农夫皮尔斯

fellowman───n.人；同胞

great showman───伟大的表演家

pie plant───n.食用大黄

plowman───n.农夫；庄稼汉；n.(Plowman)人名；(英)普洛曼

ENGLISH working men had been heard from before. Piers Plowman, chancing one summer day upon a field of folk; John Clare's shepherd, observing cabbage fields and nesting birds; d.h..───英国劳动者的文学形象以前便出现过：皮尔斯·普洛曼曾在某个夏日与一群田野莽夫不期而遇；约翰·克莱尔笔下的牧羊人会耐心观察卷心菜地和筑巢的飞鸟；d·h·劳伦斯描述的那些沉默寡言的矿工则会在炉火前洗掉他们身上的污垢。

first reference to that legendary activist Robin Hood appears in 1362 in a work credited to William Langland and known as The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman.───首次提到传说中“反动分子”罗宾汉的作品出现在1362年，当归功于威廉·朗格兰，这位因《农夫皮尔斯》而闻名的诗人。

Piers Plowman that scholars have quite a challenge in trying to figure out which version is the more original.───农夫皮尔斯》不同版本之间差异巨大，以至于对学者们而言，要推断哪个版本更忠实于原著是一个巨大的挑战。

It is this knowledge prompted by, and answering to, divinely inspired longing that William Langland gestures towards in Piers Plowman.

This must have happened to such an extent with Piers Plowman that scholars have quite a challenge in trying to figure out which version is the more original.

The very first reference to that legendary activist Robin Hood appears in 1362 in a work credited to William Langland and known as The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman.

Of course the reason that Robin Hood and Piers Plowman make it into today's podcast is that this is also the document that first mentions spinsters, making the word about 650 years old.