All of civilization depends on this one lesson. This lesson is about gingers.

所有文明社會都在等待這門課。這一課是有關紅頭髮的人

Not ginger, not the ginger tea that you drink, or the Ginger Restaurant down the street that serves delicious Thai or Vietnamese food,

不是薑，不是你喝的薑茶或是街尾販賣好吃泰國或越南菜的君爵餐廳

not the ginger that you guys eat with your sushi, but the ginger that is me.

也不是你們吃壽司配的那種薑片。ginger指的就是我。

I, I am a proud ginger. Do you know what a ginger is?

我是個很自豪的紅頭髮人。你知道什麼是紅頭髮的人嗎？

We have been bullied, plagued, tortured, killed, made fun of, mistreated, and downright bullied for centuries

幾世紀來，我們完全受脅迫於威嚇，受欺侮，施暴，殺害，取笑，虐待

because of three things: red hair, pale skin, and freckles. That's a ginger. I am a ginger.

只因為3件事：紅頭髮，蒼白的皮膚以及斑點。這就是紅頭髮的人。我就是一個紅頭髮的人

I'm going to tell you a story about my name, Ronnie. Guess what? Guess where that name

我要告訴你一個關於我名字，Ronnie，的故事。你猜怎麼著？猜看看這名字

came from? You guys know the clown in McDonalds? Mm-hmm. What's the clown's name? Ronald McDonald.

從哪裡來？你們知道麥當勞裡的一個小丑嗎？嗯... 這小丑的名字叫什麼呢？叫做羅納德·麥當勞

Guess how, in grade 7, I got to be called Ronnie? Mm-hmm, yep, when I was in grade 7,

猜猜看我在七年級時如何被叫做Ronnie?嗯...是的，當我唸七年級時，

somebody said: "You have red hair and red shoes. You are Ronald McDonald. Hahaha." And

有個人說：你有紅頭髮跟紅鞋子。你就是羅納德·麥當勞，哈哈哈哈... 接著

I said: "Yeah, that's cool." So, from then on, my name has been Ronnie.

我說：是啊～是蠻像的！從那時開始，我的名字就叫做Ronnie了。

So I'm going to teach you, tell you all the interesting facts about gingers. Are you a

我要來教你，告訴你所有關於紅頭髮人有趣的事情。你是

ginger? Are there gingers around you? Watch out. We are vicious people. We're going to

一個紅頭髮的人嗎？你身邊有紅頭髮的人嗎？小心囉！我們是危險人物喔！我們將

come and... do nothing, really. Maybe give you a cuddle or something. So let's learn

來到這裡並且.... 什麼都不做。真的。或許給你一個擁抱或其他東西。讓我們一起學習

about these things.

這些事情吧～

Let's learn some famous people. Nicole Kidman, beautiful. Ewan McGregor, kind of sexy guy.

我們來認識一些有名的人，妮可·基嫚，很美吧！伊旺·麥奎格，算是性感男人。

Lucille Ball. She was a really, really old actress in "I Love Lucy." And, Ariel in The Little

露西兒鮑爾，在“我愛露西”裡他真的是個老演員了。小美人魚裡的愛麗兒

Mermaid. Vincent Van Gogh who is a really famous artist. The beautiful, the wonderful

非常有名的藝術家文森·梵谷

old-school beauty Katherine Hepburn. Julia Roberts. And Merida, the 11th Disney princess

早期令人驚嘆美麗的美女，凱瑟琳·赫本，茱莉亞羅勃茲，以及第11屆迪士尼公主梅莉達。

who has since slimmed down for her Disney debut. All of these people have one thing

這是她瘦身後在迪士尼的首次演出。這些所有人都有一個

in common: they're all gingers. They all have no souls and they're all very evil people.

共同點：他們都是紅頭髮。他們都沒有靈魂並且都是非常邪惡的人

No, they're not actually. They're just regular kind of people, but they're gingers.

不！事實上他們並不是。他們只是一般的正常人，只是有紅頭髮

So, gingers are people that have really pale skin. "Pale" means white. Look at how white

紅髮人有著很蒼白的膚色。你看我有多白！

I am. Woo, I'm really white. Freckles. "Freckles" are these dots or skin pigmentations that

哇喔！我真的很白。斑點。"Freckles"就是很多雀斑或是皮膚色素沈澱，像我一樣。

I have. I got them all over my face. See, when I go in the sun, I burn, and then when

這些雀斑佈滿了我的臉。看～當我在太陽下，我會被曬傷，然後當我

I come out of the sun, I get more spots or more freckles. Everyone else goes a beautiful

避開太陽後，我的斑點變得更多了。其他人都可以有著美麗

tanned brown colour. Gingers, we get red, then we get more freckles. Then we go back

古銅色皮膚。紅頭髮的我們只會變紅，並得到更多雀斑。所以我們只能回來

to being paley and pasty. And of course, gingers have to have red hair.

繼續慘白下去。當然，紅頭髮的人一定得有紅頭髮

Now, we can have different spectrums of red hair. My hair is very, very light. It's actually

現在，我們可以有不同程度的紅頭髮。我的頭髮非常非常的淡。這其實是

called strawberry blonde. I was called Strawberry Shortcake as a child. Cool, that's like I

叫做稍微帶點金的紅髮。當我還小的時候，我被人叫做草莓脆餅。酷吧！聽起來就像是我

love strawberry shortcake. But people have been teased incessantly about their hair.

愛草莓脆餅。這些人的頭髮不斷被戲弄

It can be a very, very dark, dark, dark red; it can be a bright fire engine red; or it

他也可以是非常非常暗的紅色。他可以是明亮的鮮紅色，或是

can be a very light blonde red, like I have. Do you have red hair? What about down there?

很淡帶金，像我這樣的紅，你有紅頭髮嗎？他們長得如何呢？

Mm-hmm. Maybe a lot of guys when their beard grows in or their moustache, it becomes red.

嗯... 或許很多人的烙腮鬍或是鬍鬚，會是紅色的。

Uh-oh, you've got it somewhere. You've got the ginger in ya.

喔喔... 你某地方有喔！那裡是紅色毛髮喔...

Interesting facts about this ginger population. A lot of people associate gingers with Ireland.

令人感到有趣的是有關紅頭髮的人口。很多人把愛爾蘭跟紅頭髮的人聯想在一起

Misguided, are we? The biggest population of ginger people reside in Scotland. Thanks,

我們都被誤導了，對嗎？最多紅髮人口居住的地方是蘇格蘭。謝謝

Gran. My grandmother was a ginger. My brother's a ginger. My dad was a ginger. And my other

奶奶。我奶奶是個紅頭髮的人。我弟弟的頭髮是紅色的。我爸爸是個紅髮人。我其他

grandmothers were gingers. I come from a long line of gingers. In America, 2.5% of the population

祖母們都是紅頭髮。我來自於一脈相承的紅髮家族。在美國，有百分之2.5的人口是

are ginger. There are interestingly no statistics for Canada. I have no idea. And other countries,

紅頭髮的。很有趣的是在加拿大沒有統計數字。這我不清楚。而在其他國家，

they don't even talk about gingers from other countries. But I know you're out there. Germany,

他們甚至不討論其他國家的紅髮人，但我知道你們在那裡。德國

Austria, even Afghanistan, Middle East, Asia. I know there's gingers around. I've seen you.

澳洲，甚至阿富汗，中東，亞洲，我知道那裡有紅頭髮的人在那。我看過你們！

As of now, 1 to 2% of the world's population are gingers. That's not a lot. We're really

至於現在，全世界有1-2百分比的人口是紅頭髮的人。並不是很多。我們真的很

cool. The rarest kind of ginger is me. Oh yeah, right here. And you guys thought I was

酷！我就是有珍貴紅頭髮的人。喔耶！就在這。你們過去以為我是

weird. Now you know for sure why I'm weird. The rarest combination of ginger: blue eyes,

異類。現在你們瞭解為什麼我不一樣。有紅頭髮的人的珍貴組合：藍眼睛，

red hair. I'm the only one in the world. No, I'm not. There's probably more.

紅頭髮。我是這世上唯一一個。不，我不是。可能還有很多。

And what are the good points of gingers? Are there any? Yeah, we're amazing. First of all,

紅頭髮的好處是什麼？有好處嗎？有的！我們很棒喔！首先

we are known to be highly artistic. We're more artistic than you are. We're more sexual

我們的高度藝術是眾所皆知的。我們比較有藝術涵養。我們比你們性感

than you are. That means we have sex more than you do. [Laughs] Oh, okay. And we have

也就是說我們比你們有較多的性生活。哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，喔，好吧，並且我們

a higher pain tolerance. This means if you punch a ginger or kick a ginger, like Kick

有較高的耐痛力。也就是說如果你毆打或踢一個紅髮人像是"踢紅髮人日"

a Ginger Day, they don't really feel it as much as you do. So we are stronger, more powerful

他們感受到的程度並不像你一樣強烈。所以我們比你們來得更強壯，更有力

than you. We are also less susceptible to pain killers and anaesthetic. So, "susceptible"

止痛劑和麻醉劑對我們的作用也較少。所以容易受影響

means it does not affect us. This is bad for Ronnie, because when Ronnie gets a headache

的意思就是對我們沒有作用。這對Ronnie很不好，因為當Ronnie頭痛

or when Ronnie has cramps, I take some painkillers, nothing happens. So I take more painkillers,

或腹痛，我吃些止痛藥，一點用都沒有。所以我得吃更多止痛藥

and finally it works. So less susceptible to pain killers means that I have to take

才會有效果。所以在止痛上較不受影響表示我得服用

more medicine to relieve my pain. Anaesthetic, anaesthetic, anaesthetic, that's a hard word.

更多的藥來減輕我的疼痛。Anaesthetic, anaesthetic, anaesthetic, 這字真難。

"Anaesthetic" is something that you take or doctors give you if you're going in for surgery

Anaesthetic 就是當你準備動手術時，你要服用或是醫生給你

or an operation, and it knocks you out. I'm going to knock you out. So, redheads have

用來把你打暈的藥物。我要把你打暈囉。所以紅頭髮的人在手術前

to be given more anaesthetics before surgery.

得注射更多麻醉劑

In history, like I told you, redheads have been known or gingers have been known to be

歷史上，就像我跟你說過的，眾所皆知紅頭髮的人都是

fierce warriors or fierce fighters. Apparently, now I don't know if this is true, Romans sold

兇猛的勇士或是殘忍的鬥士。事實上，現在我不知道這是否還是真的：比起其他奴隸，羅馬人

ginger slaves at a higher price than other slaves. So you're thinking Romans. Hey, Romans

賣出紅頭髮的奴隸比其他的價錢還高。所以，如果你正在思考現在指的是羅馬人。嘿！羅馬人

we‘re in like Europe, and like Italy, and Rome... There's redheads in Europe, there's redheads

在歐洲，義大利或是羅馬... 疑？有紅髮人在歐洲？

in Italy? Oh yeah, all the Romans.

在義大利嗎？噢！是的！所有羅馬人都是。

And then we get into some really bad things. As I told you at the top of the lesson, when

然後，我們得到一些真的不太好的事情。就像一開始我跟你們說過的，

I was a kid, people tried to bully me and call me names like "Carrot Top". And I said...

當我還小的時候，人們試著威嚇或把我叫成"蘿蔔頭"。我回應

Well, let's see. What colour, really, are the tops of carrots? Green. Okay? Is my hair

好啊～我們來看看，到底蘿蔔最上面是什麼顏色？綠色的。是嗎？我的頭髮

green? No. Okay? So, again, I don't care, call me whatever you want. But some gingers

是綠色的嗎？不是！是嗎？所以，再說一次，我不在乎你到底想稱呼我是什麼。但有些紅頭髮的人

are more susceptible to bullying and it's just not cool.

比較容易受威脅影響，這樣真的一點也不好。

There's a famous Kick a Ginger Day, November 20th. Started on Facebook where people were

11/20是有名的"踢紅髮人日“。這節日其實是開始於臉書

actually encouraged to find a ginger and kick them. That's cool. And did you realize that

鼓勵大家發現紅頭髮人並踹他一腳。這真的很酷！你明白

we have a higher pain tolerance? You can kick gingers as much as you want. We'll kick you

我們有較高的疼痛忍耐力對吧？你可以盡可能用力地踢紅頭髮的人。而我們將踢

back. We'll kick your ass. We are gingers.

回去。我們會踢你的屁股。我們是紅頭髮的人喔！

We have beautiful nicknames like "Fire Crotch". "Crotch" is the part where your stuff is down

我們有很美麗的綽號，像是火鳥。"Crotch"就是你下面的那個部位。

there. Down there. It's like a fire. Then we have, like I told you, "Carrot Top". Yeah,

就是下面那裡。他就像火一樣。我們有，就像我跟你說過的，"蘿蔔頭"。是的，

see? Don't understand that. The tops of carrots are green. "Ginga" is more popular in Australia

懂嗎？不懂！蘿蔔最上面是綠色的。"Ginga"是在澳洲或是英國比較受歡迎的詞

or the UK. And then we... There's this trend called "Gingerphobia". "Phobia" means the

接著，這裡有個新趨勢叫做"Gingerphobia'. "Phobia"意思是

fear of something. "Gingerphobia" means the fear of gingers. Are you afraid of me yet?

害怕某些事。"Gingerphobia"意思是害怕紅頭髮的人。你開始對我感到害怕了嗎？

No, it's not working, is it?

不！這一點也說不通，不是嗎？

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why do you...? Why do people hate gingers?

為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼？為什麼你...?為什麼大家討厭紅頭髮的人？

Gingers apparently have no souls. That's cool. "Souls" means the inner aspects of your aura,

據說紅頭髮的人是沒有靈魂的。沒錯。"Souls"的意思是指你氣息的內在部分

your personality. And, oh yeah, this is true. So, gingers actually have souls, so this is

你的個性。是的！這才是正確的。所以紅頭髮的人事實上是有靈魂。所以這是

a myth. It started on a very famous show called South Park and I think you should watch it.

個迷思。這迷思是從一個非常有名的表演，叫做“南方四賤客”開始的，我想你應該有看過

If you go... I'm sure if you went on YouTube, you could find a South Park ginger episode.

如果你有去過，我相信你可以在Youtube上可以發現南方四賤客：紅髮特輯

This is very true. Gingers have very bad or firey temper. That means we get mad really

這是非常真實的。紅頭髮人的脾氣是非常壞和火爆的。也就是說我們真的很易怒

quickly and it is hell for you. Don't piss a ginger off, because our fire... Our tempers

並讓你不好過。你最好別激怒紅髮人，因為我們的怒火、脾氣

are like fires. We explode.

就像火一樣。我們是會爆炸的。

And a long time ago, if you had red hair, you were considered a witch, then you were

很久以前，如果你有紅頭髮，你會被當成女巫。然後你將會

burned at the stake, killed, exterminated. Bye-bye. Legend has it that gingers are evil.

在柱子上被燒死，被殺，被消滅。再見。傳說紅頭髮的人是邪惡的！

Mm-hmm. And they are mistrusted, which means you cannot trust a ginger. I'll leave that

嗯！而且他們是不被信任的。也就是說你不能相信一個紅頭髮的人。

up to your own opinion. And we're also sometimes... People refer to us as vampires, because we

這說法就讓你自己來評論。我們有時也... 人們把我們當成吸血鬼，因為我們

can't really go in the sun because we get sunburnt and turn red. It's really not cool.

真的無法走進太陽下因為我們會被曬傷並且發紅。這真的不是件好事。

But the cool thing is that we don't actually need as much sunlight as other people, because

但好消息是我們真的不像其他人需要那麼多的陽光，因為

somehow through the magic of science, we can produce our own vitamin D. We are vitamin

不知為什麼，透過神奇的科學，我們可以自己製造維他命Ｄ。我們是維他命

D producing machines. If you need some vitamin D, call me up, I'll email you some in the

Ｄ生產機。如果你需要一些維他命Ｄ，告訴我。我會在郵局電郵你一些維他命Ｄ

post. $1,000 per quart of my ginger vitamin C.

我這紅頭髮人的維他命Ｃ，每夸脫一千元

There are good things that happen with gingers as well. I told you about the Kick a Ginger

有些好事也發生在紅頭髮的人。我說過關於踢紅髮人日。

Day. In the UK, which means England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, there's a very famous

在英國，包括英格蘭，蘇格蘭，愛爾蘭跟威爾斯，有個有名的

supermarket called Tesco. Do you know that? If you've ever been to the UK, you've probably

超市叫做"Tesco"。你知道嗎？如果你曾去過英國，你可能

been in a Tesco. They've got beer. In 2009, apparently they made a Christmas card. The

去過Tesco。他們有賣啤酒。在2009年，據說他們做過聖誕卡。

Christmas card said: "Santa loves all kids. Even gingers." Oh, damn, I don't even like

聖誕卡上寫著："聖誕老人愛所有的孩子們，即使是紅頭髮的人。"喔！該死的。我甚至不喜歡

Santa. So what happened was this: Tesco had to remove the card because gingers got upset.

聖誕老人。所以接下來發生了：Tesco必須拿掉所有的卡片因為紅頭髮人都生氣了。

People thought that it was bad that they made a card making fun of gingers.

大家認為他們這樣做卡片開紅頭髮人的玩笑是不對的。

If you are a redhead like me and you feel like hanging out with other crazy, evil, wild

如果你跟我一樣有一顆紅頭髮並且想和其他瘋狂，邪惡，狂野的

redheads, you can go to Ireland for the National Irish Redhead Convention. They do lots of

紅頭髮人在一起，你可以去一趟愛爾蘭的全國愛爾蘭人紅髮大會。他們做很多

fun things, like they name a King and Queen of the redheads, there's a person that wins

有趣的事，像是命名紅頭髮的國王和王后，有人贏得

the most freckle contest. This is in August somewhere in Ireland. Follow the redheads.

比雀斑競賽。這活動在八月舉辦在愛爾蘭的某個地方。跟著紅頭髮的人。

And also, there's Redhead Day, which is the first weekend in September in the Netherlands.

另外，荷蘭在九月的第一個週末有個紅頭髮日。

So, if you're a ginger like me, I've just let out some of our secrets.

所以，如果你像我一樣是個紅頭髮的人，我已經透露我們的一些秘密

The world is going to know more about us.

世界將更認識我們。

Until then, see you November 20th when you try and catch me and kick me.

當你試著想抓到並踢到我的話，我們就11月20號那時再見囉！

Bye-bye.

再會了！