The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺詞

Rob: Hello, I'm Rob. Welcome to On the Town.

Helen: 大家好，我是 Helen. 歡迎收聽 BBC 都市掠影節(jié)目。

Rob: This is the programme where we show you interesting places in the UK. So where are we going today, Helen?

Helen: 今天，我們將前往一個古老的城堡。

Right, Arundel Castle is close to the mouth of the River Arun which goes out into the English Channel. We were founded by William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1067. And we are one of a chain of castles that goes across the south coast of England. It was put here to defend the south coast from invasion by the French from the continent of Europe.

Rob: That's head guide Penny Horsfield from Arundel Castle.

Helen: 這座城堡的名字叫 Arundel Castle, 中文翻譯是阿倫德爾城堡。

Rob: It's near the south coast of England.

Helen: Right. 城堡的地理位置是靠近英格蘭南部的海岸，在 Arun 河與英吉利海峽接口的地方。

Rob: The castle was founded by William the Conqueror on Christmas Day 1067.

Helen: Conqueror 征服者。征服者威廉 William the Conqueror 可以算是英國歷史上第一個真正的國王，是他1067年下令修建阿倫德爾城堡。

Rob: There were a chain of castles that were built across the south coast of England. Their function was to defend the coast from invasion by the French.

Helen: 英國在南海邊修建的好幾座城堡，都起到防御抵抗作用，以防法國從海上入侵。Invasion 侵略，defend 防衛(wèi)。

Rob: Let's get back to Arundel Castle. Does any one actually live there or is it just a museum?

Helen: 城堡屬于諾福克公爵和他的家族，已經(jīng)有超過850年的歷史了。Penny 帶我參觀了城堡的內(nèi)部，我還學(xué)到了幾個有趣的知識。

Helen: It's quite interesting, the change in ceiling height, isn't it? Sometimes you go incredibly high and sometimes it's incredibly low.

Penny: It's very much a social geography thing. Basically where the ceilings are lower, that's more the servants' area. Where the ceilings are higher, that's more the family area.

Helen: We just came through the servants' door then!

Penny: Well basically yes.

Rob: You walked through the servants' door?

Helen: 是的，我們是從以前給傭人們專用的走廊到大廳的。傭人，下人就是 servants. 原來從門框的高低大小，還有屋頂 ceiling 的高低就能看出來，一個房間或者是通道是給什么人用的。

Rob: So tall ceilings and wide passages are for the family of the house and the opposites are for the servants. Where did that narrow staircase take you?

Helen: A very grand bedroom. In fact it was Queen Victoria's bedroom. 這個以紅色，粉色和金色為主體的睡房是給維多利亞女王準(zhǔn)備的。請聽 Penny 的介紹。

This is Queen Victoria's bedroom. She visited the castle in 1846 and she came for three nights, having given the Duke two years' notice that she was going to visit, so he had time to get everything ready. So he had all the furniture made for her in her favourite colours which were supposed to be gold, red and dusky pink.

Rob: Wow, Queen Victoria gave the Duke of Arundel two years' notice for her visit.

Helen: 女王就是不一樣，派頭真大。維多利亞女王提前2年給阿倫德爾公爵通知說她要到城堡來住幾天。

Rob: So the Duke had all the furniture made for her especially in her favourite colours.

Helen: 公爵還專門請人定做了維多利亞女王睡房里所有的家具，肯定花了不少錢。

Rob: One of the most impressive bits of furniture is the massive four-poster bed. Interestingly, it's got a step ladder next to it. What did Penny say about it?

Helen: 超級大床的旁邊放了一把華麗的梯子，這是干嗎用的呢？

Right, that's actually to help the Queen get into bed. Because in those days, the richer you were, the more mattresses you have. The more mattresses you have, the higher your bed is. Queen Victoria was tiny, she was a very little woman, so you had to climb up stairs to get into bed.

Rob: Very interesting.

Helen: 原來以前的人用床墊來體現(xiàn)身份，身份越高，越有錢， 就會用越多的床墊。

Rob: As the monarch of Great Britain, Queen Victoria's bed must have had at least a dozen mattresses.

Helen: Absolutely. 可是維多利亞女王個子很小，所以床邊不得不放把梯子。不然上床睡覺都成問題。

Rob: Well, Penny has given us a wonderful insight into Arundel Castle and I have learnt a few things about our history too.

Helen: I really enjoyed my time at the castle.

Rob: Thanks for listening to On the Town from BBC Learning English. Join us next time.

Helen: 感謝收聽，下次再會。Bye bye!

Rob: Bye bye!