The Most Googled Questions About Britain ANSWERED · Eat Sleep Dream English
本期节目解答关于英国最常被搜索的问题，如为何英国人爱喝茶、为何靠左行驶等。适合练习听力和文化理解。
Hey guys, welcome to episode 6 of a really British podcast with me, Tom.
大家好，欢迎收听由我和汤姆共同主持的这期英国风格播客的第6集。
Now you might notice that my sister Annie isn't with me today.
现在你们可能会注意到，我的妹妹安妮今天没有和我在一起。
That's because this is a special in -between the episode.
这是因为这是一个特殊的、介于两集之间的内容。
We're between Christmas and New Year and Annie is taking a well -earned break.
现在正值圣诞节和新年之间，安妮正在享受她应得的休息时间。
But she will be back with a regular episode next week.
不过她下周会带着一集常规节目回归。
So what are we talking about today?
那么，今天我们讨论的是什么呢？
Well, a couple of months ago, Annie and I answered the questions that were most googled about Brits.
嗯，几个月前，安妮和我回答了人们在谷歌上搜索最多的关于英国人的问题。
So for example, why do Brits drink so much tea?
例如，为什么英国人会喝这么多茶呢？
Why do Brits say sorry all the time?
为什么英国人总是不停地道歉呢？
And why do Brits drive on the left -hand side?
为什么英国人要在道路的左侧驾驶汽车呢？
Great questions, right?
这些问题问得真好，对吧？
Well, we answer them all for you.
好吧，我们会替您回答所有这些问题。
So if you're curious about Britain and British people, this is the episode for you.
如果你对英国和英国人感到好奇，那么这一集绝对适合你。
Now before we get started, I just want to say thank you so much for all your feedback on our previous episodes.
在我们开始之前，我想先非常感谢大家对我们之前剧集所提出的所有反馈意见。
We love reading your comments, hearing your thoughts and opinions on the topics that we talk about.
我们非常乐意阅读您的评论，倾听您对我们讨论的话题所持有的想法和意见。
Now, if you haven't already, please go and subscribe to our YouTube channel, which is a really British podcast where you put bonus content.
如果你还没有的话，请去订阅我们的 YouTube 频道吧。这是一个非常具有英式风格的播客频道，我们会在这个频道上发布一些额外的精彩内容。
We're also on Instagram where we put bonus content to and of course you can find us on Spotify
我们也在 Instagram 上，会在那里发布额外的内容；当然，你也可以在 Spotify 上找到我们。
and Apple podcasts.
以及苹果公司的播客节目。
Fantastic.
太棒了！
Alright, so without further ado, go make yourself a cuppa, get yourself nice and cozy and let's listen to today's episode of a really British podcast.
好吧，不再多说了，去给自己泡杯茶吧，找个舒适的环境，然后让我们一起来听今天的这期非常具有英式风格的播客吧。
Welcome to a really British podcast with Annie and Tom.
欢迎收听由安妮和汤姆主持的这档极具英式风格的播客节目。
So the first question is why do Brits drive on the left?
那么第一个问题是：为什么英国人靠左行驶呢？
Ah ha, yes.
啊哈，没错。
Alright, so I had to research this one because we're quite unique in that sense.
好吧，我确实需要对此进行一番研究，因为我们在这一点上确实相当独特。
I think most countries in the world drive on the right.
我认为世界上大多数国家都是靠右行驶的。
Okay.
好的。
So it goes back to when we
所以，这又回到了我们当初……
traveled on horseback and you would go on your left -hand side because you could draw your sword with your right -hand side because yeah,
人们骑马出行时，会靠身体的左侧行进；因为右手可以用来拔剑。
because the main danger in those days was, you know, robbery and so you had to defend yourself.
因为在那个时候，主要的危险就是抢劫之类的犯罪行为，所以你必须保护自己。
So you have to pull your sword and defend yourself and have the person on your right.
因此，你必须拔出剑来保护自己，并且要留意自己右侧的人。
That's amazing.
太神奇了！
Yeah, that's the story.
是的，事情就是这样的。
So I got formalized in 1773 with the highway act.
因此，我在 1773 年通过《公路法案》获得了法律上的正式认可（即我的相关权利或地位得到了法律层面的确认）。
Okay.
好的。
So we officially drive on the left and then obviously cars were developed and so yeah, so that's why we drive on the left now.
因此，我们官方规定车辆必须在左侧行驶。后来汽车技术不断发展，这就是我们现在仍然在左侧行驶的原因。
That's amazing.
太神奇了！
But yeah, it's kind of a, it's something because like, there's a number of countries around the world that do the same, right?
不过，确实是这样……世界上有很多国家都在做同样的事情，对吧？
But they're all, you know, former colonies.
不过它们都属于曾经的殖民地。
So you've got like Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, places like that.
那么，包括澳大利亚、新西兰、南非这样的国家在内。
But then Europe.
不过接下来是欧洲。