160. The A to Z of Christmas

不是。

No.

当然，我加入合唱团更多是出于信仰原因。

Surely, was for more Christian reasons than that.

是的。

Yeah.

就是单纯因为热爱，对主的爱。

Just for the love for the love of The love

对耶稣的爱。

of Jesus.

对基督的爱。

Of Christ.

对。

Yeah.

所以你是有基督教背景的。

So you do come from a kind of Christian background.

有一点吧。

A little bit.

不过要说我们家是最虔诚的，那倒谈不上。

I wouldn't say we're the we're the most devout of families though.

说实话，你知道的。

I've gotta be honest, you know.

但我认为英格兰是个挺世俗的国家。

But but I think England's quite a secular country.

是的。

Yes.

我们嘛，说白了就是保持中立。

You know, we're quite sort of, you know, neutral.

对。

Yeah.

咱们确实有英国国教，算是个国家教会吧。

I mean, we do have the Church of England, which is this this sort of national church.

但总的来说，英国人普遍觉得自己并不怎么虔诚。

But generally speaking, the people of of England consider themselves to be not very religious.

我觉得调查显示，大多数人说他们不属于任何宗教，也不太相信，但还是会庆祝圣诞节、复活节这些节日。

Most people, I I think in surveys, most people say that they don't really belong to any religion, they don't really believe, but they still will are willing to celebrate Christmas and Easter and other things.

不过现在，圣诞节主要是和家人朋友聚在一起，互送礼物，吃顿大餐，庆祝团聚、分享喜悦。

But really Christmas these days is all about getting together with your family and friends and sort of giving each other gifts and having a big meal and celebrating just being together and sharing gifts.

至于天使的说法，当然是源于耶稣诞生的故事——当耶稣即将出生时，天使加百列降临，向当地的一些人传达信息，说你们该去伯利恒了，有大事要发生。

Now, the angel thing, of course, is because, you know, of the story of of the birth of Christ, and that when when Jesus was born or when he was about to be born, the angel Gabriel came down and various people in the local area, as if to say, you might want to you might want to go to Bethlehem, something's gonna happen.

我就不细说了，说实话，就是上帝的儿子即将在伯利恒降生。

I'm not gonna tell you exactly what it well, to be honest, it's it's the the son of God is about to be born in Bethlehem.

这可是件大事。

It's big.

这确实是个重要的时刻。

It's this is kind of a big deal.

所以当时人们都停下手中的事，比如牧羊人，还有三位智者。

So to stop what you're doing, you know, like there were shepherds, there were three wise men

是的

Yep.

天使在非常奇妙的情况下向他们显现了。

And the the angel visited them all in rather sort of amazing circumstances.

天使对他们说：嘿，别管你们的羊了，放下吧。

And the angel just said to them, look guys, put put down, you know, just leave your sheep.

别担心那些羊。

Don't worry about the sheep.

上帝会照看它们的。

God will look after them and Bring them.

或者干脆把羊也带上。

Or in fact, bring the sheep.

把它们带上。

Bring them.

对

Yeah.

大家都欢迎，越多越好。

It's all more all are welcome.

人越多越热闹。

The more the merrier.

不过可别告诉希律王。

Don't tell Herod though.

这事得保密。

Keep it hush.

别告诉他，因为他好像不乐意这地方再出现另一个国王。

Don't don't tell him because apparently, he's not that keen on another king in the area.

对，没错。

Oh, that's right.

希律王是当地国王，所以这事得悄悄进行。

King Herod was the the king of the area and they had to keep it sort of on the down low.

得瞒着希律王。

They had to keep it secret from Herod.

当然了。

Absolutely.

如果希律王发现这个重要的婴儿降生了，他可能会跑来把孩子绑架走。

Because if Herod had discovered that this very important baby had been born, he might have come along and sort of kidnapped the kid.

杀了他。

Killed him.

杀了他。

Killed him.

天啊。

Goddess.

那样的话，我们现在坐在这儿聊的，可能就是别的事了。

Then what we would have been sitting here talking about, I don't know.

别的事。

Something else.

这就像是

It's like

足球之类的。

football or something.

是的。

Yeah.

天使是耶稣诞生故事的一部分，天使向博士和牧羊人传达了耶稣降生的消息。

Anyway, so the angel is part of the the story of the birth of Christ that the angel gave the news to to the wise men and the shepherds that Jesus was was being born.

然后他们启程前去见证耶稣的降生，还带了礼物之类的。

And then they traveled to to see to see Jesus being born, and they brought gifts and stuff.

我们稍后会更详细地讲这个故事。

We'll be going into more detail of that story later on.

不过圣诞节时，你经常能看到天使的装饰品，通常放在圣诞树的顶端。

But you do find a lot of angels as decorations at Christmas, typically on the top of a Christmas tree.

对。

Mhmm.

一般来说，你会看到两种东西中的一种。

You can get generally speaking, you will have one of two things.

树顶上一般有两种选择。

You've got two options for for what to put on the top of the tree.

拉夫，那两种选择是什么？

What are those two options, Raph?

一颗星星，是的。

A star Yeah.

或者一个天使，我想。

Or an angel, I guess.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

没错。

That's right.

其实就是星星或者天使。

It's basically a star or an angel.

是的

Yeah.

把天使放在树顶比较难。

It's harder to put an angel on the top.

我觉得这样说有点不太礼貌。

That is slightly rude, I feel.

对。

Yeah.

通常你得先把树顶装好，再把天使放上去。

Often you have to put the top of the tree up the angel, basically.

天使的裙子差不多是这样垂下来的。

It's like the angel's sort of got her dress Yeah.

树顶就从裙子底下穿过去。

And just the the top of the tree goes under the dress.

是的

Yeah.

所以，确实有点暗示性

So, yeah, it's a little bit suggestive

是的

Yeah.

你可能会这么说

You might say.

有点不太合适

Slightly slightly inappropriate.

是的

Yeah.

把天使和星星都固定在树顶也挺难的，它们老是掉下来，对吧？

It's also difficult to keep both the angel and the star stuck to the top of the Like, they always fall off, don't they?

有点往一边歪

Sort of leaning slightly Yeah.

就像喝多了酒一样

Like, to one side, except too much wine.

是的。

Yeah.

这没什么。

That's nothing.

大概就是这个原因了。

That's probably it.

我们接着看字母B，第一个词是Bell's。

Let's move on to the letter b, and here we have the first word is Bell's.

这可不是Bell's威士忌，虽然我猜圣诞节时很多人喝Bell's威士忌，但这里指的是教堂尖顶上挂的那种钟。

Is that the that's not Bell's whiskey, although I think a lot of Bell's whiskey is consumed at Christmas time, but just bells that you find in the top of a church spire.

这首歌是不是叫《纽约市教堂的钟声在回响》？

And this song, isn't this song called doesn't it feature the bells of New York City choir were ringing out?

没错。

That's right.

对。

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

对

Yeah.

咱们来听一小段吧。

Let's have a little listen to this.

你其实听不到钟声，但那个

You can't actually hear the bells, but that We

刚错过了。

just missed it.

是的

Yeah.

钟声出现在歌词里。

The bells are in the lyrics.

这是Pogues乐队演唱、Kirsty McColl合唱的《Fairy Tale of New York》，是一首经典的圣诞歌曲。

That is the Fairy Tale of New York by the Pogues featuring Kirsty McColl, which is a classic bit of Christmas music.

所以啊，铃铛，我的意思是，教堂在圣诞节那天会敲钟，很有节日气氛，而且圣诞卡上也常有铃铛的图案

So, yeah, bells, I mean, I suppose church bells ring on Christmas day and it's sort of very Christmassy, but also you get bells on Christmas cards and

对的

Mhmm.

还有各种铃铛装饰之类的东西

Decorations of bells and things.

这是人们一提到圣诞节就会想到的意象之一

It's one of the images that you see.

接下来是‘伯利恒’这个词

Next is the word Bethlehem.

伯利恒就是耶稣出生的那个小镇

Bethlehem was just the town where Jesus was born.

对吧

Right?

是的

Yeah.

是的

Yeah.

是个好地方。

Nice place.

是的

Yeah.

据说如此。

Apparently.

是的

Yeah.

从那以后我再没去过。

I've never been there since.

我想这个时候应该挺热闹的。

Pretty busy this time of year, would imagine.

我猜也是。

I expect so.

是的。

Yeah.

我猜有很多人去伯利恒旅游。

I expect a lot of people are visiting Bethlehem.

你觉得伯利恒的旅游业规模大吗？

Do you think they've got a big tourist industry in Bethlehem?

我觉得是的。

I think they do.

对。

Yeah.

我觉得耶稣诞生地那片区域，就是传说中他出生的地方，是一块非常神圣的土地。

I think the the the sort of the space around the the that where he was meant to have been bought where he was born is quite Holy ground.

是的。

Yeah.

不过那地方好像被好几个宗教争来争去，我觉得。

But it's quite kind of fought over by various religions, I think, you know.

那地方挺紧张的，说白了就是各方争得厉害。

It's quite kind of it's all a bit kind of, you know, tense, you know, because it's it's it's hotly contested sort of territory.

这问题确实很复杂，但有三个宗教团体都声称对那块地拥有主权。

You you you've got it's a very complicated issue, but you've got, yeah, three religious groups all claiming ownership of this spot.

对。

Mhmm.

真没想到。

Wow.

说起来挺讽刺的，圣诞节本该是关于和平的。

It's it's ironic really considering the fact that Christmas is all about peace and

是的。

Yeah.

还有相互理解。

And and understanding.

可偏偏有人为了争夺这块圣地而争斗不休。

And then there are these sort of groups of people fighting to claim ownership of this holy ground.

不过，有时候这事儿确实挺复杂的，对吧？

Anyway, it's complicated, isn't it sometimes?

没错。

Right.

Anyway，伯利恒，就是这样。

Anyway, Bethlehem, there you go.

节礼日。

Boxing Day.

我之前跟保罗聊过节礼日的事，大致讲了讲它为啥叫这个名字。

Now I talked to Paul about Boxing Day a bit so we kind of cover the reasons why it's called Boxing Day.

那我来问问你，拉夫，你平时节礼日都怎么过？

So maybe I can ask you you normally do on Boxing Day, Raph.

你节礼日一般是怎么安排的？

What's your typical Boxing Day for you?

睡个懒觉，起得晚，多半时间都在睡觉。

Late, a late rise, getting up quite late, probably a lot quite bit of sleeping.

圣诞节第二天早上根本没什么事发生。

Not much morning happens on Boxing Day.

就是睡个懒觉？

Just just sleep in?

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

睡到很晚，然后看看圣诞节那天留下的烂摊子，你知道的。

Have a big old lie in and then sort of assess the the wreckage that's been left over from Christmas Day, you know.

比如满地的包装纸，还有

You mean like the all the the wrapping paper on the

到处都是火鸡残渣，都粘在墙上了。

everywhere, like bits of turkey, like, you know, stuck to the wall.

没有，没那么夸张。

No, not not really.

不过这一天也就是吃点剩菜，你知道的，通常就是三明治。

But this is just kind of leftovers, you know, or usually sandwiches on Boxing Boxing Day.

对，就是圣诞节后的这一天。

Day.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

火鸡三明治配蔓越莓酱、填料，再加点面包酱。

So turkey sandwiches with that cranberry sauce and stuffing and maybe a bit of bread sauce in there.

没错。

Yeah.

而且一般我们都会出去散个步。

And usually go for a walk actually.

出去散步？

Go for a walk?

是的

Yeah.

圣诞节第二天散个步特别舒服

Love a little walk on Boxing Day.

是的

Yeah.

最好是那种寒冷但阳光明媚的天气

Like like, hopefully, you get a kind of cold but sunny day.

利物浦附近有几处不错的海滩，适合散步

There's some quite nice beaches near Liverpool that you can go walking on.

对啊

Oh, yeah.

但如果刮风，那地方可就太冷了，冻得人受不了

But if it's windy, it's pretty awful out there because it's just bitterly bitterly cold.

是的

Yeah.

所以你最理想的状况就是，天气晴朗、寒冷但没风，对吧。

So you you ideally, you're hoping for a sunny, cold, non windy day Yeah.

然后你就去海滩走走，那感觉真的特别棒。

And then you just go to the beach and it's really gorgeous.

但如果刮风，你就得穿暖和点，走个五分钟就得了。

But if it's windy, you gotta wrap up, you know, and and walk for about five minutes

是的。

Yeah.

然后开车回家，继续看电视，喝酒吃火鸡。

And then drive home again and watch more TV and drink and eat turkey.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

这就跟圣诞节那天差不多，只不过东西都是冷的，还特别冷。

So it's kinda like Christmas day with a wok but cold food.

对。

Yes.

所以你就是吃圣诞节那天做好的冷火鸡，或者其他菜。

So you're just eating like cold turkey that or or other food that you cooked on Christmas day.

这不就是圣诞节的重复版吗？

It's basically a repeat of Christmas day, isn't it?

就像是圣诞节，只不过更冷一点。

It's like a slight it's like a slightly Colder.

圣诞节的缩水版。

Rubbish version of Christmas Day.

是的。

Yeah.

圣诞节那天，就像是《圣诞节2：续集》。

Christmas Day it's like Christmas Day two, the sequel.

是的。

Yeah.

续集的质量总是不如原作。

Sequels are always in are always inferior in quality.

从来都没第一部那么好。

They're never as good as the original movie Yeah.

除了《终结者2》可能是个例外。

Apart from maybe Terminator two.

还有《教父2》。

And and The Godfather two.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

但其他时候，就像《小鬼当家2》那样。

But otherwise, it's like, you know, it's like Home Alone two.

没那么好看。

Not as good.

没那么好。

Not as good.

《小鬼当家》太棒了。

Home Alone amazing.

是的。

Yeah.

圣诞节那天。

Christmas y.

Boxing Day 就是《小鬼当家2》。

Boxing Day is Home Alone two.

对。

Yeah.

没那么好。

Not as good.

你知道的，它还保留了一些原版的元素。

You know, it's got some of the original ingredients.

麦考利·卡尔金还在片子里。

McCawley Culkin's still in it.

咱们还是有火鸡。

We've still got turkey.

这个比喻有点儿复杂了。

This is a slightly a slightly kind of elaborate analogy.

希望我的听众能明白我们正在构建的这个隐喻。

I hope that my listeners understand the the metaphor that we're creating here.

我们其实想说的是，电影嘛，第一部通常都很棒，比如《大白鲨》，史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格的经典之作。

We're basically saying that, okay, you know, movies, like the first movie is often very good, like, for example, Jaws, a classic Steven Spielberg film.

《大白鲨》那部电影，真是绝了。

Jaws, brilliant film.

到了《大白鲨2》，他们想再复制一次，但就没那么好了。

Then Jaws two, they try to do it again, it's not as good.

毕竟，原版的那种魔力，是没法重现的。

You know, they can't recreate the magic of the original film.

就是没那么好。

It's just not as good.

对吧？

Right?

不过也有例外，比如《终结者2》《教父2》，还有可能《星球大战5：帝国反击战》。

Except in some cases, for example, Terminator two, The Godfather part two, and maybe Star Wars episode five, The Empire Strikes Back.

《回到未来2》算不算，倒是可以争论。

Maybe Back to the Future two in is arguable.

但一般来说，电影的续集都不如第一部。

But usually, sequels to movies are not as good as the original movie.

同样的道理，节礼日就像是圣诞节的续集，对吧？

In a similar way, Boxing Day is a bit like the sequel to Christmas, isn't it?

圣诞节那天。

Christmas Day.

节礼日当然是12月26日，圣诞节是12月25日。

Boxing Day, of course, being the December 26, Christmas Day being the December 25.

所以到了节礼日，你就是把圣诞节那天做的事再重复一遍，但味道差多了，因为食物没那么新鲜了。

So Boxing Day, you just repeat what you did on Christmas Day, but it's not as good because the food is is is less fresh.

就像是吃昨天没吃完的冷火鸡一样。

It's like, you know, you're eating the cold turkey that you didn't eat the day before.

而且你通常还带着点宿醉，因为圣诞节那天喝太多了，节礼日接着喝。

And usually, you're a bit more you're a bit hungover because you drank too much on Christmas Day and then so on on on Boxing Day.

整个人觉得昏昏沉沉的，还有点内疚，因为啥正事都没干。

You're just feeling a bit rough And you're and feeling a little bit sort of guilty as well because you haven't done anything.

就光坐着看电视、喝酒、拆礼物。

You've just sat around watching TV, drinking and opening presents.

说不定还得跟好久没见的亲戚吵上一架。

Fighting maybe with relatives that you haven't seen for numerous months Yeah.

说不定是好几年没见了。

Or maybe a few years.

是啊。

Yeah.

说起来挺讽刺的，我们总觉得圣诞节应该是和最爱的人团聚，可实际上呢，往往就是跟那些平时根本不想见的家人吵个不停。

Typically, I mean, it's ironic because we associate Christmas with being together with the people you love, but in fact, what often happens is that you just argue with members of your family that that you'd you know, usually you choose not to see, you know.

是啊。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

可这毕竟是圣诞节啊。

But it's Christmas.

圣诞节嘛，明明是和所谓最爱的人待在一起，可你根本躲不开。

It's Christmas and we're forced to we're forced to spend time with our the people that apparently we love.

对啊。

Yeah.

这大概就是圣诞节不为人知的另一面吧。

That's the dark side of Christmas, isn't it?

咱们还是聊点别的吧。

We should move on.

是的。

Yeah.

可能吧。

There may be.

好的。

Alright.

别太较真，轻松点。

Keep it keep it keep it light.

那好吧。

So okay.

那是节礼日。

That's Boxing Day.

我这里还列了白兰地黄油。

And so I also have on the list here, Brandy Butter.

好的。

Alright.

能给我们讲讲白兰地黄油吗？

Tell us a little bit about brandy butter.

是的。

Yeah.

其实就是黄油，再加点白兰地，你知道的。

I mean, it's it's just, I guess, like butter Yeah.

里面加点白兰地而已。

With brandy in it, you know.

它就是

It's

就这么简单。

that simple.

其实一点都不复杂。

It really isn't complicated.

这根本不是什么复杂的食谱。

It's not it's not like a a complex recipe.

是的。

Yeah.

我想，圣诞节的时候大家总会喝不少酒，大概有个人灵机一动，说：对了，还能把酒加到什么东西里呢？

It's I guess I guess at Christmas, you try and have probably quite a lot of alcohol and some enterprising individual thought, I know what what else can we put alcohol in.

加到黄油里。

We can put it in butter.

是的。

Yeah.

也许他们就是想找点别的以'B'开头的东西。

And maybe they just wanted something else that started with b.

朗姆酒？不行。

So they were like, rum, no.

威士忌？也不行。

Rum, Whiskey, no.

白兰地黄油。

Brandi butter.

是的。

Yes.

这名字押头韵。

It's got alliteration.

对。

Yeah.

黄油。

Butter.

不过我得说，白兰地黄油确实挺好吃的。

So But I have to say, brandy butter does taste good.

味道很好。

It is nice.

吃起来有种暖暖的感觉。

It's got like, you know, that that warmth.

是的。

Yeah.

你一般配什么吃？

What you put it on?

我通常会把白兰地黄油涂在圣诞布丁上。

I generally would put brandy butter on, like, Christmas pudding.

明白了。

Okay.

圣诞布丁其实就是一种特别浓郁的圆形点心，里面加了大量干果和坚果。

Christmas pudding is basically a kind of very rich sort of round, let's say, a cake with lots of fruit and nuts in it.

对。

Mhmm.

这话是说给听众听的，我知道你早就知道圣诞布丁是什么了。

That's for the listeners, I know you know what Christmas pudding is.

是的。

Yeah.

不过还是谢谢你。

You Thanks though.

不客气。

You're welcome.

吃圣诞布丁的时候，通常会加一点黄油，特别是白兰地黄油，反正这东西脂肪含量已经够高了，再加点也无妨。

You serve Christmas pudding generally with like a bit of butter on it, you know, brandy butter, just in case there isn't enough saturated fat Yeah.

里面本来就已经有很多脂肪了。

In there already.

有时候还会配白兰地奶油，这个你大概也能猜到，就是奶油里加了点白兰地。

You put brandy butter or some brandy cream as well, which is as you probably can work out, is basically just cream but with brandy in it too.

圣诞布丁里的白兰地多到什么程度呢？上桌的时候，整个布丁都会淋上白兰地，然后点着火。

And the thing there's so much brandy in in Christmas pudding that, like, first of all, when the Christmas pudding is served, it's covered in brandy and then the brandy is set on fire.

这布丁得提前好几天就做好，等到圣诞大餐快结束时，通常是妈妈在厨房里，把白兰地全浇上去，再用火柴点着。

So the idea is that the Christmas pudding is prepared, like, days in advance and then when it's time to eat it, at the end of the Christmas dinner, the person in the kitchen, usually your mom, pours brandy all over it and then and then lights it with a match.

整个布丁都着火了。

So the whole thing is on fire.

她会端着这团火走进客厅或餐厅，大家都会惊呼‘哇’，觉得特别壮观，然后她把布丁放桌上，你得赶紧吹灭火焰，之后才能开吃。

She brings it into the living room or the dining room on fire and it's meant to be like, oh, you know, everyone sort of goes, oh, like that as if to say, wow, that's amazing and then she puts it down on the table and you have to blow it out, like put it out And then you start to eat it,

你知道的。

you know.

等它稍微凉一点之后。

If what after it's cooled down a little bit.

等它凉一点再说。

After it's cooled down a bit.

所以这就是这个习俗的用意。

So that that's the idea.

这本该是一个特别而神奇的时刻——点燃的布丁被端上来。

It's meant to be very sort of a special magical moment where the flaming pudding is presented.

但通常根本点不着。

But usually, it's no one can actually get it to burn.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

你得反复往上面倒白兰地，要是没意识到它还在燃烧，这可太危险了。

You have to sort of pour brandy on it several times, which can be quite dangerous if you didn't realize that it's actually still on fire.

是的。

Yeah.

最后你手里可能就攥着一瓶白兰地，跟个燃烧的汽油弹似的。

And then you end up with like a bottle of brandy, like a Molotov cocktail in your hand

着火了。

on fire.

圣诞版汽油弹。

Christmas Molotov cocktail.

这可太糟了，所以别在家轻易尝试。

Which which is bad so maybe don't try that at home.

是的。

Yeah.

要是圣诞节那天还得去医院，那就太遗憾了。

It's a it's a shame if you have to go to the hospital on Christmas day.

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得。

It's I find.

是的。

Yeah.

确实不是个好时候。

It's not the best time.

圣诞节那天值班的医生也从来不是最优秀的。

It's never the best doctors working either on Christmas day.

他们大概都和家人待在家里了。

They're at home with their families probably.

是的。

Yeah.

你只能碰到几个实习医生。

You just get like, you know, like a few students.

医院里没别的事干的学生没几个。

Few students in the hospital who've got nothing better to do.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

网上肯定有很多视频，讲人吃圣诞布丁出事故的，这类视频多得是。

There I'm sure there are videos of people people having there's so many videos of people having Christmas pudding accidents.

是的。

Yeah.

如果你用白兰地做圣诞布丁，可得小心点。

You know, so if you are preparing Christmas pudding with brandy, then do be careful.

注意安全。

Be safe.

随时在旁边放一个灭火器。

Keep a fire extinguisher there at all times.

虽然可能没什么节日气氛。

It might not be very festive.

不过灭火器是红色的，至少颜色还算应景。

Although the fire extinguisher is red, so at least it's the it's the appropriate color.

而且泡沫就像雪一样。

And the foam is like snow.

是啊。

Yeah.

你懂的。

You know?

这样还挺不错的。

So it could be nice.

可以布置成一个圣诞场景。

You make it like a Christmas scene.

是的。

Yeah.

就像是用一个节日风格的灭火器来扑灭圣诞火灾，喷出来的泡沫看起来像雪一样。

It's like putting out a Christmas fire using a a festive fire extinguisher which throws out what looks like snow.

其实那是注入了二氧化碳的泡沫，用来预防意外。

It's actually carbon dioxide infused foam to to stop accidents.

Anyway，还有白兰地黄油，我们刚才聊了圣诞布丁，是的。

Anyway, so brandy butter and we talked about Christmas pudding Yeah.

一点点，就这样。

Little bit That's as

不错。

good c.

这是个不错的点子。

That's a good c.

那挺好的。

That was good.

我们提到一个以C开头的词了。

We covered one of the c words.

面包酱。

Bread sauce.

我不吃面包酱，看着就让人没胃口。

Bread sauce is I don't eat bread sauce because it looks disgusting.

真的吗？

Oh, really?

其实就是把面包弄成酱的样子。

It's basically just bread in the form of sauce.

是的。

Yeah.

我不太清楚面包酱是怎么做的。

I don't know how you make bread sauce.

好像是用洋葱和丁香慢慢熬出味道来。

You you kind of infuse it with flavors of onion and clove, I think.

哦，是啊。

Oh, yeah.

你知道吗，我妈妈做面包酱时，会把整个洋葱塞满丁香，泡在好几品脱的牛奶里，泡上好几个小时。

You know, my mom leaves an onion, like, sort of full of cloves bobbing in in a couple of pints of milk Yeah.

就那么泡着，好几个钟头。

Just for like hours Yeah.

然后把牛奶加热，往里头扔一大堆面包进去。

And then heats that up and puts loads of like bread in it.

味道其实挺不错的。

It's really nice.

最后牛奶和面包混在一起，就成了所谓的面包酱。

And eventually, the milk and the bread mix up together and you get a kind of a bread sauce.

但就像你女朋友说的，摆上桌那样子，真有点像呕吐物。

But like your girlfriend said, it it does look a bit like vomit, you know, the way that you put it on the table.

对。

Yeah.

确实如此。

It does.

这东西真不好推销。

So it's it's a it's a difficult sell.

很难让人愿意尝试，但一旦试了，味道还真不错。

It's a hard one to convince people to try, but if you do, it's nice.

我从来没吃过，总觉得它看起来太恶心了，而且我盘子里已经够多了。

I've never eaten it that because I've always thought it looked disgusting and I thought I've got plenty already on my plate.

对。

Yeah.

我何必再添上这么一份看着有点可疑的面包酱呢。

I don't need to add this slightly suspicious looking bread sauce.

所以我这三十六年都好好地过来了。

So I've managed to survive thirty six years of my life.

没错，各位，我今年三十六岁。

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm 36.

你可是第一个听到这个消息的人。

You heard it here first.

我从不对外说的。

I don't let it out.

说不定这还是头一回有人听说呢。

That may be the first time anyone's ever heard that.

你是不是心里在想：真的吗？

Maybe you you thought, really?

考虑到卢克在《Luke's English Podcast》里讲得那么有见地，我原以为他年纪更大呢。

Considering the wisdom that Luke imparts on Luke's English podcast, I assumed that he was older.

说白了，各位，我年纪越大，就越像个巫师。

Basically, ladies and gentlemen, the older I get, the more I become like a wizard.

明白吗？

Okay?

总有一天，我会像甘道夫一样，通过《Luke's English Podcast》传递智慧。

Eventually, I will be like Gandalf, just imparting wisdom through Luke's English podcast.

想象一下，有朝一日，当我做到《Luke的英语播客》第两千期的时候。

Imagine one day when I in the future when I've done like the the two thousandth episode of Luke's English podcast.

这想法真有意思。

What a thought.

我会说：各位听众，大家好。

I'll be like, hello, listeners.

欢迎收听《Luke的英语播客》。

Welcome to Luke's English podcast.

以后我讲话就会是这个样子。

That's what I'm gonna sound like in the future.

就只是施施魔法。

Just doing magic.

就跟甘道夫一样。

Just Gandalf.

对。

Yes.

没错。

That's right.

到那时候，我的事业已经发展到用英语来拯救世界，对抗索伦了，你知道的。

By that point, I would have gone so far in my career that I'll be using English to, like, you know, save the world from Sauron, you know.

拉斐尔，你的任务就是把墨菲的英语语法重新扔进末日火山的烈焰里。

Raphael, your mission is to take English and cast Murphy's English grammar in use back into the flames of Mount Doom.

如果你遇到特别差的学生，你可以说：你不得通过。

If if you had a really rubbish student, you could say, you shall not pass.

年终考试结束了。

The final end of year exams.

各位，成绩出来了。

Here, I've got the exam results in, everybody.

都在这儿了。

Here they are.

最后，我想给点反馈。

Just one thing to say as feedback.

你不能通过。

You shall not pass.

对。

Yeah.

如果你不复习，就别想通过。

If you don't revise, you shall not pass.

这里有个《指环王》的梗，各位。

Bit of Lord of the Rings reference there, ladies and gentlemen.

那个……那是部圣诞电影，对吧？

That's one of the that's a Christmas movie, isn't it?

《指环王》？

Lord of the Rings?

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，这种电影通常会在节礼日看。

I mean, it's the sort of film that you would watch on on Boxing Day.

五只金戒指，没错。

Five gold rings, back Yeah.

在

In the

五只金戒指。

Five gold rings.

四只鸣叫的鸟，三只法国母鸡，两只斑鸠，还有一只在梨树上的鹧鸪。

Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear tree.

你居然能背出来，真厉害，一般人通常只记得‘五只金戒指’这一句。

It's impressive that you know you knew that because usually people only really know Five gold rings.

四只猴子在跳舞。

Four monkeys dancing.

三只祖鲁。

Three of Zulu.

祖鲁。

Zulu.

还有一只在梨树上的鹧鸪。

And a partridge in a pear tree.

几年前我和我兄弟做过一期播客，聊过这首歌。

I did a podcast a couple of years ago with my brother and we talked about that song.

明白了。

Okay.

你知道吗，那个人到底收到了多少件礼物啊？

You know, that that actually if you if you how many things did that person get sent?

对。

Yeah.

比如说第一件是什么来着？

Like one one what is it?

一只在梨树上的鹧鸪，两只斑鸠，

A partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves

一只在树上的鹧鸪，这礼物已经挺重的了。

It's already quite a big gift, a partridge in a tree Yeah.

送这些东西给人，真是够了。

To send that to somebody is Yeah.

你想想，这人男朋友可能有点疯，有点偏执吧。

You know, you could say that that that person's boyfriend was maybe a bit a bit crazy, you know, like a bit slightly obsessive.

有点儿。

A bit

简直是跟踪狂。

of a stalker Yeah.

还送这么多荒唐的东西。

Sending all of these ridiculous things.

天啊，这又是什么？

Like, oh god, now what?

一棵整树，上面还停着只鹧鸪？

A a whole pear tree with a partridge in it?

我还得养着这只鸟？

I have to keep this bird alive?

就是啊，发条消息，别再给我送礼物了。

Like, you know, writing a text, stop sending me gifts.

那是什么？

What's it?

不是说有八个贵族在跳来跳去之类的吗？

Isn't it like like eight lords are leaping or something?

对，就是八个贵族。

Eight yeah.

就八个贵族？

Just eight lords?

八个贵族？

Eight lords?

他们怎么跳，是从窗户跳进去的？

How's that how do Jumping in through the

从门里？

door?

对。

Yeah.

你觉得亚马逊会免费做这件事吗？

Do you think Amazon did that for free?

我不清楚。

I don't know.

各位，我们说的是那首经典的圣诞歌曲，叫什么来着？

Ladies and gentlemen, we're referring to a classic Christmas song which is what's it called?

《十二日圣诞》。

The on the twelve days of Christmas.

在十二日圣诞的第一天，我的真爱对我说：‘一只在培养皿里的鹧鸪。’对。

On the twelve day on the first day of Christmas, my true love said to me, a partridge in a petri Yeah.

去听一下几年前我和我兄弟的那期节目吧。

Listen to the previous episode from a couple of years ago with my brother.

我们当时已经深入聊过这个了，没必要再重复一遍。

We deal with that in in in great depth, so there's no need to go through that again.

好了，咱们说到哪儿了？

Anyway, where were we?

面包酱，这个我们已经讲过了。

Bread sauce, we we dealt with that.

我们才刚说到 B 呢。

We're still only on b Yeah.

现在我们已经聊了半小时了。

And this is we're now half an hour into this.

咱们加快点进度吧。

Let's move through this a little bit more quickly.

没问题。

That's fine.

我们接着来

Let's go through

几个吧。

a few.

让我再挑一些出来。

Let me let me pick out some some some more.

我们接着看C，贺卡。

Let's move on to C, cards.

贺卡，对。

Cards, yep.

就是圣诞贺卡。

So Christmas cards.

你会寄圣诞贺卡吗？

Do you send Christmas cards?

不会。

No.

不太会。

Not not really.

我觉得这事儿正慢慢变得过时了。

I think it's something that I think is kind of dying out a little bit Yeah.

因为我根本不知道朋友们住哪儿。

Because I don't know where any of my friends live.

我就这么直接上门找他们，连地址都不清楚，对吧。

Like, I just sort of go to their house without really knowing the address or Yeah.

我们见面就行。

We meet.

所以我没法给他们寄明信片。

So I don't I don't I couldn't send something to them in the post.

现在我们都用网络了。

Because we just use the Internet now.

圣诞节那天发条短信问候一下。

We send maybe a text message on Christmas Day.

嘿，圣诞快乐。

Hey, happy Christmas.

嘿。

Hey.

别喝得太醉了。

Don't don't get too drunk.

对。

Yeah.

是的。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

所以，我父母还是会寄贺卡。

So, yeah, my parents still send cards.

我妈妈会。

My mom does.

是的。

Yeah.

我觉得这是代际差异。

I think it's a generational thing.

是的

Yeah.

这种做法正在慢慢消失。

It's kinda dying out.

是的

Yeah.

真可惜。

Shame.

通常圣诞卡上会印着圣诞图案，比如铃铛啊、

Typically, on a Christmas card, you'll get, like, a Christmas image, you know, sort of like a some bells or

对

Mhmm.

天使，或者花园里有知更鸟的圣诞场景，还有冬青叶之类的。

An angel or, a Christmas scene with a robin in the garden, some holly leaves, things like that.

对

Mhmm.

不过现在确实没几个人寄贺卡了，挺遗憾的，毕竟收到圣诞贺卡还是挺暖心的。

But, yeah, not many people are sending cards anymore, which is kind of and it's a bit sad because it's nice to get Christmas cards.

但另一方面，这对环境也不好，

But on the other hand, it's bad for the environment,

对吧？

isn't it?

纸张嘛。

Paper.

最后那些纸都直接扔了，是不是？

All that paper just gets thrown away at the end, doesn't it?

是啊。

Yeah.

没错。

Yeah.

而且有时候挺尴尬的，别人给你寄了，你却没寄给他，结果还得赶紧补一张，可又赶不上时间。

And you kind of, you know also, it can be awkward if someone sends you one and you haven't sent one to them, and then it's like, quick, get send one, but it's not gonna arrive in time.

是的。

Yeah.

你懂的。

You know?

所以呢，哎，算了。

So it's like, oh, oh, well.

也许它能在12月29号到，嗯，是的。

It may maybe it will arrive on, the December 29 Yes.

但这其实算不上

Which isn't really

挺好的。

cool.

凑合吧。

Good enough.

是的。

Yeah.

反正也别提了。

It's like, well, never mind.

12月29号那天，你早就腻歪圣诞节了吧？

On on the December 29, you're sick of Christmas at that point, aren't you?

是啊。

Yeah.

12月29号你还能收到圣诞贺卡。

You get a Christmas card on the twenty ninth.

谁还给我寄圣诞卡啊，真是服了。

It's like, who has sent me another Christmas card for God's sake?

对啊。

Yeah.

没错。

Right.

圣诞颂歌，嗯。

So carols Mhmm.