151. Google Questions

也许这棵树上有个猫头鹰的窝。

Maybe there's an an owl's nest in the tree.

因为这位农民热爱自然，他决定不剥夺动物们的栖息地，所以就让这棵树留着。

And because the farmer is someone who likes nature and he decides that he doesn't wanna deprive animals of their natural habitat, he's gonna leave the tree there.

我觉得这根本不是个问题，如果你在田里看到一棵树，理所当然会觉得：这棵树真好看。

I don't I don't think, it's it's a good question because if you see a tree in a field, surely, you should be thinking, that's a nice looking tree.

树木是很美的东西。

Trees are beautiful things.

它们能提供氧气。

They provide oxygen.

你不该想：这树怎么在这儿？

You shouldn't be thinking, no.

我不知道这棵树为什么在这儿。

I I don't know why there's a tree there.

它太显眼了。

That stands out.

这跟周围环境完全不搭。

That's that's not consistent with the rest of this environment.

所以，还是把它移走吧。

Therefore, let's remove it.

不行。

No.

这问题真蠢。

That's a stupid question.

咱们接着看下一个。

Let's move on to the next one.

为什么就没有一款宝可梦的大型多人在线游戏呢？

Why is there not a Pokemon MMO?

天啊，太多了。

Multiple oh god.

我得先知道MMO是什么意思。

I need to know what MMO means.

MMO吧，我觉得是一种电脑游戏。

MMO, I suppose, is a kind of computer game.

我觉得这是一种多人在线的电脑游戏形式。

I think it's some sort of multiplayer online computer game format.

我只是想查一下MMO的准确定义。

I'm just checking out the real definition of the word MMO.

明白了。

Okay.

MMO的定义。

MMO definition.

好的。

Alright.

不错。

Great.

我正在用我女朋友的电脑，当然，全都是法语界面。

I'm using my girlfriend's computer, and, of course, it's all in French.

我有时候会想，我的听众们是怎么看待我住在法国这件事的。但我的看法是，虽然这是《Luke的英语播客》，用的是地道的英式英语，但我相信世界应该是多元文化的，而且英国虽然是个岛国，却并不孤立。

I wonder sometimes what my audience thinks about the fact that I'm living in France, but my position on it is, although this is Luke's English Podcast and it's real British English, I think I I believe in a kind of multicultural world, and I also believe that Britain is although it's an island, it's not an island.

你明白我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

英国其实是欧洲的一部分，也是世界的一部分。

Britain is is actually part of Europe, and it's part of the rest of the world.

所以我觉得，我在国外做《Luke的英语播客》根本没什么问题。

So I don't think there's anything wrong with being abroad when I do Luke's English Podcast.

我依然是英国人。

I'm still British.

《Luke的英语播客》依然是英式英语的播客，我在哪儿都能做。

I'm still Luke's English Podcast is still a British English Podcast, I can do this anywhere I want.

这就是互联网的神奇之处。

That's the magic of the Internet.

我可以在任何地方。

I could be anywhere.

我可以在厄瓜多尔。

I could be in in in Ecuador.

我可以在哥伦比亚，照样做我的Luke's English Podcast。

I could be in Colombia, and I'd still be doing Luke's English Podcast.

我甚至可以在智利。

I could be in, you know, Chile.

我可以在印度的果阿。

I could be in in Goa in India.

我照样能做Luke's English Podcast。

I could still be doing Luke's English Podcast.

我也可以再回日本，住在东京。

I could be living in Japan again in Tokyo.

我依然会做Luke's English Podcast，内容也不会有什么不同。

I would still be doing Luke's English Podcast, and it would still be pretty much the same thing.

好了，就这样吧。

Let's so so alright.

所以，MMO，就是大型多人在线游戏。

So MMO, multi multiplayer online game.

明白了。

Okay.

大型多人在线游戏。

A massive multiplayer online game.

那问题来了，为什么没有一款宝可梦的在线多人游戏呢？

So the question is, why is there no Pokemon, like, online multiplayer game?

这确实是个好问题，你说是不是？

It's a pretty good question, isn't it, I suppose?

因为宝可梦这个IP规模这么大，人气这么高。

Because Pokemon is such a huge, franchise, such a popular franchise.

你可能会觉得他们早就该推出一个大型的宝可梦在线平台了。

You'd have thought that they would launch some kind of big online platform for Pokemon.

是的。

Yeah.

我想你得去问问任天堂才行。

You I suppose you'd have to contact Nintendo to ask about that.

宝可梦是任天堂旗下的IP吗？

Is Pokemon a Nintendo owned franchise?

如果是的话，我不禁想问，任天堂有没有做过大型在线多人游戏？也许他们压根就不打算做这类游戏。

If it is, then I wonder if if Nintendo has any MMO games, because it might be a Nintendo strategy not to to make multiplayer online games.

我相信他们肯定有相关产品。

I'm sure they have some.

我记得Wii就能联网，和别人对战。

I'm sure that the Nintendo Wii allows you to go online and play against other people.

话说回来，要是有个宝可梦的在线多人游戏就好了。

Anyway, Pokemon MMO.

那肯定会很酷，毕竟宝可梦这个IP实在太火了。

It would be pretty cool because Pokemon is this extremely popular game franchise.

也许他们正在悄悄开发呢。

Maybe they're developing it.

也许这就是关键。

Maybe that's the thing.

接下来一个问题。

Now next question.

为什么电视剧里总有人笑？

Why is there laughing in TV shows?

为什么电视剧里总有人笑？

Why is there laughing in TV shows?

好吧。

Well, okay.

这个问题说的是预先录好的笑声。

This question is about canned laughter.

预先录好的笑声。

Canned laughter.

就是那种罐头，像可乐罐、铁皮罐、铝罐那样的罐头。

Can, like a can, you know, a can of Coke, a tin can, aluminum can.

罐装笑声，指的是有些电视剧里会额外加上假的笑声。

Canned laughter, that refers to the fact that in some TV shows, you get, like, fake laughter added over the top.

尤其是在美国剧集里，你可以想象一个典型的美式家庭场景，爸爸下班回家。

So it'd be, you know particularly in American shows, if you can picture some kind of typical American TV show set in someone's house and, like, the the dad comes home from from work.

亲爱的，我回来了。

Hi, honey.

我到家了。

I'm home.

观众会觉得这种罐装笑声特别烦人。

And the audience goes, It's really annoying, that kind of canned laughter.

但我猜这是因为一种潜意识的作用。

But, I suppose it's because, it's it's a subconscious thing.

当你看电视剧时，如果听到笑声背景音，潜意识里就会告诉你：这节目挺搞笑的。

And if if you're watching a TV show and there is laugh there's a laughter track, it subconsciously is telling you, this show is funny.

明白吗？

Okay?

这又是心理学的问题了。

It's, again, psychology.

这是个很好的问题，因为我做喜剧的经验告诉我，台下有人笑，表演效果会好很多。

It's it's a pretty good question because now in in my experience of doing comedy, it helps the gig if other people are laughing.

对吧？

Right?

如果观众里有几个人先笑起来，其他人往往会跟着笑，因为笑是会传染的。

If if you get, you know, some people in the audience laughing, then you'll find that the rest of the audience then will start laughing too because laughing is infectious.

明白吗？

K?

别人笑了，笑话好像也变得更生动了，整体效果也更有趣。

If other people laugh, it somehow adds color to the jokes, and it makes the whole thing a lot funnier.

所以，当你看电视节目时，听到笑声，潜意识里就会知道哪里是笑点。

So subconsciously, if you're watching a TV show and you hear laughter, it's basically telling you where the jokes are.

它在提醒你，这里该笑了。

It's telling you where you should be laughing.

这就像个路标，告诉你这儿有个笑点。

It's like a signpost for this is a funny bit.

这儿是个笑点。

That's a funny bit.

有时候观众就是需要一点提示，才能更好地享受节目。

Sometimes people just need a little trigger to, you know, help them to enjoy the show.

但我觉得现在的人挺聪明的，对喜剧也很有理解力。

But I think these days, people are pretty clever and quite comedy literate.

人们都知道什么时候该觉得好笑。

People know when they're supposed to find it funny.

而且现在的喜剧节目都很细腻，充满各种微妙的细节。

And, also, comedy shows these days are quite detailed, quite subtle, full of little nuances.

不是那种简单的笑点接笑点，笑点接笑点。

It's not just simple joke, you know, not a joke, joke, not a joke, joke.

现在的电视剧往往很复杂，里面藏着各种层次的幽默。

Often TV shows now are very complex, and, you know, they're full of varying degrees of humor.

有些笑点是含蓄的。

Some things are, like, understated jokes.

有些笑点则很直接。

Some things are big jokes.

有些地方是反讽。

Some things are ironic.

有些内容其实挺严肃的。

Some things are actually pretty serious.

所以加笑声轨并不合适。

And so it's not appropriate to have a laughter track.

如果你看过《抑制热情》《办公室》这类现代喜剧，就会发现它们通常都没有笑声轨。

If you watch shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm or The Office or all kinds of other modern comedy shows, you'll see that they often don't have laughter tracks.

我觉得现在剧集不加笑声轨反而更好，因为这样观众能更自由地判断哪些地方好笑，哪些地方是认真的。

I actually think it's better these days that shows don't have laughter tracks because, you know, it gives you, an audience member, a bit more freedom to decide which things you find funny and which things you've, you know, find to be serious or whatever.

所以现在很多剧集都更含蓄了。

So a lot of shows now are more subtle.

他们没有使用笑声音轨。

They don't have the laughter track.

真是谢天谢地。

Thank goodness.

不过，这里还有另一个问题。

Although, there is actually another point there.

有些电视剧是在现场观众面前拍摄的，比如《老友记》以前就是在演播室里对着观众录的。

Some TV shows are filmed in front of a live audience, like Friends used to be filmed in a studio with an audience watching it.

所以《老友记》里听到的笑声，是真实观众的反应。

And so that laughter that you hear in Friends is real audience laughter.

不是事后加进去的假笑声，而是实实在在的笑声。

It's not like fake laughter added afterwards, but real laughter.

这就会给剧集营造出一种特定的氛围，你知道，当你听到其他观众在笑，整个过程会显得更有活力、更有趣。

So, again, that just creates a certain atmosphere in a show, which, you know, adds a certain kind of energy and fun to to proceedings when you hear other members of the audience enjoying it.

说到底，这也就是喜剧的风格吧。

It's just comedy, I suppose.

有时候，这些事情确实是必要的。

It's sometimes these things are necessary.

对。

Right.

接下来，我们说说为什么高速公路上会有门？

Next, we've got why are there doors on the freeway?

为什么高速公路上会有门？

Why are there doors on the freeway?

这听起来真让人费解。

That doesn't make sense.

我不明白这是什么意思。

I don't know what that means.

我觉得这大概是美国人才会问的问题。

I think this is an American question.

高速公路，我想大概就是你们说的高速公路吧。

The freeway, I suppose, is like the motorway.

高速公路上有门吗？

Are there doors on the freeway?

我不明白这个问题。

I I don't understand that question.

如果你在美國，知道這指的是什麼，請在評論裡解釋一下，我真的搞不懂。

If you're in America and you understand what that means, then please leave a comment on this explaining it because I don't know what that means.

也許意思是高速路兩邊有圍欄之類的障礙物，有時你會看到一些門。

Maybe that means that the freeway there are barriers on the sides of the freeway, like fences or something, and in some sometimes you see doors.

也許高速路上有混凝土隔欄，欄杆上還開了門。

Maybe the freeway has, like, concrete barriers, and there are doors in the barriers.

我猜這些門是讓人步行進出高速路用的，但我實在想不通這有什麼用。

I assume that there are doors in the freeway to allow people to access the freeway on foot, but I don't really understand that.

下一個問題。

Next question.

這個問題字太小了，我看不清。

Now I I can't read that question because it's too small.

下一个问题是，为什么南极洲没有国家？

So the next one is, why aren't there any countries in Antarctica?

天哪。

Oh, dear.

这听起来像个傻问题，你觉得呢？

That sounds like a stupid question, wouldn't you say?

为什么南极洲没有国家？

Why aren't there any countries in Antarctica?

好吧。

Okay.

也许也不是。

Maybe it's not.

也许这问题并不傻。

Maybe it's not a stupid question.

南极洲位于南半球。

Antarctica is, in the Southern Hemisphere.

我觉得，严格来说，它是个大陆。

I think, technically, it's a continent.

但为什么那里没有国家呢？

But why are there no countries there?

我觉得是因为那里没人住，而且土地归属也存在争议。

I think it's because, it's not really inhabited, and I think the land is is sort of disputed territory.

因为那里环境太恶劣了，根本没法长期居住。

Because it's so uninhabitable, it's so difficult to live there.

一直没人真正去那里定居。

No one has really made the step to populate it.

所以也就没必要划边界、建政府、设行政机构，或者搞什么领导人、平民、法律、护照签发部门这些玩意儿。

And as a result, there's there has been no need for setting up borders and setting up things like, you know, governments and administrations for those areas and, leaders and civilians and stuff like that, you know, all the things that you need, laws and, some kind of passport issuing agency.

我想这就是原因吧，反正没人住，自然也不需要把这片大陆划分成一个个国家。

I suppose that's why because no one lives on Antarctica, and so there's no need for any kind of, system of of dividing the the the continent into countries.

但我相信我们正在朝这个方向发展，因为我觉得不同国家已经开始在南极洲划定自己的势力范围了。

But I do believe that we're moving in that direction because I think that, different countries have sort of started to, lay out some borders on Antarctica.

我们正朝着这样一个方向发展：南极洲实际上被世界上不同国家瓜分了。

We're moving towards a situation where really really, Antarctica is just owned by different, different countries in the rest of the world.

比如美国占了一块，俄罗斯也占了一块，等等。

So America has a Russia has a bit, and so on.

看看这种情况会如何发展会很有趣，因为可能会出现关于南极洲各部分归属的争端，但南极洲本身并没有任何独立国家。

It could be interesting to see how this develops because there there may be some disputes over who owns which parts of Antarctica, but there are no independent states within in Antarctica itself.

我想石油也与此有关。

I suppose oil has something to do with this as well.

南极洲底下很可能蕴藏着化石燃料资源。

There's probably some access to fossil fuels via Antarctica.

为什么《我的世界》里会有吓人的声音？

Why are there scary sounds in Minecraft?

我不玩《我的世界》，所以没法解释为什么会有这些吓人的声音。

Well, I don't play Minecraft, so I can't explain why there are scary sounds.

大概是为了营造恐怖氛围，让游戏更刺激吧，但我也不清楚《我的世界》里那些吓人的声音具体是什么。

Probably scary sounds to create a scary atmosphere, which makes the game more fun, I suppose, but I don't know what the scary sounds are in Minecraft.

下一个问题。

Next question.

为什么会有敲门声？

Why is there knocking?

为什么我肚子里面在踢？

Why is there kicking in my stomach?

哇。

Wow.

这问题可真够劲的。

That's one hell of a question.

为什么我肚子里面在踢？

Why is there kicking in my stomach?

好吧。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

这个问题有点让人担心。

That's a little bit worrying, that question.

如果你在打这个问题，为什么我肚子里会有踢动的感觉？

If if you're typing that question, why is there kicking in my stomach?

如果你是个女生打这个问题，那可能意味着你怀孕了。

Now if you're a girl typing that, that might mean that you're pregnant.

明白吗？

Okay?

如果你能感觉到腹部里面有踢动，最好去做个怀孕测试。

If you can feel kicking coming from inside your abdomen, you might wanna get a pregnancy test done.

这可能意味着你体内正在孕育一个生命，几个月后，这个生命可能会离开你的身体，来到这个世界，而你得照顾他。

That might mean that you've got a person inside you growing, a person which will, well, a person which will, in a few months, probably, decide to leave your body and enter the world, and then you'll have to look after it.

明白吗？

Okay?

那是一个需要你去照料的人。

It's a human being that you have to care for.

所以如果你感觉到肚子里有动静，那可能是宝宝，最好去确认一下。

So if you're if you've got kicking coming from inside you, it could be a baby, you might wanna just check that out.

你知道的。

You know?

你可以想想，最近九个月内，你有没有和人发生过性关系？

You might wanna just think, did I you know, have I had sex with a lot of people or anyone recently within the last nine months?

因为那很可能就是怀孕了。

Because that could be a baby.

如果你肚子里有踢动感，我也说不准。

Maybe if you're kicking inside your stomach, I don't know.

也许只是消化不良。

Maybe you've just got indigestion.

你可以留意一下饮食，看看最近吃了什么奇怪的东西。

You might just wanna check your diet and see what kind of crazy food you're eating.

但如果是明显的踢动感，我觉得更像宝宝，而且能踢得动，说明发育得还不错。

But kicking, specifically kicking, sounds like a baby to me, and it sounds like quite a a well developed baby too if it's actually able to kick.

所以你最好去趟医院看看，到了那时候，也许该好好想想自己的生活了。

So you might wanna go and see the doctor about that, and then you might wanna just reevaluate your life at that point.

如果真要当爸爸了，肚子里有孩子了，你真该重新考虑一下了。

If you've got a kid on the way, if you've got a little bun in the oven, you might wanna just reassess.

确保你准备好了一切，等孩子出生后能好好照顾他。

Just make sure that you've got, you know, you got what whatever is necessary to look after that child when it eventually arrives.

天哪。

Wow.

还有领养这条路。

There's always adoption.

你也可以把孩子送去领养。

You could always put the child up for adoption.

希望有人愿意收养他。

Hopefully, someone will take him on.

我不明白为什么。

I don't know why.

我觉得听卢克英语播客的听众，应该不是那种会在谷歌上搜这种问题的人。

I don't, you know, I don't think people listening to Luke's English Podcast are the kinds of people who write these questions on on Google.

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

也许他们觉得，这样能找得到这些问题的答案。

Maybe they think that they're gonna get the answers to the to this stuff.

其实他们确实找到了。

In fact, they are.

这些问题的答案，就在这一期节目里。

They're getting the answers to this stuff in this episode.

我先看一下时间。

Let me just check the time.

三十五分钟了。

Thirty five minutes.

好的。

Okay.

我打算快一点过这些问题，挑重点说。

I'm gonna sort of try and move through these questions a little bit more quickly and maybe be a bit more selective.

为什么HTTP后面有两个斜杠？

Why are there two slashes after HTTP?

确实如此，对吧？

It's true, isn't it?

HTTP冒号斜杠斜杠。

HTTP colon forward slash forward slash.

这个问题我也不清楚。

I don't know the answer to that.

你得找懂网络的人，比如IT专家。

You need some kind of, you know, web specialist, some IT person.

我有些听众对这些可太了解了。

Some of my listeners, know all about these things.

为什么HTTP冒号后面有两个斜杠？

Why are there two forward slashes after HTTP colon?

告诉我吧。

Let me know.

下一个问题。

Now next question.

为什么会有名人？

Why are there celebrities?

为什么会有名人？

Why are there celebrity?

名人为什么会存在？

Why do celebrities exist?

这是个非常好的问题，因为现在名人几乎占据了我们所有新闻的版面。

That's a that's a really good question, I think, because these days, celebrities just dominate so much of our news.

媒体给名人的关注实在太多了。

So much media attention is given to celebrities.

为什么？

Why?

为什么会这样？

Why is this?

这其实挺有意思的。

It's it's pretty interesting.

现在我来试着回答这个问题。

Now I'm gonna try and answer this question.

我想，也许我们内心天生就喜欢关注别人。

I suppose maybe there's something natural within us which likes to observe others.

我们喜欢看别人，看其他人的生活。

We like to look at others, other people.

某种程度上，带着点好奇，我们爱窥探别人在做什么。

So in some kind of, in a nosy way, we like to observe what other people are doing in their lives.

我们可以去了解他们的动态。

We can we can check them out.

看别人的生活、探究别人的经历，本身就挺有意思的。

It's just fun to to watch other people and to investigate other people's lives.

我觉得这可能是我们的一种本能。

I think maybe it's a kind of a natural instinct for us.

我们喜欢窥探别人的生活，以此来了解别人是怎么过的，这也能让我们对自己的生活有新的看法。

We need to pry into other people's business as a way of, like, learning about how other people live, which then gives us a bit of perspective on our lives.

但名人不一样，对吧？

But celebrities are different, aren't they?

他们不只是普通人。

They're not just other people.

名人可以说是那些被我们认定在某些方面特别出众的人。

Celebrities are, I suppose, what people that we have decided are exceptional in some way.

他们提供了一种……我不知道，大概是一种我们想要追随的榜样。

And so they provide some kind of, I don't know, I guess, some kind of, model that we can aspire to.

但我知道很多人并不崇拜名人。

But I I know that a lot of people don't look up to celebrities.

所以也许我们喜欢观察别人，尤其是那些我们认为特别出众的人——比如特别漂亮、特别有才华的人。

So maybe there's something about the fact that we enjoy, observing other people, particularly people we think are exceptional, like exceptionally good looking, exceptionally talented people.

我们仰望他们，某种程度上是通过他们的生活来体验人生。

And we we look up to them, and we sort of live vicariously through their lives in a way.

比如你有个特别喜欢的影星，你就想打听他们的情感生活之类的，因为你不知不觉就觉得自己了解这个人了。

You know, if you've got, like, a favorite movie star, you wanna find out about their relationships and things like that because you you start to get to know that person.

你和他们之间会形成一种奇怪的联系。

You build some sort of weird relationship with them.

你甚至能通过他们间接经历一些事情。

Maybe you can sort of almost live some experiences through them.

他们代表了一种理想化的人格，是我们想成为的样子。

You know, they provide some kind of ideal version of of a person that we can aspire to be.

所以，要是能像名人那样生活，比如……那该多棒啊。

So if you, you know, if for example, it would be awesome to to live like a celebrity maybe.

像约翰尼·德普，他真的特别有型。

Like Johnny Depp, he's so kind of cool.

他身边总是围着一群特别棒的朋友。

He hang he has so many great friends.

他和保罗·麦卡特尼、基思·理查兹这些人都是朋友。

He's friends with people like Paul McCartney and Keith Richards.

能跟这些人混在一起已经很了不起了，更别说他们还因为你的成就、你演的好电影而真心尊重你，那才叫完美。

It would be amazing to to not only hang around with those people, but to have to have those people give you respect because of all the great work you've done, all the good movies you've been in.

能活在那样的社会圈子里，简直太让人向往了。

It would be amazing to live in that level of society.

所以我们多少会把这些人理想化，仿佛通过他们过上了另一种人生。

So maybe we idealize these people a bit and we live through them somehow.

但另一方面，我觉得这跟商业运作也有很大关系。

But, also, I think it a lot of it's to do with just commercial industry related things.

现在的名人早就成了一个庞大的产业，实实在在的生意。

The fact that now celebrities are part of a big business, I mean, business.

这是一门非常赚钱、规模巨大的产业。

It's a very, very lucrative, very, you know, very big money making industry.

所以名人本质上已经被当成商品来运作了。

So this means that celebrities are used as products, basically.

所以有媒体、电视、报纸，还有互联网，以及电影业、音乐业，整个娱乐产业都算上。

So you've got the media, TV, newspapers, and the rest of it, all the the Internet and everything, movie industry, the music industry, entertainment industry in general.

名人就是他们的商品，他们用名人来吸引我们的注意。

Celebrities are their products, and so they kind of, use celebrities to get our attention.

等抓住了我们的注意力，他们就能靠广告合约、卖电影产品这些方式赚钱。

And then once they've got our attention, then they can make money from that by, you know, getting advertising contracts, by selling their movie products to us, things like that.

这其实就是一个产业。

So it's an industry.

所以名人不过是娱乐业这个大体系里的一个商品而已。

So the celebrities are just a a product in the wider industry of show business.

但我觉得，除了这些，还有一种更深层的人性因素——我们会不由自主地关注那些我们认为特别的人。

But I think there's some something else, some other human thing here, which is that, you know, we're drawn to observing these people that we've decided are special.

有些名人，我真的搞不懂。

Now there are some celebrities that I just don't understand.

我不明白他们凭什么成了名人。

I don't understand why they're celebrities.

我觉得有些人走红，根本不是因为个人魅力、才华或者让人感兴趣，纯粹是精明的商业运作。

And I think some people, it's really a case of just really careful business management rather than genuine sort of charisma, talent, or or interest in them personally.

我甚至不想点出我所说的那个家族的名字，但我想你应该知道我说的是谁。

Like and and I'm not even gonna mention the name of this family that I'm talking about, but I think you know who I mean.

在美国有个家族，他们出名得毫无理由。

There's a family in America who are famous for nothing.

他们出名，就只是因为他们是名人。

They're famous for being celebrities.

他们之所以出名，全靠人脉关系。

They're famous just because they've got contacts.

他们跟娱乐圈有千丝万缕的联系，全家一致决定，把卖形象、卖生活当成职业，让媒体和公众不断消费他们的身份和日常。

They've got connections with, the showbiz world, and they've they decided as a career choice, as a family, that they would just do everything they could to make money by selling their images, selling their their lives to the media, letting the public consume their identities, their lives, and everything.

他们拍真人秀，就是为了让人窥探一下他们光鲜的好莱坞生活。

So they they did reality shows to, allow people to get a glimpse of their lives, their glamorous Hollywood lives.

他们还不断发布自己的照片。

They, publish pictures of themselves.

他们还会发布婚礼的视频片段。

They publish, video footage of their weddings.

他们把自家的故事卖给报纸，这一切都是精心策划的。

They sell their stories to newspapers, and this is all carefully managed.

这完全是一门运作得非常精密的生意。

It's a very carefully managed business.

我不会说出这个家族的名字，因为我觉得《Luke的英语播客》应该是个从不提及这个名字的地方。

I'm not gonna mention the name of this family just because I think Luke's English Podcast should be a place where this name is never mentioned.

我相信这一点，因为我个人觉得，他们除了有一个极其高效的营销和公关团队之外，根本没什么真正值得称道的东西。

And I believe that because I don't I personally don't think they have anything to offer other than the fact that they've got an incredibly efficient marketing and publicity machine working for them.

我不会点名，但我想你应该知道我说的是谁。

I I'm not gonna mention the name, but I think you know who I'm talking about.

那么，他们到底做过些什么呢？

Now what have they really done?

现在，我理解保罗·麦卡特尼了。

Now I understand Paul McCartney.

他是个大名人。

He's a huge celebrity.

因为他给我们带来了这么多东西。

Because of the the things that he's given us.

他给了我们伟大的音乐。

He's given us great music.

对我来说，音乐是一种高层次的艺术形式。

Music is a for me, music is a high level form of art.

它是一种真正美的体现，首先体现在作品本身上。

It's it's real aesthetic beauty in the form of, first of all, like, work.

要创作出好的音乐，得付出巨大的努力，再结合天赋，才能打造出优美恢弘的艺术作品。

You know, to make good music, you need to work very hard, which is then combined with a sort of talent to create beautiful majestic, artistic pieces.

保罗·麦卡特尼和约翰·列侬以及披头士的其他成员创作了许多动人而优美的音乐，这些音乐直击灵魂，帮助你理解自己的情感和这个世界，当你感到悲伤、沮丧或破碎时，它们还能治愈你。

So Paul McCartney wrote with John Lennon and the other guys in the Beatles some beautiful moving music, music which touches your soul, music which can help you to learn about your emotions and learn about the world, music which can heal you if you're feeling sad or depressed, broken.

听你最爱的歌手唱的那首最爱的歌，真的能让你心情变好，它就像是灵魂的食粮。

You can listen to, your favorite song by your favorite artist, and it actually contributes to, making you feel better, and and and it's like food for the soul.

所以我能理解为什么保罗·麦卡特尼会被当成名人来追捧。

So I understand why Paul McCartney is celebrated as, you know, a celebrity.

但那些只因为拍了段性爱视频就出名的人，我真的觉得我们没必要关注他们，越关注他们反而越给他们长脸。

But then people who are just famous for doing a sex tape, you know, I I I just don't think we should give them our attention because it only makes them stronger.

提他们的名字只会帮他们更多，等于给他们额外的曝光。

So mentioning their name is only gonna help them in the end because it's like giving them extra publicity.

所以我不打算提他们的名字。

So I'm not gonna mention their names.

为什么会有名人这回事？

Why are there celebrities?

不过这确实是个好问题。

But it's a very good question.

我觉得这跟我们的文化有关，也跟人性有关——我们就是需要、就是想看到那些在电视上闪闪发光的人。

I think it's something to do with our culture, and something to do with our our human nature that we need or want these people in lights on our TV screens.

明白了。

Okay.

下一个问题听起来很荒谬，但又莫名地带着点存在主义的味道，挺有意思的。

The next question is, on one hand, ridiculous, but on the other hand, strangely existential and interesting.

问题是，为什么会有蛇这种东西？

The question is, why do snakes exist?

对啊。

Right.

好吧。

Okay.

为什么会有蛇？

Why do snakes exist?

嗯，这么说吧。

Well, okay.

这问题其实有点傻，因为在我看来，动物根本不是为了某种目的才存在的。

It's kind of a stupid question because why I mean, it's not like animals exist for a particular purpose, in my opinion.

我觉得，如果你去问那些真正花大量时间研究这些问题的科学家——

I I think, probably, if you if you ask, you know, scientists who are the the people who really spend a lot of time and energy trying to answer these questions.

科学家可能会说，蛇之所以存在，是因为它们成功适应了环境。

A scientist would probably say, well, snakes exist because they they manage to adapt to their environment.

我的意思是，经过数百万年，蛇找到了属于自己的生态位，这才让它们得以延续。

I mean, over millions and millions of years, snakes have just found a niche in in the world which allowed snakes to exist.

所以我觉得，蛇的存在是因为这个世界容得下它们——它们活下来了，也成功适应了环境。

So I think snakes exist because the world has allowed them to to to exist because they survived and because they managed to adapt to to to survive in the world.

这本质上是个进化问题。

It's really a question of evolution.

我想在几十亿年前，地球上的生命还很原始，我们现在看到的许多生物，最初都源自类似的简单单细胞生命。

I suppose at some point, billions of year millions of years ago, billions of years ago, when life on Earth was pretty basic, a lot of a lot of life that we have now started from a similar place, like very basic single cell life forms.

经过数百万年，时间长得我们几乎无法想象。

And over millions of years, like millions, it's over such a long period of time that we can hardly even hold the idea in our minds.

在这漫长的岁月里，生命逐渐多样化，适应了地球上各种不同的环境。

Over millions of years, this life diversified and found, you know, found its way into different conditions in the world.

而在极其漫长的时间里，有些生物没能挺过来。

And through, you know, over a very long period of time, certain life forms didn't survive.

有些生物能存活下来，是因为它们最适合当时的环境。

Some life forms did survive because they were most they were they were suitable for those conditions.

所以我认为，蛇之所以能存活，是因为它们恰好适应了某些特定的环境。

So I suppose snakes have have have survived because they've just found themselves to be, you know, suitable for certain conditions.

蛇其实是进化塑造得非常完美的生物。

So snakes actually are very well designed by by evolution.

这引出了一个关于生命起源的重大问题。

This kind of raises a a big question about the origins of life.

有些人相信，蛇的存在是因为神创造了它们。

Some people believe that snakes exist because god designed them to exist.

他创造了这个世界，也创造了我们今天看到的所有动物，并把它们都放在了地球上。

He he he created the world, and he he kind of created all the animals that we have, and he put them all on earth.

他心中有个某种计划。

And he has got some sort of plan.

但我们不知道这个计划到底是什么。

We don't know what his plan is.

所以有些人认为是上帝创造的。

So some people believe it's god.

也有人觉得这些生物是通过极其复杂的进化过程逐渐形成的。

Some people believe that these creatures just sort of develop in a in a very, very, very complicated way in a in a through the process of evolution.

这些动物能够存活下来，它们的基因也就传给了下一代。

These animals manage to survive, and so their genes get passed on to the next generation.

在漫长的时间里，某些基因突变会发生，导致这些物种开始朝着不同的方向演化。

And certain genetic mutations occur over very long periods of time, which mean that these species sort of start to develop in different directions.

比如，蛇逐渐演化出特定的皮肤，经过数百万年的基因突变，进化这个概念比智能设计要复杂得多，也更难理解。

For example, the snake develops, you know, a certain kind of skin, and it through millions of years of genetic mutation, it's it evolution is a much more complicated idea to to hold in your head than the idea of intelligent design.

我也不完全确定，你看。

I'm not completely sure, you see.

我知道我自己更倾向于接受进化论，但我觉得它还是不能解释一切。

Now I know that I I I tend to side with the idea of evolution myself, but I still don't think that covers everything.

仍然有个问题：为什么生命会想要活下去？

There's still the question of why did it why why does life want to survive?

生命为什么一开始就会存在呢？

Why does life even exist in the first place?

如果进化只是物理、化学和宇宙规律的结果，那这些规律本身又为什么存在？

And and if exist if evolution is a sort of the pros the the result of the laws of physics and the laws of chemistry and the laws of of the universe, who you know, why do these laws even exist?

还有很多问题，科学目前还无法解答。

So there are lots of questions which science doesn't answer.

但反过来，科学暂时答不上来，也不代表我们就该说‘是上帝做的’来填补空白。

But then again, just because science doesn't have the answer to those questions, it doesn't mean that we then have to provide answers by saying that it was God who did it.

这其实是信教的人常用来论证的一个说法。

See, that's that's one of the arguments that religious believers or believers in God use.

他们的逻辑是：我们不知道宇宙为什么存在，所以一定是上帝创造的。

The idea is the idea that we don't know why the universe exists, therefore, God created it.

但反驳这种观点的人会说，我们不了解地球或宇宙为何存在，并不等于就能断定是上帝创造的。

And the argument against that is that just because we don't know why the earth exists or why the universe exists, it doesn't there therefore follow that it was god who did it.

这就像说外星飞船的例子一样。

You know, it's just like saying it's like the UFO example.

如果你抬头看天，看到天上有什么东西，却不知道那是什么，就断定那是外星人，这完全没道理。

If you look into the sky and you see, something in the air and you don't know what it is, there's no logic in the idea that it's there for aliens.

我们只是不知道那是什么，这就够了，真的。

Just because we don't know what it is I mean, that's the end, really.

我真的不知道那是什么。

I don't know what it is.

就这样。

That's it.

别再往下想了。

Stop.

你根本不知道那是什么。

You don't know what it is.

你不能因此就断定那是某种东西。

You can't then conclude that it's one thing.

那可能是任何东西。

It could be anything.

所以现在这实际上已经变成了一个关于神是否存在的问题。

So this is really a question of the existence of god at this point.

哇。

Wow.

这话题一下子变得很深了。

This is this got really deep.

希望你能跟上我的思路。

I hope you follow what I'm saying.

这种说法有个专门的名字。

There there is a name for that argument.

就是那种‘我不知道那是什么’的论点。

The the arguments of, I don't know what it is.

所以那就是神。

Therefore, it's god.

比如，我们不知道人死后会发生什么。

For example, we don't know what happens after we die.

所以我们就上天堂了。

Therefore, we go to heaven.

你知道吗，这个论点其实是有名字的。

You know, there isn't there is a name for that argument.

我现在一时想不起那名字了。

I can't think of the name right now.

但这是相信神存在的人常用来支持他们观点的论据。

But it's a common argument used by people who who believe in the existence of God.

是的。

Yes.

我也不太确定。

I'm not completely sure.

我不会把话说得太满。

I'm not gonna, lay all my cards on the table.

我不会一口咬定绝对没有神，但我也不会因为不明白世界是怎么运行的，就直接认定是神设计的。

I'm not gonna put all my eggs into one basket and say that there is definitely no God, but I'm also not gonna put I'm not gonna just assume that god designed things just because I don't understand how the world exists.

就是这样。

There you go.

所以对我来说，我算是个无神论者，但又有点不可知论者。

So I suppose for me, I guess I'm kind of atheist, but I'm I guess I'm agnostic.

不可知论就是说，我也不太确定。

Agnostic means that I'm not really sure.

也许有神，也许没有。

Maybe there's a god, maybe there isn't.

所以我算是个不可知论者，但更偏向无神论一些。

So I suppose I'm agnostic, but I also kind of lean towards atheism.

无神论者的那些说法，我听着更有道理。

I kind of atheistic arguments tend to make more sense to me.

不过我也觉得，宗教在世界上确实有它的一席之地。

But I also agree that, you know, religion has a kind of place in the world.

有人说宗教带来的伤害多过好处，但我也觉得宗教帮助了很多人。

Some people say that religion has done more damage than good, but I also think that religion helps a lot of people.

比如说，如果你是个酒鬼或者毒瘾者，必须相信某种更高的力量，才能摆脱这个害人又难以戒掉的习惯。

You know, for example, if you're, an alcoholic or a drug addict, who requires belief in a higher power to to rescue you from a very damaging habit, which you can't escape in any other way.

如果你真的需要靠信仰或某种更高力量来救自己，那也没问题。

If you need to if you need to grasp some sense of faith or higher power as a way of saving yourself, then, you know, fair enough.

我不会剥夺任何人这样做的权利。

I'm not gonna deny people the right to do that.

所以我也看到，宗教信仰确实帮助了很多人。

So I also see that, you know, religious belief has has done you know, has helped a lot of people.

宗教信徒该不该强迫别人接受自己的信仰？

Should religious believers try to push their religious beliefs on others?

我觉得不应该。

I don't think so.

如果你信神，我不觉得你就该逼我也信神。

I don't think, if you believe in God, I don't think then you should force me to believe in God too.

我觉得每个人都该有自由，信自己想信的东西。

I think we should be all free to believe whatever we want.

这是个自由的国家。

It's a free country.

这是个自由的世界。

It's a free earth.

这世界本来就是自由的，老兄。

It's a free earth, man.

我现在先暂停一下，得擤个鼻子，你听出来了，我还在感冒恢复期。

Now I'm gonna pause this because I need to blow my nose because as you can hear, I'm recovering from a cold.

这也能解释为什么我最近话比较少。

It's another reason why, I've been a little bit quiet recently.

最近真是又累又感冒，还碰上一堆乱七八糟的事。

I've just been suffering from hard work and a and a and a bad cold and all kinds of other things.

那我先暂停一下播客，马上回来。

So I'm gonna pause the podcast now, and then we will resume in just a moment.

你可能都察觉不到我暂停了，因为后期剪辑会处理得一点痕迹都没有。

You're not gonna realize that I've paused it because through the magic of of digital editing, it's it's gonna make no difference.

不过我现在要暂停一下，去擤个鼻涕，然后马上回来。

But I'm now gonna pause time and go and blow my nose, and I I'm gonna come back.

希望我回来后，声音能清楚一点。

Hopefully, when I come back, my voice is gonna sound a little bit clearer.

咱们看看吧？

Let's see, shall we?

好了。

Okay.

我回来了。

I'm back again.

你能不能听出我刚才和现在声音有什么不一样？

I wonder if you can tell the difference between my voice then and my voice now.

你大概在想，听起来也没啥区别啊，卢克。

You're probably thinking, doesn't sound much different, Luke.

我刚擤完鼻涕。

Well, I have just blown my nose.

感觉好些了，不过我开始有点痒咳。

It feels better, but I'm developing a slightly itchy cough.

所以我打算再回答几个问题，然后这期就到这里。

So I think I'm just gonna do a couple of other questions, and then I'm gonna call it a day on this episode.

但我真的很喜欢这期节目，因为有些问题看起来很荒唐，其实背后藏着挺深的思考。

But I'm really enjoying this episode because some of these questions are crazy, but they kind of reveal they're quite deep questions in some cases.

比如说，为什么会有蛇这种东西？

Like, for example, why do snakes exist?

这真是个特别深刻的问题。

It's a very, very deep question, really.

我刚想到一个办法，能让这期节目更有互动性。

Now I've I've had an idea which is a good way to develop some interaction in this episode.

我现在的回答都是即兴发挥的。

So, obviously, I'm just sort of improvising my own responses to these questions.

但你们可以在听的时候，或者听完之后，去谷歌搜一下这些问题，看看我的回答对不对。

But what you can do is after listening to this or while you're listening to it, you can, like, verify my answers by going on to Google and actually typing in the question.

你可能会发现，谷歌会自动补全你的问题，根本不用打多少字。

You'll probably find that Google will auto complete the question for you, so you don't even have to do much typing.

然后你查一查，就能找到这些问题最靠谱的答案。

And then you do some research and find out sort of the best answers for these questions.

接着你就能判断我答得对不对了。

And then you can verify whether I was correct.

我有没有把问题答对了？

Did I did I answer the question in the right way?

我是不是完全答错了，还是说还行？

Was I completely wrong or or not?

去谷歌搜一搜，看看你能找到什么，然后在播客评论里留言，跟我们分享更多关于这些问题的信息。

Have a look on Google and see what you find, and then you can just add comments to this podcast to just, you know, give us to share a bit more information about some of these questions.

我觉得这样你就能更好地参与进来，顺便补充一些更有价值的内容。

And I think that would be a good way for you to kind of interact and, like, respond with, you know, some more information.

我觉得这主意不错。

I think that's probably a good idea.

我刚才说的这张图上提了太多问题，其中不少都特别棒。

This picture that I'm talking about has got so many questions on it, and some of them are brilliant questions.

我真特别期待能聊聊这些内容。

I really, really can't wait to to talk about some of this stuff.

不过我现在得先停一下，嗓子有点累了，得歇会儿。

But I'm gonna have to stop here now because I've just gotta give my voice a bit of a rest.

但我之后会再回来，继续分析这张图，解答更多问题。

But I hopefully will come back to this picture and deal with more of these questions later on.

非常感谢大家收听卢克的英语播客。

So thanks very much for listening to Luke's English Podcast.

你这么做真的特别好，对吧？

You're doing a very, very good thing, aren't you?

当然了，你做得很好。

Of course, you are.

这对你的英语很有帮助。

It's good for your English.

当然了。

Absolutely.

如果你有任何想法，欢迎留言，再次感谢收听Luke的英语播客。

If you have any responses, you can add comments, and, thanks again for listening to Luke's English Podcast.

这期节目就到这里了。

That's all for me for this episode.

最后，祝你今天、晚上、傍晚、早晨，不管现在是什么时候，都过得特别开心，再见。

And it just remains for me to wish you a very, very happy day, night, evening, morning, whatever it is, and goodbye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再见。

Bye.

再次感谢收听Luke的英语播客。

Thanks again for listening to Luke's English Podcast.

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