纪录片《中国美食之旅》 第11期:北京篇(10)

搜索

复制

Cooking with Chairman Wang's brought back memories

和王董一起烹饪把我思绪带回到

of being in the kitchen of my grandmother's farm in Taiwan,

台湾我祖母农场的厨房里

where I spent my early childhood.

在那里我度过了我的童年

She passed on three years ago

三年前她过世了

and I've come to a Buddhist¹ temple to pay my respects to her.

我来到寺庙里向她表达我的敬意

My grandparents looked after me from a very young age, from about two.

我的祖父祖母在我两岁时就照顾我

Both my parents were really busy working, trying to,

父母则忙于工作

er, make a living.

竭力谋生，抚养家庭

My memories of food actually all come from

我对食物的记忆全部都来源于

those very early years of living on that farm.

早年在农场的生活

We didn't have very much but every day was so much fun.

我们并不富裕，但每天都充满快乐

The island of Taiwan is off the south coast of China

台湾岛位于中国南部外海

and is disputed² territory³.

仍然充满争议

My parents left for work when I was five and we travelled first

在我五岁时父母便外出工作，我们先到达了南非

to South Africa and then England where we settled⁴ when I was 11.

接着在我11岁时定居在了英国

When I was growing up I didn't want to be Chinese,

在我成长的岁月里，我不希望自己是中国人

I wanted to be English. I wanted to be everything that was not Chinese.

我想成为英国人，我想成为任何人但非中国人

My father forced me to go to Chinese school every Sunday

父母逼我每周日去中文学校

and I had to cook Chinese food for my dad.

还要为父亲做中国菜

I resented⁵ that and I hated cooking.

我非常反感，我讨厌做饭

Erm, but only as the years have gone by

但随着岁月流逝

that, actually, that's the only Chinese part of me

事实上，我身上唯一留下的中国烙印

that remained, was the cooking bit and the food.

是烹饪和食物

Through it,I now appreciate Chinese culture

通过它，我现在欣赏中国文化

and I'm finding⁶ myself,through food,

而且我发现我自己，通过食物

and beginning to understand more of where I'm from and who I am.

开始更多的了解我来自何方，我是谁

This journey is so important because it gives me

这趟旅程很重要，因为它给予了我

a chance to really delve⁷ deeper into Chinese cooking, just to learn more.

一个机会真正更深入到中国烹饪，学习更多

1 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

2 disputed   

v.辩论，争论( dispute的过去式和过去分词 )；争夺；阻止；就…进行辩论adj.有争议的

参考例句：

• They disputed over how to get the best results. 他们争论着如何能得到最好的结果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soldiers disputed every inch of ground when the enemy attacked. 敌人进犯，战士们寸土必争。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 territory   

n.领土，领地，版图，地区，活动范围

参考例句：

• Resources in plenty can be found in this territory.这一地区能找到大量自然资源。
• Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources.我国土地辽阔，资源丰富。

4 settled   

a.固定的；稳定的

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。
• a settled way of life 安定的生活方式

5 resented   

对…感到愤怒( resent的过去式和过去分词 )； 关系( regard的过去式和过去分词 )； 再差遣； 再发

参考例句：

• She resented the insinuation that she was too old for the job. 她憎恶暗示她太老不适合这项工作的话。
• I deeply resented her criticism. 我对她的批评感到非常气愤。

6 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

7 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。