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Good morning, global citizens.
早上好，全球公民们。
Welcome to TalkCast, your trusted daily companion for mastering English through the world's most
欢迎来到 TalkCast，这是您通过世界上最精彩的故事精通英语的可靠日常伴侣，
fascinating stories.
迷人的故事。
I am Edward, your lead anchor, and I am absolutely thrilled to welcome you on this gorgeous morning
我是主播爱德华，在这个灿烂的早晨，我非常激动地欢迎大家的到来
of September 28, 2026.
今天是2026年9月28日。
And a very warm, energetic morning to you all.
祝大家度过一个非常温暖、活力满满的早晨。
I am Victoria, your co -host and commentator.
我是维多利亚，您的搭档主持人兼评论员。
I have my morning coffee right here, and I am completely ready to dive into today's News Digest.
我手边已经准备好了晨间咖啡，随时准备深入了解今天的“新闻文摘”。
We have got some truly captivating stories today that will spark your curiosity while helping you
我们今天准备了一些真正引人入胜的故事，在激发你好奇心的同时，帮助你
expand your English vocabulary.
扩大你的英语词汇量。
That is the goal, Victoria.
维多利亚，这正是我们的目标。
Learning English in context is the absolute best way to make the language stick.
在语境中学习英语是让语言记忆牢固的绝佳方法。
Before we jump into our headlines, we have a quick, heartfelt note for our community.
在进入新闻头条之前，我们要给我们的社区送上一段简短而衷心的话。
TalkCast is entirely independent, and we rely on listeners like you to keep our show running.
TalkCast 是完全独立运行的，我们依靠像您这样的听众来维持节目的运转。
We warmly invite you to join our TalkCast membership.
我们热烈邀请您加入 TalkCast 会员。
Your support helps us create high -quality, educational, and ad -free content every single day.
您的支持帮助我们每天创作高质量、富有教育意义且无广告的内容。
It truly does.
确实如此。
Our community is everything to us, and we are so grateful for your amazing support.
社区对我们来说就是一切，我们非常感激大家的大力支持。
Now, Edward, what is on our radar for this morning's broadcast?
那么爱德华，今天早晨的广播有哪些值得关注的内容？
We have a beautifully rich selection of cultural, intellectual, and historical stories today.
今天我们精选了一系列丰富多彩的文化、知性与历史故事。
First, we will take a luxurious trip to Singapore to find out why tourists gladly pay $40 for a
首先，我们将踏上一趟前往新加坡的奢华之旅，探寻为什么游客们乐意花40美元购买
single Singapore Sling cocktail at the legendary Raffles Hotel.
传奇的莱佛士酒店里的一杯新加坡司令鸡尾酒。
$40 for one drink? Wow.
一杯饮料要40美元？哇。
There must be an incredible story behind that.
这背后一定有个不可思议的故事。
What is next?
接下来是什么？
Next, we will shift our focus to modern psychology and social trends.
接下来，我们将转向现代心理学与社会趋势。
We will discuss why young people are absolutely fangirling over Biao Jiang, a world -renowned social
我们将讨论为什么年轻人会完全狂热追捧项飙，一位世界知名的社会
anthropologist, and how his ideas are helping a generation cope with intense social anxiety.
人类学家，以及他的思想如何帮助一代人应对强烈的社交焦虑。
As someone who occasionally gets overwhelmed by social media, I am incredibly eager to learn about
作为一个偶尔会被社交媒体搞得不堪重负的人，我非常渴望了解
his advice.
他的建议。
And finally, we will travel thousands of years back in time.
最后，我们将穿越回数千年前。
We will explore a stunning archaeological breakthrough, where a damaged, neglected piece of papyrus
我们将探索一项惊人的考古突破：一张破损、被忽视的莎草纸
turned out to be a rare, priceless fragment of Homer's legendary epic poem, The Odyssey.
竟然是荷马史诗《奥德赛》中极其珍贵、无价的残片。
A brilliant lineup indeed.
这确实是个精彩的阵容。
We are going from legendary bars, to the cure for modern loneliness, to the sands of ancient Greece.
我们要从传奇酒吧，聊到现代孤独的解药，再踏上古希腊的荒漠沙滩。
Let us get started.
让我们开始吧。
Let us start with our first story.
让我们从第一个故事开始。
If you ever visit the historic Raffles Hotel in Singapore, you will likely see a long queue of
如果你有机会造访新加坡富有历史意义的莱佛士酒店，你可能会看到排着长队的
tourists waiting to enter the long bar.
游客正等待进入长酒吧。
They are all there for one reason, to buy the famous Singapore Sling, which now costs about $40. $40?
他们慕名而来只有一个原因，那就是购买著名的新加坡司令，现在售价约40美元。40美元？
Edward, that is a massive sum for a single cocktail.
爱德华，对于一杯鸡尾酒来说，那可是一笔巨大的开销。
Most people would expect a drink at that price to be made of liquid gold.
大多数人都会觉得这个价格的饮料应该是用液体黄金做的。
Why are tourists still so deeply in love with it?
为什么游客们依然如此深深地爱着它？
Well, Victoria, they are not just paying for the liquid in the glass.
嗯，维多利亚，他们不仅仅是在为杯中的液体买单。
They are paying for a fascinating piece of history.
他们买单的是一段让人着迷的历史。
The Singapore Sling was invented around 1915 by a clever bartender named Nyam Tong Boon.
新加坡司令是由一位名叫严崇文的聪明调酒师在1915年左右发明的。
At that time, Raffles Hotel was the center of high society in colonial Singapore.
在那个时代，莱佛士酒店是殖民时期新加坡上流社会的中心。
Ah, so it is a historic landmark.
啊，所以它是一个历史地标。
But what made the drink itself so special back in 1915?
但在1915年，究竟是什么让这款饮料本身如此特别呢？
It was actually a brilliant social hack.
这实际上是一个极其高明的社交技巧。
In the early 20th century, strict social etiquette forbade women from drinking alcohol in public.
在20世纪初，严格的社交礼仪禁止女性在公共场所饮酒。
It was considered highly unladylike.
这被认为是非常不淑女的行为。
Men could enjoy their whiskey and gin, but women were expected to stick to plain fruit juices or teas.
男人可以尽情享用他们的威士忌和金酒，但女性则被期望只喝普通的果汁或茶。
Oh, that sounds incredibly unfair.
噢，那听起来难以置信地不公平。
So how did the bartender solve this?
那么调酒师是如何解决这个问题的呢？
Nyam Tong Boon noticed this frustration and saw a business opportunity.
严崇文察觉到了这种挫败感，并从中看到了商业机遇。
He created a cocktail using gin, cherry brandy, cointreau, herbal liqueurs, pineapple juice, and lime.
他用金酒、樱桃白兰地、君度橙酒、草本烈酒、菠萝汁和青柠调制出了一款鸡尾酒。
Because of the fruit juices and a dash of grenadine, the drink turned a beautiful bright pink.
由于加入了果汁和少许红石榴糖浆，这款饮品呈现出漂亮的鲜粉色。
To anyone watching, it looked exactly like a harmless, innocent fruit punch.
在旁人看来，它完全就像是一杯无害、纯粹的果汁饮料。
That is absolutely genius.
这绝对是天才般的创意。
A loophole disguised as a tropical punch.
这是一个伪装成热带果汁饮料的漏洞。
So women could sip on this delicious alcoholic cocktail in public, and everyone just assumed they
这样一来，女性就可以在公共场所小酌这款美味的含酒精鸡尾酒，而所有人只会以为她们
were having juice. Exactly.
在喝果汁。一点也没错。
It became an overnight sensation.
它一夜之间引起了轰动。
Today, when you sit in the long bar, you are stepping directly into that 1915 atmosphere.
如今，当你坐在长酒吧里，你就直接步入了1915年的氛围之中。
The bar even preserves another unique tradition.
这家酒吧甚至保留着另一个独特的传统。
Customers are encouraged to throw peanut shells directly onto the floor.
顾客被鼓励直接把花生壳扔在地上。
Wait, really?
等等，真的吗？
In Singapore?
在新加坡？
Singapore is famous worldwide for its strict cleanliness laws, where littering can get you a heavy fine.
新加坡因其严格的卫生法律而闻名遐迩，在公共场所乱扔垃圾可能会面临重罚。
And they want you to throw garbage on the floor? Yes.
而他们竟然想让你把垃圾扔在地上？是的。
It is the only place in Singapore where littering is actively encouraged.
这是新加坡唯一一个积极鼓励乱扔垃圾的地方。
It creates this wonderfully relaxed, rustic atmosphere, where the floor is covered in a crunchy
这营造出一种绝妙的放松而质朴的氛围，地面上铺满了一层清脆的
carpet of peanut shells.
花生壳地毯。
It connects to what economists call the experience economy.
这与经济学家所说的体验经济联系在一起。
Experience economy.
体验经济。
That is a great term for our English learners.
对我们的英语学习者来说，这是一个很好的术语。
Let us unpack that.
让我们来剖析一下这个词。
What does it mean?
它的意思是什么？
In simple terms, the experience economy means that modern consumers are willing to pay more for
简单来说，体验经济意味着现代消费者愿意为了
memorable events and feelings than for physical products.
难忘的事件和感受而支付比实体产品更高的费用。
When you buy a Singapore slang, you are paying for the feeling of colonial luxury, the fun of
当购买一杯“新加坡司令”（原文误为slang）时，你买单的是殖民时代的奢华感受、
throwing peanut shells, and the story of women's historical rebellion.
扔花生壳的乐趣，以及女性历史性反抗的故事。
The drink is just the souvenir.
这种饮品不过是个纪念品。
I love that explanation, Edward.
我喜欢这个解释，爱德华。
It is like buying a ticket to a concert.
这就像买一张音乐会的门票。
You do not just pay for the sound waves.
你买单的不仅仅是声波。
You pay for the memory and the shared experience.
你买单的是这份回忆和共享的体验。
No wonder people are happy to spend $40 on it. Indeed.
难怪人们乐意花40美元买它。确实如此。
It is a masterclass in cultural branding.
这是文化品牌塑造的大师课。
Now, let us pivot from a historical social space to a very modern social dilemma.
现在，让我们从历史社交空间转向一个非常现代的社交困境。
Our second story covers a fascinating cultural phenomenon in China where young people are heavily
我们的第二个故事涉及中国一个极其有趣的文化现象，在那里年轻人正在深深地
following an academic named Biao Shang.
追随着一位名叫项飙的学者。
Biao Shang?
项飙？
An academic?
一位学者？
When we hear the word fangirling, we usually think of teenagers screaming for pop singers, actors,
当我们听到追星这个词时，通常会想到为流行歌手、演员
or sports stars.
或体育明星尖叫的青少年。
Why are young people obsessed with a social anthropologist?
为什么年轻人会对一位社会人类学家如此痴迷？
It is because Biao Shang, who is a director at the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Social
这是因为项飙——作为声名显赫的马克斯·普朗克社会
Anthropology in Germany, and a former Oxford professor, speaks directly to their deepest personal struggles.
人类学研究所的所长，以及前牛津大学教授——切中了他们内心最深处的个人挣扎。
He does not use dry academic jargon.
他没有使用枯燥的学术行话。
Instead, he addresses the crushing social anxiety, loneliness, and pressure that young millennials
相反，他关注的是年轻千禧一代面临的巨大社交焦虑、孤独和压力，
and Gen Z face today.
以及 Z 世代如今所面临的困境。
Ah, social anxiety.
啊，社交焦虑。
That is a massive issue globally right now.
这在当下全球都是一个巨大的问题。
What is his diagnosis of this modern anxiety?
他对这种现代焦虑的诊断是什么？
He has popularized a deeply resonant concept called the disappearance of the nearby.
他普及了一个引起深度共鸣的概念，叫做“附近的消失”。
Think about how we live our lives today, Victoria.
维多利亚，想想我们今天是如何生活的。
We can sit on our sofas, use our smartphones to order food from an app, buy clothes online, and
我们可以坐在沙发上，用智能手机在应用上订餐，在线买衣服，并且
argue with strangers on social media who live thousands of miles away.
在社交媒体上与相隔数千英里的陌生人争论。
But do we know the person living right next door to us?
但我们了解隔壁住的人吗？
Wow, that is a very powerful question.
哇，这真是个非常有力量的问题。
Honestly, many of us do not even know our neighbors' names.
老实说，我们中的许多人甚至不知道邻居的名字。
We are hyperconnected to the digital cloud, but completely disconnected from our immediate physical surroundings. Exactly.
我们与数字云端高度互联，却与近旁的现实物理环境彻底脱节。确实如此。
Biao Shang argues that when the nearby disappears, we lose our social shock absorbers.
项飙认为，当“附近”消失时，我们就失去了社交缓冲器。
When all our interactions happen on screens, every connection becomes highly performative and fragile.
当所有的互动都发生在屏幕上时，每一种联系都会变得高度表演化且脆弱。
We compare ourselves to idealized online lives, which breeds intense feelings of inadequacy and isolation.
我们将自己与网上理想化的生活进行比较，这滋生了强烈的自卑感和孤独感。
That makes total sense.
这完全说得通。
Online, everything is polished and perfect.
在网络上，一切都被润色得完美无瑕。
In the real world, life is messy but authentic.
在现实世界中，生活虽然混乱但很真实。
So what is his solution for anxious young people?
那么他对焦虑的年轻人给出的解法是什么？
He urges them to actively construct their nearby.
他敦促他们积极去构建自己的“附近”。
He tells them to step out of their digital bubbles and build micro -connections in the real world.
他告诉他们走出数字泡沫，在现实世界中建立微小的连接。
Talk to the local vegetable vendor, have a brief chat with the security guard, or wave to the bus driver.
与当地的蔬菜小贩聊聊天，同保安短暂地寒暄几句，或者向公交车司机挥挥手。
These small, low -stakes physical interactions build a sense of belonging and ground us in reality.
这些低风险的小型物理互动能建立归属感，使我们扎根于现实。
Oh, I absolutely love that.
噢，我非常喜欢这个主意。
It is like building an emotional safety net right where you live.
这就像在你居住的地方构建一张情感安全网。
You do not need to have deep, intense philosophical debates with everyone.
你不需要和每个人都进行深刻、激烈的哲学辩论。
Just a simple, warm interaction with a local shopkeeper can make you feel like you are part of a
只需与当地的店主进行简单而温暖的互动，就能让你感到自己属于一个
real community. Precisely.
真实的社区。确实如此。
His lectures have gone viral because they offer a practical human antidote to the alienation of the
他的讲座走红网络，因为它们为应对这种异化提供了切实的解药，在
digital age.
数字时代。
He teaches us that curing our anxiety starts with looking around our immediate neighborhood and
他教会我们，治愈焦虑要从观察我们紧邻的社区开始，并且
appreciating the physical world.
欣赏现实世界。
That is such a beautiful and comforting message.
这真是一个美好而令人慰藉的信息。
It is no wonder young people are treating him like an intellectual rock star.
难怪年轻人把他当作知识界的大明星一样追捧。
It truly is.
确实如此。
Now, let us ground ourselves in a different kind of physical reality, the deep, ancient past.
现在，让我们回到另一种物理现实中——那深邃而古老的过去。
Our final story brings us to an incredible archaeological discovery involving a damaged fragment of papyrus. Papyrus.
我们的最后一个故事将带来一项 不可思议的考古发现，涉及残缺的莎草纸碎片。莎草纸。
Let us pause there for a quick term explanation.
让我们在这里稍作停顿，快速做一个术语解释。
What exactly is papyrus, Edward?
爱德华，莎草纸究竟是什么？
Great question.
这是一个极好的问题。
Papyrus is an ancient, thick, paper -like material.
莎草纸是一种古老、厚实的纸状材料。
It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, a reed that grows abundantly in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
它是用莎草植物的髓制成的，这种芦苇大量生长在埃及的尼罗河三角洲。
Thousands of years ago, before modern paper was invented, people in the Mediterranean used papyrus
几千年前，在现代纸张发明之前，地中海地区的人们使用莎草纸
scrolls to write letters, keep records, and record great works of literature.
卷轴来写信、做记录，并记载伟大的文学作品。
Ah, so it is the ancient ancestor of our notebook paper.
啊，所以它是我们笔记本纸张古老的始祖。
But because it is made of plant fibers, it must be incredibly fragile.
但因为它是由植物纤维制成的，所以一定极其脆弱。
How did this fragment survive?
这个残片是如何幸存下来的？
It survived because it was buried in the extremely dry, arid sands of Egypt, which naturally
它之所以能够幸存，是因为它被埋在埃及极其干燥、干旱的沙土中，自然地
preserved the organic material.
保存了有机材料。
For years, this specific fragment sat in a collection, dismissed by scholars as unremarkable because
多年来，这个特定的碎片一直静置于收藏品中，被学者们认为平淡无奇而不予理睬，因为
it was so damaged, dark, and difficult to read.
它损坏得如此严重、晦暗且难以阅读。
So they thought it was just ancient scrap paper?
所以他们以为这只是一张古代的废纸？
How did they realize it was actually a masterpiece?
他们是如何意识到这其实是一件杰作的？
Researchers used advanced modern technology, including multi -spectral imaging, which uses different
研究人员使用了先进的现代技术，包括多光谱成像技术，该技术利用不同的
wavelengths of light to make faded, invisible ink visible to the human eye.
光线波长，使褪色的、肉眼不可见的墨水变得清晰可见。
When they translated the ancient Greek script, they realized they were looking at a rare early text
当他们翻译这段古希腊手稿时，他们意识到自己正在看一篇罕见的早期文本
of Homer's Odyssey.
荷马的《奥德赛》。
The Odyssey?
《奥德赛》？
That is one of the foundational works of Western literature.
那是西方文学的奠基之作之一。
The epic story of the Greek hero Odysseus and his incredibly long, perilous journey home after the
讲述希腊英雄奥德修斯在特洛伊战争后漫长而险恶的归家之旅的史诗故事。
Trojan War.
特洛伊战争。
Yes, that very one.
是的，正是那一部。
The fragment specifically contains lines describing Odysseus' adventures.
该残片具体包含了描述奥德修斯冒险经历的诗句。
What makes this find so thrilling for historians is that it allows them to compare this ancient copy
让历史学家对这一发现如此兴奋的是，它允许他们将这份古代抄本
with later versions.
与后来的版本进行对比。
It is like finding an original handwritten draft of a famous play.
这就像找到了某部著名剧本的原始手写草稿。
It shows us how stories were copied, shared, and sometimes slightly changed over centuries.
它向我们展示了几个世纪以来，故事是如何被抄写、分享，有时甚至发生微小变化的。
That is absolutely mind -blowing.
那简直太令人震撼了。
It is like a literary time capsule.
这就像是一个文学时间胶囊。
It is amazing to think that a piece of ancient paper, once thought to be completely worthless, holds
想到一张曾经被认为完全毫无价值的古纸居然承载着
the words of a legendary poet that have survived for thousands of years.
一位传奇诗人留存了千年的文字，真是不可思议。
It really is.
确实如此。
It shows that history is never truly dead.
这表明历史从未真正死去。
Sometimes the most remarkable treasures are just waiting to be uncovered, hiding in plain sight
有时，最非凡的宝藏只是在等待着被发掘，它们就藏在眼皮底下
under a layer of dust.
掩盖在一层灰尘之下。
What a beautiful way to end our news segment today, Edward.
爱德华，以这种美好的方式结束我们今天的新闻环节真是太棒了。
We have explored the rich, pink history of the Singapore sling, found comfort in the social
我们探索了新加坡司令酒丰富而粉红的历史，在社交
philosophy of Biaoxiong, and uncovered the ancient verses of Homer.
表兄哲学中找到了慰藉，并揭开了荷马的古老诗篇。
It has been an incredibly inspiring journey today.
今天这真是一趟极其鼓舞人心的旅程。
And now, dear listeners, we want to hear from you.
现在，亲爱的听众们，我们想听听你们的声音。
We have a very special question for you based on our second story about Biaoxiong and the nearby. Yes.
根据我们关于“表兄”和“附近”的第二个故事，我们有一个非常特别的问题想问大家。是的。
Our question for you today is, who is one person in your local nearby, perhaps a neighbor, a local
我们今天想问大家的问题是，在你本地的“附近”，是否有某个人——也许是一位邻居，当地的
shopkeeper, a delivery worker, or a barista, that you regularly interact with in the physical world,
店主，一位外卖员，或者一位咖啡师——是你经常在现实世界中与其互动的，
and how does that connection affect your daily life?
这种联系又是如何影响你的日常生活呢？
Please write your answers in the comment section below, or check out the wonderful stories other
请在下面的评论区写下你的答案，或者查看其他
listeners are sharing.
听众正在分享的精彩故事。
Writing your thoughts in the comment section is a fantastic, active way to practice your English
在评论区写下你的想法是一种绝妙且积极的方式，可以用来练习你的英语
writing and connect with a supportive global community of learners.
写作，并与一个互相支持的全球学习者社区联系交流。
We read every single comment, and we cannot wait to see your stories.
我们会阅读每一条评论，并迫不及待地想看到大家的故事。
Also, if you love our daily episodes and want to support our mission of making English learning
此外，如果你喜欢我们每天的节目，并希望支持我们让英语学习
accessible and engaging, please consider joining our TalkCast membership.
变得易于获取且引人入胜的使命，请考虑加入我们的 TalkCast 会员。
Don't forget to subscribe, share TalkCast with your friends, family, or colleagues, and leave us a
不要忘记订阅，将 TalkCast 分享给你的朋友、家人或同事，并在你最喜欢的
positive rating on your favorite platform.
平台上给我们留下好评。
And a quick reminder for everyone, the complete written English transcript and the audio of today's
温馨提醒大家，今天节目的完整英文逐字稿和音频
episode are published regularly on our official website, www .talkcast .top, as well as on our WeChat
会在我们的官方网站 www.talkcast.top 以及微信
official account, which is also called TalkCast.
官方公众号上定期发布，公众号名称同样是 TalkCast。
Reading the text while listening is an incredibly powerful way to boost your pronunciation and
边听边读是提升发音和
reading skills.
阅读技能的极佳方式。
Thank you so much for spending your morning with us.
非常感谢您与我们度过这个上午。
Keep practicing, stay curious, and have a beautiful, productive day ahead.
保持练习，保持好奇，祝您度过美好而充实的一天。
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
祝大家度过美好的一天。
We will see you in our next episode. Goodbye.
我们下一期节目再见。再见。
Bye -bye.
再见。
