【BBC听力】卡莎的波兰口音在英国不受欢迎

2017-12-25 原著共读

I used to say "wa'er". It's not "wa'er", it's "water". It's not even water. It's something else. People were always commenting on: "How lovely accent you have, you know. Where you from?" When people asked me before where I come from I would proudly say: "I'm from Poland." But I kind of have a tendency now to give them a lie because I was from South Africa for example. Because I notice that if I say I'm from South Africa, the reaction of certain people is less hostile. I feel that some people unkind to me because of my accent and that makes me feel ... sorry. Oh, oh, oh, oh, come, come, come, Come.

I was working in Thanet and obviously the UKIP was rising so the sentiments from people was changing. The place where I was working was very insular and they are basically saying I'm a rude person. Some people say: "Maybe it's your accent because it sounds quite harsh." We'll do it. We'll get rid of the accent if you really want me to. A...E...I...O...U. Mind how you shape your mouth. So "awake". Waaake. That I think I'm still kind of bruised inside, but, yeah, so it will take time. But you know, I'm just putting things behind me and here I am. I possibly will always speak with an accent. And I just hope that, you know, the time when I will be, may be very old and very fragile and I'll be in need of some kind of care, people would not discriminate against me because I have an accent.

参考译文

我过去老说“wa'er”。不是“wa'er”，而是“water”。甚至也不是water。是别的发音。大家评论我的口音，总说：“你的口音真可爱，你从哪里来？”如果是以前别人问我从哪里来，我会骄傲地说：“我来自波兰。”但是现在我有点倾向说谎，比如说我来自南非。因为我发现如果我说我来自南非，某些人对我的态度会少一些敌意。我感觉有些人因为我的口音，对我不太友好，我觉得……很抱歉。哦，哦，哦，哦，来来来。过来。我在赛恩特工作，很显然英国独立党正在崛起（译者注：英国独立党是英国右翼民粹主义政党），所以人们的情绪正在发生改变。我工作的地方非常与世隔绝，大部分人说，我是一个粗鲁的人。有些人说：“可能这是因为你的口音，因为听起来挺刺耳的。”我们一起来纠正它。如果你真的希望我帮你，我们就把口音的问题解决掉。A…E…I…O…U。注意你的口型。所以是“awake”。Waaake。我觉得我内心还是有些受伤，但是，是的，这需要时间。但是你知道，我现在不会想这些事情，所以我来了。我可能会一直说话有口音。我只是希望，当我以后可能年老体衰了，需要一些照顾，人们不会因为我的口音歧视我。

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