Name: 私人生活。第九集。| BBC 英語學習。 (Private Lives. Part 9. | BBC Learning English.)
Uploaded: 2026-02-26T13:03:49.000Z
Duration: 13 min 39 s

In private lives Today, we meet Richard Harvey.

在今天的私人生活裡，我們要認識 Richard Harvey。

基礎被動語態

Richard is 37 years old and he was born and brought up in Birmingham, a large city in the middle of England.

Richard 今年 37 歲，他在英國中部一個大城市伯明罕出生並長大。

A pub is a building where people can buy drinks, especially alcoholic drinks like beer, and

酒吧是人們可以買酒的地方，特別是像啤酒這樣的酒精飲料，

然後可以坐著或站著和朋友哈拉。

In Britain today, the pub is the most popular place of entertainment outside the home.

在今日的英國，酒吧是家以外最受歡迎的娛樂場所。

And during the program we visit Richard's pub and hear about the customers who socialise there.

在節目中，我們會去 Richard 的酒吧，聽聽在那裡社交的顧客們的故事。

Richard explains which are the most popular drinks served in pubs today and the kinds of entertainment that his pub offers.

Richard 會說明現今酒吧裡最受歡迎的飲品，以及他的酒吧提供的娛樂種類。

Richard also talks about what he thinks it takes to be a good publican and he introduces us to his girlfriend.

Richard 也會分享他認為要成為一個好的酒吧老闆需要具備什麼特質，並介紹他的女朋友給我們認識。

But first, Richard recalls his earliest memories of spending an evening in a pub like environment.

不過，首先，Richard 回憶起他最早在類似酒吧的環境裡度過夜晚的記憶。

When he was a boy, the whole family would go to the local working men's club where women and children were welcome on a Friday evening.

他小時候，全家人會在週五晚上去當地的職工俱樂部，那裡歡迎婦女和兒童。

My father was a member of our local club in a small area called Barbara Bartley Green in Birmingham called the Bartley Green Working Men's Club.

我父親是我們當地一個叫 Barbara Bartley Green 的小地區的會員，俱樂部叫做 Bartley Green Working Men's Club。

And my father spent most of his life there.

我父親幾乎把一生都花在那裡。

So myself, my brother, my sister, as children would sort of traipse down the road with mum and dad on a Friday night and spend the evening in the local social club which was a very sort of pleasant evening really.

所以我和我的兄弟姊妹，小時候都會跟著爸媽在週五晚上，一路走到街上，在當地的社交俱樂部度過夜晚，那真的很愉快。

We used to stuff ourselves with crisps and orange squash.

我們以前會狂吃洋芋片和橘子汽水。

And my recollection of coming home at 11 o' clock was that I'd got smoke in my eyes, felt very tired and I'd got a very orange tongue.

我還記得晚上十一點回家時，眼睛裡都是煙味，覺得很累，舌頭也變得很橘。

Richard spent many years of his adult life working as a salesman and then a manager for a brewery, a company which makes beer.

Richard 曾花了許多成年歲月當業務員，然後是一家釀酒廠（生產啤酒的公司）的經理。

A couple of years ago he decided to set up on his own.

Together with a friend, Martin Jones, he created a company which will own and run a small number of pubs.

他和朋友 Martin Jones 一起創辦了一家公司，將會擁有並經營少數幾家酒吧。

All the pubs will have the same name, the same interior decoration and the same range of services for customers.

所有的酒吧都會有相同的名字、相同的內部裝潢，以及相同的顧客服務項目。

Richard introduces us to his new company.

Richard 介紹我們認識他的新公司。

I called it the Distinctive Pub Company Limited and the reason why it's called the Distinctive Pub Company is because the pubs will actually be very distinctive.

我把它命名為 Distinctive Pub Company Limited，之所以叫做 Distinctive Pub Company，是因為這些酒吧真的會很獨特。

What makes them distinctive is firstly the name which is Ducks Don't Float.

讓它們獨特的地方，首先是名字，叫做 Ducks Don't Float。

Yes, that is Ducks Don't Float and the interior and all the sort of services that the pubs offer.

沒錯，就是 Ducks Don't Float，還有它的內部裝潢以及酒吧提供的各種服務。

Richard and Martin have recently opened their first Ducks Don't Float.

Richard 和 Martin 最近開了他們的第一家 Ducks Don't Float。

The pub is situated in the old marketplace of a small town called Evesham.

這家酒吧位於一個叫 Evesham 的小鎮的舊市集。

Evesham is not far from Birmingham where Richard and Martin grew up and it's surrounded by beautiful countryside.

Evesham 離 Richard 和 Martin 長大的伯明罕不遠，周圍環繞著美麗的鄉村。

In the summer months, Evesham is very popular with tourists who come by car, coach and caravan.

在夏季，Evesham 非常受開車、搭巴士和露營車來的遊客歡迎。

Ducks Don't Float catches a lot of what Richard calls the passing tourist trade.

Ducks Don't Float 吸引了 Richard 所說的許多過路遊客生意。

And of course, it's frequented by locals, the local people, some of whom live in Evesham but commute to work in Birmingham.

當然，這裡也常有當地人光顧，有些人住在 Evesham，但通勤到伯明罕上班。

The first things you notice when you walk into Richard's publisher are the unusual layout and the brightly painted walls.

你一走進 Richard 的酒吧，最先注意到的是不尋常的格局和色彩鮮豔的牆壁。

Most pubs are decorated to look rather like a cosy living room in someone's house.

大多數酒吧的裝潢都像家裡溫馨的客廳。

But Ducks Don't Float looks more like a large open plan cafe or bar with bright red and yellow walls.

但 Ducks Don't Float 的樣子更像一個寬敞的開放式咖啡廳或酒吧，有鮮豔的紅黃牆壁。

And unlike traditional pubs, Ducks Don't Float offers a wide range of organised entertainment, such as Giant Games nights where customers play giant versions of family board games.

而且，跟傳統酒吧不一樣，Ducks Don't Float 提供各式各樣的團體娛樂活動，像是「Giant Games」之夜，讓客人玩巨型家庭桌遊。

Richard also organises disco nights when a local DJ will get everyone dancing to classic hit records.

Richard 也會舉辦迪斯可之夜，讓當地 DJ 帶大家跟著經典熱門唱片一起跳舞。

And because there are a large number of bedrooms above the pub, Ducks Don't Float offers B and B.

而且因為酒吧樓上有不少房間，Ducks Don't Float 也提供 B&B 住宿。

Whether you're a tourist or a local, there's various things on offer at Duckstone Float.

無論你是遊客還是當地人，Ducks Don't Float 都有各種不同的選擇。

First of all, if you're looking for accommodation, there's bed and breakfast.

首先，如果你在找住宿，這裡有床和早餐。

We also offer live music and particularly Irish music.

我們也提供現場音樂表演，特別是愛爾蘭音樂。

And I do actually sing and play guitar myself, so I often get up and sing a few songs to entertain the crowd.

而且我本人也會唱歌彈吉他，所以常常會上臺唱幾首歌來炒熱氣氛。

We also have DJs and we also have a quiz night which is very successful.

我們也有 DJ，還有非常成功的知識問答之夜。

Richard explains that last night he organised a party in the pub to celebrate Martin's 40th birthday.

Richard 解釋說，昨晚他在酒吧舉辦了一場派對，慶祝 Martin 的 40 歲生日。

It was a memorable evening with all the customers socialising together and singing traditional drinking songs.

那是一個令人難忘的夜晚，所有顧客都一起社交，唱著傳統的飲酒歌。

Richard led the singing and played the guitar.

He says that he's a bit of a showman and this is one of the qualifications a good publican needs.

他說他有點像個表演者，這也是一位好的酒吧老闆需要具備的特質之一。

And he reaches for his guitar to give us a song.

接著他拿起吉他要為我們唱首歌。

Well, this is a traditional Irish folk song really, called the Wild Rover, and

嗯，這其實是一首傳統的愛爾蘭民謠，叫做「The Wild Rover」，

as the words describe, it's about a young man that travels off around the world drinking and doing other sort of favorable pastimes.

歌詞描述的是一個年輕人到世界各地旅行，喝酒和其他一些受歡迎的消遣。

I've been a wild rover for many a year and I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer but now I'm returning with golden Grade stores and I never will play the wild rover no more and it's no neigh never no nay Never no more Will I play the wild rover no, never no more.

我多年來一直是個狂野的浪遊者，花光了我所有的錢在威士忌和啤酒上，但現在我要帶著黃金般的儲備回來了，我再也不會當個狂野的浪遊者了，永遠不再，永遠不再。

You couldn't come into this business unless you actually enjoyed being with people, talking to people.

你不可能進入這個行業，除非你真的很享受和人相處、和人哈拉。

It helps if you're a little bit of a showman and whether you can turn that on or off, it makes a difference, really.

如果你有點像個表演者，這會很有幫助，而且你能不能開關這個特質，真的會造成差異。

If you're naturally like that, then that's fine.

如果你天生就是這樣，那就很好了。

Or if you have the ability to act out the role, it does help if you have this sort of showmanship element in your personality.

或者如果你有能力扮演這個角色，那麼在你的人格中擁有這種表演的特質確實有幫助。

Richard is very aware that running a pub is running a business and it demands discipline.

Richard 非常清楚經營酒吧就是經營一門生意，這需要紀律。

It also demands diplomacy, because if customers have had a few too many drinks, they can become depressed or aggressive.

這也需要外交手腕，因為如果顧客喝了太多酒，他們可能會變得沮喪或具攻擊性。

But perhaps most importantly of all, a publican has to be able to talk to different kinds of people.

但或許最重要的是，一位酒吧老闆必須能夠和不同類型的人交談。

Richard discusses pop music with his younger customers and swaps local news and gossip with their parents and grandparents.

Richard 會和年輕的顧客討論流行音樂，並和他們的父母及祖輩交換在地新聞和八卦。

In a typical sort of evening, you may be talking to a group of youngsters and all they're interested in is what the Spice Girls have done today.

在一個典型的晚上，你可能會跟一群年輕人哈拉，他們只關心今天 Spice Girls 做了什麼。

And although I don't know much about the Spice Girls, you know, I have to make it my business to know who they are and therefore hold a conversation with the youngsters.

雖然我對 Spice Girls 沒什麼瞭解，但你知道，我必須讓自己知道她們是誰，這樣才能跟年輕人聊下去。

And then you have to move from those sort of people to the middle aged locals that are in.

然後你得從那樣的人轉而跟進來的、中年當地的客人哈拉。

All they want to talk about really is the gossip, what's going on in the town.

他們真正想聊的其實是八卦，鎮上發生了什麼事。

With it being a small town, everybody seems to know everybody and everybody knows everybody's business.

因為是個小鎮，大家好像都認識彼此，也都知道彼此的事情。

So the ability to hold a range of conversations with various types of people does help.

所以能夠跟各種不同的人展開對話確實很有幫助。

Pubs are often described as the heart of local communities in Britain and pubs still have a unique status in British culture as places where people of different ages and to a lesser extent, different classes are likely to socialise.

酒吧常被形容為英國在地社群的心臟，在英國文化中，酒吧仍然佔有獨特的地位，是不同年齡層，甚至在某種程度上不同階級的人們可能會社交的地方。

Children are not usually allowed in pubs and you have to be over 18 years old to buy an alcoholic drink in a pub.

小孩通常不被允許進入酒吧，而且在酒吧買酒精飲料必須年滿 18 歲。

However, the under 30s go to pubs more than any other age group in Britain today, and

然而，如今英國 30 歲以下的年輕人去酒吧的比例比任何其他年齡層都高，而且

很多酒吧，包括 Ducks Don't Float 在內。

One way of doing this is by selling Alco Pops.

These are soft drinks with a relatively high alcohol content, such as the alcoholic lemonade hooch.

這些是酒精含量相對較高的汽水，例如酒精檸檬水 Hooch。

But the traditional pub drink is beer drunk out of a pint glass.

但傳統酒吧的飲品是裝在品脫杯裡的啤酒。

The last five years have seen an absolute explosion of different types of British brands and also imports of an awful lot of foreign brands.

過去五年，英國品牌和大量外國品牌的進口產品可說是爆炸性地增長。

The one that's sort of taken the whole country by storm really is Budvisor, which is from America.

其中一個真正席捲全國的是來自美國的 Budweiser。

That's very quickly followed by Becks, which is from Germany, and

緊隨其後的是來自德國的 Becks，

numerous other sort of Czechoslovakian Strokes, Spanish Stroke, French, French beers that have all flooded the British market.

以及眾多來自捷克、西班牙、法國等地的啤酒，全都湧入了英國市場。

And the uniqueness of these really is the fact that they're drank out the bottle.

這些啤酒的獨特之處在於它們是瓶裝飲用。

Most pubs Serve food, but usually only at lunchtime.

大部分的酒吧都會供應餐點，但通常只在午餐時段。

Food is served at Ducks don't float until 7 o' clock in the evening.

Ducks Don't Float 的餐點供應到晚上七點。

On the menu is a meal called a ploughman's.

菜單上有一道叫做「農夫餐」的餐點。

This is a very popular pub meal consisting of bread, cheese, pickles and salad.

這是一道很受歡迎的酒吧餐點，包含麵包、起司、醃漬物和沙拉。

Richard says that whatever the time of day, customers expect a pub to be a friendly place where they can feel relaxed.

Richard 表示，不論什麼時段，顧客都期望酒吧是個友善、讓人感到放鬆的地方。

The important word as far as pubs are concerned is atmosphere.

對於酒吧來說，最重要的詞是「氣氛」。

If you could buy it in a package and put it into your pub then you'd be a multimillionaire.

如果你能買到一套組合，然後放到你的酒吧裡，你就會是個億萬富翁。

What we try to do at Ducks Don't Float is create a different atmosphere for different sessions throughout the day.

我們在 Ducks Don't Float 努力的是在一天中不同的時段營造不同的氣氛。

Over lunchtime it's dominated by food and therefore the music is very relaxed.

午餐時段以餐點為主，所以音樂非常輕鬆。

It's easy going, it's quite quiet and then as the day moves on and the sort of food dies off and we come into the early evening, the lights go down, the music changes to sort of more modern disco y sort of up tempo upbeat type stuff.

氣氛很輕鬆，也比較安靜，隨著時間過去，餐點的熱潮退去，進入傍晚時段，燈光會調暗，音樂會變得比較現代、帶點迪斯可風格，節奏明快、 upbeat 的類型。

So as the lights go down the music goes up and we go into the nighttime period which is more sort of loud and fun loving and that's how the atmosphere really changes throughout the day.

所以燈光變暗，音樂就變大聲，進入夜晚時段，氣氛會比較熱鬧、歡樂，這就是氣氛一天中如何變化的。

那 Richard 晚上休息時會做什麼呢？

簡單的說，我根本沒有休息日。

I am able to afford the odd day off now and again.

The way I relax personally is by holidays.

我個人放鬆的方式就是去度假。

I love holidays and that's a big way for me to relax.

我很喜歡度假，這對我來說是很大的放鬆方式。

I like the theatre, I like the cinema, I like drinking wine and I like eating nice food.

我喜歡看戲、看電影、喝點紅酒，還有吃點好吃的。