2018考研英语双语阅读：顶级奢饰品的秘密生产基地

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­　　The secret supplier to the world’s top designers

­　　顶级奢饰品的秘密生产基地

­　　The town of Ubrique in southern Spain is beautiful but remote. It doesn’t have an airport or a train station and even buses are irregular.

­　　西班牙南部的乌布里克镇美丽而遥远。它没有机场或火车站，甚至没有常规的公共汽车。

­　　Its position, nestled at the bottom of a valley surrounded by big hills, means the easiest way to get there is by car. But even then drivers have to navigate winding and often steep roads.

­　　它的位置位于一个山谷的底部，四周环绕着巨大的小山，这意味着最方便的方法就是开车。但即便如此，司机也只能在蜿蜒曲折的道路上行驶。

­　　The town is around 75 miles south of Seville, nowhere near the world’s fashion capitals of Milan, Paris, New York or London.

­　　小镇位于塞维利亚以南约75英里处，离世界时尚之都米兰、巴黎、纽约或伦敦很远。

­　　Yet this collection of white washed houses, known as a pueblo blanco (white town) in Spanish, is where many of the top fashion brands source their leather goods.

­　　然而，在西班牙，这些被称为普布兰科布兰科(白色小镇)的白墙房子，是许多顶级时尚品牌的皮革制品来源。

­　　Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermes, Chanel, Chloe, Loewe and Carolina Herrera are all reported to use the artisans here to make things such as handbags, wallets and belts.

­　　路易威登、古驰(Gucci)、爱马仕(Hermes)、香奈儿(Chanel)、克洛伊(Chloe)、洛伊(Loewe)和卡罗莱纳(Carolina Herrera)的很多手袋、钱包和皮带等物品都是这里的工匠制作的。

­　　Yet almost none of these designers are willing to talk about it.

­　　然而，大多数设计师中几乎没有人愿意谈论这个问题。

­　　Most of the secrecy comes from the fear of someone using the high end designs to produce cheap copycat products, a costly problem for luxury retailers.

­　　保密主要是来自于怕有人仿造高端设计来生产廉价的山寨产品，这对奢侈品零售商来说是是一个巨大的威胁。

­　　Juan Antonio Sanchez, manager at leather goods manufacturer Ranchel, says the big brands often have strict demands.

­　　皮革制品生产商Ranchel的经理胡安.安东尼奥.桑切斯表示，这些大品牌往往有严格的要求。

­　　"We have to sign a contract of confidentiality, then the factory, the manager and every worker have to sign it.

­　　“我们必须签订保密协议，工厂、经理和每个工人都必须签署。”