评论
打印
According to recent study from the Pew Research Center：Almost 1 in 4 Americans has not read a book in the past year.
根据皮尤研究中心最近的一项研究：去年大概有四分之一的美国人一本书都没看过。
That actually seems high to me.
我觉得这个数字偏高。
I bet it's even fewer than that. So to find out, this afternoon, we sent a team out to the street. To ask pedestrians to name a book. Any book.
我敢说看书的人比那还少。因此，为了一探究竟，今天下午，我派了一组人到街上去。要求行人随便说出一本书名。
Could be The Bible. Could be Fifty Shades of Grey. All we wanted to know is "Can you name a book?"
可以是《圣经》，也可以是《五十度灰》。我们只想知道“你能说出一本书的名字吗？”
And here is how that went.
接下来的是调查结果。
Can you name a book?
你能说出一本书的名字吗？
Oh, yes. Uh, Uh, I don't read books, but um, What's it called? Um...
哦，可以啊。呃，呃，我不看书，但是，额，那本书叫什么来着？额……
Can you name a book? Uh, No.
你能说出一本书的名字吗？呃，不能。
Can you name a book? Um, Uh, I don't read books. Yeah, that's it.
你能说出一本书的名字吗？额，呃，我不看书。是的，情况就这样。
A book? The Lion King.
一本书？《狮子王》（动画电影）
The movie? Yeah, the book.
那是电影吧？是啊，也是书名。
You read the book The Lion King?! Yeah.
你看过《狮子王》这本书么？！没错。
Let me just think. Uh. Hey, hold on, man. I'm trying to... I don't even read a... Hold on, let me think, hold on.
让俺想想。呃，嘿，等等，老兄。我在努力……我都没看过……等等，让俺想想，等等。
Can we cut this out and do it again?
能减掉这段，再来一遍么？
Can you name a book? A book? Any book?
你能说出一本书的名字来吗？书吗？是书就行么？
Um, The Jungle Book. It's not a book, is it? It's a movie. The Jungle Book. Sure.
额，《奇幻森林》。它不是书，对么？它是电影。没错，就是《奇幻森林》。
Is it? Both. Are you sure? No.
是么？既是书也是电影。你确定？不确定。
Does, do magazines count? No, those wouldn't be books. That's correct.
杂志算么？不算，那不是书。没错。
I can name Moby Dick.
我知道“莫比·迪克”的书。
That's an artist. He wrote a book called Horse. I liked that book.
他是一位艺术家。他写了一本名叫《马》的书，我喜欢这本书。
Moby Dick was the author? Yes. And the book was Horse? Yes. That's what I said, huh?
莫比·迪克（即《白鲸记》著者是赫尔曼·梅尔维尔）是著者？是的。书名叫做《马》（鬼知道他在哪看的）？是的。我是这么说的吧？
What was the last book you read? Um, Probably Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss, maybe.
你上一本看过的书是？额，好像是《苏斯博士》（美国儿童文学家，其绘本作品就叫《苏斯博士》）。《苏斯博士》。《苏斯博士》。好像是《苏斯博士》。
Um, I haven't read a book for like 12 years.
额，俺大概有12年没看过书了。
I'm drawing a blank.
俺现在大脑一片空白。
Um, Geez. I need books. Um, sorry. I am totally blanking out on books.
额，天呐。俺需要书。额，抱歉。俺真是一本都记不起来。
What do you do for a living? I was a librarian. Now, I'm unemployed.
你是做什么工作的？我曾经是图书管理员。现在失业了（难怪啊！）。
All you have to do is pick up a book.
你要做的就是拿起一本书。
Cause when you know how to read, adventures come to you.
因为当你知道如何读书时，各种奇遇就会随之而来。
That's right. Thank you, Shaq. Not only Shaq reads books, he eats them.
没错。谢谢你，沙克（沙奎尔·奥尼尔，绰号大鲨鱼）。大鲨鱼不但会读书，他还吃书哩（躺枪）。
Congradulations on making it the end of the YouTube video. Why not celebrate by click the subscribe button? You earned it.
恭喜你看完了这个YouTube视频。何不点击订阅按钮来庆祝一下呢？你应得的。
