可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~ The church was empty except for the three people I’d followed and a clergyman. They were all standing in front of the altar, and the clergyman seemed to be arguing with them. I walked slowly up the side aisle, pretending to be an ordinary churchgoer. To my surprise, the three people at the altar turned to look at me. Then Godfrey Norton came running over." “‘Thank heavens!’ he exclaimed. ‘You’re just in time. Could you come with me for a moment?’ ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Just come along,’ he said impatiently. ‘We only need you for three minutes, or it won’t be official.’ I was pulled to the altar, and before I knew it, I was mumbling responses and swearing to things I didn’t understand, all while helping with the quick marriage of Irene Adler and Godfrey Norton.” “You were a witness to their marriage?” I asked, laughing. “How unusual!” “Indeed!” Holmes agreed. “The clergyman wouldn’t marry them without a witness. My lucky timing saved the bridegroom from having to find someone else on the street. In just a few minutes, it was all done. I stood there in my dirty stableman’s clothes while the bride and groom thanked me. It was the oddest situation I’ve ever been in. That’s what made me laugh just now.” Holmes pulled a gold coin from his pocket. “The bride gave me this as a thank you. I’ll wear it on my watch chain to remember today.” “And what did you do next?” I asked. “My biggest worry was that they might leave for their honeymoon right away, which would ruin my plans. But at the church door, they went separate ways—he went back to work, and she went home. She said, ‘I’ll drive out in the park at five as usual.’ So I came back here to get ready.” “What are your plans?” “Just some cold beef sandwiches and lemonade,” he said, calling Mrs. Hudson. “I’ve been too busy to eat, and I’ll be even busier tonight. By the way, I’ll need your help.” “I’d be happy to.”

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可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~ Hi everyone, and welcome to our fun segment called It Means What? Hello, 安澜. Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone. 欢迎回来这个非常有意思的小版块词《源考古研究所》where we talk about interesting origin stories of words, phrases and idioms. So 安澜, what is the word or the phrase for today? I don't know what are we gonna do. I ...I don't know, I really just don't know. Stop panicking. There we go. So that was all an act because you do that so often...? Partly, yes. 所以我们今天要讨论的就是panic这个词是吗? Yes. Panic是恐慌的意思. It's already a very, very short word. It's p-a-n-i-c, I didn't realize there is an origin story. Yes, there is. It comes from Greek mythology. 希腊神话。Who are we talking about? We're talking about the Greek God Pan. Is he the one with like this weird...half animal. Yes. 潘神可能有的小伙伴在什么游戏或者说电影里面看到过这个Greek God Pan. He's not like a major god, he's like a minor God. He's a god of nature who lives in the woods. So he's not a particularly important god. He's one of these spirits or gods that just live in forests and woods. It's kind of like a demigod 他不是major god, 不是那种主神, 就是古希腊神话里面的主神, 但它是属于有点类似于spirit, and a god of nature and the wild. Yes, so according to the myths, Pan's voice was so powerful that even scared the gods themselves. So when people and gods and animals heard his voice, it cause them to panic. Yeah, I've heard of another story saying that it was like a tale of war when Pan sort of helped his friend by letting out a shriek... a shrieking sound that sort of scared away his friend’s enemies. Yeah, so cause people to panic. 其实panic就是从潘神这里出来的一个名词, 就是说it's kind of like affected by Pan. So for example, you can say something causes panic or someone is panicking. Yeah, in that sense it can also be used as a verb, for example, 安澜 likes to panic. Yes, that is true.

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公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~ Hi, everyone. And welcome back to the fun segment called It Means What? Hi, 安澜. Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone. 欢迎大家回来【词源考古研究所】, so 安澜, which particular phrase or word or idiom that we're gonna talk about today? You know the expression robbery? 就是抢劫. Have you ever heard of “daylight robbery”? 抢劫不应该是夜黑风高吗？ Daylight robbery. I've heard you're robbing me in broad daylight, 光天化日下抢劫我. I'm assuming it's not real robbery. It's more like what you're doing, it's almost like you're just blatantly robbing me blind. Yes. 你做的事情就好像在光天化日之下抢劫我一样明目张胆. Well, exactly. Daylight robbery means it's theft or it's something very unfair, that is really obvious. For example, if you are ripped off, by like a seller, 如果你来买什么东西被宰了, 或者比如说打车, 然后被绕远路了, 你都可以说this is daylight robbery. Or if you go into a restaurant and you see a dish that is really, really expensive and for no reason, you would say that's daylight robbery. I see the context, in Chinese we probably say something similar, it’s like这不是明抢吗? Yeah, like daylight robbery. So is there an actual origin story because it sounds pretty obvious already you're robbing me in broad daylight. Actually, there is a story linked to it and it comes from the 17th century. In 1696, the English government introduced a tax on houses based on the number of windows they had. This was a type of property tax. Ok, 所以这个房产税是按照你有多少个window, 你有多少个窗户. So they assumed the more windows, obviously the bigger the house was. Exactly. So homeowners, especially those with large houses, often bricked up their windows to avoid paying the tax. Brick up means they use brick to just block the windows. Yeah. I think I've seen this in London somewhere some of the old houses. Yes, some of the houses from that era, they do actually have bricked up windows which they just never got round to unbroken. But people need light though. Well. They normally bricked up the servant’s quarters, not their own bedrooms or their own rooms. I see. Now this tax was, you can imagine, was really, really unpopular because it was seen as unfair. People felt that it was saying they don't need daylight. They were effectively taxing sunlight. 所以就是日光税, 我好像还看到过这样的一个翻译.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~ The Reigate Squires Sherlock Holmes was sick. The great detective had been working too hard lately. For two whole months, he had been busy with his latest case, working over fifteen hours a day, and it had made him very tired and weak. As his doctor and closest friend, I told him he needed a break. It was April in the year 1887, and I thought a week of spring sunshine in the countryside would be good for him. My old friend Colonel Hayter had bought a house near Reigate in Surrey and had said we could visit anytime. This was the perfect time to accept his offer. Holmes, luckily, didn't need much convincing, and on the morning of April 25, we left our Baker Street home for Waterloo Station. By the middle of the afternoon, we had arrived at the colonel's house. After dinner, while Holmes rested on the sofa, the colonel showed me his collection of weapons from the Afghan War, where we had met. "By the way," he said suddenly, "I think I'll take one of these pistols upstairs with me tonight in case of a break-in." "A break-in?" I exclaimed. "Yes! We had an incident not far from here last Monday. Burglars broke into the house of a local businessman named Acton. They didn't do much damage, but the burglars are still free, and one can't be too careful." Holmes, who I thought was asleep, opened one eye. "Did they leave any clues?" he asked. "Not that I know of," said Hayter. "It was a very minor burglary, not worth your attention, Mr. Holmes. The thieves ransacked the library. They made a mess, breaking open drawers and pulling things off shelves. All they took was a book, two candlesticks, a paperweight, a small clock, and a ball of string." "What a strange mix of items!" I said. "They probably grabbed the first things they saw," said Hayter. "The local police should learn something from that list," Holmes said, sitting up straighter on the sofa. "To me, it seems clear that ..." I held up my hand. "You're here to rest, my friend. I don't want you getting involved in another problem right now." Holmes shrugged and sighed, and we changed the topic to something less serious. But my attempts to make this a relaxing trip failed because peaceful Reigate suddenly became a crime scene. The next morning, we were eating breakfast when Hayter's butler ran in looking very worried. "Have you heard the news, sir?" he gasped. "At the Cunninghams'?" "Another burglary?" asked the colonel, his coffee cup in mid-air. "Murder, sir!" The colonel whistled. "By Jove! Who was killed, the father or the son?" "Neither, sir. It was William, their coachman. Shot through the heart, sir." "Who shot him?" "The burglar, sir. Then he ran away and got away. He had just broken through the side door when William arrived and confronted him. William died trying to protect his master's property." "What time was this?" asked Hayter. "Around midnight, sir." "We'll visit this morning to offer our sympathies," said the colonel, sitting back down to his breakfast.

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公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Geek Time. 欢迎回来【极客时间】. Hi, Brad. Hey, lulu, how's it going? Yeah. Yean. It's going all right. And can I propose a topic today? All right, what do you think? You know, we talked about cults before, right? 我们之前谈过邪教这个话题. Mhm. I would like for us to talk about one of probably the more notorious, I don't wanna say well-known, I just wanna say infamous modern day cults there is in the US, and it's favored by a lot of Hollywood stars. Ah. You're talking about Scientology. Yeah, okay. Before we get into this topic Scientology这个山达基教。I'm pretty sure some of you have read things about this. Before we start, I just want to say it very categorically. First of all, this is tagged, this is categorized as a cult in China and in many other countries. And we're not here to spread any messages, it’s really more, think of it as a warning, and think of it as just giving you some information, so that you can watch out for. Yeah, in America like Scientology isn't considered a cult by like the government. But many people see it as a cult like the general outlook of most Americans is that Scientology is a cult. I see. So in the basic episode, let's do a little bit of background intro. Who started it? It's a modern thing. So it's not, the history isn't even that long, is it? No, it's actually started by a man named L. Ron Hubbard, ‘which’ is a science or ‘who’, I should say ‘who’ is a science fiction writer. Okay, all right. Let me guess, he wasn't very successful in writing science fiction stories, so he decided to start his own religion. Well, he wasn't like that terrible at writing science fiction, his science fiction isn't the best, but he wanted to create religion as a way to kind of make money. A lot of people look at Scientology as a scam to make money just because of the things that he has said in the past. However, there are a lot of people who say that the whole world is wrong about Scientology. And usually that's just because Scientology gets such a loud voice. And just as you mentioned, we'll talk a little bit about their Hollywood connections later. When you get Hollywood connections, you get a lot of star power. And so that's kind of help them spread the word. Even if so many people look so poorly on it. I think this is really the danger of cults, especially when it has celebrity endorsement, because obviously they have a lot more impact than average folks, and then when they are there to sort of speak up like Tom Cruise did, well, I'm not saying everyone would tend to believe it more, but there will be some people getting tricked into believing it. But I think you said that Scientology was basically believed to be, by a lot of people, as a scam to make money, but so do a lot of cults. The cult leaders, they're not necessarily even believing in their message. A lot of them started that so that they can trick people into believing in something and so that they collect the money.

可以搜索公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】或者添加【luluxjg2】咨询课程or加入社群，查看文稿和其他精彩内容哦~ Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Britain Under the Microscope. 欢迎回来《闲话英伦》. Hi 安澜, what are we going to talk about today? Hi, 璐璐. What's going on? So hot! I can't take this heat anymore. I think the heat in Wuhan is getting to 安澜. But tell you what, how about I get you a cold drink and we talk about British summer drinks? That sounds like a very good idea. Ok, 所以今天我们就来聊聊这些英国人常喝的summer drinks, 就是听起来就很夏天的这种. 我们说饮料其实 they're all alcoholic. Well, yeah. This is not an episode for kids. This is an episode for the parents or the big kids. Yep. First of all, if you ask me about the quintessential British drinks, I would say G&T. Gin and Tonic. Gin and Tonic金汤力. Whichever bar or even just cafe converted into a bar place you go to, you definitely, definitely, definitely will see this classic drink. In London, they just call it G&T, right? Exactly. Because it's a classic cocktail, because it's so easy to make. You say it's a cocktail, it's just a mixed drink, really, it doesn't take any skill. It doesn't use any skill. All you have to do is get some gin, tonic water and lime or lemon. That's it. But because I know, although we're called 酒馆, I'm pretty sure some of our fans, some of our listeners, they are not drinkers, they don't really drink alcohol. So, let's explain what this is. Gin is translated into金酒,琴酒,或者什么杜松子酒,更早的翻译 that gin is a very, very British thing, isn't it? Not really. Gin was actually created in Holland. I did not know that. I thought gin, because you see London Dry Gin or like the original Gin, you think gin must be a London thing. No, it was first invented in 17th century in the Netherlands, but it became very popular in the 18th century and it was so cheap that what it’s known as the Gin Craze made many British people completely alcoholic. Yeah, blame the drink. Because you could buy pints of Gin. And people, particularly poorer people, poorer women would actually drink lots and lots of gin. Even nowadays the basic Gin really is not very expensive. I mean, you can check it online like for example, London Dry Gin, they are very basic brand. It's relatively affordable. And that's after taxes. So you can imagine how cheap it was to create and how much gin you could get. Now for those of you who are non drinkers, you probably read the word Gin in some of the British literature. I wouldn’t say where, just English literature. Then I would not recommend you to drink it but at least smell it. It has a very distinctive smell. I actually really love the gin smell. Yeah, I really like Gin&Tonic, but it always had a bit of a reputation. So we talked about Bathtub Gin. ("Bathtub gin" 是一种在禁酒令时期（1920-1933年）在美国出现的高度酒精饮料，其名称来源于家庭酿酒者将大容量的酒精容器存放在浴缸中，以便添加水和其他成分来稀释和调味 。这种自行制作的酒精饮料通常使用廉价的谷物酒精，通过添加杜松子等植物来赋予其味道，但质量参差不齐，有时可能存在安全隐患 。 而 "toilet wine" 或 "prison hooch" 通常是指在监狱中非法制作的酒精饮料，由于缺乏适当的设备和原料，囚犯们会使用任何可用的甜味水果、面包或糖，以及酵母或面包来发酵制作酒精。这种饮料可能隐藏在厕所的水箱中进行发酵，因此得名 "toilet wine" 。然而，这种自制酒精饮料可能存在健康风险，包括肉毒杆菌中毒 。)