英國問答

Ask About Britain

隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，奧運(yùn)、世博等世界性盛會陸續(xù)進(jìn)駐，中國日益受到全球關(guān)注，中國文化也在世界各地發(fā)展出龐大的粉絲群。那么英國人是怎么看待中國文化的呢？讓我們聽聽《英國問答》這個節(jié)目，從中找出答案。節(jié)目中訪問了帶不同口音的英國人，感興趣的同學(xué)除了可以模仿主持人的英式發(fā)音以外，還可以進(jìn)行聽力訓(xùn)練哦！

Jacqui: Hello and welcome to Ask AboutBritain，the programme wherewe answer your questions aboutBritish life and institutions.I’m Jacqui.

QUESTION:

I want to know is China really…is influentialin Bri ta in ? Or Chinese culture…a re t he yfascinating to British people?

Jacqui: Is China influential in Britain? Are Britishpeople fascinated by Chinese culture? Asusual， we talked to a few people about theirviews on Chinese culture:

Chinese culture seems to me somewhatmysterious， but within that， it…it’sthe enormous breadth^{[廣泛的范圍]} of it coveringnearly all part of the arts–sculpture^[雕塑]， painting. And it…it’s so ancient and weknow relatively so little about it. On the…the more ordinary front， I find most ofthe different foods， whether Cantoneseor Mandarin， absolutely delicious.Overall， yes， I…I find the whole Chineseculture fascinating.

（對我來說，中國文化有點(diǎn)神秘，但就在這樣的莫測高深中，它……中國文化涉及面廣，幾乎涵蓋了所有藝術(shù)形式——包括雕塑、繪畫等。它……它可以追溯到那么久遠(yuǎn)的年代，而我們對它卻知之甚少。在那些……就更常見的方面而言，我發(fā)現(xiàn)各種中國菜，無論是粵菜還是北京菜，都非常可口。總而言之，是的，我……我認(rèn)為中國文化非常令人著迷。）

Jacqui : So the conclusion is he findsChinese culture fascinating. While a lot ofpeople here like Chinese food， they also havesome doubts.

I love Chinese food， but I suspect thatthe Chinese food we get served here inEngland is far inferior^[低劣的]to…to the kind ofChinese food you would get in China.

（我喜歡中國菜，但我懷疑我們在英國吃到的中國菜遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不如……不如你在中國吃到的美味。）

Jacqui: She suspects that the Chinese foodhere is far inferior to the kind of Chinesefood in China. Apart from Chinese food， whichis always related to Chinese culture in thiscountry， people are interested in other areasas well.

I have seen a few films and theydefinitely have a very…a style all of theirown ， a very opulent^[華美的] kind of look which I alwaysenjoyed. So I suppose if…if Iam to pick one thing–I thinkI have always been very interestedin kind of healthand medicine， becauseobviously there’s a biginterest in sort of Chineseherbalism^{[中草藥醫(yī)學(xué)]}andeverything here. Thereis just something aboutthe way these systemsof health and exercisehave been developed overso many years.They…theyseem very interesting and kindof， therefore， very powerful，I think，because they’veobviously been really， really thoughtabout.

（我看過幾部中國電影，它們的確帶有一種非常……一種它們自身的風(fēng)格，看起來很華麗，總讓我目不暇接。我想如果……如果讓我從中選出一個方面來說——我總是對健康和醫(yī)藥這類東西感興趣，因為，人們顯然對中草藥醫(yī)學(xué)等各種各樣的東西都有濃厚的興趣。中國的保健強(qiáng)身體系經(jīng)過了這么多年的發(fā)展，其中必定有很多值得研習(xí)的地方，它們……它們非常有趣，而且似乎也蠻有效的，因為中國人已經(jīng)對此進(jìn)行了非常非常深入的研究。）

Jacqui: He mentioned Chinese films and saidthat they have a very opulent look which healways enjoyed.But whathe is most interestedin is Chinese medicine. He says there is a biginterest in Chinese herbalism in the UK–hemeans Chinese herbal medicine. So far wehave heard some British views on Chinese art，music， food and medicine.

Yang Li: But there is more to it.

Jacqui: Well， China isvery much in the newsevery day， and Chineseproducts are seen inall the shops.

Yang Li:I can hearChinese being spokenalmost every timeI travel on the Itravl on the train.

Yang Li：Bye.