Name: 私人生活。第二部分。| BBC 學習英語。 (Private Lives. Part 2. | BBC Learning English.)
Uploaded: 2026-02-26T12:59:11.000Z
Duration: 11 min 10 s

She lives with her three children in Huntingdonshire in the east of England.

她和三個孩子住在英格蘭東部的 Huntingdonshire。

Debbie is the chief reporter, the main reporter for a local newspaper.

Debbie 是 chief reporter，一家 local news 的主要記者。

Most places in Britain have free local newspapers which where you can read about what people are doing in the area.

英國大部分地方都有免費的 local newspapers，你可以在上面看到當地人的動態。

We'll be hearing about people in Huntingdonshire as Debbie shows us a copy of the Hunts Post newspaper.

我們會聽到關於 Huntingdonshire 的人事物，因為 Debbie 要給我們看一份 Hunts Post 報紙。

And we'll hear about Debbie's life, her interests, and

我們也會聽到關於 Debbie 的生活、她的興趣，以及

how she combines a successful career as a journalist with being a mother.

她如何兼顧身為一位記者成功的事業和母親的身分。

Debbie had her children before becoming a reporter.

Debbie 在成為記者之前就生了孩子。

Why was studying to be a journalist a difficult time for her?

為什麼對她來說，學習成為一名記者是一段艱難的時期？

Listen, I came into journalism quite late.

聽著，我進入新聞界時已經算晚了。

對我來說那是一段非常艱難的時期。

I'd sort of finally found something that I really wanted to do in life, but

我好像終於找到了人生中真正想做的事，但是

My marriage had just split up at that time and so I had just moved house.

我那時候剛離婚，所以我也剛搬家。

The house was a lot smaller than what we'd been used to.

那間房子比我們習慣的要小很多。

There were three children sharing one room.

And I had an old battered Ford Fiesta as well, which was very unreliable.

我還有一臺老舊的 Ford Fiesta，非常不可靠。

And I would often go out in the mornings and it wouldn't start and sometimes I'd be late for college or I'd have to get the bus.

我常常早上出門，車子發不動，有時候會遲到上學，不然就是要搭公車。

So it was a real struggle and I think I would have given up had it not been something that I really wanted to do.

所以那時候真的很辛苦，我想如果不是我真的想做的事，我早就放棄了。

Studying to be a journalist was a real struggle.

It was difficult for Debbie because it was just after she had split up, separated from her husband, and

對 Debbie 來說很不容易，因為她剛和老公分開、結束婚姻，

because of this, she and her three young children were living in a much smaller house.

而且因為這樣，她和三個小孩住在一間小很多的房子裡。

To make things worse, her car was unreliable.

更糟的是，她的車子也不可靠。

Journalism was something she very much wanted to do and something she's good at.

記者這個行業是她非常想做而且也很擅長的。

She moved very quickly from being a junior reporter to becoming the chief reporter at the Hunts Post newspaper.

她很快就從 junior reporter 升任到 Hunts Post 報社的 chief reporter。

Life isn't such a struggle for Debbie now, but

現在 Debbie 的生活沒有那麼辛苦了，但是

the day begins early and she does a lot of things before she leaves the house.

她的一天開始得很早，出門前會做很多事情。

Listen and try to catch some of the things she does.

聽聽看，試著抓到她做了哪些事情。

I've just finished listening to the breakfast news.

I've listened to the local news to find out if there's anything which the paper needs to be covering.

我聽了 local news，想知道報紙有沒有什麼需要報導的。

I tend to make do with a piece of toast and a cup of tea.

我通常就吃一片 toast 配一杯 tea。

I've already polished the coffee table in the living room and put the dust buster around and put some washing in the washing machine.

我已經 polish 了客廳的 coffee table，也用了 dust buster 整理過，還把衣服放進 washing machine 洗了。

And I'm currently writing a shopping list.

I've got soap powder, washing up liquid and mints on the list.

清單上有 soap powder、washing up liquid 和 mints。

所以 Debbie 正在寫她的 shopping list。

She's writing down all the things she has to buy today.

She's already done some of the housework, polishing and dusting, cleaning and she's put some washing in the machine.

她已經做了一些 housework，包括 polishing 和 dusting，還有 cleaning，也把一些衣服放進 washing machine 洗了。

She's also listened to the news to check if there's anything the paper needs to cover to report.

她也聽了 news，看看報紙有沒有什麼需要報導的。

Debbie is thinking about the day's work ahead and preparing her children for school.

Debbie 正在想著接下來一天的公事，並準備送孩子們去上學。

Her youngest son, Russell, is 12 years old and goes to the local secondary school.

她最小的兒子 Russell 今年 12 歲，讀 local secondary school。

Debbie checks he has everything he needs, including his kit, his games, clothes for cricket.

Debbie 檢查他有沒有帶齊所有需要的東西，包括他的 kit、他的 games，還有打 cricket 的衣服。

Russell's just about to go to school, aren't you?

Russell，你差不多要出門上學了，對吧？

Well, looking at that weather out there, I don't think you'll be playing, will you?

嗯，看看外面的天氣，我不認為你會去打，對吧？

Ok. Debbie gives Russell his dinner money and he leaves to catch the bus.

好的。Debbie 把晚餐錢給了 Russell，他離開去趕公車。

She then goes upstairs to say goodbye to Aaron, her middle son, who's preparing for important exams.

接著她上樓跟她中間的兒子 Aaron 道別，Aaron 正在準備重要的考試。

It's Wednesday and the Hunts Post newspaper is published on a Wednesday.

今天是星期三，Hunts Post 報紙在星期三出版。

This means that Tuesday is Debbie's busiest day as a new edition of the paper has to be ready for printing.

這表示星期二是 Debbie 最忙的一天，因為新一期的報紙必須準備好印刷。

So the first thing she does when she arrives at work is to tidy up to organise her desk again.

所以她到公司後第一件事就是整理一下，把辦公桌重新歸位。

I'm at work now and my desk is very messy because I had a very busy Tuesday.

我現在在公司，我的辦公桌很亂，因為我昨天星期二非常忙。

So normally the first thing I do on a Wednesday is to tidy up my desk.

所以通常我星期三第一件事就是整理我的辦公桌。

I'm just going to put my computer on and start opening my mouth.

我準備開電腦，然後開始講話。

Next, Debbie shows us a copy of the Hunt's Post.

接著，Debbie 拿出一份 Hunts Post 報紙給我們看。

The front page story is one she's very proud of.

頭版報導是她很引以為傲的一篇。

With the story, there's a large photograph of a local girl, Christina Hans.

報導裡有一張當地女孩 Christina Hans 的大照片。

She looks very similar to Diana, Princess of Wales.

She works as a Princess Diana lookalike, so she might be hired for things like parties or to appear in advertisements.

她擔任黛安娜王妃的模仿藝人，所以可能會被聘請來參加派對或出現在廣告裡。

Cristina has made it to the front page because her job has made her as unhappy as the Princess is reported to have Been Christina, a single parent, has felt depressed, sad and unhappy and even suicidal.

Cristina 之所以登上頭版，是因為她的工作讓她感到非常不快樂，就像據報導的公主一樣。Christina 是單親媽媽，感到憂鬱、悲傷、不開心，甚至有輕生的念頭。

Debbie talks about this front page story.

It was a good story because she's a 36 year old single mum and she said that her role as this Princess Dye look alike had made her depressed and suicidal and it really meant that her life had more or less ran along the same tracks as the Princess herself.

這篇報導很不錯，因為她是一位 36 歲的單親媽媽，她說她扮演黛安娜王妃模仿藝人的角色讓她感到憂鬱、有輕生念頭，這意味著她的生活軌跡和公主本人差不多。

So this probably isn't a typical week's newspaper because of the front page story.

所以這大概不是典型的一週報紙，因為有這篇頭版故事。

These sort of stories happen maybe two or three times a year.

這類型的報導一年大概發生兩三次。

You get a story that is of national and with this story, international interest.

你會得到一篇具有國家級，甚至國際關注度的報導。

A story like Christina's, which is of worldwide interest, doesn't happen often in Huntingdonshire.

像 Christina 這樣具有全球關注度的故事，在 Huntingdonshire 並不常發生。

Generally the stories are only of local interest.

Debbie knows from all the letters she receives that she is covering the right stories.

Debbie 從她收到的所有信件中知道，她報導的故事是正確的。

She explains that people want to read about local issues, local subjects and problems, and

她解釋說，大家想看的是關於當地議題、當地主題和問題的報導，

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