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Prologue: Prologue Ira Glass It's a little ritual that Parker invented for herself and it's always the same, every year.
序言：序言 Ira Glass 这是 Parker 为自己发明的一个小仪式，而且每年都是一样的。
Around this time of year, February 2, to be exact.
每年的这个时候，确切地说，是 2 月 2 日。
February 2, which is Groundhog Day, at 10:30 at night, I turn on the movie Groundhog Day.
2月2日，也就是土拨鼠之日，晚上10点30分，我打开电影《土拨鼠之日》。
Rita, I'm reliving the same day over and over.
丽塔，我一遍又一遍地重温同一天。
Groundhog Day.
土拨鼠日。
Groundhog Day, of course, is the 1993 Bill Murray comedy about a self-centered weatherman who gets trapped in time, repeating the same day again and again, a day where he covers a Groundhog Day ceremony on local TV.
当然，《土拨鼠日》是一部 1993 年比尔·默里 (Bill Murray) 的喜剧，讲述了一位以自我为中心的天气预报员被困在时间中，一次又一次重复同一天，他在当地电视台报道土拨鼠日仪式的日子。
Once a year, the eyes of the nation turn to this tiny Hamlet in Western Pennsylvania to watch a master at work.
每年一次，全国的目光都会转向宾夕法尼亚州西部的这个小哈姆雷特，观看大师的工作。
The master, Punxsutawney Phil, the world's most famous weatherman, the Groundhog, who, as legend has it, can predict the coming of an early spring.
大师庞克苏托尼·菲尔 (Punxsutawney Phil) 是世界上最著名的天气预报员“土拨鼠”，传说他可以预测早春的到来。
Bill Murray spends the whole film repeating February 2nd.
比尔·默里在整部影片中重复了 2 月 2 日这一天。
Until, finally, at the end of the film, he unsticks himself in time and wakes up on the next day.
直到影片最后，他终于及时脱身，第二天醒来。
Again, here's Parker.
帕克又来了。
I time it up so that when it's around midnight, when it's February 3 in the world, it's February 3 in the movie.
我安排好时间，这样当午夜左右时，当世界上是2月3日时，电影中也是2月3日。
So when it's February 3 in the movie, it becomes February 3 in the world, which is my birthday.
所以当电影里的2月3日，就变成了世界上的2月3日，也就是我的生日。
So I do it as, I call it, like I'm slowly boiling myself into my birthday.
所以我这样做，我称之为，就像我慢慢地将自己煮到我的生日一样。
Parker says she's not a big birthday person, but this is a little thing she's done for herself to mark the day ever since she was 22.
帕克说她不太喜欢过生日，但这是她从 22 岁起就为自己做的一件小事来纪念这一天。
First saw Groundhog Day in a film class.
第一次看到土拨鼠日是在电影课上。
I was in a program where I was the only Black person, the only woman.
在我参加的一个项目中，我是唯一的黑人，唯一的女性。
Everyone was 10 years older than me.
每个人都比我大10岁。
This was film school, yeah.
这是电影学校，是的。
But so it was just it was a very lonely place.
但那只是一个非常孤独的地方。
So she created this birthday movie night for herself to do alone, that she still does alone every year with the film Groundhog Day, that she's going to do this year for the 16th time.
因此，她为自己创造了这个生日电影之夜，让她独自完成，她每年仍然独自拍摄电影《土拨鼠之日》，今年她将第 16 次这样做。
And maybe you think that means that she's really into the film Groundhog Day.
也许你认为这意味着她真的很喜欢电影《土拨鼠之日》。
Nope.
没有。
I don't love the movie.
我不喜欢这部电影。
The movie's fine.
电影还好啊
Like, it's OK.
就像，没关系。
I don't mind it.
我不介意。
It's not my brand of humor.
这不是我的幽默风格。
Also, I don't know, in the 21st century, some of the stuff is fairly problematic.
另外，我不知道，在21世纪，有些东西是相当有问题的。
So, like, for instance?
那么，比如说？
BA Parker Well, there's whole sequences where Phil Connor, who is Bill Murray's character, is trying to seduce two women, and he keeps repeating the day so he can ascertain information to seduce them.
BA Parker 嗯，比尔·默里饰演的菲尔·康纳在整个场景中试图勾引两个女人，他不断重复这一天，这样他就可以确定勾引她们的信息。
Can I buy you a drink?
我可以请你喝一杯吗？
Rita OK.
丽塔 好的。
Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist, please.
加冰甜苦艾酒，请加一点。
He's tricking them into hooking up with him.
他正在欺骗他们与他交往。
Sweet vermouth, rocks with a twist, please.
甜苦艾酒，请加点摇滚。
That's my favorite drink.
那是我最喜欢的饮料。
Phil Mine, too.
菲尔·麦恩也是。
It always makes me think of Rome, the way the sun hits the buildings in the afternoon.
它总是让我想起罗马，想起下午阳光照在建筑物上的样子。
Parker says there are lots of films she'd much rather be watching once a year, year after year.
帕克说，有很多电影她宁愿每年看一次，年复一年。
Like her favorite film, Point Break, the Keanu Reeves surfing film.
就像她最喜欢的电影《Point Break》，基努·里维斯的冲浪电影。
That, I can watch forever and not be mad about.
那，我可以永远看着而不生气。
That's fine.
没关系。
But the past, however long years I've watched Groundhog Day, again, it's fine.
但过去，无论我看了多少年《土拨鼠之日》，都还是不错的。
But you do it every year.
但你每年都会这样做。
BA Parker Maybe I don't totally understand why I still do it, like, for so long, but it works for me.
BA Parker 也许我不太明白为什么我仍然这样做这么久，但它对我有用。
It's a thing that I can do for myself, by myself.
这是我可以自己做的事情。
And the repetition is comforting, even if I'm forcing myself to do it.
即使我强迫自己这样做，重复也会让人感到安慰。
I'm not a person who's good at repetition.
我不是一个善于重复的人。
I got ADHD.
我患有多动症。
My brain's all over the place.
我的脑子到处都是。
But February 2, 10:30 PM, I can turn on Groundhog Day.
但 2 月 2 日晚上 10:30，我可以打开《土拨鼠之日》。
I know what I'm getting into, and then I am absorbed by the movie.
我知道自己要做什么，然后我就被这部电影吸引住了。
And then all of a sudden it ends and I go, oh, that's right, it's after midnight.
然后突然就结束了，我说，哦，没错，已经是午夜过后了。
I was born.
我出生了。
There's a comfort in that.
这有一种安慰。
But the thing that makes it feel comforting is the repetition and it's a movie about how awful repetition is.
但让人感到安慰的是重复，这部电影讲述了重复是多么可怕。
Yeah, there's an irony to it, I'm aware.
是的，我知道这很讽刺。
But I like the repetition.
但我喜欢重复。
Groundhog Day, the repetition is awful, but the end result of the repetition isn't half bad.
《土拨鼠之日》，重复很糟糕，但重复的最终结果还不错。
Like, Phil, totally improves himself.
就像菲尔，完全提高了自己。
He learns how to be a considerate human being.
他学会了如何做一个体贴的人。
One of the last things he says to Andie MacDowell in the movie is, What can I do for you?
他在电影中对安迪·麦克道威尔说的最后一件事是，我能为你做什么？
Today on our program, for Groundhog Day, the power of repetition, how it can be utterly devastating to do something you love dozens of times or hundreds of times.
今天在我们的土拨鼠日节目中，重复的力量，告诉你做你喜欢的事情几十次或几百次会带来怎样的毁灭性打击。
You can rob it of all feeling.
你可以剥夺它所有的感觉。
You can turn it into drudgery.
你可以把它变成苦差事。
But repetition can also do the opposite.
但重复也可能起到相反的作用。
The more you do something, the more you can find in it and live in it.
你做某事越多，你就能在其中发现并生活在其中。
I've said these next few words hundreds of times, and I say them today excited for what is to come this hour.
接下来的几句话我已经说过数百次了，今天我说这些话时，我对这一个小时即将发生的事情感到兴奋。
From WBEZ Chicago, This American Life, I'm Ira Glass.
来自 WBEZ 芝加哥《美国生活》，我是 Ira Glass。
Stay with us.
留在我们身边。
This American Life, Act One, "Will You Still Slug Me Tomorrow?" Sometimes, choosing to repeat the same moment over and over again is an act of love.
《美国生活》第一幕“明天你还会打我吗？”有时，选择一遍又一遍地重复同一时刻是一种爱的行为。
Aviva DeKornfeld has this true life example.
Aviva DeKornfeld 有一个真实的例子。
Bridie and her dad, Brin, have been playing the same game for decades.
布里迪和她的父亲布林几十年来一直在玩同一个游戏。
It's called a pinch and a punch.
这就是所谓的捏和拳。
The rules of the game are, you say, "Pinch and a punch.
你会说，游戏的规则是“捏一拳。
First day of the month.
该月的第一天。
No returns." Obviously, the no returns is important.
没有回报。”显然，无回报很重要。
When I was little, when we started doing this, we would gently, of course, actually do the little pinch and a punch first day of the month.
当我小的时候，当我们开始这样做时，当然，我们会在每个月的第一天轻轻地做一点捏和一拳。
One of them would actually pinch and punch the other.
其中一个人实际上会捏住另一个人并殴打另一个人。
But over the years, as the way we've done it has become more inventive and stylish, and now that we live in different countries, obviously, the physical element is kind of removed.
但多年来，我们的做法变得更加有创意和时尚，现在我们生活在不同的国家，显然，物理元素被移除了。
So it is often just something written down or over the phone.
因此，通常只是写下来或通过电话。
OK, so it can be any form, it just has to reach the other person?
好的，那么它可以是任何形式，只要能够到达对方就可以了？
Yes.
是的。
Aviva DeKornfeld Before their pinch and punch reaches you?
Aviva DeKornfeld 在他们的捏拳打到你之前？
That's right.
这是正确的。
Aviva DeKornfeld They first started playing this game when Bridie was really little.
Aviva DeKornfeld 他们第一次玩这个游戏是在 Bridie 很小的时候。
She can't really remember ever not playing it.
她真的不记得自己没有玩过这个游戏。
It was just one of the many games they played.
这只是他们玩的众多游戏之一。
Brin traveled a lot for work when Bridie was young, and the games were a way for them to stay connected while he was gone.
布里迪年轻时，布林经常出差，游戏是他们在他不在的时候保持联系的一种方式。
But pinch and punch, this is the game that stuck.
但是捏和拳，这就是卡住的游戏。
It kept going for years and really leveled up when Bridie was in secondary school.
它持续了很多年，并在布里迪上中学时真正提高了水平。
One day, when Bridie was 14--
有一天，布莱迪 14 岁——
I got pulled out of class and sent to the principal's office.
我被带出了课堂并被送到校长办公室。
So I immediately assumed I was in deep trouble.
所以我立即认为我遇到了大麻烦。
And I was a very good kid at school.
我在学校是一个非常好的孩子。
I never did anything naughty, so going to the principal's office was really out of character, so I was immediately terrified.
我从来没有做过什么淘气的事，所以去校长办公室实在不符合我的性格，所以我立刻就害怕了。
So I walk to the principal's office, and there's the principal.
于是我走到校长办公室，校长就在那里。
There's this other guy holding a fancy looking envelope.
还有一个人拿着一个看起来很漂亮的信封。
I open the envelope, message for Bridie Connell, and it's pinch and a punch first day of the month, no returns.
我打开信封，是给布莱迪·康奈尔的信息，这个月的第一天，我手头拮据，没有任何回音。
And I think, at that point, in dad's mind, I'm pretty sure he's gone, OK, well, I've escalated this game to the highest degree.
我想，到那时，在爸爸的心里，我很确定他已经走了，好吧，好吧，我已经将这场游戏升级到了最高程度。
She's never going to come back from that.
她永远不会从那件事中回来。
But I think he forgets that he has passed on his extreme competitiveness to me.
但我认为他忘记了他已经将他极度的竞争力传递给了我。
And from then, it kind of kicked off.
从那时起，一切就开始了。
These days, now that Bridie is grown up and moved out, most of the pinches and punches are low key, a phone call, a text.
这些天，布莱迪长大了，搬了出去，大部分的捏捏和拳打都是低调的，一个电话，一条短信。
Sometimes Brin or Bridie will try to disguise the sentence in an email sent to the whole family.
有时，布林或布里迪会试图在发送给全家人的电子邮件中掩盖这句话。
Bridie says her dad has learned to not open anything from her that's sent just to him on the first of the month.
布里迪说，她爸爸已经学会了不要打开她在月初寄给他的任何东西。
So month in and month out, Brin and Bridie are living in this very specific type of loop, where in order for them to stay in the loop, they have to keep changing it, inventing new ways to win.
因此，布林和布里迪日复一日地生活在这种非常特殊的循环中，为了让他们留在循环中，他们必须不断改变它，发明新的获胜方式。
Once, a few years ago, Bridie had to get jaw surgery on the first of the month.
几年前，有一次，布里迪必须在每个月的第一天接受下颌手术。
Her dad was her next of kin, and so she mocked up a fake medical form for her dad to sign, and convinced the nurse to tuck her fake form in with the rest.
她的父亲是她的近亲，所以她模拟了一份假医疗表格供她父亲签署，并说服护士将她的假表格与其他表格塞在一起。
Bridie proudly won that month.
布里迪自豪地赢得了那个月的胜利。
That was kind of a famous win for her, actually, because while Bridie wins more often, her dad's wins tend to be more memorable.
事实上，这对她来说是一场著名的胜利，因为虽然布莱迪获胜的次数更多，但她父亲的胜利往往更令人难忘。
His have more flair.
他的更有才华。
Like once, he convinced Bridie's best friend to interrupt her own wedding to deliver a pinch and punch.
就像有一次，他说服布莱迪最好的朋友打断她自己的婚礼，给她捏一拳。
He even got Bridie while she was on live radio.
当布莱迪在广播电台现场直播时，他甚至找到了她。
The family is from New Zealand, but Bridie lives and works in Sydney, where she was a guest on this weekly local radio show and Brin conspired with the host to get her on air.
这家人来自新西兰，但布里迪在悉尼生活和工作，她是当地每周一次广播节目的嘉宾，布林与主持人合谋让她上台。
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST: Hey, Bridie.
（采访者） 广播节目主持人：嘿，布里迪。
Yes?
是的？
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 1: I got an email today from New Zealand.
（采访者） 广播节目主持人 1：我今天收到一封来自新西兰的电子邮件。
I don't often get emails from New Zealand.
我很少收到来自新西兰的电子邮件。
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 2: But thankfully, you have also been trained in the internet.
（采访者） 广播节目主持人2：不过值得庆幸的是，您也接受过互联网方面的培训。
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 1: Yeah.
（采访者） 广播节目主持人 1：是的。
It was from--
是来自——
Was it from mom or dad?
是妈妈还是爸爸送的？
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 1: Do a man called Brin Connell?
（采访者） 广播节目主持人 1：有一个叫布林·康奈尔的人吗？
Brin Connell?
布林·康奈尔？
OK, that is my dad.
好吧，那是我爸爸。
Yep.
是的。
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 1: We had a long discussion about the seasons, days of the month, New Zealand time, being--
（采访者）广播节目主持人 1：我们就季节、月份、新西兰时间等进行了长时间的讨论——
(INTERVIEWER) RADIO SHOW HOST 1: A pinch and a punch for the first of the month.
（采访者） 广播节目主持人 1：月初的捏和拳。
He says, on his understanding--
他说，根据他的理解——
Over time, the rules have evolved.
随着时间的推移，规则不断演变。
No middle of the night calls.
半夜没有电话。
You have to respect time zones.
您必须尊重时区。
Also, the game is formally suspended on New Year's Eve, since Bridie and Brin would hijack the countdown for their game, And according to Bridie's mom, kept, quote, "ruining the holiday." Bridie says her dad escalated the game to a whole new level in 2019.
此外，比赛在除夕夜正式暂停，因为布里迪和布林会劫持他们的比赛倒计时，据布里迪的妈妈说，“毁了假期”。 Bridie 说她的父亲在 2019 年将这项运动提升到了一个全新的水平。
She was flying home to New Zealand for her cousin Jeremy's 30th birthday party, and the flight was on May 1st, very early in the morning.
她正飞往新西兰参加她表弟 Jeremy 的 30 岁生日派对，航班时间是 5 月 1 日凌晨。
And, as you know, have rules about really, really, really early morning wake-up calls and pinch and a punch calls are not allowed, and they haven't been allowed for years.
而且，如您所知，有关于非常非常非常清晨的叫醒电话和捏打电话的规定是不允许的，而且多年来一直不允许这样做。
So I thought, I'm just going to have to wait.
所以我想，我只能等待。
I'm just going to have to hope that by the time I arrive in New Zealand, which will still be fairly early, that dad's forgotten and I can get in there and win for the month of May.
我只能希望，当我到达新西兰时（时间还很早），爸爸已经被忘记了，我可以进入那里并赢得五月的胜利。
And then that was all I thought about it.
然后这就是我的全部想法。
And then I got onto the plane, I boarded, I took my seat.
然后我上了飞机，登机，坐下。
And I sat down on the plane.
然后我就坐上了飞机。
And then about five minutes later, while everyone's still filing into the plane, the cabin manager comes up to me and says, oh, excuse me, Miss Connell, you've been moved.
大约五分钟后，当每个人还在排队登机时，机舱经理走到我面前说，哦，对不起，康奈尔小姐，你被感动了。
The flight attendant tells her she's getting bumped up to premium economy and brings her to her new seat.
空姐告诉她，她要升到豪华经济舱，并把她带到新座位上。
And then he said, oh, by the way, I've got something for you.
然后他说，哦，顺便说一句，我有东西给你。
And he handed me an envelope.
他递给我一个信封。
And I just thought, oh, maybe I'm about to be-- maybe this is part of the premium economy service.
我只是想，哦，也许我即将——也许这是豪华经济舱服务的一部分。
Maybe it's a menu.
也许这是一个菜单。
I don't know what it is.
我不知道那是什么。
As you can tell, I am not used to that premium economy life.
正如你所知，我不习惯那种高级经济舱的生活。
And I opened the envelope and it was a letter from my dad saying, "I hope you have a great flight.
我打开信封，里面是我爸爸的一封信，上面写着：“希望你飞行愉快。
I can't wait to see you when you land.
我迫不及待地想在你着陆时见到你。
And also, just something to reflect on while you're winging your way across the Tasman, pinch and a punch first day of the month.
另外，当你在这个月的第一天飞越塔斯曼、捏捏和打拳时，值得反思一下。
No returns."
没有回报。”
She spent the rest of the flight thinking about how she would get him back.
在剩下的飞行时间里，她一直在思考如何让他回来。
Luckily for Bridie, Air New Zealand is apparently extremely into pranks and offered to help.
对于布里迪来说幸运的是，新西兰航空公司显然非常喜欢恶作剧并愿意提供帮助。
So together, they made a fake Father's Day themed ad for the airline.
因此，他们一起为该航空公司制作了一个虚假的父亲节主题广告。
Air New Zealand actually got real pilots and flight attendants to appear in this short video, which Bridie wrote, and then she got her mom to show it to her dad.
新西兰航空公司实际上让真正的飞行员和空乘人员出现在布里迪撰写的这段短视频中，然后她让妈妈把它展示给她爸爸。
(SUBJECT) WOMAN IN AD 1: It's Father's day in New Zealand, and we want to say thanks to all the amazing dads out there.
（主题）AD 1 中的女人：今天是新西兰的父亲节，我们要向所有了不起的爸爸们表示感谢。
Started off, thank you for being such a wonderful dad.
首先，谢谢你是一位如此出色的父亲。
Well, that's generic.
嗯，这是通用的。
This, of course, is Brin Connell.
这当然是布林·康奈尔。
The video starts out thanking dads for doing regular dad stuff, but as it progresses, it starts getting more and more specific, naming things Brin has actually done.
视频一开始感谢爸爸们做了一些常规的爸爸事情，但随着视频的进展，它开始变得越来越具体，命名了布林实际上做过的事情。
Yeah.
是的。
Thank you for building me a fort when I was young.
感谢您在我年轻时为我建造了一座堡垒。
I'm thinking, oh, I did that.
我在想，哦，我做到了。
And they were saying things like, thank you for your really bad dad jokes, someone would say.
有人会说，他们会说，谢谢你开的那些非常糟糕的爸爸笑话。
And I go, oh, I do that.
然后我就说，哦，我就这么做了。
Thank you for cooking such great roast dinners.
谢谢你做这么美味的烤晚餐。
Oh, I do that as well.
哦，我也这样做。
[CHUCKLES] I was naive.
[笑]我太天真了。
(SUBJECT) MAN IN AD 2: We love your generosity--
（主题）AD 2 中的男人：我们喜欢你的慷慨——
And then a female pilot came on and said, That means you, Brin Connell.
然后一位女飞行员走过来说，那就是你，布林·康奈尔。
(SUBJECT) WOMAN IN AD 4: Brin Connell, you're always playing jokes.
（主题）AD 4 中的女人：布林·康奈尔，你总是在开玩笑。
And then when the video changes and it becomes clear that they're talking to him, he just obviously does not compute for, like, 10 seconds.
然后，当视频发生变化并且很明显他们正在与他交谈时，他显然有 10 秒钟没有进行计算。
And then he was like, What?
然后他说，什么？
What?
什么？
What?
什么？
What?
什么？
Hey, hang on.
嘿，坚持住。
There are 12 firsts of the month each year, and Bridie and Brin have been playing this game for roughly 25 years.
每年有 12 个月初，Bridie 和 Brin 已经玩这个游戏大约 25 年了。
So they've done hundreds of pinches and punches at this point.
所以他们此时已经进行了数百次捏击和拳打。
The thing about having such a long running game, though, is that life happens all around it, all the good and bad.
然而，对于一款如此长时间运行的游戏来说，生活总是围绕着它发生，无论好坏。
A few years ago, Bridie lost someone very close to her.
几年前，布里迪失去了一位非常亲近的人。
Over the period of this tragedy, the first of the month rolled around.
在这场悲剧发生期间，正月初一到来了。
And I thought, should I do something or not?
我想，我是否应该做点什么？
Because she was feeling very bruised and lonely and desperate, and I chose to.
因为她感到非常受伤、孤独和绝望，而我选择了这么做。
And it was just something that she could reach out to and go, yeah, dad's here.
她只要一伸手就可以知道，是的，爸爸在这里。
It's OK.
没关系。
And she just came out to me later and gave me a big cuddle and said, that's just what I needed.
后来她出来给我一个大大的拥抱，说，这正是我所需要的。
Thank you, Daddy.
谢谢你，爸爸。
And she only calls me daddy on very rare occasions.
她只在极少数情况下叫我爸爸。
And I can't even remember what it was.
我什至不记得那是什么。
I think it was just something fairly banal that month, but it was, I'm in your corner, honey.
我认为那个月这只是一件相当平庸的事情，但它是，我站在你这边，亲爱的。
I'm still here.
我还在这里。
There's a lie built into the premise of pinch and punch.
捏拳的前提里藏着一个谎言。
It's when they say no returns.
就是他们说不退货的时候。
They say it every month, and every month, they return.
他们每个月都这么说，每个月他们都会回来。
Aviva DeKornfeld is a producer on our show.
Aviva DeKornfeld 是我们节目的制片人。
Act Two, "I'll Repeat the Question." So our show today is about Groundhog Day and what repeating the same thing over and over can accomplish or reveal.
第二幕，“我会重复这个问题。”所以我们今天的节目是关于土拨鼠之日，以及一遍又一遍地重复同样的事情可以实现或揭示什么。
And I don't want to say much about this next item before it starts, except to say that it is a common thing when radio reporters sit down to interview somebody, we have to set the record volume properly.
在开始之前，我不想对下一个项目说太多，只是说，当广播记者坐下来采访某人时，这是很常见的事情，我们必须正确设置录音音量。
So we need the interviewee to just say some words about something while we set recording levels.
因此，当我们设置录音级别时，我们需要受访者就某件事说一些话。
And so we'll ask them some kind of neutral question, to describe the route they took to work that morning or what they had for breakfast.
因此，我们会问他们一些中性的问题，描述他们那天早上上班的路线或者他们早餐吃了什么。
This comes from radio producer Talia Augustidis.
这是广播制作人塔利亚·奥古斯蒂迪斯 (Talia Augustidis) 的言论。
This needs to be actually quite close to you.
这实际上需要离你很近。
OK.
好的。
Talia Augustidis Can you tell me what you had for breakfast so I can check the levels?
Talia Augustidis 你能告诉我你早餐吃了什么，以便我检查一下含量吗？
Yes.
是的。
The answer is probably I can't remember.
答案可能是我不记得了。
Oh, no-- porridge, porridge.
哦，不——粥，粥。
Porridge and blueberries.
粥和蓝莓。
You always have the same thing for breakfast.
早餐总是吃同样的东西。
Yes.
是的。
Talia Augustidis It's not hard to remember.
Talia Augustidis 这并不难记住。
OK.
好的。
Porridge and blueberries.
粥和蓝莓。
Do you want to tell me what you've had for breakfast this morning?
你想告诉我你今天早上早餐吃了什么吗？
Well, if I can remember.
好吧，如果我记得的话。
Oh, yes.
哦是的。
I had-- I had--
我曾经——我曾经——
Yeah, it's over there.
是的，就在那里。
Woman Porridge and delicious berries.
女人粥和美味的浆果。
Do you want to tell me what you had for breakfast this morning?
你想告诉我你今天早上早餐吃什么吗？
Honestly, I can't remember.
老实说，我不记得了。
Oh, yes I can.
哦，是的，我可以。
It's porridge, as usual.
和往常一样，这是粥。
I'm just going to check the levels.
我只是要检查一下级别。
So do you remember what we do to check the levels?
那么您还记得我们如何检查级别吗？
No. Talia Augustidis What did you have for breakfast this morning?
不。 Talia Augustidis 你今天早上早餐吃什么？
Porridge.
稀饭。
And berries.
还有浆果。
Talia Augustidis So OK.
塔莉娅·奥古斯蒂迪斯 好吧。
I just need to check the levels.
我只需要检查一下级别。
Do you remember what we do to check the levels?
您还记得我们如何检查级别吗？
Well, we talked about what I had for breakfast.
好吧，我们讨论了我早餐吃什么。
Yes.
是的。
Woman OK.
女人好吧。
So I had-- did we have it for breakfast?
所以我——我们早餐吃它了吗？
Anyway, it was-- it was lovely.
不管怎样，这真是——太可爱了。
Just a loose mouthful.
只是松了口。
I'm sorry.
对不起。
It just takes so long.
只是需要这么长时间。
No, that's OK.
不，没关系。
Let me just check the levels.
让我检查一下级别。
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
你今天早上早餐吃什么？
Same as usual, which, of course, I can't remember.
和往常一样，当然，我记不清了。
It's in your mouth.
它在你嘴里。
What does it taste like, then?
那味道怎么样呢？
I'm flattered.
我受宠若惊。
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
你今天早上早餐吃什么？
I had-- I had-- I was going to say breakfast.
我有——我有——我本来要说早餐。
I had-- I'm so sorry.
我——我很抱歉。
That's OK.
没关系。
Don't worry if you can't remember, we'll just-- do you want a different question?
如果您不记得了，请不要担心，我们只是——您想问一个不同的问题吗？
I probably had porridge and-- stuff.
我可能吃了粥之类的东西。
Yeah, nice things.
是的，美好的事情。
You didn't eat much of it today.
你今天没吃多少。
Should we do that before we start?
我们应该在开始之前这样做吗？
Just try a bit more?
再尝试一下吗？
Sorry, it's a bit quick.
抱歉，有点快了。
I might not manage this.
我可能无法处理这个。
Maybe we shouldn't do the recording today.
也许我们今天不应该录音。
Oh, dear.
哦亲爱的。
Oh, dear.
哦亲爱的。
OK.
好的。
Ira Glass That story from Talia Augustidis.
艾拉·格拉斯 (Ira Glass) 塔利亚·奥古斯蒂迪斯 (Talia Augustidis) 的故事。
She's the creator of the podcast Unreality.
她是播客 Unreality 的创作者。
She first produced this story for Shortcuts, a Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
她首先为 BBC 广播四台制作的《Falling Tree》制作的 Shortcuts 制作了这个故事。
Act Three, "Raiders of the Lost Chard." Sometimes the repeating situation that you find yourself stuck in every day is something you do not like, and you want it to end.
第三幕，“失落的甜菜袭击者”。有时，你发现自己每天都陷入重复的境地，这是你不喜欢的事情，你希望它结束。
And I guess like Bill Murray, who was caught on repeat in that old movie, you have to strategize and figure out how to minimize the unpleasantness.
我想就像比尔·默里（Bill Murray）在那部老电影中重复出现一样，你必须制定策略并找出如何最大程度地减少不愉快的事情。
David Kestenbaum has this story about that.
大卫·凯斯滕鲍姆（David Kestenbaum）有这样一个故事。
The garden was a thing of beauty.
花园很美丽。
Jeff had just moved into a new house in Middletown, Delaware-- kind of a rural area.
杰夫刚刚搬进特拉华州米德尔敦的一所新房子——有点像农村地区。
House did not have a garden, so he built one.
房子没有花园，所以他建了一个。
Jeff is a do it yourself kind of guy-- handy with stuff, fixing cars, things around the house.
杰夫是一个喜欢自己动手的人——无论是修车还是做家务，他都能得心应手。
The garden he makes is pretty big.
他建造的花园相当大。
He turns over all the soil, plants rows of seeds.
他翻动所有的土壤，种下一排排的种子。
It takes a long time.
这需要很长时间。
It's really pristine.
真的很原始。
Everything's labeled.
一切都被标记了。
It backs up to a field, so it's pretty good scenery.
它背靠田野，所以风景非常好。
Sometimes I'll just sit out there and just relax, look around, look at the different plants growing.
有时我会坐在那里放松，环顾四周，看看不同的植物在生长。
It's really peaceful.
真的很平静。
But gardening, as the writer Margaret Atwood has noted, is not a rational act.
但正如作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德所指出的那样，园艺并不是一种理性的行为。
In nature, plants do not grow in tidy, pristine, labeled rows.
在自然界中，植物不会生长成整齐、原始、有标签的行。
In fact, nature does not care at all about your little setup.
事实上，大自然根本不关心你的小设置。
Jeff was on vacation when it happened.
事情发生时杰夫正在度假。
A friend was watering his garden for him.
一位朋友正在为他浇灌花园。
And he had called me.
他给我打电话了。
And he said, hey, man, something's eating all these plants.
他说，嘿，伙计，有什么东西正在吃掉所有这些植物。
And he showed me a picture.
他给我看了一张照片。
And I was like, oh, man, that's horrible.
我当时想，哦，伙计，这太可怕了。
So when I came back, I had noticed that my sweet potato plants were pretty much gone.
所以当我回来时，我发现我的红薯植物几乎消失了。
Not just the sweet potatoes.
不仅仅是红薯。
Jeff There was stuff-- chunks off the plants, off the fruits.
杰夫 有一些东西——植物上的大块，水果上的大块。
The vegetables-- the tomatoes had chunks in them.
蔬菜——西红柿里有大块。
Cucumbers had chunks in them.
黄瓜里面有大块。
Chunks eaten out of them?
是不是把它们吃掉了？
Jeff Yeah, just chunks missing randomly throughout the whole garden.
杰夫 是的，只是整个花园随机丢失了一些块。
It was like a selective process.
这就像一个选择性的过程。
Jeff is really upset.
杰夫真的很难过。
He has no idea what is eating his vegetables, so he sets out a trap.
他不知道是什么在吃他的蔬菜，所以他设置了一个陷阱。
One of those cage things that closes when an animal goes inside.
当动物进入时，笼子里的东西就会关闭。
And how did that work?
那是如何运作的呢？
A complete failure.
彻底失败了。
David Kestenbaum Goes out to check on the trap?
大卫·凯斯滕鲍姆 出去检查陷阱？
Empty.
空的。
Food in it?
里面有食物吗？
Untouched.
未受影响。
What is eating the garden?
什么在吃花园？
Jeff runs through a list of possibilities.
杰夫列出了一系列可能性。
I thought it would be a deer.
我以为那会是一只鹿。
Maybe birds, rabbits, squirrels, or even a neighbor, a human.
也许是鸟、兔子、松鼠，甚至是邻居、人类。
Oh, a neighbor?
噢，邻居？
Jeff You never know, right?
杰夫你永远不知道，对吧？
I mean, it could be anybody.
我的意思是，它可以是任何人。
Yeah, but-- Jeff I didn't know what it was.
是的，但是——杰夫，我不知道那是什么。
One bite out of a tomato?
咬一口西红柿？
Jeff I wouldn't put it past him.
杰夫，我不会放过他。
OK.
好的。
I never lived where you live in Delaware, so I'll trust you.
我从来没有住在特拉华州你住的地方，所以我相信你。
Jeff thinks, enough with this.
杰夫想，这样就够了。
It really is driving him kind of mad.
这确实让他有些抓狂。
So he gets a motion detector camera.
所以他得到了一个运动探测器相机。
He borrows it from his brother, uses electrical tape to tape it to this old bucket he has and sticks it in the garden.
他从他哥哥那里借来了它，用电工胶带把它粘在他拥有的这个旧水桶上，然后把它贴在花园里。
It's one of those cameras that sends videos to your phone.
它是将视频发送到您手机的摄像头之一。
So Jeff waits.
所以杰夫等待。
He does not have to wait long.
他不需要等太久。
I'm at work.
我在工作。
Actually, it was right at lunchtime.
事实上，当时正是午餐时间。
And I looked right at my phone because I got the notification.
我盯着手机，因为我收到了通知。
And I was really eager, like surprise.
我真的很渴望，就像惊喜一样。
I went and I checked it.
我去了并检查了它。
And I just want to pause here to describe the cinematic perfection of this next moment.
我只想在这里暂停一下，描述下一刻的电影般的完美。
What Jeff sees at first in the video is nothing, like the camera's triggered off, something blowing in the breeze.
杰夫首先在视频中看到的是什么，就像相机被触发一样，有什么东西在微风中飘扬。
You see a log in the background and the garden fence.
您会在背景中看到一根圆木和花园围栏。
And then a groundhog pops up with what appears to be a cucumber in its paws, rapidly chewing.
然后一只土拨鼠突然出现，爪子里夹着一根看起来像黄瓜的东西，正在快速咀嚼。
It is staring right into the camera, head-on.
它正直视着镜头，正面。
It takes up the whole frame-- so close, you can hear it chewing.
它占据了整个画面——距离如此之近，你可以听到它咀嚼的声音。
Really funny to see.
真的很有趣。
He's just got this look on his face.
他脸上只有这样的表情。
It was almost as if he was saying, yeah, it's me.
就好像他在说，是的，是我。
I'm the one eating your garden up.
我就是那个吃掉你花园的人。
What are you going to do about it?
你打算怎么做？
So at first when I saw it was a groundhog, I was like, oh, they dig.
所以一开始当我看到它是一只土拨鼠时，我就想，哦，它们在挖洞。
So I was like, I'll put the logs around.
所以我想，我会把日志放在周围。
Around the base.
基地周围。
Maybe that'll help.
也许这会有所帮助。
And no, it didn't.
不，事实并非如此。
Then I was like, well, let me try to get a little bit more slick.
然后我就想，好吧，让我试着变得更圆滑一点。
And I would put, like, garden boundary, like landscape boundary, I would put it under the ground about maybe like a foot.
我会把花园边界、景观边界等放在地下，大约一英尺左右。
So it'd be like a wall almost underground.
所以它就像一堵几乎在地下的墙。
And so even if they did dig, they'd hit the wall.
所以即使他们真的挖了，他们也会撞到墙上。
And you'd think they would stop, right?
你会认为他们会停下来，对吧？
Right.
正确的。
Jeff No. They just keep digging down until they got under it and then came back out the other side like it wasn't even there.
杰夫不。他们只是继续往下挖，直到钻到它下面，然后从另一边回来，就像它根本不存在一样。
So these are the kind of things I was dealing with, along with seeing him in the camera every day.
这些就是我每天要处理的事情，以及每天在镜头中看到他的情况。
David Kestenbaum Every day it was get up, drive to work, alert on phone, groundhog.
David Kestenbaum 每天都是起床、开车上班、打电话提醒、土拨鼠。
Get up, drive to work, alert on phone, groundhog.
起床，开车去上班，打电话提醒，土拨鼠。
The only thing that changed was the image-- groundhog with one of Jeff's tomatoes, groundhog with zucchini, groundhog with corn.
唯一改变的是图像——土拨鼠配杰夫的西红柿，土拨鼠配西葫芦，土拨鼠配玉米。
Never peppers, somehow.
不知怎么的，从来没有辣椒。
Apparently, it didn't like peppers.
显然，它不喜欢辣椒。
He is in a Groundhog Day situation with an actual groundhog who, if he has to admit, is kind of cute.
他和一只真正的土拨鼠处于土拨鼠日的情境中，如果他不得不承认的话，土拨鼠有点可爱。
So I said, you know what?
所以我说，你知道吗？
I'm going to name you Chunk.
我要给你起名叫春克。
It seemed very fitting because he was taking chunks out of the vegetables.
这看起来非常合适，因为他正在从蔬菜中取出大块。
I feel like once you name the groundhog, you are crossing some kind of line, you know?
我觉得一旦你给土拨鼠命名，你就跨越了某种界限，你知道吗？
I think you lost in that moment.
我想那一刻你就输了。
Probably, in some senses.
或许，从某种意义上来说。
David Kestenbaum At some point, a female groundhog turns up.
大卫·凯斯滕鲍姆 在某个时刻，一只雌性土拨鼠出现了。
Presumably, she was Chunk's partner.
据推测，她是Chunk的搭档。
Jeff names her Nibbles.
杰夫给她取名“尼布尔斯”。
But now he has two groundhogs.
但现在他有两只土拨鼠了。
Weirdly, both of them would pop up on camera together, facing the same direction, each eating something of his.
奇怪的是，他们两个会一起出现在镜头前，面朝同一个方向，各自吃着自己的东西。
[GROUNDHOGS CHEWING] Jeff, desperate now, has one last idea for how to get out of this endless loop.
[土拨鼠咀嚼]杰夫现在绝望了，他想到了如何摆脱这个无限循环的最后一个想法。
And when I heard it, it seemed both adorable and completely unlikely to work.
当我听到它时，它看起来既可爱又完全不可能起作用。
The following year, when it's time to plant the garden again, he goes out with his shovel, turns over more earth, and--
第二年，当再次种植花园的时候，他拿着铲子出去，翻了更多的土，然后——
Oh my god.
天哪。
Jeff Yeah, I literally planted them their own garden.
杰夫 是的，我确实为他们种植了自己的花园。
A reporter for the website The Dodo heard about the story.
The Dodo 网站的记者听说了这个故事。
The resulting video is titled "Guy Builds Veggie Garden for Family of Groundhogs," which I saw and had questions about.
由此产生的视频标题为“盖伊为土拨鼠家族建造蔬菜花园”，我看到了该视频并对此产生了疑问。
That's why I called Jeff in the first place.
这就是我首先打电话给杰夫的原因。
I did not see how that was going to work.
我不知道这是如何运作的。
Sure, now the groundhogs have their own garden that does not have some big fence around it.
当然，现在土拨鼠有了自己的花园，周围没有大栅栏。
But wouldn't they eat their vegetables and then still break through the fencing into his like before?
但他们不会吃完蔬菜，然后还是像以前一样冲破栅栏吗？
What's to stop them?
有什么可以阻止他们？
Did the plan actually work?
计划真的有效吗？
If the goal was to get them to stay out of your garden, do they stay out of your garden?
如果目标是让它们远离您的花园，它们会远离您的花园吗？
Yeah, for the most part because you give them their own plants around that are easier for them to get to, and then you secure yours up more to where it's more effort.
是的，很大程度上是因为你给他们自己的植物，让他们更容易到达，然后你把你的植物放在更需要努力的地方。
And it's just like anyone, they're going to go for the easiest thing, right?
就像任何人一样，他们都会追求最简单的事情，对吧？
The lowest hanging fruit.
最容易实现的目标。
It works.
有用。
David Kestenbaum You said for the most part.
David Kestenbaum 你说了大部分。
Well, I mean, yeah.
嗯，我的意思是，是的。
There are times when they will still eat my vegetables, right?
有时候他们还是会吃我的蔬菜吧？
But it's not as bad, right?
但情况并没有那么糟糕，对吧？
Because they got other options.
因为他们还有其他选择。
But if they somehow happen to get into my garden, which they have-- especially the babies, because the babies are real small, so they can get in--
但如果他们不知何故碰巧进入我的花园，他们有——尤其是婴儿，因为婴儿真的很小，所以他们可以进去——
Wait, wait.
等等，等等。
Babies?
宝宝们？
Jeff Oh, yeah.
杰夫哦，是的。
Yeah, we have babies.
是的，我们有孩子了。
Seven.
七。
David Kestenbaum I feel like you started out one place, and you ended up in a very different one.
大卫·凯斯滕鲍姆（David Kestenbaum）我觉得你从一个地方开始，但最终却到了一个非常不同的地方。
Very.
非常。
I embraced it.
我拥抱了它。
Especially with seeing him in the camera, it made it easy to give up.
尤其是看到镜头里的他，很容易就放弃了。
Seeing them in the camera every day, it eventually won my heart over.
每天在镜头中看到他们，最终赢得了我的心。
Chunk is still there.
块还在那里。
Jeff last saw him in the fall.
杰夫最后一次见到他是在秋天。
He's probably hibernating under the shed.
他可能正在棚子下冬眠。
It's been seven years at this point, which is old for a groundhog, though they can live longer.
现在已经七年了，对于土拨鼠来说已经很老了，尽管它们可以活得更长。
It helps to have a reliable food source.
它有助于拥有可靠的食物来源。
David Kestenbaum is our show's senior editor.
大卫·凯斯滕鲍姆是我们节目的高级编辑。
Coming up, one man combats the chaos of the world on a narrow block in Brooklyn, week after week, every Tuesday and Thursday.
接下来，一个人在布鲁克林的一个狭窄街区里，每周二和周四，与世界的混乱作斗争。
That's in a minute from Chicago Public Radio, when our program continues.
芝加哥公共广播电台一分钟后我们的节目仍在继续。
This is This American Life.
这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Today's program, "Groundhog Day." Have you ever had a day that just seems to repeat again and again?
今天的节目是《土拨鼠之日》。你是否曾经经历过似乎一次又一次重复的日子？
It's This American Life.
这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Each week on our program, of course, we choose a theme and bring you different kinds of stories on that theme.
当然，我们的节目每周都会选择一个主题，并为您带来有关该主题的不同类型的故事。
It's This American Life.
这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Each week on our show, of course, we choose a theme and bring you different kinds of stories on that theme.
当然，我们的节目每周都会选择一个主题，并为您带来有关该主题的不同类型的故事。
Well, it's This American Life.
嗯，这就是《美国生活》。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Each week on our program, we choose a theme and bring you a variety of different kinds of stories on that theme.
在我们的节目中，我们每周都会选择一个主题，并为您带来有关该主题的各种不同类型的故事。
Today's show, "Fiasco." Today on our program, "24 Hours at the Golden Apple."
今天的节目是《惨败》。今天我们的节目“金苹果24小时”。
Today on our program, a story of race and politics in America-- the story of Harold Washington.
今天我们的节目讲述的是美国种族和政治的故事——哈罗德·华盛顿的故事。
Well, it's This American Life.
嗯，这就是《美国生活》。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Today's show, a special co-production with MPR News.
今天的节目是与 MPR News 联合制作的特别节目。
A step by step look at what exactly happened during the subprime mortgage crisis.
一步步看看次贷危机期间究竟发生了什么。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
It's This American Life, the radio program that dares to ask the question--
敢于提出这个问题的是《This American Life》广播节目——
It's This American Life.
这就是美国生活。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Today's program, "The Long Fuse."
今天的节目是《长熔丝》。
I had forgotten about that one "The Long Fuse." Doing this theme this week, I have to admit, made me really think about what it feels like to do our program week after week, 853 times.
我已经忘记了那部《长导火索》。我不得不承认，本周做这个主题让我真正思考了一周又一周、853 次做我们的项目是什么感觉。
This is our 853rd episode, and it does feel very different making this show for the 853rd time than it did at the very beginning.
这是我们的第 853 集，第 853 次制作这个节目的感觉确实与一开始时非常不同。
Definitely, there is a sameness to doing things again and again every week that is not entirely pleasant.
当然，每周一次又一次地做同样的事情并不完全令人愉快。
But, of course, while the process of making a show is always the same, the content of the show changes so much.
但是，当然，虽然制作节目的过程总是相同的，但节目的内容却发生了很大的变化。
And there's just something about-- I don't know how to put it-- like, it's creating the little dream that radio can be.
我不知道该怎么说，就像它正在创造广播所能实现的小梦想。
It always-- I don't know, it just gets to me.
它总是——我不知道，它只是让我感动。
When the music enters.
当音乐响起时。
[MUSIC PLAYING] Thank you for that.
[音乐播放] 谢谢你。
Everything you say just sounds smarter when you're saying it over music.
当你通过音乐说出你所说的一切时，听起来会更聪明。
And just making all the little parts of the show perfect, or at least as obsessively perfect as you can make it.
并且让演出的所有小部分都变得完美，或者至少尽你所能地完美。
It's just so easy to get lost in that, even on the 853rd time.
即使是第 853 次，也很容易迷失方向。
Act 4, "Heart of Parkness." People who own cars in certain cities really are just asking for pain.
第四幕，“公园之心”。在某些城市拥有汽车的人实际上只是在自找痛苦。
Certain cities are not set up for them and deliver regular, repeated punishment to car owners.
有些城市没有专门针对车主进行定期、重复的处罚。
Valerie Kipnis's hometown definitely does that on a schedule that's literally posted on signs.
瓦莱丽·基普尼斯 (Valerie Kipnis) 的家乡肯定会按照标牌上贴出的时间表来做到这一点。
Growing up in New York, you get used to the fact that for a few days every week, your street becomes total chaos.
在纽约长大，你已经习惯了这样一个事实：每周有那么几天，你的街道会变得完全混乱。
That's because the street cleaning truck is scheduled to come through.
那是因为街道清洁车按计划要过来。
The first day, you can't park on the left-hand side, so the sweeper can drive down that way.
第一天，你不能把车停在左边，所以扫地机可以从左边开过来。
The second day, you can't park on the right.
第二天，你不能把车停在右边。
And it's not like there are empty spaces on other blocks you can move your car to.
而且其他街区也不像有空位可以让你把车开到那里。
So all over New York, what people do on street cleaning day is double park.
因此，在纽约各地，人们在街道清洁日所做的就是双停车。
They move their car so it's sitting next to the row of parked cars on the other side.
他们移动汽车，使其停在另一侧停放的一排汽车旁边。
And then they just leave their cars there, double parked, unattended, in the middle of the street for 1 and 1/2 hours, making room for the street cleaner to sweep next to the curb where their car had just sat.
然后他们就把车停在那里，在无人看管的情况下，在街道中间停放 1 又 1/2 小时，为街道清洁工腾出空间来清扫他们汽车刚刚停放的路边。
8 million people, and this is the system we use.
800万人，这就是我们使用的系统。
A few years ago, I moved to a new neighborhood where the situation is even more intense.
几年前，我搬到了一个新的社区，那里的情况更加严重。
The street I live on now is incredibly narrow, just under 25 feet across.
我现在住的街道非常狭窄，只有不到 25 英尺宽。
I know because I measured, which means that if you don't double park perfectly, very close to the row of already parked cars, you end up blocking all traffic.
我知道，因为我测量过，这意味着如果你没有完美地并排停车，非常靠近已经停放的一排汽车，你最终会阻塞所有交通。
No cars, no street cleaner can get through.
没有汽车，没有街道清洁工可以通过。
And if one neighbor doesn't come out and move their car, that can block all traffic too.
如果一位邻居不出来移走他们的汽车，也会阻塞所有交通。
But this new street I live on also came with something I'd never seen before-- a guy who twice a week has made it his job to try to make this all run smoothly.
但我居住的这条新街道也带来了一些我以前从未见过的东西——一个每周两次的人以努力让这一切顺利进行为自己的工作。
His persistence, his dedication to this thankless job has always sort of puzzled me, so I went out with him on a Thursday this fall.
他的坚持，他对这份吃力不讨好的工作的奉献精神总是让我感到困惑，所以今年秋天的一个星期四我和他一起出去了。
His name is David, in his 50s, a former Marine-- and, as it happens, my landlord.
他的名字叫大卫，五十多岁，前海军陆战队队员，碰巧也是我的房东。
It's a few minutes before 11:30 when the whole thing begins on our street.
距离 11:30 还剩几分钟，整件事就在我们街上开始了。
David's wearing his usual uniform of a crisp gray cotton T-shirt and basketball shorts.
大卫穿着他平时的制服：清爽的灰色棉质 T 恤和篮球短裤。
11:30, just get in your cars and double park them and everything works like a charm.
11:30，只要上车并并排停车，一切都会变得很顺利。
Brandon, how are you?
布兰登，你好吗？
They're going to be moving their cars now, you hear me?
他们现在要搬走他们的车了，听到了吗？
I'm becoming like chiaccheron.
我变得像chiaccheron一样。
A blabbermouth.
一个喋喋不休的人。
David always worries he's coming on too strong.
大卫总是担心自己表现得太强势了。
Yeah, so he's moving now.
是的，所以他现在要搬家了。
The guy in the white car is moving.
白色汽车里的那个人正在移动。
Bob's moving.
鲍勃要动了。
You'll all be able to put your cars right down there.
你们都可以把你们的车停在那里。
His goal this morning is to get everyone on the left side neatly double parking down the middle of our street.
今天早上他的目标是让左侧的每个人都整齐地在我们街道中间并排停车。
To do this, he tries to know everyone on the block.
为此，他试图了解街区里的每个人。
Which cars belong to who?
哪些车属于谁？
Who tends to run late?
谁容易迟到？
Who runs early?
谁跑得早？
Who's new around here?
这里有谁是新来的？
Who needs a reminder?
谁需要提醒？
Like, let me read you some of our most recent texts.
就像，让我给你读一些我们最近的文章。
Hey, Valerie, it's time for the car.
嘿，瓦莱丽，该开车了。
Hey, Valerie, is that your car across the street?
嘿，瓦莱丽，街对面那是你的车吗？
Hey, Valerie, don't forget about the car.
嘿，瓦莱丽，别忘了汽车。
Today, I'm on time.
今天，我很准时。
You know what?
你知道吗？
You should go right between there.
你应该从那里走过去。
Oh.
哦。
Well, this guy's going to leave right now.
好吧，这家伙现在就要离开。
I think so.
我想是的。
Yeah, he's waiting for his wife.
是的，他正在等他的妻子。
But you go right behind James.
但你就在詹姆斯身后。
David's got a black Grand Cherokee Jeep.
大卫有一辆黑色大切诺基吉普车。
It's about midway up the block.
它大约在街区的中间。
Because I'm going to either pull up on the sidewalk right here.
因为我要么把车停在人行道上。
[CAR HORN] Tell him to move in or whatever it is.
[汽车喇叭]告诉他搬进去或者不管什么。
He spots James, our neighbor, who just walked out of his house.
他看到了我们的邻居詹姆斯，他刚刚走出家门。
How are you, James?
你好吗，詹姆斯？
Yeah, we're double parking now.
是的，我们现在是双停车位。
So we're trying to make a plan.
所以我们正在努力制定计划。
James, she's going to move her car now, too, so you might as well-- if you want to pull right here for now.
詹姆斯，她现在也要把车开走，所以你也可以——如果你想暂时把车停在这儿的话。
And she's going to move, and then you could follow suit.
她要搬家，然后你就可以跟着搬家。
David nods his head in the direction of my car, like, come on, enough with the interview.
大卫朝我车的方向点点头，就像，来吧，采访够了。
It's a really tight parking job.
停车位确实很紧张。
You have to get so close to the car on the other side of the street that your side view mirrors touch.
您必须离街道另一边的汽车非常近，以便侧视镜接触到。
Now we back up.
现在我们备份。
Just back up about another-- I'll tell you when to stop.
只是备份另一个 - 我会告诉你什么时候停止。
All right.
好的。
David Just watch his side.
大卫 只要注意他的身边。
Don't get-- yeah, you're good, you're good.
别以为——是的，你很好，你很好。
Sometimes when I don't do a good job, David will offer to help, grab my keys, and repark the car for me.
有时，当我做得不好时，大卫会主动提供帮助，帮我拿走我的钥匙，并重新把车停好。
Today, I do OK.
今天，我表现还不错。
He lets it be.
他就这样吧。
It's a couple minutes past 11:30 when all the cars are supposed to have been moved, but only a few have.
11:30 过了几分钟，所有的汽车都应该被移动，但只有少数汽车移动了。
A few other neighbors, one holding a toddler, the other clearly on a work call, have started coming out of their houses.
其他几个邻居已经开始走出家门，其中一个抱着一个蹒跚学步的孩子，另一个显然正在上班。
David waves at them and signals for them to move their cars.
大卫向他们挥手示意他们把车移开。
We've still got time before the street sweeper comes.
在街道清扫工来之前我们还有时间。
What are you going to do?
你会怎样做？
David I got to sit in the car.
大卫 我必须坐在车里。
We climb in.
我们爬进去。
He double parks.
他双停车。
Before David started doing this job, when he was still just a kid growing up on the block, someone else did it.
在大卫开始做这项工作之前，当他还是一个在街区长大的孩子时，其他人已经做过了。
He was a local legend, a guy named Eddie.
他是当地的传奇人物，名叫埃迪。
Like, years ago, Eddie Demaio was-- We called him the mayor.
就像几年前，埃迪·德马约——我们称他为市长。
We were kids, and we used to sit there and just watch him, like he's out of his mind.
我们还是孩子，我们常常坐在那里看着他，就像他疯了一样。
One old-timer on the block told me, hey, don't make a hero out of Eddie.
街区的一位老前辈告诉我，嘿，别把埃迪当作英雄。
Apparently, he was a complicated guy.
看得出来，他是一个复杂的人。
He would sit in a lawn chair in the street so that cars couldn't get through.
他会坐在街上的草坪椅上，这样汽车就无法通过。
He once laid down in the road to save a parking spot for his daughter-in-law.
有一次，他为了给儿媳妇留个停车位，就躺在路边。
But still, he kept things in order.
但他仍然把事情维持得井井有条。
David Like the chess master, you go there, you go here.
大卫：就像国际象棋大师一样，你去那里，你去这里。
You go in there, you're going to make it easier for him to pull over there.
你进去那里，你会让他更容易停在那里。
He's going to come out now.
他现在就要出来了。
He's going to pull behind you-- and everything works.
他会在你身后支持你——一切都会顺利。
Oh, I know someone who does something just like that, David.
哦，我认识一个做类似事情的人，大卫。
Actually, it wasn't like David just became that person.
事实上，大卫并没有成为那个人。
When Eddie got old, he actually passed the mantle to David.
当埃迪老了之后，他实际上把衣钵传给了大卫。
Years ago, he goes, Dave, you take the helm.
几年前，他说，戴夫，你来掌舵。
But it's gotten harder.
但它变得更难了。
When Eddie was the street parking conductor, most houses had one car and the neighbors all knew each other, were all on board with this parking system.
当艾迪担任街道停车售票员时，大多数房屋都有一辆车，邻居们都互相认识，都支持这个停车系统。
They'd grab the keys and move the car for one another.
他们会抢走钥匙并互相移动汽车。
But recently, this block has really changed.
但最近，这个街区确实发生了变化。
Something like a quarter of the houses have been sold to new folks.
大约四分之一的房子已经卖给了新人。
It used to be a blue collar, Italian neighborhood.
它曾经是意大利蓝领社区。
Now it's got people with enough money to throw millions of dollars into buying and renovating entire brownstones.
现在，人们有了足够的钱，可以投入数百万美元购买和翻新整栋褐砂石建筑。
On street cleaning day, the new people seem happy to leave their cars and get a ticket.
在街道清洁日，新人们似乎很高兴把车留下来并拿到罚单。
And also because of the renovations, there are constantly trucks parked on the street which take up space in this game of parking Tetris.
而且由于整修，街道上不断停有卡车，在这款停车俄罗斯方块游戏中占用了空间。
Michelle, one of our neighbors, walks past us looking frustrated.
我们的邻居之一米歇尔从我们身边走过，看上去很沮丧。
David points to her and shakes his head.
大卫指着她摇摇头。
Michelle.
米歇尔.
She's looking for a double park spot now.
她现在正在寻找一个双停车位。
And she lives on the block.
她住在这个街区。
It's ridiculous.
这太荒谬了。
Michelle can't double park her car because there's a Tesla in front of her that hasn't moved in a couple of weeks, and there's a construction dumpster behind her.
米歇尔无法并排停车，因为她前面有一辆特斯拉，几周都没有动过，而她后面有一个建筑垃圾箱。
If she pulls into the spot in the middle lane that's across from where she is right now, she'll block the entire street.
如果她把车停在她现在所在位置对面的中间车道上，她就会堵塞整条街道。
This kind of stuff happens all the time.
这种事情经常发生。
And David knows how he sounds saying this-- like some old guy at the park feeding the pigeons and complaining.
大卫知道他说这句话的声音——就像公园里某个喂鸽子并抱怨的老家伙。
His words, not mine.
他的话，不是我的。
But it really didn't use to be this way.
但过去确实不是这样的。
Parking, it's-- We grew up a certain way.
停车，它是——我们以某种方式长大。
We learned a certain way how to handle yourself and to be courteous-- look out for your family, your neighbors.
我们学会了一种如何处理自己和保持礼貌的方式——照顾你的家人、你的邻居。
Everybody on your block was like family.
你所在街区的每个人都像家人一样。
OK.
好的。
And now what is it?
现在又是什么？
David What is it now?
大卫 现在怎么样？
I'm trying to think of a word.
我正在努力想一个词。
It's empty.
它是空的。
Empty.
空的。
David God forbid there's an ambulance that's coming up.
大卫 上帝保佑不会有救护车过来。
A fire truck-- if there's a fire, you're just causing such-- you never know who has someone sick, who has an infant in their car that has to get home, who has appointments-- serious stuff.
一辆消防车——如果发生火灾，你只是引起了火灾——你永远不知道谁有人生病了，谁的车里有一个必须回家的婴儿，谁有约会——这些都是严重的事情。
You never know who's having a bad day.
你永远不知道谁今天过得很糟糕。
In the last two years, David's had five family members die.
在过去的两年里，大卫的五名家庭成员去世了。
Three of them lived here with David in this house, on this block.
他们三个和大卫一起住在这个街区的这所房子里。
He took care of them, and it was a lot.
他照顾他们，而且照顾了很多。
Whether it's a nursing home, whether it's hospice, whether it's changing bandages or the oxygen machine that can-- changing the water, making sure there's water in the cup, bedsores, doctors, back and forth to the hospital, watching somebody die.
无论是疗养院，无论是临终关怀医院，无论是更换绷带还是氧气机——换水，确保杯子里有水，褥疮，医生，来回医院，看着有人死去。
I just think that you are taking care of so much.
我只是觉得你照顾得太多了。
No. Valerie Kipnis Yes, you are, David.
不。瓦莱丽·基普尼斯 是的，你是，大卫。
You're taking care of-- you were taking care of Joan.
你在照顾——你在照顾琼。
You had your dad.
你有你的爸爸。
Now you've got your mom.
现在你有了你的妈妈。
You're taking care of the house.
你负责照顾房子。
My Aunt Phil, yeah.
我的菲尔阿姨，是的。
Valerie Kipnis Your Aunt Phil.
瓦莱丽·基普尼斯 你的菲尔阿姨。
Listen-- Valerie Kipnis But wait, let me finish.
听着——瓦莱丽·基普尼斯 但是等等，让我说完。
I think there's so much things that are happening in the house.
我想家里发生了很多事情。
I feel like I live in it, so I see it.
我觉得我生活在其中，所以我看到了它。
A lot of stuff's out of your control, but this parking thing-- you're like, can we just get this right?
很多事情都是你无法控制的，但是停车这件事——你会想，我们能把这件事做好吗？
Know what it is?
知道它是什么吗？
It's something that's not hard.
这是不难的事情。
It's a neighborhood thing.
这是邻居的事情。
It's a block thing.
这是一个块的事情。
Just do the right thing, and everything falls into place.
只要做正确的事，一切都会水到渠成。
11:45.
11:45。
We get out of the car to check on how the parking is going down the block, and immediately it's clear there's a problem.
我们下车查看街区的停车情况，很快就发现了问题。
There's a truck that can't get through with a growing line of cars behind it.
有一辆卡车无法通过，后面的汽车越来越多。
No way the street cleaner is going to make it through here.
街道清洁工绝对不可能通过这里。
It's actually chaos.
其实是混乱。
I'm looking right now.
我现在正在找。
The parking-- now everyone's going to start honking.
停车场——现在每个人都会开始按喇叭。
Yeah, there's cars backed up around the corner.
是的，拐角处有车在等着。
You have-- Let's see, you have about 30 cars.
你——让我们看看，你有大约 30 辆车。
The problem?
问题？
On our block, a construction crew has left a barricade of giant plastic orange traffic barriers in the street to hold space for their dump truck.
在我们的街区，施工人员在街上留下了巨大的橙色塑料交通路障，为自卸卡车留出空间。
The barriers are on the street cleaning side by the sidewalk, and near them, in the middle of the street, someone has parked their car.
路障位于人行道旁的街道清洁一侧，在路障附近的街道中央，有人把车停了下来。
No name, no number on the dashboard.
仪表板上没有名字，也没有号码。
There is no room for anyone to squeeze through.
没有任何空间可以让任何人挤过去。
For a split moment, David isn't sure what to do.
有一瞬间，大卫不知道该怎么办。
Then a couple other old-timers, our neighbor Bob and this guy Kenny, approach him and they huddle off to the side.
然后另外几个老朋友，我们的邻居鲍勃和这个家伙肯尼，走近他，他们挤到一边。
I look at them and back to the street.
我看着他们，然后回到街上。
Any minute now and the honking will start.
现在随时都会开始鸣笛。
The chaos will ensue.
混乱将会随之而来。
It's tense.
很紧张。
The three of them consider their options.
三人考虑着自己的选择。
Yeah, those things are usually filled up with water.
是的，那些东西通常都充满了水。
Are they?
他们是吗？
Bob They-- Well, there's some water in it because they're not light.
鲍勃·他们——嗯，里面有一些水，因为它们不轻。
And if they were totally filled with water, it would weigh a ton.
如果它们完全装满水，它的重量将达到一吨。
Meaning the barriers are going to be super heavy, like hundreds of pounds.
这意味着障碍将非常重，例如数百磅。
But they've got to try to do something anyway.
但无论如何，他们必须尝试做点什么。
So the three of them go over to the barriers, which are too heavy to lift, and try to drag them off the road.
于是，他们三人走到了太重而无法抬起的路障前，试图将他们拖离道路。
Hey, baby.
嘿，宝贝。
Valerie Kipnis David, that looks pretty heavy.
瓦莱丽·基普尼斯·大卫，看起来很重。
Yeah, it's got weight.
是的，它有重量。
Bob This is constructive vandalism.
鲍勃 这是建设性的破坏行为。
We're helping each other, like local heroes, hey?
我们像当地英雄一样互相帮助，嘿？
It takes a while, but they manage to drag the barriers next to the lawn of the house undergoing construction.
这需要一段时间，但他们成功地拖开了正在施工的房子草坪旁边的障碍物。
Now we have enough space.
现在我们有足够的空间。
We have enough street there for one car.
我们那里的街道足够停一辆车。
The truck is able to get through.
卡车能够通过。
The line of cars finally starts to move, and then after them comes the street sweeper.
队伍终于开始移动，紧随其后的是街道清洁工。
Sweet, sweet victory.
甜蜜的胜利，甜蜜的胜利。
It swerves around the unmoved Tesla and the three other cars that no one cared to move, but makes it through nonetheless.
它绕过一动不动的特斯拉和其他三辆没人愿意移动的汽车，但仍然通过了。
There's no celebration, no moment of victory.
没有庆祝，没有胜利的时刻。
David heads out to pick up his mom's meds, then he comes back to feed the birds because he actually does that.
大卫出去拿他妈妈的药，然后回来喂鸟，因为他确实这么做了。
In a bit, David gets in his car and moves it back to the left side of the road, checks and makes sure I reparked mine correctly, that the others have, too.
过了一会儿，大卫上了他的车，把车移回路的左侧，检查并确保我的车停得正确，其他人也这么做了。
The barriers will reappear overnight, except this time, they'll take up more space.
障碍物会在一夜之间重新出现，只不过这一次，它们会占用更多的空间。
David, Bob, and Kenny will push them to the sidewalk again and then again.
大卫、鲍勃和肯尼会一次又一次地将他们推到人行道上。
The Tesla won't move.
特斯拉不会动。
The neighbors will be late.
邻居们会迟到的。
Every week, the cycle will repeat itself.
每周，这个循环都会重复。
This little universe will break apart and David will put it back together again.
这个小宇宙将分裂，大卫将把它重新组合起来。
Valerie Kipnis is a producer on our show.
瓦莱丽·基普尼斯 (Valerie Kipnis) 是我们节目的制片人。
Act Five, "It's Been a Hard Year's Night, and I've Been Working Like a Hog." So Punxsutawney Phil is not the only groundhog who gets drafted into annual Groundhog Day ceremonies around the country.
第五幕，“这是一个艰难的一年之夜，我一直在努力工作。”因此，庞克苏托尼·菲尔并不是唯一一个被征召参加全国各地一年一度的土拨鼠日仪式的土拨鼠。
There's actually a website, groundhog-day.com, that lists over three dozen of these poor critters around the United States and Canada.
实际上有一个网站，groundhog-day.com，列出了美国和加拿大各地的三打以上这些可怜的小动物。
There's French Creek Freddie in West Virginia, Woody the Woodchuck in Michigan.
西弗吉尼亚州有弗伦奇·弗雷迪（French Creek Freddie），密歇根州有土拨鼠伍迪（Woody the Woodchuck）。
There's a groundhog in New York City at the Staten Island Zoo.
纽约市史泰登岛动物园里有一只土拨鼠。
In New York, in the past, the city's mayor used to be part of the groundhog ceremony till 2015, after Bill de Blasio dropped a groundhog.
在纽约，过去，市长一直参加土拨鼠仪式，直到 2015 年比尔·白思豪 (Bill de Blasio) 扔下一只土拨鼠后。
It died later that same week.
同周晚些时候它就死了。
The current mayor, Eric Adams, is a well-known rodent hater who launched a war on the city's rats, and he has never shown up in person to the ceremony.
现任市长埃里克·亚当斯是一位著名的啮齿动物仇恨者，他向该市的老鼠发起了一场战争，但他从未亲自出席仪式。
And as the man who runs the city, he could use his powers to try to shut down the Groundhog Day ceremony on Staten Island once and for all.
作为这座城市的管理者，他可以利用自己的权力试图一劳永逸地终止史坦顿岛上的土拨鼠日仪式。
And there's somebody out there who would like that very much.
有人非常希望这样。
We are pleased to bring her to you now.
我们很高兴现在将她带到您身边。
This is a This American Life exclusive.
这是《美国生活》独家报道。
She is a resident of New York, specifically Staten Island-- more specifically, the zoo.
她是纽约的居民，特别是史坦顿岛——更具体地说，是动物园。
Dear Mayor Adams, I'm the groundhog.
亲爱的亚当斯市长，我是土拨鼠。
My name is Susan.
我叫苏珊。
I'm nine years old.
我九岁了。
I have 48 children.
我有 48 个孩子。
None of them are potty trained.
他们都没有受过如厕训练。
All of them need braces.
他们都需要牙套。
Their fathers are always digging and never helping.
他们的父亲总是在挖掘，从不帮忙。
All eight of my nipples are unrecognizable.
我的八个乳头都无法辨认。
I haven't ever taken a shower, and I'm at the end of my goddamn rope.
我从来没有洗过澡，我已经筋疲力尽了。
You call it Groundhog Day, but have you ever considered what I, the groundhog, actually want?
你管它叫土拨鼠日，可你有没有想过我土拨鼠到底想要什么？
Do you even know who I am besides some nameless creature you can foist in the air for a photo op?
除了一些可以放在空中拍照的无名生物之外，你还知道我是谁吗？
Do you have any idea what I sacrifice for you all?
你知道我为你们牺牲了什么吗？
Because when I think about it, from the time I turned two and started having litters of tiny, hairless babies, I have been expected every year to decide the fate of the Northern Hemisphere of the planet.
因为当我想到这一点时，从我两岁开始生一窝无毛的小婴儿开始，我每年都被期望能够决定地球北半球的命运。
And not that you have time to even look it up between all your various staged perp walks, but I'm supposed to hibernate from October to April-- from October to April.
并不是说你有时间在所有不同的上演的罪犯行走之间查找它，但我应该从十月到四月冬眠——从十月到四月。
That's when the rest of my family sleeps.
那是我家人睡觉的时候。
And it's supposed to be when I am finally able to get some rest.
应该是我终于可以休息的时候了。
Those months, I'm supposed to be out cold, like you-- one Valium deep in a lay-flat business class seat on Turkish Airlines.
那几个月，我应该像你一样感到寒冷——在土耳其航空公司的平躺式商务舱座位上服用安定。
Do you have any idea how exhausting it is to be me?
你知道我有多累吗？
48 children, and they all co-sleep-- judge me-- so I'm kicked by 192 tiny feet all night, every night.
48 个孩子，他们都睡在一起——请判断我吧——所以我整晚都被 192 个小脚踢着，每晚都是如此。
And yet, the first week of February, you and your mayor friends are going to yank me out of my burrow because, surprise-- nobody knows how to do anything for five goddamn months without waking up mom.
然而，二月的第一周，你和你的市长朋友们要把我从我的洞穴里拉出来，因为，令人惊讶的是——在这该死的五个月里，没有人知道如何做任何事而不吵醒妈妈。
So will there be six more weeks of winter?
那么冬天还会有六个星期吗？
Did you see your shadow?
你看到你的影子了吗？
Yeah, I see my shadow every time I look in a mirror because I am a shadow of my former self.
是的，每次照镜子时我都会看到自己的影子，因为我是以前的自己的影子。
They never even ask me if I saw it.
他们甚至从来没有问过我是否看到了它。
They just presume whether or not I saw my shadow based on whether I wrinkle my snout at the ground.
他们只是根据我是否在地面上皱起鼻子来推测我是否看到了自己的影子。
This whole holiday, which is supposed to be about me, is predicated on a group of mouth-breathing men in top hats deciding whether or not I was capable of seeing my own shadow.
这整个假期，本来应该是关于我的，是基于一群戴着高帽、用嘴呼吸的男人来决定我是否能够看到自己的影子。
And then they hold me up and shout in my face and then blind me with flashbulbs.
然后他们把我举起来，当着我的面大喊大叫，然后用闪光灯使我失明。
But I don't feel seen at all.
但我根本不觉得被看见。
And I never get an apology.
我从来没有得到道歉。
And I never get a thank you.
我从来没有得到过感谢。
And by the way, I want everyone to stop calling me a groundhog.
顺便说一句，我希望每个人都不要再叫我土拨鼠。
A ground hog?
土拨鼠？
That's not even a species.
那甚至不是一个物种。
It's an insult.
这是一种侮辱。
It's calling me dirt pig.
它叫我土猪。
Did you know in Canada, I'm called a marmot?
你知道在加拿大我被称为土拨鼠吗？
That's dignified, that's chic.
那是端庄，那是潇洒。
That's apres-ski.
这就是滑雪后活动。
OK, I hear myself.
好吧，我听到自己的声音了。
I know how I sound.
我知道我的声音如何。
I sound exactly like my mother and her mother before her.
我的声音听起来和我母亲以及她之前的母亲一模一样。
I come from a proud line of groundhogs who have done this job year after year, and I'm not here to complain.
我来自一个自豪的土拨鼠家族，他们年复一年地完成这项工作，我不是来这里抱怨的。
No. Whatever I say, I know it's not going to make a difference.
不，无论我说什么，我知道都不会产生什么影响。
It doesn't matter.
没关系。
I can play my role.
我可以扮演我的角色。
I can smile and go through the motions, and for one February morning, let you have a moment of pure escapism, however dumb and degrading and exhausting as it is for me.
我可以微笑着走过场，在二月的一个早晨，让你有一个纯粹逃避现实的时刻，无论这对我来说是多么愚蠢、有辱人格和疲惫不堪。
So go ahead, [PUFFS SMOKE] play the trombones, unfurl your little scroll, and have your weird rodent fortune-telling pageant, because you need it.
所以来吧，[PUFFS SMOKE] 吹奏长号，展开你的小卷轴，并进行你奇怪的啮齿动物算命盛会，因为你需要它。
So send in the clown.
所以派小丑进来。
And when you lift me, your groundhog, high into the air, I will look into the crowd and see your vulnerable, yearning human faces staring back at me, standing out in the cold, just desperate to see something that breaks up the gray monotony of your repetitive lives.
当你把我，你的土拨鼠，高举到空中时，我会看着人群，看到你们脆弱而渴望的人脸回望着我，站在寒冷中，渴望看到一些东西来打破你们重复生活的灰色单调。
Trudging in your little puffer jackets, staring at your phones to go sit at a desk and eat a salad every day.
每天穿着你的小羽绒服，盯着手机坐在办公桌前吃沙拉。
And then you look up, and there I am, the groundhog.
然后你抬头一看，我就在那里，土拨鼠。
When you cheer for me, you are cheering for your own hope that if this ridiculous tradition can endure, maybe you can, too.
当你为我欢呼时，你也是在为你自己的希望而欢呼：如果这个荒谬的传统能够延续下去，也许你也可以。
May it be a happy Groundhog Day for us all.
祝我们大家度过一个快乐的土拨鼠日。
Sincerely, Susan Hog-Kaplowitz.
此致，苏珊·霍格-卡普洛维茨。
Susan Hog-Kaplowitz's letter to Mayor Adams was written and read by Bess Kalb.
苏珊·霍格·卡普洛维茨给亚当斯市长的信由贝丝·卡尔布撰写和宣读。
She writes books and other funny stuff.
她写书和其他有趣的东西。
Her newsletter, which you can find on Substack, is The Grudge Report.
她的时事通讯是《怨恨报告》，您可以在 Substack 上找到。
["STUCK ON THE TREADMILL" BY RICHARD THOMPSON]
[理查德·汤普森的《困在跑步机上》]
(SINGING) Well, our money goes out, the bills come in
（唱歌）好吧，我们的钱出去了，账单进来了
Round and round, we go again I come close, but I never win
一圈又一圈，我们再次出发，我很接近，但我从未获胜
I'm stuck on the treadmill.
我被困在跑步机上了
Another day of punching steel till my arm's too numb to feel
又一天敲打钢铁直到我的手臂麻木得感觉不到
Like a hamster on a wheel, I'm stuck on a treadmill
就像车轮上的仓鼠一样，我被困在跑步机上
Well, our program was produced today by Aviva DeKornfeld.
嗯，我们今天的节目是由 Aviva DeKornfeld 制作的。
The people who put together today's program include Bim Adewunmi, Jendayi Bonds, Dana Chivvis, Michael Carmody, Angelo Giavazzi, Chana Joffe-Walt, Tobin Low, Miki Meek, Katherine Rae Mondo, Stowe Nelson, Nadia Reiman, Ryan Rumery, Lilly Sullivan, Frances Swanson, Christopher Swetala, Julie Whitaker, and Diane Wu.
今天节目的制作人包括 Bim Adewunmi、Jendayi Bonds、Dana Chivvis、Michael Carmody、Angelo Giavazzi、Chana Joffe-Walt、Tobin Low、Miki Meek、Katherine Rae Mondo、Stowe Nelson、Nadia Reiman、Ryan Rumery、Lilly Sullivan、Frances Swanson、Christopher Swetala、Julie Whitaker 和 Diane Wu。
Our managing editor is Sarah Abdurrahman and our senior editor is David Kestenbaum.
我们的总编辑是 Sarah Abdurrahman，我们的高级编辑是 David Kestenbaum。
Our executive editor is Emanuele Berry.
我们的执行编辑是 Emanuele Berry。
Special thanks today to Keri Rose Tiessen, Ethan Brooks, Eddie Huang, Lindiwe Dlamini, Saori Tsukada, Avery Trufelman, and Ned Ryerson.
今天特别感谢 Keri Rose Tiessen、Ethan Brooks、Eddie Huang、Lindiwe Dlamini、Saori Tsukada、Avery Trufelman 和 Ned Ryerson。
This American Life is delivered to public radio stations by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
《美国生活》由公共广播电台 PRX 向公共广播电台播出。
To become a This American Life Partner-- it gets you bonus episodes.
成为《This American Life》的合作伙伴——您将获得奖励剧集。
It gets you ad-free listening.
它让您享受无广告的聆听体验。
It gets you hundreds of greatest hits episodes that show up right in your podcast feed-- go to thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners.
它为您提供数百个最热门的剧集，这些剧集会直接显示在您的播客提要中 - 请访问 thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners。
Also very important-- signing up this way also helps keep our program going.
同样非常重要的是——以这种方式注册也有助于我们的计划继续进行。
Thanks as always to our program's co-founder, Mr. Torey Malatia.
一如既往地感谢我们计划的联合创始人 Torey Malatia 先生。
You know, he is not a very good dance teacher.
要知道，他并不是一个很好的舞蹈老师。
You go there, you go here.
你去那里，你去这里。
With you going there, you're going to make it easier for him to pull over there.
当你去那里时，你会让他更容易把车停到那里。
He's going to come out now.
他现在就要出来了。
He's going to pull behind you, and everything works.
他会在你身后支持你，一切都会顺利。
I'm Ira Glass.
我是艾拉·格拉斯。
Back next week with more stories of This American Life.
下周我们将带来更多《美国生活》的故事。
This American Life This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange.
This American Life This American Life 与 WBEZ Chicago 合作制作，并由 PRX 公共广播电台传送到各电台。