"欢迎来到英文小酒馆的迷你双语板块【Buzzword Mix】-新词特饮，短短几分钟，让不同段位的你掌握最新最地道的英文谈资！ 关注公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】，获取更多有趣节目内容和文稿哦~" In today's Buzzword Mix, our buzzword is on Unboxing. Now if you're a follower of social media or video streaming sites, you have definitely heard of the concept. 但凡你视频没少刷, 你都一定看到过这种类型的视频, 咱们今天的buzzword Unboxing就是字面意思—开箱。 Unboxing is literally the unpacking of products, especially high-tech consumer products where the process is captured on video and uploaded to the internet. 我们说的开箱视频, the item is then also explained in detail and can sometimes be demonstrated as well. 就是大家在小某书小破站上都看到过的那种视频, 一个UP主收到了某个品牌的新品, 然后对着摄像头开箱, 并且一边开一边具体的分享他的感受以及试用的体验。 Now you may think Unboxing is a relatively new concept, but actually Yahoo Tech places the first unboxing video to be for the Nokia E61 cell phone in 2006. 可能在有些人的记忆里开箱, 也就是近些年来才火起来的, 但其实这种意义上的开箱视频早在2006年就有, 而当时开箱的产品居然是诺基亚, 现在听起来就已经觉得好古早的品牌了。 And according to Google trends, searches for the term unboxing began to surface in the final quarter of 2006. 根据Google trends, 谷歌趋势的数据分析, Unboxing这个词也是从2006年最后一个季度开始被人不断搜索。 Now early unboxing videos focused mainly either on gadgets or fashion items, however, once the trend took off, unboxing videos were available for nearly everything that is available for purchase. 最早的开箱视频一般都是电子类产品或者是时尚类的单品, 但现在你也知道, 所有的东西都可以开箱测评。 By 2014, the popularity of these unboxing videos were such that some companies have been known to upload unboxing videos for their own products whilst others send products to uploaders for free. 这个风潮被带起来之后, 2014年左右开始, 各种各样的商家也都加入了这个阵营, 要么是自己做起了官方的开箱视频, 要么就是把自己的产品发给那些UP主, 让他们来做unboxing videos. You might ask why are unboxing videos so popular? And yes, they are popular both within China and in other parts of the world. Some people considered that the popularity of unboxing videos is due to the ability of showing the product exactly for what it is without any adulteration advertisers usually make around the product. 有些人就说可能是因为传统的广告片里往往会把这个产品拍得过于的完美, 而真实的开箱视频会让消费者更直观的看到一个产品真实的面貌。 And being able to see what the customer is actually getting can contribute to the decision process. Now these influencers who have up loaded the unboxing videos, they have tried to make these unboxing videos more interesting by adding all sorts of special effects or doing them in different ways with lots of creativity. 和网上所有其他的视频一样, 开箱测评这个领域也非常的卷, 简简单单的去开个箱, 已经不足以吸引人的眼球了, 所以各路UP主就各显神通, 加入各种各样奇奇怪怪的创意。 They often d***tize it and, in turn, take on a quirky, playful spirit, for example, to unbox a waterproof device, then they take the unboxing underwater, 比如说一个防水的电子产品, UP主就选择水下开箱, 那各种角色扮演玩段子整活更是层出不穷。 Meanwhile, the growth of e-commerce has also been a major factor contributing to the rise of unboxing. 当然电商的越来越火, 也是另外一个重要因素.

+luluxjg2了解详情哦 I'm really curious. So 安澜 in the UK for example, do you guys learn or are you required to learn Greek myth in school? To a certain extent, we are told these stories and these stories are relatively well known in the English-speaking world. We're probably not taught to that same extent, it's not like, for example, we have a Greek mythology class. So it's not systematic. No, but we are told these stories. And to be honest for someone who would be kind of well-read or well-educated, there is that understanding that they would at least no parts of the stories? 我来翻译一下更直白的说就是有文化的人你多少都得懂点Greek myths, 就是这也是你文化修养/文化素养的一部分吧. So it's like our other bluffer's guide is one of those things that will make you sound more cultured and more just better read and educated. And also to understand a lot of the references in culture that are related to Greek myths. As we'll talk about in the album, there's quite a few expressions, quite a few words in English that all come from Greek mythology. For example, if you say someone is narcissistic or you can say a beautiful guy being the literal Adonis. Yeah, and we even go into some kind of slightly more advanced vocabulary, slightly harder vocabulary, like for example, Sisyphean. Sisyphean and tantalizing. Tantalizing as well. All of these words we just mentioned have their roots in Greek mythology. That's right. Very interesting stories behind them. Yeah. Yeah, I think that makes Greek mythology still highly relevant. I would say that just from an interest perspective, we really hope that you enjoy the stories because they are entertaining. They are fascinating stories. But also from a learning aspect, the album is done mostly in English with Lulu speaking a bit of Chinese to gloss over some of the more complex parts. There are full scripts as well, but more importantly we're telling the stories in English. Yeah. And also we are explaining these stories impact on western culture. Now let's get into exactly how this album is structured and how is it created or developed. 这个跟我们之前的一些课程不太一样, 就像我们开始说它不是一个那种形式的课程, 就好像两个老师在这跟你讲。 首先 Album分为三个部分, 同样的1个故事, 比如说这里面有10个主要的故事, 然后每个故事有3个部分, 第一个部分是安澜的英音纯享版, so it's just 安澜's gentle voice telling you the story. Yes. Just the story. 你可以把它理解为带表情讲述的那种感觉。而且安澜的声音本来就非常gentle, 这个里面就很适合你哄睡。 This is your bedtime listening, so hopefully the story will actually put you to sleep. But hopefully not because it's boring. Yeah. 然后第二个部分是一个我跟安澜的讲述的部分, 因为你光听 story的话里面会有很多的点, 你可能听不明白, 不管是词也好, 还有包括一些神的名字, 以及他们具体什么样的角色, 以及当时的一些context, 这个里面, 我也会用我最温柔的声音跟安澜一起来讲述和讲解这个故事, 这个部分就会更长, 比那个故事要长很多。 Yeah. Both these two sections, we would say we made them children friendly. You remember Lulu saying about some of the Greek myth can be a little bit unsuitable for children. A little bit？ Very unsuitable for children. So what I'm doing is I'm telling the story as I was told the story when I was five or six years old. 对, 前面这两个部分, 不管是安澜的纯享哄睡版, 还是我跟安澜的讲解版本, 我们都会用比较温柔的声音, 然后给大家讲的都是一些全家都能听的东西。 但是有的小伙伴肯定会说 What about all these saucy bits？What about all these really abnormal or just the interesting things about Greek mythology？ 那个我们也没有放弃, 这就是为什么每个故事有第三个部分, 我跟安澜把它叫做Lulu and Anlan's What On Earth Were They Thinking？ 就是他们在搞哪样？在搞什么鬼？ 我们把它叫做【璐璐和安澜的吐槽时间】, 里面有一些让人很费解的一些情节, 一些超级***的或者说三观尽毁的情节，然后我和安澜会用现代人的视角去对他进行一个吐槽。 So we're going to be looking at these myths in a more modern way, we would also be telling you the full truth behind these myths as well. So this is probably a section not for children. This is more for adults. I think the more you emphasize on that, the more it makes them want to listen to. Hopefully. Today's children mature early. But I will still feel happier if children didn't really listen to that section. 不过吐槽的环节, 我们会把它跟前面的分开, 因为吐槽环节我们的声音音量, 包括我们说话的方式也会有所改变, 所以就希望不要大家在哄睡的故事听完之后突然开始出现情绪比较激动的吐槽。

Hi, everyone. And welcome back to 酒馆. Hi, 安澜. Hi 璐璐. Hi everyone. We have a piece of good news. We have yet another new album. 我们的新课程其实不是新课程, 就是一个新专辑。 Yes. 为什么不是课程呢 ，等一下你就知道了, 因为没有那么正经。 Yeah, to be honest, in this we're not really trying to teach in that way. What we're trying to do is we're trying to share something about western culture that is pretty much well known throughout the English-speaking world, but also French, German, and in particular, the Greek speaking world. 关子卖的够多了，这个专辑叫做【Story Time With Lulu And Anlan- Greek Mythology】. Yes. 我们把它叫做【璐璐和安澜的晚安故事-希腊神话篇】, 为什么叫做Story Time With Lulu And Anlan? First of all, we're telling stories Yeah. Second of all, in the future we want to expand this to cover other things. Yes, to be honest, this is really a labor of love. Yeah, and Greek mythology is only the beginning. Yes, that's because Lulu and I, we both love stories. This is one of the things that I would say that most of us are like, we love a good story, we love to be told tales, whether or not we're really young children; or whether or not in our cases, a little bit older than that. 不管是儿童还是成年儿童都喜欢听故事。 And this is something universal, and it has been like that since the beginning of time. Exactly. I would imagine cave people get together to listen to stories. Yeah. But why Greek mythology, 为什么从希腊神话开始, I know that 安澜 has an answer for all of these questions because he absolutely is fascinated with Greek mythology. Basically we chose Greek mythology because I kept nagging Lulu that we really should do Greek mythology because it's something that I love to talk about. But first things first, what is Greek mythology? 我们知道说希腊神话, 希腊神话, 但希腊神话实际上包括的是什么东西？ Greek mythology are the myths and legends of ancient Greece, so they're linked to the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Greece. There are so many stories that have come down through the ages. And these were the stories that were told already in ancient Greece. Yeah, they were used to explain what the world was like, they were used to entertain, they were used to teach; same as mythologies around the world. Now what makes Greek mythology I would say even more special is the emphasis and the impact of Greek culture and later Roman culture on western civilization or western societies. More than a little bit later. But first things first, you mentioned Roman, ancient Rome, 就古希腊, 古罗马, 我的历史不好, 所以我在这上面总是有一些confusion, 特别是有一些神在Greek mythology里面它叫一个名字, 但他到了Roman mythology又叫另外一个名字, 是这样吗？ 比如说宙斯, Zeus, that's his name in Greek mythology. Yeah, but in ancient Rome, his name was Jupiter. So Zeus and Jupiter that was basically the same character. Yes, I won't go too much into details because it's a bit complicated. But ancient Rome really, really admired ancient Greece. They wanted to base their culture in ancient Greece. I see, so they sort of imitated.

欢迎来到英文小酒馆的迷你双语板块【Buzzword Mix】-新词特饮，短短几分钟，让不同段位的你掌握最新最地道的英文谈资！ 关注公号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】，获取更多有趣节目内容和文稿哦~ In today's Buzzword Mix, our buzzword is Off-the-Grid. Before we get into this expression, let me ask you a question: when you are slaving away at your work every day or being tortured by all these hustle and bustle of a megacity that you live in, have you ever thought about getting away from it at all and live a simpler life？ 近些年来在国内也经常看到那种新闻, 比如说什么90后小夫妻卖掉城市里的房子, 然后回归田园生活等等。 It’s a nice dream for a lot of people. 所以今天的Buzzword里, 我们就说一说终极的回归田园的生活方式叫做Off-the-Grid, 可以翻译成「脱离电网生活」。 Sounds a bit strange? Let me explain. Living off grid or living off-the-grid means living in a property without connection to public utilities, like the main electrical grid. 它之所以被叫做 off-the-grid living, 是说这种生活方式, 它不依赖于现代生活的所有这些public utilities公共事业, 比如水、电、污水处理, 其中 grid特别就是指 main electrical grid集中的电网。 So in other words, off grid homes are completely autonomous. It is all about being self-sufficient, they rely on themselves. 因为国情不一样, 可能这么说, 还有很多人不能理解。 其实我就在比如说澳大利亚新西兰看到过这种off-the-grid living, 比如说到树林里自己建一个房子, 它的电水全部都是自己解决。 This way of life is also known as homesteading, permanent camping, or living off the land. Now you can go fully off-the-grid by generating your own electricity, digging wells, using septic tanks, composting, and growing your own food, and you probably stop using phones and the internet as well. 讲到off-the-grid也有不同程度, 有些人的off-the-grid living是非常硬核的, 他会自己发电, 自己挖水井, 或者想办法利用自然的水源, 连污水处理、堆肥一系列的事情都自己处理, 当然吃的东西也靠自己种, 完全告别手机网络这些东西。 But then there are also some others, they prefer to live partially off-the-grid. Now keep in mind this can be different from person to person. 还有的人只是想浅尝这种off-the-grid living. 这里面就会有各种不一样的选择了. They can use, for example, solar power, but they may still rely on other utilities like city water or sewage. 他可能会用比如说太阳能之类的能源, 但是水和污水处理这些可能还是要用到公用设施。 Some people they even buy food at grocery store or have internet access. As you can see, it depends on what works best for you. But the whole idea of living off-the-grid is trying not to be so dependent on modern urban living so that you can live in a more self-sufficient way. 但大部分想选择living off-the-grid的人, 都是希望能够过一种更加自给自足的, 更加简单的生活。 Let's be honest, it's not for everyone, especially that we're so used to modern conveniences, but there are some benefits to this sustainable way of life. For example, number one, small environmental footprints. You will use less water, produce less waste, and rely on alternative energy sources, renewable energy sources to generate electricity. 首先比起都市生活, 你个人对于环境的影响会更小。 Number two, deeper connection with nature. 你可以深度拥抱大自然。 A lot of people who live off-the-grid, they will live much closer to nature. And this will help you reconnect with nature. This is also why off-the-grid living is more popular in places where they are a lot of beautiful and relatively safe natural areas. Number three, better health. When moving to the wilderness, people usually become more self-reliant, more active. And this can help prevent some health problems. 这种在大自然里自给自足的生活会让你的身体也变好。 Number four, greater personal satisfaction. Learning new skills to survive without public utilities and solving problems on your own will boost your confidence. 在这样自给自足的生活中, 你有没有发现自己各方面的生存和动手技能逐日提升？ The last but not least, lower stress and anxiety. For most people, the number one reason why they want to get away from urban living is because modern life makes them feel stressed and anxious, and living surrounded by nature can help you feel more relaxed. But of course as you can imagine, living off-the-grid has its own share of problems. There are some important basics that you need to keep in mind. Should you ever want to consider some form of off-the-grid living？ The three essential things for survival are water, food, and shelter. 如果你真要想尝试live off-the-grid, 首先要考虑的是生存的三个基本要素, 水、食物和住所。 Water is obviously the most important for survival. While if you live in the city, you never really ha

全文稿+luluxjg2 General Info. it's a British American Period D*** inspired by the Covent Garden ladies, by British historian Hallie Rubenhold. 是一个历史时代剧 It's set in the 18th century London, the Georgian era. 时代背景是18世纪乔治王时代的伦敦 It tells the story of courtesans/prostitutes of two brothels competing not just to stay on the top, but to stay alive. this TV series is inspired by The Covent Garden Ladies, a book written by British historian, Hallie Rubenhold. Why recommend it? no.1, it is a costume d*** set against rich historical tapestry. 有丰富历史背景的时代剧 no.2, there's the amazing acting and very round characters. 张力十足的表演和有血有肉的角色 no.3 there's the gripping storyline. 抓人的故事线 no.4 it also shows the complexity and the greediness of humanity from a female angle. 用女性视角去展现很多人性的复杂和粗粝 no.5 for someone who's a language enthusiast, it does offer very interesting linguistic specimens. 这部剧有丰富有趣的词汇量 no.6 the music, it's a blend of historical elements and modern music. Reminders it contains a lot of graphic scenes and obscene language. it touches upon a lot of moral gray zone. it requires deeper understanding of the historical context. it uses specific terms and the accent might cost a little bit difficulty in understanding.

关注【璐璐的英文小酒馆】+小助手【luluxjg2】获取全文稿 Hi, everyone and welcome to our Christmas Special. 欢迎来到酒馆的【圣诞特辑】. Now you probably notice that usually with these seasonal specials, I would be the only one doing the recording. But today, we're going to connect with 安澜. And as some of you probably already know, 安澜went back for the holiday, finally. So hi, 安澜. Hi, Lulu, hi, everyone. So finally back with your family. Yes, after 3 years, I'm finally back in the UK with my family. And tell us how do you feel? Sure excited. Very excited. To be honest it's a bit strange being back in the UK after such a long period of time, and obviously there's lots of changes in those 3 years which don't need to mention. But I'm really really excited, spending my time with my family and my friends and also getting ready for Christmas. You must really feel like the festive mood in London, right? Because I mean in China it’s not really a thing. Yeah, absolutely, all the decorations are up, all the shops now are quite busy with people doing their last minute Christmas shopping. It's really festive. We've done Christmas episodes before, so I’m quite curious as in what do you want to talk about today? Today I thought what we could do, we could talk about one of the main figures for Christmas and that is, of course, Father Christmas. Father Christmas? You mean Santa Claus? No, Santa Claus is in America. Father Christmas is what we traditionally call. 所以你们的圣诞老人叫 Father Christmas. That's pretty cute. And either way, it's the same person. Pretty much. They come from different routes, but generally the idea of a Father Christmas or a seasonal gift giver comes from Saint Nicholas. Yes, I've heard of Saint Nicholas, so sometimes people would nickname him, Saint Nick. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of children. Patron saint其实就是有点像守护神的这种感觉. 孩子的守护神, that's why he brings the gifts. Yep. The original story is that Saint Nicholas was a bishop in modern day Turkey, and he would secretly deliver bags of gold so that poor girls could have a dowry and get married. Dowry 是嫁妆, so the gifts weren't gifts. They were just literally bags of gold. They were just bags of gold, and back then there were no chimneys so he used to through the window. I would like to be waiting for Christmas by the window and just have some strange man chuck bags of gold at me. I know it's a bit strange. And to be honest, the original story a lot of people have forgotten. There is one tradition that we still observe. People really generally forget where it comes from. At Christmas time it can be traditional to give gold chocolate coins to children. 那种巧克力金币. That was from the tradition when Saint Nicholas used to actually give bags of gold. Yeah. I see. And Saint Nicholas, how did saint Nicholas become Santa Claus? Basically it was through the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, they celebrate Saint Nicholas's day, which is in early December, but they call him Santa Claus. And obviously if you know history, a lot of American tradition was actually affected…was originally from the Netherlands. You think that New York was originally called New Amsterdam. True. 对, 美国它有很多风俗是最开始是从荷兰这边过去的, so now they call it Santa Claus. Yes. But getting back to Father Christmas, there's always been a figure associated with Christmas all the way back to the 17th century when actually he was banned. For what? I thought Father Christmas was harmless and it's not even religious. He just brought gifts and toys. That's precisely why it was banned. In the 17th century we had the puritans and they actually banned Christmas because they said it was nothing to do with religion. It was just a pagan holiday. It was just an excuse for people to have fun.

关注公众号【璐璐的英文小酒馆】来获取更多拓展内容和全文逐字稿, 如果你喜欢【新词特饮】这个节目, 不要忘记关注主播来听听我们其他的精彩专辑。 So as a consumer, do you think you have experienced trading down？ In today's Buzzword Mix, our buzzword is Trading Down. Having been through 3 years of the pandemic, I think most of us have experienced or are still experiencing some degree of financial struggles, since pay cuts and job losses have pretty much been the norm since the outbreak. 三年大疫, 再加上经济下行等等大环境的影响, 其实全世界人民的日子都过得紧巴巴的。国内从前几年开始就已经有人提到了消费降级, 其实这个概念并不是中国特有。 In today's buzzword, let's talk about this concept in English, trading down. Trading down or down trading refers to the practice of switching from expensive products or brands to cheaper alternatives in a bid to conserve cash. Trading down或者down trading指的就是消费者为了节约花销, 从expensive products and brands转向cheaper alternatives, 更便宜的替代品，这不是消费降级, 又是什么呢？ As people are struggling with their personal finances, everyone's focused on maintaining a tight leash on expenses and cutting down on discretionary spending. 在大家钱包吃紧的情况下, 很多人都会选择从discretionary spending非必要消费这个方面首先进行down trading, 消费降级。 Down trading or trading down in this sense is a tool that consumers can use to shield their finances. As consumers turn price-sensitive, bells and whistles no longer appeal. 这就意味着当广大的消费者都变得更加price-sensitive, 对价格更加敏感, 这个时候那些花里胡哨的功能、新款就没有什么太大的吸引力了。 Products which meet the basic requirements are preferred over those that are perceived to be value-adding. 与其弄上一大堆增值的玩意儿, 不如就是基本款更受欢迎。 And when consumers downgrade, they are more likely to scout for value-for-money goods. And this is true whether for small-ticket consumption items or if they're buying bigger items like cars or durable goods. 不管是在卖日常用品, 还是到大件的, 比如说电器甚至汽车, 大家都会更关注 value-for-money 性价比. Now you probably have read a lot of articles talking about the situation in China, but what about the situation in other parts of the world？ According to McKinsey’s latest European Consumer Pulse Survey, carried out from September to October this year, they have surveyed the views of respondents in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, and they have observed the following trends among consumers. 根据九、十月份麦肯锡做的一个关于欧洲消费者调研里的数据, there are a few key findings, and you can check if as a Chinese consumer, you feel exactly the same. Number one, most people are concerned about rising prices. 大部分的人都对于物价的不断上涨表示担忧。For 58% of European consumers, increasing prices are their no.1 worry. Number two, economic confidence has dipped. 因为各种内外部的因素, 消费者普遍对于经济形势信心下滑, this is much worse than even the first 2 years of Covid, consumer pessimism is higher with 43% of people expressing doubt about economic recovery.

Hi everyone. Welcome back to Happy Hour, 欢迎回来酒馆. I'm sure a lot of you know that we have released a new course a while ago- The Bluffer's Guide to Shakespeare【莎士比亚扫盲班】. 我知道有很多听我们节目的小伙伴已经买了这个专辑, 而且有人已经听完了, 还觉得意犹未尽, 还问我们有没有下一季, 这个可能就是一季的事了. So I thought today I invite my co-developer 安澜 and we can get a little bit more into personal life of Shakespeare. Hi, 安澜. Hi Lulu, hi everyone. You know we spend all this time telling the stories from Shakespearean plays, one thing that I feel a little bit regretful is that we weren't gossipy enough. Yes. To be honest, there's a lot we can gossip about, particularly when it comes to Shakespeare. But before we start gossiping, it's important to note that a lot of Shakespeare's life is very uncertain. Still enigmatic. There are still a few kind of mysteries around Shakespeare. One of the biggest mysteries is his loves. His loves? His loves, plural. He's love interests. His…那些风流往事. Exactly. And a question that many scholars are asking nowadays was Shakespeare actually gay? Okay. We're going to answer that question, well, we're going to try to talk about that in today's show. Mhm. But either way we are going to explore the private and personal love lives of Shakespeare. Yes. I mean, you would imagine that he hadn't somewhat of a colorful love life or at least love interest because he was able to create all those really 狗血 stories. Pretty much. The thing that we are certain about is that Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, he was only 18 and she was 26. That we talked about in our episodes. 我们在专辑里面和专辑发刊词里面都说了, 他娶了Anne Hathaway, 安妮·海瑟薇, 跟现在女明星的名字是一样的, 他们跟Anne Hathaway取的. Yeah. 而且是姐弟恋, she was 26. He was only18. Yes, so even back then, that was seen as quite an age gap, I would say. Quite unusual. Quite unusual. And also the wedding apparently was very rushed as according to the records she gave birth to their daughter 6 months later. 还是奉子成婚. Probably, but again, we're not one hundred percent sure. However, the one thing that we do know about is Shakespeare was probably an absentee father and husband. They lived in Stratford while Shakespeare spend his time in London. Remind me how far away is Stratford? It's quite far. It is, mile-wise I'm not too sure, but nowadays it probably takes 2 hours by car. So back then it must have taken a lot longer. Back then probably a whole day trip. A day or even 2 days. So basically they were kind of like not separated in that way, but in the actual fact they were separated, 也是属于长期分居的这种状态, 就是丧偶式育儿Anne Hathaway. Some people thought did Shakespeare really love Anne Hathaway, because there's a famous story that when he died, he left his second-best bed to his wife, not the first best bed, his second-best bed. What? that was so calculating, why not the best bed？ That's really the question. On the surface, it appears like you didn't really care, but to be honest, he could also be the fact that Anne Hathaway would get most of his possessions. And also the second best bed was probably their bed in back in those days, if you were rich enough, you may have your bed in your living room as a piece of furniture, but also for guests. So you have the best bed for guests, but their actual bed that they used was probably the second best. That's actually they’re romantic if you think about it. If you think about it in that way. But again, we're not 100% sure. But obviously we're not just here to talk about him and his wife. Yes. That will be too orthodox for Shakespeare. But Shakespeare wrote a lot of love, sonnets, poems. So it was a time of plague in London, so Shakespeare couldn't perform. He couldn't open theatres, so he stayed at home and wrote sonnets. One of the key figures in these sonnets… The dark lady. The dark lady. Why is it the dark lady? Is it because the mysterious? Is it about the mystery or is it actual skin color？ Again. we're not 100% sure. Mhm. We're not even 100% sure if she existed, and if she existed who was she. Now

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来酒馆，找小助手【luluxjg2】索取全文稿啦~ Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Famous Brits Under the Microscope. 欢迎大家回来【英伦名人八卦堂】. 1. 迄今为止，嘴最"毒"的英国首相非他莫属！ 2.早餐就开始喝烈酒，这样的***你放心吗？ 3. 国际政坛出名的老烟枪，胖酒鬼和大毒舌，却被BBC评为历史上最具影响力的人。 4. 考试不及格，心仪专业落选，却不妨碍他拿诺贝尔文学奖。 5. 日不落的余晖，战火中的绅士？这位首相收到的争议比你褒奖多一百倍！好奇么，来听节目就知道说是是谁啦！ Hi, everyone. And welcome back to Famous Brits Under the Microscope. 欢迎大家回来【英伦名人八卦堂】. Hi, 安澜. Hi, Lulu. Hi, everyone. It’s been a while since we did this particular segment. Yeah, it's been quite some time, hasn't it? And who are we gonna talk about today? Well since it's Famous Brits Under the Microscope, I thought that today we could talk about the greatest ever British person as voted by the public and the BBC. The greatest? it's a man, and it's not fictional? He is not fictional, no. I have a few names in my head. I'm not sure. Well, he was also known as the British bulldog. Are we gonna talk about Winston Churchill? 丘吉尔 the British bulldog. Is it just because of how he looked? Well, partly is. I think it's also temperament, but there were also quite a few propaganda posters during the war that showed him as a bulldog. And I think he does actually look a little bit like a bulldog. Churchill was a very complex sort of character, wasn’t he? It's not really a simple black and white like he's a good or bad person. No. Churchill, I would say very much was a man of his time, so he had views which nowadays we would not agree with, and some of these habits like his drinking and smoking, it's hard to really support nowadays. Yeah. He is hardly the poster child or poster boy for healthy living or political correctness now. Exactly. But that doesn't mean that he was not a fascinating character to talk about. Exactly, to be great doesn't necessarily mean you have to be a perfect person. Exactly. So, let's get started. Let's start with his family background. Yeah. Winston Churchill was born in 1874 and he was born to a rich aristocratic family. And not a lot of people know this, but despite the fact that he's known as very much a British person and very patriotic British person, he was actually half American. What? Churchill? Yeah, his mother was an American. All right, because you sort of pictured Churchill as the quintessential British person. Oh yeah, but he was half American. Later in his life, he actually became an honorary American citizen. 就是荣誉美国公民. Yeah. I see. And I've heard that he wasn't really doing that well in school. He was not a very good student. No, he was actually quite bad student.

全文稿获取：微 【luluxjg2】 In today's Buzzword Mix, our buzzword is Cougar. 最近那些buzzword我们讨论都是一些比较严肃的社会话题. So today let's keep it light-hearted and talk about a pop culture slang. Cougar is an actual English word. Originally it refers to a type of big cats, c-o-u-g-a-r, cougar的本意就是美洲狮, 是一种大型的猫科动物, but it has an entirely different meaning in pop culture. Put simply, a cougar in slang terms is an older woman who seeks a romantic or sexual relationship with men who are significantly younger. 就是大家都很熟悉的在老友记里演Monica的那一位, she actually started in a comedy show called Cougar Town. 她就曾经主演过一个长达六季的喜剧叫做Cougar Town. 这个词也是有很多的争议, 有一些人认为他是赋能女性的, 而且甚至是女权主义的, because women are taking control. 其实你想想看我们说的杀猪盘, 那个里面的older women一般都是受害者, but cougars they are the predators. They enjoy younger men. 但也有人会觉得这其实就是一个misogynistic male fantasy, 其实它的根基还是男权社会里面的一种幻想，带着不少的情绪。