#2650: Non Impediti Ratione Cogitationis

保险公司会允许你开着视线受阻的车上路吗？

Would the insurance company want you to drive around the car where you couldn't see?

在南卡罗来纳，他们也有类似的规定，但我以为必须得有实际损伤才行。

Well, in South Carolina, they have something similar, but I thought it had to have damage.

这个倒是可以安排的。

Well, that can be arranged.

我们公司的人也是这么说的。

That's what they said at work.

他们说我们会

They said we'll

去拿石头砸它。

go and hit it with the rocks.

关键是，你那玻璃其实已经受损了。

Well, the thing is that what you have there is damage.

外表面已经坑坑洼洼了。

The outside surface is pitted

哦，明白了。

Oh, okay.

是被东西撞到的。

From stuff hitting it

刚到的时候就撞上了。

at your arrival.

现在生产的挡风玻璃都是劣质货。

All the windshields they make now are cheap junk.

是啊。

Yeah.

确实如此。

They are.

确实如此。

They are.

确实如此。

They are.

我的意思是，以前一辆车开二十年都没问题

I mean, years ago, you could drive a car for twenty years

没错。

Right.

挡风玻璃还是清清楚楚的。

And still see out the glass.

现在你买辆新车，才六个月，玻璃就全是坑了。

And now you buy a brand new car, and six months later, it's all pitted.

对啊。

Right.

而且一旦

And when

情况糟到这种地步，说实话，就算得自己掏钱，也得换新的。

it gets that bad and the truth is even if you have to pay for it, buy a new one.

明白了。

Okay.

不管你丈夫怎么说，我都无所谓。

And whether you I don't care what your husband says.

让他给我打个电话。

Tell him to call me.

如果他不满意这个答复，就让他亲自给我打。

If he doesn't like this answer, tell him to call me personally.

我的号码是888。

My number is 888.

我会让他给你打电话。

I'll have him call you.

好的。

Okay.

祝你好运，玛丽·乔。

Good luck, Mary Jo.

非常感谢你，我真的很感激。

You very much, and I appreciate it.

再见。

Bye bye.

再见。

Bye.

谢谢。

Thank you.

或者你告诉他，在你那副爱抱怨的口气里，会觉得有

Or say to him, in your crybaby whiny opinion, there'll be

可能会有什么？

Might be what?

好的，汤米。

Okay, Tommy.

好好想想。

Think hard.

你还记得上周的谜题吗？

Do you remember last week's puzzler?

我到处都看到脏东西。

I'm seeing dirt everywhere.

我看到代际之间的冲突。

I'm seeing cross generational disputes.

我看到一堆一堆的马粪。

I'm seeing piles of horse manure.

那是你的家，老兄。

That's your house, man.

想想那个谜题。

Think puzzler.

本周，Shorewave 将为您解答所有关于埃博拉病毒的问题，以及全球卫生资金削减如何让疫情更难控制。

This week, Shorewave is answering all your questions about Ebola and how cuts to global health funding have made it harder to contain.

当你

When you

一旦失去了前线的耳目，疫情就很容易迅速蔓延。

no longer have your frontline eyes and ears on the ground, it's very easy for an outbreak to spread very quickly.

为什么非洲这次埃博拉疫情可能创下史上最严重纪录。

Why the current Ebola outbreak in Africa could rival the worst on record.

请在NPR应用或您常用的播客平台收听短波节目。

Listen to shortwave in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

我是《新鲜空气》节目的联合主持人塔尼娅·莫斯利。

This is Tanya Mosley, cohost of Fresh Air.

别错过我和喜剧演员兼故事讲述者阿里·西迪克的对话。

Don't miss my interview with comic and storyteller Ali Siddiqu.

我们聊了当父亲、疗愈的过程，还有监狱如何改变了他。

We talk about fatherhood, healing, and how prison changed him.

他出狱已经二十九年了，但他表示

He's been out twenty nine years, but he says

这些心理创伤和我的身体伤痛是不一样的。

These psychological wounds are different than my physical wounds.

请在NPR应用或您常用的播客平台收听《新鲜空气》。

Listen to Fresh Air on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

《It's Been a Minute》是NPR关于文化动态的播客，每期开头都会问三个问题。

Every episode of It's Been a Minute, NPR's What's Happening in Culture podcast starts by asking three questions.

是谁？

Who?

是怎么回事？

How?

为什么偏偏现在？

Why now?

只要文化圈在讨论，我们就跟着聊。

If the culture's asking it, we're talking about it.

在NPR，我们支持你保持好奇，尽情探索文化话题。

At NPR, we stand for your right to be curious and indulge your cultural curiosity.

关注《It's Been a Minute》，无论你在哪个平台听播客，我们都会帮你解读那些刷屏的热门话题。

Follow It's Been A Minute wherever you get your podcasts, and we'll break down the zeitgeisty topics that are filling your feed.

你好。

Hi.

我们回来了。

We're back.

你现在收听的是《汽车问答》，由我们主持。

You're listening to Car Talk with us.

点击和克拉克这对塔珀兄弟，今天来聊聊汽车、修车，还有上周谜题的答案。

Click and Clack, the Tapert brothers, and we're here to talk about cars, car repair, and the the answer to last week's puzzler.

这道题属于数学系列的一部分。

This was a part of the mathematical series.

我还没想起来。

Can't remember it yet.

我自个儿也记不清了。

I don't remember it myself.

不管怎样，听好了。

Anyway, here it is.

一位园艺工人下班回家，坐在餐桌旁陪着孩子。

A landscaper returns from work and is sitting at the kitchen table with his kids.

孩子们问：‘爸爸，你今天工作得很辛苦吧？’

The kids ask, did you work hard today, daddy?

他回答：‘是的，我干得挺累的。’

And he answers, I did.

我种了很多树。

I planted a lot of trees.

他还接着说，我种了五排，每排四棵树。

In fact he goes on to say I planted five rows of four trees each.

对。

Mhmm.

他上三年级的小女儿想炫耀一下刚学会的乘法表。

His little third grader wanted to show off her mastery of the multiplication tables, newfound mastery.

对。

Mhmm.

她说：‘哦，那意味着你种了二十棵树，爸爸。’

Says, oh, that means you planted 20 trees, daddy.

他说：不对，你这小鬼。

He says, no, you little twerp.

你弄错了。

You're wrong.

可谁问过我们到底有没有种树了？

And who the hell asked if we are if we did anyway?

我种了十棵树。

I planted 10 trees.

她说这不可能。

She says that's impossible.

他说：不，其实是可能的。

He says, well, no, it isn't.

我种了十棵树，排成五行，每行四棵，我给你个提示。

I planted 10 trees in five rows of four, and I'll give you a hint.

如果你看看老师最近发还给你们的试卷，答案就在其中一张上。

If you look at one of the test papers your teacher has returned to you recently, you're going to find the answer on one of those papers.

哇哦。

Wow.

小女孩想了一会儿，说：

The little girl thinks for a minute and says,

对，没错。

uh-huh.

我想出来了。

I've got it.

我也想出来了。

I think I've got it.

西班牙的雨主要落在

Rain in Spain falls mainly in the

让我想起《天堂电影院》里一个特别精彩的场景：几个小孩上三年级，老师问他们五乘五等于多少。

Reminds me of a great scene from Cinema Paradiso where the little kids are in third grade and the teacher asks them how much is five times five, which is.

那个孩子答不上来，坐在他旁边的孩子却画了一棵圣诞树。

And the kid can't get the answer, the kid in the next row draws a Christmas tree.

是12月25号。

It's December 25.

啊。

Ah.

25号。

'25.

对吧？

Right?

那小孩大喊：五乘五，圣诞节。

And the little kid yells out, five times five, Christmas.

没错。

Well Yeah.

怎么把十棵树种成五排，每排四棵？

How did the landscape of plant 10 trees in five rows of four each?

对。

Yeah.

小女孩在纸上看到的，是你三年级老师批改作业时经常画的那种东西。

What the little girl finds on her paper is something that you often find on graded papers from your third grade teacher.

页面顶部有一个五角星。

At the top of the page is a star.

我从来没得过。

I never got one.

哦，怪不得你这题也解不出来，你真是个笨蛋。

Oh, you that's why you didn't get the answer to this either, you dumbbell.

如果你像三年级老师那样画一个五角星，把树放在每条线的交点和每个顶点上，最后就能种出十棵树。

And if you draw a five pointed star just like your third grade teacher put on your papers and you put a tree at every intersection point and a tree at every vertex You end up with four trees.

明白吗？

Right?

十棵，十棵。

Four four.

五排，每排四棵树。

Five rows of four trees each.

还不错。

Pretty good.

这很好。

That is good.

有赢家了吗？

Do we have a winner?

有。

Yes.

有的。

We do.

我们每次都有赢家。

We always have a winner.

看起来是来自马里兰州海兰德的凯瑟琳·拉费里埃。

It looks like Catherine Laferriere from Highland, Maryland.

由于她的答案从数百份正确答案中被随机抽中，凯瑟琳将赢得一张价值25美元的礼品卡，可在Cars.com的Car Talk专区使用。

And for having her answer selected at random, from the hundreds of correct answers that we got, Catherine is gonna win a $25 gift certificate to the store at the Car Talk section of cars.com.

有了这张25美元的礼品卡，她可以买一套《Car Talk》精选磁带，再买一套第二精选的。

And with that $25 gift certificate, she can pick up both a best of Car Talk tape and a second best of Car Talk tape.

我们可没说磁带里的内容有多精彩。

And we're not saying the stuff on the tape is any good.

只是选得最棒而已。

It's just the best.

这点我得说清楚。

I just wanna make that perfectly clear.

这已经是我们的极限了。

It's the best we can do.

这已经是我们的极限了。

It's the best we can do.

希望联邦贸易委员会的那几位能满意。

I hope the guys of the Federal Trade Commission are satisfied with that.

顺便说一句，如果你正为那些不太喜欢的人挑圣诞礼物，Car Talk专区的网店或许正好有你想要的东西。

And by the way, if you need Christmas presents people you don't really like that much anyway, the store at the Car Talk section of cars.com may have just what you're looking for.

是的

Yeah.

他们挺好的。

They well well.

不过，今天节目的后半段我们会带来一个新的脑筋急转弯，别换台。

Anyway, we'll have a new puzzler coming up in the third half of today's show, so don't touch that dial.

meanwhile，你可以打电话来问我们关于你车子的问题。

In the meantime, you can call us and ask us a question about your car.

号码是1888。

The number is 1888.

也就是（888）227-8255。

That's (888) 227-8255.

你好。

Hello.

你现在正在收听《Car Talk》。

You're on Car Talk.

你好。

Hello.

你好。

Hello.

请问是哪位？

Who's this?

我是阿尔弗雷多。

This is Alfredo.

阿尔弗雷多。

Alfredo.

你最近怎么样？

How are you?

来自纽约。

From New York.

是的。

Yeah.

是的。

Yes.

你最近怎么样？

How you doing?

我很喜欢你的节目。

I enjoy your show.

我有一辆88型的小房车。

I have a mini caravan 88.

对。

Yeah.

方向盘会突然抖动。

The steering wheel jerks.

车子挂入挡位的时候，会像有节奏地抽动一样。

When the car lets in drive, like, they say rhythmically.

所以你开车的时候，是的。

So as you're driving down the road Yes.

你有没有感觉到方向盘一会儿往左 jerk，一会儿又往右 jerk，左一下，右一下？

You feel the wheel getting jerked to the left and then to the right, left, right?

有。

Yes.

左，右，右。

Left, right, right.

抖动得特别快。

They're very fast jerking.

那在特别慢的速度下，比如只开五到十英里每小时的时候，你也能感觉到吗？

And and do you notice it at very, very low speeds if you're creeping along at at five, ten miles an hour?

那时候也会有这种感觉吗？

Will you feel it then also?

车速慢的时候，这种现象会减轻。

It decreases if it is moving slowly.

我已经换过轮胎了，因为明显是轮胎有问题。

I have changed for obvious bumps on the tires.

我没看到任何问题，但情况还在持续。

I don't see any, and it's still happening.

过去两三周我一直这么开着车。

I've been driving it like this for the last two or three weeks.

你有没有

Do you

记得你撞上路缘石的那天吗？

remember the day that you ran over the curbstone?

我不记得了。

I don't know.

我和我妻子共用这辆车，所以我也不清楚。

I we I shared the car with my wife, so I wouldn't know.

是她开的。

She did.

她应该是开过的。

She probably did.

怪她吧。

Blame her.

哦，别这样。

Oh, no.

别这样。

Don't do that.

别怪她。

Don't blame her.

绝对不行。

Absolutely not.

不过你得提一下你的清单。

Mention your list though.

我们来看看是哪一个

Let's see which

你的轮胎里有个你根本发现不了的毛病。

one you're gonna there's a in the tire that you can't notice.

有一种情况叫胎面剥离。

There's there's a condition called tread separation.

对。

Uh-huh.

就是胎面和下面的帘布层会分开。

Where the actual tread will become separated from the ply below it

在轮胎内部，肉眼看不到的地方。

inside the tire where you can't see it.

其他方法很难发现这个问题。

It's not easy to detect it in other ways.

如果你把车架起来，让前轮转动，然后趴在地上，像蚂蚁一样从路面的角度往上瞧，就能看到胎面在转动时往一边歪扭。

If you if you had the car up in the air and you spun the front tires and and looked at them as an ant would look at the tire from the vantage point of the road, you might see the tread squirm to one side or the other as the tire spun around and you're looking at the treads coming at you.

是的。

Mhmm.

最简单的方法就是把两个前胎换到后边去。

And the easy way to find this out is to take the two front tires and put them in the back.

好的。

Okay.

或者更好一点，一次只换一个。

Or or better still to do one at a time.

把轮胎换个位置。

Rotate them somehow.

把车的一侧顶起来，把左前胎和左后胎对调。

So jack up one side of the vehicle and exchange the left front and the left rear.

是的。

Uh-huh.

然后放下车，开上一段路。

And then let it down and drive the car.

如果问题消失了，那坏掉的轮胎就是现在在后轮位置的那个。

And if it goes away, that was the bad tire, the one that's now on the on the on the rear.

如果问题还在，那就换到另一侧试试。

And if it doesn't, you try it on the other side.

不过我有点担心你可能还有其他问题，因为只要方向盘出现任何震动，都应该先怀疑是悬挂系统的问题。

But I'm just worried you might have something else wrong because whenever you have a vibration of any kind in the steering wheel, you should always suspect the suspension.

对。

Yes.

没错。

Right.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

你确实该让人检查一下球头和横拉杆末端这些部件。对。

You really should have someone take a look at the ball joints, the tie rod ends, and all that stuff Mhmm.

这些部件负责把车轮固定在一起。

That's holding the wheels together.

好的。

Okay.

因为这很危险。

Because that's dangerous.

好的。

Okay.

确实如此。

Definitely.

肯定是的。

Definitely.

如果你做了这个测试，问题消失了，对。

If you do this test and the condition goes away Mhmm.

那就能确定是轮胎的问题，然后只需要换掉那条轮胎就行。

Then you can be sure that it was the tire, and then you need to just replace that one tire.

好的。

Okay.

好的。

Alright.

很好。

Very well.

很好。

Very well.

谢谢你的来电，阿尔弗雷多。

Thanks for calling, Alfredo.

祝你好运。

Good luck.

非常感谢。

Thanks a lot.

别惹麻烦。

And stay out of stay out of trouble.

是的。

Yeah.

好的。

Okay.

行吧。

Alright.

再见。

See you.

拜拜。

Bye bye.

拜拜。

Bye bye.

拜拜了，各位。

Bye bye, fellas.

再见。

Bye.

1888。

1888.

那是 (888) 227-8255。

That's (888) 227-8255.

你好。

Hello.

你正在收听《汽车谈话》。

You're on Car Talk.

嗨。

Hi.

我是来自阿肯色州康威的苏珊。

This is Susan from Conway, Arkansas.

你好，苏珊，来自阿肯色州康威。

Hi, Susan from Conway, Arkansas.

阿肯色州。

Arkansas.

就在小石城北边。

It's just North of Little Rock.

是的。

Yeah.

你今天听起来心情不错啊。

You sound very chipper today.

我这车有个问题，我男朋友觉得是我自己想多了，我想请你告诉他他想错了，然后也帮我判断一下，这问题到底需不需要担心。

Well, I have a problem with my car that my boyfriend thinks I'm imagining, And I'd like you to tell him that he's wrong, and then I'd like you to tell me if I should worry about this or not.

我们还没收到你的支票吗？

Do we have your check yet?

说吧。

Go ahead.

我开的是一辆1997年的萨博SL1，上周末我开车去看朋友。

Well, I have a 1997 Saturn SL one, and I was driving up to see some friends this past weekend.

我一路开到了那儿。

And I drove all the way there.

大概要开两个小时。

It's about a two hour drive.

到了那儿之后，我驶离高速，第一个红灯停得挺顺的。

And when I got there, I pulled off the highway, and I made it through the first stop sign fine.

到了下一个路口，我挂上了一挡。

And I got to the next one, and I shifted it into first.

可当我换二挡的时候，挡杆像在搅稠粥一样，特别卡顿。

And when I went to shift it into second, the stick shift felt like I was shifting it through cream of wheat.

阻力大得吓人。

It was a lot I got more resistance.

明白了。

Okay.

现在可能还在这样，也可能我胳膊已经适应了。

This may still be happening, or my arm may have gotten used to it.

不过这情况确实持续了好几天，直到昨天下午才停。

But it definitely did this for a couple days up until yesterday afternoon.

是只在从一挡换二挡的时候有这问题，还是所有挡位都这样？

Only going from first to second or going through all the gears?

所有挡位都这样，就连空挡时也一样。

Through all the gears and even in neutral.

那他呢？你男朋友是怎么看这件事的？

What would so so what what what's your what's the boyfriend's position here?

他说没什么问题，说我纯属多想，本来换挡就一直这么费劲。

He says that there's nothing wrong, that I'm just imagining the whole thing and that it's always been this hard to shift.

让我确认一下。

So let me get this right.

可能之前确实出过问题，现在也许不出现了，但我也拿不准。

Something may have happened, and it may not be happening now, but you're not sure.

而且我根本说不清到底是什么原因。

And you don't know what it is anyway.

是的。

Yeah.

当然。

Sure.

这件事我们会站在你这边。

We're gonna be on your side with this one.

你是希望我们能告诉你

You're hoping that we can tell you what it is

到底是还是不是。

or it isn't.

我就是想知道我到底该不该为此担心。

I just wanna I wanna know whether or not I should worry about that.

你刚才说，即使在空挡状态下也是这样。也就是说，当你把换挡杆从左边移到右边，而不是像挂挡那样上下移动时，你会感觉到以前没有的阻力。

You said now even in neutral, which means, like, when you're moving the shift lever left to right instead of up and down, like, to go into the gears, it feels like there's resistance that wasn't there before.

对。

Yeah.

感觉没那么顺滑了。

It's not as smooth.

你这次开的行程有多长？

How long a trip was this trip that you took?

两个小时。

Two hours.

我只是在测试证人的说法。

I'm I'm just testing the witness.

我想看看她有没有改变之前的说法。

I wanna see if she's changing her story.

确实是两个小时。

It was two hours.

就是两个小时。

It's two hours.

但从那以后，你再没开过两个小时的车。

But since that time, you haven't driven another trip of two hours.

除了回来那趟，没别的了。

Well, I aside from driving back, no.

我觉得这绝对是必须的。

I I would say that it's mandatory

是的

Yeah.

你得再跑一趟两小时的车程。

That you take another two hour trip.

好。

Okay.

这意味着我们完全不明白你在说什么。

What this means is that we have no idea what you're talking about.

嗯，没有。

Well, no.

没有。

No.

我清楚发生了什么

I know exactly what's going

。

on.

做什么？

Do?

其实没有。

Not really.

没有。

No.

我

I

我觉得这里发生的情况是。

I think what's happened here.

是吗？

Yes?

我哥哥一看到这情形，就知道这完全是胡说八道。

Is My brother has that look that this is gonna be complete bull feathers.

我觉得当她以持续高速驾驶时，有几种情况正在发生。

I think that when she drives the thing at sustained high speed, one of several things is is happening.

可能是变速箱油量不足，导致过热，换挡就变得困难。

Either the transmission is overheating because it's low on fluid and hence making it difficult to shift.

我们检查过变速箱油了。

We checked the transmission fluid.

是的。

Yeah.

他检查了？

He did?

对。

Yeah.

我们检查了。

We did.

油况很正常。

And it's fine.

好的。

Alright.

因为第一个理论已经不成立了。

Because there goes theory with number one.

真倒霉。

Shucks.

我知道你有备选方案。

I don't I I know you have a backup.

当然有。

Of course.

我觉得换挡连杆因为催化转化器隔热罩脱落而过热了，那东西在行驶了大约三万五千英里后就掉了。

I I think the shift linkage is getting overheated due to the absence of the catalytic converter heat shield, which fell off at about 35,000 miles.

它被拆掉是因为老在响。

It was removed because it was rattling.

当你高速行驶时，挡位会变得特别难推，因为部件太热了，所有东西都膨胀了，但我觉得那东西已经不见了。

And then when you drive the thing at high speed, the thing the thing gets hard to push because the thing is getting so heated up and everything expands, but I think it disappeared.

我觉得第二天冷却后，它就找不到了。

I don't think it was there with after it cooled off the next day.

如果你

If you

苏珊，你好好想想，你第二天开车的时候，一定会承认的，

if you search your soul, Susan, you'll I think you'll admit that the next morning when you drove it

换挡还是特别费劲。

It really was still harder to shift.

理论B又出问题了。

There goes theory number b.

明白了。

Okay.

理论D。

Theory d.

我只修过两台。

I hadn't worked on any more than two.

我觉得这两台里总有一台会出问题。

I figured one of the two would get her.

嗯，两个都挺靠谱的。

Well, they were both pretty good.

第二个其实挺扯的。

The second one was quite bogus.

所以它才是第二个。

The That's why it was the second one.

我本来考虑过是液位低的问题，但后来排除了这个可能。

I I considered the theory of the low fluid, but I I dismissed it.

好吧。

Alright.

我还有个备选方案。

I have a fallback position.

而且，就算是我在跟男朋友商量决定。

And even if the I'm deciding with the boyfriend.

嗯，那都是很久以前的事了。

Well, I I was there a long time ago.

对。

Yeah.

苏珊，恐怕我没听懂。

I I'm afraid, Susan, that I don't understand.

我实在想不出什么合理的解释，显然兄弟俩也都没辙。

I I I can't come up with any reasonable theory, and clearly, brother can't either.

是的。

Yeah.

不过另一方面

But on the other hand

嗯，这里是

Well, here's the

听起来你好像疯了。

only sound like you're crazy.

我绝对没疯。

I'm definitely not crazy.

我得承认，我好多次都没相信我老婆说车出了问题。

And I have to I have to admit that I have many, many times have fallen into the trap of not believing my wife when she tells me that the car is doing something.

我朋友去摸了挡把，其实有两个朋友——一男一女，他们都注意到了。

And my friend my my friend felt the shifter, and both of them actually, two friends, a he and a she, and they both noticed it.

他们都注意到了。

They both noticed it.

对。

Yes.

那我还是坚持我的第二个猜想，验证的方法就是再开这车跑一趟长途。

Well, then I'm sticking with my with my theory number two, and the way you're gonna verify this is take the car for another extended trip.

好。

Okay.

你得去。

You have to do

跑一趟。

this.

对。

That.

你得这么做，然后给我们回个电话。

You have to do this and call us back.

好的。

Okay.

因为然后我就认定是换挡杆的问题了。

Because and then I then I'm gonna stick with my sticky shifter.

好的。

Okay.

好吧，我是不同意，但行吧。

Well, I mean, I don't agree, but, fine.

那我查到了再告诉你。

Well, I'll let you know what I find out.

好。

Yeah.

我的意思是，再花两个小时去一趟也没什么坏处。

I mean, it it can't hoit to take another two hour ride.

确实，也许根本没什么问题，或者也不是缺少隔热板的问题。

In indeed, there may even be nothing wrong or or there may not be a heat shield missing.

可能只是长途行驶产生的热量，导致换挡线卡住了。

It's just heat that gets generated as a result of a long trip, and it's causing the shifter cable to bind up.

这就是唯一的其他可能性了。

That's that's the only other thing.

好的。

Okay.

行吗？

Okay?

我肯定会去做的。

I I will definitely do this.

好的。

Okay.

我想知道我会发现什么。

I'd to know what I find.

我真的很想知道。

I'd love to know.

好的。

Okay.

很快见。

See you soon.

谢谢。

Thanks.

再见。

Bye.

这些重要广告之后，我们马上回来，继续接听听众来电并带来新的谜题。

We'll be right back with more calls and the new puzzle right after these important messages.

我是艾拉·格拉斯。

This is Ira Glass.

在《美国生活》这个节目里，我们特别喜欢那种精彩的悬疑故事。

On This American Life, one that we like is a good mystery.

有时候讲的是特别大的事，但更多时候，

Sometimes about really big things, but most times,

那些小谜团才最吸引人。

the little mysteries are the best.

我们失物招领处现在堆满了裤子。

Our lost and found is currently filled with pants.

我真不知道，这种事我从来没见过。

I don't know what I I I've never seen this happen.

等等。

Wait.

这是真的吗？

This is true?

是真的。

This is true.

每周都有各种规模的谜题，欢迎收听《美国生活》，在你听播客的任何平台都能找到。

Mysteries of every size each week, This American Life, wherever you get your podcasts.

你好。

Hi.

我是《Fresh Air》的主持人特里·格罗斯。

It's Terry Gross, host of Fresh Air.

嗨。

Hey.

暂时远离24小时滚动新闻，来听听我们深度访谈你喜爱的作家、演员、电影人、喜剧人和音乐人吧，他们创作的艺术滋养着我们，也回应着这个时代。

Take a break from the twenty four hour news cycle with us and listen to long form interviews with your favorite authors, actors, filmmakers, comedians, and musicians, the people making the art that nourishes us and speaks to our times.

请收听来自NPR和WHYY的《Fresh Air》播客。

So listen to the fresh air podcast from NPR and WHYY.

《Shortwave》——NPR的科学类播客，每期故事都从一个问题开始。

Every story from Shortwave, NPR Science podcast starts with a question.

比如，我们为什么会做噩梦？

Like, why do we have nightmares?

人工智能会怎么影响我的电费账单？

How does AI affect my energy bill?

在 NPR，我们致力于维护你探索周围世界的好奇心。

At NPR, we are here for your right to be curious about the world around you.

在你收听播客的任何平台关注 Shortwave，因为你的问题越多，这个世界就越有趣。

Follow Shortwave wherever you get your podcasts because the more you ask, the more interesting the world gets.

我们回来了。

We're back.

你们正在收听的是我们的《汽车对话》节目。

You're listening to Car Talk with us.

点击即取，Tapit兄弟，我们今天来聊聊汽车、汽车维修以及最新的

Click and Collect, the Tapit brothers, and we're here to discuss cars, car repair, and the new

汽车领域？

Automotive?

非汽车领域？

Nonautomotive?

不是。

No.

民间传说类的？

Folkloric?

不是。

No.

我猜不到了。

I give up.

有历史感的？

Historic?

不是。

No.

我也不清楚，但这出自《克拉什档案》。

I don't know what it is, but it's from the Krusty Files.

啊。

Ah.

大家都记得我们《来自克拉什档案》那期节目。

Everyone remembers our From the Krusty files.

我们那位靠谱的老技师克拉什，多年来一直忠心耿耿。

Our trusty mechanic, Krusty, who's been a loyal employee for many years.

克拉什，克拉什。

Krusty Krusty.

给他打了电话。

Called him.

蟹堡王。

Krusty Krusty.

几年前我们就觉得他该放个假了，确实，我们打算给他放四天假。

We decided some years ago that he deserved a vacation, and and indeed, we were gonna give him four days off.

对。

Mhmm.

所以我们决定自费让他和克鲁斯特太太去度个假。

And we decided to send, at our expense, him and missus Krusty on a little vacation.

所以我们给他们订了去斯洛文尼亚的机票。

So we booked a flight for them to cold Slovenia.

然后我们把他们送到机场，送他们登机。

And so we take them to the airport, and we see them off.

他们上了飞机，就飞往第一站。

We they got on their their plane, and off they go to their first stop.

旅程的第一段把他们带到萨斯喀彻温省的穆斯乔，他们得在那里转机去斯洛文尼亚。

The first leg of their journey lands them in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where they have to change planes for cold Slovenia.

你得仔细听，因为里面有很多暗示。

I need you to pay attention because there are a lot of hints.

我还有

I've got

以及

As well as

一些误导性的信息。

obfuscations.

你得做笔记，对吧？

Notes, don't you?

是的。

Yeah.

放松点。

Kick back.

把脚抬起来。

Put your feet up.

好好歇着。

Relax.

Moose Jaw。

Moose Jaw.

对。

Right.

所以线索是斯洛文尼亚。

So the hints Slovenia.

这满是暗示和故意模糊的信息。

This is rife with hints and obfuscations.

是的。

Yeah.

好吧。

Okay.

而且大部分都是没用的信息。

And mostly useless information.

我知道。

I know that.

所以他们降落在 Moose Jaw，得换飞机，才能飞越北极前往 Coleslaw Vania。

So they they land in Moose Jaw where they have to change planes for the flight over the pole to, Coleslaw Vania.

然后 Coleslaw Air 拿出了他们最新的那个，叫什么来着？

And coleslaw air wheels out its its latest, what do you call that?

飞机。

Plane.

飞机。

Plane.

没错。

There you go.

我只是想确认一下你

I just wanted to if you

有没有在听。

were paying attention.

这是一架DC-3，克鲁斯蒂从第一部《夺宝奇兵》里认出了它。

This is a DC three, and Clusty recognizes it from that first Indiana Jones movie.

他对妻子说，天哪。

And he says to his wife, oh my god.

他说，这简直难以置信。

He said, this is unbelievable.

他说，这架飞机至少有二十五年了。

He said, this plane must be 25 years old.

他老婆说，不对。

And his wife says, no.

差不多60年。

Like, 60.

对。

Yeah.

所以他们走进飞机，是吧。

So they enter the plane Mhmm.

他特别紧张，他老婆也一样。两人都往驾驶舱里瞅，确认里面确实有飞行员和副驾驶，还好，都在。

And he's he's very nervous as is his wife, and they both look into the cockpit to make sure there's in fact a a pilot and a copilot in there, and they are.

他们互相看了一眼，交换了个眼神，点点头，心里踏实了。

And they look at each other, and they exchange smiles and and nods, and they're Mhmm.

不过还是有点担心这架飞机的机龄。

Still nervous about the age of the plane.

对。

Yeah.

最后他们终于坐好了。

And they finally take their seats.

飞机起飞时一切顺利，他们就这样飞越北极前往科索沃，因为没人懂科索沃语。

The plane takes off without without incident, and they're on their way to Coast Slovenia over the pole over the pole because they they speak no Coast Slovenian.

事实上，我觉得现在也没人说科索沃语了。

In fact, I don't think anyone speaks Coast Slovenian anymore.

飞行途中，他们发现其他乘客都不说英语，于是借着去洗手间的由头，在过道里来回走动，试着跟周围的人聊聊天。

And while they're in flight, they realize that that none of the other passengers speaks English, and they walk up and down the aisles using the bathroom, you know, as a as a pretense and and try to, in fact, engage people in conversation.

他们打了个招呼。

They say, hi.

你好吗？

How are you?

结果没人回应。

And Mhmm.

他们也就认命了，只能坐在那儿，等着航班结束。

Nobody responds, and they're resigned to just sitting there and and, waiting for the flight to end.

当飞机终于降落在寒冷的斯洛文尼亚时，他们松了一口气，总算到了。

And when it finally touches down in cold Slovenia, they're relieved that they made it.

他们等着接机的人带他们去参观，但已经是深夜了。

And they're waiting for their welcoming party to take them on their little tour, you know, but it's late at night.

这个安排是我们做的，我

Which we arranged, I

猜的。

presume.

是我们安排的，没错。

We arranged Yeah.

他们的导游，或者

Their guide or.

对。

Mhmm.

或者

Or.

我们是的。

We yeah.

或者。

Or.

对。

Yeah.

好的。

Okay.

他们到了之后，接受了长时间的海关检查。

They get there, and they go through a lengthy custom search.

等他们终于走到停车场时，才发现已经深夜了，没人来接他们。

And when they finally emerge into the parking lot, they realize that it's late at night, and there's nobody waiting to meet them.

只有一个出租车司机假装听不懂他们说话。

And the one cab driver pretends that he can't communicate with them.

他们根本不会说任何斯洛文尼亚语。

Does they don't speak any close Slovenian.

他一句英语都不会说。

He speaks no English.

他两手一摊，死活不让他们上车，他们完全不知道该怎么办。

He throws up his hands, won't let them get in the cab, and they don't know where to go.

他们四处张望。

They look around.

机场里几乎空无一人，最后他们只好认命，打算在机场过夜。这时，克拉斯蒂太太看到一位从飞机上认识的女士朝他们走来。

There's practically no one in the airport, and finally, they're resigned to sleeping that night in the airport, and missus Crusty sees a woman walking toward them that she recognizes from the plane.

哦。

Oh.

然后她说，哦，谢天谢地，今晚终于能到酒店了。

And she says, oh, thank god we'll be able to get to our hotel tonight.

当然，她猜对了。

And, of course, she's right.

她怎么知道那个女人会说英语呢？

How does she know that this woman speaks English?

如果你觉得你知道答案，或者还记得这事儿持续了多久，不妨说说看。

Now if you think you know the answer or or you can remember anything about how long is this?

这节目是不是结束了？我实在没法再剪短了。

Is this a show over I just couldn't shorten it.

不行。

No.

你要是故意把事情搞复杂，又怎么剪得短呢？

I under how can you shorten it if you're trying to obfuscate?

没错。

Right.

根本不可能。

You can't.

如果你觉得自己知道答案，就写在明信片上，贴在一个美式橡木娱乐柜的底部——那种带欧洲式推拉门和雪松储物架的——然后在圣诞节前寄到谜题塔，Car Talk 广场，邮编 3500，哈佛广场，剑桥市。

Now if you think you know the answer, write it on a postcard or glue it to the base of a mission style Oak Entertainment Center with sliding European hinged pocket doors and cedar storage shelves and send it before Christmas to a puzzler tower, Car Talk Plaza, Box 3500, Harvard Square, Cambridge

我们第五个城市。

Our fifth city.