[Narrator] Just over 30 miles away

[旁白] 在距離

from the Slovenian capital,

斯洛維尼亞首都僅 30 哩遠的地方

this alpine lake looks like it belongs

有座高山湖泊看似屬於

on the cover of a storybook.

一本故事書的封面

With a fairytale cliff-side castle,

伴著童話故事般在崖邊的城堡

an emerald green freshwater lake,

一個有翡翠綠湖水的湖

and views of some of the highest peaks of the Julian Alps,

再加上朱利安阿爾卑斯山高峰的景色

Lake Bled and its island church

布萊德湖和湖中小島上的教堂

make a postcard-perfect scene.

構成了明信片似的景緻

To visit the Assumption of Mary Church,

要到聖母升天教堂

you must catch a ride on a wooden boat known as a plenta.

你得搭乘叫 pletna 的木槳船

Plentas have been taking visitors to the island

Pletna 一直以來帶著遊客到

in the middle of the lake for centuries.

到湖中小島，持續幾世紀了

Once reaching the island, it's a 99-stone-step climb

一到達小島，就是 99 層石階的階梯

to reach the entrance to the church.

通往教堂的入口

It is said that if a groom could carry his bride

據說如果新郎可以帶著他的新娘

up these steps and ring the wishing bell at the top,

走上階梯並敲響頂端的許願鐘

the marriage would be a happy one.

他們就會有幸福的婚姻

The church is most famous for this bell,

這座教堂最知名的就是這個鐘

which was made in the early 16th century

造於 16 世紀初

and is said to be a gift from the Pope.

據說是教宗的贈禮

Legend has it this was the church's second bell.

傳說這是教堂的第二座鐘

The first was bought for the church by an inconsolable widow

第一座鐘被一位傷心的寡婦買來贈給教堂

in honor of her late husband

以紀念她逝去的丈夫

who was murdered and then thrown into the lake.

她的丈夫被謀殺並丟入湖中

When boatmen brought it across to the church,

而當船夫將鐘帶到教堂時

an unexpected storm hit,

一場毫無預期的暴風雨襲來

and the bell sunk to the bottom.

而鐘便沉到了湖底

It is said if you listen closely in the dead of night,

聽說如果你在半夜仔細聽

you can hear the sunken bell

可以聽到沉沒的鐘

ringing from the depths of this picturesque lake.

從如畫的湖底深度傳出鐘響

(upbeat music)

(快樂的配樂)