A fortnight(两星期) or so ago, my two teenage kids and I set out on a three-night visit to the Peak District where temperatures were hovering(徘徊，保持在附近) at a comparatively tepid(微温的，不热情的) 28C. We stayed at a youth hostel – more of which in a moment – and began the trip with the 20-minute ascent of Mam Tor, a modest peak that pulls in both dedicated ramblers who then yomp along the ridge beyond, and newbies who mostly want to get to the top and immerse themselves in the jaw-dropping view.(我们住在一家青年旅舍——稍后详述——并以攀登马姆托尔山开始了旅行，这座山吸引着资深徒步者和新手。)
大约两周前，我和两个十几岁的孩子出发去峰区进行了为期三晚的旅行，那里的气温徘徊在相对温和的28摄氏度。我们住在一家青年旅舍——稍后详述——并以攀登马姆托尔山开始了这次旅行，那是一座不太高的山峰，既吸引着那些随后沿着山脊健步行走的资深徒步者，也吸引着那些大多只想登顶并沉浸于令人叹为观止的风景中的新手。
The next bit might sound self-parodically(自我戏仿地) Guardian-esque, but what the hell: in its own way, the most striking(显著的，引人注目的) sight was the diversity of the scores(许多，大量) of people rambling(漫步的，闲逛的) up, down and along. Women in their 20s wearing hijabs(头巾（穆斯林女性佩戴）) picnicked(野餐（过去式）) on giant rocks, while multiracial(多种族的) gaggles(一群（人）) of young men attempted to race to the top; solo and shirtless white fitness freaks(健身狂人) and retirement-age dog walkers took their places alongside them. With plenty of justification, country walking has long been typified as one of the most monoculturally white pursuits there is.(乡村步行长期以来一直被理所当然地视为最单一文化、最白人化的活动之一。) But here – presumably(大概，据推测) because of the relatively close proximity(接近，邻近) of Manchester and Sheffield – things looked different.
接下来要说的可能听起来像是《卫报》式的自嘲，但管他呢：就其本身而言，最引人注目的景象是众多徒步者的多样性——他们上上下下、来来往往。二十多岁戴着头巾的女性在巨石上野餐，而多种族的年轻男性群体则试图比赛登顶；独自一人、光着上身的白人健身狂人和退休年龄的遛狗者与他们并肩而行。乡村步行长期以来一直被理所当然地视为最单一文化、最白人化的活动之一。但在这里——大概是因为离曼彻斯特和谢菲尔德相对较近——情况看起来有所不同。
The scenes didn’t quite suggest Britain in microcosm(缩影), but they weren’t far off. I began to wonder, in fact, whether I was witnessing the (extremely) belated next emancipatory phase of a story that began with the mass trespass at the nearby Kinder Scout in 1932, led by the Jewish anti-fascist Benny Rothman: the protest in which hundreds of men and women defied the law to walk on privately owned Derbyshire hills and moorland.(我开始怀疑自己是否正在见证一个故事的迟来的解放阶段，这个故事始于1932年的金德斯考特大规模 trespass 事件。) Five of them received prison sentences, but the way was thereby(由此，从而) opened to the creation of the UK’s first national parks.
这些场景并不完全代表英国的缩影，但也相差不远。事实上，我开始怀疑自己是否正在见证一个故事的（极其）迟来的下一个解放阶段——这个故事始于1932年附近金德斯考特的大规模 trespass 事件，由犹太反法西斯主义者本尼·罗斯曼领导：在那场抗议中，数百名男女无视法律，在德比郡私有的山丘和荒原上行走。其中五人被判入狱，但由此为英国第一个国家公园的建立开辟了道路。