【正文】 n did you start working at London Time Off? Andy: About a year ago. Ja: And I hope you don‘t mind my asking ,but do you like working here? Andy: Yes, I love it. I mean, Joe and I get along quite well. He drives me crazy sometimes, because he‘s my boss, and I wish I earned a bit more money, but…I think my job is really cool, because I get to see everything that‘s happening in London. And I didn‘t want to join the rat race. Ja: What do you mean by the rat race? Andy: You know, doing the same thing day in day out, and not doing anything creative, or having any time to enjoy life. It‘s the last thing I want to do. Ja: So do you mind telling me what you do exactly? Andy: Basically, we check out new events on the London music scene, you know, new clubs, the latest plays and films, as well as exhibitions in galleries and museums. Then we go and film interviews with the musicians or the actors, or anyone who has anything to do with the event. Ja: Ok, then what happens? Andy: We edit the interviews, and then we upload it all onto the website. We get 200,000 hits a week. We‘re London‘s biggest listings site. Ja: Can I ask you something else? Andy: Fire away. Ja: What are we going to do now? Andy: I need to go back to my flat, and get my research. Then we‘ve got an interview to do. Let‘s get the tube back to my place. Ja: And what about Joe? Andy: Well, he‘s supposed to be on his way to the National Theatre, to do an interview with the director of a new play. But I kind of hope he gets lost on the way. Then he‘ll discover what a great place London is. Ja: I don‘t understand. Andy: I‘m joking! Come on, let‘s go! 珍妮特： 那么 你是什么開始在倫敦下班網(wǎng)上班的呢？ 安 迪： 大約一年前。再說，我不愿意自己處在商業(yè)中無意義的競爭里。然后，我們?nèi)ゲ稍L音樂家或演員或任何與此事件有關(guān)的人并將此采訪的內(nèi)容錄下來。 珍妮特：我能問你其他事情嗎？ 安 迪： 盡管問吧。 珍妮特：那喬怎么辦？ 安 迪： 他現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在去國家劇院的路上。 珍妮特：我不明白。這是德國第一家 開設(shè) 快樂課程的學(xué)校，意欲為 17 至 19 歲的學(xué)生作高考的準(zhǔn)備。 科學(xué)已經(jīng)證明一個(gè)快樂的學(xué)生能比一個(gè)不快樂的學(xué)生學(xué)到更多。課堂期間學(xué)生被鼓勵(lì)表達(dá)自我和關(guān)注同伴的行為，課程由演員和客座講師 Bjoern Bonn 講授。我們正提供有幫助的建議來使學(xué)生更強(qiáng)健，學(xué)生會(huì)問： 我是一個(gè)怎樣的人 ？我真的高興嗎？” Pascal Gembe：“這需要花時(shí)間，每個(gè)人必須為自己找尋快樂，你不可能去一個(gè)訓(xùn)練課說：‘教給我快樂’。” 既然如此，得到快樂的代價(jià)是什么？你能在學(xué)校學(xué)到它嗎？ Unit 2 Inside view Conversion 1 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 Ja Hey, look at that! It‘s just like I‘ve seen it in the films! Andy Wele to London, my hometown. We are in Shoutwark, south of the river. there‘s London bridge off to your left, and there‘s Tower Bridge. Ja I‘m really impressed. How old is it? Andy It‘s only about 120 years old. Ja well, that‘s quite old. Andy the London Docks used to be around this area. What happened was that about three or four times a day, they raised Tower Bridge, so the bigger ships could e right into London. But because they couldn‘t go under London bridge, they had to stop and unload here. Ja Does Tower Bridge still open? Andy well, not so often. When I was a kid, I think I saw tower bridge go up fairy often, all the traffic had to wait for the ships to pass through the bridge. Anyway, just this side of London bridge were lots of warehouses, where they kept their cargo. But during the second world war, there was lots of bombing over London… Ja yes, I read about that… the Blitz? Andy that‘s right. And even when I was a kid, I remember that many of the buildings were still damaged. But in the late 1980s and 90s, this whole area was redeveloped, you can see for yourself, it‘s a trendy place to live now. Ja is the river thames still polluted? Andy well, it certainly used to be polluted. I remember it had a very distinctive smell, if you fell in, they used to take you to hospital. Ja that‘s sounds revolting! Andy yes, but in the 1960s, they cleaned it up, and in fact it‘s now one of the cleanest city rivers in the world. 翻譯： 珍妮特 嘿，看那！和我在電影里看到的一樣啊 ！ 安迪 歡迎來到我的故鄉(xiāng)倫敦。 安迪 輪的碼頭以前就在這附近，他們以前每天都會(huì)吧塔橋升起來三四次，以便讓大船進(jìn)入倫敦，但船又不能通過倫敦大橋，所以只能在這停下來下貨了。 珍妮特 是的，我在書上看到過，德國空襲，對(duì)吧？ 安迪 沒錯(cuò)，甚至在我小的時(shí)候，還有許多遺留下來的被毀建筑，但在 80 年代后期到90 年代，這邊整個(gè)區(qū)域都重建了。 Conversion 2 Ja It is very different from the parts of London I know. Andy The thing about Southwark is that it‘s a typical suburb of London, full of old buildings and shops. And this is where I grew up. I used to live in that building there. Ja It‘s amazing. It looks very old. Andy Yes, it‘s about 80 years old Ja And where did you go to school? Andy Let me see. Yes , it was about a mile away from here. From about the age of eight, I used to go by bike. We all made our way to school on our own, meeting up with friends along the way until there was a large gang of us kids as we got closer to school. These days parents are much more protective and take their kids to school by car. It‘s safer, but it‘s not as much fun. Anyway …where was I? Ja You were telling me about your schooldays. Andy That‘s right. Anyway, I stayed at school until I was 16,and then I went to a college of further education, and did my A levels. And after that, I decided to go to university. Ja Your parents must have been proud of you. Andy Yes, I think so. I was the first person in my family to go to uni. Ja That‘s fascinating. Andy And what about you? Ja Oh, it was a typical childhood in Anshan, nothing much to tell. Andy But I have no idea what a typical childhood is like in China. Ja OK, I will tell you. Let me think… Andy Oh, hang on! Do you mind waiting here for a minute? Let me go up to my flat and get my research, and then you can tell me about it while we‘re on our way back to the studio. Ja OK Andy Back in a minute… 珍妮特 這和我看到的倫敦的其他地方很不一樣啊。 安迪 是的，有大概 80 年了吧。而現(xiàn)在的父母過度的保護(hù)自己的孩子，每天送他們上學(xué)，這當(dāng)然安全些，不過沒有趣。 珍妮特 你父母一定為你感到驕傲吧！ 安迪 我想是吧，在家里我是第一個(gè)上大學(xué)的。 珍妮特 好吧。s has more than seven thousand people working and one hundred and fifty_seven countries around the world to help country where they are doing a great deal of