苏格兰的伟大之旅（2010）

几十年来，这项运动一直处于低迷状态。
the sport remained in the doldrums
for decades.
但后来，在1936年，几个理想主义的苏格兰人
But then, in 1936,
a couple of idealistic Scotsmen
重新发现了自己划独木舟的乐趣
rediscovered the delights
of paddling your own canoe
当他们开始了一次大胆的旅行时，他们为自己争取到了机会。
for themselves when they embarked
on a daring trip
来发现苏格兰的真正精神。
to discover
the true spirit of Scotland.
阿♥拉♥斯泰尔-邓尼特和他的朋友詹姆斯-亚当、
Alastair Dunnett
and his friend James Adam,
又称Seumas、
otherwise known as Seumas,
当时，他们还没有走出十几岁
were barely out of their teens
当他们踏上伟大的征程时
when they embarked
on their great expedition
并被称为 "独木舟男孩 "而闻名于世。
and became known to the world
as the Canoe Boys.
穿着窑洞，像芥末一样敏锐、
Clad in kilts
and as keen as mustard,
Alastair和Seumas开始了他们为期11周的冒险之旅
Alastair and Seumas set off
on their eleven-week adventure
从克莱德河到斯凯岛的皮划艇。
kayaking from the Clyde
to the Isle of Skye.
他们是一个男孩自己的冒险之旅，非常出色
Theirs was a boys' own adventure
par excellence
为了了解更多信息，我与皮划艇专家邓肯-温宁一起参加了会议。
and, to find out more, I've joined
kayaking expert Duncan Winning
在 "独木舟男孩 "原始路线的一个小段上、
on a short section
of the Canoe Boys' original route,
在费恩湖的一个海湾上岸。
coming ashore in a bay on Loch Fyne.
邓肯，独木舟男孩已经成为传奇。
Duncan, the Canoe Boys
have become legendary.
他们是谁，他们想做什么？
Who were they
and what were they trying to do?
嗯，他们是一对年轻的记者
Well, they were
a couple of young journalists
他们试图，呃...
and they were trying to, er...
我认为主要做两件事。
do two things I think, mainly.
有一个人试图为男孩经营一本名为《克莱莫》的杂♥志♥、
One was trying to run a magazine
for boys called The Claymore,
鼓励苏格兰的年轻人在伟大的户外活动。
to encourage the youth of Scotland
in the great outdoors
以及他们在家门口可以做的事情。
and the things that were available
for them to do on their doorstep.
而其中，呃......他们试图做的另一件事是
And one of the, er...the other things
they were trying to do
通过他们的旅行
through their trip
是他们非常热衷于促进
was they were very keen in promoting
经济活动的复苏
a revival in the economic activity
在岛屿和高地。
in the islands and in the Highlands.
独木舟男孩对指南书中的苏格兰并不感兴趣。
The Canoe Boys weren't interested
in the Scotland of guide books.
他们关注的是现代高地人的困境、
They were concerned with the plight
of the modern Highlander,
而不是浪漫的形象。
not the romantic image.
但阅读者对他们的政♥治♥不太关心
But the reading public cared less
for their politics
比起他们的伟大冒险的新奇，他们更喜欢。
than the novelty
of their great adventure.
两个皮划艇新手的兴奋之情
The excitement of two
canoeing novices
在用螺丝和铁丝固定的小船上冒着风雨。
braving the elements in boats
held together by screws and wire.
根据记忆，我想他们是在9月左右出发的、
I think it was something like
September they set off, from memory,
随着他们在西海岸的进展
and as they progressed up
the west coast
当然，天气越来越糟，越来越糟
of course the weather deteriorated
and deteriorated
他们最终在洛查尔什的凯尔完成了他们的史诗般的旅程。
and they ended up finishing their
epic journey at Kyle of Lochalsh.
在我看来，独木舟男孩的所作所为是相当勇敢的。
It seems to me that the Canoe Boys
were pretty brave in what they did.
呃，他们确实是。
Er, they were indeed.
与现代独木舟运动员相比，他们是粗暴的。
Compared to modern canoeists,
they roughed it.
他们忍♥受了很多严酷的条件。
They put up with
a lot of harsh conditions.
他们把自己扔在了深渊里。所以，是的，它是...
They threw themselves in
at the deep end. So, yes, it's...
几乎真的在那里。是的!
Almost literally there. Yes!
这么说吧，我不认为我会像他们那样做。
Let's put it this way, I don't think
I'd have done what they did.
我想我也不会这样做的!
Don't think I would have, either!
离开了邓肯，划船回家、
Leaving Duncan to paddle home,
我在水里穿过费恩湖，来到因弗拉里、
I make my watery way across
Loch Fyne to Inverary,
阿盖尔高地的首府。
the Highland capital of Argyll.
根据布莱克的说法、
According to Black's,
"它的情况是非常美丽的。
"Its situation
is exceedingly beautiful.
"这里的自然界是如此广阔和宏伟
"Here nature is so vast and grand
"艺术作品在她可怕的存在下会有所减少"。
"that works of art diminish
in her awful presence."
并非只有布莱克公♥司♥在欣赏因维拉雷。
Black's was not alone
in admiring Inveraray.
知名哲学家埃德蒙-伯克认为这里的景观
The eminent philosopher Edmund Burke
considered the landscape here
以代表崇高之美的精髓。
to represent the quintessence
of sublime beauty.
'他认为这里的风景很迷人。
'He thought the scenery
was stunning.'
艺术家特纳也是如此、
So too did the artist Turner,
他用水彩画捕捉了这一场景的魔力
who captured the magic of the scene
in watercolours
而在1796年，早期的旅行作家萨拉-默里
and in 1796 the early travel writer
Sarah Murray
认为因弗拉雷是 "苏格兰最高贵的地方"。
considered Inveraray to be,
"The noblest place in Scotland."
虽然她对这悲惨的天气感到沮丧！但她还是很高兴！
Although she was dismayed
by the miserable weather!
英威雷城♥堡♥，阿盖尔的坎贝尔公爵的家、
Inveraray Castle, home to
the Campbell Dukes of Argyll,
近200年来，一直吸引着游客。
has been attracting tourists
for almost 200 years.
事实上，这是布莱克的头号♥推荐 --
In fact, it's Black's
number one recommendation -
虽然我不得不说，我的老向导所采用的语气
although I have to say
the tone adopted by my old guide
是有点谄媚的。
is a bit obsequious.
事实上，有点卑躬屈膝。例如，它在这里说、
In fact, a bit grovelling.
For example, it says here,
"城♥堡♥是通过地面到达的，这、
"The castle is reached
through the grounds which,
"由于高贵的业主的慷慨，向公众开放。"
"by the liberality of the noble
proprietor, are open to the public."
但并不是所有的游客都被公爵府的这堆东西吓倒了。
But not all visitors
were overawed by the Ducal pile.
1787年，诗人罗伯特-伯恩斯访问了该镇
In 1787, the poet Robert Burns
visited the town
并尖锐地写到他在这里发现的社会分歧。
and wrote pointedly about
the social divisions he found here.
"谁是在这里逗留的人，谁是在这里逗留的人
"Who e'er he be who sojourns here
"我非常怜惜他的情况
"I pity much his case
"除非他是来等待的
"Unless he's come to wait upon
"主，他们的上帝，他的恩典"。
"The Lord, their God, His Grace."
几年后，诗人威廉-华兹华斯和他的妹妹多萝西
A few years later, the poet William
Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy
在他们的高原之旅中访问了该镇
visited the town
on their Highland tour
而他们也看到了这种对比
and they, too, saw the contrast
公爵在其城♥堡♥中的财富之间
between the wealth of the Duke
in his castle
和街道上的贫困。
and the poverty in the streets.
"我们经过了小镇
"We passed through the town
"这是苏格兰人污秽的一个悲哀的例子。
"which is a doleful example
of Scotch filth.
"一个忧郁的景象、
"A melancholy spectacle,
"给人以罪恶或极端悲惨的印象"。
"giving the notion of either vice
or extreme wretchedness."
令人高兴的是，没有看到 "苏格兰的污秽"。
Happily,
there's no sign of "Scotch filth"
今天，在因维拉雷多风的街道上、
on the windy streets
of Inveraray today,
看起来一尘不染
which seems spotlessly clean
并完全由有德行的人组成。
and peopled exclusively
by the virtuous.
但要了解更多关于海湾的情况
But to find out more about the gulf
恶习与美德，富人与穷♥人♥之间、
between vice and virtue,
rich and poor,
我来到了另一个受欢迎的旅游景点--监狱。
I've come to another popular
tourist attraction - the jail.
迎接我的是汉娜-尼克松这个可怕的人物。