引言
英國 BBC Radio 4 的《The Archers》被譽為全球最長壽的廣播連續劇。劇集以虛構的鄉村 Ambridge 為背景,呈現英國鄉村生活、社區關係與日常語言。
本系列旨在讓讀者透過真實英式對話學習地道英語,理解英國文化。
節目: The Archers
來源: BBC Radio 4 / BBC Sounds / Apple Podcasts
本集首播日期: 2025 年 10 月 7 日
集數長度: 約 13 分鐘
本篇內容: Part 2/2
本集官方收聽連結(一般首播日期 30 日內可免費收聽):
劇集逐句中英對照
Paul:
This is the life. Cocktails on a Tuesday night.
這才叫生活。星期二晚上也能喝雞尾酒。
Lily:
I worked all weekend and spent last night helping Mum plan Halloween for Lower Loxley.
我整個週末都在工作,昨晚還幫媽媽策劃 Lower Loxley 的萬聖節活動。
It’s a witch hat hunt, so I have to make the best of my night off.
活動是「女巫帽尋寶」,所以我得好好把握今晚的休息時間。
Though it’s a long way from living it up in Birmingham.
不過,和在伯明翰盡情玩樂相比,還是有一段距離。
Paul:
Oh, Lily. It was incredible. Well, you should come with us next time. You’d love it there.
哦,Lily。真的很棒。你下次應該跟我們一起去,你一定會喜歡。
Lily(打趣):
And the “us” would be you and a certain Ruairi Donovan.
你口中的「我們」,是指你和那位 Ruairi Donovan 吧。
Paul:
Or… whoever I happen to be seeing at the time.
或者……任何碰巧在約會的人。
Lily:
Don’t even try to play it cool with me, Paul.
別裝冷靜了,Paul。
You blush every time we talk about him, and you talk about him all the time.
每次一談到他你就臉紅,而且你總是提起他。
So how did it go in the pub with Adam on Sunday? Getting in with the family?
那星期天和 Adam 在酒吧見面如何?有沒有順利融入他的家人圈子?
Paul:
It was fine. Although Ruairi abandoned us at one point, and I thought we might have to sit in awkward silence.
還不錯。雖然有一度 Ruairi 把我們丟下,我還以為要在尷尬的沉默中對坐。
Yeah, he can be a bit… dumb.
是啊,他有時候的確有點……遲鈍。
That’s what I thought. He’s actually pretty cool.
我也這麼想。不過他其實挺不錯的。
Lily:
Rose-coloured spectacles. If they’re even working on his family, you must really have it bad for Ruairi.
你是戴上「玫瑰色眼鏡」了吧。連面對他的家人都有效,看来你真是深陷其中。
Mick:
So Brad, while you change your shoes, let’s do a recap. What are the key things a security guard needs? A torch?
Brad,你換鞋的同時,我們做個複習。保安人員需要的關鍵是甚麼?電筒?
Brad:
A torch?
電筒?
Mick:
No, I mean the qualities we’ve just talked through.
不,我是指我們剛討論過的那些「素質」。
Brad:
Oh, yeah, sorry.
哦,對,抱歉。
Brad:
They need to be very visible, observant, like keeping an eye on people’s body language and their behaviour.
要讓人清楚看見、具備觀察力——留意人們的肢體語言與行為。
Mick:
Good, good. What else?
很好、很好。還有呢?
Brad:
Er, brave.
呃……勇敢。
Mick:
A bit of courage doesn’t hurt, as long as you don’t start making reckless decisions. But what you’re missing is common sense.
有點勇氣無妨,只要不做魯莽決定。不過你漏了「常識判斷」。
Brad:
I’m missing it.
我漏了。
Mick:
From your list.
在你的清單裏。
Brad:
Oh, OK.
哦,明白。
Mick:
Like yours, the role is front of house. So, in a situation like anything from, well, lost bag to a fire, you’re there to keep things calm.
和你一樣,這職位屬前台。從遺失手袋到失火,無論甚麼情況,你的角色都是讓現場保持冷靜。
Like the other week, when that man had chest pains in the bar, it was important his wife and son were looked after, that other guests were reassured and directed swiftly away from the scene.
就像前幾週,酒吧那位男士胸口疼痛——要緊的是照顧好他的妻兒,並安撫其他賓客,迅速引導離開現場。
The vital thing in that situation was access for first aiders and then paramedics.
而在那種情況下,最關鍵是為急救員與救護人員騰出通道。
Brad:
Yeah, I get it. So, it’s not only about throwing out drunk people.
明白,所以保安的工作不只是把醉酒的人請走。
Mick:
Well, no. Though even in a fancy place like this, you can’t guarantee how people will behave under the influence. Are you ready?
當然不是。即使在這種高檔場所,酒精影響下的人也難以預料。準備好了嗎?
Brad:
As ready as I’ll ever be.
我已經準備好了。
Paul:
Oh, it’s divine, it really is. Trent told me the blackberries and damsons were picked from the grounds of Grey Gables.
真是絕妙,的確如此。Trent 說這些黑莓和野李子是從 Grey Gables 園內親手採摘的。
Lily:
I should have gone with the Hedge Room negroni.
我應該點「樹籬廳」的內格羅尼雞尾酒。
Paul:
But a cosmopolitan is timeless.
但「都會(Cosmopolitan)」永遠經典。
Lily:
You know, if we’re ever forced to job shadow another time, I want to be on the cocktail bar—or the health bar.
如果我們將來還要再做一次職場觀察,我想去雞尾酒吧——或者健康果汁吧。
Honestly, after last week, I never want to change another bed again.
老實說,經過上星期的經驗,我再也不想換床單了。
Mick(示範觀察):
If you are suspicious of someone, and security need to be permanently suspicious, they become a person of interest.
若你對某人起疑——而保安需要持續保持適度懷疑——那個人便成為「關注對象」。
Right. Now, the first step is to enter into polite conversation with them.
好。第一步,是以禮貌的方式與對方交談。
What you’re after is an assertive presence, without being confrontational.
你要的是自信但不具對抗性的存在感。
You don’t want to be obviously tracking your target, but you don’t want to lose sight of their whereabouts either.
不要明顯地尾隨,但亦不能失去對其動向的掌握。
Now, see Paul over there? Imagine he is your person of interest this evening, for whatever reason, he is on your radar. So, what do you do first?
看見那邊的 Paul 嗎?假設他今晚是你的關注對象,不論原因,他進入你的雷達。你首先要做甚麼?
Brad:
Engage him in polite conversation.
主動用禮貌的對話接觸他。
Mick:
It’s coming this way. Go on, then.
他正過來,去吧。
Brad:
Good evening. Where are you going?
晚上好。你要去哪裏?
Paul:
To the bathroom.
去洗手間。
Brad:
Right.
好的。
Paul:
Is that OK, Brad?
Brad,這樣可以嗎?
Brad:
Yeah, yeah, of course it is, yeah.
是的,是的,當然可以。
Paul:
Thank you, Brad.
謝謝你,Brad。
Brad:
Oh, it was awful. More like a psycho cop than a smooth operator.
天啊,真糟糕,簡直像神經質警察,不像專業保安。
Mick:
You could try to be a bit less blunt.
你可以試著不要那麼直接。
Neil:
It’s going to be hard with Clarrie and Eddie at George’s homecoming drinks—and the two of us like outcasts.
George 的歡迎小酌上有 Clarrie 和 Eddie,在場兩人像是被排斥者,的確不易應對。
Susan:
What are we going to do about spinning this yarn about seeing your Nelly?
關於「去探望你的 Nelly」這個說辭,我們該如何圓場?
Neil:
We’ll have to pretend to be out Friday night.
我們只好假裝星期五晚上外出。
Susan:
Can’t sit in the dark all evening.
但也不能整晚躲在黑暗中。
Neil:
We could go to the cinema.
可以去戲院。
Susan:
Yeah, I suppose so.
是啊,也好吧。
I hope that everyone’s too absorbed in George’s return to ask us about Nelly.
我希望大家都太專注於 George 的歸來,而不會問起 Nelly 的事。
Neil, I’m so tired of feeling like this.
Neil,我真的厭倦這種感覺了。
Neil:
Like what?
甚麼感覺?
Susan:
Like I’m guilty of something.
就像我做錯了甚麼似的。
Neil:
We’ve got to remember it’s George’s choices that put him where he is, not ours.
我們得記住,把他帶到那地步的,是 George 自己的選擇,不是我們的。
We’ve got to always hold on to that.
我們要一直提醒自己這一點。
Susan:
I know, but it’s hard to feel good about anything we did.
我知道,但很難對我們所做的一切感覺好受。
Neil:
You know what we need?
妳知道我們需要甚麼嗎?
Susan:
What?
甚麼?
Neil:
A treat. Let’s go to Grey Gables, eh?
來點犒勞吧。我們去 Grey Gables 好嗎?
We can have a drink and one of your famous Bridge Farm cheese boards.
喝點酒,再點一份妳那著名的 Bridge Farm 芝士拼盤。
Susan:
They’re hardly mine.
那也算不上是「我的」。
Neil:
You’re a Bridge Farm cheesemaker. In my book, that gives you ownership.
妳是 Bridge Farm 的製芝士師。依我看,那就等於是妳的作品了。
Lily:
No, you’re totally right, Paul. He is making notes.
不,Paul,你說得完全對。他真的在做筆記。
Paul:
About me? He’s been watching me all night.
關於我?他整晚都在盯著我看。
And when you went over to chat to Oliver, I had the most weird conversation with him.
當你剛才過去跟 Oliver 談話時,我和他之間有一段非常奇怪的對話。
Lily:
What did he say?
他說了甚麼?
Paul:
His actual words sounded like something out of a self-help book on starting conversations.
他說的話就像是從某本「如何開啟對話」的自我成長書裡抄出來的。
But his body language was openly hostile.
但他的身體語言卻明顯帶有敵意。
Lily:
Er, Brad?
呃,Brad?
Brad:
Me?
我?
Lily:
Yeah. Can I have a word?
是的,可以聊一聊嗎?
Brad:
Is everything all right?
一切還好嗎?
Lily:
We’re not sure. You’re making Paul feel quite uncomfortable.
不太確定。你讓 Paul 感到有點不自在。
Paul:
Well, it feels a bit like you’re stalking me.
嗯,感覺你好像在跟蹤我。
Brad:
No.
不是的。
Paul:
Well, you’ve definitely been doing something.
不過你肯定在做甚麼吧。
Brad:
Well, I can see why you might think that, but it wasn’t me — not the real me, anyway.
我明白你為何會這樣想,但那不是我——至少不是「真正的我」。
Lily:
What does that mean? Because this is becoming a bit annoying and embarrassing.
甚麼意思?因為這情況真的開始變得既煩人又尷尬了。
Neil:
Evening, all.
各位晚上好。
Susan:
Hi, Brad. Everything all right?
嗨,Brad,一切還好嗎?
Brad:
No, not really, Auntie Susan. Paul thinks I’m a stalker.
不太好,Susan 阿姨。Paul 以為我是跟蹤狂。
Susan:
A stalker? I thought you were on security duties tonight.
跟蹤狂?我以為你今晚在值保安班。
Lily:
Of course.
是啊,沒錯。
Your job shadowing Mick.
你在跟隨 Mick 做實習啊。
Brad:
Yeah. And he made me treat Paul like a person of interest. I didn’t want to do it.
是的。而且他要我把 Paul 當成「關注對象」。我不想這樣做的。
Paul:
but if your brief was to creep out customers, then you passed the test.
不過如果你的任務是「嚇跑顧客」,那你算是通過測試了。
Neil:
I never had you down as a creepy Brad.
我從沒想過你會變成「詭異的 Brad」。
Brad:
I’m so sorry. I feel awful. I hope I haven’t ruined your night, Paul.
我真的很抱歉,感覺非常難受。希望我沒有破壞你今晚的心情,Paul。
Paul:
Well, it depends what you’ve written in your little notebook.
這要看你的小筆記裏寫了甚麼。
Lily:
You’ll have to hand it over, Brad — Freedom of Information.
你得交出來,Brad —— 「資訊自由法」要查閱呢。
Brad:
Really?
真的嗎?
Susan:
Oh, they’re teasing you.
哦,他們在取笑你啦。
Brad:
Well, I’d better go. Mick’s waiting for me.
那我走了,Mick 還在等我。
Lily:
Yeah.
好。
Eagerly waiting for Brad’s report on your dodginess, Paul.
Mick 一定正等著聽 Brad 匯報你「可疑」的行為呢,Paul。
Brad:
I could never do your job.
我絕對幹不了你的工作。
Mick:
Well, you gave it a good go. I have no complaints. And I’m sure I’d struggle to do what you do.
你已經表現得不錯了。我沒有任何意見。老實說,我也肯定做不來你的工作。
Brad:
Oh, sorry. Do you mind if I get that?
哦,抱歉,可以接一下電話嗎?
Mick:
Go ahead.
請便。
Brad:
Hi.
哈囉。
Amber:
Hi, Brad.
哈囉, Brad。
Amber:
Are you still OK to come with me to the supermarket tomorrow evening?
你明晚還方便和我一起去超市嗎?
Brad:
Sure.
當然。
Amber:
Ed’s transferred some cash for the booze and we’ll choose the snacks for Friday and a few other last-minute things — like bubble bath and massage oil. I just can’t wait to spoil him rotten.
Ed 已經轉了酒水錢,我們要選星期五派對的小吃,還有些臨時用品 —— 泡泡浴液和按摩油。我真等不及要好好寵他。
Brad:
It’s about six, OK?
六點左右,行嗎?
Amber:
Perfect. I’ll pick you up. See you tomorrow.
太好了。我開車來接你,明天見。
Brad:
Yeah, see you tomorrow.
好,明天見。
Mick:
Is that your girlfriend?
那是你女朋友嗎?
Brad:
No.
不是。
Mick:
Sounded like it.
聽起來像是。
Brad:
Not my girlfriend. No, I don’t have a girlfriend. It was, um, it was Amber — George’s fiancée.
不是我的女朋友。不,我沒有女朋友。那是,呃,是 Amber —— George 的未婚妻。
We’re arranging his welcome-home party.
我們在安排他的「歡迎回家」派對。
Mick:
Party?
派對?
Brad:
Not party. I meant gathering. Just small.
不是派對,我是說聚會。小型的。
Mick:
It’s OK, Brad. I know the family have missed him. It’s only right they’ll be happy to have him back.
沒關係,Brad。我知道那家人非常掛念他。他們為他的歸來而高興是理所當然的。
Brad:
Mick, is it OK if I go back to my own job now?
Mick,我可以回到原本的崗位了嗎?
Mick:
Yes, please do.
當然可以。
Look, you’re a smashing lad with a bright future ahead of you.
聽著,你是個很出色的年輕人,前途光明。
When George comes home, watch that you’re not drawn into his world.
等 George 回來時,記得別被他的世界牽著走。
I know you’ve been a loyal friend to him, but as a trained security operative, I’d marked George out from the moment I set eyes on him — so just be careful.
我知道你一直是他的忠實朋友,但作為受過專業訓練的保安,我一見到 George 就覺得他是個需要特別注意的人——所以要小心。
That’s my advice.
這是我的忠告。
文化與語言解析
- Person of interest: 非正式法律術語,在安保與偵查語境中指「需要關注的人」,並不等同於罪犯。
- 英式幽默與調侃: 以玩笑化解尷尬,如 Paul 的「資訊自由」玩笑,既自嘲亦試探對方意圖。
B2–C1 重點詞彙表
| 英文詞語/片語 | 中文意思 | 備註 |
|---|---|---|
| front-of-house | 面向賓客的崗位 | 服務業常用 |
| person of interest | 關注對象 | 安保語境 |
| assertive presence | 自信而不冒犯的存在感 | 職場溝通 |
| blunt | 直白、生硬 | 語用層面 |
| paramedics / first aiders | 救護人員/急救員 | 醫療場域 |
| play it cool | 裝鎮定 | 口語慣用 |
| rose-coloured spectacles | 玫瑰色眼鏡(過度美化) | 成語化譬喻 |
| be drawn into | 被捲入、被牽引 | 風險提醒 |
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