Yorkshireman

Alan's mother4 was also the product of generations of empire-builders, being descended from a Yorkshireman, Thomas Stoney ( 1675-1726) who as a young man acquired lands in England's oldest colony after the 1688 revolution, and who became one of the Protestant landowners of Catholic Ireland.

艾赛儿·斯托尼的祖先，也是大英帝国的开拓者。在1688年的革命之后，约克郡的一位年轻人，托马斯·斯托尼（1675-1726）在英国最早的殖民地上拥有了土地。

Now, however, the outspoken Yorkshireman, who is chief investment strategist at GMO, is making headlines with a new prediction: Dire, Malthusian warnings about environmental catastrophe. To hear him tell it, the world is running out of food.

不过现在这位坦率直言的约克郡人、GMO的首席投资策略师，再次用最新的预测抓住了媒体的眼球：他发出马尔萨斯式的悲惨警告，称可能出现环境大灾难。他的观点主要是：世界的食品供应即将告罄；

Third Yorkshireman: Aye, well, I wove me own vest from organic jute and me underpants are made out of coir picked from old doormats.

第三个约克郡人：我嘛，我用有机麻为自己织背心，内裤是用从旧的擦鞋垫中挑出的纤维做的。