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  • ( ♪ Four Loom Weaver, Abel Selaocoe ♪)

    ( ? 四個織布機,Abel Selaocoe ? )

  • Deep in the West Midlands, the River Severn carves its way through the Shropshire countryside.

    在西米德蘭的深處,塞文河蜿蜒穿過什羅普郡的鄉村。

  • It's the longest river in Great Britain and its name is thought to be derived from a mythical

    它是英國最長的河流,其名稱被認為是來自於一個神話故事。

  • nymph, Sabrina.

    nymph, Sabrina.

  • Shropshire is peppered with the stunning Blue Remembered Hills that inspired the poet A.

    什羅普郡到處都是迷人的藍色記憶山丘,這些山丘激發了詩人A.

  • E. Housman but this landscape is also the crucible where the industrial revolution was

    E.霍斯曼,但這一景觀也是工業革命的熔爐。

  • forged.

    偽造的。

  • As the River Severn cuts a path through a deep gorge, a monument to that tumultous era

    當塞文河在深邃的峽谷中開闢出一條道路,成為那個動盪年代的紀念碑

  • looms over the water. The Iron Bridge. The stately arches of cast iron gracefully belie

    在水面上隱約可見。鐵橋。莊嚴的鑄鐵拱門優雅地掩蓋了

  • the fire and force that went into smelting the structure into shape. The bridge was the

    這座橋是用火和力量把它熔鍊成的。這座橋是

  • first of its kind in the world, standing in testament to Britian's pioneering of industry

    這是世界上第一座此類建築,證明了英國的工業先驅。

  • on a mass scale.

    在大規模的情況下。

  • It's hard to believe that this is the cradle of the industrial revolution. Today it feels

    很難相信這裡是工業革命的搖籃。今天,它給人的感覺是

  • like a peaceful green haven. The Iron Bridge straddles the steep sides of the Severn Gorge

    像一個寧靜的綠色天堂。鐵橋橫跨在塞文峽谷的陡峭兩側

  • and it's a testament to the ingenuity of the ironmasters who worked here for centuries.

    這證明了幾個世紀以來在這裡工作的鐵匠們的聰明才智。

  • All of the raw materials required to produce iron can be found here: iron ore, limestone

    生產鐵所需的所有原材料都可以在這裡找到:鐵礦石、石灰石

  • and coal. But it's not just the raw materials. The actual shape of the landscape played its

    和煤炭。但這不僅僅是原材料的問題。景觀的實際形狀發揮了其

  • part. The steep sides of the gorge meant that water could easily be harnessed to power the

    部分。峽谷的陡峭兩側意味著可以很容易地利用水來驅動

  • water wheels that in turn provided blast for the furnaces. And then there's the River Severn

    水輪反過來又為熔爐提供鼓風。然後是塞文河

  • and this was the super-highway of its day. It enabled finished products to be taken away

    這就是當時的超級公路。它使成品可以被運走

  • to market.

    銷往市場。

  • Coal has been mined here since the middle ages but it was directly after the reformation

    自中世紀以來,這裡就有煤炭開採,但直接在改革開放後才開始。

  • when land owned by monasteries came into the hands of entrepreneurs that industry really

    當寺院擁有的土地落入企業家手中時,該行業才真正開始發展。

  • began to take off. That great symbol of the age of industry, the Iron Bridge, was begun

    開始起飛了。工業時代的偉大象徵--鐵橋,開始了

  • in 1777 and finally opened to traffic on New Year's Day 1781 and it's remained open more

    在1777年,它終於在1781年元旦開放了交通,並一直保持開放。

  • or less every since.

    或更少,因為。

  • The bridge had a revolutionary impact on both

    這座橋對兩個方面都產生了革命性的影響

  • technology and architecture and UNESCO declared it a masterpiece of man's creativity when

    聯合國教科文組織宣佈它是人類創造力的傑作。

  • they granted Iron Bridge Gorge world heritage site status in 1986. The visitors who come

    他們在1986年授予鐵橋峽世界文化遺產的地位。來到這裡的遊客

  • here today are only the latest in a long line of people who have been awed by this incredible

    今天在座的各位只是被這一不可思議的現象所震撼的最新一批人。

  • structure. Few records exist about how the bridge was actually built but some interesting

    結構。關於該橋的實際建造過程,幾乎沒有記錄,但有一些有趣的

  • experiments have been undertaken in recent times. But we know that a large wooden scaffold

    近來已經進行了一些實驗。但我們知道,一個大的木製腳手架

  • was erected and that the majority of the work was undertaken in a few short months and without

    大部分的工作是在短短几個月內完成的,而且沒有出現任何問題。

  • any major incidents. It was truly a marvel of its age. Abraham Derby III, one of the

    任何重大事件。它確實是這個時代的一個奇蹟。亞伯拉罕-德比三世,其中一個

  • most important ironmasters in the area and one of a long line of Derbys to work here,

    他是該地區最重要的鐵匠,也是在這裡工作的一長串德比人中的一員。

  • oversaw the work and it quickly became something of a tourist attraction with people coming

    監督這項工作,它很快成為一個旅遊景點,人們紛紛前來參觀。

  • from throughout the country and even abroad to see it. Writers, artists and poets were

    來自全國各地,甚至國外的人都來觀看它。作家、藝術家和詩人是

  • all struck by it and many fell back on the language of mythology to describe the bridge

    所有的人都被它打動了,許多人用神話的語言來描述這座橋。

  • in this environment of industry. Gods and demons were described as being at work among

    在這個工業環境中。神和魔鬼被描述為在工作中。

  • the smoke and flames of the furnaces. At this time, iron founding demanded huge skill and

    爐子的煙霧和火焰。在這個時候,鐵的鑄造需要巨大的技術和

  • strength. But as the industrial revolution developed machines increasingly took over

    強度。但隨著工業革命的發展,機器越來越多地取代了

  • from people.

    從人。

  • Iron Bridge is a potent reminder of how industry transformed England and this imposing structure

    鐵橋有力地提醒人們,工業是如何改變英格蘭的,而這一宏偉的結構

  • deserves a song which also has its roots in the industrial era. The Four Loom Weaver,

    值得一提的是,這首歌也源於工業時代。四個織布機的織工。

  • sung for us by Abel Selaocoe, is one of our most iconic industrial ballads and it tells

    由Abel Selaocoe為我們演唱,是我們最具代表性的工業民謠之一,它講述了

  • the human story that lies behind the mighty feats of engineering and manufacturing like

    揭示隱藏在強大的工程和製造業背後的人性故事,如

  • the Iron Bridge. It features the lament of a poor weaver reduced to starvation and eating

    鐵橋"。它的特點是一個貧窮的織布工的悲嘆,淪落到餓肚子和吃東西的地步。

  • nettles. Originally derived from a song called the Poor Cotton Weaver, it was rewritten as

    蕁麻。它最初源自一首名為《貧窮的織棉工》的歌曲,被改寫為

  • this version during the economic downturn at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, at a time

    這個版本是在拿破崙戰爭結束後的經濟低迷時期,在這個時期

  • when many hand weavers were losing their jobs due to the rise of the steam-driven weaving

    當時,由於蒸汽驅動的紡織業的興起,許多手工織工失去了工作。

  • machines. It's a poignant document of the inequality that was rife in the industrial

    機器。這是一份關於工業化時代普遍存在的不平等現象的悽美文件。

  • era and the sense of dispossession people felt as the onward march of progress reduced

    在這個時代,人們感受到了被剝奪的感覺,因為進步的腳步在減少。

  • them to units

    他們對組織、部門

  • of production.

    的生產。

( ♪ Four Loom Weaver, Abel Selaocoe ♪)

( ? 四個織布機,Abel Selaocoe ? )

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