141. 年度股东大会（第一部分）

希望你们到目前为止喜欢所有这些节目，欢迎收听。

Hope you've enjoyed all the episodes so far, and welcome to the show.

也欢迎所有老听众朋友们。

And welcome to all the hello to all the the the old listeners.

不是说你们年纪大了。

Not that you're old.

很多听众其实都年轻有活力，状态很好。

A lot of the a lot of you are beautifully young and sprightly.

总之，欢迎所有人，大家好。

But welcome to everyone, and hello.

很高兴有你们陪我一起听。

It's very nice to have you with me.

能和Luke的英语播客团队对话，真让人开心。

It's good to be talking to the team from Luke's English Podcast.

我知道有不少听众，真的是特别忠实于Luke的英语播客，我非常感激。

I realize that some people out there, some of my fans, are genuinely, truly devoted to Luke's English Podcast, and I appreciate that very much.

我当然明白你为什么会这样。

Obviously, I understand why you are.

我的意思是，你这么投入，这再正常不过了。

I mean, of course, you're devoted to this.

你不这么做才奇怪呢。

Why wouldn't you be?

我有时候在想，要不要把咱们这个社群组织起来。

Sometimes I consider forming this community into some kind of an organization.

其实我有几个不同的方向可以考虑。

And there's a there's a few different options available to me there.

我可以把你们打造成一支特工小队。

I could turn you into a kind of a a maybe a team of of of ninjas.

那样说不定挺有用的。

That could be useful.

我可以派你们去执行各种任务。

I could send you out on missions.

我可以派你们去BBC，想办法破坏他们的播客，好让更多人来听我的节目。

I could send you off to to the BBC to jeopardize or sabotage their podcast in a in a desperate attempt to get more people to listen to this.

所以你们可以当我的特工刺客，或者咱们干脆搞个宗教团体，专门崇拜外星人之类的。

So you could become my sort of ninja assassins, or we could just set up some kind of religious cult, and then we can sort of worship aliens from space or something.

但说实话，这有点太荒唐了。

But that, frankly, is a bit ridiculous.

我其实更愿意把你们看作一群潜伏在全球各地的特工。

I could basically, what I how I consider you is just like a team of undercover secret agents which have been posted in different locations around the world.

如果真有需要，我随时可以召集你们去执行某个任务。

And that if I if I needed to, if it was necessary, I could call upon all of you to to complete some kind of mission.

那任务估计也不会太难。

It would probably be quite an easy mission.

大概就是……我也不确定具体该干什么。

It would probably be something like just I don't know what it would be.

什么样的任务才算合适呢？

What what could a good mission be?

我的意思是，就干点简单的事，比如去买个冰淇淋。

I mean, just something nice, like, just go and get some ice cream.

就这么简单。

That's it.

就是这种任务。

That kind of mission.

不过，欢迎所有听众。

But, anyway, welcome to all the listeners.

欢迎加入我这一群忠实听众组成的圈子。

Welcome to the cult and the the this this sect of listeners that I've gathered around me.

有你们在真是太好了。

And it's great to have you with us.

希望你们也这么觉得。

I hope you agree.

如果你们同意，就给我们鼓个掌，欢呼一下吧。

If you do agree, give us a nice sort of cheer and a round of applause.

我意识到我得在这儿插一段欢呼和掌声的音效，希望我在网上能找到合适的。

I realize I I have to insert the sound of a cheer and a round of applause there, but hopefully, I've been able to find one of those on the Internet.

咱们再听一遍，确认我弄对了。

Let's hear it again just to make sure that I I've done it.

欢迎各位来到卢克的英语播客。

So welcome everybody to Luke's English Podcast.

很高兴有你们相伴。

It's great to have you with us.

来，给点热烈的欢呼和掌声吧。

Give us a nice cheer and a round of applause.

太棒了。

Absolutely fantastic.

谢谢。

Thank you.

好的。

Right.

这正好自然地引出了第二点：谢谢你们。

So that actually leads us on to point two quite neatly, and that is thank you.

我想真心感谢每一位收听《卢克英语播客》的听众。

And I I would just like to say a very sincere thanks to all the listeners to Luke's English Podcast.

你们真的都很棒，正是你们让这一切成为可能。

You really are wonderful people, and you make all of this possible.

如果没有你们，这个播客根本不存在。

Without you, there would be no podcast.

当然，我也知道，没有我，这个播客也不会存在。

I know that, obviously, without me, there would be no podcast too.

事实上，也许我在这整个过程中是最关键的一环。

In fact, maybe I'm perhaps the most important part of this this process.

但说到底，没有你们，就没有人来听这些内容。

But, anyway, without you, there would be no ears to listen to this.

我真的发自内心地感谢你们多年来一直收听这个播客，也感谢你们如此热情地支持——比如在评论区留言、在Facebook上给出积极反馈、在YouTube上点赞视频，还有捐款，这些都非常重要。

But, genuinely, with all sincerity, thanks very much for listening to the podcast, and thank you for being so enthusiastic about it over the years, including doing things like just, you know, commenting on episodes, commenting on Facebook with very positive responses, liking the videos on YouTube, sending in donations, which are very important.

这些帮助 podcast 一直持续下去。

They help to keep the podcast alive.

如果你做过这些，非常感谢。

Thank you if you've done that.

还要感谢你给我发的邮件，每一封都特别鼓舞人心，让我有动力继续做下去。

Thank you also for, things like emails which you've sent to me, which are very, very encouraging and which allow me to keep doing this.

也感谢你做的其他任何事、任何联系，或者任何让你感到温暖的举动。

And thank you for any other content and, any any other contact or any other just nice stuff that you've done.

感谢安德鲁寄给我的那些巧克力。

Thanks to an Andre Andrew for sending me all that chocolate.

我真的很感激。

I really appreciate it very much.

有人给我寄了巧克力。

Someone sent me chocolate.

他寄来了一大盒，整整一大盒巧克力。

He sent me a massive pack, a massive pack of chocolate.

刚送到我工作的地方，就在那儿摆着。

It just arrived at my work, and there it was.

十大大包巧克力。

10 huge packs of chocolate.

太棒了。

Amazing.

结果我现在胖了。

I'm fat now as a result.

我是胖了，但很开心。

I'm I'm fat, but I'm happy.

谢谢你，安德鲁。

Thank you, Andrew.

也谢谢所有其他人。

Thank you to everyone else too.

其实我能提到的人特别多，名字一长串。

There there there are loads of people I could mention, loads of names.

我没法把所有人都一一说出来。

I can't name them all.

你们自己知道是谁。

You know who you are.

非常感谢你们收听并喜欢这个播客。

Thank you very much for listening and enjoying the podcast.

我的意思是，你们肯定已经感受到好处了。

I mean, you know, I I'm sure you're feeling the benefits.

你们一定也意识到，这对提升英语真的特别有帮助。

I'm sure you're realizing that this is damn good for your English.

所以大家都很开心。

So everyone's happy.

对吧。

Right.

第三点，卢克英语播客最近的几期内容。

Point three, recent episodes of Luke's English Podcast.

只是想简单聊聊最近几期节目。

Just wanted to just comment a little bit on some recent episodes.

上一期全是讲鬼故事的。

Last one was all about ghost stories.

我最近又回听了一遍。

I listened back to it just just recently.

说实话，确实挺吓人的。

And, yeah, it's pretty creepy.

有些故事真的让人毛骨悚然。

Some of those stories are actually genuinely creepy.

听的时候我整个人都不太舒服。

They do make me feel a bit weird.

但再听一遍，我总觉得我啰里啰嗦说个没完。

But listening back to it, I I I can't help thinking that I'm just rambling on and on and on.

不过，这不正是你们想听的吗？

But that's what you want, isn't it, I suppose?

你们就是想听我说话。

You wanna hear me talking.

你们想听到真实的英式英语是怎么说的。

You want to hear real British English as it actually is spoken.

这就是你们听卢克英语播客的原因。

That's why you listen to Luke's English Podcast.

我想我并不是这个播客的目标听众。

So I suppose I'm not the target listener for the podcast.

我回听的时候，总忍不住挑出那些本可以做得不一样的地方，总觉得天啊，我又啰嗦个没完。

When I listen back to it, I can't help kind of picking out all the things that I wish I'd done differently, and I can't help thinking, oh my god, I just go on and on and on.

但这正是卢克英语播客的精髓——就是让你听一个人没完没了地讲。

But that's the whole point of Luke's English Podcast, It's so that you can listen to someone going on and on and on.

我是在跟你们说话。

And I'm talking to you.

我是在跟你们——英语学习者、英语老师，或者任何听我讲话的人——说话。

I'm talking to you, the listeners, the learners of English or or teachers of English or whoever you are.

我在跟你说话。

I'm talking to you.

我不是在自言自语。

I'm not talking to myself.

所以当我回头听自己录的节目时，没错，听到自己的声音可能会有点烦，但说到底，我不是目标听众。

So when I listen back to episodes myself, yeah, sure, I might feel a bit sort of frustrated hearing the sound of my own voice, but ultimately, I'm not the target listener.

你才是。

You are.

事实上，最近几期节目，比如鬼故事，还有那期叫《疯狂驾驶》的——我开车在巴黎转了一圈——以及其他关于电影和其他话题的节目，我都收到了不少反馈。

And, in fact, I've had comments coming in about recent episodes, for example, ghost stories or the episode called hard driving, in which I took a car and drove it around Paris, and other episodes, including ones about movies and others other subjects.

看到大家喜欢最近的节目，我真的很开心，脑子里还攒了一大堆新点子，待会儿就跟你聊聊。

So I'm very happy to see that people have been enjoying recent episodes, and I I've got loads of other ideas in my head, which I'll come to in a moment.

关于最近的节目，大概就说这些了。

So that's it really about recent episodes.

我很高兴收到这么多正面的反馈。

I I'm I'm glad that I've had good responses.

很高兴大家喜欢这些节目。

I'm glad that people enjoy them.

说实话，我自己对做的任何事都谈不上完全满意。

Personally, me, I I I'm I'm not completely satisfied with anything I do, to be honest with you.

我从来都不满意。

I'm never satisfied.

每次回听自己的作品，我都忍不住想：天啊。

When I listen back to things, I think, oh, god.

真希望当时能换种方式来做。

You know, I'd like to do it differently.

要是能有更多时间仔细剪辑就好了。

I wish I had more time to edit more carefully.

但各位，追求完美的人，能怎么办呢？

But, you know, what can you do when you're searching for perfection, ladies and gentlemen?

像我这样追求完美的人，很难对自己的作品感到满意。

When you're a perfectionist when you're a perfectionist like me, it's difficult to be happy with your work.

我是不是个完美主义者？

Am I a perfectionist?

我不确定。

I don't know.

我不确定。

I don't know.

不管怎样，我们接着谈下一项议程。

Anyway, that moves that brings us on to the next point in the agenda.

哎呀，我刚想起来，漏掉了一项议程。

Oh, I've just realized I missed a point in the agenda.

第三项是：出汗。

That was point three, sweat.

关于这个，我只想说，天气太热了，我一直在流汗。

And the the only thing I have to say about that is that, it's very hot, and I'm sweating all the time.

就是这样。

There you go.

这画面挺美的。

There's a nice image for you.

可我的汗味特别香。

But my sweat is beautifully fragrant.

闻起来像茉莉花，还有春天早晨初绽玫瑰的香气。

It smells of jasmine, and it smells of the scent of young roses on a spring morning.

真美。

It's beautiful.

这味道特别好闻。

It's a beautiful smell.

很清爽。

It's clean.

还有一点淡淡的肥皂味，说不上来是什么，就是那种干净的氛围。

It smells also, there's a slight sense of of, like, soap, maybe just a slight undersmell, if that's a word, of just gen the general vibe of cleanliness.

明白吗？

Okay?

很好。

Good.

没错。

Right.

很高兴把这事说清楚了。

I'm glad I cleared that up.

没错。

Right.

接下来是议程里的基础部分。

The next point on the agenda is baseline.

基础部分。

Baseline.

这特别重要，因为我今天一整天脑子里都在反复琢磨这个基础部分，整整四个小时。

Now, this is very important because I've had this baseline going round and round and round in my head for about four hours today.

一醒来就想这个，必须跟你们分享一下，我觉得这贝斯线太棒了。

I woke up with it, and I just need to share it with you because I think it's an awesome, amazing bass line.

这段贝斯线出自帕特里斯·拉什顿的歌曲《Forget Me Nots》，你可能没听过她，但她上世纪七八十年代是美国的一位键盘手。

This is the bass line from a track called Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushton, who you might not know, but she was a keyboard player in the nineteen seventies and nineteen eighties from America.

这首歌的贝斯线特别棒。

And the this track has got an amazing bass line.

不管弹的是谁，我也不知道他叫什么，他用的是那种 slap 贝斯技巧。

Whoever is playing it, and I don't know his name, he's playing a kind of slap bass.

我觉得他用的是一把芬达精密贝斯。

And I think he's playing it on a Fender Precision bass.

我是根据音色判断的，听起来确实像芬达精密贝斯。

I mean, judging by the sound of the guitar, it sounds like a Fender Precision bass.

反正我特别喜欢这段，只要我特别喜欢一样东西，就忍不住想跟别人分享。

Anyway, I just really like it, and I when I really, really like something, I feel the need to share it with other people.

就这样了。

So that's it.

我只是想让你听听这段贝斯线。

I just wanted to play you the baseline.

好的。

Okay.

音箱和音响系统都准备好了。

So we got the we got the speaker we got the speaker system set up.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

准备好了吗？

You ready?

音量调到位了吗？

The volume turned up properly?

约翰？

John?

约翰？

John?

肖恩？

Sean?

好的。

Okay.

我不清楚他们去哪儿了。

I don't know where they are.

可能在后头喝酒呢。

Think they're maybe they're out the back having a drink.

肖恩？

Sean?

对。

Yeah.

好的，麻烦了。

Yes, please.

对。

Yeah.

你能打开吗？

Can you turn it on?

好的。

Alright.

谢谢啊。

Thanks, mate.

谢谢。

Thanks.

行。

Okay.

这段是帕特里斯·拉欣的《Forget Me Nots》里的一小段。

So this is a little little extract of Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushin.

你听听这贝斯线有多棒。

Check out the amazing baseline on this.

对吧？

Yeah?

挺不错的，对吧？

It's pretty good, isn't it?

别这样。

Come on.

太厉害了，是不是？

That's amazing, isn't it?

我不确定。

I don't know.

你可能在想，是啊，我真没觉得有多惊艳，卢克。

Maybe you're thinking, yeah, I'm not that impressed, Luke.

不是。

No.

这不是我喜欢的音乐类型。

It's not my kind of music.

这不是我喜欢的风格。

It's not my kind of thing.

其实说实话，我以前听过这个。

In fact, to be honest, I've heard this before.

老实讲我不喜欢，听起来像是《黑衣人》里的配乐。

I don't like it, frankly, because it sounds like the music from Men in Black.

明白吗？

Okay?

这音乐听起来就跟《黑衣人》电影里的一模一样。

It sounds like the music from the movie Men in Black.

说实话，《黑衣人》里威尔·史密斯那段就是采样了这个。

Well, to be honest, Men in Black, Will Smith, they sampled this.

他们只是拿去改了词儿和编曲，结果反而没原来的好听。

So they just sampled it and changed the lyrics and stuff, and it's not as good.

不过我就想跟你说说这个。

Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you.

所以这就是关于这段贝斯线我想说的。

So that's that's the point about the baseline.

明白吧？

Okay?

很好。

Good.

接下来我们继续看议程上的下一项，还有很多内容要处理。

So moving on to the next point on the agenda, and and we've got a lot of points to deal with.

明白吗？

Okay?

我觉得我们得稍微加快一点节奏了。

So we're gonna have to sort of speed up a little bit, I think.

议程下一项是关于我在制作《Luke的英语播客》时该用哪种嗓音。

The next point on the agenda is about the best voice that I should use for Luke's English Podcast.

这其实是我偶尔会想的问题，很想听听你们的看法。

This is just something I I wonder about sometimes, and I'd like to get your input.

如果你们有任何想法，欢迎在本集下方留言，或者现在就说说看。

So if you do have any comments, please leave leave a comment under this episode or just say something now.

直接喊一声就行，就喊‘Luke’。

Just shout out and just go, Luke.

Luke。

Luke.

Luke。

Luke.

试着引起我的注意。

And try and get my attention.

Luke。

Luke.

Luke。

Luke.

Luke。

Luke.

就像这样。

Like that.

你可以尽力试试。

And you could do your best.

我听不见你。

I'm not gonna be able to hear you.

你喊得再大声也没用。

So it doesn't matter how loud you shout.

Luke。

Luke.

你根本吸引不了我的注意。

You're not you're not gonna get my attention.

所以呢，我就直接说了，如果你有什么想法，就给我发条消息。

So anyway, I'm just gonna talk about it, and if you have input if you have any input, then just send me a message.

明白吗？

Okay?

很好。

Good.

没错。

Right.

那我该用什么样的声音来录卢克的英语播客呢？

So what's the best voice that I should use for Luke's English Podcast?

我该怎么说话才好？

What should I how should I speak?

显然，我应该做自己，对吧？

Now, obviously, I should just be myself, shouldn't I?

我就该用平时说话的方式。

I should just speak like myself.

但有时候我觉得，为了吸引听众的注意，稍微调整一下说话方式还是有必要的。

But sometimes, I think that it's necessary to speak in a slightly different way in order to grab the attention of the listeners.

就是你。

That's you.

就是你们这些正在用耳朵认真听播客的人。

That's you people out there who are actually listening directly to this with your ears.

你或许可以试着用身体其他部位去听，但说实话，这根本行不通。

You could try listening to it with other parts of your body, but that's frankly, that's not gonna work.

所以，如果我讲话时加点戏剧性的语气，现在听起来确实有点像新闻主播了。

So if I add a slightly dramatic element into the way that I speak, I obviously sound a bit like a news reporter at this point.

也许我是个BBC记者，正在报道一场重大的政治事件——因为正是在这种时刻，你才明白，为什么新闻和纪实类节目总要用这种语调：就是为了让你真切感受到这些事件有多重要。

Maybe I'm a BBC news reporter covering a very important political story because it's moments like this that you realize that this is why, perhaps, the language of news or factual programming is presented in this kind of way as a method of of certainly bringing home to you just how important and significant these events really are.

我可以一直用这种方式跟你说话，也许短时间内能抓住你的注意力。

So I could continue to talk to you in this way, and maybe it would hold your attention for a short period.

但时间一长，肯定会让人觉得无聊又烦，你想想看。

But after a while, it's going to become rather boring and irritating, think you'd imagine.

我觉得吧，这种语调其实不太适合这个播客，毕竟，Luke的英语播客本来就没那么正式。

I think you'd Anyway, I'm not sure that this is the the the appropriate tone to be using for this kind of podcast because it's well, frankly, Luke's English Podcast is a little bit more informal.

它更轻松、更随性一点。

I think it's a bit more relaxed, bit more easygoing.

所以，也许我该用这种语气来讲话。

So maybe I could sort of speak in this kind of voice.

嗨，大家好。

So, hello.

你现在收听的是Luke的英语播客。

You're listening to Luke's English Podcast.

这还是电视主播的语气，不过现在我用的是更亲切、更随意的说话方式，对着镜头——或者这次是麦克风——只是为了表明：这档节目是正经的，我们聊的内容也都是有依据的。

This is still the the voice of a television presenter, but in this, situation, I'm using a slightly more friendly, slightly more informal way of talking to the camera or, in this case, a microphone, just as a way of, just establishing that, yes, this is a respectable program, and the things that we're talking about are are factual.

但同时，感觉就像你正和一个博学又有点居高临下的人一起吃午饭。

But at the same time, it's a bit like you're just sharing a lunch with a a very knowledgeable and slightly patronizing friend.

所以，我也可以用那种方式说话。

So, I could speak like that.

我也可以直接用我平时的声音，也就是我平常说话的方式。

I I could just could just speak in my normal voice, which is what I do normally.

那我们来试试看。

So let's see.

我平时说话到底是怎样的？

What's a normal way for me to talk?

我们来看看。

Let's see.

也许我只是在跟朋友打电话，那我做这个播客时，不如就当是跟朋友闲聊好了。

Maybe I'm just sort of maybe I'm talking just to a friend on the phone, and I and maybe I should do the podcast as if I'm just chatting to a friend on the phone.

所以呢，老兄，

So it would be like, alright, mate.

是的。

Yeah.

好嘞。

Alright.

最近怎么样？

So how's it going?

行。

Okay.

不错。

Good.

是的

Yeah.

我只是想着既然在做播客，就打个电话过来。

I just thought I'd call just because I'm doing a podcast.

不是。

No.

不是。

No.

倒也不是。

Not really.

不是。

No.

如果你不介意的话，倒也可以。

Well, only if you don't mind.

你不介意吧？

You don't mind?

哦，那太好了。

Oh, that's great.

好的。

Okay.

那你有吗？

Well, have you got have you got any?

是的。

Yeah.

你有。

You do.

行。

Alright.

那我就不用带了。

So I don't need to bring some.

行。

Alright.

这还挺酷的。

That's that's cool.

不用。

No.

不用。

No.

不用。

No.

真的吗？

Really?

好的。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

那好吧。

Well, fine.

不用。

No.

我现在不用过去。

I don't have to come now.

我可以稍后再来。

I can come in a bit.

你告诉我一声就行。

Just just let me know.

你给我打个电话就行。

Just give me a call.

好。

Alright.

我跟你说吧。

Well, I'll tell you what.

我就在这儿待一会儿，你出来的时候再给我打个电话。

I'll hang around here for a bit, and when you're out and about, then just give me a call.

你告诉我一声就行。

Just let me know.

好吗？

Okay?

我不希望打扰到你，毕竟……是这样。

Because I wouldn't want to interrupt or anything because obviously yeah.

真的吗？

Really?

她吗？

Is she?

她没去。

She didn't.

没有。

No.

嗯，我不太清楚。

Well, I don't know.

也许吧，就这样吧。

Maybe maybe alright.

那我就不打扰你了。

Well, maybe I'll just leave you to it.

不过你还是给我打个电话吧。

Well, just give me a call anyway.

你赶紧告诉我发生了什么。

Just just tell me tell me what happens.

好的，老兄。

Okay, mate.

行了。

Alright.

好吧。

Okay.

不行。

No.

我把它留在家里。

I'll leave it at home.

是的。

Yeah.

这可能才是最好的做法。

It's it's probably for the best.

哦，对啊。

Oh, yeah.

我们都知道。

We we know.

不行。

No.

我不希望让她吃醋。

I wouldn't wanna make her jealous.

不行。

No.

好的

Okay.

行吧

Alright.

不错

Cool.

好的

Okay.

好的，兄弟

Okay, mate.

行吧

Alright.

好的

Okay.

好的

Okay.

好吧。

Okay.

行了，老兄。

Alright, mate.

行了。

Alright.

不行。

No.

我不清楚。

I don't no.

不行。

No.

我现在都不说英语了。

I'm not even speaking English now.

不行。

No.

好。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

行了，老兄。

Alright, mate.

好。

Okay.

那再见了。

Bye then.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Goodbye.

回头见。

See you.

谢谢，改天再聊。

Cheers.

不行。

No.

走吧。

Get lost.

行吗？

Alright?

你走吧。

Just go.

别再给我打电话了。

Never call me again.

我刚才是开玩笑的。

I'm just kidding.

回头见。

See you later.

再见。

Bye.

也许我该用这种方式做播客，但听起来会不会很奇怪？

Maybe I should do the podcast like that, but it's gonna be weird, isn't it?

尤其是因为你只能听到对话的一方。

Especially since you can only hear one half of the conversation.

我平时说话就是这样，但未必适合做《Luke的英语播客》。

That's how I naturally speak, but it's not necessarily the best way to do episodes of Luke's English Podcast.

我可以有无数种其他声音来制作这个播客。

There are billions of other voices that I could do this podcast in.

我现在不打算全都讲完。

I'm not gonna do them all now.

这又得是另一集播客了，我觉得。

That's another episode of the podcast, I think.

这算是我的一句口头禅吧。

It's kind of one of my catchphrases.

我觉得将来肯定会专门做一集《卢克英语播客》来聊这个，别忘了关注哦。

I think that's gonna be a whole new episode of Luke's English Podcast in the future, so stay tuned for that.

这完全可以做成一集全新的播客，专门讲这个话题。

That could be a completely new episode, a whole other episode of the podcast about that subject.

也许哪天我会做一集，就列一长串适合做其他播客的主题。

Maybe one of these days, I'm gonna do an episode of the podcast where I just list things that would be good subjects for other episodes of other podcasts in the future.

这事儿我轻松就能做。

I could easily do that.

没错。

Right.

接下来是议程上的下一项：字幕文本。

Next item on the agenda is, transcripts.

字幕文本。

Transcripts.

明白吗？

Okay?

这些字幕文本记录了《Luke's English Podcast》每一集里说的每一句话。

Those are, transcriptions, of every word that is said in episodes of Luke's English Podcast.

如果你上过我的网站 teacherluke.wordpress.com，就会发现现在很多节目都配有字幕文本了。

And if you have visited the website, teacherluke.wordpress.com, then you'll see that a lot of the episodes now have transcripts.

而且，越来越多的字幕文本正在不断添加，来自不同地方。

And in fact, there are more and more transcripts coming all the time, from different places.

有时候是我自己做的。

Sometimes I produce them.

有时候是听众们听完节目后，自己整理好字幕发给我。

Sometimes they are produced by listeners who who write their transcripts to episodes and send them to me.

有时候是我妈妈做的，她人很好。

And sometimes they're just produced by my mom because she's nice.

所以回到听众们提交的文稿，首先非常感谢你们。

So going back to transcripts which have been sent in by listeners, thank you very much, first of all.

感谢所有提交文稿的听众。

Thank you to listeners who have sent in transcripts.

你们这么做不仅很好，还很聪明，因为你们知道，这可能是提升英语最有效的方法之一。

It's very good good of you to do that, but also very clever of you because you realize that that is perhaps one of the best ways to improve your English.

当然，这是其中一种不错的方式。

Well, it's one of the ways that you can do it.

但如果你试过把一集节目写成文稿，就知道这有多难，也有多耗时。

But if you've ever tried to write a transcript of one of these episodes, you'll know it's really hard, and it's really time consuming.

花的时间真不少，但对英语提升特别有帮助。

It takes ages, But it's a very, very good, exercise for your English.

这是非常彻底的英语训练方式，因为它逼着你关注每一个词。

It's a very, very thorough way of pushing your English, because it makes you focus, on every single word.

它还能暴露出你词汇量上的不足，或者对发音理解上的漏洞。

And it reveals certain gaps that you might have in your vocabulary or certain gaps that you have in your understanding of pronunciation.

这真是个特别能发现问题的练习。

It's quite a revealing exercise.

所以我建议你试着去转录一些内容。

So I'd suggest that you try and transcribe some stuff.

如果你真的转录了，记得发给我。

But if you do transcribe some things, send them to me.

明白吗？

Okay?

发给我就行。

Send them to me.

这时候我就得担起责任了，因为校对这些转录稿成了我的事。

Now, that's when I suddenly get a lot of responsibility, because it becomes my responsibility to to proofread the transcripts.

说白了，我让你们发转录稿，其实是给自己添了更多活儿。

So in a way, I'm kind of making even more work for myself by asking you to to send in transcripts.

但如果你已经写好了，一定要发给我，因为最终我会帮你校对文稿，确保它准备好发布，然后放到网站上。

But if you if you've written one, do send it in, because eventually, I will be able to proofread the script and then make sure it's ready to be published, and then I can put it on the website.

那时候，你就是在改变世界了。

And then that's when you're saving the world.

你通过把文稿分享给所有人，让这个世界变得更好，这对很多人来说会非常有帮助。

That's when you're making the world a much better place because you're sharing the transcript with everybody else, and that can be very, very useful for many people.

他们可以一字不落地读到我说的每一句话。

They can actually read all the words that I'm saying.

这能帮助他们更好地理解内容。

Can help them to understand.

也能让他们发现自己的词汇、语法、发音等方面存在的不足，就像我之前说的那样。

It can help them to notice any gaps that they have, as I've said, in their vocab, grammar, pronunciation, and so on.

所以这会是一个非常有用的工具。

So it can be a very, very useful tool.

不过有一点要提醒你，当你把文稿发给我时，就意味着我要花时间仔细阅读和校对。

Just one thing, though, when you do send a transcript to me, it means that I have to take time to read through it very carefully.

有时候，我得一边听那一集，一边看稿子。

And sometimes I I mean, what I really have to do is read it while I'm listening to that episode.

这意味着我得全神贯注在这上面。

So that means I have to focus purely on that.

我得把自己关起来，专心干这事。

I have to just lock myself in.

不能跟女朋友说话。

I can't talk to my girlfriend.

也不能做任何家务。

I can't do any of the housework.

更别提去上班了。

I can't go to work.

连上厕所、做些基本的事都得放下。

I can't use the toilet, do any basic things that I have to do.

当然，上厕所还是可以的。

Obviously, I can use the toilet.

我可以停下来，去做别的事，回头再回来，但你懂我的意思。

I can just stop and go and come back, but you know what I mean.

有时候我得花不少时间才能把文字稿弄到手，不过最后总能搞定。

So sometimes it does take quite a lot of time for me to get the transcripts online, but I'd get there in the end.

好了，这就是文字稿了。

So there you go, transcripts.

下一项议程，马桶座圈。

Next item on the agenda, the toilet seat.

这是给大楼里所有人的一个提醒。

This is just a general announcement for everybody here in the building.

用完马桶请记得把座圈放下来——我说的是在座的各位男士。

Please remember to to put the toilet seat up when you've finished, and I'm talking to the men here, really.

我们收到好几位女同事的投诉，说马桶座圈总是被掀起来不放回去。

We've had a number of complaints from women working in the building that the toilet seats are always left, no.

抱歉。

Sorry.

我是不是有点糊涂了？

I'm getting confused, aren't I?

我很容易就搞混。

It's it happens to me easily.

我是男人。

I'm a man.

马桶座圈总让我犯迷糊。

I get confused by the toilet seat.

抱歉。

Sorry.

让我再重复一遍，好吗？确保大家都听清楚了。

Let me let me just repeat this, okay, to make sure everyone's got it.

大家都听到了吗？

Is everyone listening?

听到了。

Yeah.

你还在听吗？

You're still listening?

约翰。

John.

我不清楚约翰去哪儿了。

I don't know where John is.

我不明白他出了什么事。

I don't know what's happened to him.

不管怎样，说到马桶座圈。

Anyway, yes, the toilet seat.

我们收到了一些女同事的投诉，说她们不喜欢马桶座圈被掀起来。

So we've had a number of complaints from some, women in the office who say that they don't like it when the toilet seat is left up.

所以，各位男士，请你们用完后，记得把座圈放下来——当然，如果有些女士也这么用，也麻烦你们一样照做。

So, gentlemen, please, when you've finished using the seat or or maybe some women if you if you do it that way, can you remember to put the seat down again?

其实，干脆连盖子一起盖上吧。

In fact, put the whole thing.

把两个座圈都放下来。

Put both seats down.

盖上马桶盖就行。

Just close the lid on the toilet.

明白吗？

Okay?

别问太多为什么。

Now don't ask too too many questions why.

我知道这不公平。

I know it's not fair.

我知道这说不通。

I know it doesn't make sense.

照做就是了。

Just do it.

明白吗？

Okay?

不然的话，女生们不会开心的。

Because otherwise, women will not be happy.

明白吗？

Okay?

这很重要。

It's important.

相信我。

Trust me.

女生开心很重要。

It's important that women are happy.

明白吗？

Okay?

如果女生不开心，那谁都不会开心。

If women are not if if women are not happy, no one is happy.

你懂吗？

Do you understand?

所以让女人开心吧。

So make the women happy.

马桶盖记得盖上。

Put the toilet seat down.

这样才对。

Good.

好了，就这样。

Put alright.

这件事我就到此为止了。

I'm just gonna draw a line under that.

我知道，男人你们可能有不同看法。

I know that men, you might have responses to that.

给我发封邮件吧。

Send me an email.

明白吗？

Okay?

但请真的把马桶盖放下来吧。

But please just put the toilet seats down.

我其实也不太明白这到底是为什么。

I don't understand it either, really.

这根本说不通，你说是吧？

There's no real logic there consider you know?

我自己也搞不懂这事儿。

I don't I don't really understand it myself.

就当是为了让世界更快乐一点，提高百分之五十的幸福感。

Just do it because we're making the world happier, 50% happier.

女性很重要，她们的幸福也很关键，因为这会影响到每一个人。

Women are important women's happiness is important because it affects everyone.

这就像核武器一样。

It's like nuclear weapons.

明白吗？

K?

我就不多说了，这事儿真没什么道理可讲。

I'm not really I'm not gonna expand on that any further because it doesn't make sense.

我知道把女性和核武器相比，这个说法有点牵强。

I know that the analogy between women and nuclear weapons is a bit shaky.

不过不管怎样，用完马桶请把座圈放下来。

But just anyway, put the toilet seat down when you've finished.

明白吗？

Okay?

非常感谢。

Thank you very much.

或者，各位男士，直接用小便池就行，别绕弯子。

Or, gentlemen, just use the urinal just use the urinal.

小便池。

Urinal.

小便池。

Urinal.

怎么念都无所谓。

Doesn't matter how you pronounce it.

换种方法就行。

Just use another method.

实在不行，就去花园尽头随便解决吧。

If you have to, just go to the bottom of the garden and pee there.

明白吗？

Okay?

很好。

Good.

或者，如果你是法国人，就在街上解决也行。

Or may if if you're if you're French, you can just do it in the street.

明白吗？

Okay?

行了。

Fine.

刚才那是开个法国人的玩笑，不过我有这个权利。

Just a little joke at the French there, but it's my prerogative.

我想这么讲就这么讲，因为我住这儿。

I can do that if I want because I live here.

我交税了，法国朋友们，所以我有资格拿你们逗乐。

I'm paying taxes, French people, so I'm allowed to make fun of you.

明白吧？

Okay?

你们也可以笑话我，说我菜做得不好，或者说我穿衣没品味，随便说。

You can make fun of me, say that I don't know how to cook properly, just, you know, say that I've got no no dress sense.

你们想怎么说都行。

Do whatever you want.

我不在乎。

I don't care.

行吧？

K?

我们就是互相开开玩笑而已。

We're just trading jokes.

行吧。

Fine.

没错。

Right.

这点就说到这儿了。

That's the end of that point.

马桶座圈的事儿解决了。

Toilet seat dealt with.

下一个话题是关于PlayStation 3的系统更新。

Next point is about the PlayStation three system updates.

这其实只是我想问个问题。

And I'm just it's just a question, really.

等今年晚些时候在楼里见到你时，希望你能给我一些建议。

And I'd like when when I see you in the building later on this this year, like you to just sort of give me your input on this.

我每次一打开PlayStation 3，为啥都得更新系统？

Why is it that every time I turn on my PlayStation three, I have to perform a system update?

每次都得下载安装一堆软件。

I have to download and install software.

每次开机，都得等三十分钟才能装完系统更新，简直没完没了。

Every single damn time I start my PlayStation three, I have to wait for up to thirty minutes to install system updates.

这到底是为啥？

Why is that?

昨天我想玩《马克思·佩恩3》，

Yesterday, I wanted to play Max Payne three.

对吧？

Right?

结果因为一堆更新，等了一个小时才玩上游戏。

I had to wait an hour before I could actually play any of the damn game because of all the system updates.

你懂我的意思吧？

Okay?

所以，有人能给我解释一下吗，约翰？

So just can anyone explain that to me, please, John?

对。

Right.

谢谢。

Thank you.

下一个问题是时间。

Next item is is the question of time.

时间。

Time.

就这些。

That's it.

就是时间不够用。

It's just there isn't enough.

对。

Right.