TED演讲:如何食用我们的地貌(2)

 　　And since we had that meeting three and a half years ago,  自从我们三年半前开展这儿会议以来

　　it's been a heck of a roller coaster.  真是过山车式的跳跃

　　We started with a seed swap¹, really simple stuff,  我们以种子交易开始，很简单的东西

　　and then we took an area of land, a strip on the side  然后我们采用了一片土地，在主干道的

　　of our main road, which was a dog toilet, basically,  一边，之前基本上是宠物厕所

　　and we turned it into a really lovely herb garden.  然后我们把它变成了一片可爱的植物花园

　　We took the corner of the car park in the station  我们用你们刚刚看到的汽车车站停车场边的角落的土地

　　that you saw, and we made vegetable beds  做成了菜畦

　　for everybody to share and pick from themselves.  让每个人可以分享和采摘植物

　　We went to the doctors. We've just had  我们去了诊所，我们刚刚在托德莫登建设了

　　a 6-million-pound health center built in Todmorden,  六百万英镑的医疗中心

　　and for some reason that I cannot comprehend,  某种程度上我不能理解

　　it has been surrounded by prickly plants.  已经被有刺的植物包围起来了

　　So we went to the doctors, said, "Would you mind us taking them up?"  我们去医生那时，说介意我们把他们拿起来吗?

　　They said, "Absolutely fine, provided you get planning permission  他们说: "没问题，假设你们计划许可

　　and you do it in Latin and you do it in triplicate,"  你们可以在拉丁美洲做，而且把他们翻三倍"

　　so we did--and now there are fruit trees  于是我们成功了--现在水果树

　　and bushes and herbs and vegetables  灌木丛，草本和蔬菜

　　around that doctor's surgery.  在医生诊所处生长茂盛

　　And there's been lots of other examples, like the corn  有很多很多这样的例子，像玉米

　　that was in front of the police station,  长在警察局门口

　　and the old people's home that we've planted it with food  和老人们的家里，这样我们就能种植

　　that they can pick and grow.  他们生长采摘

　　But it isn't just about growing,  但这并不仅仅只是生长

　　because we all are part of this jigsaw².  因为我们都是拼图玩具的一部分

　　It's about taking those artistic³ people in your community  这是关于把社区里有艺术美感的人们带动起来

　　and doing some fabulous⁴ designs in those raised beds  在培育的土壤床上做一些极好的设计

　　to explain to people what's growing there,  来向人们解释什么生长在这里

　　because there's so many people that don't really recognize  因为有相当多的人并没意识到

　　a vegetable unless it's in a bit of plastic  是蔬菜除非在顶部

　　with a bit of an instruction packet on the top.  有一小小的指示牌写明了

　　So we have some people who designed these things,  于是我们有很多人来设计这样的东西

　　"If it looks like this, please don't pick it, but if it looks like this,  “如果是长这样，请勿采摘.但如果是长这样

　　help yourself."  请随意"

　　This is about sharing and investing in kindness.  这是关于分享和善意的投资

　　And for those people that don't want to do either  同时，对那些不愿意做这些

　　of those things, maybe they can cook,  或那些事的人们，也许他们可以下厨

　　so we pick them seasonally⁵ and then we go on the street,  所以我们季节性摘菜，然后上街

　　or in the pub, or in the church,  或进俱乐部，或在教堂

　　or wherever people are living their lives.  或人们生活的地方

　　This is about us going to the people and saying,  我们来到大家身边说

　　"We are all part of the local food jigsaw,  "我们是本地食物拼图的组成部分

　　we are all part of a solution."  我们都是解决方案的一部分"

　　And then, because we know we've got vegetable tourists  然后，因为我们知道我们已经有了蔬菜旅客

　　and we love them to bits and they're absolutely fantastic,  我们很乐意他们吃，让他们感觉相当奇妙

　　we thought, what could we do to give them an even better experience?  我们在想，我们能做什么才能给他们更好的体验?

　　So we invented, without asking, of course,  于是我们创造了，当然没有征求他们的意见

　　the Incredible Edible⁶ Green Route.  绝佳的可食蔬菜路线

　　And this is a route of exhibition gardens,  这是一条花园展览的

　　and edible towpaths, and bee-friendly sites, and the story  可食的，没有蜜蜂的，承载传粉故事的路线

　　of pollinators, and it's a route that we designed  是一条我们设计的路线

　　that takes people through the whole of our town,  带领旅客穿过我们城镇

　　past our cafes and our small shops, through our market,  路过我们的咖啡馆和小商店，穿过我们的商场

　　not just to and fro from the supermarket,  不仅仅是从商场的来回地

　　and we're hoping that, in changing people's footfall  我们希望，在改变人们穿行

　　around our town, we're also changing their behavior.  我们城镇脚步的同时，我们也在改变着他们的行为

　　And then there's the second plate, the learning plate.  到这里，就是第二个板块，学习板块

　　Well, we're in partnership⁷ with a high school.  我们在与高校进行合作

　　We've created a company. We are designing and building  我们成立了一个公司，我们正在设计和建设

　　an aquaponics unit in some land that was spare  一个在高校后面的空闲土地上的

　　at the back of the high school, like you do,  鱼菜共生单元，像你们看到的

　　and now we're going to be growing fish and vegetables  现在我们准备在一个有蜜蜂的果树林里

　　in an orchard⁸ with bees,  同时培育鱼和蔬菜

　　and the kids are helping⁹ us build that,  一些孩子也在帮我们建设

　　and the kids are on the board, and because the community  孩子也在会议中，因为社区

　　was really keen on working with the high school,  真的相当投入和高校的合作

　　the high school is now teaching agriculture,  高校也在教授农业课

　　and because it's teaching agriculture, we started to think,  由于是在教授农业，我们开始思考

　　how could we then get those kids that never had a qualification  我们如何能让那些在过去的人生中

　　before in their lives but are really excited about growing,  从没有过任何资质但对培育十分感兴趣的孩子提供机会

　　how can we give them some more experience?  我们怎么能给他们更多的经验

　　So we got some land that was donated  于是我们得到了

　　by a local garden center.  当地园艺中心捐赠的土地

　　It was really quite muddy, but in a truly incredible way,  相当潮湿，但是在一种相当惊人的方式下

　　totally voluntary-led, we have turned that  完全自愿主导的方式下，我们把它变成了

　　into a market garden training center,  一个市场农艺训练中心

　　and that is polytunnels and raised beds  那是聚乙烯制温室和培育的温床

　　and all the things you need to get the soil under your fingers  还有那些你需要用你手指去拨土的工作

　　and think maybe there's a job in this for me in the future.  我还想或许在未来我可以干这么一个工作

　　And because we were doing that, some local academics said,  由于我们正在做这个，一些当地学者就说

　　"You know, we could help design  "你知道，我们可以为你们设计

　　a commercial horticulture course for you.  一个商业园艺学课程

　　There's not one that we know of."  这不是个我们都知道的东西"

　　So they're doing that, and we're going to launch it later this year,  于是他们正在着手做，我们准备在今年晚些时候发布

　　and it's all an experiment, and it's all voluntary.  这一切都只是个实验，都是自愿的

　　And then there's the third plate,  这就是第三个板块

　　because if you walk through an edible landscape,  因为如果你走过一片有东西吃的地方

　　and if you're learning new skills, and if you start to get  如果你正在学项新的技能，如果你开始

　　interested in what's growing seasonally,  对这种季节性生长的植物有兴趣

　　you might just want to spend more of your own money  你可能想要花自己的一部分钱

　　in support of local producers,  用来支持当地生产者

　　not just veg, but meat and cheese and beer  不仅仅是蔬菜，而且是肉，奶酪和啤酒

　　and whatever else it might be.  或者可能是别的什么东西

　　But then, we're just a community group, you know.  但是说回来，我们只是个社区组织，你们知道的

　　We're just all volunteers. What could we actually do?  我们只是志愿者，我们事实上能做什么呢?

　　So we did some really simple things.  于是我们做了些简单的事情

　　We fundraised, we got some blackboards,  我们募捐，我们得到了些黑板

　　we put "Incredible Edible" on the top,  我们把"不可思议的可食用"写在最上面

　　we gave it every market trader that was selling locally,  我们把它发放给每个当地销售的商人

　　and they scribbled¹⁰ on what they were selling in any one week.  他们在黑板上写每个礼拜卖出的东西

　　Really popular. People congregated¹¹ around it.  相当受欢迎，人们围着黑板聚集到一起

1 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

2 jigsaw   

n.缕花锯，竖锯，拼图游戏；vt.用竖锯锯，使互相交错搭接

参考例句：

• A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.一副拼图就能让我沉醉几个小时。
• Tom likes to work on jigsaw puzzles,too.汤姆也喜欢玩拼图游戏。

3 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

4 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

5 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句

6 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

7 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

8 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 scribbled   

v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下

参考例句：

• She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. 她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。
• He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. 临行前，他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。

11 congregated   

（使）集合，聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The crowds congregated in the town square to hear the mayor speak. 人群聚集到市镇广场上来听市长讲话。
• People quickly congregated round the speaker. 人们迅速围拢在演说者的周围。