生活節奏太快?試試看「slow TV」| 地道英語

Hi Neil. Good weekend? Do anything nice?

嗨，尼爾，周末過得不錯吧？做了什麼好玩的事情嗎？

Hi Feifei! Actually, I stayed in and watched TV.

嗨，菲菲！實際上我待在家裡看電視了。

Football?

足球節目？

No, I watched this marvellous programme from Norway.

不是，我觀看了挪威拍的一個超級棒的節目。

Oh, one of those police dramas? They’re great!

哦，警匪劇嗎？確實很好看！

Actually, believe it or not, the entire film was just the view from the front of a train, all the way from one city to another. It was seven hours long.

說實在的，信不信由你，整部電影時長七個小時，全是從火車前側看過去的風景，從一個城市到另個城市，一直如此。

Seven hours?! That’s all that happened? No people? No police? No nothing?

七個小時？只有沿路風景？沒有人？沒有警察？什麼都沒有？

Just the view from the train. It was such a relaxing journey. They call it 『slow TV』.

只有火車外的風景，這只是一場放鬆的旅行，大家把它叫做「慢電視」。

Ahh, yes. I』ve heard of that.

啊，是的，我聽說過。

Wasn’t there one on a boat too? Isn’t it a bit boring?

船上也沒有人？會不會有點無聊？

Well, it’s not for everyone.

好吧，這種電影不是針對所有人的。

But my life is so busy, I just like to slow down now and again.

但是我的生活已經很繁忙了，我只想偶爾慢下來。

I’m still not convinced.

我還是不能相信。

Anyway, let’s hear some more examples about this slow TV.

不管怎麼說，一起聽幾個有關「慢電視」的例句吧。

It’s our phrase on The English We Speak.

今天的地道英語節目的短語就是「slow TV」。

Michaela’s company specialises in making slow TV. She says business is great right now!

米凱拉的公司專門製作慢電視，她說現在的業務很好！

I recently discovered slow TV. My friends think it’s really dull, but I find it helps clear my head after a stressful day.

我最近發現了慢電視。我朋友覺得它有點無聊，但是我發現他可以幫我在緊張忙碌了一天之後放鬆大腦。

What are you watching? It looks just like a fireplace with a big piece of wood burning.

你在看什麼？這看起來就像一個壁爐，裡面有一大塊木頭在燃燒。

It is! Isn’t slow TV fantastic? It takes about four hours for the wood to burn completely.

是的！慢電視不是很棒嗎？這塊木頭要四個小時才能徹底燒完。

You're listening to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English.

歡迎收聽BBC地道英語節目。

The expression we're looking at in this programme is 'slow TV'.

在這集節目中，我們正在討論短語「slow TV」。

So Neil, is this what you』ll be doing with you free time from now on? Watching slow TV?

所以尼爾，從現在起這就是你空閒時間要做的事嗎？看慢影片？

No, I』ve got an even better idea for this weekend.

不是的，這個周末我有個更好的想法。

You know that oak tree I planted?

你知道我種的那棵橡樹嗎？

Err, yes.

呃，知道。

I’m going to film it. And make my very own slow TV!

我要拍攝這棵樹，製作我自己的慢電視！

Then you can watch my tree grow, any time you like.

然後你就可以看我的樹長大，任何你想看的時候都可以。

Honestly, Neil. I don’t think so.

說實話，尼爾，我並不這樣想。

Maybe this will be the next big thing in slow TV.

或許這會是慢電視領域的下一件大事。

I could call it… Slow Tree V. Get it?

我可以叫它……「緩慢生長的樹木V」，明白嗎？

I think what you need is to take a long, slow walk outside.

我覺得你需要出門慢慢地散步，多走一會兒。

Then you can admire all the trees you like!

然後你就可以欣賞到所有你喜歡的樹了。

Just you wait, Feifei! This will be the slowest TV ever – oak trees take around 30 years to grow.

等一下，菲菲！這會是最慢的電視了——橡樹要花30年才能長大。

Good luck, Neil. See you in 30 years.

祝好運，尼爾。30年後再見。

I』ll stick to police dramas in the meantime.

同時我會一直看警匪片的。

Bye.

拜拜。

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