75. 不是干扰！

你正在收听卢克的英语播客。

You're listening to Luke's English podcast.

如需更多信息，请访问 teacherluke.podomatic.com。

For more information, visit teacherluke.podomatic.com.

你好。

Hello.

你正在收听卢克的英语播客。

You're listening to Luke's English podcast.

我是卢克，我准备好了，要为你录制另一期播客。

This is Luke, and I'm just ready ready to do another podcast episode for you.

这一期会比较短，因为我还没吃晚饭。

This will be a quick one because I haven't had my dinner yet.

我马上就要吃晚饭了，你知道，一个人在能真正有所成就之前，肚子里必须有点食物。

I'm just about to have dinner, and you know that a man has to have some dinner in his stomach before he can really achieve anything.

所以我打算吃点东西填饱肚子。

So I'm getting I'm gonna get some dinner in me.

不过在那之前，我觉得我大概有十分钟时间，可以跟你讲几件关于你和Luke's English podcast的重要事情。

Before that though, I thought I've got about ten minutes to just tell you a few things, few important things about you and about Luke's English podcast.

首先，Luke's English podcast不是一种干扰。

Now, first of all, Luke's English podcast is not a distraction.

明白吗？

Okay?

它不是一种干扰。

It's not a distraction.

我这么说是因为，每当我上网时，总感觉有成千上万甚至上百万的东西在分散我的注意力，试图吸引我，让我无法真正做成任何事。

Now I say that because whenever I go on the Internet, I just feel like there are thousands, millions of things distracting me, just trying to get my attention and distracting me away from actually achieving anything.

比如你在娱乐网站上看到的新闻、广告、弹窗之类的东西。

Like the news stories that you see on on entertainment websites, adverts, pop ups, things like that.

它们都在试图分散你对生活中真正目标的注意力。

They're all just trying to distract your attention away from achieving something in your life.

如今我们被各种事物，尤其是广告之类的东西，严重分散了注意力。

There's so we're we're we're so distracted these days by things, particularly by adverts and stuff like that.

所以我只是想提醒你，Luke的英语播客并不是一种干扰。

So I thought I'd just remind you that Luke's English podcast is not a distraction.

它就在互联网上。

It's on the Internet.

当你在谷歌上搜索东西时，你可能会找到它，也许就会发现它。

It's one of those things that you might find if you're Googling stuff, and you might find it.

你可能在YouTube上找到它，或者其他类似的地方，但它不是干扰，因为Luke的英语播客不会让你偏离实现目标的方向。

You might find it on YouTube, stuff like that, but it's not a distraction because Luke's English podcast will not distract you away from achieving things.

不。

No.

恰恰相反。

Quite the opposite.

它会帮助你实现目标，因为听这个节目是值得的。

It'll help you to achieve things because it's worth listening to this.

值得你参与其中、留言评论、试着享受它，只是下载它、定期收听，让它促使你思考内容，反复对自己重复这些表达。

It's worth kind of getting involved and commenting and trying to enjoy it, just downloading it, listening to it regularly, allowing it to thinking about the content, repeating phrases to yourself.

这真的非常值得。

It's really worth it.

它并不是你生活的干扰。

It's not just a distraction from your life.

它实际上可以成为帮助你提升英语的工具。

It's actually something you can use as a tool to really help you improve your English.

所以它不是干扰。

So it's not a distraction.

我想说的第二件事是谢谢。

Second thing I'd like to say is thank you.

非常感谢你们的评论、邮件、订阅和捐赠。

Thank you very much for comments, emails, subscriptions, and donations, of course.

现在每天早上我醒来时，我的黑莓手机都在对我闪烁。

Now every day I wake up in the morning, my BlackBerry mobile phone is blinking at me.

它就像在对我眨眼睛，你知道吗？

It's like winking at me, you know?

手机上有一个红色的指示灯在闪烁，这意味着我收到了消息，因为夜里我收到了听众的邮件，还有通知告诉我有人开始关注这个播客，或者有人点击了播客上的按钮并留下了评论。

Like there's a red light on the phone which is blinking, and that means I've got messages because in the night I've had emails from listeners and notifications that tell me that people have started following the podcast or that people have been clicking buttons on the podcast and writing comments on the podcast.

每天早上我拿起手机，里面都是人们发来的消息，说他们有多喜欢这些剧集，觉得有多有用。

Every morning I pick up the phone, it's full of messages from people saying how much they like the episodes, how much they've been finding it useful.

举个例子，最近我收到一位常听节目的听众贝蒂娜发来的邮件，她住在法国。

Just to give you an example, recently I had an email from a regular listener called Betina and she's in France.

你可能认识贝蒂娜，因为她是一位非常热心的听众。

And you might know Betina because she's a very useful listener.

她提到，她会把每期节目的文字稿发给我，我可以把这些稿子发布在卢克的英语博客上。

She adds she actually sends scripts of episodes to me, which I can then post on the blog, Luke's English blog.

就在前几天，贝蒂娜给我发了一条消息，我现在就来读一读她说的几句话给你听。

And Bettina sent me a message just the other day, and I'm gonna read some of the things she said in that message to you right now.

所以她是这么说的。

So here's what she said.

她说：‘你好，卢克。’

She said, hello, Luke.

事实上，我每天都能意识到，因为你的播客，我正过着一种真正的梦想生活。

Actually, I realize every single day that I'm living a veritable dream thanks to your podcast.

可怜的我。

Poor me.

我花了整整两年多才终于醒悟过来。

It took me finally more than two years to wake up.

正如你所知，我总是反复听你的每一期节目，但不同的是，我很少再回头去听它们。

As you know, I've always listened to each of your shows several times, but, and that makes the difference, I rarely get back to listen to them again.

我竟然忘记了那么多每一集里宝贵的建议，这简直不可思议。

It's incredible how much I forgot about the precious advice of each episode.

我甚至完全忘了大部分内容。

I even completely forgot most of it.

是的。

Yeah.

我也不得不重新密集地收听之前的节目。

I've I've had to relisten intensively to the previous shows as well.

你很有激励性，而且是一位极其出色的英语老师。

You're motivating and such a brilliant English teacher.

谢谢。

Thanks.

相信我，我说这些并不是为了奉承你。

And trust me, I don't say that to flatter you.

多亏了互联网，我可以下载你的播客。

Thanks to the Internet, I can download your podcast.

但不仅如此，我可以随时收听，而你的学生却只能听每节课一次。

But not only that, I can listen to it all the time contrary to your students who can listen to each of your courses only once.

因为我正在整理一些文字稿，所以我对词汇、表达方式以及更多内容记得更牢了。

Since I'm writing some transcripts, I remember much better vocabulary, expressions, and so much more.

我非常开心，也许你会笑，但我并不觉得羞愧。

I'm overjoyed, and maybe you'll laugh, but I'm not ashamed.

我们是不是已经对互联网习以为常，以至于忘记了拥有这样的机会有多么了不起？

Aren't we so aren't we so much used to the Internet that we forgot how may how amazing it is to have this opportunity?

嗯，我觉得你说得对。

Well, I think that you're right.

最重要的是运用我们所学的内容，但我们并不是英语母语者。

The most important is to use what we've learned, but we aren't English native speakers.

对吧？

Right?

我们必须经常复习所学的一切，这就是从现在开始，我会一遍又一遍地听每个节目，而不仅仅专注于新内容的原因。

We have to revise all the stuff that we've learned frequently, and that's the reason why from now on, I'll listen to each episode again and again instead of only focusing on the new one.

这是复习所有有趣内容的好时机。

It's a great time to revise the whole interesting stuff.

能否充分利用它，取决于我们自己。

It's up to us to make the best of it.

是的。

Yeah.

这一切都掌握在我们手中。

It's all in our hands.

而且，这不会无聊，因为你的每一集都不同，而且很有趣。

Plus, that will not be boring because each of your shows is different and quite funny.

以有趣的方式学习英语是最重要的事。

Learning English with fun is the most important thing.

我从来不会花钱请私人英语老师来帮助我提高，但我觉得你是我遇到的最好的、最棒的英语老师，教我这门语言。

I could never make the effort to pay for a private English teacher who helps me to improve, but I found you the best, the most terrific English teacher who teaches the language.

你甚至还会校对我的文字稿。

You even proofread my transcripts.

等等一下。

And hold on a minute.

这一切都是免费的。

It's all for free.

你能相信吗？

Can you believe that?

我高兴得飞起来了。

I'm on cloud nine.

英语已经成为我的巨大热情。

English has become my great passion.

我每天都沉浸在假想的英语世界里。

I'm in my fake English world every day.

不，我的水平还不算高。

No, I haven't a great level yet.

嗯，我觉得你已经很不错了。

Well, think you do.

我的水平还不算高，但这真的那么重要吗？

I haven't a great level yet, but it is it really that important?

我不确定。

I'm not sure.

我想我的英语会进步的。

I guess my English will progress.

现在我终于明白了如何更有效地学习。

Now I finally understand how to learn more effectively.

所以是时候练习你播客中丰富的素材了。

So it's time to practice the rich material of your podcasts.

我还有很多要学的，我一定会实现我的目标。

I've still so much to learn and I would definitely reach my goal.

贝蒂娜，我发自内心地衷心感谢你。

Thanks a million from the bottom of my heart, Bettina.

哇。

Wow.

对吧？

Right?

这是我刚收到的贝蒂娜的消息。

That's the message I just got from Bettina.

正如你所见，这非常令人受宠若惊。

And as you can see, it's very flattering.

但我必须说，这一定是真的，因为这是她的亲身经历。

But I must say it has to be true because that's her experience.

这就是她通过收听这个播客所获得的体验。

That's what she's been getting from listening to this podcast.

所以我想说的是，你可能最近注意到了，我没有更新任何一集。

So what I would say is that you might have noticed recently, I haven't updated an episode.

如果你查看网站上的上一条内容，就会注意到那条消息，说我不上传任何节目了。

And if you look at the previous entry on the website, you'll notice the message that said that I haven't been the message that said that I couldn't upload any episodes.

这是因为每个月我都有一个带宽配额，由我的网站托管平台Podomatic提供。

Now that's because every month I have an allowance, a bandwidth allowance which is provided to me by my website host which is called Podomatic.

Podomatic每月给我提供五百吉字节的带宽配额。

Now Podomatic give me a bandwidth allowance of five five hundred gigabytes a month.

这意味着我所有的播客数据都保存在Podomatic的服务器上。

That means that all of my podcast data, right, is saved on the servers at Podomatic.

对吧？

Right?

所以他们拥有大型服务器和硬盘，用于保存我上传到他们互联网服务器上的所有播客节目。

So they've got big servers, big computers with hard drives that save all the the podcast episodes that I upload onto their servers on the Internet.

所以他们把所有内容都保存在那里，我每个月都要付钱给他们，才能让我的播客继续存放在他们的服务器上。

So they keep it all there, and I have to pay them every month for the right to keep my podcasts on their servers.

他们给我提供每月500吉字节的带宽配额。

And they give me an allowance of 500 gigabytes of bandwidth.

我想，我想这意味着我一次可以传输的数据量。

I think I think that means that I can transfer at one time.

我不太确定在这种情况下‘带宽’具体指什么，但我认为这意味着我每个月被允许从他们的服务器传输500吉字节的数据。

So I'm not sure exactly what bandwidth really means in this sense, but I think it means that I'm allowed to transfer 500 gigabytes of data from their servers every month.

上个月，也就是十月，我传输了超过两太字节的数据。

And last month, October, I transferred over two terabytes of data.

超过两太字节的数据。

Over two terabytes of data.

你知道，一个字节是互联网数据的基本单位，首先是一个字节。

Now you know that a kilobyte is, well, first, in terms of data on the Internet, you've got a byte of data.

接下来是千字节，千字节，也就是一千个字节。

Then the next one is a kilobyte, kilobyte, and then that's a thousand bytes.

然后是兆字节，也就是一千千字节。

Then a megabyte, or a thousand kilobytes.

那接下来是什么呢？

Then you've got what is it?

所以是字节、千字节、兆字节、吉字节，你知道的。

So byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, you know.

大多数电脑的硬盘大约有200吉字节的空间。

Most computers have about sort of 200 gigabytes on their hard drive.

再往上就是太字节，那是一个巨大的量。

And then above that you've got a terabyte and that's a massive amount.

上个月我传输了两太字节的数据，这大概是我的带宽配额的四倍。

And I transferred two terabytes of data last month which is like what, four times my bandwidth allowance.

所以我无法再上传更多剧集了，因为我已经超出了带宽配额。

So I wasn't able to upload any more episodes because I'd exceeded my bandwidth allowance.

对吧？

Right?

每个月，带宽配额都会在月初重置。

Now every month, the bandwidth allowance is reset at the beginning of the month.

它会再次归零。

It goes back to zero again.

但现在已经，今天是几号了？

But already and it's only what's the date?

今天是几号？

What's the date today?

现在才11月3日，我已经用掉了超过500吉字节。

It's it's only the November 3, and it's already beyond 500 gigabytes.

我使用的带宽已经超过了500吉字节。

My, the amount of bandwidth I've used is already beyond 500 gigabytes.

难以置信。

Unbelievable.

所以我需要更新一下。

So I need to update.

我需要升级我的账户。

I need to upgrade, in fact, my account.

我需要将我的账户升级到下一个级别。

I need to upgrade my account to the next level.

为此，我需要在年初一次性支付一大笔费用，这样就能获得更多的带宽。

And to do that, I need to pay a big sum, lump sum at the beginning of the year, which will give me more bandwidth.

我想他们会给我1.5太字节，但说实话，这还是不够。

I think they'll give me 1.5 terabytes, which still isn't enough, to be honest.

所以我确实发起过一些捐款请求。

So I did make an appeal for some donations.

非常感谢那些已经捐款的人，我很快就能升级我的账户了。

And thank you very much for those of you who did donate, and I should be able to upgrade my account soon.

我只需要再等一些捐款到账，就能凑够支付Podomatic所需费用，从而升级到下一个级别。

I just need to wait for a few more donations to come in before I will have enough to pay Podomatic the amount I need to upgrade to the next level.

所以这件事很快就会发生。

So that should happen soon.

所以，发自内心地再次感谢大家的捐赠。

And so, you know, again, from the bottom from the bottom of my heart, thank you very much for donations.

关于卢克英语播客的一些消息。

Some news about Luke's English podcast.

很快可能会推出一款应用，比如适用于iPhone或iPad的应用。

There might be an app coming, like an iPhone or iPad app coming soon.

我一直在考虑这件事。

I've been thinking about that.

我一直在和懂应用开发的人交流，因为我觉得对于iPhone或iPad用户来说，能把卢克英语播客的所有内容集中在一个容易访问的地方会很有用。

I've been talking to people who know about creating apps, because I think it might be useful for users of iPhones or iPads to be able to collect, all of the content for Luke's English podcast into one easy to access place.

所以，那将会是您iPhone上的一个图标，您点一下就能打开卢克英语播客的应用。

So that would be like an icon on your iPhone, which you would you would tap and that would open up the Luke's English podcast app.

但目前这还只是在开发阶段，或者说我只是在考虑这件事。

But really, it's just in the development stage or I'm just thinking about that at the moment.

我正在规划里面可以包含哪些内容。

I'm just planning what could go into it.

要做的事情太多了。

There's so many things to do.

我有很多事情需要做，以改进我在这里提供的服务。

I had there's so many things for me to do to improve the the service that I'm offering here.

我可以推出一个新网站。

I could launch a new website.

理想情况下，我应该离开Podomatic，因为过去两年多来，他们确实对我非常好。

Ideally, what what I should do is move away from Podomatic because actually they've been very good for me over the last two years or or more.

他们一直非常有帮助。

They've been very helpful.

但现在，这个播客已经如此受欢迎，我应该把它迁移到另一个网站上，在那里我可以拥有更多的控制权、更大的空间，等等，还能调整页面的外观，让它对你来说更易用、更友好。

But really now, the podcast is so popular that I should move it to another website where I will have more control and more space and things like that, and I'll be able to change the the appearance of the page to make it more accessible and user friendly for you.

我还可以推出一个iPhone应用程序。

And I could also launch an iPhone application.

那也会很棒，不是吗？

That would be great as well, wouldn't it?

所以，我目前的目标是继续为你——英语学习者——制作更多有趣且实用的播客节目。

So my my aim at the moment is I'm gonna keep going with more entertaining and useful podcast episodes for you, for learners of English.

这才是关键。

And that's really the key.

既要有趣，又要实用。

It's entertaining and useful.

我想尝试将娱乐或喜剧这样的领域，与英语语言学习结合起来。

I want to try to bring together the world of, like, entertainment or comedy, for example, and the world of English language learning.

我认为，在网上这种类型的内容还有一定的空间、市场或发展潜力。

I think there is there is some space or a market or there is room for that kind of thing online.

正如你所知，作为英语学习者，你可以通过很多方式学习英语，有很多优质的英语听力资源。

As you know, as a learner of English, there are so many ways that you can learn English, so many sources of of good English to listen to.

你完全可以去像BBC这样的平台，收听BBC广播或BBC播客，或者去YouTube上找一些有趣的单口喜剧视频，听英国或美国人的幽默表达，通过他们说话的方式和用词，体会他们是如何制造笑点的。

You could really, the best thing probably would be to go to things like the BBC and listen to BBC Radio or listen to BBC podcasts or to go to YouTube and find like funny, stand up comedy videos, where you could listen to like English or American people speaking, using their voice to be funny, and you can listen to the words they're using and the way that they speak to identify how they're being funny.

这既是一种享受，也是一种学习语言的好方法。

And that's a good way of enjoying yourself and learning the language too.

你可以从喜剧中学会很多东西。

There are so many things you can learn from comedy.

我认为这是学习英语的一个非常好的资源，也是你值得研究的好主题。

I think that's a really good good sort of source of English and a good subject for you to study.

另一方面，对于我来说，我拥有丰富的英语教学经验、知识和资质。

So and then on the other hand, for me, I've got all my experience, my knowledge, my qualifications in English teaching.

我希望能将这些结合起来，为英语学习者免费提供既有趣又有用的聆听体验。

And I would love to be able to bring those things together to offer a really useful and entertaining listening experience for learners of English for free.

所以我会继续制作有趣且有用的内容。

So I'm gonna keep going with entertaining and useful content.

如果你正在听这一集，干得漂亮。

If you're listening to this episode, well done.

你的耳朵运作正常。

Your ears are working correctly.

你的大脑运作正常。

Your brains are working correctly.

如果你听了十四分钟还在听，恭喜你。

If you're still listening after fourteen minutes, congratulations.

你应该为自己鼓掌，做得很好。

You should give yourself a big pat on the back for doing that.

干得漂亮。

Well done.

如果你在听这个，那你正在做正确的事。

You're doing the right thing if you're listening to this.

只要你让这些话语流入耳中，努力理解我说的话，利用空闲时间跟上内容，这绝对是在帮你的忙。

It's definitely helping you just letting the words go in, just trying to understand what I'm saying, just following it in your free time if you get a chance.

无论是上班路上、公交车上、车里，还是坐着听，甚至在你睡觉前听这个，都是很好的。

When you're on the way to work, on the bus, in the car, if you're just sitting down listening to it, if you listen to this when you're going to sleep.

我收到过一些听众的留言，他们告诉我，他们会听卢克的英语播客来帮助入睡。

I get messages from people who tell me that they listen to Luke's English podcast to help them go to sleep.

这并不是因为内容无聊，而是因为听我讲话有种奇特的舒缓效果，是一种放松的体验，同时也意味着他们几乎在无意识中学习英语——因为这些词句、语言片段以及我的发音都在不断流入他们的耳朵。

Well, not because it's boring, but just because somehow listening to me talking is quite soothing, quite a relaxing experience, and it also means that they're learning English almost subconsciously because the English is going in all these phrases, all these bits of language, the way that I pronounce words.

当你躺着放松、渐渐入睡时，所有这些内容都会进入你的大脑。

It's all going into your head as you lie there relaxing and maybe drifting off to sleep, and it all goes in.

所有这些都会进入你的大脑。

It all goes into your brain.

你可能记不住每一件事，但它们都会进入你的脑海。

You might not remember every everything, but it all goes in there.

这一切都会有所帮助。

It will it will all help.

就像史蒂夫·乔布斯说的，你现在不一定能看清这些点之间的联系。

Like Steve Jobs said, you can't necessarily join the dots now.

只有当你后来意识到自己学到了某些东西时，才会明白。

It's only later when you realize that you've learned something.

你可能现在无法理解所有内容，但以后你会看到它的益处。

You don't you might not understand everything now, but later on you will see the benefit of it.

所以继续收听卢克的英语播客吧。

So keep listening to Luke's English podcast.

你正在做正确的事。

You're doing the right thing.

这对你非常有好处。

It's very good for you.

好的。

Okay.

我想就这些了。

I think that's pretty much it.

我要说的基本上就这些。

That's pretty much all I've got to say.

很快就会有更多集数。

There will be more episodes soon.

我是个非常忙碌的人，不总是有时间坐下来录制节目。

I'm just a very busy person, and I don't always get a chance to sit down and record episodes.

我甚至不总是有时间坐下来制作像最近的冰淇淋集或奶酪集那样的节目，在那些节目中，我只是聊天，努力让它对你有趣，而并不专门教授任何具体内容。

And I don't always even get a chance to sit down and do episodes like the recent ones, like the ice cream episode or the cheese episode where I just talk and try and make it interesting for you without actually teaching anything anything specific.

最近因为这些节目，我收到了很多评论和邮件。

I've had so many comments and emails recently because of those episodes.

我觉得这很有趣，因为有些节目我坐下来仔细撰写和规划了我要说的每一句话和要教的每一个内容。

I think that's really interesting because some episodes I sit down and I write and plan very carefully everything that I'm gonna say and everything I'm gonna teach.

我的意思是，我会记下词汇之类的笔记。

I mean, I make notes of vocabulary and stuff like that.

我指的是像‘感觉不适’、‘金钱短语动词’或‘童年与成长’这样的节目，举例来说。

I'm talking about episodes like the feeling ill health episodes or the money phrasal verbs episodes or the childhood and growing up episode, for example.

这些节目我写下了大量词汇，然后围绕它们进行讲解，传授某些知识点。

Those ones I wrote down lots of vocabulary and then talked about it and taught certain things.

但我并不总能有时间这样做，因为我还要工作，还要处理日常的其他事情。

I don't always have time to do that cause I'm working and I'm doing other things in my, you know, in day.

所以，比如‘冰淇淋’这一期，对我来说是一个绝佳的机会，可以录制一集不需要花大量时间规划和准备的播客。

And so the ice cream episode, for example, was a great opportunity for me to record a podcast where I don't have to spend a lot of time planning and preparing.

令人惊讶的是，关于这一集的反馈非常积极，甚至比我在其他任何一集中收到的反馈都要多。

And amazingly, the responses I got about that episode were really positive, more than any of the other episodes I've done in fact.

所以人们似乎非常喜欢听我纯粹地、发自内心地聊天。

So people seem to really respond well to just me talking and just talking sort of from my heart in a way.

所以我觉得这真的很好。

So I think that's that's really positive.

因此我必须记住，未来要多录制一些这样的节目。

So I must remember to try and record more episodes like that in the future.

另外，你们在听的时候可以做一件有用的事：如果你愿意，可以试着把节目的某些部分听写下来。

And don't forget something useful for you to do while you're listening is just if you like you can try and transcribe some parts of the episode.

来自法国的贝蒂娜之前通过邮件告诉我，这对她的英语学习帮助最大，因为它让她非常专注地听清我说的每一个词，从而帮助她识别出不同的短语。

Bettina, again from France, has mentioned to me before by email that this has been one of the most useful things for her English because it makes her focus really, really specifically on every word that I'm saying and that then allows her to identify different phrases.

这帮助她发现了某些以前可能根本没注意过的发音特征。

It has helped her to identify certain features of pronunciation that you might not have really thought about before.

只有当你试着把我说的话写下来时，才能真正清楚地看到这样做带来的好处。

It's only when you try and write down the words that I'm saying that you can really clearly see the benefit of doing that.

你能非常细致地捕捉到每一个单词。

That you can actually pick up words really, really carefully.

所以这是个非常好的主意。

So that's a very good idea.

听的时候试着写下来我说的话，你会发现这真的很难，而正是在这种时候你才能学到东西。

Listen and try and write down what I'm saying and you'll find that it's really difficult And that's where you learn.

当你面临挑战、某种程度上感到压力时，你才能真正学到东西。

You learn when when you're being challenged, when you're under pressure in in some way.

这完全取决于你们这些听众，去尝试利用这些内容，让它为你们所用。

It's really up to you, listeners, to try and take this this content and make it work for you.

而且你们可以有很多方法来做这件事。

And there are many ways you could do it.

这就像爵士乐，你知道的。

It's like jazz music, you know.

我喜欢爵士乐，因为一方面，你可以只是播放一张爵士唱片，把它当作背景音乐。

I love jazz music because on on one hand, you can just play a jazz record and it's like background music.

你不必专心去听。

You don't have to listen to it.

它不会直接冲击你。

It's not in your face.

你其实不必特意去听。

You don't really have to listen to it.

它只是在背景中播放，营造出一种舒适的氛围。

It's just playing in the background and it creates a nice atmosphere.

但另一方面，如果你愿意，你可以非常非常仔细地听爵士乐。

But on the other hand, with jazz, if you want to, you can listen really, really carefully.

如果你仔细聆听乐手们的演奏方式、他们弹奏的音符、节奏等等，当你认真倾听时，你会突然注意到所有细微的旋律，以及他们之间如何精妙地相互呼应。

And if you listen to the way that the musicians are playing, the notes they're playing and the rhythms and so on, if you listen to it carefully, you suddenly start to pick up all the little melodies and the way that they're intricately reacting to each other musically.

这非常迷人。

And that's fascinating.

所以我喜欢爵士乐，因为你可以把它当作背景音乐，仅仅作为氛围来听，也可以专注于乐手们做的每一个细微之处。

So I I love jazz because you can listen to it as background music just as atmosphere, or you can focus on each little thing that the musicians are doing.

这两种方式都让人受益匪浅。

And it's rewarding in both ways.

所以，某种程度上，卢克的英语播客就像爵士乐。

So in a way, Luke's English podcast is like jazz music.

事实上，我最近确实收到一位听众发来的邮件。

In fact, I did have a listener who sent me an email recently.

他说，‘冰淇淋’那一集就像自由爵士，我觉得这是极大的赞美，因为在我看来，创作自由爵士音乐的音乐家们是我心中的英雄。

He said that the ice cream episode was like free jazz, which I take as a massive compliment because in my opinion, the musicians, the jazz musicians who created free jazz music are like heroes of mine.

那些技艺超群的萨克斯手、小号手、钢琴家、鼓手、贝斯手等等。

Those incredibly skillful saxophone players or trumpet players or pianists, drummers, bassists, and so on.

我非常敬仰这些人，比如迈尔斯·戴维斯、赫比·汉考克、托尼·威廉姆斯、罗恩·卡特、韦恩·肖特。

I look up to those people so much, people like Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter.

我实际上说的是迈尔斯·戴维斯五重奏。

I'm talking about the Miles Davis quintet, actually.

我们曾经拥有的最伟大的爵士音乐家之一。

Some of the greatest jazz musicians that we've ever had.

如果有人把我比作爵士音乐家，我会感到非常荣幸，因为我觉得这太棒了。

And if I'm compared to, like, jazz musicians, then I'm really flattered because I think that's that's wonderful.

所以我很高兴大家这么喜欢这个播客，我也很喜欢收到这些留言和邮件。

So I'm so pleased that people enjoy the podcast so much, and I do like getting those messages and emails.

它们对我来说非常鼓舞人心。

They they're very encouraging for me.

它们让我充满热情，也让我开始考虑长远的发展。

They just fill me up with enthusiasm for this, and it just makes me think long term.

如果我继续做下去，它会走向何方？

If I keep doing this, where will it go?

最终会有什么结果？

What will be the end result?

这可能是一种全新的教学和学习方式。

It could be a new way of teaching and learning.

互联网充满了无限可能。

The Internet is full of possibilities.

真的就是这样。

It really is.

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

有一天，它可能不再叫‘卢克的英语播客’了。

One day, it might not be Luke's English podcast.

它可能会变成‘卢克的英语学校’。

It might be Luke's English school.

它可能会成为一个面向英语学习者的在线学校。

It might be an online school, the learners of English.

这难道不是一个好主意吗？

Wouldn't that be a good idea?

你能想象吗？安排一次和我通过Skype上课的对话？

Can you imagine that arranging to have a lesson with me where we could talk over Skype?

你当然得为此付费，因为虽然我现在免费做这件事，但我的时间并不便宜。

You'd obviously have to pay for that because my time although I do this for free, my time isn't cheap.

如果你想要一次一对一的Skype课程，你就得提前付钱给我。

If you wanted some sort of one to one lesson on Skype, you'd have to pay me for it in advance.

但你想象一下。

But imagine that.

那可能会很好。

That could be good.

互联网上有一些软件可以让你进行在线会议。

There are there are bits of software on the Internet that allow you to have conferences on the Internet.

所以甚至可以开展在线小组课程。

So there could even be a group class online.

有很多可能性。

Lots of possibilities.

我还没有真正做出决定，但这是一个可能性。

I haven't really made that decision yet, but that's a possibility.

这是一个未来的潜在想法。

It's a potential idea for the future.

所以我认为差不多就这些了。

So I think that's pretty much it.

我现在要去吃晚饭了。

I'm gonna have my dinner now.

我要吃点东西。

I'm gonna have some food.

我得吃饭，因为如果不吃，过一阵子我会死的。

I need to eat because if I don't eat, then I will well, I'll die after a while.

我的意思是，如果只喝水的话，你可以撑好几天，比如六天，没有食物的话大概能撑四天，但如果不喝水，我觉得几天内就会死。

I mean, I'll okay if I had to water because you can you can survive for I don't know how many days, like six six days with without you can survive for about four days without food, but if you don't have water, you'll be dead within a couple of days, I think.

但我刚才在说什么？

But what am I talking about?

我冰箱里有食物。

I've got food in the fridge.

我刚去过超市。

I've just been to the supermarket.

我厨房的水龙头里有水。

I've got water in the tap in the kitchen.

那我这就去吃饭了。

So I'm gonna go and eat.

我要吃晚饭了。

I'm gonna have my dinner.

好吗？

Okay?

所以总结一下，我会说，继续收听这个播客吧。

So just in conclusion, I would say that keep listening to the podcast.

你未来可以期待更多有趣且有用的内容。

You can expect more entertaining and useful content in the future.

记住，收听这些节目能带来许多好处。

Remember, there are many ways that you can benefit from listening to these episodes.

听听贝蒂娜的建议。

Listen to Bettina's advice.

一遍又一遍地回听之前的节目。

Listen to previous episodes again and again.

这确实是一个很好的方法，可以帮助你专注于第一次可能错过的内容。

That's a really good way of of like focusing your attention on things that you might have missed the first time.

同时，试着把我所说的某些内容写下来。

And also try to write down some some of the things I'm saying.

这会让你更加专注于语言本身。

It'll focus your attention on the language even more.

你也可以试着重复我说的话。

You can also try and repeat things I'm saying as well.

如果你在私密场所，可以重复我说的话。

If you are in a private place, could repeat things I'm saying.

这对你有好处。

It's good for you.

就这样了。

So that's it.

本集到此结束。

That's the end of this episode.

希望你们喜欢刚才的内容。

I hope you've enjoyed that.

也许我会放一段音频给你们听。

And maybe I'll play you some audio.

我可能会放一些有趣的东西。

I might play you something funny.

我现在要找一段素材，在本集结束前放给你们听。

I'm gonna find something now that I can play for you just before the end of the episode.

所以你们马上就能听到一些有趣的内容。

So you can expect to hear something funny now.

顺便说一下，如果你们觉得这不好笑，也没关系。

And and by the way, p s, if you don't find this funny, fine.

没问题。

No problem.

但这确实很好笑，因为有观众在笑，他们觉得有趣，所以这一定有什么好笑的地方。

But it is funny because there's an audience of people laughing at it and they find it funny so there must be something funny about it.

也许发现笑话在哪里、幽默在哪里，以及观众为什么觉得它有趣，就取决于你了。

Maybe it's up to you to discover where the jokes are, where the comedy is, and why the audience thinks that it's funny.

明白吗？

Okay?

那么，你现在就听听这段音频吧？

So why don't you listen to this audio now?

它哪里好笑？

What's funny about it?

你可以自己找出来。

You can find out.

正如我所说，今晚的报纸上有一篇关于纪录片的文章，我早就有一个想法，觉得这是一个很棒的纪录片，包罗万象。

As I said, there was a thing in the paper tonight about documentaries, And I've had an idea for a long time for what I think is a wonderful documentary, which has everything.

比如，你去上班，晚上回家，却从不真正去思考它。

For instance, you go to work, you come home at night, and you never really think about it.

这很机械。

It's mechanical.

这很例行公事。

It's routine.

但有一群人，每天上班时都不知道晚上能否平安归来，因为他们每天都要面对一百种死亡威胁。

But there are a group of men who every day when they go to work never know if that night they'll return because they face death in a 100 different ways.

我说的是美国的驾驶教练。

And I'm talking about America's driving instructors.

我想为大家介绍一部新电视系列剧的第一集，名叫《驾驶教练》。

And I'd like to present the first episode in the new TV series called The Driving Instructor.

现在，如果可以的话，请你们看一张照片。

Now I'd like to have you a picture if you would.

这是一辆车。

This is a car.

我是驾驶教练，坐在我旁边的是位女司机。

I'm the driving instructor, and seated next to me is a woman driver.

你好，你好吗？

How do you how do you do?

您是韦布太太。

You're you're missus Webb.

对吗？

Is that right?

哦，我看出您已经上过一节课了。

Oh, I see you've had one lesson already.

韦布太太，那位教练是谁？

Who is the instructor on that, missus Webb?

亚当先生。

Miss mister Adam.

对不起。

I'm sorry.

在这儿，亚当先生。

Here it is, mister Adams.

让我先往前看一眼，熟悉一下这个情况。

Just let me read ahead and kind of familiarize myself with with the case.

亚当斯先生从车里跳出去的时候，你开得多快？

How fast were you going when mister Adams jumped from the car?

七十五。

Seven seventy five.

那个地方在哪里？

And and and where was that?

在你的车道上。

In your driveway.

亚当斯先生的课程进行到哪一步了？

How how far has mister Adams gotten in the lesson?

倒车。

Back backing out.

我明白了。

I see.

你以75的速度倒车，就是那时他跳了出去。

You were backing out at at 75, and and that's when he that's when he jumped.

他有没有教怎么启动汽车和另一种停车方式？

Did he cover starting the car and the other way of stopping?

另一种停车方式是什么？

What what's the other way of stopping?

挂倒挡。

Throw throwing it in reverse.

对，就是这样。

That that's right.

哦，那样确实能行。

Oh, that would do it.

你说得对。

You're you're right.

那样确实能行。

That that would do it.

好的。

Alright.