实战口语情景对话 第350期:The History of the Tie 领带的历史

Todd: Mike, you were born in Croatia.
托德：迈克，你出生于克罗地亚。

Mike: That's right.
迈克：没错。

Todd: Now you told me an interesting story about the necktie. Can you explain where the necktie came from?
托德：你要给我讲一个有关领带的有趣故事。那你能告诉我领带的起源吗？

Mike: Well, my understanding is that the necktie originated from Croatia. Originally, several hundred years ago, when the Croatians went into battle they would have a scarf or a handkerchief that protected their necks when they went into battle, and when they fought, and what they started doing was wearing this scarf or this handkerchief around their neck almost as an accessory and they wore this in the 17th, I believe it was 18th century maybe, or 17th century. They went to visit Louis the 14th in France on some sort of official visit, a delegation of Croatians, that rhymes, and they wore their handkerchiefs, and apparently Louis the 14th was so impressed and thought is was such a cool looking accessory that he adopted it as a fashion item for the French and it became the necktie, and the French word for necktie comes from the French word for Croatian, which is "cravate", so the cravate origin is from the Croatian. That's the story as far as I know it.
迈克：我的理解是，领带起源于克罗地亚。最初，大概是几百年前，克罗地亚人打仗的时候会戴围巾或是手帕来保护脖子，他们打仗的时候要先在脖子上系上围巾或是手帕当做装饰，我想他们大概是在17世纪，或是18世纪开始戴这种装饰。一个克罗地亚代表团去法国拜见路易十四，他们当时就戴着手帕，显然路易十四对此印象深刻，认为这个装饰看上去很酷，所以他把这种装饰作为了法国的时尚，而这就演变成了领带，法语中的领带一词就来源于法语中的“克罗地亚人”，即“cravate”，cravate就来源于克罗地亚人这个词。这就是目前我所知道的故事。

Todd: Wow, so today people wear neckties because of Croatia?
托德：哇，所以今天人们佩戴领带是因为克罗地亚吗？

Mike: Because of Croatians and that doesn't make me feel any better because I hate wearing a necktie, but I guess I can't change history.
迈克：因为克罗地亚人，这并没有让我感觉舒服些，因为我讨厌戴领带，不过我无法改变历史。