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韩佳： 中国有句俗语叫

There is a Chinese saying

that goes,

“人不可貌相，海水不可斗量”。

“ren bu ke maoxiang, haishui

bu ke dou liang”.

这句俗语的意思您应该还记得吧？

Do you still remember the meaning

of this saying?

它就是说，

It means

不能只根据相貌

that you cannot judge a person

或者是外表来判断一个人。

by his appearance alone.

其实这样的人呢

There is one of such persons

我们组里就有一个。

right in our team.

看见没有，

Look,

这位就是我们的摄像师周红鸣。

this is our cameraman Zhou Hongming.

您肯定会问了，

You’ll definitely ask

他为什么就人不可貌相呢。

why I say he should not be

judged by his appearance.

别急。接着看。

Take it easy. Keep watching.

这个东西叫做摇臂，长八米，

This thing is called camera crane,

eight meters in length,

可沉着呢。

and very heavy.

您瞧，像这些有气势的镜头

Look, all of these impressive shots

就都是借助它来拍摄完成的。

were filmed by means of it.

这么个大家伙，

This huge equipment

平时就是这位

is usually operated

瘦得跟竹竿似的摄像师操作的。

by this scraggy cameraman.

怎么样，看不出来吧？

Well, you don’t believe it?

可事实就是这样。

But this is a fact.

王渊源：还真是”人不可貌相，

It’s true a person should not be

judged by his appearance and

海水不可斗量”啊！

the ocean should not be measured

with a bushel!

这中国的俗语既简练，又形象。

This Chinese saying is both

terse and figurative.

好多生活中的经验和哲理，

A lot of experience and philosophy

就用这么一句话就概括出来了。

is summarized in this saying.

你还记得

You may still remember

我们以前教过的一句俗语吗，

this saying we taught before,

叫做”慢工出细活儿”。

“man gong chu xihuor”.

意思就是说用很多心思

It means that deliberate

慢慢儿地做一件东西，

and slow work

这样出来的作品才是最好看的。

yields fine and beautiful products.

不过，

But

在我们《快乐学汉语》的后期机房里，

here in the editing room of Happy

Learning Chinese,

可没有这么一说。

this saying is not applicable.

在这里不仅活儿要细，

Work here needs to be done

not only carefully,

而且这工作速度还得快。

but also at a fast pace.

每一期节目能够顺利地播出，

For the successful broadcast

of each edition,

前期的拍摄固然重要，

location filming is surely

very important,

后期的编辑制作，

but postproduction editing

同样也是一项

is equally an important job,

需要耗费大量精力的工作。

which a lot of effort and energy.

画面剪辑、字幕校对、

This includes video editing, subtitling,

配乐、调色。

music to be used and

color toning.

一期完整的节目，

Each edition of our program

就是这样一点一点的

is thus being completed bit

by bit

在我们的后期工作人员的手里完成的。

by our postproduction staff.

韩佳： 要知道，

You know,

一期节目能够顺利地播出，

the successful broadcast of

each edition of our program

可不光只是前期拍摄

was credited not just to

location filming,

和后期制作的功劳。

but also to postproduction work.

还有一大堆的工作

Besides, there is also

heaps of work

需要我们办公室的人员来完成。

to be done by our office staff.

您瞧，这里就是我们的办公室了。

Look, this is our office.

乍一看，

At first sight,

是不是有点儿不起眼儿啊。

it may appear inconspicuous.

“不起眼儿”您还记得吗？

Do you still remember

“bu qiyanr”?

我们以前说过的。

We talked about this phrase before.

就是没有引起人们注意的意思。

It means inconspicuous, not

eye-catching.

可是就是这个不起眼儿的地方，

But it was this inconspicuous place

保障了日常拍摄的正常运作。

that guaranteed the regular operations

of our daily filming.

后勤保障、观众联系、

Their work includes logistics,

audience communication

礼品发送等等等等。

and gift posting.

总之就是一个字，

All in all,

忙，实在是太忙了。

they are surely very busy.

在我的印象中，

My impression is that

每次来办公室，

every time I come to the office,

这办公室的电话就从来没断过。

I always find them talking on

the phone.

沈老师：喂，您好？

Hello, how are you?

韩佳： 您瞧，这不又来了。

Look, another call coming in.