And I'm Georgina.

我是喬治娜

Have you finished writing that report yet, Neil?

你寫完報告了嗎，尼爾？

Err, not quite – it's almost done.

呃，不完全是--就快完成了。

Well, finish it this morning please, then make sure you've planned all the

好了，今天早上完成它，請，然後確保你已經計劃好了所有的。

studio sessions for the week and show me so I can double check, OK?

本週的工作室會議，並告訴我，所以我可以仔細檢查，好不好？

[Sigh] OK. Has this ever happened to you?

[嘆氣]OK。這曾經發生在你身上嗎？

Being micromanaged by someone?

被人微觀管理？

That's what it's called when your boss wants to control everything, down to the smallest detail.

這就是所謂的當你的老闆想要控制一切，甚至是最小的細節。

…and I notice you've written the report in font size 11

...我注意到你把報告寫成了11號的字體

when I told you to use size 12!

我告訴你用12號的時候！

[Sigh] If this keeps up I'm might go on strike.

[嘆氣]如果這樣下去，我可能會去罷工。

It wouldn't be the first time someone has refused to continue working

這已經不是第一次有人拒絕繼續工作了

because of an argument with their boss.

因為和老闆吵架。

Hmm, maybe I'd better go easy on Neil.

嗯，也許我最好對尼爾好一點。

After all, I don't want a repeat of what happened on the

畢竟，我不希望重蹈覆轍。

American spaceship, Skylab - the subject of this programme.

美國的宇宙飛船 "天空實驗室"--本節目的主題。

In 1973, three US astronauts on board the Skylab space station

1973年，三名美國太空人登上了 "天空實驗室 "空間站。

had a disagreement with mission control over their workload

與特派團控制部門在工作量問題上發生了分歧

in an incident that has, incorrectly, been called the Skylab space 'strike'.

在這起事件中，被錯誤地稱為Skylab太空 "罷工"。

But before we find out more, let me ask you my quiz question –

但在我們瞭解更多之前，讓我來問你我的測驗題--------。

if that's OK, boss?

如果可以的話，老闆？

Go ahead.

去吧

Well, the Skylab astronauts felt they had been given too much work

天空實驗室的太空人覺得他們被賦予了太多的工作。

to complete during the space flight.

要在太空飛行期間完成。

But how did they protest to their bosses at ground control?

但他們是如何向地面控制中心的老闆抗議的呢？

Did they… a) pretend the radio had broken? b) stop shaving and grow beards?,

他們是不是... a)假裝收音機壞了？ b)停止刮鬍子，留鬍子？

or, c) fake the results of their experiments?

或者，c）偽造他們的實驗結果？

I guess, a) pretending the radio had broken,

我想，一）假裝收音機壞了。

would show them who's boss – although floating in

會讓他們知道誰是老大--雖然漂浮在

space without radio contact sounds a bit dangerous to me!

沒有無線電聯繫的空間對我來說有點危險!

OK, Georgina, we'll find out what really happened later.

好吧，喬治娜，我們稍後會知道到底發生了什麼。

Now, Skylab was planned to be the fourth – and final -

現在，天空實驗室計劃成為第四個，也是最後一個。

crewed flight to orbit the Earth.

載人飛行到地球軌道。

For scientists it was the last chance to test out their theories

對科學家來說，這是檢驗他們理論的最後機會。

in space and the Skylab crew were asked to study everything

天空實驗室的工作人員被要求研究所有的事情

about space travel, from its effects on the human body

從空間旅行對人體的影響來看，空間旅行的意義是什麼？

to how spiders make webs.

到蜘蛛如何結網。

Here's one of the Skylab astronauts, Ed Gibson, telling Lucy Burns,

這是天體實驗室的太空人之一，艾德-吉布森，告訴露西-伯恩斯。

presenter of BBC World Service programme, Witness History,

英國廣播公司世界服務節目《見證歷史》的主持人。

how they communicated with ground control:

他們是如何與地面控制中心溝通的。

We got our instructions over a teleprinter.

我們在電傳機上得到了我們的訓示。

One morning we had about 60 feet of teleprinter message

有一天早上，我們有大約60英尺的電報機資訊。

to cut up and divide up and understand before we even get to work.

要先切磋，再分化，還沒開始工作就明白了。

All space missions run to a tight schedule all the way down to

所有的空間飛行任務都是按照嚴格的時間表進行的，直到...。

exercise times and meal breaks but the Skylab 4 astronauts

鍛鍊時間和用餐時間，但Skylab 4太空人

felt their ground control team was being particularly bossy.

覺得他們的地控團隊特別霸道。

I don't know if any of you have ever had to work…

我不知道你們中是否有人曾經工作過... ...

do something under the conditions of micromanagement –

管中窺豹

it's bad enough for an hour, but try 24 hours a day…

一個小時已經夠糟了，但一天24小時試試... ...

we're just not constructive that way, we're not getting things

我們只是沒有建設性的方式，我們沒有得到的東西。

done the way we should because we couldn't use our own judgment.

做了我們應該做的事情，因為我們不能用自己的判斷。

With so many experiments to carry out and a limited time in space,

由於要進行的實驗太多，空間時間有限。

the Skylab crew had a tight schedule - a small amount of time to finish a job.

天空實驗室的工作人員時間很緊--完成一項工作的時間很少。

Bosses at ground control sent radio messages every morning,

地面控制中心的老闆們每天早上都會發來無線電資訊。

detailing exactly their duties for that day.

詳細說明他們當天的具體職責。

They sound like real micromanagers, Neil!

他們聽起來像真正的微觀管理者，尼爾！

Absolutely! Or in other words, bossy - always telling people what to do!

絕對是！或者換句話說，專橫跋扈--總是對別人指手畫腳!

Astronaut, Ed Gibson, wanted to use his professional judgement

太空人艾德-吉布森想用他的專業判斷力

to complete the work, not be bossed around by ground control

完成工作，而不是被地面控制指揮

24 hours a day – an expression meaning, all day and night.

一天24小時--表達的意思是，一天到晚都是這樣。

When one of the astronauts got sick, it was decided that

當其中一名太空人生病時，人們決定

they would take turns talking to ground control.

他們會輪流和地面控制人員交談。

But one day, all three of them missed the daily radio meeting

但是有一天，他們三個人都錯過了每天的廣播會議

and some Nasa bosses thought they'd gone on strike!

一些NASA的老闆還以為他們罷工了呢!

In the crisis talks that followed, both crew and ground control

在隨後的危機會談中，無論是機組人員還是地面控制部門

agreed better ways of working and communicating –

商定更好的工作和交流方式 -- --

and less micromanagement!

而少了微觀管理!

But the newspapers had already got hold of the story,

但報紙已經掌握了這個故事。

and to this day the incident is misremembered as the 'strike' in space.

直到今天，該事件被誤認為是太空中的'罷工'。

Here's Ed Gibson again, speaking to BBC World Service's,

又是艾德-吉布森，對BBC世界服務的。

Witness History, on what he learned from the experience:

見證歷史，講述他從這段經歷中得到的啟示。

We all conclude that we learned something from it –

我們都得出結論，我們從中學到了一些東西--。

micromanagement does not work, except when you're

微觀管理是行不通的，除非你是

in a situation that demands it like a lift-off or a re-entry…

在需要它的情況下，比如升空或重返... ...

and fortunately I think that's been passed down to the

幸運的是，我認為這已經傳到了我的身上

space station people and they learned that that's the way to go.

空間站的人，他們瞭解到這是要走的路。

In the end Nasa agreed that trusting people to do their jobs was

最後，Nasa也認為，相信人們的工作是。

the way to go – the best method for doing a particular thing.

途徑------做某件事的最佳方法。

I told you, Georgina – no-one likes being bossed around!

我告訴過你，喬治娜--沒人喜歡被人指揮！

Including the Skylab astronauts!

包括天體實驗室的太空人!

But was my answer correct? About how they protested?

但我的回答正確嗎？關於他們如何抗議？

Ah yes, in my quiz question, I asked how the Skylab astronauts

啊，對了，在我的問答題中，我問天體實驗室的太空人是如何

protested to their bosses. What did you say?

向他們的老闆抗議。你怎麼說？

I thought the astronauts, a) pretended the radio had broken.

我以為太空人，一）假裝收音機壞了。

Ah, good guess, Georgina, but actually the answer was…

啊，猜得好，喬治娜，但實際上答案是... ...

b) they stopped shaving and grew beards.

b)他們不再刮鬍子，而是留起了鬍子。

Unless that was just another experiment?!

除非那只是另一個實驗？

Let's recap the vocabulary, starting with micromanage –

我們先來回顧一下詞彙，從微觀管理開始------。

control everything, down to the smallest detail.

控制一切，直到最小的細節。

If you're bossy, you're always telling people what to do.

如果你很霸道，你總是告訴別人該怎麼做。

But be careful, because your workers might go on strike – refuse to work.

但要小心，因為你的工人可能會罷工--拒絕工作。

The Skylab astronauts had a tight schedule –

天空實驗室的太空人日程安排得很緊湊----------。

a small amount of time to complete their jobs.

少量的時間來完成他們的工作。

They felt their bosses were watching them twenty-four hours a day,

他們覺得老闆一天二十四小時都在監視他們。

or all the time.

或一直都在。

But in the end, trusting people is the way to go –

但歸根結底，相信人是要走的路--。

the best method of doing something.

最好的方法

That's all for now, but watch this space for more trending topics

暫時就到這裡，但請關注本空間，瞭解更多熱門話題。

and useful vocabulary, here at BBC 6 Minute English.

和有用的詞彙，在BBC 6分鐘英語這裡。

And if you like topical discussions and want to learn how

如果你喜歡話題性的討論，並想了解如何進行。

to use the vocabulary found in headlines, why not try out

要使用標題中的詞彙，為什麼不嘗試一下

our New Review podcast?

我們的新評論播客？

Don't forget you can also download the app for

不要忘了你也可以下載應用程序，用於

free from the app store.

免費從應用商店。

And remember to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

記得在Facebook、Twitter和Instagram上查看我們。

Over and out!

完畢！

Bye!

再見！