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King Arthur
亚瑟王
And it took the whole period so we didn't have any chance
讲他要花费整个课时 所以我们没有时间
To make a few comments,
去对他做过多的一些评论
And just to make a few comments One,
就评论几点 第一个
When we see different material we see different names sometimes
当我们拿到不同的材料的时候 我们有时会看到不同的名字
And we wonder where those names come from,
我们就会想人们制作电影时
That the people making
是怎么想到
This movie and thank
这些名字的
This people, and thought
我觉得
That it was interesting
这很有趣
Because, Bedevere for example
因为 比如说拜德维拉
If you've seen Monty Python, the first person Arthur encounters in
你要是看过蒙提派森的话 在那个电影里
That movie that becomes his companion is Bedevere
亚瑟遇见的第一个并且成为他的同伴的人就是拜德维拉
They told you in the documentary
这个纪录片则告诉你拜德维拉在关于亚瑟王的材料中
That Bedevere is actually a very old character in the Arthurian material,
事实上是一个比较老的角色
And actually was Arthur's companion before Lancelot
事实上在兰斯洛特之前就成为亚瑟的同伴了
Who I think the female critic referred to
如电影桥段里所演 女性评论家
As Lounge Lizard, appear in the scene
会称他为花花公子
The best seller of the time
当下最畅销的书
And if you've already bought all your books the one the Chrétien book
如果你已经买够了所有的书的话 是克雷蒂安写的
Arthurian Romances
亚瑟王的罗曼史
One of the really great things about the book is
这本书很好的一点就是
In the front starting on Roman numeral page 23 of
在书前面的参考书目中
This estate bibliography
从第23页开始
And there's a lot of good stuff in here
有很多好东西
And for example the very first thing they list, the Arthurian Encyclopaedia
比如说 他们列举的第一本书
We do have that in our library,
这本书我们图书馆就有
And so there's a lot of good stuff in here
所以这本书确实列了不少好东西
They do list the book that
他们确实列出了
They were talking about
被认为是记录亚瑟王的第一份资料
As the first Arthurian material about more warfare
里面谈论了更多的战事
If you're wondering exactly,
如果你真想知道是哪本书
That's Geoffrey with a G, of Mont Myth: The History of the Kings of Britain
并对老材料感兴趣的话
It is available in penguin translation
那就是蒙默斯郡的杰弗里写的
And so if you're all interested in
是企鹅出版社出版的
That olden material It's really important; it's not so much true in our book
有一点很重要 我们书上说的并不正确
But in tradition, they made the point
但传统上 他们认为
That what protects Arthur is not Excalibur but it is a Scabbard,
保护亚瑟王的不是他的神剑而是剑鞘
And that's a word we just don't use every day
剑鞘这个单词我们现在不常用
And Scaburs, it's a kinda interesting word,
是个很有趣的单词
It actually comes from; it actually comes from Germanic,
事实上它来源于日耳曼语中的古高地德语
Comes from Old High German and the key part of it is skar,
这个单词的中心部分是skar
Which meant blade
就是剑的意思
And the second word, also of Old High English origin is Beragon,
第二个单词Beragon 也来源于古高地德语
Which means to hide and conceal
是隐藏的意思
So simply that which hides or conceals the blade,
简单来说就是隐藏剑的东西
It is an important part of the tradition,
这是这个传统中很重要的一部分
It is not the sword that really truly protects Arthur,
真正保护亚瑟并给他力量的并不是剑
Gives him might but the sword of course is a male symbol
而是剑鞘 当然剑象征着男性
And the Scabbard, which is a female symbol,
而象征着女性的剑鞘才是
Is really what protects him
真正保护了他的东西
