Home is Where the Heart Is: Saving England’s Great Estates 撰文及考題設計 英國文化協會教學團隊 Joel Finnestad
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land and throughout the United Kingdom, the
（built in 1096）, home to the current Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. It is one of England’s most
various castles, stately homes, and manor houses are
popular tourist attractions, maybe because many
among the most impressive. The very mention of Eng-
scenes from the first two Harry Potter films were
land evokes images of grand old homes surrounded
filmed there. Today visitors can walk the grounds
by elaborate gardens, and rooms filled with ornate
where Harry, Ron and Hermione took their first
decoration and priceless works of art. While some of
broomstick flying lessons. “Wizards” are available to
England’s famous properties continue to be privately
tourists and offer flying lessons, although the secret to
owned and serve as family homes, many, due to the
the “flying” broomsticks is revealed only to those who
cost of maintaining them, have been sold off, demol-
visit the medieval castle.
f all the fascinating tourist attractions in Eng-
ished, or donated to the National Trust. One of the most famous properties（still privately ow ned）is Al nwick Castle
Alnwick is also famous for its dangerous poison garden. Known as “the world’s most dangerous garden”, it is filled with over one hundred 遺產。
的一座
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toxic plants that can kill. Obviously visitors here are urged not to stop and smell the flowers! Highclare Castle is another wellknown estate, a five-thousand acre property in Hampshire. Fans of the recent television drama Downton Abbey will recognize the Great Hall and some of the bedrooms which are used as sets for the popular show. The extensive parks and gardens at Highclare were designed by “Capability Brown”, often referred to as “England’s greatest gardener”. Castle Howard in North Yorkshire is not a real castle. Although elaborate and majestic, it’s a country house and still a private residence.
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Construction began in 1699, and took over one hun-
es were enlarged in the 19th century to accommodate
dred years to complete. Like many of England’s classic
more servants and private art collections, they simply
properties, it has been featured in film and television.
became too expensive to maintain.
It was the shooting location for classic British televi-
While there was no legislation to protect his-
sion drama（and later film）Brideshead Revisited. It was also featured in The Buccaneers, and the chil-
toric properties in the early 20th century, times have
dren’s film Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
more of England’s architectural past. With 365 rooms,
changed, and greater effort is now made to preserve
Many have referred to the destruction of England’s
more than 1,000 windows, and twice as wide as Buck-
country homes and estates,（often called “the lost houses”）, as a “cultural tragedy”. To learn that the
ingham Palace, Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rother-
once towering, jaw droppingly beautiful estate of
home is so big that guests regularly get lost returning
Deepdene in Surrey has been reduced to what is now
to their rooms! Through private donations and the
the Dorking Bypass（1967）, is hard to accept. Over 1,200 properties have been destroyed since 1900, and
support of Prince Charles（who has taken a special interest in the project）, this magnificent property will
even more in Scotland! Since many of the manor hous-
hopefully remain for generations to come.
ham, South Yorkshire, is one current example. The
英國城堡莊園 永遠的心之所嚮 中譯 陳怡君 (中央社編譯)
英格蘭與全英國最吸引人的觀光景點中，各式
在
安尼克城堡 裡危險的毒 花園同樣聞名遐 邇，有
各樣城堡、豪宅與莊園別墅，讓人最為印象深
「全球最危險的花園」之稱，這裡栽種100多種可能
刻。一提到英格蘭，隨即喚起的印象是具有歷史的
致命的有毒植物，顯然來這裡的遊客都被呼籲不要
豪宅，旁有秀麗花園環繞，每間房間裝潢華麗且擺
在此駐足欣賞花香。
滿價值不菲的藝術作品。雖然部分英國的知名房產
位於英國罕普夏，占地5,000英畝（約2,023公頃）
持續為私人所有，做為住家使用，但有許多基於維
的海克利爾城堡（Highclare Castle）同樣相當知名。
護費用高昂，不是將之賣掉、任由毀壞，就是捐給國
電視劇《唐頓莊園》的影迷會發現大廳與部分房間
家信託。
都是拍攝地點，海克利爾四周的園林布局是由園藝
最著名的城堡之一、至今仍是私人擁有的是1096 年建造的安尼克城堡，也是現任諾森伯蘭公爵與公
家「能人布朗」 一手設計，他有「英格蘭最偉大的園 藝家」之美譽。
爵夫人的住所。安尼克城堡是英國最受歡迎的觀光
而位於北約克郡的霍華德城堡，雖然華麗壯觀，
景點，可能原因是《哈利波特》前兩集的許多場景在
實際上並非真的城堡。這是一間仍為私人寓所的鄉
此拍攝。
村住宅。霍華德城堡從1699年開始建造，超過100年
如今訪客可以在哈利、榮恩與妙麗第一次上掃帚
才完工，如同許多英國經典豪宅，許多電影和電視都
飛行課的地方散步，現場還有「巫師」提供遊客飛行
在這裡取景，像是英國經典電視劇（之後翻拍成電
課程，不過「飛行」掃帚的祕密就只有城堡的訪客才
影）的《慾望莊園》就是在此拍攝，《海盜佳麗冒險
知道。
女郎》以及兒童電影《加菲貓2》也是。
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許多人稱英國鄉村大宅的毀壞是「文化悲劇」（這
20世紀初沒有法規來保護這些歷史資產，不過現
些往往被稱做『被遺忘的房子』）。得知莎麗郡一座
在時代不同了，已有更多相關措施致力於保存英國
聳然絕美的「蒲苑」莊園（Deepdene），在1967年被
的歷史建築。位於南約克郡羅瑟罕（Rotherham）的
拆除，改建成「多金外環道」（Dorking Bypass），實
私人豪宅溫特沃斯木屋就是一例，這間房子有365間
在很難讓人接受。1900年以來，超過1,200房舍遭到
房間與1,000多扇窗，還是白金漢宮的兩倍大，房子大
破壞，在蘇格蘭的數量甚至更多！許多莊園在19世紀
到賓客要回自己房間通常都會迷路。在私人捐款挹
時，為了容納更多僕人與私人藝術收藏而擴建，維護
注與查爾斯王儲的支持下，希望這棟壯觀的宅邸能
費用高到讓後人無法負擔。
夠世世代代地保存下去。
Key Words evoke – 喚醒 brings to mind, or makes one think about
something such as a sport, movies, or music very much
toxic – 有毒的 poisonous and harmful to people, animals, or the environment
majestic – 莊嚴雄偉的 big, beautiful, or impressive in a calm and serious way
stop and smell the flowers – expression meaning to take the time in life to enjoy and live in the moment – to not be always in a hurry 字面上意思是駐足聞花香， 引申為放慢腳步、享受生活。
towering – 高聳的 much taller than surrounding people or things
stop and smell the roses! 停下來欣賞身旁美好的事物。
bypass – 繞道 a road that goes around a town or city so that you can avoid going through its centre
fans – 粉絲 someone who likes watching or listening to
legislation – 法規 a law, or a set of laws
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Identify the paragraph (1─6) where the following information is found: 1.Expressions that suggest to us how people from England feel about the destruction of so many beautiful old homes. 2.A description of a property in England that is now in danger of being destroyed. 3.Some details of one of England’s famous old homes that still belongs to individual people – not the government. 4.A suggestion of the type of picture a person might see in their mind if they were asked to think about England. 5.An example of a feature of infrastructure has replaced one of England’s historic properties.
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TRUE, FALSE, OR NOT GIVEN 1.Most of England’s old homes have been destroyed because they belonged to private owners. 2.The probable reason Alnwick Castle is so popular is because of the famous poison garden with over one hundred toxic plants. 3.In order to learn how the flying broomsticks work at Alnwick Castle, you must go to the castle as a visitor. 4.Most people know that the great homes of England will continue to be destroyed well into the future. 5.Making many of the homes bigger in the 19th century so the owners could have more helping staff is the reason why the homes became too expensive to operate.
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jaw droppingly – 不可思議的 incredible; amazing