苏格兰的伟大之旅（2010）

I can now reveal all in its quite,
嗯，特别的宏伟。
well, exceptional magnificence.
这是一个名副其实的瓷器宫殿。
It's a veritable porcelain palace.
小便池的圣地。
A shrine to the urinal.
这些富丽堂皇的厕所建于1♥8♥9♥9年
These splendid toilets
were built in 1♥8♥9♥9
而且真的很有特色 --
and are really quite something -
14个小便池、
14 urinals,
每个人都有大理石的冠冕。
each crowned with marble.
墙壁和地板完全包覆
Walls and floors entirely clad
在装饰性的陶瓷砖中...
in decorative ceramic tiles...
和玻璃边的蓄水池喂水
and glass-sided cisterns
feeding water
通过闪亮的铜管。
through shining copper pipes.
这一切的奢华对我来说意味着什么
What all this opulence says to me
是，"哇！"
is, "Wow!"
现在，想象一下来到这里
Now, just imagine coming here
百年前的第一次
a hundred years ago
for the first time
作为一个游客，也许来自海外。
as a tourist, perhaps from overseas.
你会怎么想？
What would you think?
嗯，你可能会想，如果建立这个社会的
Well, you might think
if the society that built this
在技术上是如此先进，以至于它可以创造出
was so technologically advanced
that it could create
一个宫殿，真的，以满足一个非常基本的人类需求、
a palace, really,
to meet a very basic human need,
那么它真正的宫殿会是什么样子？
then what would
its real palaces be like?
它的伟大的公民建筑，它的战舰，它的战争引擎？
Its great civic buildings,
its battleships, its engines of war?
这是一个非常令人敬畏的想法，在厕所里也是如此。
And that's a really awe-inspiring
thought to have in, in a loo.
事实上，这种宏伟的设计并不局限于
Indeed, such grand designs
were not confined
到公共便利设施等简陋的建筑。
to humble buildings
like public conveniences.
而就在镇外，是一个终极的例子
And just outside the town is
the ultimate example
维多利亚时代的野心和聪明才智。
of Victorian ambition and ingenuity.
这里是斯图亚特山庄。
This is Mount Stuart House.
它建于1877年，是一个蒸馏器
Built in 1877, it's a distillation
维多利亚时代对想象中的过去的迷恋、
of the Victorian obsession
for an imagined past,
与这个时代的所有模式相结合。
combined with
all the mod cons of the age.
它是苏格兰第一座有电的房♥子、
It was the first house in Scotland
to have electricity,
以及世界上第一个拥有温水游泳池的房♥子。
and the first house in the world
to have a heated swimming pool.
这是一个技术大变革的时代、
This was an era of great
technological changes,
以及目前正在发生的一个特别的进展
and one particular advance
taking place at this time
将产生巨大的影响
would have a huge impact
在罗西这样的海滨度假胜地。
on seaside resorts like Rothesay.
就像现代游客一样，维多利亚时代的游客
Just like modern visitors,
Victorian tourists
来到这样一个壮观的地方
coming to a spectacular
location like this
想带点纪念品回家给他们有文化的朋友看看
wanted to take home a souvenir
to show their cultured friends
就在他们去过的地方。
just where they'd been.
现在，每当我们拍摄照片时，我们都会这样做、
Now, we do this all the time
whenever we take a photograph,
但在那时，相机非常罕见。
but back then,
cameras were very rare.
尽管这样，维多利亚时代的游客仍然能够享受到
Despite this, Victorian tourists
were still able to enjoy
摄影的乐趣和魔力。
the delights and magic
of photography.
魔术灯笼表演，它投射出
Magic lantern shows, which projected
玻璃摄影幻灯片，当时非常受欢迎、
glass photographic slides,
were extremely popular,
他们提供了对一个失落世界的惊人洞察力。
and they provide an amazing
insight into a lost world.
马克-巴特沃斯、
Mark Butterworth,
他有一个庞大的维多利亚时代的摄影图书馆、
who has a vast library of
Victorian photography,
将会向我展示一些图片的选择
is going to show me
a selection of images
这将使19世纪的观众感到高兴。
that would have delighted
a 19th-century audience.
现在，马克，我认识到这种观点。
Now, Mark, I recognise that view.
这里是罗塞斯。
This is Rothesay.
可能是在19世纪90年代初。
Probably in the early 1♥8♥9♥0s.
在那些日子里，他们不买♥♥明信片。
They didn't buy postcards
in those days.
在英国没有任何明信片产业、
There was no postcard industry
whatsoever in the UK,
因此，印刷品和魔术灯笼幻灯片是
so prints and
magic lantern slides were
人们会购买♥♥的摄影纪念品的原则。
the principle photographic souvenirs
that people would buy.
因此，早在维多利亚时代，如果你来到罗塞斯、
So back in Victorian times,
if you came into Rothesay,
在码头下车后，你会看到很多摊位。
got off at the pier, you'd be
confronted with lots of stalls
销♥售♥纪念品和摄影纪念品
selling souvenirs
and photographic memorabilia
而且你可以买♥♥一个滑梯。
and you could buy a slide.
这就对了。
That's right.
因此，这是一个有趣的幻灯片。
So this is an interesting slide.
在那里的图片左边，你可以看到
On the left of the image there,
you can see
有一辆马车，旁边站着一个人。
there's a carriage with a man
standing next to it.
那其实是摄影师的暗房♥。
That's actually
the photographer's dark room.
嗯，嗯。
Uh-huh.
摄影师实际上是在做这个盘子
The photographer actually
made the plate
在他拍下照片的前一刻。
moments before he took
the photograph.
而且，他一拍完照片就必须马上进行冲洗、
And it had to be developed as soon
as he'd taken the photograph,
而其中一个伟大的技能是能够持续地
and one of the great skills was
being able to consistently
使你的盘子每次都能给你同样的质量、
make your plates to give you
the same quality every time,
而这确实是一个相当大的挑战。
and that was really
quite a challenge.
你在相当困难的条件下工作。
You're working in quite
difficult conditions.
这很惊人，因为在当时，这是尖端技术。
It's amazing, cos at that time,
this was cutting-edge technology.
哦，当然，是的。
Oh, absolutely, yeah.
那时候人们没有照相机，所以魔法灯笼
People didn't have cameras
in those days, so magic lanterns
是向人们展示他们所经历的观点的一种方式。
were a way of showing people
the views they'd experienced.
但你实际上不必拥有一个魔灯滑梯
But you didn't actually have to own
a magic lantern slide
或一台投影仪来进行表演。
or a projector to have a show.
这是对的。有几家公♥司♥、
That's right.
There were several firms,
其中一些是非常大的公♥司♥、
some of them very big companies,
雇佣了滑梯的，甚至雇佣了灯笼的。
that hired out slides,
or even hired out lanterns.
他们会带着一套讲义来，这很常见。
They'd come with a set of lecture
notes, and that was very common.
这真令人吃惊。
That's amazing.
这就像现在在网上订购DVD一样。
It's like ordering
a DVD online now.
完全相同的过程，但是，呃，130、140年前。
Exactly the same process,
but, er, 130, 140 years ago.
现在，像这样的魔术灯笼表演是多么受欢迎、
Now, how popular were magic
lantern shows like this,
来显示像你给我看的那些幻灯片？
to show slides like the ones
you're showing me?
非常受欢迎。这是一种非常普遍的娱乐形式。
Very popular. This was a very common
form of entertainment.
到了19世纪末，你要么去看戏、
Towards the end of the 19th century,
you either went to the theatre,
你去了音乐厅，或者你去了魔法灯笼... ...
you went to the music hall,
or you went to a magic lantern...
嗯，嗯。
Uh-huh.
...表现。看到这样的幻灯片可能会鼓励你去参观。
..performance. Seeing slides like
this might encourage you to visit.
而且他们确实进行了访问。
And visit, they did.
到了世纪之交，克莱德河已不再是
By the turn of the century,
the Clyde was no longer