Let's say you're in London. You need to get from the London Eye to Buckingham Palace.
假设大家现在在伦敦，然后需要从伦敦眼去白金汉宫a3y51EY7ZrmHKr+Es。
Taxi! Buckingham Palace, please.
出租车！麻烦去白金汉宫，谢谢*=i=%yRlw[4vwm9-+&a。
We would leave on our right, Belvedere Road, left to Italy Street.
我们走右边的Belvedere路，然后左转走Italy街tSo81QbDubF=%O),Y。
Wait wait wait, you know the whole route already? Oh, we have to.
什么什么什么，你已经规划好整条路线了吗？啊，这是我们的必须课zV6t.=+W[bv5-,y+^。
All London black cab drivers have to have completed The Knowledge.
伦敦所有黑色出租车司机都必须通过“知识测验”HI(PJwso[_!;NX[X2~@.。
We need to know all the streets and roads in London to provide that service.
干这行就得熟悉伦敦所有的大街小巷zC(A8BA*njsx#ls;3]9。
All of them? Oh, okay, let's go see where the Queen lives.
所有的吗？噢，好吧，那我们先去女王住的地方看看吧@liX)ztBY!^GG+h.GoM。
London is famous for its black taxis.
黑色出租车是伦敦的名片之一[C(CbBQ_zgAWvd。
You need to get to somewhere, no sweat, because every black cabbie has to pass an insanely hard test known as The Knowledge.
要去个地方？没问题！每一位黑色出租车司机都必须通过一场难度极高的考试，人们称之为“知识测验” （The Knowledge）h4FI)8!acToih5。
Like this guy.
比如这位哥们儿tEDB&(z5]yQuo%.。
Hello, my name's Peter Allen. I've been a London taxi driver for nine years. How can I help?
大家好，我是Peter Allen~|*N72@f,UpX^II(5CD。我在伦敦开出租车开了九年了J;Xh+tvGH~6l。您去哪儿？
The Knowledge is the test that you have to pass in order to become a London taxi driver.
要成为一名伦敦出租车司机就必须通过“知识测验”PFhW=_-+[zq*Z3wxu。
It's the toughest taxi test in the world.
这是世界上难度最大的出租车驾驶考试ZgDfM+u1#|yg%gS=)7,Y。
The first thing you have to do is learn what's called The Blue Book.
准备这场考试首先要学的就是所谓的“蓝皮书”^j~m3*V[L3U0)u。
As a cab driver, it's your bible.
对出租车司机来说，“蓝皮书”的重要性不亚于“圣经”yG&Jwk;dCNnW。
You have to learn 320 routes around London, so that's 640 quarter of a mile areas.
要熟记伦敦的320条常规路线，差不多就是640个四分之一英里的小片区，
You have to learn 25,000 streets and roads within a six-mile radius of Trafalgar Square in London,
还有以特拉法加广场为中心，6英里半径内的25000多条大街小巷YXWW35P~2b)。
you have to learn every single point of interest, place of interest, apartment building, housing estates, police stations, mosques, synagogues, churches.
以及每一个名胜古迹，景点，公寓楼，屋舍，警察局，清真寺，犹太教堂，礼拜堂的位置871wK[hAV;UH3&)。

A few moments later.
几分钟后RH4Qb8wjly43vh60[]。
Barber shop, furniture shop, china shop, nightclub, bars, restaurants, everything, anywhere where a paying passenger may want to go.
理发店，家具店，瓷器店，夜店，酒吧，餐馆，几乎所有的地点VgK++-XZA@~vSDd@.PiG。任何付费游客有可能想去的地方，都要熟记PgTsL+_=rU。
Okay, then, let's go the exam center.
好吧，那我们去考试中心看看吧fKhaT3(Wx=Y=@。
My name is Katie Channels and I'm The Knowledge of London manager.
我叫Katie Channels，是伦敦“知识测验”中心的一名主管@D*EL.~U2*.;zh&gx。
So, the exams are several phases of oral appearances.
考试形式为口述，分为几个部分2w+^3i+k~^6-i。
It's basically an interview-type situation where you describe the streets and roads,
主要用面试的形式让考生描述相应的街道和道路Xq][_(zuqGp&。
attempting to use the shortest distance between Point A and Point B.
尝试在两点之间规划出最短路线|dR#byp59(d。
At the beginning, we might ask them the name of a theater, where that theater is,
考试开始时，我们会询问考生剧场的名字和位置，
and by the end of The Knowledge, we'd expect them to know what is actually showing at that theater.
最后还会问到剧场上映剧目的名字R%Rp[Mxbb[]i。
Wow. On average, it takes two to four years to learn The Knowledge.
哈！一般来讲，考生需要花费2-4年的时间准备这场考试W3pqPs^j#kwpO。
The best way to study is to go out onto the streets on a scooter. Isn't that right, Abbas?
而最好的备考方法就是骑着车亲自去探路nmK_&[=KrG47-zIF#Z!。Abbas, 我说的对吗？
My name is Abbas Ekta. I've been studying The Knowledge for about four and half years now, and my next appearance is in about three weeks' time.
我叫Abbas Ekta，这场考试我已经准备四年半了，三周后又要考了,JuNysf.Eh)AJ~。
It's like a full-time job.
准备这个考试就跟做全职工作一样_SIKMkRnx#。
You wake up in the morning, go out on a bike a couple of hours, come to the college, study, study, study.
早晨醒来，骑着自行车转悠几个小时，然后到培训学校中学习、学习、学习TNjRoT7d-LgWlk。
Whilst I'm sleeping, I'm studying as well, yeah.
梦里我都在学习，没错%Gz6e)3t+0UC。
One in five who attempt The Knowledge actually pass.That's the same success rate as a U.S. Navy Seal.
平均每五位考生才有一位通过，跟美国海豹突击队的通过率差不多F,jY8,vVGxdX~。
GPS and sat navs are banned in the exam, but why not use them on the streets?
考试中禁止使用GPS和其他卫星导航设备Y+G^t~(7pl_I。但司机们为什么不直接用GPS呢？
My GPS is here. And if we get somewhere and we see a road's closed,
我的大脑就是我的GPS=5VWVE#E3QtuX。如果我们到了某地发现封路了，
we need to say,"Right, that's closed, but I know that if I go left here, that will take me there. If I go right here, that will take me there."
那我们心里也要有个底，得知道“啊，虽然这边封闭了，但我知道从这儿左转该怎么走；我从这右转又该怎么走JLHti(X,_Rtm。”
We need to be able to do all that as well as having a conversation with the person in the back and solving the world's problems at the same time.
我们要能一边和后座的乘客聊天，讨论天下大事，一边同时解决掉这所有的问题8+Y0]e)v-8FkOsg。
Leicester Square to Big Ben, please.
从莱斯特广场去大本钟，谢谢QXPGyBiyT1faE。
So, you'd leave Leicester Square by Irving Street, turn right into Charing Cross Road, go forward to -
我们要驶离莱斯特广场，途经欧文街，右转到查林十字路口，继续向前开c*Cix&|[9xw;tdy。