史蒂夫·厄文（Steve Irwin）之死的目擊者 - 每天變聰明一點點116：英語精讀講義

Hey, it's me Destin.

嘿，我是Destin。

Welcome back to Smarter Every Day.

歡迎回到Smarter Every Day。

So, I think we will all agree that Steve Irwin was one of the best science communicators that has ever existed. 文法

我想大家都會同意，Steve Irwin是史上最優秀的科學傳播者之一。

I mean, he knew the knowledge and there was like a fire in his bones. 慣用語

我的意思是，他具備知識，而且骨子裡彷彿有一團火。

He had to share it with people

他必須與人們分享，

because he was so excited about it.

因為他對此無比興奮。

And I truly believe that he was genuine.

我真心相信他是真誠的。

It wasn't all just for show. 慣用語

那不全為了作秀。

I get that.

我能懂。

I wanted to be like Steve Irwin.

我也曾想成為像Steve Irwin那樣的人。

I really did.

我真的想過。

So, fast forward several years. 表達脈絡

那麼，時間快轉幾年。

I'm on the Great Barrier Reef

我在大堡礁

and I'm diving and I learn that the guy that is teaching me this

潛水，並得知教我這些

stuff, Dr. Jamie Seymour from James Cook University,

東西的導師——來自James Cook University的Dr. Jamie Seymour，

I learned several days into interacting with him that he was actually on the boat when Steve Irwin died.

在和他相處幾天後，我得知Steve Irwin過世時，他其實就在那艘船上。

And so I started asking questions and I asked him if I could do an interview after we became friends and it felt appropriate to do so. 語氣意圖

於是我開始提問，在我們成為朋友並且覺得時機合適後，我問他是否能接受採訪。

Steve Irwin was in a different boat when he was hit by the stingray.

Steve Irwin被魟魚刺中時在另一艘船上。

He was brought to Croc One, which is where Dr. Seymour was.

他被帶到了Croc One上，Dr. Seymour當時就在那兒。

Dr. Seymour was there because he's an expert in venomous animals.

Dr. Seymour在那裡是因為他是毒物專家。

He was there to inform Steve and be an expert on the animals that Steve was going to be handling.

他在那裡為Steve提供資訊，作為Steve將要接觸的動物的專家。

Steve Irwin was a husband and a father

Steve Irwin是一位丈夫和父親，

and he loved other people and wanted to communicate how awesome the world was and I get all of those

他關愛他人，想傳達這個世界有多麼奇妙，我明白所有這些

things. He was a human being.

事情。他是一個活生生的人。

So, Dr. Seymour interacted with that human being, Steve Irwin, for a few days

所以，Dr. Seymour與Steve Irwin這個活生生的人相處了幾天，

and it was the last few days of his life.

而那是他生命的最後幾天。

So, I just want to take a minute and listen to what Dr. Seymour has to say and see what Steve's effect was on his life. 用詞

所以，我只想花一分鐘，聽聽Dr. Seymour怎麼說，看看Steve對他的人生產生了什麼影響。

All right, so you are the expert toxinologist I've learned? 用詞

好了，我得知您是毒物學專家，對吧？

Yeah, yep. Did I get it right? Got it right that time, yep. 片語搭配

是，沒錯。我沒說錯吧？這次說對了，沒錯。

Right.

對。

And so you were telling me that you were actually involved in one of the craziest things

您剛才告訴我，您其實親歷了海洋生物界

that ever happened in the marine biology world,

發生過最瘋狂的事情之一，

or at least most public, right?

或者至少是最為人知的事，對吧？

So, what happened?

那麼，到底發生了什麼？

Yeah, that's when we lost Steve. Uh look, Steve Irwin. 用詞

是的，那就是我們失去Steve的時候。呃，我是說Steve Irwin。

Steve Irwin.

Steve Irwin。

Yeah, yeah, short answer to the whole scenario was,

是啊，是啊。簡單來說，整個情況就是，

you know, Steve was filming a very large stingray,

你知道，Steve當時在拍攝一隻非常大的魟魚，

probably 2 and 1/2 m across from wing to wing tip.

兩翼展開可能差不多有2.5公尺寬。

Unfortunately, he came in from the back end of the animal with the sun over his shoulder.

不幸的是，他背對太陽，從這隻動物的後方靠近。

The for one of a better word, shadow hit the the ray.

找不到更好的詞，他的影子投在魟魚身上。

The ray thought he was a big shark.

那隻魟魚以為他是一條大鯊魚。

Whipped the tail up.

猛地甩起了尾巴。

Tail's gone up.

尾巴揚了起來。

The barb, which was probably about that long,

大概有這麼長的毒刺，

went between two ribs and ended up stuck in the bottom half of his heart. 片語動詞

穿過兩根肋骨，最後刺進了他心臟的下半部。

Really?

真的嗎？

So, what you ended up with is is for the one of a better word, think of a stiletto wound 片語動詞

所以，最終造成的結果，找不到更好的詞，你可以想像成一把短劍

into the left ventricle of your heart.

刺進了你心臟的左心室。

And And you were there.

而且您當時就在場。

I was there.

我當時在場。

So, what were you guys doing?

那你們當時在做什麼？

You were filming

你們在拍攝

We were filming a film for that Steve was making.

我們在為Steve製作的片子進行拍攝。

It had a whole variety of things,

裡面包含了各式各樣的內容，

but it was looking at ocean's deadliest.

但主要是關於海洋裡最致命的生物。

So, Steve had rung me probably 18 months before he had gone, 用詞

Steve大概在出事前的18個月給我打了電話，

we want to make this film about ocean's deadliest.

『我們想拍這部關於海洋最致命生物的電影。』

In fact, Steve didn't, one of his mates did. 用詞

其實，不是Steve打的，是他一個朋友打的。

Steve said, oh yeah, and I said, oh who's it for? He said, oh no you wouldn't know him.

Steve說，『喔，對』，我說：『喔，這是為誰拍的？』他說：『喔不，你不認識他。』

It wouldn't matter.

這不重要。

And this went to and fro. 慣用語

事情就這樣來來回回。

It went on for like about 6 or 7 months and I mean I said, who are we doing this for? 片語動詞

持續了大概6或7個月，我的意思是，我說，我們是為誰做這個？

Yeah.

是啊。

And it was just, oh we're doing it for Steve Irwin

回答只是，喔，我們是為Steve Irwin做的，

and I went, okay,

我就說，好吧，

I don't think I want to do this 語氣意圖

我覺得我不想做這個，

and the answer was, why?

對方問，為什麼？

Steve's an idiot.

Steve是個白痴。

He's a dead set idiot. 用詞

他是個徹頭徹尾的白痴。

You know, there's there's a drinking game that you watch when you watch his films

你知道，看他的電影時有個喝酒遊戲，

and every time he does something stupid,

每次他做蠢事時，

you're going to skull a beer. 用詞

你就得乾一杯啤酒。

Yeah. You can't get through a 50 minute thing

是啊。你看不到50分鐘

before you're absolutely plastered. 用詞

就會爛醉如泥。

Yeah. And that's what I saw before I met Steve.

是的，這就是我遇見Steve之前的看法。

And it was really interesting

這真的很有趣，

because I just went, no, he's an idiot.

因為我當時覺得，不，他是個白痴。

I don't want to go there. 慣用語

我不想參與。

And then Steve came up, saw me

後來Steve過來見了我，

and he came up on Croc One and we sat and had a talk.

他來到Croc One上，我們坐下來聊了聊。

He said, look, this is what I want to do

他說，聽著，這就是我想做的事，

and I want you to teach me about it.

我希望你來教教我。

And I said, look, Steve, you do realize that people think you're an absolute moron. 語氣意圖

我說，聽著，Steve，你知不知道人們覺得你是個徹頭徹尾的傻瓜？

And he went, yeah.

他回答，知道。

I said, are you?

我說，你是嗎？

And he said,

他反問：

Jamie, do you watch my shows?

『Jamie，你看過我的節目嗎？』

And I went,

我回答，

not really.

不怎麼看。

And he said, do you watch any of them? I said, yeah, a couple.

他又問，你一集都沒看過嗎？我說，看過一兩集。

He said, why do you watch?

他問，你為什麼看？

I said, to see what you're gonna do wrong.

我說，為了看看你會做錯什麼。

He said, gotcha. 語氣意圖

他說，這不就結了。

Right. The moment I've got you whipped in to see whether I'm gonna do anything wrong,

對啊。只要我把你吸引過來，看我會不會做錯什麼事，

I can tell you anything and you're gonna remember it.

我告訴你的任何事情你都會記住。

And that's what I remember about Steve.

這就是我記憶中的Steve。

Is he, for the one of a better word, put himself out there as this,

找不到更好的詞，他就是把自己展現成，

you know, bogan, for the one of a better word.

你知道，一個鄉巴佬，找不到更好的詞了。

Right. What do you remember about Steve Irwin?

對，你對Steve Irwin有什麼印象？

Crocs rule, save the crocs, conservation. 用詞

鱷魚最棒，拯救鱷魚，生態保育。

And that's what this guy was all about. 片語搭配

這就是這個人所在乎的一切。

To the extent he'd make himself a buffoon,

為了這個，他甚至願意把自己變成一個小丑，

a quite moron.

變成一個完全的傻瓜。

So, it's kind of a selfless thing.

所以，這其實是一種無私的行為。

Exactly.

沒錯。

And and that's what Steve was like.

這就是Steve為人。

And and it wasn't until you met him, or when I met him for the first time I just went,

直到你見到他，或者說當我第一次見他時，我才意識到，

you know, this guy's genuine.

你知道，這個人很真誠。

He's seriously is genuine.

他真的很真誠。

And he's prepared he was prepared to put himself out there and make a fool of himself 講解

而且他準備好了，他準備好拋頭露面，讓自己出醜，

to help the conservation and and help the conservation.

來支持生態保育，並推動生態保育。

Boy, did he what.

天哪，他做到了。

And you know, 20 years ago, 表達脈絡

你知道，20年前，

people killed crocs.

人們還捕殺鱷魚。

Right.

對。

Nowadays, yeah.

但現在，是啊。

Crocs rule.

鱷魚最棒。

That's that's what Australians remember.

那是澳洲人的記憶。

That's what the world remembers.

也是世界的記憶。

So, how did it affect you? Was it bad? 用詞

那麼，這件事對你有什麼影響？很糟嗎？

Uh define bad. 語氣意圖

呃，你怎麼定義糟。

Yeah, it knocked me around 片語動詞

是的，它折磨了我

for a good 6 to 12 months. 用詞

足足有6到12個月。

I almost gave it all away. 片語動詞

我差點放棄了這一切。

Yeah. Um yeah, I went

是啊。嗯，是的，我當時

Because you're dealing with deadly animals all the

因為你所有的時間都在和致命動物

time.

打交道。

Absolutely.

絕對是的。

Yeah, I went from times where I was clear, 文法

是的，我有時前一刻還很清醒，

concise, and I knew this is it to 5 minutes later being a crying mess on the floor.

思路清晰，知道是怎麼回事，5分鐘後就在地板上哭成一團。

Right.

對。

Um and and the the one thing that saved me, 文法

嗯，唯一拯救了我的事，

and I still remember it, was my son sitting there

我仍然記得，是我兒子坐在那兒，

and going, I remember sitting down with my son, my daughter, and

我記得我和兒子、女兒坐在一起，

going, I'm gonna give it away.

我說，我要放棄了。

I I I can't do this.

我，我做不下去了。

And my son said, what, why?

我兒子說，什麼，為什麼？

I said, Ben, if I do do this, 文法

我說，Ben，如果我繼續做這個，

I could die.

我可能會死。

And both he and Amelia, my daughter, said the same thing,

他和Amelia，我的女兒，說了同樣的話，

but Dad, that's who you are.

『可是爸爸，這才是你啊。』

Yeah. And I went, what?

是啊。我說，什麼？

And I said, Dad, it doesn't matter what you do, 文法

我兒子說，爸爸，不管你做什麼，

you're going to be out there.

你都會去外面的。

You're going to do these sorts of things.

你都會做這種事的。

You know what you're doing.

你知道你在做什麼。

You've never had a problem before.

你以前從來沒出過事。

Why change?

為什麼要改變？

Yeah. And that stuck. 慣用語

是啊。這話讓我觸動很深。

And then and then the next thing the pair of them both said,

然後接著他們兩個都說，

and then said, apart from that, 表達脈絡

而且，除此以外，

if you don't do it, how do people learn? 語氣意圖

如果你不去做，人們又該怎麼學習呢？

Yeah, and

是啊，而且

so I mean, you're dealing with deadly animals and if you don't understand more about deadly

所以我的意思是，你是在跟致命動物打交道，如果你不去多了解這些致命

animals, more people die.

動物，就會有更多人死亡。

Exactly.

完全正確。

And so it's, you know, it's... So what you do

所以，你知道，這...所以你做的事情

is a big deal. 慣用語

意義重大。

Yeah, I I guess it is, 語氣意圖

是啊，我想是的，

but it never feels that way.

但自己從來沒那種感覺。

Yeah.

是的。

That's always, you know, it's the sort of thing you just do on a daily basis and and a lot of people go,

那總是，你知道，這種事情你只是每天都在做，而且很多人覺得，

you know, you take lots of risks and things,

你知道，你冒了很多風險之類的，

but we actually don't.

但實際上我們沒有。

And and it's it's one of the big things that I talk about with a lot of people.

這也是我和很多人常說的重點之一。

You know, some people go,

你知道，有些人會說，

I've been bitten by 55 snakes and I'm still alive

『我被蛇咬過55次，我還活著』

and it's like,

我就覺得，

that's 55 mistakes you made. 表達脈絡

那是因為你犯了55次錯。

Right.

對。

And that's the way I look at it, 語氣意圖

我也是這麼看的，

too.

同感。

You know, I've been hit, you know, 11 times by Irukandji jellyfish 文化背景

你知道，我被伊魯坎吉水母襲擊過，你知道，11次，

and ended up in hospital in all of them. 用詞

每次都進了醫院。

That's 11 mistakes I made.

那是我犯了11次錯。

Right.

對。

And I'm not proud of it.

我並不引以為榮。

Okay.

好吧。

I'm I'm more proud if I can come in,

我更感到驕傲的是，如果我能介入，

show somebody, do something,

向人展示，做點什麼，

show them a venomous animal

向他們展示一種有毒動物，

and walk away and nobody has got in a situation where they're anywhere

然後安全走開，沒人處於任何

near being envenomed. 用詞

接近中毒的境地。

That's the bit when I go,

那才是我會覺得

I've done it.

我做到了的時候。

Well, you certainly taught me a lot and

嗯，您確實教會了我很多，而且

uh That's good.

呃，那很好。

Yeah, I appreciate it.

是的，我很感激。

I enjoy I like your teaching style,

我很享受，我也喜歡您的教學風格，

too. It's really good.

真的。非常棒。

Yeah.

謝謝。

No, no, no.

不，不，不。

It's good.

很好。

You're very engaging.

您非常引人入勝。

So, anyway,

總之，

that is Dr. Jamie Seymour.

這就是Dr. Jamie Seymour。

I really appreciate his time.

我真的非常感謝他抽出的時間。

So, if you want to you want to do you have anything going on 片語搭配

那麼，如果你想，你想，你有什麼

that that you want people to know about?

想讓大家知道的動態嗎？

I mean, you spent a lot of time with us.

我的意思是，您花了很多時間陪我們。

It's only it's only fair 文法

我們理應

that we show what you're doing.

展示一下您在做的事情。

Do you have uh Short short answer.

您有呃，簡短的回答。

If you want to know about venomous marine animals,

如果你想了解有毒的海洋動物，

yeah, looking for somewhere to study,

對，想找個地方學習，

JCU.

來JCU。

Really?

真的嗎？

Absolutely.

當然。

James Cook James Cook University.

James Cook，James Cook University。

Yep.

是的。

And if you're looking to do post grad stuff with work, 用詞

如果你想找研究所的工作，

give me a call. 片語搭配

給我打個電話。

We're always looking for good quality

我們一直在尋找高品質的

post graduate students.

研究生。

And you actually teach the the venomous animals course here,

您其實在這裡教授有毒動物課程，

right?

對吧？

Absolutely.

絕對是的。

Yeah.

是的。

That's awesome.

太棒了。

Well, thank you so much for your time.

嗯，非常感謝您的時間。

Uh Jamie really did spend,

呃，Jamie真的花了很多時間，

I mean, 3 4 days?

大概有3、4天？

Maybe.

可能吧。

He went felt like weeks.

感覺像過了好幾週。

Felt like weeks.

感覺像過了好幾週。

He went out into the water with me

他陪我一起下水，

even though he had other stuff to do. 文法

儘管他自己還有別的事情要做。

So, really appreciate it.

所以，真的非常感謝。

It's a pleasure.

很榮幸。

Yeah.

是的。

Pleasure.

榮幸之至。

I'm Destin.

我是Destin。

you're getting smarter every day.

你正在Smarter Every Day。

Have a good one.

祝你愉快。

So, I hope this gave you more insight 片語搭配

所以，我希望這能讓你更深入地了解

into Steve Irwin's life

Steve Irwin的生活，

rather than just focusing on his death, 文法

而不只是盯著他的死，

like most media tends to do.

像大多數媒體通常做的那樣。

Um Dr. Seymour wanted me to remind you that most people think Steve was being dangerous all the time,

嗯，Dr. Seymour想讓我提醒大家，雖然大部分人覺得Steve總是在做危險的事，

but he was taking precautions 片語搭配

但他是防護措施的，

and he always knew when to back away when an animal wasn't behaving correctly. 片語動詞

他總是知道當動物表現異常時何時該退後。

He had like a sixth sense for that sort of thing. 慣用語

他對這類事情有一種第六感。

So, Dr. Seymour's words were,

所以，用Dr. Seymour的話說，

it was a freak accident. 片語搭配

那是一場意外事故。

It wasn't Steve's fault.

並不是Steve的錯。

One last thing. 表達脈絡

最後一件事。

We are continuing the Australia series

我們將繼續播出Smarter Every Day的澳洲系列，

here on Smarter Every Day with Dr. Jamie Seymour.

嘉賓是Dr. Jamie Seymour。

So, if you want to keep learning about this stuff,

所以，如果你想繼續了解這些知識，

feel free to click Australia around my head to subscribe 語氣意圖

歡迎點擊我頭周圍的澳洲來訂閱，

if we've earned it, or check out any one of these videos 語氣意圖

如果我們配得上你的訂閱的話；或者看看這裡任何一個影片，

and learn about a particular animal.

了解某一種特定的動物。

I am super excited about this.

我對這個系列超級興奮。

I hope you guys are too.

希望你們也是。

I'm Destin.

我是Destin。

you're getting smarter every day.

你每天都在變得更聰明。

Have a good one.

祝你愉快。