At last month’s Chalke Valley History Festival, you could get your military training from men dressed as second-world-war Tommies, and then defend a pretend hill in Flanders. I met a chap who had driven up in a vintage Citroën van, though admittedly it had broken down en route. All this took place in a sun-dappled English meadow straight out of a Merchant Ivory film, with local ladies serving home-baked sponge cake.
在上个月举办的查尔克谷历史节(Chalke Valley History Festival)上,你可以到装扮成二战时英国陆军士兵(Tommies)的人那里进行军事训练,然后去保卫一座模拟的法兰德斯(Flanders)山丘。我还碰见了个小伙子,他开着一辆老式雪铁龙(Citroën)面包车,不过,诚然,它在途中抛锚了。这一切都发生在英国一片阳光斑驳的草坪上,就好像Merchant Ivory电影公司所制作的电影场景照进了现实,当地的女士们还在分发自制的海绵蛋糕。