BBC中国故事第四集明朝 Part10 明朝苏州棉纺和丝织业

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[00:02.24]And wealth brought leisure.富裕带来了休闲。
[00:04.36]Time to read for both men and women.这个时代无论男女都爱好阅读。
[00:07.91]This was the golden age of Chinese fiction, with novels like the Plum in the Golden Vase, where middle class morals were now the subject of Sex and the City satire.这是中国小说的黄金时代，如《金瓶梅》这样的小说。其中中产阶级的品行如今成为性和市井讽刺的对象。
[00:52.77]Such confusions of pleasure were a long way from the austere world of the first Ming Emperor.如此享乐的孔道社会再也不是明朝首位皇帝时的简朴世道了。
[00:59.15]Even fashion was now no longer the preserve of the ruling class.即使时尚也不再为统治阶层所专有了。
[01:04.28]And as regards designer labels, well, Suzhou was all the rage.而说到时尚的标志，苏州则是引领潮流。
[01:08.47]If it wasn't made in Suzhou, people said, people just didn't want to wear it.假如不是苏州出品，人们会说，他们根本不愿意穿。
[01:15.70]The hems go up the hems go down, and the fuddy duddys complained these new people, 褶边上下飞舞，收放自如，那些老古板则在抱怨这些新潮的人，
[01:20.65]with their newfangled fashions, are erasing the class differences which were implicit in the old, traditional styles of costume.因为他们发明的这些时尚正在消除阶层之间的差异，而这些差异在旧有的传统服饰里表现得非常清楚。
[01:33.15]In the cotton and silk industries demand skyrocketed.在棉纺和丝织业中，需求猛增。
[01:37.61]And Suzhou silk was the best.而苏州的丝织是最好的。
[01:45.96]In every village around Suzhou, they said, the people devoted all their energies to earning a living from silk.他们说，在苏州附近的每个村庄，人们尽其所能地从丝织业上谋得生计。
[01:54.11]A proletariat of textile workers was emerging, but critics now asked was all this pursuit of wealth making a better world?由此产生了一批丝织工匠阶层，不过评论家现在质疑的是：这一切对财富的追求真的使世道变得更好吗？
[02:08.40]- Hello, how are you? 嗨，你好吗？
[02:09.23]- Hello, fine. 你好。
[02:10.03]I'm just looking at your beautiful silk. 我正要看你这些美丽的丝绸。
[02:12.31]Yes, this a very traditional material. 没错，这是种非常传统的材料。
[02:16.26]- May we have a look? 我们能看看吗？
[02:17.10]- Which one do you like? 你喜欢哪件？
[02:19.13]Yeah, the one..... It looks Chinese imperial gown, 对，这件...看起来像中国的龙袍,
[02:20.69]Maybe this one. 大概是这件。
[02:22.40]doesn't it? 是吗？
[02:23.00]OK. 好的。
[02:25.50]- This is the kind of thing the Mandarins used to wear. 这像是官员们经常穿的那类衣服。
[02:27.61]- Yes. 是的。
[02:29.75]This is like gold colour. 这件像金色。
[02:31.60]In the pattern is long life. 带着长寿寓意的图案。
[02:34.68]The meaning is very good - the long life.寓意很好--长寿。
[02:37.63]And here is five bats. 这里有五只蝙蝠。
[02:40.51]- Beautiful. 漂亮。
[02:41.18]- Yes. 没错。
[02:41.70]And people buy this to make dresses or clothes or what? 那人们买这个是来做衣服还是做什么？
[02:45.04]For making wedding dress. 用来做婚服。
[02:46.21]For Chinese wedding dress. 中国的婚服。
[02:49.18]Maybe Chinese man, the jacket is nice. 也许是中式男装，做外套不错。
[02:53.56]- For men too? 也适合男人？
[02:54.39]- Yes. 是的。
[02:54.62]Really? 真的？ 
[02:55.67]Like this one, maybe. 就像这件，也许吧。
[02:58.21]I show you. 我拿给你看。
[02:59.23]- Oh, that is beautiful. 哦，太漂亮啦。
[03:00.94]- This is nice. 这件很好。
[03:01.70]You know here is a dragon. 你看这儿有条龙。
[03:04.46]The dragon, for a man, it's a perfect pattern. 龙，对男人来说是非常好的图案。
[03:07.98]Oh, right. 哦，是的。
[03:09.18]So it's strength? 它代表力量吗？
[03:10.72]The dragon is strong and brave? 龙代表力量和勇敢吗？
[03:12.36]And good luck as well? 还有好运？
[03:14.38]Yes, it's like a king! 是的，就像国王一样！
[03:16.21]- Like a king. 就像国王。
[03:17.36]The symbol of the king. 国王的象征。
[03:18.47]Yes, of course! 当然，没错！
[03:19.26]- Yes! 是的！
[03:19.38]- Yeah, the emperor wears dragons! 是的，皇帝就穿着龙袍！
[03:21.35]- Yes. 是的。

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BBC中国故事 第四集 明朝 Part10 明朝苏州棉纺和丝织业

BBC中国故事第四集明朝 Part10 明朝苏州棉纺和丝织业