你在追寻自己的梦想吗？⏲️ 6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，这里是 BBC 英语教学的六分钟英语。

I'm Neil.

我是 Neil。

And I'm Beth.

我是 Beth。

When I was a boy, 語法

当我还是个小男孩的时候，

I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up. 講解

我长大后想当一名消防员。

How about you, Beth? 語氣意圖

你呢，Beth？

Did you have any childhood dreams? 短語搭配

你小时候有什么梦想吗？

I wanted to be an astronaut and fly to the moon.

我想成为一名宇航员，飞向月球。

When we're young, 語法

当我们年轻的时候，

most of us have big dreams and plans for the future. 短語搭配

我们大多数人对未来都有着远大的梦想和计划。

Um unfortunately,

嗯，不幸的是，

as we grow up, 語法

随着我们长大，

these childhood dreams often get lost in the adult world of jobs, 習語

这些童年的梦想常常迷失在充满工作、

money, families, and careers.

金钱、家庭和事业的成人世界中。

But not for everyone. 表達脈絡

但并不是每个人都这样。

Daisy from New Zealand and Herman from Argentina

来自新西兰的 Daisy 和来自阿根廷的 Herman

are two people who decided to follow their childhood dreams. 短語搭配

是两个决定追寻童年梦想的人。

They wanted the world to become a utopia, 用詞

他们希望世界能变成一个乌托邦，

a perfect,

一个完美的、

ideal society where everyone is happy and gets along with each other. 短語動詞

理想的社会，在那里每个人都很快乐，并且和睦相处。

In this program,

在今天的节目中，

we'll be hearing how Daisy and Herman made their dreams come true, 講解

我们将听到 Daisy 和 Herman 是如何让梦想成真的，

not by changing the world, 語法

不是通过改变世界，

but by changing themselves.

而是通过改变自己。

And as usual,

像往常一样，

we'll be learning some new vocabulary,

我们也将学习一些新词汇，

too.

也会学到一些新词汇。

But before that, 表達脈絡

但在此之前，

I have a question for you, Beth.

我有一个问题要问你，Beth。

Following your dreams can be tough, 語法

追寻梦想可能很艰难，

but not following them can leave you regretting all the things you wanted to do, 語法

但不去追寻可能会让你对所有那些想做

but didn't.

却没做的事情感到遗憾。

In 2012,

在 2012 年，

Australian nurse Bronnie Ware wrote her best-selling book 短語搭配

澳大利亚护士 Bronnie Ware 写了她的畅销书

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

《临终前会后悔的五件事》，

after interviewing terminally ill patients about their life regrets. 講解

这是她在采访了绝症患者的生前遗憾之后写成的。

So, what do you think their top regret was?

那么，你认为他们最大的遗憾是什么？

Was it A,

是 A，

I wish I hadn't worked so hard? 語法

我希望我没有工作得那么拼命？

B,

B，

I wish I had followed my dreams or C,

我希望我追随了自己的梦想，还是 C，

I wish I'd made more money?

我希望我赚了更多的钱？

Well,

嗯，

I'll guess it's B. 語氣意圖

我猜是 B。

They wish they'd followed their dreams.

他们希望自己追随了梦想。

Okay, Beth.

好的，Beth。

I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the program. 短語搭配

我会在节目结束时公布正确答案。

The first dreamer we're going to meet lives in Riverside, 表達脈絡

我们要认识的第一位追梦人住在 Riverside，

a peace-loving community in New Zealand 短語搭配

这是新西兰一个热爱和平的社区，

where everyone shares everything.

在那里大家共享一切。

Riverside members work for the community's businesses,

Riverside 的成员为社区的产业工作，

including a farm, a hotel, and a cafe.

包括一个农场、一家酒店和一家咖啡馆。

All the money they earn is collected and shared between everyone equally. 語法

他们赚到的所有钱都会收在一起，然后在每个人之间平分。

Daisy, who was born in East Germany, 語法

出生在东德的 Daisy

joined Riverside in 2004.

于 2004 年加入了 Riverside。

Here she explains her belief in sharing to BBC World Service program The Documentary. 短語搭配

在 BBC 世界服务台的《纪录片》节目中，她解释了自己对分享的信念。

What I think I always believed in is that the sharing of resources can provide a group of people with quite a great advantage, 講解

我想我一直相信的是，资源共享可以给一群人带来很大的优势，

but it doesn't matter how many hours you work or what work you do. 語法

但你工作多少小时或者你做什么工作并不重要。

Everyone is getting the same amount and that is something that many people outside of Riverside really struggle with

每个人得到的都是一样多的，而这是许多 Riverside 以外的人真正难以理解的，

and where we're often getting this communism label um attached to us 用詞

这也常常是我们被贴上共产主义标签的原因，

um because it's so it seems so outlandish for people. 用詞

嗯，因为这似乎……这对人们来说显得太古怪了。

Riverside isn't a communist community. 表達脈絡

Riverside 并不是一个共产主义社区。

In fact,

事实上，

people with many different political views live there.

那里住着许多持有不同政治观点的人。

But Daisy says that local people struggle with the idea that everything is shared. 短語動詞

但 Daisy 说，当地人很难接受一切共享的理念。

If you struggle with an idea,

如果你 struggle with an idea，

you find it difficult to accept or think about it. 語法

说明你很难接受或思考它。

Daisy also says some local people call Riverside outlandish,

Daisy 还说，一些当地人称 Riverside 为 outlandish，

strange and unusual.

也就是奇怪的、不同寻常的。

Our second group of dreamers are a family,

我们的第二组追梦人是一个家庭，

the Zapps.

Zapp 一家。

In 2000,

2000 年，

childhood sweethearts Herman and Candelaria Zapp bought a vintage car and set off from Argentina 講解

青梅竹马的 Herman Zapp 和 Candelaria Zapp 买了一辆老爷车，从阿根廷出发，

to travel around the world with less than 3 and 1/2 thousand dollars in their pockets. 習語

带着口袋里不到 3500 美元的钱去环游世界。

22 years and three children later, 表達脈絡

22 年和三个孩子之后，

they have visited over a hundred countries, 用詞

他们已经访问了一百多个国家，

meeting with countless people and experiences on the way. 短語搭配

在途中遇到了无数的人并经历了无数的事。

Here, Herman Zapp explains to BBC World Service's The Documentary

在 BBC 世界服务台的《纪录片》节目中，Herman Zapp 解释了

how following his dream has changed him for the better. 短語搭配

追寻梦想如何让他变得更好。

I am so happy with you Herman there is now that I I know now

我很高兴看到现在的 Herman，就是我现在所认识的这个我，

not the one who wanted to conquer the world, 講解

不是那个想要征服世界的人，

but the one who was conquered by the world. 習語

而是那个被世界所征服的人。

I learn so much from people.

我从人们身上学到了很多。

And it's amazing how the more you meet people, 語法

令人惊叹的是，你遇到的人越多，

the more you know stories how much more humble you become

你听过的故事越多，你就会变得越谦卑，

because you notice that you are a beautiful tiny piece of sand, 習語

因为你意识到自己是一粒美丽而微小的沙子，

but a very important piece of sand like everyone is, right? 語氣意圖

但却像所有人一样，是一粒非常重要的沙子，对吧？

After many years traveling, 語法

经过多年的旅行，

meeting new people, and hearing their stories,

遇到新的人，听他们的故事，

Herman is more humble, 用詞

Herman 变得更加 humble（谦卑），

not proud or arrogant.

即不骄傲、不自大。

He no longer wants to conquer the world, 語法

他不再想要 conquer the world（征服世界），

to control it by force. 短語搭配

也就是用武力控制它。

Rather, 表達脈絡

相反，

he has been conquered by his experiences.

他被自己的经历所征服。

Herman compares himself to a beautiful but tiny piece of sand 短語搭配

Herman 将自己比作一粒美丽却微小的沙子，

and uses the phrase a grain of sand 習語

并用 a grain of sand 这个短语

to describe things which are insignificant in themselves, 短語搭配

来形容事物本身微不足道，

but at the same time are an important part of the whole. 講解

但同时又是整体中不可或缺的一部分。

Daisy and Herman are rare examples of dreamers who followed their dream and found a happy life lived without regret. 短語搭配

Daisy 和 Herman 是少有的追寻自己梦想并过上没有遗憾的幸福生活的追梦人代表。

Which reminds me of your question, Neil. 表達脈絡

这让我想起了你的问题，Neil。

Yes, I asked about Bronnie Ware's book

是的，我问了关于 Bronnie Ware 的书

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.

《临终前会后悔的五件事》。

What do you think the number one regret was, Beth?

你觉得排名第一的遗憾是什么，Beth？

I guessed it was B,

我猜是 B，

not following your dreams.

没有追随你的梦想。

Which was the right answer.

这是正确答案。

Not having the courage to follow your dreams was listed as the top life regret. 講解

没有勇气去追寻自己的梦想被列为人生的最大遗憾。

At least we have people like Daisy and Herman to remind us dreams can come true. 講解

至少我们有像 Daisy 和 Herman 这样的人来提醒我们，梦想是可以成真的。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary from this program, 表達脈絡

好的，让我们复习一下本期节目的词汇，

starting with utopia,

从 utopia（乌托邦）开始，

a perfect world where everyone is happy.

一个每个人都快乐的完美世界。

If you struggle with an idea,

如果你 struggle with an idea（纠结于一个想法），

you find it difficult to accept.

说明你觉得它很难接受。

The adjective outlandish means strange and unusual.

形容词 outlandish 意思是奇怪的和不寻常的。

To conquer something means to control it by force.

To conquer something 意思是通过武力控制它（征服）。

Someone who is humble is not proud or arrogant.

Someone who is humble（谦卑的人）是指不骄傲或不自大的人。

And finally,

最后，

the phrase a grain of sand describes something which is both insignificant yet somehow important.

短语 a grain of sand（一粒沙子）形容既微不足道但在某种程度上又很重要的事物。

Once again,

再一次，

our six minutes are up. 習語

我们的六分钟时间到了。

Bye for now. 語氣意圖

暂且说到这里。

Goodbye.

再见。

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