177. What Londoners Say vs What They Mean

所以你得提前确认好联系，别等到见面当天才搞。

So you have to kind of make sure that you've established contact beforehand before the actual time of of meeting occurs.

不然对方完全有理由觉得这事儿黄了。

Because otherwise, the other person is kind of within their rights to to assume that it's not happening.

在伦敦，社交计划很容易泡汤。

It's easy for sort of social plans to break down in London.

我觉得部分原因是因为通勤时间太长了。

I think part of that is because there's a lot of travelling time.

很多人住在三区，比如，到市中心得花三十分钟到一小时。

A lot of people live in Zone 3, for example, and it can take sort of thirty minutes to an hour to get into Central London.

很多时候，大家真懒得跑那么远。

And often, people just can't be bothered really to travel long distances.

人们往往到了自己常待的那片区域，周末就只想窝在那儿了。

People tend to get to their they get to their little area of London, and then they just want to stay there for the weekend.

要让人跑遍伦敦各个地方，真得费不少劲。

And it often takes quite a lot to make people travel to different parts of London.

而且这城市实在太大了。

And it's such a big city.

某种程度上，伦敦更像是由许多小城镇或村庄组成的集合，它们彼此都离得不远。

And in a way, it's more like a collection of little towns or a collection of of villages, London, all sort of quite close to each other.

你得不断在这些小镇之间来回奔波。

And you end up travelling between these towns or villages.

它不像那种能随便走走逛逛的城市，因为太多地方都太分散了。

It's not a city city that you can really walk around because there are so many places that are very spread out.

你可能人在西伦敦的哈默史密斯或者谢泼德布什。

So you could be over in West London, in Hammersmith or Shepherds Bush.

要是这时候有人让你去东伦敦的肖迪奇，那可真是一段不短的路程。

And if you're then asked to go to Shoreditch in East London, that's quite a long journey to an extent.

这得看你人在哪儿，可能得换好几趟地铁。

I mean, depending on where you are, you might need to get on an underground, you know, several underground trains.

要是地铁正好在施工，那就更麻烦了，你得绕道走。

And if there is engineering works on the underground, it can be very difficult because you have to take a different route.

而且伦敦南北之间也有很大差别。

You there's also a difference between North and South London.

南北之间还有一种竞争关系。

There's a kind of rivalry.

有些人觉得南伦敦才是最好的。

Some people think South London's the best.

也有人觉得北伦敦更棒。

Some people think it's North London.

很多住在北伦敦的人，根本不想去泰晤士河以南的地方。

And a lot of people don't really if they live in North London, a lot of people just don't really fancy the idea of going south of the river.

去河对岸，感觉就像跑得太远了。

Going south of the river is almost like going a bit too far.

我真不太想去河对岸。

I don't I don't really wanna go south of the river.

以前有些出租车司机都不愿意跑河对岸，毕竟那地方太远了。

And there used to be some taxis who would refuse to go south of the river because, you know, they they just don't wanna go that distance.

好吧。

Alright.

所以啊，周六见可能真不一定能成，你知道的。

So that's why see you Saturday might actually not happen, you know.

要不咱们吃个午饭吧。

Then we've got let's have lunch.

咱们吃个午饭吧。

Let's have lunch.

根据这篇文章，这其实意思就是赶紧去Pret买个吃的，然后飞快地走回来。

And according to this article, this actually means let's walk to Pret and and walk back as fast as we can.

赶紧去Pret买个吃的，然后飞快地走回来。

Let's walk to Pret and back as fast as we can.

Pret是什么？

What's Pret?

Pret a Manger，是英国一家卖三明治的连锁店。

It's Pret a Manger, which is a chain of like sandwich shops in in England.

所以‘咱们去吃午饭’这句话，实际上可能只是让你赶紧去三明治店走一圈再快步回来。

So let's have lunch can actually mean, let's just walk to the sandwich shop and and back as fast as we can.

干嘛要这么着急跑一趟呢？

Why would you do it as fast as you can?

因为说到底，你根本不想跟这个人一起吃午饭。

Because ultimately, you don't really wanna have lunch with this person.

这篇文章挺 cynical 的，它暗示伦敦人都挺冷漠，彼此根本不关心。

This this article is quite cynical because it does suggest that Londoners are all kind of unfriendly and they don't really care about each other.

我觉得这并不真实。

I don't think that's really true.

这其实是对伦敦生活的一种相当 cynical 的看法。

It's so it's quite a cynical look at London life.

其实很多时候，和同事一起吃饭特别开心，一起吃午饭是整天里挺愉快的一段时光。

In fact, a lot of the time, you have, you know, really good fun with your colleagues and you can go and have lunch with them, and it's a really pleasant part of the day.

但也有时候，你干着不喜欢的工作，就会觉得周围的人根本不在乎彼此。

But then there are other times when you might be in a job that you don't like, and you get the sense that people don't really care about each other.

所以像‘咱们吃个午饭’这种话，其实意思是咱们一起快步走到店里，然后各自吃各自的。

So something like, yeah, let's have lunch can actually mean, let's just really quickly walk to the shop together and then we'll eat separately.

第十条是：我在温布尔登办个派对。

Number 10 is, I'm having a party in Wimbledon.

欢迎来参加。

Come along.

这话实际是说：请花四个半小时赶过来，因为我住得简直在荒郊野外。

Which actually means, please travel for four and a half hours as I live in the middle of bloody nowhere.

明白了。

Okay.

这又回到我之前说的，人们不太愿意出门远行。

So that goes back to that point I made about people being a little bit unwilling to travel.

温布尔登离得挺远的。

Wimbledon is quite far.

它就在地铁终点站的最南边。

It's all the way down in the South at the end of the district line.

而且这条线路，伦敦人大多都不喜欢。

And the district line is like the Londoners the most Londoners don't like the district line.

它名声不太好。

It's got this bad reputation.

如果你熟悉地铁图，它是绿色的那条线。

It's the green line if you know the underground map.

它名声差是因为一直跑得慢，还老出问题，比如信号故障或者施工延误。

It's got a bad reputation because it's always been quite slow and quite prone to to failures, like signal failures or engineering work.

它是伦敦最老的线路之一，经常出状况，延误特别多。

It's one of the oldest lines, and so it quite often goes wrong and there's lots of delays on it.

所以如果你家在终点站，别人就不愿意去，尤其是过河往南的地方。

So people, you know, if if if your house is at the end of the district line, then people, you know, aren't gonna be willing to go there, especially down south, you know, south of the river.

所以我才在温布尔登办派对。

So I'm having a party in Wimbledon.

说实话，我都不确定自己能不能去。

Is it bit like, yeah, I don't know if I'm gonna make it, to be honest.

你懂的。

You know?

咱们看看。

Let's see.

11号，这里开门迎客，意思就是欢迎寡头们前来。

Number 11, we have open for business, and this actually means oligarchs welcome.

这其实是在说，伦敦是个不错的商业机会。

So I suppose this is a a statement about London as a business opportunity.

所谓‘开门迎客’，就是指伦敦这座城市欢迎企业来开展业务。

So open for business is a kind of way of like saying, the city of London is a place where, you know, corporations can do business.

换句话说，就是在说，我们欢迎来自俄罗斯的亿万富翁来这里设立公司。

So in fact, this is like saying, we welcome rich billionaires from Russia to come and set up their operations here.

这就引出了第12条——全球金融中心。

And that that leads us on to number 12, which is center of global finance.

这里说的其实是伦敦市中心的一个区域，就在东中部，人们叫它‘金融城’或者‘平方英里’。

So really here, we're talking about the city of London, which is a an area just just in the sort of Eastern Central Part of London known as the city or the Square Mile.

很多银行和企业都在这儿设有办公室。

And this is where lots of banks have their offices and lots of businesses.

这里是伦敦的金融中心。

It's a it's the financial center of London.

所以‘全球金融中心’这话，说不定其实是说这里是洗钱者的天堂。

So center of global finance could actually mean it's a money launderers paradise.

洗钱就是搞欺诈，把来路不正的钱藏进公司里。

Money laundering is a way of like it's committing fraud and it's like hiding like hiding dodgy money in a in a company.

就是把钱注入一家实际上根本站不住脚的公司。

So putting money into a company which is actually sort of fraudulent.

所以伦敦市中心可能有不少靠边线操作的银行家，各种可疑的金融交易层出不穷，说它是腐败温床也好，至少也是监管松懈的重地。

So there is there is that sense that perhaps in the centre of London, there are kind of slightly dodgy bankers and questionable financial transactions going on, that it may be a centre of corruption or at least just as a centre of sort of deregulation.

英国经济里，这个不受严格监管的金融市场确实至关重要，而它的大本营就在伦敦金融城。

That's obviously a very important part of the British economy that we have a deregulated financial market, and that's really based in the city of London.

对了，你认识伦敦市长吗？

By the way, do you know the mayor of London?

你知道他叫什么名字吗？

Do you know his name?

他叫鲍里斯·约翰逊。

Well, his name is Boris Johnson.

你可能在电视上见过他。

You might have seen him on the TV.

鲍里斯·约翰逊是个很有个性的人。

Boris Johnson is a real character.

他以前上的是伊顿公学。

He's an old Atonian.

也就是说，他读过一所非常精英的私立学校。

That means he went to a very exclusive private school.

他跟那些银行家关系不错。

And he is a friend of the the the bankers.

他跟伦敦金融城关系密切，说白了就是替他们撑腰。

He's a friend of the city of London, which means that he's kind of works to protect their interests.

不过我觉得他这个人还挺有魅力的。

But he's also quite a charismatic guy, I suppose.

他还挺……那个词怎么说来着？有点古怪的意思？

And he's quite what's that word meaning slightly mad?

我老是记不起这个词。

I can never remember this word.

开头是E，意思是有点疯疯癫癫的。

It begins with an e, and it means a little bit crazy.

古怪。

Eccentric.

对，就是这个词。

That's the one.

你可能早就看出来了吧。

You might have realized that before me.

古怪。

Eccentric.

是的。

Yes.

所以他确实很古怪。

So he's very eccentric.

他长什么样呢？

He's what does he look like?

他有点胖，而且总是邋里邋遢的。

Well, he's kind of a bit fat, and he's got he's very scruffy.

他穿西装的时候，衬衫经常没塞好，整体看起来一点都不讲究，你知道的。

So often, when he's wearing his suit, maybe this the shirt is a bit untucked or this he's he's not very chic, you know.

他就是特别邋遢。

He's very scruffy.

而且他有一头金发，亮闪闪的金发，永远乱糟糟的。

And also, he's got this blonde hair, bright blonde hair, and it's always a complete mess.

所以从某种程度上看，他长得像个小丑。

So he looks a bit like a clown in a way.

他这个人挺有意思的，就是特别逗。

He's quite an interesting character, but he's very sort of funny.

他一上电视就特别好玩，但同时也很聪明，是个很有野心的政治家。

Whenever he's on TV, he's quite amusing to watch, but he's also very clever and he's very ambitious politician.

我想做个关于鲍里斯·约翰逊的播客专题。

I'd like to do a podcast episode all about Boris Johnson.

我觉得他特别吸引人，接受采访的时候尤其有意思。

I think he's fascinating, and he's really interesting in interviews.

我不是说我觉得他有多了不起。

I'm not saying I I think he's great.

我只是觉得他挺有意思的。

I just think he's interesting.

所以，是的，鲍里斯·约翰逊和伦敦这座城市。

So, yes, Boris Johnson and the city of London.

伦敦之所以能运转，一部分原因就在于它是金融中心，而伦敦市长一直努力维护这种精神。

This is a part of what makes London operate is that it's a financial center and the mayor of London really tries to protect that spirit.

好的。

Okay.

咱们现在重新回到交通这个话题上。

Let's imagine we're back on we're back on the subject of transport now.

我每天坐13路公交上下班，还行，算平均水平。

Number 13 is my commute, it's not too bad about average.

我上下班的路程，还行，算平均水平。

My commute, it's not too bad about average.

记住啊，‘通勤’指的是每天去城里上班的路程。

A commute, remember, is a journey into the city for your job.

如果你住在城外，通常就得通勤。

So often, if you live outside the city, you might commute.

如果你是通勤族，可能会搭通勤列车进城上班。

If you're a commuter, and you might take a commuter train in order to commute into the city.

所以很多人会说，我通勤啊，还行，没那么糟。

And so people might say, yeah, my commute, oh, it's not that bad.

算是平均水平吧，实际上每天要换三种交通工具，花好几个小时，慢慢把人磨得没劲儿。

It's about average, which actually means it involves three modes of transport takes hours each day and is slowly crushing my spirit.

通勤花很长时间很常见，往往还得换好几种交通工具。

So it's quite common for a commute to take a very long time, and it might involve several different modes of transport.

我以前住在西伊林，那地方离市中心可远了。

I used to live in West Eeling, which is quite far out to the West.

离伦敦市中心差不多有一个小时的路程。

It's like an hour away from the center of London.

我那时候在滑铁卢上班。

And I used to work in Waterloo.

那通勤路程可真够长的。

So that was a really big commute.

我每天早上九点就得开始上课。

And I used to start teaching at nine in the morning.

所以我一般得赶在八点到八点半之间到公司。

So I I used to try and get to work for eight to 08:30.

所以我每天得六点就起床，好赶七点的火车。

So I'd have to get up at like 06:00 in the morning in order to try and get a train at seven.

车站月台简直是个噩梦，到处都是赶路的上班族。

And the the platform platform of the station was a total nightmare because there were so many other commuters.

火车一到，里面挤得连缝都没有。

The train would arrive and it would be completely packed.

车门一开，根本没地方能挤上去。

The doors would open and there was just there would just be no space to get on.

你只能干等着，月台却越来越挤。

So you'd have to wait and the platform's getting more and more crowded.

最后好不容易挤上车，整个人都被压在玻璃窗上动弹不得。

And eventually, you can squeeze into a train and you're like pressed right up against the glass.

人家的腋下就贴在你脸上。

You got some guy's armpits in your face.

这时候最好的办法就是闭上眼睛，死死抓住扶手，熬过去算了。

And so the best thing you can do is just close your eyes and just hold on and try and survive.

这种情况大概会持续半小时。

And that sort of lasts half an hour.

最后你到了地下车站，跟着一大群人涌进站内。

And eventually, you get into an underground station and you follow this massive hoard of people pouring into station.

下了站台，还是老样子。

And you get down onto the platform and it's the same story as before.

人多得不得了。

It's incredibly crowded.

火车到站，车门一开，你挤进去，整个人都被挤在地铁车厢里动弹不得。

The train arrives and the doors open and you squeeze in and you're crushed inside the the tube train.

熬过整整一个小时的路程，你终于到地方了。

And eventually, you get to to your destination after, you know, like an hour of of traveling.

我以前的通勤就是这样的。

That's what my commute used to be like.

我先坐长途火车到帕丁顿，再换乘贝克卢线，我记得那条线能到滑铁卢，每天来回两次。

I take the overland train to Paddington, and then I take the Bakerloo line to I think the Bakerloo line went to Waterloo but I used to do that twice a day.

那简直是一场噩梦。

It was a total nightmare.

所以你也会听到有人问：‘能往里挪一挪吗？’

So we also have could you move down a bit, please?

能往里挪一挪吗？

Could you move down a bit, please?

这话听着像在问，其实是在命令你。

And that can actually mean, I'm not asking, I'm telling.

能往里挪一挪吗？

Can you move down a bit, please?

表面上是个问题，实际意思就是：麻烦往里挪一下。

It's phrased as a question, but what it actually means is move down, please.

这种话在地铁或公交车上经常能听到。

And that's a phrase that you hear on the tube or on the bus.

列车挤得不行的时候，你就希望乘客往车厢里头靠一靠，好腾出点空间。

That's when the train is very crowded, and you want people to move into the carriage to create some space.

你能往里挪一点吗？

Could you move down a bit, please?

其实，在地铁上这么说特别好，因为你知道，身后不少人其实都挺支持你的。

And actually, that's that's a great thing to say on the on the tube because you know that some of the people behind you really support you, you know.

我觉得在公共场合，有两类情况，只要你开口，大家都会特别感激你。

And they I I feel there's two situations in which you can say something in a public place and everyone completely loves you for it.

明白吗？

Okay?

一种是在特别挤的地铁里，你有勇气说：‘你能往里挪一点吗？’

One of them is in a very crowded train and you have the courage to say, can you move down a bit, please?

你知道身后的人心里都在想：‘对，你真是我的英雄。’

And you know that the people behind you are like, yes, you're my hero.

那一刻，你简直就是超级英雄。

You're just like a superhero at that point.

另一种让你成为英雄的场合，是在电影院里。

And the other situation where you can say something in public and you become a hero is in a cinema.

电影刚开场，就有几个人在那儿聊天。

The film is just starting and there are some people just some people are chatting.

你知道，周围的人都快被他们烦死了。

And you know that people are getting annoyed by it.

这时候，就是你成为英雄的机会。

And so that's your opportunity to become a hero.

你只需要做个手势就行。

And what you can do is just go like that.

或者你可以说声‘不好意思’。

Or you might say, sorry.

能小声点吗？

Can you keep it down?

或者再道个歉。

Or sorry.

我们在看电影呢。

We're trying to watch the film.

然后所有人都安静了，整个影院的人那一刻都默默把你当成了英雄。

And then the people shut up and everyone else in the cinema just silently worships you as their personal hero for that moment.

你能往里挪一点吗？

So could you move down a bit, please?

这句话说得真是再合适不过了。

Can be a really good thing to say.

你可以说：你能往里挪一点吗？

Then you've got, could you move down a bit, please?

这句话其实是在说：我马上就要崩溃了。

Which can mean, I'm seconds away from a devastating mental collapse.

明白吗？

Alright?

你能往里挪一点吗？

Could you move down a bit, please?

这时候说这句话，语气会更烦躁、更不耐烦。

Which can be, like, even more angry and and exasperated.

我马上就要崩溃了。

I'm seconds away from a devastating mental collapse.

嗯，可能没那么严重，但确实挺有力量的。

Well, I'm not sure it's that far, but still, it can be pretty powerful stuff.

你能往下面挪一点吗？

Can you move down a bit, please?

让我看看。

Let's see.

然后我们就说：你能往下面挪一点吗？

Then we go, can you move down a bit, please?

平时很少听到有人这么激动。

It's not very common that you hear people that hysterical.

但在这里，意思就是：你要是不挪，我就要乱杀人了。

But here it means, if you don't move down, I will start killing people indiscriminately.

好吧。

Okay.

这只是一个极端的例子。

It's just an extreme example.

但你可以想象，在早高峰的地铁里，说‘能不能往下挪一点’，也可能说得特别激动。

But you can see that, can you move down a bit please can be very passionate thing to say on a crowded train in the morning.

天哪，我刚意识到，才讲到第18条，已经说了快三十五分钟了。

Goodness me, I've just realized I'm only up to number 18 and I'm I've already been speaking for like thirty five minutes.

好吧。

So okay.

我想我得赶紧加快点节奏。

I think I should probably try and hurry up first of all.

如果讲不完，我可能还得再录一集接着讲。

And if I don't get to the end, then I will probably continue this in another one.

行了。

Alright.

接下来是由于恶劣天气影响。

So next we have due to adverse weather conditions.

你可能会在火车上听到这样的广播。

Now you might hear that on a train in an announcement.

比如，广播会说：开往帕丁顿的13点41分列车因恶劣天气延误最多十五分钟。

You know, it might say something like the thirteen forty one train to Paddington is delayed by up to fifteen minutes due to adverse weather conditions.

所谓的恶劣天气，有时候其实就是之前风大了点。

Adverse weather conditions which sometimes means yeah it was a bit windy earlier on.

其实‘恶劣天气’就是说之前下了一场大雨，或者不好意思，风有点大，结果列车因为风坏了。

You know, adverse weather conditions just means it rained quite a lot earlier or it I'm afraid it's a little bit windy, so the train is the train's broken because of the wind.

由于恶劣天气，开往帕丁顿的列车已被取消。

Due to adverse weather conditions, the train to Paddington has been canceled.

又是恶劣天气？真是服了。

And so adverse weather conditions, oh, for fuck's sake.

因为天气潮湿，地铁路线只能减班运行，还是因为天气潮湿，这其实可能只是下了一点小雨，列车就因为这点水出问题了。

Due to the wet weather conditions due to the wet weather conditions, the district line is running a reduced service due to the wet weather conditions, which can mean, well, a tiny amount of rain has fallen and so the train is broken because of a little bit of water.

由于天气潮湿，本周末地铁路线将暂停运营。

Due to the wet weather conditions, the district line will no longer be running this weekend.

搞什么鬼？

What the fuck?

下车时请小心。

Please take care when alighting from the train.

下车时请小心。

Please take care when alighting from the train.

下车

Alighting from the train.

这意思就是从火车上下来。

That just means getting off the train.

我不明白他们干嘛非得用这么拗口的说法。

I don't know why they're using this fancy language.

下车

Alighting from the train.

从火车上下来

Getting off the train.

非常感谢。

Thank you very much.

‘请小心下车’其实就是说，你下车时摔断了腿可别怪我们。

Please take care when alighting from the train could be don't blame us if you break your leg when you get off this train.

明白吗？

Alright?

这简直就是在拐着弯儿埋怨人。

So it's almost like passive aggressive.

请小心一点。

Please take care.

意思就是，你自己当心点，要是受伤了可不关我们的事。

It's like, take care because it's not our fault if you injure yourself.

当然，你还要注意列车与站台之间的缝隙。

You also, of course, have mind the gap.

‘注意间隙’是伦敦地铁里特别有名的一句话，对吧？

Mind the gap which is a famous thing you hear in London, isn't it, on on the underground?

请留意列车与站台之间的空隙。

Please mind the gap between the train and the platform edge.

这是开往某站的区域线列车。

This is a district line train to somewhere.

这是开往汉默史密斯的区域线列车，途经皮卡迪利圆环。

This is this is a district line train to Hammersmith calling at Piccadilly Circus.

等一下。

Wait a minute.

区域线并不经过皮卡迪利圆环。

The district line doesn't go through Piccadilly Circus.

明白了。

Alright.

对此带来的不便，我们深表歉意。

So we apologize for the inconvenience caused.

好的。

Okay.

对于给您带来的不便，我们深表歉意。

We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

这道歉听起来可不够真诚。

It's not very sincere apology.

我们通过一段冰冷的录音来传达歉意。

We apologize through the medium of a dehumanized prerecorded message.

我们真的非常抱歉。

We're deeply sincerely sorry.

所以我们才让机器人来念这段话。

That's why we used a robot to present this message.

21号列车，因信号系统故障，信号系统故障。

Number 21, due to a signaling failure due to a signaling failure.

信号系统出了问题。

A signaling failure.

这种事现在简直天天发生。

Now this seems to happen all the time.

如果任何列车延误，都是因为查令十字站的信号系统出了问题。

If any train is delayed, it's due to a signaling failure at Charing Cross.

区域线的列车可能会延误最多十分钟。

The district line train will be delayed up to ten minutes.

等等，区域线根本不到查令十字站吧？

Actually, the district line doesn't go through Charing Cross, does it?

是的。

Yes.

不管怎样，说是信号故障，其实可能就是我们随口编的借口。

Anyway, due to a signaling failure, this could mean due to an excuse that we just made up.

看来信号故障简直天天都有。

It seems that signaling failures happen all the time.

信号故障到底是什么意思？

What is a signaling failure anyway?

这种事到底有多频繁？

And how often do they happen?

他们就不能修好信号系统吗？

Can't they fix their signaling system?

能啊。

Yes.

接下来是替代铁路的接驳巴士服务，现在正在运行。

Now the next one is a rail a rail replacement bus service is in operation.

铁路接驳巴士服务。

A rail replacement bus service.

听到这些词可真够糟的，尤其是周末，根本没理由这样。

Those can be some of the worst words that you can hear particularly at the weekend due to a rail due to no.

这让我想起以前去沃里克郡父母家时的情景。

It would be something like, this used to happen when I visited my parents in in Warwickshire.

有时候周日铁路上要施工，就得改乘铁路接驳巴士。

Sometimes on Sunday, there would be engineering works on the line And so a rail replacement bus service would be in operation.

这些词特别让人头疼，因为你的行程至少得多花一个小时——火车从沃里克开到牛津，然后你得在站台等老半天，才能换另一趟车去比斯特。

And those are horrible words because that means that your journey is going to be extended by, like, an hour at least because the train's gonna go from Warwick to, like, Oxford, and then you're gonna have to wait at the platform for ages for another train to take you to Bister.

到了比斯特，你得从火车上下来，换乘公交车，还得在车上干坐好久，一路上堵得动弹不得。

And then at Bister, you're gonna get off the train and get on a bus, and you're gonna have to sit on the bus for ages and it's gonna get stuck in traffic.

最后，公交车把你拉到另一个车站，停在哈达姆或泰晤士河附近之类的地方。

And then finally, the bus will take you to another station that'll drop you off at Hadamham and Thames or something like that.

然后你再搭一趟火车回伦敦。

And then you take another train back into London.

等你到家的时候，天都黑了，饿得前胸贴后背。

And by the time you get home, it's dark and you're starving hungry.

所以，‘铁路接驳巴士’这几个字，其实意味着一场缓慢而煎熬的崩溃过程。

So rail replacement bus service could actually mean a slow agonizing descent into madness.

伦敦地铁全线都有‘良好服务’，这大概是伦敦最讽刺的一句话了。

There is a good service on all and there is a good service on all London underground lines, which is one of the most ironic things that you hear in London.

‘全线良好服务’？这话一听就知道，‘良好’到底怎么定义，还得看你怎么说了，对吧？

There is a good service on all London underground lines, which obviously means well, it depends on how you define good, really, doesn't it?

有时候你会听到这种说法：‘区域线、环线、汉默史密斯及城市线、皮卡迪利线、北线和朱比利线都有延误。’

Sometimes you hear something like this, There are delays on the district, circle, Hammersmith and and city lines, Piccadilly, Northern Line, and Jubilee Line.

但其他所有线路都运行正常。

But there is a good service on all other lines.

那太好了。

Well, great.

哪些其他线路？

What all other lines?

根本没什么其他线路了。

There aren't any others.

24路公交车，因计划中的工程维修。

Number 24, due to planned engineering works.

计划中的工程维修，说白了就是你这个周末的安排全泡汤了，对吧？

Planned engineering works, which basically can mean that's your that's your weekend plans fucked then, isn't it?

因计划中的工程维修，整个伦敦地铁的很多区域周末都会停运。

Due to planned engineering works, that can mean that whole sections of the London Underground are closed at the weekend due to planned engineering works.

所以，除非你愿意坐替代公交，否则你很可能被困在伦敦的本地区域——而那通常是个糟糕透顶的选择。

So it's possible to be completely stranded in your local area of London unless, of course, you're willing to take the rail replacement bus service, which is usually a very bad idea.

现在，25路是个只有伦敦人才懂的特殊情况。

Now, number 25 is a very specific thing that only Londoners know.

这算是伦敦本地人才知道的内部秘密。

This is like a real kind of inside bit of London knowledge.

如果你在车站的广播里听到这个通知，那意思就是：天哪，大家快慌了。

And if you ever hear this announcement on the public address system of a station, for example, this actually means, oh my god, everybody panic.

我们都要完蛋了。

We're all about to die.

那到底是什么通知呢？

Now which announcement is it?

就是这个。

Well, it's this.

请桑德斯警官立即到运营室报到。

Would inspector Sands please report to the Operations Room immediately?

请桑德斯警官立即到运营室报到。

Would inspector Sands please report to the Operations Room immediately?

如果你在车站广播里听到这句话，八成得吓尿了。

Now if you hear that on the public address system, you're probably gonna shit yourself.

不是字面意思上的吓尿，而是说你瞬间就会吓得够呛。

Not literally, but just in terms of the fact that you're suddenly gonna become very scared.

因为如果你懂这句话的含义，那你大概率就是个地道的伦敦人。

Because if you know what that means, you're probably a real Londoner.

那这句话到底是什么意思？

What does it mean?

意思是，这是伦敦交通局工作人员用的一种标准暗号，用来通知站内员工车站可能有火灾或者炸弹威胁。

Well, it means that there's that is a sort of standard announcement, which is used by Transport for London staff as a way of warning members of staff in the station that there is a threat of a fire or maybe a bomb.

明白吗？

Okay?

这其实就是站内员工之间传递信息的暗语，意思是站里有火情或者炸弹。

So it's like a secret code that the staff at the station use to tell each other that there's a fire or a bomb in the station.

懂了吧？

Alright?

所以他们会广播：‘请桑兹警官立即到运营室报到。’

So they say, would inspector Sands please report to the Operations Room immediately?

然后你就会突然看到所有工作人员惊慌失措地往站台狂奔。

Then you suddenly see all the staffs of panicking and rushing down the platform.

说实话，这种情况很少发生。

To be honest, it doesn't happen very much.

这算是伦敦人心里都懂的一件事。

It's just one of those things that people know in London.

你知道吗？我以前一直觉得这纯粹是传说。

You know, it's like one of those I always thought it was a myth, to be honest.

人们经常聊起，你有没有听过那个‘桑兹警官’的广播？

People, you know, we often sometimes would say, know, you have you ever heard that announcement about miss inspector Sands?

大家都会谈论这个事。

People talked about it.

但我自己从来没听过。

I've I never heard it myself.

我一直以为这不过是传说。

I always thought it was a myth.

但看来这居然是真的。

But apparently, it's true.

第26号公告，每年票价上涨。

Number 26, an annual fare increase.

每年涨价，说白了就是又在狠狠宰你们一笔。

An annual fair increase, which actually means we're rinsing you suckers for even more money again.

我们就是在宰你们。

We're rinsing you.

如果说谁‘宰’了你，那就是把你的钱一点不剩地榨干了。

If someone rinses you, it means they squeeze all of the money out of you.

明白吗？

Okay?

每年票价上涨，这事儿每年都会发生。

And annual fare increase is something that happens, well, every year.

这意味着火车和公交车的票价都涨了。

And it just means that the trains and the buses have increased.

他们的价格上调了。

They've they've risen their prices.

真是让人烦透了。

It's really annoying.

每年都会发生一次。

It happens every year.

这就是为什么伦敦的公共交通这么贵——他们每年都能顺利涨价，你懂的。

It's kind of why the transport system is so expensive in in London because they managed to get away with raising their their prices, you know, every year.

所以就是年度票价上涨。

So an annual fare increase.

你瞧，突然间你的车票就贵了五成。

Again, you know, suddenly your your tickets 50 more expensive.

第27条是托丁的家派对。

Number 27 is house party in Tooting.

到时候见。

See you there.

在河那边？想都别想。

South of the river, no fucking chance.

图丁在北线上算是挺靠南的地方了。

So Tooting is like quite far to the south on the northern line.

如果有人邀请你去图丁参加家派对，那感觉就跟去温布尔登参加一样。

And if someone invites you to a house party in Tooting, it's a bit like a house party in in Wimbledon.

算了，我觉得我不会去的。

This is like, no, I don't think I'm gonna be making that.

比如说，家派对这种事。

Like, for example, a house party.

如果你住在北伦敦，地铁停运后想从图丁的家派对回家，那可太难了。

If you live in North London, it's gonna be really hard to get back home after the the underground has stopped running from a house party in Tooting.

地铁一般晚上十二点半就停了。

The underground tends to stop at about half past twelve at night.

所以在伦敦，你很容易被困在荒无人烟的地方。

So it's very easy to get stranded in the middle of nowhere in London.

很多时候，你就会经历这种伦敦式的冒险——半夜从派对回家，一路折腾一小时，简直像一场大冒险。

And often, you end up having these sort of London adventures, these midnight London journeys where you travel back to your home from some party in the middle of the night and it takes you an hour and it's like a big adventure.

你可能得在街上转悠，想找辆出租车，或者等夜班公交。

You might be walking the streets trying to find a taxi or trying to get on a night bus.

所以如果你去了托廷的派对，那今晚可有得熬了，回家得花老长时间。

So if you end up in a house party in Tooting, then you've got a long night ahead of you because it's going to take you ages to get home.

28路。

Number 28.

我想我得往上走到30路。

I think I'm going to go up to Number 30.

咱们看看我能在一小时内走到多远。

Oh, let's see how far I can get up to before this is an hour.

明白吗？

Alright?

下一个，我住在一区。

Next one is I live in Zone 1.

我就住在一区。

I live in Zone 1.

这意味着我富得离谱。

And this means I am unimaginably wealthy.

因为说实话，根本没人住在一区。

Because ladies and gentlemen, frankly, nobody lives in Zone 1.

或者说，几乎没人住在一区。

Well, or hardly anyone lives in Zone 1.

你知道，伦敦是分区域的。

You know, London is divided into zones.

市中心核心地带是一区，然后是二区、三区、四区，还有更多区，说实话。

The main central part is Zone 1, and then you've got Zone two, zone three, and Zone four, and and more zones, to be honest.

但一区啊，就是海德公园、牛津街、皮卡迪利、莱斯特广场、苏荷区，这些地方。

But zone one, that's, you know, like Hyde Park and Oxford Circus and Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Soho, all that stuff.

那地方就在一区。

That's in Zone 1.

除非你特别特别有钱，或者运气好分到一套市政住房，否则根本没人住在一区。

And no one really lives there unless people are super duper rich or maybe you've got like a council house in Zone 1, but really no one lives in Zone 1.

所以如果你说你住在一区，别人立马就会觉得你特别有钱。

So if if you say, yeah, I live in Zone 1, then everyone's just gonna think that you're really rich.

说到伦敦其他区域，人们有时候会说，这个地段现在可火了。

Talking about other areas in in London, sometimes people say things like this, yeah, this area is really up and coming.

这地方正崛起呢。

It's up and coming.

一个地方要是说正崛起，意思就是现在还很糟糕。

If an area is up and coming, it means at the moment it's in it's pretty bad.

条件挺差的。

It's pretty rough.

但正在变好，比如中产阶层或者年轻白领开始搬进来。

But it's improving, meaning that perhaps sort of more middle class people are moving in or young sort of young professionals are moving in.

所以这个区域的整体水平会提升，确实会慢慢变好。

So the general standard of the area is going to improve, but going to improve.

但眼下，这儿还是特别糟糕、乱七八糟。

So at the moment, it's still really rough and awful.

说一个地方‘正在崛起’，其实意思是：早上只有一位流浪汉冲我喊一嗓子。

So this area is really up and coming actually means that, well, only one tramp shouts at me in the morning.

所谓‘正在崛起’，说白了就是这地方住起来真不怎么样。

So it's really up and coming means that it's actually pretty bad place to live.

不过也许将来情况会好起来。

But maybe in the future, it's gonna improve.

第30条，热闹。

Number 30, vibrant.

如果房产中介说某个地方‘热闹’，那实际上意思是：这儿住的都是穷人。

So if if an estate agent describes an area as vibrant, it's a really vibrant area, then actually that means, well, actual poor people live here.

所谓的‘热闹’区域，可能是指多元文化交融的地方，或者不同社会阶层混居的区域。

A vibrant area could be sort of richly multicultural area or an area where there's like a mixture of different social classes.

一方面，这挺让人兴奋，也很有活力。

So on one hand, that's like exciting and vibrant.

但另一方面，也可能让人觉得危险又疏离。

On the other hand, it could be sort of dangerous and alienating.

第31个词是士绅化。

Number 31 is the idea of gentrification.

士绅化，士绅化，我再重复一遍。

Gentrif gentrif let me say that again.

你跟我一起说一遍好吗？

So can you say this with me?

士绅化。

Gent rification.

士绅化，等一下。

Gentrific hold on a minute.

士绅化。

Gentrification.

就是这样。

There you go.

那为什么我老是说不好这个词呢，各位？

And gentrific why am I having trouble with this word, ladies and gentlemen?

由于卢克大脑信号中断，卢克英语播客将推迟播出。

Luke's English podcast will be delayed due to a signal failure in Luke's brain.

对。

Right.

绅士化。

Gentrification.

当一个原本破旧、危险或者便宜的区域开始变得昂贵和高雅时，就叫绅士化。

This is when an area that used to be rough or dangerous or sort of cheap is starting to become more expensive and classier.

这叫绅士化。

It's called gentrification.

当收入较高的人搬进这个区域，结果整个地区的整体生活水平就提高了。

That's when sort of richer people move into that area and as as a result, the general standard of living in the area rises.

比如说，这个区域可能会出现一些新的店铺。

So for example, you might get certain shops appearing in that area.

比如，如果一家Waitrose超市搬进这个区域，你就可以说，这个地方变得越来越高档了。

For example, if a Waitrose supermarket arrives in this area, you can say, well, this area is becoming really gentrified.

明白吗？

Okay?

通常，这个趋势是这样的。

Typically, the the trend goes like this.

伦敦有个地方以前特别穷，生活条件非常差。

There's a a very poor area of London, very, like, very bad living conditions.

因为房租便宜，艺术家和学生就搬了进来。

And because the rent is so cheap, artists and students move into that area.

结果，这个地方慢慢变了，变得时髦起来，也更有格调了。

And as a result, the place sort of changes, and it becomes trendy, it becomes sort of fashionable.

然后，因为这里变得时尚了，越来越多的商务人士也搬进来，想趁这个新潮流赚点钱。

And then because it's become fashionable and trendy, more sort of business people move in because they're capitalizing on this sort of new trendiness in this area.

结果，那里开了越来越多的生意。

And as a result, more businesses open there.

可能会变成一个创业聚集地，比如创意媒体公司、科技企业、计算机和互联网这类公司。

It might become a place where lots of new businesses start up, you know, creative media businesses, for example, or tech technology businesses, computing, the internet, stuff like that.

于是这里就成了商业区，接着有钱人就开始搬来住了。

And so it becomes like a business area and then, you know, rich people start living there.

于是这个地方就变了，高档又时髦的酒吧开张了，高端超市、有机餐厅之类的也陆续出现，整个区域就变得高档化了。

And as a result, the place changes and sort of trendy expensive bars start opening and certain sort of high class supermarkets or organic food restaurants and things like that, and the area becomes gentrified.

所以，有人会说：‘太好了，终于把穷人赶走了’——这是一种带着讽刺和 cynical 的看法。

So gentrification can mean, oh, I'm so glad that they're getting rid of all the poor people, which is a kind of sarcastic and cynical way of looking at gentrification.

如果一个地方被高档化了，你可能会说：‘天哪。’

And if an area is gentrified, it could mean, oh, god.

现在我也住不起了。

Now I can't afford to live here either.

第33条，接下来几个例子是房产中介可能会说的话。

Number 33, this is and the next few examples are things that an estate agent might say.

房产中介就是那种帮你找住处、卖或租房子给你的人。

An estate agent is one of those people who is responsible for helping you find a place to live and selling you or renting you properties.

在伦敦想找便宜又好的住处真的很难。

So it's very difficult to find kind of good cheap accommodation in London.

房租特别贵，有时候花的钱根本配不上住的条件。

And the accommodation is very expensive and sometimes it's not really worth the money that you're spending on it.

你要是住在伦敦外面，反而能拿到更大更好的房子。

You could get something much nicer and much bigger outside London.

但房产中介总爱用花哨的词儿，把挺差的公寓吹得天花乱坠。

But the estate agents use kind of colorful language to try and sell pretty bad apartments.

他们可能会说，这地方空间利用得特别高效。

So they might say, yeah, there's a it's really efficient use of space.

空间利用高效，其实就是说这公寓小得可怜。

Efficient use of space is another way of saying the apartment is micro microscopic.

小得不得了。

It's tiny.

空间利用很高效。

Efficient use of space.

这其实就是说公寓小得可怜，他们把沙发床塞进去，厨房和客厅卧室全挤在一个房间里。

This just means the apartment is so small that what they've done is they've put a sofa bed in there and they've got like a kitchen unit which is in the same room as the living room bedroom.

整个房间大概只有三平方米。

So the whole thing is about three meters squared.

空间利用很高效——这不过是委婉地说它小得可怜。

But it's really efficient use of space, which is a positive way of saying that it's tiny.

单间公寓。

A studio flat.

单间公寓。

A studio flat.

天哪。

Wow.

听着挺带劲的，对吧？

It sounds exciting, doesn't it?

一间单间公寓。

A studio.

你可能会想象，艺术家们在宽敞明亮的工作室里展示作品。

You imagine large open spaces where artists are doing exhibiting their work in a studio.

你可能会想到带大窗户、高天花板的阁楼空间。

You imagine a loft with lots of windows and and ceilings and things.

但其实不是这样的。

But no.

单间公寓并没有听起来那么高大上。

A studio flat isn't as glamorous as that.

其实就是个卧室兼客厅的小房间。

It's basically a bed sit.

卧室兼客厅就是一间房，里面放张沙发床当睡觉的地方。

A bed sit is just a one room apartment with a bed, you know, sofa bed in it.

所以，单间公寓根本没听起来那么有格调。

So studio flat is not really as glamorous as it sounds.

房产中介可能会说，这地方潜力巨大。

An estate agent might say, this this place has got incredible potential.

如果有人说有潜力，意思就是将来可能不错。

If it's got good potential, that just means that it could be good in the future.

但现在，这地方简直一团糟。

But now, it's an absolute shithole.

明白吗？

Okay?

顺便说一下，各位，要是说某个地方是‘一团糟’，那就是乱得不行。

A shithole, by the way, ladies and gentlemen, is if something is a shithole, it means an it's an absolute mess.

糟糕透顶。

It's really awful.

乱得一塌糊涂。

It's a really awful mess.

这个词通常用来形容地方。

And it's used to describe a place.

这地方简直一团糟。

This place is an absolute shithole.

不过各位要注意，'shit'这个词非常粗俗。

Be careful, of course, ladies and gentlemen, because the word shit is a very rude word.

如果你听过我那期专门讲英式英语脏话的节目，你就知道了。

You'll know that if you listen to my episode all about how to swear in British English.

你知道'shit'是英语里最冒犯人的几个脏词之一。

You'll know that shit is one of the top most offensive swear words.

如果你对本节目里的某些用语感到不适，我真的很抱歉，但说实话，伦敦人平时说话就是这样的。

If you are offended by any of the language in this episode of Luke's English podcast, then, well, I do apologize but I'm afraid that's kind of how real Londoners speak, to be honest.

我们确实会用这种话。

We do use this kind of language.

我的目标不就是教你们真正的英式英语吗？就是人们平时怎么说的。

And it is my mission, isn't it, ladies and gentlemen, to teach you real British English as it's really spoken.

所以呢，就是这样。

So there you go.

我只是在教学。

I'm just teaching.

我只是在告诉你伦敦人平时怎么说。

I'm just communicating to you what Londoners really say.

如果你听了觉得不舒服，我很抱歉，但我只是如实反映伦敦的现实生活。

So sorry if you're offended by it, but I'm just reflecting real life in London.

我们继续谈住宿的话题。

We're still on the subject of accommodation.

第36条是，这个地方租金合理。

And number 36 is this place is affordable.

租金合理。

It's affordable.

意思是住这儿你付得起。

That means you can afford to live here.

但如果说某样东西‘合理’，其实并不算夸奖。

But if something is affordable, it's not really positive.

这很可能意味着那地方糟透了。

It probably means it's horrible.

甚至可能根本没法住人。

It could even be uninhabitable.

住不了人就是说你根本不能在那儿生活。

Uninhabitable means that you can't inhabit that place.

那儿连住都不行。

You can't even live there.

便宜嘛，你知道的，就是个便宜又普通的公寓，空间利用特别高效，潜力很大。

It's affordable, you know, an affordable, modest apartment with incredible potential and really efficient use of space.

其实就是说地方特别小，条件差，只是便宜到你掏得起钱而已。

It means it's tiny, it's horrible, and it's, you know, just cheap enough for you to afford it.

第37条。

Number 37.

看起来挺宽敞，其实不是。

It's deceptively spacious.

看起来不大，里面却很宽敞。

Deceptively spacious.

宽敞就是空间很大。

Spacious means there's lots of space.

里面空间很足。

There's lots of room.

如果说某物看起来不大但其实很宽敞，意思是刚看的时候根本察觉不到它空间大。

If something is deceptively spacious, it means that it's not obviously spacious when you first look at it.

你可能会觉得，哦，这地方其实很小。

So you might think, oh, this is actually very small.

但其实不然，这里的柜子储物空间特别多，所以里面比看上去宽敞多了。

But no, it's it's deceptively spacious actually because there's a lot of storage space in these cupboards here.

房产中介可能会说，这种小公寓其实空间利用得特别巧妙，看起来小，里面却很宽敞。

So an estate agent might say that this and a tiny apartment is actually deceptively spacious.

如果有人说某样东西是‘原汁原味’的，那它八成是假的。

If something is described as authentic, it's probably fake.

明白吗？

Okay?

40号，我刚买了一套公寓。

Number 40, I just bought a flat.

如果有人在伦敦说‘我刚买了一套公寓’，

If someone in London says, I just bought a flat.

那其实意思是，我爸妈刚帮我去买了这套公寓。

What it really means is my parents just helped me to buy a flat.

在伦敦买房太难了，因为房价实在太高了。

It's very difficult to buy property in London because it's so expensive.

说实话，很多人买第一套房子都得靠父母大力帮忙。

And a lot of people buy their first property with a lot of help from their parents to be honest.

我们现在在哪？

Where are we?

我们还剩大概三分钟，我看咱们就到这儿吧。

We've got about three minutes left and I think we'll let's see.

剩下的这些我快速过一遍。

I'm gonna fly through the the rest of these.

明白吗？

Okay?

就算超时一个小时也没关系。

Even if it goes beyond an hour.

我就快速把剩下的这些讲完。

I'm just gonna fly through the rest of these.

对。

Right.

酒吧。

Pub.

酒吧。

Pub.

有人可能会跟你说‘半品脱啤酒’。

Now someone might say to you swift half swift half.

半杯就是半品脱。

A half means a half pint.

明白吗？

Okay?

‘swift half’其实就是说快速喝一杯。

And a swift half is like saying a quick half.

但要是有人说了‘swift half’，你就知道这肯定不会真就只喝一杯，因为第一杯刚喝完，准有人问你：再来一杯吗？

But if someone says swift half, you know it's never gonna just be a swift half because the after your first drink, someone's gonna say, do you fancy another one?

然后就会一杯接一杯，喝上好多好多杯。

And then it's gonna become many, many, many, many halves.

所以‘swift half’其实是个暗示，意思是咱们去酒吧喝几杯吧。

So swift half could be an invitation to let's go drinking in the pub.

这跟‘quick pint’差不多，而‘quick pint’实际上意味着咱们会在酒吧待到关门。

And it's similar to quick pint, and that actually means we'll be in the pub until closing time.

第43条，‘我们去约会’其实意思是我们要一起喝个烂醉。

Number 43, we're going on a date can actually mean we're getting pissed together.

看起来在伦敦，人们喝酒喝得很多。

It seems that in London, people drink a lot.

很多社交计划或聚会，其实只是找个借口去不同地方喝酒。

And often social plans or social occasions sometimes are just an excuse to just drink in different scenarios.

说‘我们去约会’，其实就是打算一起喝醉。

We're going on a date just means we're gonna get drunk together.

野餐其实常常是白天的畅饮聚会。

Picnic could be a daytime piss up actually.

野餐本来是到户外吃饭，但很多时候最后就变成了白天的畅饮。

Picnic, of course, is when you have a meal outside, but really often it it ends up being a daytime piss up.

什么叫‘畅饮聚会’？

What's a piss up?

‘畅饮聚会’就是一群人喝酒喝到醉的场合。

A piss up is a session in which you drink and you get drunk.

比如说，我们会在酒吧搞一场畅饮聚会。

We're having a piss up in the pub, for example.

白天喝酒聚会，说白了就是野餐。

A daytime piss up would be just another word for a picnic.

烧烤不就是花园里的喝酒聚会吗？

Barbecue, that's a piss up in the garden, isn't it?

有些人觉得南伦敦特别危险，因为这篇报道甚至说南伦敦有怪物出没。

South London seems to be synonymous with danger to some people because according to this article, South London also could be here be monsters or there are monsters here.

我觉得这主要是因为南伦敦有些地方确实比较乱。

I think that's just because some areas in South London are a little bit rough.

说那里有怪物，未免有点夸张了。

I think it's a bit unfair to say that there are monsters.

只是有些地方治安不太好，你得留心自己的手机和钱包。

It's just that some areas are a bit rough and you might feel that you gotta look after your your mobile phone and your wallet.

西伦敦47区，住的都是上流人士。

Number 47, West London, here be posh people.

‘这里有怪物’这种说法，其实源自古老的海洋地图。

This phrase here be, like here be monsters, that comes from like old maps of the oceans.

你还记得那些特别老的地图吗？

You remember those very old maps?

海上还会画一些小怪物的图案。

And there would be little pictures of monsters in the sea.

那些画地图的水手看到海里的鲸鱼，以为是怪物，就把它画了下来。

And that's because these sailors who made these maps saw probably whales in the sea and decided they were monsters.

于是他们在地图上标上图案，还写上‘此处有怪物’。

And so they marked it on the map with a picture and the phrase here be monsters.

这是种老派的英式说法。

So it's an old fashioned English usage.

现在当然会说‘这里有怪物’或者‘怪物在这儿’。

Nowadays, of course, it would be here are monsters or there are monsters here.

南伦敦，此处有怪物。

South London, here be monsters.

西伦敦，此处是上流人士聚集地，因为大家一提到西伦敦，就想到有钱人、上层阶级，比如切尔西、肯辛顿、骑士桥那些地方。

West London, here be posh people because we associate West London with sort of posh people, higher class, maybe richer people, particularly in areas like Chelsea, Kensington, Knightsbridge, stuff like that.