Name: 體驗中世紀僧侶生活 (How to Live as a Medieval Monk)
Uploaded: 2018-10-08T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 4 min 14 s

and a marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world.

以及脫俗於塵世紛擾的崇高自由

We're here to discover what it was like to

我們今天要來探索住在中世紀修道院的生活

Now I understand you that want to learn something about our way of life.

我了解，你們要來認識我們的生活方式

is to wear the same sort of clothes that monks wear.

Would you like to come and dress as monks?

你們想來打扮得和僧侶一樣嗎？

You look very, very smart now in your monks habits.

你們現在穿了僧侶服裝，看起來非常精明

My name means, noble strength, it's Anglo Saxon.

我的名字代表「高尚的力量」，源自盎格魯-撒克遜語

My family come from the north of England and for many years they have been devoted to the northern Saints, especially St Cuthbert.

我的家族來自英格蘭北方，多年以來都侍奉著北方聖人，尤其是聖卡斯伯特

When you become a Monk you leave the world behind

一旦成為僧侶，就要把世界拋諸腦後

your family and instead you come to an Abbey

以及你的家人，你會來到一座修道院

and devote your life to the glory of God.

We have one meal a day and that's normally the middle of the day

我們一天吃一餐，通常是在日正當頭時

and that meal is a sort of... I suppose you would call it porridge.

And then we add whatever vegetables we happen to have depending on the season.

So what you end up with is a sort of porridge with vegetables and fish in it

最後你就會有一碗含有蔬菜和魚的粥類食物

By wearing white, we are wearing the colour that wool is when it comes off a sheep's back,

著白色袍子，我們同時也是穿著羊背的羊毛顏色

so that makes it the cheapest so that's a way of showing that we believe very strongly in our vow of poverty.

那是價格最低廉的一種，同時代表我們發誓甘於清貧的強烈信念

Do you have to be silent all the time and if you do how do you communicate?

你們會需要一直禁言嗎？要是如此，那你們如何溝通？

是這樣的，我們遵守的聖班尼迪克規範強調

stresses that silence is very very important for Monks, because it stops us gossiping and lets us concentrate instead on God

對於僧侶來說靜默是非常重要的，因為那能避免我們嚼舌根，讓我們專注於上帝

so we're not allowed to speak at certain times of the day.

所以我們每天有特定時段不允許講話

We have a set of signs that we use to communicate with each other,

我們有一套手勢用來和彼此溝通

so that people still know what's going on.

So see if you can guess what these might be the signs for.

看看你們能不能猜出這些手勢代表什麼

So you see we can communicate with each other quite easily without the use of words.

所以你們看，我們不用靠說話也能很輕易地和彼此溝通

Well, you have done very, very well and you have learnt

all about the life of a Monk in the Abbey.

你們也都學習到了修道院僧侶的生活