500 years ago, England was emerging into a new era. 500年前，英国走进了一个新时代。
After years of war, plague and famine, 经历了连年征战、瘟疫和饥荒后，
the kingdom was enjoying peace and prosperity 王国在第一任都铎国王 亨利七世的统治下
under the reign of the first Tudor king - Henry VII. 被和平与繁荣所笼罩。
A new class of business-savvy farmer was thriving, 农民，这一具有商业头脑的新兴阶层 正茁壮成长，
boosting food production. 极大增加了粮食产量。
And then over she goes. 这样它就翻身了。
While wool from their sheep was generating half the nation's wealth. 而羊毛业则占据了 全国财富的一半。
Many of the nation's farms were under the control of the biggest 大量的农场都由 除国王之外
landowner in England after the king - 英国最大的地主所控制
the monasteries. 它就是修道院。
Their influence could be felt in every aspect of daily life. 在日常生活中， 修道院的影响力无处不在。
They were not just places of religion, 它们不仅是宗教场所，
they were at the forefront of technology, education and farming. 更引领着技术、教育 和农业的前沿。
But with the daily lives of monks devoted to prayer 然而道士将生活的大部分时间 都献给了祷告，
they depended increasingly on tenant farmers, 因此他们越来越依赖
who worked and tended their lands. 那些在他们领地上工作 并照料农田的佃农。
Steady girl. 稳住。
Now historian Ruth Goodman 现在历史学家Ruth Goodman
and archaeologists Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn 以及考古学家Tom Pinfold和Peter Ginn
are turning the clock back to Tudor England, 尝试让时光倒流 回到都铎时代
here at Weald and Downland in West Sussex, 英国西萨西克的 威尔德镇和唐兰德镇，
to work as ordinary farmers 在修道院地主的监视下
under the watchful eye of a monastic landlord. 像普通农民一样劳作。
That's the way, nice. 就这样，很好。
To succeed they'll have to master long lost farming methods. 要想成功，他们必须重新学习 失传已久的农耕方法。
Watch those flanks, they're going again. 看好那些羊， 它们又跑了。
And get to grips with Tudor technology. 深入掌握都铎技术。
SCREAMING （尖叫声）
Quite noisy. 很吵。
It's a really violent process. 这个流程真是简单粗暴。
While immersing themselves in the beliefs... 同时投身于具有时代特征的信仰、
ALL: Amen. 阿门。
..customs... 习俗
..and rituals that shaped the age. 以及宗教仪式。
This is merry England for heaven's sake, so to speak, let's enjoy it. 这么说来，这真的是，受上天保佑的快乐英国， 让我们尽情享受吧。
SCREAMING （尖叫）
This is the untold story of the monastic farms of Tudor England. 这就是都铎英国时代修道院农场的未知故事。
In 1500, England was at a crossroads. 1500年， 英国站在了一个十字路口。
The subsistence farming of the medieval era 中世纪式勉强度日的农耕
was giving way to a modern spirit of commercialisation. 逐渐被充满现代精神的 商业化模式所取代。
A world dominated by the Church and the rhythm of farming 一个被教堂和农耕节奏 主宰的世界
was now opening up to a new force - 正向一股新兴力量开放：
money. 金钱的力量。
As great landowners, the monasteries had capitalised 几个世纪以来， 修道院这一庞大的地主
on their land and their tenants for centuries... 在他们的土地上投资， 雇佣佃农，
controlling everything, from crop production 控制着一切： 从粮食生产
to new technologies and trading relationships with merchants. 到新兴技术 以及和商人的贸易往来。
But now as more and more monastic farms were being rented out, 但现在 越来越多的修道院农场被出租，
Tudor tenant farmers realised that they too 都铎佃农意识到 他们也可以
could make a profit from the land. 从土地里赚钱。
Ruth is doing the monthly accounts. Ruth正在做月账。
In 1500, those farmers who are in a position 在1500年，农民可以向 修道院之类的对象
to rent large parcels of land from people like the monasteries, 承租大量田地，
were becoming much more businessmen, and perhaps businesswomen. 男人甚至是女人， 都越发具有商业头脑。
They were thinking much more in terms of profit and loss 他们比之前任何时候
and, erm, accumulated wealth than perhaps had been the case before. 都更关注利润、损失 以及财富积累。
I mean, this is a moment which farming is beginning to change 我想说，这是一个农业
into something that's closer 即将发生变化的时代，
to the buying and selling and trading and merchant thinking 变成当下我们所熟知的 买卖、交易
that we're so accustomed to these days. 以及商业化思维
But for even the most industrious farmers, 然而即便对于 最勤奋的农民而言，
the farming calendar was still shaped 农耕的日历依然取决于
by the cycle of religious festivals. 年复一年的宗教节日。
It's May and the feast of Whitsun, 现在是五月，
also known as Pentecost, 圣灵降临节，也叫五旬节，
is on the horizon - 即将到来，
traditionally celebrated with a special market day. 传统中人们通过一个 特殊的集市日来庆祝这一节日。
Falling seven weeks after Easter, 圣灵降临节在复活节七周后到来，
it commemorated the descent of the Holy Spirit to Jesus' disciples. 目的是纪念圣灵降临于 耶稣的门徒。
Although the team's main income will come from their sheep, 尽管团队的主要收入来源是他们的羊，
Tom and Peter have also been raising geese to sell. Tom和Peter也饲养鹅。
We've got two sitting over there, and six very angry ones there. 我们有两只公鹅， 还有六只愤怒的母鹅。
So we're going to have a load of little goslings pretty soon. 因此我们很快就会有一群鹅宝宝。
That's very exciting. Just hope these ones come out then. 这真是令人激动。 希望能有结果。
A bit of hissing starting up. 它们开始叫了。
They look pretty good condition, those ones, don't they? 它们看上去状态不错，不是吗？
This is when it gets exciting though. 它们激动时状态一向不错。
They're certainly good mothers, aren't they? 它们一定会成为好母亲，不是吗？
Cos they're hissing, they're protecting their nests. 因为它们在嘶叫， 它们在保护自己的巢。
Yeah. I'm always a little wary of being in here. 是的。我每次在这儿 都格外小心。
So if we don't feed them in here, they might not go out for food, 如果我们不喂它们， 它们也许不会外出觅食。
so they'll start losing condition, 而它们的体重就会减轻，
they won't be able to rear their young properly, 这样它们就不能 很好地孕育下一代了，
we'll have massive problems, 我们就会遇上大问题。
but little bit of, er, pottage goes a long way. 少量的粥对它们大有帮助。
Looks better than it did last night actually in my opinion. 我觉得它比昨晚好很多。
HE LAUGHS （笑声）
Most rural households, including monastic ones, 大部分乡村家庭， 包括修道院家庭，
kept geese for their eggs, meat and fat, 养鹅来获得它们的蛋、肉
which was used in medicine. 和药用的脂肪。
GOOSE HISSES （鹅叫）
Back in the Tudor times, good source of revenue. 回到都铎时代， 这是很好的利润来源。
Exactly, and we are here to make money. 没错，我们也在赚钱。
We, we've got Whitsun fair coming up, 圣灵降临节集市 马上就要来了，
so it might be nice to take a couple of our geese to market. 带一对鹅到集市上出售 是一个好主意。
Especially since we've got little goslings coming on. 尤其是当小鹅 孵化的时候。
In 1500, the farming landscape was very different. 1500年，农耕环境非常不同。
Common lands had not yet been enclosed 公用土地还没有被圈占，
and farmers had the right to graze their animals 因此农民有权利
on lush upland pastures - 在茂盛的高地牧场上放牧，
kept fresh and green by the wet climate. 因气候湿润， 这些牧场草质新鲜嫩绿。
It meant sheep produced longer, fuller fleeces, 这意味着绵羊能产出更长、 更浓密的羊毛，
putting English wool in great demand. 使得英国羊毛大受欢迎。
Raw fleece and woollen cloth 粗羊毛和羊毛织物
accounted for 75% of England's exports. 占据了英国对外出口额的75%
For hundreds of years the monasteries had dominated the trade, 几百年来， 修道院控制了贸易，
keeping huge flocks of up to 20,000 sheep. 饲养了数量达20000只的巨大羊群。
May was the time of year for flocks to be driven from the uplands 五月是一年里 把羊群从高地
back to the farm, 赶到农场的时间。
for the most profitable job in a sheep farmer's calendar - shearing. 为了做牧羊人一年中 利润最大的一件事：剃羊毛。
Claire King is an expert in the history of shepherding. Claire King是牧羊历史专家。
She's making some Tudor style crooks to control 她正在做一些 都铎式的牧羊棍
the sheep on the journey - 用来在途中控制羊群
made from hollow cow horns. 牧羊棍由空心牛角制成。
So your mud, stones goes in there. Yep. 泥巴、石块从这里穿过。 是的。
And basically you just swing it. 而且基本上你只需摇摆它。
Yes, almost like a slingshot. 对，几乎就像一个弹弓。
Are these going to be any good for controlling our sheep? 这些对于控制羊群管用吗？
They will be in the confined spaces of the lanes. 羊群会跑到 小道上的局限空间。
If you've got a gap you don't want them to go through, 如有一个空档 你不想让它们钻过去，
or they're hesitating, 或者它们在犹豫，
then you can throw some stones ahead of them 你就可以在它们前面 扔一些石头，
and that will frighten them out of that gap. 这会把它们吓得离开空挡。
Yeah. That's the plan. 是的，这就是计划。
Obviously they've got a practical purpose. Mm-hmm. 显然它们有一个实用的目的。 是的。
They do look quite fun. 它们看上去很有趣。
They are fun. 是很有趣。
RUTH: Hopeless. 无药可救。
I just missed them entirely. 我不知把它们弄哪去了。
The crooks, known as hulets, were invaluable to the Tudor shepherd 牧羊棍，被称为hulets， 对于那些在都铎时代牧羊人而言意义非凡
who looked after a whole community's sheep in the wide-open countryside. 他们要在广袤辽阔的乡村土地上 照看整个社区的羊。
Oh, that was a bit better. Oh, yeah, that's better. 哦，这下好一点了。 是啊，好多了。
Whee!
But gathering the sheep out in the open was a difficult task. 但想在野外把羊群集中起来 是一个艰巨的任务。
In addition to the crooks, the team have enlisted the help of Bess, 除了牧羊棍，团队还请来了 Bess和她的主人Hugh Emerson
and her owner Hugh Emerson, to drive the flock back to the farm. 帮忙把羊群赶回农场。
Sheep naturally flock together. Right. 绵羊通常是群聚的。 是的。
So that's an essential characteristic of sheep. 这是绵羊的一个重要特点。
There are only really three commands - 实际上只有三种指令-
go left, go right and stop. 向左，向右以及停下。
That's the key one. 这是关键。
That's the key one. Nice and simple then. 这确实是关键。 简单有效。
If you don't stop your dog, 如果你不阻止你的狗，
then she'll just drive them off and they'll disappear. 它就会把羊群冲散， 羊群就不见了。
If you've got those three commands, your dog will work sheep. 如果你掌握了这三种指令， 你的狗就能管好羊群。
Walk on. Go on, Bess. Go on, Bess. 快走。Bess，快走。 Bess，快走。
Getting them moving. 让羊群跑起来。
Bess is a bearded collie, a traditional sheepdog. Bess是一只胡须柯利犬， 一种传统的牧羊犬。
Bess, this way. Bess, here to me. Bess，到这儿来。 Bess，到我这儿来。
The breed traces its roots back to 16th-century Scotland. 这个品种的牧羊犬 可追溯至16世纪的苏格兰。
You see how she drops her head down to the ground, can't you? 你能看见她把头垂到地上，不是吗？
She's tracking them. Yeah. She actually tracks them, Bessy. 她正在追踪羊群。是的。 Bessy会追踪它们。
They don't seem too spooked at the moment. 羊群现在看上去 并未受到太大惊吓。
Bess, Bess, this way. Bess, here to me. Bess，Bess，到这里来。 Bess，到我这儿来。
Go on, Bess. Go on, Bess. Walk on. 快走，Bess。 快走，Bess。快走。
Worth her weight in gold, eh? 她价值堪比黄金，不是吗？
Once out of the field, the team need to get the sheep down the lane 离开牧场后， 团队需要让羊群穿过小路
and back to the farm. 返回农场。
Oi! They're off. 糟！它们跑了。
Crook time, isn't it? 是时候用牧羊棍了吧？
Oh. 哦。
And that did nothing. 这没用。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
Come on, sheep. Heh! Heh, heh. 快走啊，羊儿。 嘿！嘿！嘿！
Good sheep, they know where they want to go. 好羊儿，它们知道自个儿想往哪去。
They'll get there. 它们会到那里去的。
Tudor shepherds lived on a knife edge. 都铎时代的牧羊人活在刀尖上。
Disease commonly claimed up to a third of their flocks. 疾病经常让超过三分之一的羊群丧命。
So safeguarding healthy sheep was vital. 因此确保羊群健康非常重要。
Watch those flanks, they're going again. Stay on the lane. 看好路边，它们又要跑了。 让它们留在小路上。
These crooks are actually pretty good, erm... 这些牧羊棍实际上很管用，呃...
I'm going for the scattergun approach with stones. 我要尝试用石头 制造一些散弹枪。
Love it. 爱死它了。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
That... Oh, they've seen the grass now, no bother now. 这...噢，它们看见草了， 这下简单了。
Yeah. 是的。
Safely back, there's one more job to do in preparation for shearing. 羊群安全回家后，在剃羊毛前 还有一项准备工作要做。
Because sheep were so valuable, 由于绵羊非常珍贵，
the farming manuals of the day 那个时代的务农手册上
had plenty of advice on how to rear them. 写着大量有关绵羊饲养的建议。
To secure a good price it was recommended that sheep must be 为确保卖个好价钱， 推荐人们在剪羊毛前
well washed before their fleeces were removed. 好好给羊儿洗个澡。
Yeah, who's going in first, you, me or the sheep? 好了，谁先下去？ 你，我，还是羊？
Normally sheep would have been washed by swimming in deep water, 给羊群洗澡的方式 通常是让它们在深水里游泳。
but the pond on the farm is shallow 但是农场的池塘很浅。
so the team have decided to wash them by hand. 因此团队决定用手给它们洗澡。
Sheep seems happy. 羊儿看起来很开心。
Is she coming up clean? 她会变干净吗？
No. 不会。
Not really compared to before, to be honest. 和之前相比一点也没变干净， 实话实说。
We want to get all the dirt out the fleece, 我们想除去羊毛上 所有的脏东西。
not just so you've got a nice clean fleece at the end, 不仅仅是为了在最后 得到漂亮干净的羊毛，
but also if the shears come across anything it will blunten them. 更因为如果剃刀刮到了脏东西， 会弄伤它们。
But things aren't going quite to plan. 但事情并不像预料中那么简单。
SHEEP BAAS （羊叫）
Yeah, runaway sheep. 好吧，越狱的羊。
It's going back. 它回来了。
Peter's just driving her round to the other side of the pond. Peter正在把它赶到池塘的另一边。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
Right, another victim. Come on. 好了，又一个受害者，快来吧。
Come on. Come on, girl. 快来，快来呀，姑娘。
You'll enjoy it once you're in there, everyone else has. 保管你一下来就会很享受的， 就像其他羊儿一样。
Oh, here we are. Hello. 哦，我们好了。你好。
I mean what was the, the deal with the wool if it, 我想说的是羊毛的买卖，是否是，
I mean, if it's really mucky? 羊毛是否很脏？
Well, if it's all glued together by dung then you can't use it, 嗯，如果它沾满了粪便， 你就没法用它了，
it becomes unsaleable and unusable. 它就变得不适合出售或使用。
Argh, that was a good dunk. 呕，真是一大块粪便。
So doing this increases a farmer's profit margins essentially? 所以说这么做 从根本上增加了农夫的利润？
It does indeed. 的确如此。
She's done, let her out. 她洗完了，放它出去吧。
I thought they were supposed to be white sheep, these ones. 我想这些羊本该是白色的吧。
LAUGHTER （笑声）
I know they look dirty on the outside, 我知道它们外表看上去很脏。
but if we've managed to get the dung off from underneath 但如果我们把下面的粪便弄干净，
and out of the matting, a bit of surface silt might not be that bad. 把缠绕成一团的结打开， 表面的淤泥未必会很糟糕。
I don't know how efficient we're being, but we're definitely quicker. 我不知道我们有多高效， 但我们肯定比之前快多了。
Apart from naughty sheep, we did quite, did quite well. 除了羊儿有点淘气外， 我们做得相当，相当好。
It sort of worked, didn't it? 可以说我们成功了，不是吗？
I'll be honest, I thought it was great fun. 说实话，我觉得这相当有趣。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
The sheep will need to dry out thoroughly in the sun 在接下去的几周时间里， 绵羊在剃毛前
over the coming week before they can be sheared. 需要在阳光下把羊毛彻底晒干。
Oh, it's cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold. 噢，真的是冻死了， 冻死了，冻死了，冻死了。
In Tudor England, 在都铎时代的英国，
religion formed part of the ebb and flow of everyday life. 宗教在日常生活的悲欢离合中无处不在。
But people also turned to the Church in times of need, 而人们在需要帮助的时候会去教堂，
especially during illness. 尤其是在生病的时候。
The Church taught that saints interceded 教会声称，
on behalf of those who worshiped them, 圣徒会替那些信仰他们的人 向上天求情，
bringing good health and curing ailments. 赐予他们健康，治愈疾病。
But people didn't rely solely on the saints. 但是人们并不完全依赖圣徒。
There was also a firm tradition of turning to nature to produce cures. 在自然中寻找治病疗法 也是一个古老的传统。
Unfortunately I've got a summer cold 不幸的是我得了风热感冒，
and it's starting to get into my throat, 现在嗓子有些不舒服，
so I'm going to try and find myself a remedy. 因此我要尝试给自己弄一些草药。
And in a Tudor garden we've got a number of plants that I can use. 在都铎时代的花园里 能找到一大堆可供我利用的植物。
We have ground ivy, they called alehoof, 这里有常春藤， 当时人们叫它麦芽啤酒马蹄。
partly because it looks like a hoof 部分原因是它长得像一个马蹄，
and the leaves are also used to flavour ale, alehoof. 而且这种叶子也被用于酿造麦芽啤酒。
Alehoof is rich in Vitamin C, perfect for treating a cold. 常春藤富含维生素C， 非常适合治疗感冒。
Very interesting concept, the idea of edible weeds 可食用的野草 是一个很有趣的概念，
and essentially this is one of them. 而实际上，常春藤就是其中的一种。
Peter adds honey to the alehoof. Peter在常春藤里加了蜂蜜。
Back in Tudor times it was always honey, 在都铎时代，人们总是在药里加蜂蜜，
because sugar was so exotic, it's so expensive, it's got so far to travel. 因为白糖是外来物，非常昂贵， 又从很远的地方过来。
So I'm just going to add a bit of hot water here. 然后我要在里面加一点点热水。
And you know what they say, what doesn't, doesn't kill ya... 然后你懂的，杀不死你的 （能让你更强壮）
That's really nice, that's really good. 真的很好吃，很不错。
Hopefully that'll work its magic, so for me it's back to work. 但愿它能奏效， 让我重返工作岗位。
Getting stiff. 开始变稠了。
In addition to revenue from sheep's wool, 除了羊毛的利润，
money could also be made from their milk. 人们还能从羊奶里赚钱，
Like many Tudor farmers, Ruth plans to supplement the farm's income 正如很多都铎农夫一样， Ruth计划通过制作奶酪
by producing cheese to sell at the upcoming Whitsun market. 并在即将到来的圣灵降临节集市上出售 来增加农场的收入。
Milking sheep for sheep's cheese 制作羊奶奶酪
was really common through the high Middle Ages, 在中世纪晚期非常普遍
but was already beginning to go out of fashion, 但已经开始变得过时，
if that's the right word, in 1500. 如果人们在1500年 也用“过时”一词的话。
Basically a cow gives so much more milk than a sheep, 本质上，一头牛的产奶量 比一只羊的要大得多，
more than ten times much, as much milk. 是它的十倍以上。
So many people were beginning to leave off milking their sheep 因此很多人渐渐放弃了挤羊奶，
and turning for milk instead to a cow. 转而开始挤牛奶。
But monastic herds were a bit different. 但修道院的羊群却不一样。
Basically because they were so large. 本质上因为它们数量太庞大了。
When you've got these huge flocks up on the hill 当你在山丘上拥有大量的羊群，
and somebody's got to be there looking after them 况且总得有人在那里
day and night anyway... 日以继夜地照看它们。
..milking them, making use of that produce 给它们挤奶，用羊奶赚钱
just makes a whole lot more sense. 就说得通了。
And the milk itself? 羊奶直接拿来出售吗？
Well, that was mostly used for cheese making, 嗯，大部分羊奶都用于制作奶酪，
and that's what I plan to do. 接下来我就准备做些奶酪。
Keep your feet out of it, girl. 不要踩它，姑娘。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
To guarantee a good return on their wool, 为了确保羊毛卖个好价钱，
the fleeces will need to be of impeccable quality. 必须让它们拥有无可挑剔的品质。
To help protect them during the shearing process 为了在剃羊毛的过程中保护羊群，
Peter is making a special Tudor contraption - Peter正在制作一个都铎式的奇异装置-
a shearing bench. 一个剃毛台。
Made distinctive by the unusual shape of its seat. 这种剃毛台因为不寻常的形状而与众不同。
They look a little something like this, it's kind of bottle shaped. 它们看上去就像这样， 某种瓶状的造型。
So you've got these curves, and then there's slats in between. 这里有一些弧线， 在弧线中间有板条。
This whole bench it's going to keep the sheep off the ground, 整个工作台作用是 让羊群不要站在地上，
it's going to keep the wool clean. 从而使羊毛保持干净。
This bit's where the sheep's going to go 这是羊群进来的地方，
and this bit is where you're going to sit. 这是你坐的地方。
Now the bit I'm trying to do at the moment, 现在我正要尝试去做的部分，
and I think the really hard bit, are these outside edges. 也是我感觉最难做的部分， 就是外部的边缘。
I'm going to try and steam bend two pieces of hazel. 我想尝试用蒸汽来 弯曲两片榛树木条。
Now I've never steam bent a piece of wood in my life. 到现在为止我还从来没有 用蒸汽弯曲过木条。
Erm, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes. 呃，所以看着这一切是如何发生的 一定很有趣。
I know the theory. 我了解理论。
Peter's first task is to dig a pit in which to steam the wood. Peter的第一个任务就是 挖一个用来蒸木条的坑。
It looks disturbingly like a grave at the moment, 它现在看上去就像是 一个令人不安的坟墓，
but I think it's just the right size. 但我觉得这就是正确的尺寸。
It'll contain a fire to generate enough heat 我将会在这里生火 以产生足够的热量
to turn the water into steam. 来把水变成水蒸气。
These stones are going to act as a radiator, 这些石头将会起到散热器的作用，
they're going to retain the heat of the fire. 它们将留存火的热量。
I'm then going to cover them with wet straw and wet grass 然后我将会把潮湿的稻草 和嫩草盖在石头上，
into which I will put the pieces of wood that I want to bend. 在那里我会放上想要弯曲的木条。
And the heat from those stones, that'll heat up the moisture 利用石头产生的热量
in that grass 把水分蒸发到草里，
and that'll turn into steam and force itself into the wood. 水就会变成水蒸气，进入木条。
To make my fire I've essentially built a chimney, 为了生火，我实际上造了一个烟囱，
and inside that I'm going to put a few oak shavings, 我将在这里放一些橡树枝条，
and around it I'll put my...my, er, wood upright. 并在它的外围，垂直摆放一些树枝。
And the thing about the wood being upright 之所以垂直摆放，
is it will transport this heat up and just get that fire going. 是为了把热量送到上面， 让火苗持续燃烧。
Relatively more successful than I thought it would be. 比我想象中的要成功得多。
A dairy was a vital part of any substantial Tudor farmstead. 乳制品作坊是所有都铎时代 大型农庄的重要组成部分。
Run by the woman of the house, 作坊由农庄的女性经营，
the profits traditionally belonged to her rather than the household. 所获利润通常属于她 而不是整个家庭。
Ruth is getting straight to work making her sheep's cheese. Ruth正准备用她的羊奶制作奶酪。
I've just heated the milk over the fire next door, 我刚在隔壁房间的火上加热了羊奶。
bringing it up to blood temperature, 把它加热到人体的温度，
and now I'm going to settle it in wooden bowls. 现在我正准备把它装入木碗。
And I'm doing that because I don't want it to cool down too quickly 我这么做是因为 我不想让它太快降温，
and I want the wood to insulate, to keep my milk as warm as possible. 我想让木碗起隔离作用， 让羊奶尽可能地保持温度。
Ruth adds rennet to the sheep's milk. Ruth把凝乳酶添加入羊奶。
Rennet is an enzyme extracted from a lamb's stomach and it will 凝乳酶是一种从羊羔的胃里 提炼出来的酶
coagulate the milk into solid curds and a liquid called whey. 它会让羊奶分离成固态凝乳 以及一种液态乳清。
Having stirred it I now want to leave it very still, 搅拌过以后，我现在要让它 非常平静地放置，
and if I've got the right temperature and the right strength of rennet, 如果我把温度以及凝乳酶浓度控制得当，
over the next sort of half an hour or so it will set into curds and whey. 大约半小时后它们就会 变成凝乳和乳清。
Seemingly simple in construction, 尽管看上去构造简单，
Tudor dairies were cleverly designed to regulate temperature - 都铎时代的乳制品作坊设计精妙， 可以控制室温，
vital, especially in the summer months. 这一点非常重要， 尤其在夏天。
The dairy's attached to the north-facing side of the farmhouse, 乳制品作坊建造在农舍的北面，
so that the main building shields it from the heat of the sun. 因此房屋主体 为它挡住了阳光的热量。
Then you'll notice the windows. 然后你就会注意到窗户。
You can see that they provide loads of light, 你能看见窗户让光线进入房间，
but more importantly they provide ventilation. 但更重要的是它们让房间通风。
I've got a through draught. 这样就有了一股穿堂风。
The next thing to look at is the floor. 接下来我们看一下地板。
Tiles - these tiles are not glazed, they're porous, 看这些地砖， 它们不是釉制的，而是多孔的，
which means that they will hold water in 意味着它们可以留存住水分，
and that is really important, that's where the clever bit comes in. 这一点非常重要， 这才是设计的精妙所在。
Here we go. 水来了。
Whoosh. 哇。
The water sinks into the pores of the tiles and sits there, 水分沉入地砖的空隙中 并留在那里，
and then gradually over the next few hours it quietly evaporates. 然后渐渐地，在接下来的几个小时里 它们悄悄蒸发。
And as it evaporates it cools the room, 当它们蒸发时降低了室温，
and with my strong cross draught 加上北面和东面窗户
between my north and my east windows, 产生的强烈穿堂风，
it's drawing that damp air out all the time, 把潮湿的空气不断排出去，
allowing more to rise and fill its space. 让更多水分蒸发到房间里。
This room will sit at between five and six degrees 这间房间温度几乎恒定在5-6摄氏度，
almost regardless of what the weather does outside. 无论外面天气如何。
Oh, my! Heat coming off this is intense. 我的天哪！这里冒出来的热气真厉害。
We're pretty much ready to steam our wood. 我们差不多准备好蒸木条了。
Ah, dear. 噢，天哪。
Either that or we're going to set fire to our straw 不然我们就一把火把稻草烧了，
and then we'll have to start again. 那样的话我们就不得不重新开始了。
Peter is soaking his straw in hot water, to ensure it's saturated. Peter正在用往稻草上浇热水 来确保它完全浸湿。
On it goes. 水来了。
It's this water that will be turned into steam by the heat 正是这些水会被储存在石头里的火
of the fire stored in the stones. 产生的热量变成水蒸气。
There we go. 开始了。
Oh! Right. 哦！好了。
I think I've got to be pretty fast with this. 我想我们得速战速决。
Can already see the steam coming up, 我已经能看见蒸汽冒上来了，
some sort of... 有着一种，
vision of hell. 炼狱的既视感。
There we go, wood in. 下一步，放入木条。
Of course this isn't going to catch fire, 当然这不会着火，
cos fire needs three things - 因为火的燃烧需要三因素，
it needs heat which it's got, 这里有热量，
it needs fuel, which I'm giving it, 还有我正在添加的燃料，
but it needs oxygen, 但它还需要氧气，
which I'm about to take away. 而我正准备把氧气隔离走。
This technique dates back to Anglo-Saxon times 这项技术可追溯至盎格鲁-撒克逊时代，
but would still have been used in the Tudor period 但在都铎时代依然得以沿用，
for the production of ships, weapons and tools. 用于制造轮船、武器和工具。
The reason why I have to work so quickly is 我之所得速战速决是因为，
because already you can see the steam coming up 你已经能看到蒸汽冒上来了，
and I've got to keep that steam in there, 而我得把蒸汽埋在地下，
cos otherwise the straw will dry out 否则的话稻草就会烘干，
and there won't be the moisture to steam my wood. 这样就没有水汽来蒸木条了。
Every inch of the wood's diameter needs an hour of steaming - 每一英寸粗的木条都需要蒸一小时，
for the next two hours all Peter can do is wait. 在接下来的两小时里 Peter能做的就是等待。
OK, just... 好了...
Ooh, that's a good set! 哇，凝固得不错！
After sitting for half a day, 在静置了将近半天后，
Ruth's milk has transformed. Ruth羊奶的形态发生了变化。
Really pleased. They've all set beautifully. 真不错。 它们都凝固得非常好。
So now I have to start separating out the whey from the curd. 现在我要把乳清 从凝乳中分离出来。
You can see little bits of it already here, 你已经能在这里看到 一点点乳清了，
this very pale greeny, yellow liquid. 这种浅绿，浅黄色的液体。
That's the whey. 就是乳清。
And the next stage now is to cut it and to try 下一步是切割和晾干。
and drain some of that whey out. 并把部分乳清过滤走。
In later centuries you'd use, you know, fancy knives to make 在往后的几世纪 你将使用精致的小刀
perfect cubes of curd. 来把凝乳切成小块。
In 1500 you use these. 而在16世纪 你用的是这个。
Ruth transfers the curds and whey to strain through the cheese mould. Ruth把凝乳和乳清 转移到奶酪模具上过滤。
Right, now, if I just pop that up on the draining stool 好了，现在我只需把这个 放到过滤台上，
you should start to see the whey is dripping through. 你就能看见乳清滴下来了。
Once all the whey has drained, Ruth can salt the cheese 等所有的乳清都滤干后， Ruth就能在奶酪里加盐，
and start pressing it. 并压制它。
Hopefully this has had enough steaming time. 但愿蒸得足够久了。
Ugh! Up it comes. 啊！把它挖出来。
Oh, look you can still see a bit of steam there. 哦，还可以看到一点蒸汽。
That's a good sign. 这是一个好兆头。
Right, let's just get it in here. 好，我们把它放在这儿。
Yeah, and there it goes. 对了，这样就可以了。
That is pretty hot actually. 它实际上很烫。
And there we go, we've got our two sides of our shearing bench. 压下去，剃毛台的两边就做好了。
Brilliant. 太棒了。
Tom is also preparing for the upcoming shearing. Tom也在为即将到来的剃毛工作做准备。
He's using a Tudor recipe to make a sheep first aid kit. 他要用一种都铎配方 来制作一种羊用急救药。
What I'm doing is making a salve for our sheep 我正在做得是一种 供羊群使用的软膏，
just in case of nicks or cuts, which stops the parasites 用在伤口上， 防止诸如蛆虫之类的
getting in there, prevents things like maggots, 寄生虫入侵，
which will obviously harm the sheep 这些寄生虫显然会对羊群造成伤害，
and also affect the quality of the wool. 也会影响羊毛的质量。
Normally shearers would use tar to seal any wounds, 通常情况下剃毛师傅会用焦油来封住伤口，
but Tom is making a budget alternative. 但Tom要采用另一个 更经济的备选方案。
Quite simple, just... Ah, here we go. 很简单，就像…书里说的。
"To make broom salve." “制作金雀花软膏”
Four ingredients - “四种原材料”
broom, which is what I've just been cutting up. 一是金雀花， 就是我正在切的东西，
I need suet, I need brine and I need urine. 此外我还需要有羊脂、盐水和尿液。
Right, I'm just going to finish off this bit of broom here. 好了，我要先切完这些金雀花。
Most parts of the broom plant have a medicinal use - 金雀花的主要部分 都具有药用价值，
for everything from curing a hangover 可以治疗各种疾病，
to clearing the skin of parasites. 从医治宿醉，到清理被寄生虫叮咬的皮肤。
But the salve's crucial ingredient is the urine. 但软膏里最重要的原材料是尿液。
And the reason the urine works well, if you leave it for three weeks 尿液之所以管用 是因为如果你把它静置三周，
it reacts with the air, creating ammonia. 它会和空气发生化学反应， 产生氨元素。
Ammonia is what actually gives our salve 而氨元素才真正使软膏具有
its healing and cleansing properties. 治疗和清洁的功能。
Mix it together. 把它搅拌均匀。
Clear that out. 过滤出来。
Interesting thing, the crafts when they were using things, 有意思的是， 当人们这么做得时候，
they weren't 100% sure why they worked, I mean it was acts of faith. 他们并不完全明白为什么这样行得通， 这是一种基于信念的行为。
The mixture will solidify as it cools. 冷却后 这些混合液会变成固体。
A lot of me in this, and hopefully it works. 我在此倾注了大量的信念， 但愿它能奏效。
So this one now has had a full press on both sides, 现在这块奶酪的两面都被紧压过了，
it should be ready to come out of its cloth. 应该可以把它从布里取出来了。
Let's have a little look. 让我们看一下，
In she comes. 出来了。
What I'm doing now is maturing it, and I... 我正在尝试让它变得更紧实，
I need to sort of develop a rind on the cheese, 我需要给奶酪裹上一层外壳，
so that's where the salt comes in. 就是在盐洒在的地方。
From today onwards I'll wipe it down each day with brine, 从今天起 我每天都会在上面抹一层盐，
and then tomorrow the next one will join it on the shelf. 明天另一块奶酪就会做好， 和这块一起躺在架子上。
At the end of the week there should be five or six 到了周末应该有五六块奶酪，
ready for Whitsun market. 可以在圣灵降临节市场上出售。
It's 19th May, St Dunstan's Day, 今天是5月19日，圣登士丹节，
and it's time for spring-cleaning. 是时候开始春天大扫除了。
Ruth has made herself a brush from butcher's broom - Ruth用金雀花树枝 为自己做了一把扫帚，
the same plant Tom used to make his salve. 它和Tom制作软膏的 金雀花是同一种植物。
Works really well this broom, this seems to get everything 这把扫帚真管用， 看起来可以从地面的弯曲和缝隙里
out of all those little crooks and crannies. 清理出所有的脏东西。
Oh, I might stick a bigger, longer handle in it. 噢，我也许会在上面 插一个更长的把手。
The geese are fattening up nicely for market. 这些鹅养得很肥， 可以在集市上卖个好价钱。
But there's some bad news about the eggs. 但关于鹅蛋有一些坏消息。
I'm having a look around and there's just no evidence 我看了一圈，
whatsoever of any eggs hatching. 没有发现任何鹅蛋孵化的迹象。
We've got a goose here that's sitting - 这里有一只鹅正在孵蛋，
but it's over a month now and no sign of any goslings. 不过已经过去一个月了， 却没见到一只幼鹅出壳。
And that means we can't actually increase our gaggle. 这意味着我们无法增长鹅群的规模。
It's not the end of the world, however, 不管怎样，这不是世界末日。
we want to make money, I mean, this is why we have them, 我们之所以养这些鹅， 是为了拿它们赚钱
this is why we're feeding them, looking after them. 这才是为什么我们给它们喂食， 照顾它们。
Best we can hope for - 对我们而言最好的结果是，
sell them for meat and feathers and that's about it. 把它们的肉和羽毛卖个好价钱， 就是这么回事。
But there's welcome news elsewhere on the farm. 然而在农场的其他地方 却有受欢迎的好消息。
After a run of fine weather 经历一段时间的好天气后，
the sheep are dry and ready for shearing. 羊群把毛晒干了，可以开始剃毛了。
In some areas of Tudor England the right time to shear sheep was 在都铎时代英国的一些地方， 剃羊毛的合适时机
determined by astrological signs and the phase of the moon. 取决于占星术以及月相发出的信号。
Good girls, come on, nice and steady. 好姑娘，过来吧， 稳稳当当地跑过来。
Timing was crucial. 时机的选择至关重要。
Shear too early and the sheep might die of cold, 剃得太早，羊群就有可能被冻死，
shear too late and maggots would grow 剃得太晚，在过度生长的羊毛后端
in their overgrown hind parts. 就会长出蛆虫。
It's not going to be easy, is it? 这并不容易，不是吗？
Oh, right, let's get this shearing bench together. 哦，好了，让我们把剃毛台拼起来吧。
Your Tudor flat pack. My Tudor flat pack. 这是你的都铎式扁平木条。 我的都铎式扁平木条。
It's very impressive, actually. 事实上这令人印象很深。
Right. Ah, look, made to measure, almost. 好了。啊，你看，几乎像是量身定制的。
Specialist shearers were often brought in to help get the job done. 人们经常请专业的剃毛师傅 来帮忙完成这些工作。
That's it. 就是这样。
Brilliant, right you go and get the hurdle. 棒极了，往前走， 到栅栏里去。
Ed Noble and Doug Winkfield have come to give Peter and Tom a hand. Ed Noble和Doug Winkfield 来给Peter和Tom帮忙。
You've got the front end. Got the front end. 你抓住前肢。 抓住前肢了。
Ready one, two, three, up. And she's down. 准备好，一二三，上。 她就下来了。
It's a lovely rich fleece 她有着非常棒的厚羊毛，
and hopefully your shearing bench will be up to the mark. 但愿你的剃毛台是合格产品。
HE LAUGHS （笑声）
Monastic flocks were sheared using a production line system. 修道院羊群剃毛时 采用一套生产线体系。
First, the most experienced shearers removed the best wool. 首先，技术最精湛的剃毛师傅 剃下最优质的羊毛。
And that is really this, the flanks. 就是羊侧半部分的毛。
You don't want to go too high to the head 你不想剃得太高到头部，
and you don't want this belly wool. 你也不想要这些肚子上的羊毛。
The other team will get that off. 另一些人会剃掉这些的。
The second, less skilled team then remove the rest of the fleece. 接下来，那些技术没那么精湛的工人 剃下剩余部分的羊毛。
Today Tom is trying his luck with the best wool. 今天Tom要尝试剃下最优质的羊毛。
You're right-handed, aren't you? So you want your left hand 你是右撇子吧？ 那你就用左手
and your left arm just to pull the skin tight, 和左臂把羊皮拉紧，
and try and make the blades, you want to kiss the skin. 然后试着剪下去， 要尽可能地贴近皮肤。
Remember this is your high-value wool, 记住这是你最上等的羊毛，
you want as much of it as possible. 你想要尽可能多地得到它。
And remember you're trying to do it all in one smooth motion. 再记住你要 一气呵成地完成整套动作。
Some of it's come off really easily. Yes. 一些羊毛很容易就下来了。 是的。
The blades go right through. 刀刃很顺滑地穿过去了。
And if you get it right, you will feel it almost fly through the wool. 如果你方法运用得当， 你会感觉剪刀几乎是从羊毛中间飞过去。
That's it. Is that far enough? 就是这样。够了吗？
You're probably going just a little high. 你可能把剪刀抬高了一点。
Can you see you're a bit higher than me? 能看见你比我剪高了一点吗？
Remember, this is high value wool. You want as much of it as possible. 记住，这是你最上等的羊毛。 你想要尽可能多地得到它。
Just get down as close to the skin as you can. 把剪刀高度降下来， 尽可能地贴近皮肤。
You're doing really well. LAUGHS 你做得真好。 （笑声）
No, you are, really. 没错，做得真好。
Oh, one slight cut here. 哦，割破了一点皮。
I'm going to apply some salve to cover that up. 我要擦一点软膏把伤口覆盖住。
Obviously we don't want maggots and stuff getting in, do we? 显然我们不希望伤口 长出蛆之类的东西，对吧？
No, that's it. Brilliant. 没错，就是这样。很棒。
Right, well, I think we're about done on this side. Shall we turn her? 好了，我想我们快剃完这半边了。 我们让她翻个身吧？
That sounds interesting. 听上去很有趣。
And if you bring her up here, 如果你把她弄上来，
I'll have a go at shearing a bit of her sat down. 我就能尝试坐着给她剃毛。
If you get that other leg, that's it, 把另一只脚抓住，就是这样，
on to her back to start with, one, two, three. 先把背朝下，一二三，
And then over she goes. 然后她就过去了。
Still lively, isn't she? Yes. Yes. 她力气还很大，不是吗？ 是的。
Shearing benches were designed to protect the wool, 剃毛台的作用是保护羊毛，
but also to save the shepherd's back while shearing hundreds of sheep. 也保护牧羊人的脊背， 鉴于他们需要为几百只羊剃毛。
Only going out of fashion 直到19世纪机械剪刀问世后，
with the advent of machine clippers in the 19th century. 剃毛台才渐渐过时。
Actually, this is quite comfy. 实际上这样相当舒适。
It's well made. 它制作精良。
It's quite sturdy, isn't it? Yeah. 也相当坚固，不是吗？是的。
It's coming off quite well. 羊毛下来得很顺畅。
This method of shearing was the first stage of quality control - 这种剃毛的方法 是质量控制的第一步，
keeping the good wool separate from the scraps. 即把优质羊毛和碎毛分离开来。
There you go, girl. 你可以下去了，姑娘。
Let's grab another one. 我们再抓一只过来吧。
Why not? 为什么不呢？
Sheep in Tudor England were not yet organised into breeds. 都铎时代的绵羊还尚未被 系统性地按品种分类。
So wool buyers used a system of classification 因此羊毛买家 根据质量来给羊毛分类，
based on the quality of the wool - its colour, length and coarseness. 也就是根据毛色、长度及粗糙度。
Claire is helping Ruth select the best wool to be sold. Claire帮助Ruth选取 最上等的羊毛用于出售。
Not going to be doing a perfect job as a shearer, 剃毛师傅不可能把尽善尽美，
there'll be bits of field, there'll be bits of manure or dung. 部分羊毛上会残留泥土与粪便。
Yes, a bit like that. 是的，就像这个。
That would be hard to pull apart nicely. Get rid of it! 这样的羊毛很难被很好地拉开。 所以把它扔掉吧。
Right, I'm getting rid of it. 好的，我正准备扔掉它。
The quality of fleece in the wool trade varied enormously. 羊毛交易中毛的质量差异极大。
Tudor tenant farmers had a reputation for producing 都铎佃农因出售劣质羊毛 而名声不佳，
inferior wool, and some merchants even refused to accept fleeces 一些商人甚至拒绝购买那些
that weren't farmed directly by the monastery. 不直接由修道院饲养的羊群产出的羊毛。
Why then is it that the monasteries have this reputation for really good wool 为什么当时修道院有 出售优质羊毛的好名声，
and tenant farmers have a reputation for much poorer wool? 而佃农则有出售劣质羊毛的名声呢？
Money. 那是因为钱。
Money! If you own the land, you'll put your sheep on the best bits. 就是钱！如果你拥有这片地方， 你会把羊养在最肥沃的土地上。
If you have lots and lots and lots of sheep you can choose 如果你拥有庞大的羊群，
from a huge number for good genetic stock, good breeding stock. 你就能从大量的羊中 选择基因最好的优质羊种。
If we're going to send this off to the monastery, we have to select 如果我们要把这些羊毛送去修道院，
only the VERY best of our wool in order to meet that quality bar. 我们就得挑选最为上等的羊毛 来满足他们的质量标准。
Now the wool just needs to be weighed for the farm's records. 现在我们需要为这些羊毛称重并做记录。
OK. So just move it along. 好的。就把秤砣移过来。
No, that's still a lot heavier, that side. 不行，那边比这边还重很多。
Is that level? Yeah, it looks about level. 平了吗？是的，看上去基本上平了。
So that's just a smidgen over 20lbs. 所以，这些羊毛重20磅多一点。
So for ten fleeces... Very good. 十只羊剃下来那么多。非常好。
That's not bad, is it? They're pretty good fleeces, then. 还不错，不是吗？ 这些真的是非常好的羊种。
Any wool not good enough for the monastery 所有质量达不到修道院标准的羊毛
is now Ruth's to make cloth for the home. 被Ruth拿去做家里的布料。
Peter and Tom are ready to take their wool to the monastery. Peter和Tom准备把羊毛拿到修道院。
As dominant players in the industry, 作为产业中的主要参与者，
the monasteries had strong relationships with the merchants 修道院和商人之间关系紧密，
and the boys will need to strike a good deal. 这两个家伙需要与修道院做一份好买卖。
1500 was a good time to be a wool producer. 1500年是成为羊毛生产商的好时代。
Under Henry VII, the value of sterling had fallen, 在亨利七世的统治下，英镑的价格贬值了，
meaning British goods were now cheaper to buy in Europe 意味着英国商品在欧洲市场上价格更便宜，
and the cloth trade was expanding. 布料交易量大幅攀升。
Not only was English wool fine, 英国羊毛不仅质量更好，
it also grew longer than on European sheep, 还比欧洲羊毛羊毛长得更长，
a result of better nutrition from English pastures. 原因是英国牧场的养分供给更充足。
Professor James Clark and wool grader Richard Martin James Clark教授和羊毛分级专家Richard Martin
will judge its quality. 将评判羊毛的质量。
If it was good enough 如果羊毛质量足够好，
it would have been sold along with the Abbey's wool to the merchant. 它们会和修道院的羊毛一起被出售给商人。
What do we actually think about this wool? 你们认为羊毛质量怎样？
Well, you're a big chap, so I think it's absolutely fantastic! 嗯，你们块头很大，所以我觉得这些非常棒！
When you look at some wool like this, 当你给这些羊毛评分的时候，
you could judge some of it by just looking at it. 你有时候可以通过目测来判断。
You're looking for wool which is fairly even-coloured, 你想要看到的是色泽均匀的羊毛，
and then if you feel the wool, 然后你可以摸一下羊毛，
there's all sorts of things you can tell about the quality. 有很多东西能告诉你质量好坏。
If you sort of spin a bit of yarn in your hand 如果你用手指纺一股纱线，
and break it next to your ear and it goes "ping", 然后在耳朵旁弄断它后发出“呯”的响声，
then the fibres are strong and the yarn will be strong. 那么羊毛纤维就很强韧，纺出的纱线也会很坚韧。
But if it pulls apart, the chances are there's weakness in the fibre. 但如果它散开了，很有可能纤维比较脆弱。
What would happen to it now? 那这些羊毛怎样？
The monastery of course is going to look after its own interest and they are concerned 修道院自然要关注自身利益，
to manage their brand image. 维护好自身的品牌形象
They want to collaborate with their tenants 他们希望和佃农合作，
but only if they hold to that quality threshold. 条件是佃农能够达到他们的质量标准。
If so, then we will include it in the deal we do with the merchant. 如果可以的话，我们会在和商人贸易时把纳入你们羊毛。
And if you produce something that is substandard we certainly will overlook you. 但如果你们生产的产品质量不达标，我们自然就不要了。
We could end up with absolutely nothing, all that work? Yeah. 我们可能历经千辛万苦后到头来一无所获？是的。
With wool prices fluctuating constantly, 由于羊毛价格不断发生波动，
farmers would often delay selling, 农民经常推迟出售，
gambling on when they would get the best price. 在卖得最高价格的时机上碰运气。
Assuming I will pass the test, 假设我通过了测试，
are we likely to see any money at the end of the day? 我们有可能在今天得到金钱吗？
Er, well, don't hold your breath. LAUGHTER 呃，好吧，别那么紧张。 （笑声）
It's going to take a while. 这将需要一段时间。
We deal with the middleman, 我们和中间商做交易，
the middleman brokers a deal with the merchant, 中间商和商人交易，
the merchant then sells the wool on the European market 然后商人把羊毛出售到欧洲市场上，
and really it's only when that sale is concluded 只有当那个交易完成后，
that money begins to pass back down the chain to the producer. 钱才开始沿着这条产业链返回生产者。
You're putting your faith in the whole deal coming off. 你们应该对接下来将要发生的交易充满信心。
I guess the question is, are you going to buy our wool? 我猜问题是，你们会买我们的羊毛吗？
I am going to recommend 我会建议修道院
that we put this into our brand wool, as James says. 将这些羊毛纳入我们的品牌羊毛中，正如James说的那样。
One thing I didn't think was that I was going to go home empty-handed. 我没有想到的一件事情是我将空手而归。
Well, as we say in the monastery, you have to have faith. LAUGHTER 好吧，正如我们在修道院里说的，你们必须要有信念。 （笑声）
For the time being! 目前是如此！
Faith wasn't just part of business transactions. 信念并不仅仅存在于商业交易中，
Religion was a thread that ran through everyday life. 宗教是一条贯穿日常生活方方面面的针线。
Contributions to the church on the main holy days of the year 在一年中的主要圣日为教堂做贡献
were obligatory, and took many forms. 是人们的义务，并具有多种形式。
It's just coming up to the Feast of Pentecost, or Whitsun, 马上要到来的是五旬节盛宴，也被成为圣灵降临节，
one of the many religious festivals that punctuated the year. 是一年里众多宗教节日中的一个。
And part of the celebrations, a live dove is released in the church 作为庆典的一部分，一只活鸽子将在教堂里被放生。
or in some parishes, a mechanical dove, 或者在部分教区放生的是一只机械鸽子。
and I get this year's star prize of making a mechanical dove! 而我得到了今年的明星奖——制作一只机械鸽子。
Ruth is using a mixture of soft cheese and lime Ruth正在用一种软奶酪和石灰的混合物
to fix the feathers to her dove. 来把羽毛固定到她的鸽子上。
The religious calendar of course was THE calendar. 宗教日程表就是日历。
That was the way that people kept track of time - 这是人们记录时间的方法，
knowing when to plant a crop, when to re-pit. 预示着什么时候播种，什么时候再次耕种。
Also knowing things like when you've got a meeting coming up, you'd say, 还预示着诸如什么时候有一个集会之类的事情。
you know, I'll meet you the day after St Agnes' Day. 比如你会说，我将在圣艾格尼斯节后的那天见你。
All sorts of ordinary practical things were linked and tied 各种平凡而真实的事物都
and counted by the religious rhythm of life. 被生活中的宗教韵律所联结、记录。
GEESE HONK （鹅叫）
Come on! 来啊！
In preparation for the upcoming Whitsun market, 为了给即将到来的圣灵降临节做准备，
the boys have been nurturing their flock of geese. 两个大男孩把鹅群饲养得又肥又壮。
I reckon he's the gander. Oh! 我认为它是那只公鹅。哦！
It's good exercise for us! Give me a sheep any day! 对我们来说是很好的锻炼！我最喜欢吃羊肉！
In the Tudor period, geese would have been driven many miles 在都铎时代，鹅经常要在出售前
to be sold, and required protection for their feet. 被赶着走几英里路，因此鹅掌需要得到保护。
GOOSE SQUAWKS Good job. Good job. （鹅叫） 做得好！做得好！
Now these feet, they're going to have to walk long distances. 这双鹅掌，它们将要走很长一段炉。
These feet are designed for swimming, aren't they? 这双鹅掌是为游泳设计的，不是吗？
Now, that beak's designed for pecking. Yeah! 这只喙嘴则是为啄人设计的。没错！
I appreciate you holding that. 感谢你抓住了它的头。
Many Tudor farmers would have used tar and sand 很多都铎农夫会使用焦油和沙子
to form a hard coating on the feet 来做一个硬涂层裹在鹅掌上。
but some used cloth or leather boots. 但另一些人用的是布料或皮靴子。
Peter and Tom are testing out their own version. Peter和Tom要用他们自创的方法做实验。
There, what do you think? Mmm. 好了，你觉得怎样？嗯。
Doesn't look convinced. I'm not overly convinced. 不要太确信。我个人没报太大希望。
Let's pull that tight, and tie that on behind. 把这个系紧，把那个系在后面。
I'll tell you what, her heart isn't hammering or anything like that. 我可以告诉你的是，她的心脏没有在砰砰乱跳。
She's perfectly calm. 她非常平静。
That one seems pretty secure. Looking pretty good. 这双靴子看上去非常牢固。看起来很好。
Give her a go? Yeah, stand to one side in case she's... 让她走着试试？好的，站到一边防止他…
Oh, boots off. The other one's all right. 噢，靴子掉了。 另一只还好。
That one's on. No, it's not. 一只还在。哦，也掉了。
Back to the drawing board. 从头再来吧。
In 1500, manufacturing was the growth sector of England's economy. 在1500年，制造业是英国经济的增长领域。
And at its centre was cloth. 其中的中心是布料制造。
Before the Tudor period, England's main wool export was raw fleece. 在都铎时代前，英国羊毛出口的大部分都是粗羊毛。
But competition from Europe meant 而来自欧洲的竞争意味着
demand for English fleeces had fallen. 对英国粗羊毛的需求降低。
However, the demand for woollen cloth made in England was growing. 但是，对英国制造的羊毛布料的需求却日益增长。
English producers made some of the finest woollen fabrics, 英国生产商制造了一些最精致的羊毛织物，
which commanded high prices on the Continent. 这些织物在欧洲大陆以高价出售。
By the mid 1500s, cloth exports topped £1.5 million a year. 到16世纪中期，布料年出口额已超过150万英镑。
The first process is to card it. 第一步是梳理羊毛。
I mean, really, it's a sort of cleaning process. 我想说，这真的是一个清洁的过程。
Cleaning and organising the fibres. 清洁并理顺织物。
As a well-off farmer, Ruth would not have sold cloth, 作为一个富裕的农夫，Ruth不会出售布料，
but she is processing her wool in the same way 但她也和生产商用同样的方法加工羊毛，
as commercial producers, to make cloth for the farmhouse. 来给一家人做衣裳。
I think you can see that already it is starting to look more like soft, fluffy wool. 我想你可以看见这些已经开始变得更像柔软蓬松的羊毛。
Once the wool is prepared, it's time to spin. 一旦准备好了羊毛，就是时候开始纺纱了。
Now, some people call this a great wheel, cos it's big, 现在很多人称这个为大轮子，因为它很大。
and others call it a walking wheel 而另一些人称它为行走轮，
because you spend such a lot of time walking backwards and forwards. 因为你将花费大量的时间来回走动。
Indeed, somebody once estimated that it could be 事实上，有人估计一个非常优秀的spinster
about 30 miles a day, a really good spinner walked. 一天能走将近30英里。
I'm not quite up to those standards. So a really good spinster, 我还达不到优秀spinster的标准，
and that, of course, is the female form of somebody who spins, spinster一词是对纺纱女性的称呼，
and they were mostly unmarried girls, so you can see why it was 鉴于她们大部分都是未婚姑娘，因此你就能明白
that the word spinster came to mean an unmarried girl 为什么spinster一词既指未婚姑娘，
as well as somebody who spins. 又指纺纱的工人。
Give the wheel one flick and walk backwards 把轮子轻轻一推然后往后走，
controlling the fibres with one hand. 用一只手来控制织物。
15 maybe even 20 feet before, 向前绕15到20英寸，
by moving her arm round and changing direction, 转动手臂改变方向，
giving another flick, 再把轮子推一下，
the same motion wound the thread onto the spindle. 用同样的动作把线绕到纺锤上。
When you look at the textiles that were actually produced 当你看见这段时期里
during this period, on this technology, it just blows your mind. 通过这种工艺制成纺织品，它会让你心动。
There are threads produced by hand like this 像这样手工制成的丝线
that rival anything any modern machine can achieve. 可以与任何现代机器制成的物品相媲美。
Wool was not the only source of revenue 羊毛不是富裕的都铎农夫
for wealthy Tudor farmers, 唯一的利润来源，
who constantly explored other ways to make money. 他们不断探索其他赚钱的方式。
In 1496, Henry VII was preparing to go to battle with Scotland, 在1496年，亨利七世准备和苏格兰开战，
and needed iron for the campaign. 在战争中需要铁器。
He invested in a revolutionary new method for producing iron, 他投资了一种革命性新方法来铸造铁器。
the blast furnace. 即高炉。
The results were so impressive 其效益如此显著，
that Tudor farmers began building their own furnaces, 以至于都铎农夫们开始建造他们自己的熔炉。
a development encouraged by commercially-minded monasteries. 具有商业头脑的修道院促成了这个发展。
This is new technology. This is the new way to make iron. 这是新技术。这是铸铁的新方法。
A half-size replica blast furnace 一个半尺寸的仿高炉
has been built at the Rural Life Centre in Surrey. 被建造于萨里镇的乡村生活中心。
Expert Jeremy Hodgkinson is showing Tom and Peter its possibilities. Jeremy Hodgkinson专家向Tom和Peter展示它的功能
The charcoal is fed in from top of the furnace, as is the iron ore 木炭在高炉顶端被加入，铁矿石也是。
and it slowly descends down through the furnace over the course of time, 随着时间的推移，铁矿石慢慢地从高炉中下来，
and as it goes down it melts, held in the bottom of the furnace 边下降边融化，在高炉底部变成液体
in a liquid form, and then you'll allow it to run out into a mould. 然后你会把它灌入模具。
Right. 是的。
Right. Have a feel. 是的。你摸摸看。
Pretty solid! 相当坚固！
About every 12 hours, you produce a length of iron 你大约每12小时制成一段铁，
probably ten feet long. 长约为10英寸。
Weighing about half a ton. 重约半吨。
Wow. That's huge! 哇。那非常庞大！
It is. Very heavy. It is very heavy! 是的。非常重。它非常重！
The blast furnace produced the intense heat necessary 高炉产生的高温制成了
to create liquid iron, which was easier to purify. 更容易被净化的液态铁水。
To generate such heat required oxygen provided by the bellows. 达到这样的高温需要风箱提供氧气。
The key to the bellows of course is water power, 风箱运转的关键是水能，
because what is powering those bellows is a water wheel, 因为正是一个水车给风箱提供了动力，
so that they'll pump that blast of air into the furnace. 让它能把那股气流泵入高炉中。
Hence it's a blast furnace. It's the blast furnace, yes. 因此它是一个气流熔炉。 它是气流熔炉。
Am I right in thinking that these things ran for months at a time? 这套东西是不是会连续运转好几个月？
Yes. They'd go into blast, they'd blow them in as they would say, 是的。它们会进入泵气状态，开始吹气，正如人们所说，
blow them in after the harvest, so once your labour force is available. 过了收获季节就开始吹气，一旦劳动力闲置下来。
Yeah. And then you'd work the iron through the winter 是的。这样你就能整个冬天都在炼铁了。
because then you've got a more reliable water supply. 冬天你能得到更可靠的水源供给。
Once the iron was produced, 一旦炼出了铁，
it was re-melted in a refinery 它会被放在一个精制装置里重新融化，
and any impurities hammered out. 任何杂质都会被敲打除净。
What you get eventually is this, which is bar iron, suitable 你最终得到的是这个，它是铁条，
for blacksmiths to make into objects and ironmongers to sell. 适合供铁匠制造铁器并由五金商人出售。
Here's a couple of pieces you can take back to the farm. 这里有几块铁条可以让你拿回农场。
I'll take this one, it's like me, it's broad and flat, 我要拿走这个，它长得比较像我，又宽又平，
where as that one is... Thick! Square and thick! 而这一块很厚！又方又厚！
LAUGHTER （笑声）
Thank you very much! 非常感谢！
OK, good to see you. Pleasure. Thank you. 好的，很高兴见到你。 非常荣幸。谢谢！
What are we going to make? 我们要拿它做什么？
This new, plentiful source of stronger, 这种新方法制造了大量坚固而质量上乘的铁块，
better quality iron opened up a world of possibilities. 开启了一个无限可能的世界。
Without the blast furnace 如果没有高炉，
the Industrial Revolution would not have been possible. 工业革命根本不可能发生。
In the rapidly expanding cloth industry, 随着纺织工业的急剧扩张，
loom technology had also been mastered by 1500. 织布机技术也在16世纪被熟练掌握。
With a sharp eye for business the monasteries rented out 具有敏锐商业眼光的修道院对外出租商业用房，
commercial premises, reaping the financial rewards 从他人的商业活动中赚取经济利益，
of other people's enterprise, including cloth production. 这些商业活动也包括布料生产。
Ruth has brought her wool to weaver Diane Wood. Ruth将她的羊毛带给了织布工Diane Wood。
The first job is to set up the loom, a craft in its own right. 第一步是设置好织布机，织布机本身就是一项工艺。
I mean, we're putting all that yarn that we produced onto the loom, 我想说的是，我们要把所有制成的纱线放到织布机上，
and we start with each thread at that end, 当所有纱线都在那一头时我们开始织布，
and they all have to pass through these here, these shafts. 然后把这些线都穿过这些，这些机轴。
The strings are called heddles. 这些弦丝叫做综片。
They have got two important knots here in the centre, 它们的中间打了两个非常重要的结，
and the knots create a lovely little eye, 这两个节形成了一个完美的小洞眼，
through which every thread goes 所有的线都从洞眼里穿过，
and the threads go one thread through one heddle. 一根线穿过一个洞眼。
So if we could take that thread there, that comes through to this. 如果我们把这根线拿来，它就从这个洞里穿过。
That comes through shaft number one. 它穿过1号机轴。
The threads are passed through either the first or second shaft, 所有纱线都交替穿过
alternating across the loom. 1号或2号机轴中的一个。
Pull it through the eye there. That's it. 把这个从洞眼里拉出来。 就是这样。
Not many to go, but still let's get them right. 快完工了，但我们还是把这些做对。
Once all the threads have been passed through the heddles, 一旦所有的纱线都穿过了综片，
they must go through a comb structure called a reed. 它们必须经过一个叫做簧片的梳子结构。
The reed is designed to keep the threads evenly spaced. 梳子的作用是让纱线均匀分布。
We have something like 600 threads here. 我们有大约600股纱线。
We need to keep them all under control 我们需要控制好它们。
and that's what this stage of processes are, 这一阶段的工作就是
putting order into the threads. 让纱线变得井井有条。
Otherwise we'd just have a giant knot. 不然的话我们就会弄出一个巨大的死结。
You'd have a terrible mess on your hands. 手上的工作就变得一团糟了。
The threads are tied to a beam at the front of the loom, 纱线被系在织布机前端
known as the cloth beam. 被称为布轴的一根经轴上。
I'll just check that the tension is even all the way across. 我来检查一下张力是否均匀分布。
I suppose this only comes with practice, getting the feel. 我想这是源于经验，找到一种感觉。
It's the feel, it's in your fingertips, yes, yes. 这是关乎感觉，是的，它就在你的指尖里。
It is very technical, isn't it? Tiny subtle changes 这是一种技术，不是吗？ 细微的变化
make the difference between success and failure. Indeed they do. 决定了成功与失败。的确如此。
Rods are inserted to spread the threads away from the cloth beam. 连接杆被置入以便于把纱线从布轴上分开。
These threads are known as the warp. 这些纱线被称为经线。
The ones that Diane will weave, adjacent to them, are called the weft. 而那些Diane将要纺织的与经线相邻的被称为纬线。
So you press down on one of the pedals 然后你踩下其中一个踏板，
and one of the shafts comes up and the other one comes down. 其中一根轴就上来了，另一根就下去了。
So now we've got half of our threads going up, 这样一来一半纱线上升，
half of our threads going down and a gap between the two. 另一半纱线下降，在两者中间形成了一个空隙。
The gap's called the shed. The shed. 这个空隙叫做开口。 开口。
And that's where we pass the shuttle. 而这个开口正是我们插入梭子的地方。
It's the first thread through and we pull the beater, 第一股纱线穿过去了，然后我们拉紧打纬
and beat the first weft into place. 把纬线敲打就位。
And then you press the other pedal and the other shaft comes up. 然后你踩下另一个踏板，让另一根轴上来。
So now all the threads that were down are now up 现在之前下降的纱线上升了，
and all the threads that were up are now down. That's it. 之前上升的纱线下降了。就是这样。
And there we have weaving. 这样我们就开始织布了。
That is it, isn't it? It is. 就是这样，不是吗？是的。
In some ways this is a really simple piece of technology. 从某种角度看这是一项非常简单的技术。
In other ways it's really quite subtle and complex, 从另一种角度看这项技术相当巧妙复杂。
but whichever way you look at it, it hasn't actually changed that much. 无论你如何看它，它从古至今并未发生很大的变化。
Yes, the only difference is it works a little bit faster. 是的，唯一的区别是现在机器运转得更快些。
It's just to do with speed. 变化只发生速度上。
With the cloth finished, Ruth needs to take it to the monastic mill 在布料织好后，Ruth需要把它拿到修道院磨坊里
for a finishing process known as fulling. 进行最后的加工，这一步骤被称为缩绒。
The monasteries had invested heavily in water mill technology, 修道院在水磨技术以及布料生产上
and for cloth production, the fulling mill represents 投入了大量的资金，缩绒水磨坊的出现标志着
the first transition from a domestic craft to a factory industry. 家庭工艺首次向工厂工业转变。
Miller Dowey Jones is in charge of operating the machinery. 磨坊工人Dowey Jones负责操控这台机器。
So this needs fulling. What exactly is it that fulling does? 这些布料需要缩绒。缩绒到底是一项怎样的工作？
What would happen now, if we're to go outside and hold this to the light 现在将要发生额是，如果我们把这块布拿到外面放在阳光下观察，
you'd see the light coming through the cloth. 你能看见光线穿透布料。
After fulling, what happens, the cloth will tighten down 在缩绒以后，布料将会收缩变紧，
and there'll be no light coming through and it fats it up, gives a nice, soft effect to it. 光线将无法穿透布料，而缩绒也会让布料变得蓬松，使它具有舒适柔软的特性。
Right. So it changes something that looks almost like sacking 好的。因此它会把布料变成
into something that looks like this. 类似我身上穿的衣服之类的东西。
Yes. Probably over time, yeah, will change into that. 是的。过一段时间也许会变成那样。
And we do it by bashing it with hammers? 而我们是通过用锤子敲打来完成这项工作的吗？
These two hammers here will do the work for us. 这里的两个大锤子会替我们完成这项工作。
Just make sure we don't get our hands caught! 只要当心别把手给搅进去！
It's like this effect, up and down. 就像这样，一上一下。
It'll be quite noisy, so it's quiet at the moment. 过后将会很吵。 现在很安静。
When the water is running through and the hammer's going, 但当我们放水下来， 锤子开始敲打时，
it'll be quite noisy. 会相当吵。
A water wheel is used to power the stocks. 一个水轮被用于 驱动整套系统。
Ruth has soaked her cloth in stale urine. Ruth把她的布料浸润在 污浊的尿液里。
Full of ammonium salts, the urine will clean and whiten the cloth. 富含铵盐的尿液 会清洁并漂白布料。
OK. Ready? 好的。准备好了吗？
Out. 放水下来。
Woo! 哇！
WATER GUSHES （水涌出）
MACHINE CLATTERS （机器声）
Quite noisy! Wow! 哇！好吵啊！
It's a really violent process, isn't it? It is. 这真是一个暴力的过程，不是吗？ 是的。
I mean, as somebody who put so much work into spinning 说真的，对于一个在纺纱和织布里
and weaving that cloth, this is a bit terrifying, frankly! 投入了大量精力的人， 这个过程真的有点吓人！
It is a bit, but the end results will be nice. It's worth the effort. 是有一点，但到头来会得到好结果。 值得付出努力。
But using the fulling mill didn't come free. 然而使用缩绒水磨坊 并不是免费的。
The monastery would have charged its tenants. 修道院会向佃农收费。
As a tenant of the monasteries, we were required to use their mill. 作为修道院的佃农， 我们被要求使用他们的磨坊。
They had something of a monopoly. 他们垄断了这一行业。
If we want our cloths fulled, 如果我们想要给布料缩绒，
we have to bring it to the monastic mill. 我们就不得不把它带到 修道院的磨坊里。
Mills, therefore, were a really important source of income 因此，磨坊是修道院
for the monasteries. 极为重要的收入来源
It's another way, I suppose, of taxing your tenants. 我想，这是另外一种 向佃农征税的方法吧。
For centuries, fulling was the only mechanised part of cloth production. 几个世纪以来，缩绒是布料生产中 唯一机械化的步骤。
Wool would go on being carded and spun by hand until the 18th century. 人们一直手工梳理、纺织羊毛， 直至18世纪。
SHE LAUGHS （笑声）
Look how it's changed! 看它发生了多大的变化！
Look! 快看！
It's all gone fluffy! It's all knitted up together. 它变得非常松软！紧密结合在一起。
Needs a bit longer yet, but we're definitely getting somewhere. 还需要一些时间， 但我们已经能看到效果了。
The fulling will take six hours to complete. 缩绒工作需要进行六小时。
For the final stage of Ruth's cloth production, 为了给Ruth布料制作的最后一步做准备，
Peter is putting the iron from the blast furnace to good use, Peter充分利用高炉产出的铁块，
by making tenterhooks. 用它制作张布钩。
The hooks are attached to a frame 钩子固定在一个木框上，
for the fulled cloth to be stretched across. 用于拉伸缩绒过的布料。
You stretch it out on the tenterhooks, 人们用张布钩来扩张布料，
get it under tension, which is obviously where, you know, 让它处于紧绷状态， 显然这就是为什么
why we say somebody's on tenterhooks 当人们紧张不安时，
if they're feeling really highly strung. 我们用张布钩来形容他们的状态。
Because that's exactly what I'm going to do to the cloth. 接下来我要做的正是
Stretching the cloth after fulling 在缩绒后拉伸这些布料。
is one of the most important parts of the manufacturing process. 它是布料制作过程中最重要的部分之一。
If you don't stretch it, you end up with a sort of rumpled effect 如果你不拉伸它， 你就会得到一块皱巴巴的布料，
on the cloth. It never lies flat, it always sort of lies puckered. 它永远是不平整的， 总是会起褶皱。
You also find that you can't abide by the law. 你也会发现它不符合法律规定。
Legally, if you're going to sell the cloth you've got to be able 根据法律，如果你要出售一块布料
to produce a perfect product, a consistent product. 你要确保它是一个完美、稳定的产品。
So if your cloth shrank too much, it would be unsaleable 因此如果你的布料缩水太厉害， 你就无法出售它，
unless you could stretch it back out 除非你能把它重新拉伸到
to the prescribed legal length and legal width. 法律规定的长度和宽度。
The cloth is stretched under the weight of rocks. 布料在石头的重力下被拉伸。
Nice and taut, and when it's dry it'll have set square. 拉得很好，很紧， 等它干了，就会变平。
It's Whitsun morning. The feast commemorating 现在是圣灵降临节的早晨。 该节日用于纪念
the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples. 圣灵降临于耶稣的门徒。
The team are attending church to see Ruth's mechanical dove, 团队要去教堂做礼拜， 以见证Ruth做的机械鸽子被放生，
a biblical symbol of the Holy Spirit, take flight. 鸽子象征着圣经里的圣灵。
Yep, I've seen it all. 是的，我全都看见了。
The cloth is finished. 布料完工了。
A chest of cloth like this 像这样一箱布料
represents a serious amount of wealth, 代表着大量的财富，
as, to be honest, do the clothes I'm stood up in. 就像我身上穿的衣服一样，说实话。
Ruth has loaded up her cheese. Ruth装好了她的奶酪。
The boys have finally got the shoes on their geese, 两个大男孩终于给鹅穿上了鞋子，
and they're off to Whitsun market. 他们准备前往圣灵降临节集市。
Come on. Come on! 快走。快走！
Let's herd you to market. 让我们把你们带到集市上去。
LIVELY MEDIEVAL MUSIC （生动的中世纪音乐）
Attended by the whole community, 整个社区里全员参加的集市
the market was one of the few times in the year 是一年中少有的
when strict trade regulations were lifted, 不受严苛贸易规定的限制，
and ordinary farmers, rather than merchants, could sell their wares. 普通农民，而不是商人， 能够售卖商品的时候。
Be glad to get rid of these guys. 真高兴终于能摆脱这些家伙了。
I know. I'm sick of them. 我懂的。我烦透它们了。
They're so vicious, aren't they? Just aggression, isn't it? 它们真凶，不是吗？ 就是非常好斗。
Geese for sale, anyone want a goose? 卖鹅啦，有人要买鹅吗？
Yes, I'm interested in the geese. I was going to say, if you, 是的，我对鹅很感兴趣。 我想说，如果你，
if you don't want a whole goose, we've got parts of geese! 如果你不想要一整只鹅， 我们还有鹅毛！
Processed dairy products, cheese and butter, 奶酪黄油等加工过的乳制品
were often traded across considerable distances. 经常经历远距离的交易。
Ruth's cheese might even have found its way to the markets of London. Ruth的奶酪甚至能被一路卖到伦敦的市场上去。
With the geese sold, 把鹅卖了以后，
the boys are off to see what their profits can buy them in the market. 两个大男孩可以看看 能用赚取的利润在市场上买些什么了。
The Tudor era saw the world begin to open up. 都铎时代见证了世界的开放，
Advances in shipbuilding meant people were sailing further 造船技术的进步意味着人们能够 航行到更远的地方，
and trade routes to the Middle East 通往中东的贸易路线
brought new and exotic products to England. 给英国带来了新的异国产品。
All this sort of stuff we take for granted. 所有被我们视为理所当然的东西
It would have been new and exciting in Tudor England. 对于都铎时代的英国而言 都是新鲜而令人激动的。
And a most wonderful luxury. 这是一个奇妙的奢侈品。
Not many people have seen these, lemons, 很少有人见过这些柠檬，
and don't know what to do with them. 我也不知道该拿它们做什么。
Well, I suppose England's wealth was built on the wool trade 我想当时英国的财富 是建立在羊毛贸易上的，
and this is competition coming in right here. 而竞争就在这里发生。
Well, if it brings things like this in, a bit of flavour, 嗯，如果它带来了诸如此类的东西， 一点香料，
something we're not used to, I think it's very exciting. Yeah. 一些我们不太习惯的东西， 我想这非常令人激动。是的。
Hi, Ruth. Hi, Ruth. Oh, hello. 嘿，Ruth。嗨，Ruth。你好。
How's your cheese? 你的奶酪卖得怎样？
I've only got a little bit left. That's fantastic! 只剩下一点点了。 太棒了！
You sounds like you've got a bit of time for a bit of fun, a bit of Morris dancing. 听上去像是你想要一点点时间 来找一点乐子， 跳一点莫里斯舞。
A bit of ale. Bit of ale, bit of music. A bit more ale. 来一点麦芽啤酒。一点点麦芽啤酒， 一点点音乐。再来一点点麦芽啤酒。
Let's go. HE LAUGHS 我们走吧。
Folklore historian Professor Ronald Hutton 民俗历史学家教授Ronald Hutton
has come to join the festivities. 来加入节日庆典。
Whitsun, around 1500, is party time, for two reasons. 1500年前后的圣灵降临节是一个排队时间， 由于2个原因。
The first is it's a gap in agriculture. 第一， 它是农耕劳作中的一个空隙。
You've done your ploughing and your sowing and your weeding, and there's 你已经完成了耕作、播种、除草，
a bit of a space in which you can relax and actually have some fun. 有一段时间可以让你真正 休息一下·，找点乐子。
Other reason is, it's warming up! 第二是因为，从那时起天气开始变暖了！
THEY LAUGH Yes! 是的！
Around about 1500, ordinary people have a serious shortage of 对于1500年前后的普通百姓而言，
indoor spaces, which are warm, where they can gather in large numbers. 温暖而可供大群人聚集的室内空间 十分稀缺。
The church is usually off limits 教堂通常是一个禁区，
because it's a sacred building, so you can't party in it. 因为它是一栋圣神的建筑， 你不能在里面开派对。
But come Whitsun, usually England's warm enough to be able to get outside 但到了圣灵降临节，英国通常已足够温暖到 人们可以到户外的空地里活动。
and in the open spaces, you can have as many people as you like. 而且你可以想找多少人，就找多少人。
The Maypole was a central feature of Whitsun celebrations. 五月柱是圣灵降临节庆典的主要特征。
Decorated with fresh foliage, it symbolised growth and new life, 它由新鲜的树叶装饰，象征着生长和新生命，
particularly significant in agricultural communities. 这些在一个农耕社会里尤为重要。
But while young people still danced in this traditional way, 然而，尽管当时年轻人 还是跳这种传统舞蹈，
there was also a new craze sweeping the country. 有一股新式热潮正席卷着这个国家。
The Morris Dance is really, really hot and new 1500年前后，莫里斯舞真的是，
and exciting, round about 1500. 非常热门，非常新潮，也非常令人激动。
It's a courtly dance 它是一种乡村舞蹈，
and it's leaking out into the villages around the royal palaces. 正逐渐向皇家皇家宫殿附近的村庄传播，
In the original courtly form, 在最初的宫廷模式里，
it was an elaborate game by which strapping young men competed 它是一个精致的游戏， 在此年轻男士竞相展示
to show how far they could leap in the air, 他们能在空中跳多远，
to dance with and woo a lady. 以优美的舞姿来赢得女士的芳心。
RUTH LAUGHS （笑声）
Quite fashionable then. Very, very much so. Cutting edge. 那真的是非常时髦。 非常非常时髦。顶尖时髦。
By Tudor times, Whitsun had become one of 到了都铎时代， 圣灵降临节成了
the most popular feasts of the year, where people let their hair down, 一年中最受欢迎的盛宴之一， 那时候人们可以放下头发，
indulging in revelry and merry-making. 沉迷于寻欢作乐，
The Church, initially, was rather worried about this development, 刚开始教堂非常担心这一趋势，
because alcohol plus crowds 因为酒精和群聚
equals misbehaviour. 意味着不恰当行为。
But then it learned how to cash in. 但教堂后来学会了如何从中获利。
So the Church ale was invented, the Whitsun ale, which was this 因此教堂麦芽啤酒就问世了， 圣灵降临节啤酒，
wonderful arrangement by people in the village would provide 在这项精妙的安排里 人们会提供食物和饮品的原材料
the raw materials for the food and drink, and then the villagers, 而当一切准备就绪时，
when all this was ready, would pay an entrance fee, 村民们会支付入场费，
and the Church would take the profits to supply its parish needs 而教堂就用所得利润来应对
for the rest of the year, and everybody was happy 一年里教会的经济开支， 所有人都很开心，
and it worked like an absolute dream. 整个节日就像一场梦一般。
This complete intertwining of social life and religious life 这种社会生活、宗教生活 和经济生活的
and economic life, is so typical of this period, isn't it? 相互融合，对于那一时代而言 是非常典型的，不是吗？
Everything has a religious element to it, 所有一切都有宗教元素，
it's sort of almost like the air you breathe. 就像是你呼吸的空气。
Yeah, and pretty free of tension. On the whole it'd got it right. 是的，而且完全没有紧张感。 总体而言，一切都很合适。
They'd created a perfect medieval society. 人们创造了一个完美的中世纪社会。
In many ways, too perfect. 在很多方面，太完美了。
People began to worry there might be 人们开始担心在如此完美的情境下
something wrong in the middle of all this. RUTH LAUGHS 会发生什么问题。
I mean, you sleep on that for a bit, you get a reformation. Yes! 我的意思是，当你躺在温床上的时候， 革命就悄无声息地发生了。是的！
So should enjoy the calm now before the storm begins? 因此我们应该好好享受 暴风雨前的宁静？
Well, this is Merrie England, for heaven's sake, so to speak. 是的，这就是快乐英国， 上帝保佑，
Let's enjoy it! 让我们尽情享受吧！
THEY LAUGH （笑声）
Ha-ha! Yes! 哈哈！是的！
Next time on Tudor Monastery Farm, （下集预告）
the team learn about the rhythm of life.
Little ones are ready to go, get the boar in,
get them pregnant, carry on.
What sustained people.
Looking forward to this, going to be a proper treat. That is fantastic, that.
And how to celebrate summer.
RUTH GIGGLES MANICALLY
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