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The Pastons got over these bumps in the road to become a settled presence in their county,

帕斯顿坎坷前行 冲破重重障碍 成为郡中有声望的家族

and that would be true for countless other English men and women just like them.

还有无数的英格兰人 也如他们一般历经沧桑 终见彩虹

Essentially, they were survivors.They'd survived the plague, they'd survived dethronement,they'd survived civil war.

最终 他们有幸存活下来 他们躲过鼠疫之灾 躲过政变之哗 躲过内战之乱

Kings came and went, but the village men the same sort of men who'd marched on London in 1381,

经历改朝换代 村民们 那些于1381年在伦敦游行的

who'd been revolutionaries and desperados were now on their way to becoming squires of the village.

革命者和亡命徒 正在逐渐变成村落中的乡绅

People like this knew what the worst could be.

这些人们历经重重磨难

They knew that the plague could come and carry off babies and children.

他们目睹鼠疫夺走孩子们的生命

They knew that knights over the hill might go on a rampage,

他们经历骑士的狂怒咆哮

but they also knew that with an equal measure of prudence and prayer,they would get through it.

但是 他们也坚信 带着一颗平等的心去审慎和祈祷 苦难终将过去

So come to an English village like this,far from the mayhem,

因此在1480年前后 来到远离暴乱的英格兰小村庄

say around 1480, and you'd see what you'd expect

会看到如你所愿的一番景象

a church built in the economic elegance of the perpendicular style.

教堂优雅屹立 典型的哥德式建筑

For the first time,an ale house was a name like "The Swan" or "The Frog".

首次 啤酒屋被称作"天鹅"或"青蛙"

And at the heart, a grand handsome dwelling for the biggest tenant farmer in the area.

在村庄中央 有一座漂亮的小房子 为当地最大的佃农所有

No longer just a wattle and daub single-roomed glorified hut,but a miniature manor with its own hall and servants to wait on the master and mistress.

不再是个用藤条和涂料 随意装饰的单间小木屋 而是个应有尽有微缩庄园 还有仆人等待着男女主人的归来

A buttery, a cellar and private retiring chambers.

一个酒窖 一个地下室 还有几间私密的房间

One shouldn't be too complacent about the condition of Britain at the end of its first century of plague.

人们不应该 在鼠疫刚刚过去百年后 对不列颠自鸣得意

The end of the road through trauma was not all buttercups and beer.

创伤过后 并未迎来繁荣

There was still grinding poverty alongside plenty.But all the same, the improbable had happened.

仍有大量的穷苦人民挣扎在贫困边缘 但尽管如此 仍存在奇迹

Out of the fires of pestilence and bloodshed had emerged that most unlikely example of survivor the English country gent.

在接受了鼠疫以及战乱的洗礼之后 出现了不可思议的幸存者 即英格兰乡绅

词汇解析

1、expect

预期;预料;期待

a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他们不再期待公司利润会增长。

要求；认为应当得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他没有指望我们会盛情款待。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.

我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间。

怀孕

She was expecting another baby.

她又怀孕了。

I hear Dawn's expecting again.

我听说唐又怀孕了。

2、emerge

出现;露出

Richard was waiting outside the door as she emerged.

她出现的时候，理查德正在门外等着。

The postman emerged from his van soaked to the skin.

邮递员从他的厢式货车中出来，浑身湿透了。

（从困境或不好的经历中）摆脱出来，熬出来

There is growing evidence that the economy is at last emerging from recession.

有越来越多的证据表明经济终于开始摆脱萧条。

their plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February of next year.

他们计划于明年2月之前摆脱破产困境

（机构、行业等）形成，兴起，出现

the new republic that emerged in October 1917.

1917年10月成立的新共和国

a loose alliance of developed and emerging countries.

发达国家和新兴国家之间的松散联盟