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1 .My guest on the show today is Alice Riches who started the Street Play Scheme where she lives in Beechwood Road.
我今天节目的嘉宾是Alice Riches。她在Beechwood Road发起了街头游戏计划。
2 .For those of you that don’t already know – Street Play involves local residents closing off their street for a few hours so that children have a chance to play in the street safely. She started it in her own street, Beechwood Road,and the idea caught on, and there are now Street Play Schemes all over the city.
有些人可能还不知道—街头游戏是指当地居民将街道封闭几个小时。让孩子们有机会安全地在街上玩耍。她在自己的街道，Beechwood Road开始了这一活动。这个想法开始流行起来，现在全城都在筹划街头游戏。
3 .So when did you actually start the scheme, Alice?
Alice，你是什么时候开始这个计划的?
4 .Well, I first had the idea when my oldest child was still a toddler, so that’s about six years ago now –but it took at least two years of campaigning before we were actually able to make it happen.
嗯，我第一次有这个想法是在我最大的孩子还在蹒跚学步的时候，那是大约六年前的事了。但至少花了两年的时间才真正有能力实现这个想法。
5 .So the scheme’s been up and running for three years now.
这个计划已经实施了三年了。
6 .We’d love to be able to close our road for longer – for the whole weekend, from Saturday morning until Sunday evening,for example.
我们希望能更长的时间关闭我们的道路——比如整个周末，从周六早上到周日晚上。
7 .At the moment it’s just once a week. But when we started it was only once a month. But we’re working on it.
现在只是一周一次。但刚开始的时候，我们每个月只有一次。但我们正在努力。
8 .So what actually happens when Beechwood Road is closed?
所以Beechwood关闭后会发生什么呢?
9 .We have volunteer wardens, mostly parents but some elderly residents too, who block off our road at either end.
我们有志愿者看守，大部分是父母，也有一些年老的居民，他们在路的两端挡住了我们的路。
10 .The council have provided special signs but there’s always a volunteer there to explain what’s happening to any motorists.
市议会提供了特殊的指示牌，但总会有一名志愿者向司机解释发生了什么事。
11 .Generally, they’re fine about it – we’ve only had to get the police involved once or twice.Now I should explain that the road isn’t completely closed to cars.
一般来说，他们对此没什么意见——我们只需要让警察介入一两次。现在我要解释一下，这条路并没有完全禁止汽车通行。
12 .But only residents’ cars are allowed.If people really need to get in or out of Beechwood Road, it’s not a problem – as long as they drive at under 20 kilometres per hour.
但是只有居民的汽车才可以。如果人们真的需要进出Beechwood Road，这不是问题—只要他们的车速低于每小时20公里。
13 .But most people just decide not to use their cars during this time, or they park in another street.The wardens are only there to stop through traffic.
但是大多数人决定在这段时间不用车，或者把车停在另一条街上。管理员在那里只是为了方便交通。
14 .So can anyone apply to get involved in Street Play?
那么任何人都可以申请参与街头游戏吗?
15 .Absolutely – we want to include all kids in the city – especially those who live on busy roads.It’s here that demand is greatest.
当然—我们想让城市里所有的孩子，特别是那些生活在繁忙道路上的孩子参与进来。这里的需求是最大的。
16 .Obviously, there isn’t such demand in wealthier areas where the children have access to parks or large gardens – or in the suburbs where there are usually more places for children to play outside.
显然，在孩子们有机会去公园或大花园的富裕地区，就没有这样的需求了。或者在通常有更多地方供孩子们户外玩耍的郊区。
17 .I’d recommend that anyone listening who likes the idea should just give it a go.We’ve been surprised by the positive reaction of residents all over the city. And that’s not just parents.
我建议任何喜欢这个想法的听众都应该试一试。我们对全城居民的积极反应感到惊讶。这不仅仅是父母的问题。
18 .There are always a few who complain but they’re a tiny minority.
总是有一些人在抱怨，但他们只是极少数。
19 .On the whole everyone is very supportive and say they’re very happy to see children out on the street – even if it does get quite noisy.
总的来说，每个人都非常支持，他们说他们很高兴看到孩子们走在街上——即使确实很吵。
20 .There have been so many benefits of Street Play for the kids.
孩子们在街头玩耍有很多好处。
21 .Parents really like the fact that the kids are getting fresh air instead of sitting staring at a computer screen,even if they’re not doing anything particularly energetic.
家长们非常喜欢孩子们呼吸新鲜空气，而不是坐在电脑屏幕前。即使他们没有做任何特别有活力的事情。
22 .And of course it’s great that kids can play with their friends outside without being supervised by their parents –but for me the biggest advantage is that kids develop confidence in themselves to be outside without their parents.
当然，孩子们可以在没有父母监督的情况下和他们的朋友们在外面玩也很棒。但对我来说，最大的好处是孩子们可以在没有父母的情况下培养自信。
23 .The other really fantastic thing is that children get to know the adults in the street – it’s like having a big extended family.
另一件很棒的事情是，孩子们可以了解街上的大人，就像有一个大家庭一样。
24 .It certainly does have a lot of benefits. I want to move on now and ask you about a related project in King Street.
它确实有很多好处。现在我想问你关于King Street的一个相关项目。
25 .Right. Well this was an experiment I was involved in where local residents decided to try and reduce the traffic along King Street,which is the busiest main road in our area, by persuading people not to use their cars for one day.
好的。这是我参与的一个实验。当地居民决定尝试减少King Street的交通量，这也是我们地区最繁忙的主要道路，通过劝说人们一天不要使用他们的汽车。
26 .We thought about making people pay more for parking – but we decided that would be really unpopular –so instead we just stopped people from parking on King Street but left the other car parks open.
我们考虑过让人们为停车付更多的钱，但我们觉得这很不受欢迎。所以我们只是阻止人们在King Street停车，而让其他的停车场开放。
27 .It was surprising how much of a difference all this made.
这一切所带来的变化之大令人惊讶。
28 .As we’d predicted, air quality was significantly better but what I hadn’t expected was how much quieter it would be –even with the buses still running.
正如我们所预测的那样，空气质量明显改善了，但我没有想到的是它会变得更安静。即使公交车还在运行。
29 .Of course everyone said they felt safer but we were actually amazed that sales in the shops went up considerably that day –we thought there’d be fewer people out shopping – not more.
当然，每个人都说他们觉得更安全了，但实际上我们对那天商店的销售额大幅上升感到惊讶我们原以为出去购物的人会更少——而不是更多。
30 .That’s really interesting so the fact that …
那真是太有趣了，所以事实上…