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美国国家公共电台 NPR The Property Brothers Flip A Page On Their TV Triumphs

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The Property Brothers Flip1 A Page On Their TV Triumphs

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

Drew and Jonathan Scott struggled for years to break into the entertainment industry. And then after a heap of setbacks, the brothers decided2 to open a real estate services company to pay the bills as they continued trying to become stars. Then they got an idea. Why not combine them? And so the "Property Brothers" was born.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "PROPERTY BROTHERS")

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: They sell, reimagine, renovate3. They are the "Property Brothers."

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Drew and Jonathan, of course, host this smash hit home renovation4 show "Property Brothers" on HGTV, and they join me now. Welcome, to the program.

JONATHAN SCOTT: Thanks for having me.

DREW SCOTT: Hello.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Hey. So of course you are twins, and I can't see you and neither can our audience. So you're going to have to introduce yourselves and say which one of you is which.

SCOTT: OK. So we're going to test you.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: OK.

SCOTT: So I'll do my sexy voice.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Oh, no.

SCOTT: Oh, wait.

SCOTT: I messed up already.

SCOTT: Yeah, you just gave it away. See, this is why we don't let Drew talk.

SCOTT: Jonathan has more base, and I'm probably more phlegmy since it's early morning, and that's how I am in the morning.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Phlegmy. Yeah, you see not sexy.

SCOTT: See, the trick is my mom said when were - you know, we'd call home and, you know, we sound exactly the same. Mom said the trick is Jonathan uses bigger words.

SCOTT: (Laughter).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: OK. All right. You guys have written a book, "It Takes Two," about your journey. So tell me about the beginning, how you ended up making the show?

SCOTT: Well, so way back Jonathan and I were - we were entertainers as kids. We were actors. We did theater, musicals. We did - we ended up getting into commercials and some TV spots. Actually one of our first jobs we were clowns. We had all this energy so our parents figured go be clowns and get rid of the energy. So by the time you come home, you're calmed down a little bit.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: All right. What's the secret to being a good clown?

SCOTT: You can not take yourself too seriously. That's the number one rule. And don't get the grease paint in your eyes because damn that hurts.

SCOTT: Oh, that hurts.

SCOTT: Hard to get out. So anyway we were entertainers as kids, and we wanted - we had these aspirations5. Jonathan wanted to do more magic, and I wanted to do more acting6 and directing for scripted, but we didn't want to be struggling artists. So we actually got into real estate as a way to fund our creative endeavors right out of high school back in the mid-90s. And I started getting more host auditions7 as a real estate expert instead of acting auditions, and that's where it all started.

SCOTT: His very first role that he landed as a host. He calls me up, and he's like hey, Jonathan. I landed a show. And I'm like oh, my gosh that's amazing. What's the show? He's like it's called "Realtor Idol8." It's like "American Idol" for realtors.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: (Laughter) This is a real idea?

SCOTT: Yeah.

SCOTT: This is - I was like that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Like, would people stand up on stage and, like, what show you pictures of homes?

SCOTT: Who doesn't like a singing realtor? I mean, come on. But yeah so that's when I was talking to the production company. I let them know that I had a brother who's a contractor9. I let them know what we were doing with clients. What you see on "Property Brothers" is what Jonathan and I were doing with clients at the time, and they liked the idea and they wanted to pitch us. And the funny thing is in the beginning...

SCOTT: They looked at Drew and they're like hey, he's a little more rugged10 looking, you know, a little rough and tumble. You know, he should be the contractor because - back in the day, if you think - Drew actually did all the work with me. He would do the construction and tiling, you name it.

SCOTT: Oh, yeah. And that was good.

SCOTT: And then they said and Jonathan - because I'm actually - I was the broker11 for our company. So I had licensing12 designations, and, like, Jonathan would be the broker. And then they realized that Drew was not a licensed13 builder. I am. And they're like well this could go wrong. So we went into our actual organic roles and then of course "Property Brothers"...

SCOTT: And also the thought of - you know, we do about almost 50 renovations, full-blown renovations a year for the shows.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Wow.

SCOTT: The thought of doing that solid 50 a year for the last eight years, me being in a dirty construction site every day. That would've made me cry.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: All right. Well, are we over the open plan thing now?

SCOTT: (Laughter) Oh.

SCOTT: We were doing the "Today Show" - co-hosting the "Today Show" a couple of months back, and somebody chased us down the street when we're in our car yelling open concept sucks. Open concept sucks.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: (Laughter).

SCOTT: Like, some people passionately14 are overt15 to having a...

GARCIA-NAVARRO: I work in an open plan office so I am against it.

SCOTT: Yeah.

SCOTT: Keep in mind, open concept is just supposed to be between the kitchen, dining room and living room. Those are the entertaining areas where it's nice to have sight lines, you don't want to feel like you're stuck in the...

SCOTT: No toilet in the middle of the room.

SCOTT: But yeah, you should - if you have a family, there should be another area where there's kids' toys and you can close off that noise and mess. And, you know, open concept bathrooms and not the greatest (laughter).

GARCIA-NAVARRO: In the book, you let us peek16 behind the scenes, and you say none of what you do is manufactured. You work with real local contractors17, real people looking for homes. Why is that important to have that sort of local element?

SCOTT: Well, there's a lot of things. You know, every three months we work in a different city and construction in Toronto very different from New Orleans and New York and L.A. And you know, dealing18 with hurricanes or dealing with earthquakes, construction is physically19 different. So we need to work with local professionals who understand the local amendments20 to the code. But even more so when we leave after three months, I want to make sure that these families have a warranty21 on everything and that somebody's there in case for some reason something happens where they need that warranty work. So we create about 150 jobs in every city that we go to from local real estate professionals who know the local market and work with Drew to find houses to the construction teams and production crews. It's a pretty big thing because we do 17 projects at a time. Seventeen projects simultaneously22 in three months.

SCOTT: People say on social media, and they say Jonathan, how do you do all those renovations all on your own. There is no physical way that's possible, and you even see our crews and our sub-trades and everybody who works with us. You see it on the show. So it's a big well-oiled machine, and it takes a lot of amazing people to pull this off.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: I have to ask you this. A lot of programming on HGTV has been critiqued for not painting a realistic picture of what the process of buying or renovating23 is like and, you know, some have even blamed the housing crisis on flipping24 homes and say HGTV and shows, like yours, are irresponsible.

SCOTT: Yeah, we have - you know, we've heard it all. The positives, the negative. And, you know, when you are dealing with the largest asset in most people's lives, obviously emotions can get involved. The one thing I would say, you know, there are some shows out there that are not too realistic or there have been shows over the years that have said, you know, they're fake and they just make it pretty to look at camera but in reality the work is terrible. We've never actually had that flak. The only thing that some people say is the prices. They say how can you renovate an entire house for $50,000. Well, we don't. We're only for the show. We're doing three to four rooms. So the budgets and timelines you see are for the three to four rooms, which we actually say it on the show, but sometimes people, you know, they'll miss that.

SCOTT: It's also the - there's a story I read one time that some shows at the end of it they back a truck up and they take all the furniture stuff away. I'm like that's the biggest slap in the face. Like, I could admit so...

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah, here's your dream home. Sorry. the truck's here.

SCOTT: Goodbye.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah.

SCOTT: (Mimicking beeping truck sound_).

SCOTT: So no. You see that we really become close with the families, and that's the thing too. I know it's a stressful experience because you're taking what would normally be months and months and months of renovation, and you're cramming25 it into, you know, an eight-week timeline and a 45-minute show. And so it's hard to discuss all the complexities26 of a construction project in 42 minutes, but we try to make it as authentic27 as we can.

GARCIA-NAVARRO: That's Drew and Jonathan Scott or as you probably know them, the "Property Brothers." Their show airs on Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. on HGTV. Guys, thanks so much.

SCOTT: Thank you very much.

SCOTT: Thank you.

SCOTT: Bye.

(SOUNDBITE OF ONE ALTERNATIVE'S "STRATUS")


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1 flip Vjwx6     
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
参考例句:
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 renovate 0VOxE     
vt.更新,革新,刷新
参考例句:
  • The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妇花了几千元来翻新房子。
  • They are going to renovate the old furniture.他们准备将旧家具整修一番。
4 renovation xVAxF     
n.革新,整修
参考例句:
  • The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后,将于下星期开业。
  • The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。
5 aspirations a60ebedc36cdd304870aeab399069f9e     
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音
参考例句:
  • I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
  • The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。
6 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
7 auditions e5157b20249609404011a5fbf4ffb336     
n.(对拟做演员、歌手、乐师等人的)试听,试音( audition的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Find modeling auditions, casting calls& acting auditions, all in one place. 找一个立体感试听,铸造呼叫和表演试听一体的地方。 来自互联网
  • We are now about to start auditions to find a touring guitarist. 我们现在准备找一个新的吉他手。 来自互联网
8 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
参考例句:
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
9 contractor GnZyO     
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
参考例句:
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
10 rugged yXVxX     
adj.高低不平的,粗糙的,粗壮的,强健的
参考例句:
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
11 broker ESjyi     
n.中间人,经纪人;v.作为中间人来安排
参考例句:
  • He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
  • I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。
12 licensing 7352ce0b4e0665659ae6466c18decb2a     
v.批准,许可,颁发执照( license的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句
13 licensed ipMzNI     
adj.得到许可的v.许可,颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
  • Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗?
14 passionately YmDzQ4     
ad.热烈地,激烈地
参考例句:
  • She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿,也能爱得一往情深。
  • He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。
15 overt iKoxp     
adj.公开的,明显的,公然的
参考例句:
  • His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
  • We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
16 peek ULZxW     
vi.偷看,窥视;n.偷偷的一看,一瞥
参考例句:
  • Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
  • Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛,别偷看。
17 contractors afd5c0fd2ee43e4ecee8159c7a7c63e4     
n.(建筑、监造中的)承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后,接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
18 dealing NvjzWP     
n.经商方法,待人态度
参考例句:
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
19 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
参考例句:
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
20 amendments 39576081718792f25ceae20f3bb99b43     
(法律、文件的)改动( amendment的名词复数 ); 修正案; 修改; (美国宪法的)修正案
参考例句:
  • The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
  • Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
21 warranty 3gwww     
n.担保书,证书,保单
参考例句:
  • This warranty is good for one year after the date of the purchase of the product.本保证书自购置此产品之日起有效期为一年。
  • As your guarantor,we have signed a warranty to the bank.作为你们的担保人,我们已经向银行开出了担保书。
22 simultaneously 4iBz1o     
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
参考例句:
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
23 renovating 3300b8c2755b41662dbf652807bb1bbb     
翻新,修复,整修( renovate的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • The increased production was largely attained by renovating old orchards and vineyards. 通过更新老果园和葡萄园,使生产大大增加。
  • Renovating that house will cost you a pretty penny. 为了整修那所房子,你得花很多钱。
24 flipping b69cb8e0c44ab7550c47eaf7c01557e4     
讨厌之极的
参考例句:
  • I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆!
  • Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。
25 cramming 72a5eb07f207b2ce280314cd162588b7     
n.塞满,填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 );填塞;塞满;(为考试而)死记硬背功课
参考例句:
  • Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午,禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》
26 complexities b217e6f6e3d61b3dd560522457376e61     
复杂性(complexity的名词复数); 复杂的事物
参考例句:
  • The complexities of life bothered him. 生活的复杂使他困惑。
  • The complexities of life bothered me. 生活的杂乱事儿使我心烦。
27 authentic ZuZzs     
a.真的,真正的;可靠的,可信的,有根据的
参考例句:
  • This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
  • Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。
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