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In the last few weeks,we've been looking at various aspects of the social history of London.
在過去的幾周，我們一直在看倫敦社會史的各個方面。
and this morning we're continuing with a look at life in the area called the East End.
這個早上，我們繼續看一看東倫敦的生活情況。
I'll start with a brief history of the district,and then focus on life in the first half of the twentieth century.
我先簡單介紹一下這個地區的歷史，然后主要關注那里20世紀上半葉的生活。
Back in the first to the fourth centuries AD,when the Romans controlled England, London grew into a townof 45,000 people,and what's now the East End- the area by he river Thames,
公元一世紀至公元四世紀，當羅馬帝國統治英格蘭時，倫敦發展成了一個擁有4萬5千人的城鎮，也就是現今的東倫敦。
and along the road heading north-east from London to the coast - consisted of farmaland with crops and livestock which helped to feed that population.
它位于泰晤士河附近，沿著倫敦東北走向的公路一直通向海岸，這里的耕種及畜牧業是當時人民賴以為生的方式。
The Romans left in 410,at the beginning of the fifth century,
羅馬于五世紀初的410年離開，
and from then onwards the country suffered a series of invasions by tribes from present-day Germany and Denmark, the Angles,Saxons and Jutes,many of whom settled in the East End.
從那以后國家遭受了一系列部落的入侵，從如今的德國、丹麥到盎格魯人，撒克遜人和朱特人。他們中的許多人居住在東倫敦。
The technology they introduced meant that metal and leather goods were produced there for the first time.
他們引進的技術意味著金屬和皮革品首次在那里制造。
And as the East End was by the river,ships could transport goods between there and foreign markets.
東倫敦沿河，船只可以在這里和國外市場之間運輸貨物。
