纪录片《中国美食之旅》 第44期:云南篇(2)

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I think it's beautiful,it's like a ritual¹.

我觉得很美妙.像是一种仪式

We're spending our first week in Yunnan province

我们在云南度过了第一个星期

in southwest China,

云南位于中国西南

on the border with Vietnam, Laos and Burma.

接壤越南,老挝和缅甸

Ah, we're here! Yeah, it's beautiful!

啊，我们到啦! 是的，非常美丽

This is Yuanping village, home to the Dai minority,

这里是元坪村，是七世纪时定居于云南的少数民族

who settled in Yunnan in the seventh century.

傣族的故乡

Is this the village chief?

这个就是村长么

Tribal² chiefs like Bo Wangjian have been head of Dai villages for centuries.

像柏王建这样的部族首领已经统治了傣族村落几个世纪

Once an hereditary³ post, today chiefs are elected by villagers

如今部落首领的选举已由曾经的世袭制，变为村民直选

and report to their district Communist Party government.

并上报当地政府

These families live in homes with few modern conveniences.

这些村民的生活远离现代化便利设施

This is the house?

这是房子吗

With no electricity, cooking takes place over a simple open fire.

没有电，做饭就是简单的生个火

Wow, it's a limited kitchen, huh?I'd like to cook here.

哇，很简陋的厨房，不是么 我想在这里烹饪

That's wonderful.

好棒啊

Tell him we'd like to cook

请告诉他，我们想在这儿烧菜

and share with him our love of cooking,

和他共享我们对烹饪

and especially the ingredients that you find here.

特别是对当地的一些食材的喜爱

We'll be cooking for the chief later, but first we're heading out

一会儿我们将为村长下厨，但在此之前，我们先去了

into the local farmland to learn more about the Dai way of life.

当地的农田，了解傣族的风土人情

What I like is how they take the creek⁴, how they irrigate⁵ the field.

我喜欢他们用溪流灌溉田地的方式

I like that very much.

我太喜欢这种方式了

The Dai people were one of the first cultivators of rice in China.

傣族人是中国最早耕种水稻的人之一

Today, like 128 million of China's rural poor,

今天，如同中国一亿两千八百万的赤贫农民一样

the villagers of Yuanping live on less than a pound a day.

元坪村的村民一天生活费不足一英镑

To survive, they must utilise everything in their environment.

为了生存，他们必须得善用身边一切可用之物

These local foresters prove just how resourceful they must be.

当地的林木工人证明了他们的足智多谋

How do they know how to, you know, harvest bamboo?

你知道他们是怎么砍竹子的吗

Cos it is a skill, cos their knife skills are incredible⁶.

因为这看起来很技术流，他们的刀工太赞了

This is as strong as steel. And it's flexible, too.

竹，坚韧如钢，有时却又那么灵活

And it can be reused again and again. Yeah, absolutely.

而且它们可以被重复利用-是的，绝对的

Yunnan has 250 types of bamboo

云南有二百五十多种不同种类的竹

and the Dai villagers have found ingenious⁷ uses for it

傣族人对竹子的利用也很独特

from building houses, bridges and farm tools

用竹造房，搭桥，做农具

to making food and medicine.

还可做食材和药材

1 ritual   

adj.例行的，老规矩的，惯常的

参考例句：

• This was the monthly ritual.这是每月一次的例规。
• I realized that here the conventions required me to make the ritual noises.我意识到此时按照惯例我应该说些客套话。

2 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

3 hereditary   

adj.遗传的，遗传性的，可继承的，世袭的

参考例句：

• The Queen of England is a hereditary ruler.英国女王是世袭的统治者。
• In men,hair loss is hereditary.男性脱发属于遗传。

4 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

5 irrigate   

vt.灌溉，修水利，冲洗伤口，使潮湿

参考例句：

• The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.这个农民挖了好几条沟以灌溉稻田。
• They have built canals to irrigate the desert.他们建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠。

6 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

7 ingenious   

adj.设计独特的，巧妙的，善于创造发明的

参考例句：

• Try to think of unusual and ingenious solutions.尽量想想不同寻常的、巧妙的解决方法。
• The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。