I love my oysters. 我爱生蚝。
I would eat, 我可以
probably a dozen oysters 每天吃差不多
everyday. 一打生蚝。
And when I go away, 我外出的时候，
I do miss them. 会十分想念它们。
It's like I get 那种感觉就像
withdrawal symptoms. 戒断综合征。
Unbelievable! 美妙至极！
I'm Jim Wild, 我是吉姆·瓦尔德
from Jim Wild's Oysters. 来自吉姆·瓦尔德生蚝农场。
Australian and world-champion 我是澳大利亚和世界级别的
oyster opener. 开生蚝冠军。
When I was a young fella 我小的时候，
at the age of eight years, 大概8岁左右，
I used to go around to 我经常跑去
a friend's place, 一个朋友家里，
whose father had an oyster 他家的爸爸有个
processing business. 加工生蚝的生意。
He said, 'look, 他说，“看，
come in here, 进来，
I'll show you how to open oysters, 我给你看怎么开生蚝。
you open for half hour, 你开半个小时，
he opens for half hour, 他开半个小时，
you get an extra half hour play.' 你们就能再多玩半个小时。
That's how I got into 我就是这样进了
the oyster industry. 生蚝这一行。
I became the fastest 我成为了世界上
oyster opener in the world, 开生蚝速度最快的人，
opening 30 oysters in 开30个生蚝只需要
two minutes, 31 seconds. 2分钟31秒。
I actually held that record 这个记录我保持了
for ten years 10年，
before a Frenchman beat me 后来有个法国人打破了我的记录
by point something of a second. 比我快了零点几秒。
Yeah. 对。
We'll go right down the end, Sal. 我们一路到底， 萨尔。
The start of it down there. 这里就是起点。
Our daughter, Sally's been 我们的女儿，萨莉
running it for the last 几年前也开始跟我们
couple of years. 一起干。
She has a lot of new ideas. 她有很多新的点子。
Facebook, 脸书，
she's put us on Facebook. 她把我们放上脸书。
Fantastic. 太棒了。
I've never heard of Facebook. 我之前从没听说过脸书。
Only when I look in the mirror, 只是照镜子的时候，
there's my face! 看到自己的脸！
So these are our eight-year-old 这些是我们养了8年的
Grande Pacifics, these ones are. 太平洋大生蚝，这些。
We've been growing these 养了
for eight years. 8年了。
And there's a meal in 每一个都能
every one of them. 顶一餐。
The last six months have been 过去的6个月
pretty hard with the business. 生意不太好做。
We started last year 去年开始
with the drought. 先是干旱。
So the drought affects our oysters 干旱会影响我们的生蚝，
when they don't grow. 它们会停止生长。
And then coming up 接着到了
over Christmas, end of January, 圣诞节，1月底
we had the bushfires. 我们又遭遇了森林大火。
Yeah, the fires came all the way 对，火势都蔓延到了
around here. 这里。
Under the power lines and it 沿着电缆线
jumped across on the island. 蔓延了整个岛。
This is it. 这里。
We had all our hoses rolled out 我们把所有的管子都排好
of all of our sheds, 绕过我们的防火篷，
waiting for the fire to come over 等着火一直烧到
on the back there. 背面这里来。
Thank God the wind changed. 谢天谢地风向变了。
Where's the make up department? 我要化个妆吗？
What is it that you like most 你最喜欢
about oyster farming? 生蚝农场哪点？
When I have a day off and 等我休息的那天
I go fishing. 我会去钓鱼。
That's true. 对。
I like Sundays. 我喜欢周日。
I moved away for a little bit. 可以短暂离开一会。
I didn't want to come back. 也不想回来。
I was enjoying myself. 就是享受独处。
I was having a great time. 十分惬意。
Now I come back to 现在又要面对
a heap of work 很多工作
because my father got um... 因为爸爸他
he got run over by a car 被一辆车撞了
in Wollongong and then 当时是在卧龙岗，然后
six years later, 过了六年，
he got run over by a car 他又被车撞了，
in Batemans Bay! 在贝特曼斯湾那里。
He never won any lotteries. 这运气绝对是中不到彩票了。
We had the fire, 我们经历了大火，
so we had no one in town. 小镇当时没了游客。
Because no one wants to come 因为没人想来
to a place that's burning. 还在烧火的地方啊。
Just after the fire, 紧接着大火之后
we had a flood. 我们又遭了洪水。
Like, come on! 拜托！
The big fella upstairs 天上的那位
is not really looking after us much. 怎么对我们不管不顾了。
When the floods came in February, 2月发了洪水，
that's um, 那时
that's when we knew that, 那时我们知道
you know, 那时我们知道
this is going to hit us hard. 对我们影响一定很大。
Just the devastation that 洪水造成的破坏
it caused here was horrific. 是毁灭性的。
I've never seen it like that before. 我从来没见过这样的景象。
Well in the most recent flood, 最近的这场洪水，
I reckon we've, um, 我想
we've lost between... 我们损失了
baskets and trays, 大概超过100个
probably over 100. 养殖篮子和养殖盘。
They just float straight out to sea. 它们直接被冲去了海里。
We don't see them again. 再也找不到了。
100 baskets in dollars 100个养殖篮，换成钱
could turn into 差不多
in the thousands, 几千块
that you're losing. 的损失。
It costs a lot of money to 要花很多钱
restart again 才能重新开始
and buy new stuff in. 买新的设备。
And then we had COVID. 再然后是新冠疫情。
I grow the oysters 我们养殖生蚝
for the restaurants. 给饭店供货。
Well, there's no restaurants open. 然后饭店都不开了，
So... 所以。。。
there's no sales. 我们都卖不出去。
Well, your income's down about 收入差不多就少了
80 per cent. 百分之八十。
I think a lot of other fellas 我想其他人
might be even further. 可能亏的更多。
And your bank balance 然后银行账户余额
goes down quick. 也快速减少。
I cut a bit of firewood just to keep, 我砍了一些柴火卖
keep things from ticking over, 免得停来下，
sort of thing. 无所事事。
So these are ready to go out 这些可以送去
into restaurants? 饭店了吗？
Yeah, these can go into 对，可以送去
restaurants. 饭店了。
If they were open. 只要他们开门。
If they were open. 如果他们开门的话。
I have seen 我也经历了
a lot of hard times 不少困难时期
in the industry over the years. 过去很多年这个行当也经历过。
Back in the 70s, 70年代的时候，
the late 70s, 70年代后期
we had that Parvo virus 人类细小病毒
on the Georges River. 出现在乔治河里。
In the 90s, 90年代的时候，
we've had winter mortality kill 出现了生蚝死亡综合症病毒
and also QX. 和QX病毒
I've been through all of those 这些我都经历过了，
and honestly, 老实说，
we didn't know where our 那时候我们
bread and butter was going to 也不知道
come from back then, 这钱要怎么挣，
and it's virtually the same today. 现在跟那时候其实一样。
A lot of people have gone broke. 很多人都破产了。
I really feel for these people 我十分同情那些
that have put all of their 对这一样
heart and soul into their 倾注了大量心血
industry. 的人。
All their money 还有他们的钱，
and they've lost it all. 全都付诸东流。
That's why the NSW farmers 所以新南威尔士州的农民们
have been asking the government 一直要求政府
to waive the fees. 减免费用。
Because South Australia 因为南澳和
and Tasmania did that 塔斯马尼亚很早就
very early on in the piece, 这么做了，
and we're just saying, 而我们就想说，
NSW, why has it taken so long? 新州，你怎么就要花这么长时间呢？
Anything the governments can do 政府如果可以
to sort of waive fees and 在减免费用
different things for the next 以及其它方面考虑
12 months to two years, 在未来12个月到2年内
would be a positive for the 采取措施那么将对
oyster farming industry. 生蚝养殖产业大有益处。
That would help a great deal, 会对这一产业大有帮助，
but, 但是
I don't think they're going 我觉得他们不会
to do that. 这么做。
Our oyster family, 我们的生蚝大家庭
which are all up 分布在
and down the coast, 海岸线沿线，
we're all struggling. 我们都在苦苦挣扎。
We're all doing it hard. 大家都不容易。
But the thing is, 但是，
is we'll fight back, 我们如果坚持与困难斗争
we'll kick back 不懈努力
and we'll win in the end. 最后一定会赢的。