in the first place.

最后，‘预告’就是某样东西发布前让你先看上一小部分。

Finally, a preview is when you get to see a bit of something before it's released.

稍后我会给你们预告一下下一集的内容，敬请期待。

Later on, I'll be giving you a preview of an upcoming episode, so look forward to that.

好了。

Alright.

咱们开始听这一集吧。

Let's get into the episode.

我做这个播客已经好几年了，快八年了。

So I've been doing the podcasting thing for a while now, almost eight years.

刚起步的时候，我只是一个刚踏入社会、初出茅庐的老师。

When I started, I was just a newbie teacher taking my first steps of independence out in the world.

我特别喜欢听播客。

I loved podcasts.

每天一听就是好几个小时，想找点创作的出口，也想分享自己的写作，于是就有了《EasyStoriesInEnglish》。

I binged them for hours every day, and I was looking for a creative outlet, a way to share my writing, and so EasyStoriesInEnglish came together.

现在的我，早就不是当年那个害羞的25岁小伙子了。

I'm no longer that same shy 25 year old.

我和大家一样，经历了新冠疫情，还走过了一段复杂而深刻的健康与性别认同之路。

I've been through COVID, as we all have, had a rather complicated health and gender journey.

去年，我搬到了地球另一端的中国。

And last year, I moved halfway across the world to China.

改变的不只是我一个人。

I'm not the only one who's changed.

如今2026年的播客市场，或者大家常说的内容生态，跟2019年已经完全不同了。

The podcast market or content landscape, as people like to call it, is completely different now in 2026 than it was in 2019.

我以前说过追着喜欢的节目一口气听好多集，但现在这种做法在全球范围内越来越少了。

I talked about bingeing your favorite shows before, but this is becoming less and less common worldwide.

人们越来越不再深入追一个创作者的内容，而是跟着算法推荐走，算法提供的内容五花八门，应有尽有。

Increasingly, rather than diving deep into one creator's content, people are watching what the algorithm serves them, and the algorithm offers a buffet of endless variety.

从来没有这么多人在争着抢你的注意力。

Never before have more people been competing for your ears.

制作标准也变了。

Production standards have changed too.

我当初做播客，是因为它比拍视频省事多了。

I originally started a podcast because it required less effort than video.

但现在，大家觉得播客也得配上视频才行。

But these days, podcasts are expected to have video too.

而且不是随便什么视频，是剪辑精良、拍摄考究、视觉上令人惊艳的内容。

And not just any video, but tightly edited, well shot feasts for the eyes.

不过嘛，我也说不准。

Well, I don't know.

你来判断我算不算符合这个标准。

You decide whether I fit that bill.

最后，大家的口味也变了。

Finally, tastes have changed.

我还记得以前，十分钟的YouTube视频就被认为很长了。

I remember the days when a ten minute YouTube video was considered long.

现在我却能心甘情愿地花五个小时，分好几次看完一部关于朝鲜流行文化历史的纪录片。

Now I'll happily sit down to watch a five hour documentary about the history of North Korean pop culture, not in one sitting.

如果你真想看这个视频，我在简介里会放上链接。

Although, if you do want to watch that video, I'll link it in the description.

特别有意思。

It's fascinating.

不过我跑题了。

But I digress.

现在我下班回家，往沙发上一坐，就急着等我最爱的那些YouTuber更新视频。

These days, I come home from work, sit down on the sofa, and hungrily wait for videos from my favorite YouTubers.

一旦视频上线，我就迫不及待地看个痛快。

And when those videos arrive, I eat them up.

Contrapoints 就是这样一个例子。

Contrapoints is one such example.

这位出色的YouTuber现在每年大概只更新一次视频。

A brilliant YouTuber who releases videos about once a year now.

但这些视频可不是普通的视频。

But they're not just any videos.

内容经过了扎实的研究。

They're well researched.

画面拍得特别精美。

They're beautifully shot.

最重要的是，在我看来，文案写得极其出色。

And most importantly, in my opinion, masterfully written.

那这对我和我的小节目意味着什么？

So where does this put me and my little show?

首先，我从来就没打算跟其他英语学习播客一个路子。

Well, first of all, I've never really been like the other English learning podcasts.

大家好，欢迎来到BBC无聊英国俱乐部，在这里，你可以通过听最枯燥、最乏味的对话来学英语。

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the BBC, boring British club, where you can learn English by listening to the most tedious, dull conversations possible.

你知道吗？‘枯燥’和‘乏味’其实都是‘无聊’的同义词。

Did you know that tedious and dull are synonyms of boring?

如果你还没因为太无聊而想不开，那先恭喜你。

If you haven't shot yourself from boredom yet, congratulations.

你刚刚把雅思分数提高了零点一分。

You just raised your IELTS level by naught point one.

今天我们要聊的是过去时态里的那些无聊事儿。

Today, we're talking about boring things in the past tense.

桑德拉，你周末做了什么？

Sandra, what did you do on the weekend?

哦，阿瑞尔，我周末就看着油漆慢慢干。

Well, Ariel, on the weekend, I watched paint dry.

我数了我家里的冰箱有多少台。

I counted the number of fridges in my house.

我只有一台冰箱，然后就想到了兔子。

I have just one fridge and I thought about rabbits.

说到兔子，你以前养过宠物吗，桑德拉？

Thinking about rabbits, do you have any pets Sandra?

啊，不好意思。

Oh, sorry.

我们现在说的是过去式。

We're using the past tense.

你周末去宠物店了吗，桑德拉？

Did you go to the pet shop on the weekend, Sandra?

没有，我没去，但我还是想到了兔子。

No, I didn't, but I thought about rabbits anyway.

小心点，桑德拉。

Careful, Sandra.

你这话说得有点过头了，天哪。

That sounds a bit too into oh, crap.

要用过去时。

Past tense.

桑德拉，我以前想过兔子，还挺有意思的，但我参加过一个叫‘无聊英国俱乐部’的节目，那里的对话全是又蠢又无聊的，结果我想兔子想得太投入，惹麻烦了。

Sandra, I once thought about rabbits and it was very interesting, but I was part of a show called Boring British Club, which had only the dumbest and most tedious conversations, and it was a bit too interesting, so I got into trouble.

在这事儿里，你老板骂你了吗？

Did your boss tell you off in this story?

这不是故事，桑德拉。

It's not a story, Sandra.

这是真的。

It's real.

而且没错，老板训了我一顿，我差点丢了工作。

And yes, my boss told me off and I almost lost my job.

那好吧，我该跟你说说上周末我做的另一件事了。

Well then, I suppose I should tell you about the other thing I did on the weekend.

上周末，我在找新工作。

On the weekend, I looked for a new job.

真希望它们能像那样。

I wish they were like that.

可惜，它们更像下楼梯时数的五个数。

Unfortunately, they're more like five words for walking down the stairs.

你知道的，这不太合我的口味。

You know, not my thing.

我的风格本来更偏向……但正如我所说，时代在变，我对自己的老风格也渐渐觉得乏味了。

My thing is a bit more But as I've said, times are changing, and I'm kind of getting bored of my own style.

很长一段时间以来，我一直想做些更有深度的项目，讲更长的故事，配上音乐和音效，整体制作水准也更高一些。

For a long time now, I've been wanting to work on deeper projects, longer stories with music and sound effects and just a general higher quality of production value.

过去几年里，我做过几集这样的内容。

I've done some of these episodes in the past few years.

我想起的有《接骨木树》《汉堡》《水之城》和《作恶》，这些都花掉了我很久的时间。

The Juniper Tree, Hamburg, the city of water, and doing evil are the three episodes that come to mind, but these took me a long time to make.

前两集是我全职做播客期间做的，《接骨木树》是2022年10月开始写的，从开始到完成差不多花了三年。

The first two I did while I was working full time on the podcast, and I started writing the Juniper Tree in October 2022, which means it took me almost three years to go from start to finish.

我现在也是全职工作。

And I work full time now.

所以如果我现在才开始做这一集，真说不准要多久才能做完。

So if I started that episode now, I don't even know how long it would take.

我总陷入一种模式：手头堆着好多大项目，但因为总赶着按时推出下一集，根本没空把它们做完。

I've fallen into this pattern where I have these big, juicy projects on the back burner, but because I'm always rushing to get the next episode out on schedule, I can never finish them.

比如我要去度假，就不想工作，于是拼命赶在出发前录好几集，结果那些大项目永远只能搁在一边。

Or for example, when I'm going on a holiday, I don't want to be working, so I'm in this mad rush to batch a bunch of episodes before I go away, and I can just never take those things off the back burner.

《接骨木树》也不是个例外。

The Juniper Tree is not an exception.

我有好多项目，包括播客的其他集数和相关的事情，都拖了好几年了。

I have many projects, both episodes and other things related to the podcast that I've been trying to do for years.

这可不是夸张。

It's not an exaggeration.

让我下定决心的导火索，是柬埔寨那期节目。

The last straw for me, the thing that made me say, okay.

就是它让我觉得，够了，真的够了。

Enough is enough, was the Cambodia episode.

因为柬埔寨那期实在太差了。

Because the Cambodia episode sucked.

抱歉啊。

Like, I'm sorry.

真的特别差。

It just sucked.

质量太低了。

It was bad.

我那期节目里只讲了柬埔寨的一半内容，根本没碰那些真正有意思的部分，因为我怕自己会哭出来。

I only talked about Cambodia for half of the episode, and I didn't even go into the actually interesting stuff because I didn't want to cry.

说实话，这期节目在情感上、思想上和创作上都太懒散了。

Honestly, it was emotionally, intellectually, and artistically lazy.

所以事情是这样的。

So here's the deal.

我需要更多时间来制作节目。

I need more time to work on episodes.

就这事儿。

That's it.

这正是我一直以来在酝酿的重大决定。

That's the big leap of faith I've been building up to this whole time.

因为2019年的时候，每周出一集还说得通，那时候讲究的是数量压倒质量。

Because here's the thing, in 2019, it made sense to do one episode a week because it was the era of quantity over quality.

2022年我复出的时候，改成每两周一集，是为了照顾自己的心理健康，那会儿是合理的。

When I came back from my hiatus in 2022, it made sense to switch to once a fortnight for my own mental health.

但现在我真的很想做些让我自己在创作上感到骄傲的东西，真正契合当下内容环境的——更宏大、更精彩但更少的剧集。

But now I really need to do something that I feel creatively proud of and that actually fits the content landscape, and that is bigger, juicier episodes, but fewer episodes.

其实，我以前没这么做，只是因为害怕。

Really, the only reason I didn't do this before is I was scared.

你在线上做同一个项目时间越长，恐惧就越明显，因为你已经有了观众，而观众是有期待的。

The longer you do one project online, the more fear kicks in because you have an audience now, and audiences have expectations.

你得不断推出更新、更好的内容。

You've got to always come up with new and better content.

每年的竞争都在加剧。

Every year, there's more competition.

最后，YouTube 和 Spotify 的那些天才们，随时可能睡一觉起来，改个算法，让你瞬间消失。

And finally, the geniuses at YouTube and Spotify could just roll out of bed one day, change the algorithm, and make you disappear like that.

如果我说钱不是这个决定的考量因素，那我就是在撒谎。

I would also be lying if I said money wasn't a factor in this decision.

当我全职做播客、自雇工作的时候，我根本不敢做任何可能影响收入的改变。

When I was self employed working on the podcast, I was terrified of making any changes that might affect my income.

但现在我有了全职教学工作，生活很安稳，没什么好怕的，正好可以放手一试，因为我有更大的打算。

But now I have a full time teaching job that leaves me very comfortable, so I have no reason not to experiment because I have big plans.

一开始我以为自己只是个老师、个写作者，但慢慢我发现，其实吧……

At the start, I thought I was just a teacher and just a writer, but over time, I began to realize, you know what?

我这配音活儿，干得还不赖。

I'm not half bad at this voice acting thing.

现在我想开了，管他呢。

And now, I'm like, screw it.

干就完了。

Let's go for it.

配乐、音效、史诗级的故事，全都要上。

Music, sound effects, epic stories.

网上那么多内容，都太懒散、太平淡、太简单了。

So much content online is lazy, anodyne, simplistic.

我想做的是艺术。

I want to make art.

我想创作有深度、真实感人的作品，触动思想，打动心灵，同时让你学好英语。

I want to make deep real art that shakes the mind and stirs the soul, and I want you to learn English at the same time.

所以，是的，《EasyStoriesInEnglish》要变了。

So, yes, EasyStoriesInEnglish is changing.

以后不会再有固定更新时间了。

There won't be a regular schedule anymore.

光是说这句话，我就觉得害怕。

Just saying that terrifies me.

但别担心，我不会让你们隔八个月才等到下一集。

But don't worry, I'm not going to leave you waiting eight months between episodes.

我会想办法在空档期填补一些内容。

I'll find little ways to fill in the gaps.

其实我觉得，那些非脚本的片段、小故事、短篇内容，正好适合填补这些空隙。

Actually, that's where I think the unscripted content, the little anecdotes, the shorter stories will be perfect.

我还会提前给你们放一些即将推出的精彩大故事的预告。

And I'll also be giving you previews of those big juicy stories that are to come.

说到这个，我先给你们预告一下我目前正在做的内容。

Speaking of which, here's a preview of what I'm working on at the moment.

当十个太阳一起升起时，那光芒就像在胡羿脸上炸开了一场烟火秀。

When the 10 suns rose, it was like a fireworks display going off in Hu Yi's face.

他使出全身力气，才没把头转开。

It took all his strength not to turn away.

你们九个上了天的儿子啊，后羿喊道。

You nine sons who have joined the sky, Hou Yi cried.

我来问你们，为什么？

I come to ask you, Why?

我们的百姓受苦了。

Our people suffer.

我们的河流都干涸了。

Our rivers dry.

你们就不能离开，让我们好好过日子吗？

Won't you leave and let us be?

三个儿子绕到后羿身边，像是对他说的话感到好奇，却一声不吭。

Three of the sons circled around towards Hou Yi as if curious about his message, but they remained silent.

他没法确定他们有没有听懂。

He could not tell if they understood.

于是后羿又说了一遍。

So Hou Yi spoke again.

你们这九个上了天的儿子啊，后羿喊道。

You, nine sons who have joined the sky, Hou ye cried.

我来问你们，为什么？

I come to ask you, why?

我们的百姓在受苦。

Our people suffer.

我们的河流都干涸了。

Our rivers dry.

你们就不能离开，让我们好好过日子吗？

Won't you leave and let us be?

又有三个太阳走了出来，但这三个可没保持沉默。

Another three of the suns came forward, but these three did not stay quiet.

侯羿话音刚落，他们就大笑起来。

The moment Huyi's words came out, their laughter boomed.

那笑声震得侯羿耳朵发麻，眼睛后头直发痒。

It thundered in Hou Yi's ears and made the back of his eyes itch.

可即便如此，这年轻人也没放弃。

But still, the young man did not give up.

你们九个上了天的太阳，侯羿喊道。

You nine sons who have joined the sky, Hou Yi cried.

我来问你们，为什么我们的百姓受苦？

I come to ask you, why are people suffer?

难道河都干了吗？

Are rivers dry?

你们就不能离开，让我们活吗？

Won't you leave and let us be?

接下来的三个儿子出现了，他们可不觉得这话好笑。

The next three sons came, and these three did not find words amusing.

事实上，他们开始发烫，颜色越来越深，红得像龙虾的尾巴。

In fact, they began to boil, deepening in color until they were as red as a lobster's tail.

还没等胡羿反应过来，其中一个儿子已经朝他冲了过来。

And before Hu Yee knew what was happening, one of the sons was shooting towards him.

胡羿一把抓起弓箭。

Hu Yee leapt for his bow and arrow.

他搭箭拉弓，一箭射中了那个太阳，就在离他脸几米远的地方。

He readied the arrow and fired striking the sun mere meters from his face.

太阳发出一声野兽般的惨叫，身体裂成几条红绸，瞬间着火，烧得他满脸通红。

The sun let out an animal scream, breaking into strips of red silk which caught fire, burning face.

第一个太阳刚灭，第二个太阳就扑了上来，他又一箭射出，把那东西撕得粉碎，山顶顿时被火焰覆盖。

But no sooner had the first sun gone than the second one threw itself at and again he let off an arrow tearing the creature apart and showering the mountaintop in fire.

战斗就这样持续着。

The battle continued in this way.

太阳一个接一个砸向他，射箭快得他都觉得手指要断了。

One by one, the suns rained down on him, and shot so fast he thought his fingers might break.

三、四、五、六、七。

Three four five six seven.

他很快就数不清了。

He soon lost count.

他周围的地面已经化作熔岩，铺满了曾经威风凛凛的太阳残骸。

The ground around him was transformed to magma covered with the remains of the once powerful suns.

最后，天边只剩下一个太阳，像一块新淤青一样发着光。

Finally, one sun remained on the horizon, shining like a fresh bruise.

他拉满弓弦，正要放箭，突然差点摔倒。

Raised his bow, ready to fire when, wait, He almost fell over.

他身后站着一位道士，蓝色的长袍在风中猎猎作响。

Behind him stood a Taoist monk, his blue robes flapping in the wind.

年轻人，那是我们的长子。

Young man, that is our original son.

如果你把它射下来，世界就会陷入黑暗。

If you shoot it down, you will throw the world into darkness.

作为艺术家，你必须不断改变。

As an artist, you always have to change.

另外，你有没有注意到，现在世界正在发生很大的变化。

Also, I don't know if you've noticed, but, the world is changing quite a lot right now.

我们比以往任何时候都更需要有力量的故事。

We need powerful stories more than ever.

我其实不太喜欢这么说，好像故事就能改变世界似的，但说真的，确实有点道理。

I kind of hate saying that, like, oh, stories are going to change the world, but it's kind of true.

这就像是你学一门语言的时候，会说：‘我学英语是为了旅行或者工作。’

It's it's like when you learn a language and you say, oh, I'm learning English for travel or for work.

但真正因为学语言带来的最大改变，是你能和别人建立起深厚的联系，而这种事，我们根本没法预估。

But really, the biggest change that comes from learning a language is the deep connections you form because you were able to speak it, and that is something we simply cannot predict.

所以在结束之前，我们先回顾一下这一集我教给你们的所有新词。

So before we finish, let's just recap all the new words I've taught you this episode.

如果你是刚听这个节目，也许这会激励你回头把以前的所有集都补一遍。

If you're new to the show, maybe this has inspired you to go back and binge all the previous episodes.

如果你已经是老听众了，就请支持我这次大胆的尝试吧。

And if you're a long time listener, please support me in this leap of faith.

下一期节目你得等上两个多星期才能看到。

You will have to wait more than a fortnight for the next episode.

希望到时候不会让你觉得像在看油漆慢慢干一样无聊。

Hopefully, it won't feel like watching paint dry.

但如果真觉得孤单了，你随时可以关注我的社交媒体，我会在那里发布新一期的预告片段。

But if the loneliness starts to kick in, you can always follow me on social media where I'll be posting previews of upcoming episodes.

最后，如果这个想法太烂了，如果这些更大、更精彩的剧集最后变得平淡无奇，那我大不了再回到讲我日常琐事的老路上。

Finally, if this idea sucks, if these bigger, juicier episodes end up being uninspired and anodyne, I guess I can always go back to telling little anecdotes from my everyday life.

我还没用过的唯一一个词是‘搁置一旁’，这倒挺贴切，因为搁在炉子后头的东西，往往就被忘了。

The only word I haven't used is on the back burner, which is fitting because things left on the back burner often gets ignored.

所以留言告诉我，你一直想尝试却不敢迈出的那一步是什么？

So comment and let me know what is a one leap of faith you've been considering but have been too scared to make.

谁知道呢，也许我能给你一点推动。

Who knows maybe I can help give you a little push.

感谢收听，愿你快乐学英语。

For listening and may you learn English happily ever after.

再见。

Bye.