City Farm 城市农场

Pigs normally live in the countryside but city farms have them too



Finn:

Jean: Yes Finn, I need my welly boots today 今天我确实是特意穿了雨靴，因为我们现在所在的地方是相当的泥泞it’s muddy.

Finn: Yes, it is muddy, isn’t it? Today on On The Town, you might not believe it, but we’re in the centre of London.

Jean: Yes, I can see modern office buildings and flats, there are buses driving past…

Finn: But as you can hear we’re also in a farm!

Jean: Yes, 在我们今天On the Town节目当中，我们的采访地点就是一座城市中的农庄。

Finn: A city farm. What’s that? It’s a farm in a city. There are about 60 city farms in the UK, 20 in London, and this one is in Hackney, which is in East London. The farm manager is called Chris, and he’s going to tell us which animals they keep.

Jean: 那就让我们来听听这所农庄的经理Chris给我们做的介绍吧。

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We’ve got chickens running around, some sheep out in the field, we’ve got a donkey which brays 2 at us, we’ve got some calves 3 and pigs, some turkeys, some geese, so many different animals. In one of the smaller sheds we’ve got rabbits and guinea pigs.

Jean: 有羊、有鸡，还有一头大叫驴A donkey that brays – bray 1就是驴叫的意思。在这里还有成群的牛犊calves，火鸡turkey，还有鹅 geese

Finn: Yes and pigs, rabbits and guinea pigs.

Jean: Guinea pigs 豚鼠But why have a farm here in the centre of London?

Finn: Let’s ask Chris again.

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The farm’s been here 20 years and some local people had an idea to have farm in London so children could see farm animals… and then outside where we are now is actually in the garden and we grow vegetables. We have lots of volunteers growing vegetables and getting involved in growing things and learning about where food comes from…… and then we have a nice quiet area where people can come and sit with their children, so they can sit down and just enjoy being outside in a safe environment.

So basically, the local community decide what happens here, so we provide educational opportunities and training opportunities and the resources that you see here now, so we’re led by the community as to what we do.

Jean: 原来这样的农庄是当地社区The local community当中不可缺少的一部分。

Finn: Yes, the local community decided 4 it would be good to have a farm to give their children a chance to see farm animals, which is not easy in a city!

Jean: And they also have educational and training opportunities为当地社区提供了教育和锻炼的机会。

Finn: So Chris said that the farm is led by the community.

Jean: 被引导着 Led by. The farm is led by the community. 很多当地的志愿者 volunteers都喜欢到这里来帮着种植各种蔬菜。

Finn: Yes, so volunteers help to grow vegetables, and they also learn about where food comes from.

Jean: There’s that donkey again!

Finn: Yes – I think he wants to talk to us!

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We have a donkey called Larry, who’s very popular with the local people. We’ve been out on various parades with him and he’s often out and about and the local pubs support him and they like to see him quite often. He’s actually quite busy – at Christmas time he does a nativity at Westminster Cathedral. 2000 children turn up and he marches down the central aisle 5 there so he’s very popular.

Jean: So Larry is quite a star! 当地人把Larry这头驴也算作了社区的一份子。每年的圣诞节Larry还会在西敏斯特大教堂里上演的一部叫做耶稣诞生the nativity 的传统戏剧当中出演角色呢。

Finn: Yes, he’s a busy donkey. Chris said that children love watching him in the nativity play at Westminster Cathedral as he marches down the aisle.

Jean: He marches down the aisle他总是大步走下西敏斯特大教堂的走廊。听上去简直像个婚礼典礼中的新娘了！

Finn: Yes – well that’s what a bride also does at a wedding! Here’s a local girl who is also a big fan of Larry the donkey.

Jean: 当地的这位女孩子可是Larry的忠实粉丝!

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I live round the corner actually, so I bring everyone I know here. I’ve been loads of times, and I always come to see Larry the donkey, he’s very cute! And he only came to us as well. He was right round the other side of the farm and we were like: donkey, donkey, donkey, and he came round.

Jean: She thinks he’s really cute. 她说她去这所农庄都去了很多次了 loads of times.

Finn: And she can see him really often because she lives just round the corner.

Jean: Just round the corner 就在这儿附近。大家注意到了吗他还说到了cos这个词，其实cos就是because的简称。

Finn: Yes, so she said she can come often ‘cos’ she lives just round the corner. But unfortunately we’re going to have to leave the farm now, so I hope you enjoyed your visit!