BBC 6 Minute English 是 BBC Learning English 出品的英語學習節目。每周一期，每期約6分鐘，兩位主播圍繞某個話題展開對話，非常適合英音愛好者模仿學習。
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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.大家好。這裡是BBC教學英語的《六分鐘英語》。我是尼爾。Have you always wanted to learn to dance the tango, do a magic trick, or skydive?If so, perhaps you need a bucket list – a list of all the things you want to do before you die.如果是那樣的話，也許你需要一份遺願清單——你死之前想要做的所有事情的清單。That's the topic of our programme.Bucket lists have been called 'the greatest hits of your life' and have helped some people overcome anxiety and fear of following their dreams.遺願清單被稱為"生命中最偉大的成就"，它幫助一些人克服了追夢路上的焦慮和恐懼。But they've also been accused of limiting the imagination by encouraging people to follow someone else's idea of the perfect life.但遺願清單也被指責通過鼓勵人們追求他人對完美生活的想法來限制想像力。So, what would be on your bucket list, Neil?Are you a skydiving kind of person?Not really! Bungee-jumping maybe - as long as someone checked the elastic rope! How about you?並不是！可能會蹦極——只要有人檢查過蹦極彈力繩！你呢？One thing I've always wanted to do is swim with dolphins.Well, you're not alone there, Sam, because swimming with dolphins is one of the most commonly included personal goals on bucket lists.嗯，不是你一個人如此，薩姆，因為和海豚一起遊泳是遺願清單上最常見的個人目標之一。But which of the following things do you think tops the list?That's my quiz question for today.Is it: a) swimming with dolphins, b) getting a tattoo, or c) seeing the northern lights?是a)和海豚一起遊泳，b)紋身，還是c)看北極光？I'll go for a) swimming with dolphins – one, because it's something I really want to do, and two, because I've heard so many stories about how it improves your mental health.我會選a)和海豚一起遊泳——第一是因為它是我真的想做的事情；第二是因為我聽說過很多關於它如何改善人們心理健康的故事。Well, that was certainly true in the case of blogger Annette White.She listed hundreds of things she wanted to accomplish - from learning Spanish to hanging out with penguins in Antarctica - as a way of improving her psychological wellbeing.她列出了數百件她想要完成的事情——從學習西班牙語到在南極洲和企鵝一起玩——作為改善她心理健康的一種方式。Here she is talking to Claudia Hammond for BBC Radio 4s programme All in the Mind: You said that you started all this to try to help you overcome your anxiety – has it done that?以下是她在BBC廣播4頻道All in the Mind節目中和克勞迪婭·哈蒙德的對話：你說你開始所有這一切是為了幫助自己克服焦慮——真的做到了嗎？It definitely has and I feel that the reason is because that promise to live my bucket list really continuously pushes the comfort zone to its limits and beyond it.肯定啊，而且我覺得那是因為遺願清單的實現不斷將舒適區推到極限，甚至超越極限。So every time I can have a chance to step out of my comfort zone, a little piece of that fear of the unknown is removed and replaced with a little piece of empowerment, and by continuously doing that, the size of my fear bubble has gotten smaller.所以每次我有機會走出舒適區，我對未知事物的一些恐懼就會消除，取而代之的是對生活的掌控能力，通過不斷這樣做，我的恐懼就減少了。Annette feels that choosing adventurous goals for her bucket list helps her step outside her comfort zone – the situations where she feels safe and comfortable but where her ability and determination are not really being tested.安妮特覺得為自己的遺願清單選擇冒險目標有助於她走出自己的舒適區——她感到安全和舒適的地方，但在舒適區她的能力和決心並沒有真的得到考驗。Moving out of her comfort zone has helped Annette replace her feelings of fear with feelings of empowerment – the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling her life.走出舒適區幫助安妮特將恐懼替換為賦權——變得更強大、更自信的過程，尤其是在掌控自己的生活方面。Well, that all sounds pretty good to me.But not everyone is convinced that bucket lists can really help people like Annette in the long run.但並不是每個人都相信遺願清單能真的從長遠上幫助像安妮特這樣的人。Here's clinical psychologist Linda Blair to explain why: I'm not really in favour of bucket lists. There are a couple of reasons.臨床心理學家琳達·布萊爾解釋了原因：我真的不贊同遺願清單。那有幾個原因。Most of all, you're kind of fooling yourself with a bucket list.We fear death, more than I think we fear anything else in our existence, because we can't predict it, and because we don't know what it's like because nobody comes back and tells us.我們害怕死亡，我覺得比害怕我們生活中其它任何事物還要害怕，因為我們無法預測死亡，因為我們不知道死亡是什麼樣子，因為沒有人會在死後回來告訴我們。And when you create a bucket list – something to do before you 'kick the bucket, the idea that you're giving yourself is that you can somehow control when and what death is going to be all about.當你列了一個遺願清單——你死之前要做的事情，你向自己傳達的想法就是你可以掌控死亡的時間和形式。We only make sense of our lives at the end of it.A bucket list takes you away from the chance to be spontaneous, and I think it's so delicious to be able to say, 'that's an opportunity? – oh, I'll do that! '遺願清單會讓你失去自發做事的機會，而且我覺得能說"那是一個機會嗎？"——啊，我要去做！"非常棒。Linda thinks some people use bucket lists as a coping strategy to try to control something uncontrollable – death.琳達認為，有些人把遺願清單用作一種應對策略來試圖掌控一些無法控制的事情——死亡。In this way they are fooling - or deceiving - themselves - trying to make themselves believe something they know is not really true.這樣，他們就是在愚弄或者欺騙自己——試圖讓自己相信一些他們知道不是真的的事情。And by having a checklist of adventures to tick off before they die, people might lose the chance to be spontaneous – to act in a natural and impulsive way without planning.在死前有一份冒險清單要完成，人們可能會失去自發做事的機會——在沒有計劃的情況下，以一種自然、衝動的方式做事。Linda also uses an unusual expression which gave 'bucket list' its name in the first place.琳達還使用了一個不尋常的表達方式，先給出了"遺願清單"這個表達。A bucket list is all the things you want to do before you 'kick the bucket' – an informal way of saying, 'die'.遺願清單是你死之前想做的所有事情——"kick the bucket"是"死"的非正式說法。'Kick the bucket' is an old English expression that was even used by Shakespeare."Kick the bucket"是一個古老的英語表達，它甚至被莎士比亞使用過。It refers to kicking the bucket away from under the feet of a hanging man, leaving him to drop to his death.Well, anyway, I hope I don't kick the bucket before I've had a chance to tell you the correct answer to today's quiz.好吧，不管怎樣，我希望在我有機會告訴你今天測驗問題的正確答案之前，我不會死。Remember, I asked you which personal goal was most often included in bucket lists?還記得我問過你哪一個個人目標最常被列入遺願清單嗎？I said, a) swimming with dolphins.But the actual answer was c) seeing the northern lights.Well, maybe we could combine the two in a single trip… And then get a tattoo!好吧，也許我們可以在一次旅行中把兩個都做了……然後去紋身！That would be spontaneous!Today, we've been discussing bucket lists – lists of all the things you want to do before you 'kick the bucket' – an informal way of saying 'die'.今天，我們一直在討論遺願清單——你"死"之前想做的所有事情的清單——"kick the bucket"是"死"的一種非正式說法。Bucket lists can be a great way to feel empowered – stronger and more in control of your life, because they take you out of your comfort zone – comfortable situations which are safe but not challenging.遺願清單是使你感覺擁有權利的一種好方式——讓你感覺更強大，更能掌控自己的生活，因為它們讓你走出舒適區——安全但沒有挑戰性的舒適環境。But others think you're fooling – or deceiving yourself – if you think bucket lists can really help you control your life.但是，如果你認為遺願清單真的可以幫助你掌控自己的生活，別人就會認為你在愚弄或欺騙自己。In fact, they might even make you less spontaneous – less able to act in natural, sudden and impulsive ways.事實上，它們甚至可能使你變得沒那麼自發——不那麼能以自然、突然和衝動的方式行事。That's all from us for now.Why not go and make some plans for all the things you'd like to achieve in your life?為什麼不為你生命中想做的所有事情去制定一些計劃呢？And start having adventures before we see you next time here at 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.並在我們下次見到你收聽BBC教學英語的《六分鐘英語》之前開始你的冒險之旅。素材來源於網絡，僅供學習使用，平臺只是分享，不代表贊同任何立場，如仍然不慎侵犯您的權益，請留言刪除。編輯不易，新朋友記得加個關注，老朋友記得右下角點個在看，謝謝！
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