BBC六分钟双语文稿【摆烂的好处】
先导预习文案（先看在学）
Introduction
Some animals evolved to do nothing. And if it’s good enough for animals, would being lazy work for humans too? That’s what Beth and Neil talk about as they teach you some useful vocabulary.
This week's question
What is the slowest moving animal on earth?
a) the giant tortoise
b) the three-toed sloth
c) the koala
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
kick back
stop doing things and relax completely
industrious
hard-working
colony
group of certain animals, birds or insects that live together
productive
able to produce a lot for the amount of resources used
necessity is the mother of invention
(idiom) meaning that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way of doing it
switch off
stop worrying or thinking about something, and relax
Beth
Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Beth.
Neil
And I’m Neil. Phew! I've spent all day in meetings, then shopping, then collecting the kids from school - I'm exhausted, Beth! What have you been doing today?
我是尼尔。棒极了！我花了一整天的时间开会，然后购物，然后从学校接孩子们——我累坏了，贝丝！你今天一直在做什么？
Beth
Oh, not much, just sitting around doing nothing… relaxing and kicking back!
哦，不多，只是坐在那里什么都不做……放松和放松！
Neil
Lucky you! Don’t you have work to do?
祝你好运！难道你没有工作要做吗？
Beth
It may not look it, Neil, but I’m actually as busy as a bee! If you’ve seen nature documentaries about worker bees flying from flower to flower, you probably think animals are always on the move. But the surprising truth is, away from the cameras, most animals spend most of the time doing absolutely nothing at all.
看起来可能不是这样，尼尔，但我其实像蜜蜂一样忙！如果你看过关于工蜂从一朵花飞到另一朵花的自然纪录片，你可能会认为动物总是在移动。但令人惊讶的事实是，远离摄像机，大多数动物花了大部分时间，绝对什么都不做。
Neil
In the natural world where finding food and shelter is hard work, why have some animals evolved to do nothing? And if it’s good enough for animals, would being lazy work for humans too? That’s what we will be discussing in this programme, and as usual, we’ll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
在自然界中，寻找食物和住所是一件艰苦的工作，为什么有些动物进化得什么都不做呢？如果它对动物来说足够好，那么懒惰对人类也有用吗？这就是我们将在这个节目中讨论的内容，像往常一样，我们也将学习一些有用的新词汇。
Beth
But first, let me work up the energy to ask you a question, Neil. Of course, some animals have a reputation for lounging about – lions, for example, can sleep up to twenty hours a day! But what is the slowest moving animal on Earth? Is it:
a) the giant tortoise
b) the three-toed sloth or
c) the koala?
但首先，让我集中精力来问你一个问题，尼尔。当然，有些动物以闲逛而闻名——例如，狮子每天可以睡20个小时！但是地球上移动最慢的动物是什么呢？是大乌龟，是三趾树懒，还是考拉？
Neil
Well, I think it’s the three-toed sloth.
我想是三趾树懒。
Beth
OK, Neil. I’ll reveal the correct answer at the end of the programme. Now it’s no surprise that lazy lions love relaxing, but even animals with reputations for being busy spend time doing nothing. Look carefully into an ant's nest and you’ll see around half of them just sitting there motionless. Here’s Professor Dan Charbonneau, an expert in insect behaviour, discussing the lazy rock ant with Emily Knight, presenter of BBC Radio 4 programme, Naturebang.
好的，尼尔。我将在节目结束时公布正确的答案。懒狮子喜欢放松也不奇怪了，但即使是忙碌的动物也会花时间什么都不做。仔细观察蚂蚁的巢，你会看到大约一半的蚂蚁一动不动地坐在那里。这是昆虫行为专家丹·夏博诺教授，他和BBC广播4台节目《自然爆炸》的主持人艾米丽·奈特讨论了懒惰的摇滚蚂蚁。
Emily Knight
Dan’s research has focused on ant colonies, a species called temnothorax rugatulus or the rock ant.
丹的研究主要集中在蚁群上，一种被称为岩蚁的物种。
Professor Dan Charbonneau
I think ants are a symbol of industriousness, you know, they have this whole tiny little society going on that's kind of similar to ours… some idealised version what humans might be if we could only pull it together and all work together we could be as industrious as the ants, but then when you look at it, roughly about half the colony is inactive at any given time.
我认为蚂蚁是勤奋的象征，你知道，它们有整个小社会，就像我们的一样……一些理想化的版本如果我们能团结起来，一起工作，我们可以像蚂蚁一样勤劳，但是当你看它，大约一半的蚁群在任何特定的时间都是不活跃的。
Neil
We think ants are industrious, or hard-working. Groups of ants, called colonies, seem tiny, perfect societies where everyone works hard for the good of the group.
我们认为蚂蚁是勤劳的，或者说是勤劳的。蚂蚁群，看起来是小而完美的社会，每个人都为群体的利益而努力工作。
Beth
Then why are so many of them inactive? One possible answer is that they’re reserve ants, ready to step in if disease or disaster strike. But could it simply be that they don’t work because they don’t need to. Would you get out of bed on Monday morning if you didn’t have to?
那为什么有这么多的人不活跃呢？一个可能的答案是，它们是后备蚁，准备在疾病或灾难袭击时介入。但也可能只是因为它们不工作，因为它们不需要工作。如果你不用的话，你周一早上会起床吗？
Neil
Maybe the ants can teach us a thing or two about relaxing. But wouldn't it get boring just sitting around all day?
也许蚂蚁可以教给我们一两件关于放松的事情。但整天坐在一起会不会很无聊吗？
Beth
Not according to psychologist, Dr Sandi Mann. She thinks being productive – working to produce a lot for the amount of resources we use, is overrated. Boredom has its benefits too, as she explains to BBC Radio 4 programme, Naturebang.
而不是根据心理学家桑蒂·曼恩博士的说法。她认为高效——为我们使用的资源生产大量资源，被高估了。正如她向BBC广播4台的节目《自然爆炸》解释的那样，无聊也有它的好处。
Dr Sandi Mann
Would humans have invented bread or beer or fire, you know, if we hadn't been bored and were wondering, ‘what on earth would happen if we mix this with this?’, you know. Are all these sorts of inventions the mother of boredom?
你知道，如果我们不是很无聊，还在想，如果我们把它和火混合在一起，人类会发明面包、啤酒或火吗？你懂的所有这些发明都是无聊之母吗？
Emily Knight
But in this world of constant stimulation switching off is harder than it's ever been.
但在这个持续刺激的世界里，关闭刺激比以往任何时候都要困难。
Dr Sandi Mann
That's why we're constantly swiping and scrolling and looking for the next big thing, and the new thing and we bored of things very quickly… so it's a kind of paradox to get rid of this unpleasant state of boredom is actually to allow more boredom into your life.
这就是为什么我们不断地滑动、滚动，寻找下一个大事物，而新事物和我们很快就厌倦了事物……所以，摆脱这种不愉快的无聊状态的一种矛盾，实际上是让你的生活中有更多的无聊。
Beth
Dr Mann doubts humans would have invented things without the curiosity that comes from being bored. Boredom is the mother of invention, an idea based on the famous proverb, necessity is the mother of invention, an idiom meaning that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way of doing it.
曼恩博士怀疑，如果没有无聊所产生的好奇心，人类是否会发明出东西。无聊是发明之母，一个基于著名谚语的想法，必要是发明之母，一个习语的意思是，如果你真的需要做一件事，你就会想出一种做它的方法。
Neil
Instead of fearing boredom we can open up to its benefits by switching off - stopping worrying or thinking about something and relaxing. Slowing down helps too - something we can definitely learn from our animal cousins.
与其担心无聊，我们可以通过停止担心或思考和放松来开放它的好处。放慢速度也有帮助——我们肯定可以从我们的动物表亲身上学到这些东西。
Beth
I think now’s a good time to reveal the answer to my question, since we have nothing else to do.
我认为现在是揭示我的问题的答案的好时机，因为我们没有别的事可做。
Neil
You asked me to name the world’s slowest animal and I guessed it was the three-toed sloth. Was I right?
你让我说出世界上最慢的动物的名字，我猜那是三趾树懒。我是对的吗？
Beth
That was the correct answer! With a top speed of 30 centimetres per minute, three-toed sloths move so slowly that algae grow on their coats! OK, let's recap the vocabulary that we've learned from this programme starting with the phrase kicking back – stop doing things and relax completely.
这是正确的答案！三趾树懒的最高速度为每分钟30厘米，移动速度如此之慢，藻类在它们的皮毛上生长！好吧，让我们回顾一下我们从这个节目中学到的词汇，从后退开始——停止做事，完全放松。
Neil
The adjective industrious means hard-working.
形容词勤奋的意思是勤奋。
Beth
A colony is the name given to a group of certain animals including ants and some seabirds.
群体是一群某些动物的名字，包括蚂蚁和一些海鸟。
Neil
Someone who is productive is able to produce a lot for the amount of resources they use.
有生产力的人能够根据他们所使用的资源产生大量的资源。
Beth
The proverb necessity is the mother of invention, means that if you really need to do something, you will think of a way of doing it.
谚语的必要性是发明之母，意思是如果你真的需要做某件事，你就会想到一种方法。
Neil
And finally, to switch off means to stop worrying or thinking about something and relax. Once again, our six minutes are up – it must be time to sit down, close your eyes, and just do nothing! Goodbye for now!
最后，关掉意味着停止担心或思考事情，放松。再一次，我们的六分钟结束了——是时候坐下，闭上眼睛，什么也不做！再见了！
Beth
Bye!
