愤怒的人们 Angry people

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com.My name is Rob and I’m joined in the studio by Jennifer.
大家好，欢迎来到BBC六分钟英语。我是Rob，这是我的搭档Jennifer。
Hello.
你好。
In today’s programme we are talking about anger – that’s the strong feeling you get when you feel someone has treated you badly or unfairly.Now does that sound familiar Jen?
本期节目中，我们要讨论一下愤怒，谈谈那种受到不公平对待时的强烈感觉。Jen，这个话题听着熟悉不？
Oh yes. There are many things that make me lose my temper – usually just things that annoy me.
当然。很多事情都会让我感到恼火，大发脾气。
We’ll hear what they are soon and we’ll look at why some research says our modern life is making us angrier.But first, keep calm Jen and see if you can answer today’s question.
稍后我们会详细探讨，看看为何研究表明现代生活更易让大家恼怒。但首先，Jen，请保持冷静，回答今天的问题。
It’s OK Rob, I’m in a good mood – I feel happy – so let me have it!
哦，Rob，没事的，我今天心情很好。出题吧！
OK. In a BBC survey, what was found to be the thing that made British people most annoyed? Was it: a) Someone jumping the queue b) Delays on public transport c) Being kept on hold by a call centre.
好的，请听题。据英国广播公司调查显示，哪件事情最让英国人恼火？A.他人插队 B.公交晚点 C.坐等电话。
I’ll go for c) being kept on hold by a call centre because that’s very annoying.
我选C吧，坐等电话，因为这件事情真的很烦人。
OK, well, we’ll find out if you’re right at the end of the programme. Jen, you say that annoys you, does anything else annoy or anger you?
好的，节目最后我会揭晓答案。对了Jen，还有什么事情让你恼火吗？
Well public transport annoys me but it’s the passengers that I find most annoying especially when they push and shove and cram onto a train. How about you Rob?
当然有。公交已经够烦了，但最讨厌的是乘客，尤其当他们推推搡搡挤火车时，真是烦人极了！Rob，你有烦心事吗？
Well, for me, it’s got to be rudeness. It really makes my blood boil when people who work in shops are rude to me, the customer – it is as if they don’t want me to buy anything!But I suppose that is quite small compared with things that used to make us angry .
有啊，粗鲁行为会让我很生气。比如，每当商店工作人员对顾客粗鲁无礼、态度不好，我都会热血沸腾、非常恼火，这简直不想让我买东西么！不过同那些经常惹我们生气的事情相比，这都是鸡毛蒜皮的小事。
Yes. Humans developed the feeling of anger as a basic survival skill – the emotion of anger helped us to do things,so hunger would make us angry and that would make us to look for food.
没错。人类逐渐将愤怒发展成了生存技能，这种情感可帮助我们做事。比如，饥饿会让我们恼火，恼火后我们就会去寻找食物。
Interesting stuff. But now we start fuming – so we get very angry – by just small things which aren’t that important.This is according to new research published by the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.
真有趣。可如今，我们总会因一些不重要的小事情发火。英国中央兰开夏大学发表的研究表明，
The research found people today are angrier than ever. And Doctor Sandi Mann from the university says it is modern life that’s to blame.
当代人最易生气。而Sandi Mann博士称，其原因应归咎于现代生活。
Well, let’s hear from her now. What words does she use to describe what modern life is like ?
接下来我们一起听听她的话语，看她是何如描绘现代生活的。
Stress levels are that much higher these days. We’ve got so much more fast - paced life, more going on – more stress, more ongoing frustrations rather than the big stresses.
最近压力水平很高。因为我们的生活变快，工作变忙，压力变大，挫折变多了。
So, she says modern life is fast- paced – we do things quickly and we have more going on – so we do lots of activities. Well, that’s probably true.
她说，现代生活节奏很快。我们的办事速度提升，活动次数增加。恩，这话也许是对的。
Yes. I have to go to the gym, meet my friends, go shopping and fit in work and sleep too.That can lead to stress – that’s feeling nervous or worried – I just can’t relax!
没错。我要运动健身、会见朋友、出去购物、适应工作、睡觉休息。这些也会导致压力，它们让我紧张担心、无法放松。
It’s odd that all the time we are trying to find time to relax – but we get stressed trying to do that.As Doctor Mann says, there are so many frustrations. These are the feelings we get when we are stopped from doing what we want to do. Arggggh!
奇怪的是，我们总想抽空放松身心，却在努力争取时倍感压力。正如Mann博士所说，因为我们挫折太多，没法做自己想做的事情。啊！！！
Rob calm down – you’re seeing a red mist – a feeling of anger that stops you thinking clearly.I think the problem is, perhaps, that we are all trying to do too much.
冷静点，Rob，这样愤怒下去，你会无法清醒思考的。我觉得吧，问题根源可能在于我们想做的太多。
Well, Doctor Mann believes – certainly in the Western world – that our expectations have been raised. Now we expect things to be perfect .So, if your Wi- Fi connection doesn’t work as it should, or your train is two minutes’ late, we stamp our feet like children. We want things and we want them now!
也许吧，Mann博士认为，人们的期望值提高、渴望尽善尽美才是根本原因。比如，当无法连接Wi-Fi、火车稍稍晚点时，我们便会像孩子一样跺脚，因为我们想现在就得到它！
And sometimes we get angry with other people. Have you done that Rob?
有时我们还会和他人生气。Rob，你有过吗？
Oh yes! I curse – or think bad things about people who take so long getting through the ticket barriers at the station when I have a train to catch!I only get angry on the inside, I don’t actually shout at them but it still makes me mad.
当然有！我最讨厌那些在车站验票口磨磨蹭蹭的人，他不知道我要赶车么？不过虽然心里生气，我倒不会朝他们大吼，只是不爽而已。
Well, I think the solution is to allow more time to do things or do less. But I think the angriest people probably need anger management .That’s training or therapy on how to control your anger or aggression.
我觉得拥有更多时间或减少工作量都可解决问题，不过最易生气的人可能需要愤怒管理。所谓愤怒管理，即对某人进行训练治疗以让他控制愤怒情绪。
Hmm, well I don’t think I’m ready for that yet. But let’s see if you can keep your cool Jen when I reveal the answer to today’s question.Earlier I asked you, according to a BBC survey, what was found to be the thing that made British people most annoyed?
恩，我觉得我还没准备好。不过Jen，看看揭晓答案后，你能否保持冷静。刚刚我问你，根据英国广播公司调查，哪件事情最让英国人恼火？
And I said c) being kept on hold by a call centre.
我选的C. 坐等电话。
And you are right. Yes, the survey found that being kept on hold by a call centre, particularly for a long time, was the thing most likely to make people angry.Interestingly, the survey also found more women than men - almost three quarters compared to two-thirds - said they took a deep breath to calm down.Well, take a deep breath now Jen and please remind us of some of the words that we’ve heard today.
回答正确。调查表明，坐等电话，尤其等很长时间最可能让人生气。有趣的是，调查还发现女人更喜欢用深呼吸保持冷静（四分之三女人VS三分之二男人）。好了，Jen，深呼吸，带我们回顾下今天听到的词语吧。
Here goes. We heard: anger, lose my temper, makes my blood boil, fuming, fast- paced, stress, frustrations, red mist, curse, anger management, aggression.
好的。anger（愤怒）、 lose my temper（发脾气）、 makes my blood boil（热血沸腾）、 fuming（生气）、 fast- paced（快节奏）、 stress（压力）、 frustrations（挫折）、 red mist（愤怒） 、curse（认为）、 anger management（愤怒管理）、 aggression（侵犯）。
Thanks. Ok, time now to chill out, relax and say goodbye from 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
谢谢你。好了，本期节目到此结束。大家放松一下，同BBC六分钟英语说再见吧。
Bye!
拜拜~