纪录片《中国美食之旅》 第65期:广东篇(2)

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Guangzhou is home to South China's largest fish market.

广州拥有华南地区最大的水产市场

Everything's in tanks, everything's alive.

所有水产都放在水箱里，所有都是活的

Fresh, live, I mean, we're obsessed¹ with that.

新鲜的，活的，我是说，我们为此着迷

The variety here's incredible.

这里水产的种类之多让人震惊

Huangsha market is open 24/7 and sells 600 tonnes of seafood² every day.

黄沙水产市场每周7天，一天24小时营业，每天能卖出600多吨海鲜

Oh, my gosh, that's giant prawns³.

噢，天哪，这虾真大

That's a spiny⁴ lobster⁵.

这是一只龙虾

That's beautiful, look at all the colouring.

它很漂亮，看看它斑斓的色彩

The food is so familiar to me,

这里的食物对于我来说非常熟悉

versus⁶ other places I've been to in China,

相对于我去过的中国的其他地方

and coming here to Canton, yeah,this is where my culinary soul is.

来到广州，我烹饪的灵魂就在这里

Oh, my God! Alligators⁸!

哦，天哪，鳄鱼

Baby crocodiles.

小鳄鱼

My gosh.Are these tasty?

天哪。这些是食用的吗

Yes, very good

是的，很好的

where do they come from?

它们从哪来的？

They're from Thailand. From Thailand?

它们来自泰国。来自泰国？

I've eaten it. No, I've never...

我吃过。不，我从没…

Alligator⁷, I had it in America.

鳄鱼，我在美国吃过

I've never cooked or eaten alligator steaks. Tastes like chicken.

我从没做过或是吃过鳄鱼肉。吃起来像鸡肉

Wow! Wow.

哇喔！哇喔

Has he ever been bitten?

他被咬过吗

Yeah, he's been bitten.

是的，他被咬过

Oh, my gosh, look! Turtles. Turtles!

哦，天哪，看！龟，龟！

Surely this is not for eating. Of course, it's for the pot.

这肯定不是用来吃的。它当然是用来吃的

They're not here for pets.

它们在这里不是当宠物的

I actually think it's quite cruel. Very Cantonese.

我真的觉得这十分残忍。典型的广州式

We don't have the same concept about things as pets,

我们对宠物有不同的概念

I think that's changing now.

我想现在也在改变

It's changing.

它是在改变

I mean, shark's fin⁹, for example, is being banned throughout China,

我是说，比如，鱼翅已经在中国被禁止

and I hope turtle soup will be on that same agenda,

我希望禁止甲鱼汤也能提上议程

because I think it's cruel,

因为我认为这太残忍了

there's just some things you just don't need to eat.

有些东西我们没必要吃

Well, you have to look at things historically.

我们必须从历史的角度看待问题

I mean, where people didn't have enough to eat,

人们过去没有足够的食物

there was a lot of famine,

有很多饥荒发生

so it's hard to judge when you don't have anything to eat.

当你没有任何东西吃的时候，就很难判断

I know, but times have changed, things move on,

我知道，但是时代在改变，事物在发展

like China, and like modernisation,

就像中国，就像现代化

I think the food needs to modernise¹⁰, as well.

我认为食物也应该更新

Chinese tradition claims that stewed¹¹ turtle cures cancer

中国的传统文化认为清蒸甲鱼可以治疗癌症

and alligator meat relieves asthma¹².

而鳄鱼肉可以缓解哮喘

Like many of the creatures here, they're an endangered species,

想这里的很多生物一样，它们是濒危物种

and though the Chinese government is taking steps

尽管中国政府正采取措施

to monitor their trade, consumer culture won't change overnight.

监管对它们的交易，但消费文化不能一夜之间改变

Even a major British supermarket chain with stores in China

甚至一家英国超市在中国的连锁店

sells and slaughters¹³ live turtles.

也售卖和宰杀活龟

1 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

2 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。

3 prawns   

n.对虾，明虾( prawn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Mine was a picture of four translucent prawns, with two small fish swimming above them. 给我画的是四只虾，半透明的，上画有两条小鱼。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• Shall we get some shrimp and prawns? 我们要不要买些小虾和对虾？ 来自无师自通 校园英语会话

4 spiny   

adj.多刺的，刺状的；n.多刺的东西

参考例句：

• This is the Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink blossoms.这就是亚洲的一种观赏灌木，具有多刺的枝和粉红色的花。
• Stay away from a spiny cactus.远离多刺仙人掌。

5 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

6 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

7 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
• Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

8 alligators   

n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
• In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句

9 fin   

n.鳍；(飞机的)安定翼

参考例句：

• They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
• The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。

10 modernise   

vt.使现代化

参考例句：

• If it works,it would help to modernise the entire economy.这项（改革）一旦实施起效，将有助于整体经济的现代化进程。
• They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化，结果劳而无功。

11 stewed   

adj.焦虑不安的，烂醉的v.炖( stew的过去式和过去分词 )；煨；思考；担忧

参考例句：

• When all birds are shot, the bow will be set aside;when all hares are killed, the hounds will be stewed and eaten -- kick out sb. after his services are no longer needed. 鸟尽弓藏，兔死狗烹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• \"How can we cook in a pan that's stewed your stinking stockings? “染臭袜子的锅，还能煮鸡子吃！还要它？” 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

12 asthma   

n.气喘病，哮喘病

参考例句：

• I think he's having an asthma attack.我想他现在是哮喘病发作了。
• Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.它在过敏性气喘中的存在是大家很熟悉的。

13 slaughters   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• These vast slaughters have since become notorious. 此后，这些大规模的屠杀，就变成了很不光彩的新闻。 来自辞典例句
• Remembered that despairs and hope that each other slaughters. 记得绝望和希望，彼此厮杀。 来自互联网