Talking to people in York | Easy English 1 · Easy Languages
本视频用简单英语介绍约克城的景点、美食和历史，适合练习日常对话和文化表达。
Now then, welcome to this first edition of Easy English.
那么，欢迎大家收看《简易英语》的第一期节目。
We're in the city of York to find out what it's all about and what the people like the most.
我们来到了约克市，想了解这里到底有什么特别之处，以及当地居民最喜欢什么。
Let's go.
我们走吧。
So here we are on Clifford's Tower, one of the main monuments in York.
现在我们来到了克利福德塔（Clifford’s Tower）——约克市最重要的地标之一。
Can I ask you, what's your favourite part of York?
我可以问一下吗？约克最让你喜欢的地方是哪里？
I think it has to be the cathedral.
我觉得一定是那座大教堂。
It's lots of history, nice place to visit and it's warm, especially when it's a day like today.
这里充满了丰富的历史底蕴，是一个非常适合游览的地方；而且天气也很温暖，尤其是在像今天这样的日子里。
I'd say the wall, the wall itself that we're on now.
我想说的是那堵墙——就是我们现在所站在这上面的那一堵墙。
Yeah, the museum gardens, they used to sit there all the time and read a book and it's just so beautiful.
是的，博物馆的花园环境非常优美；我以前经常坐在那里看书，那种感觉简直棒极了。
Town?
镇子？
Town's been here.
这个小镇早就存在了。
Raunteries Park.
朗特里公园（Raunteries Park）。
Everything.
所有的一切。
I don't know, I've lived here all my life, so I can't even take it for granted.
我不知道……我一辈子都生活在这里，因此甚至都无法将这里视为理所当然的事物。
My favourite part of York, probably this street, it's really pretty, other shambles as well.
约克最让我喜欢的部分，大概就是这条街了——它真的很漂亮。不过约克的其他地方也有些杂乱无章、破败不堪。
Here we are on the shambles, the most popular street in all of York, both with tourist and pot pie fanatics alike.
瞧，我们如今陷入了这种混乱的局面——这条街道曾是整个约克市最受欢迎的街道，无论是游客还是那些热衷于吃“波特派”（一种传统英式馅饼）的人，都曾在这里流连忘返。
What makes the perfect Yorkshire pot pie?
究竟是什么造就了完美的约克郡肉馅派呢？
What you need is good quality core ingredients, so we use a free range pot from under sappy trotters,
你所需要的就是质量上乘的核心原料；因此，我们选用了来自自由放养的猪群（这些猪的腿部肉非常鲜嫩多汁）的猪肉作为原料。
we use our own seasoning and then we make our own pastry, so that's why our pork pies are the best in York really.
我们使用自己配制的调味料，并且自己制作面皮；因此，我们的猪肉馅饼确实是约克市最好吃的。
Sounds good enough to me.
对我来说，这个方案听起来已经足够好了。
What's your favourite Yorkshire food?
你最喜欢的约克郡美食是什么？
Yorkshire pudding.
约克郡布丁。
Yorkshire pudding.
约克郡布丁。
Could you explain what that is that Yorkshire pudding?
你能解释一下“约克郡布丁”（Yorkshire pudding）到底是什么吗？
It's a batter, which is done cooking the oven.
这是一种需要用烤箱烘烤才能做好的食品。
Is there any aspects of York that you like the best?
约克有哪些方面是你最喜欢的？
The city, the people, the food, the shambles?
这座城市、这里的人民、美食，还有那些混乱的景象……
Shambles and the minister.
一片混乱，还有那位部长……
Yeah, definitely.
是的，当然可以。
There's not many things to say.
其实没什么好说的。
I don't know whether the Viking Centre is still here as well,
我不知道维京中心是否还存在于这里。
it's still there.
它还在那里。
It's still there.
它还在那里。
So we've managed to find ourselves a real Viking.
所以我们终于找到了一位真正的维京人。
In your opinion, what makes Vikings from York different from Vikings in say London or Oxford?
在你看来，约克的维京人与伦敦或牛津的维京人有什么不同？
Well, firstly, there aren't any Vikings in London or Oxford, so that's kind of amazing.
嗯，首先，伦敦和牛津根本就没有维京人，这确实有点不可思议。
You've got Anglo -Saxons down there.
在那些地区居住着盎格鲁-撒克逊人。
Tell us how the name of York has changed.
告诉我们约克（York）这个名字是如何变化的。
Well, essentially when the Romans were here, it was called Ibaraka, and what that means is fort.
嗯，实际上在罗马人统治时期，这个地方被称为“伊巴拉卡”（Ibaraka），而“伊巴拉卡”的意思就是“堡垒”。
When the Romans left, you've got the Anglo -Saxons, and they called Iforic, and when they left, the Vikings came,
当罗马人离开后，盎格鲁-撒克逊人接管了这片土地，他们将这座城市称为“伊福里克”（Iforic）。随后，维京人又来到了这里。