Tour Guide in York: Vikings, Ghosts and Yorkshire Tea

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to York!

大家下午好，欢迎来到York！

I've been guiding here for nearly twenty years,

我在这里做导游已经快二十年了，

and honestly, I still haven't run out of stories.

说实话，我的故事还是讲不完。

Behind me is the Minster, our magnificent cathedral.

我身后就是Minster，我们宏伟的大教堂。

It took about two hundred and fifty years to build.

它花了大约二百五十年才建成。

Right, follow me up these steps onto the city walls.

好了，请跟我登上这些台阶，走到城墙上。

The Romans founded this city almost two thousand years ago.

罗马人在将近两千年前建立了这座城市。

Then the Vikings arrived, and they rather liked it here.

后来维京人来了，他们挺喜欢这里的。

In fact, many of our street names are Viking words.

事实上，我们很多街道的名字都是维京语的词。

A gate in York isn't a gate at all. It's a street!

在York，“gate”根本不是大门，而是一条街！

Now, mind your heads. This street is called the Shambles.

好，当心头顶。这条街叫Shambles。

Look how the upper floors lean towards each other.

看看上面几层是怎么朝彼此倾斜的。

You could almost shake hands with your neighbour across the street!

你几乎可以和街对面的邻居握手了！

It used to be full of butchers' shops,

这里过去到处都是肉铺，

and the shade kept the meat cool before fridges existed.

在冰箱出现之前，阴凉让肉保持低温。

Now... they say York is the most haunted city in England.

好了……据说York是英格兰鬼魂最多的城市。

Do I believe in ghosts? Well, not before dark.

我信不信鬼？嗯，天黑之前不信。

Ah, at last. Time for a proper Yorkshire tea.

啊，终于到了。该喝一杯地道的Yorkshire茶了。

People up here take their tea extremely seriously.

这里的人对喝茶极其认真。

It has to be strong, hot, and served with a scone.

茶必须浓、烫，还要配上司康饼。

Jam first or cream first? Oh, please don't start that argument!

先放果酱还是先放奶油？哦，拜托，别挑起这场争论！

Here's something that surprises most visitors.

有件事会让大多数游客感到惊讶。

York was once the chocolate capital of Britain!

York曾经是英国的巧克力之都！

Some of the country's best-loved chocolate bars were invented here.

全国最受喜爱的一些巧克力棒就是在这里发明的。

On a windy day, the whole city smelled of cocoa.

有风的日子，整座城市都弥漫着可可的香味。

Well, that brings us to the end of our walk.

好了，我们的步行游览就到此结束了。

People in Yorkshire can seem a bit blunt at first,

Yorkshire人乍一看可能有点直来直去，

but we're terribly friendly once you get to know us.

但一旦熟悉起来，我们特别友好。

Do come back in winter. The Christmas market is wonderful!

冬天一定要再来。圣诞集市很棒！