[第388次听写]我是南方人/北方人用英文怎么说？

我是Wind, 原生活大爆炸和神探夏洛克字幕组组长. 我每天早上听写60秒美剧, 已经坚持1年多了. 每天60秒, 直接啃生肉~

精校答案

网上要找美剧和电影的字幕并不难, 但字幕常常有错误. 你用有错误的字幕做精听练习, 很容易被带到沟里去. 下边是我听写并精校过的答案, 请放心使用~

1 The northern limits of ancient China were defined by the Great Wall which meanders for nearly 5000km from east to west.
古代中国的北部边界是被长城定义的, 它从东向西绵延了5000km

2 The settled Han people of the Chinese heartland were invaded many times by warlike tribes from the north.
中国内陆定居的汉族人, 多次被北方好战的少数民族进攻

3 The Great Wall was built to protect the Han Chinese from invasion.
长城的建造, 是为了保护汉族人不受进攻

4 To meet those fearsome northerners and the wild creatures who share their world, we must leave the shelter of the Wall and travel into the unknown.
要想见到这些令人害怕的北方人, 以及和他们共同分享这片土地的野生动物, 我们必须离开长城的保护, 进入未知之地

5 Northeast China was known historically as Manchuria.
中国东北部在历史上被称为满洲

6 Its upper reaches are on the same latitude as Paris, but in winter, it is one of the coldest, most hostile places on the planet.
它北部的边界和巴黎大约在同一纬度, 但是在冬天, 这里是地球上最冷的地方之一, 最不适宜人居住的地方之一

语言点讲解

4 To meet those fearsome northerners and the wild creatures who share their world, we must leave the shelter of the Wall and travel into the unknown.
要想见到这些令人害怕的北方人, 以及和他们共同分享这片土地的野生动物, 我们必须离开长城的保护, 进入未知之地

northerner=n 北方人 /ˈnɔːðənə/
southerner=n 南方人 /ˈsʌðənə/

注意这里用who修饰了creatures
看来who不光可以修饰人类, 也可以修饰动物

and the我第一遍听成了under
但语境不合, 再去听才听出and the
这里and弱读为[ən]
而th和d听起来总是很像