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Like many villages across the country,
就像全國的很多村莊一樣
Chuandixia has seen most of the younger generation up sticks.
爨底下村見證了大多數年輕人離開家鄉
30 years ago, just one in five people lived in urban areas.
30年前，只有五分之一的人居住在城市
Now, half of the country's population are city dwellers.
現在，全國的一半人口是城市居民
It's been the biggest migration in history.
這是歷史上最大的遷徙運動
Beijing is now home to 20 million.
北京現在居住著2000萬人口
It sprawls for over ten times the size of London
綿延的城市框架是倫敦的十倍
with densely packed suburbs.
以及密密麻麻的郊區
I'm meeting up with my friend,and food writer, Hong Ying,
我將與我的朋友，美食作家紅英會面
a country girl who now lives in the chic district of Chaoyang Park.
一個鄉下姑娘，現在居住在精致的朝陽公園附近
This is her local market,where we're shopping for dinner.
這是一個當地市場，我們要買菜做飯的地方
The variety, I find astonishing.
種類齊全，讓人震驚
This is from America?
這個東西是美國的
It's an interesting mix of Western imports.
這些從西方進口的東西放在一起很有趣啊
Look what they have here,Brussels sprouts.
看看他們這的東西，這是布魯塞爾的包菜
And Chinese favourites - eels,pig trotters and cows' hooves.
這些是中國人最喜歡吃的東西——肘子，豬蹄，牛蹄
What's that?
那是啥啊
Oh, it's called cucumber flower,I've never even seen it.
噢，那是菜花，我以前都沒見過它呀
I'm thinking about these chicken wings.
我想買些雞翅
Hong Ying's life has changed dramatically
文化革命使紅英的童年生活
since her childhood during the Cultural Revolution.
發生了翻天覆地的改變
In the countryside,there were severe food shortages
農村的食品一直很短缺
and families were rationed.
按家里的人口配給口糧
When you were growing up,it was very hard to get meat.
當時正在長身體，很少有肉吃
How old were you before you tasted your first chicken?
你第一次吃雞肉的時候，是多少歲
12, wow! Yeah.
啊 12歲
The great famine in the late '50s and early '60s took the lives of an estimated 30 million
毛主席領導的農業改革的失敗
when Chairman Mao's agricultural reforms failed.
加之三年自然災害，奪去了成千上萬人的生命
In Sichuan, where Hong Ying lived,one in seven died.
在紅英一直生活的地方，四川，有1/7的人死了
