There, the Paul Bunyan statue held an axe.

保罗·班杨雕塑的手里拿着个斧子。

Paul Bunyan is a famous lumberjack in American folklore.

保罗·班杨是美国传说中一个著名的木匠。

They would show us picture books of Paul Bunyan and we would make art based on Paul Bunyan. Things like that.

老师会给我们看有关保罗·班扬的图画书，我们要以保罗·班扬为基础做手工。

Yes, both. At school I remember having maybe a Paul Bunyan day.

两者都有。我记得学校有保罗·班扬日。

Paul Bunyan and Babe left their mark on many areas.

保罗·班扬和巴比在许多地区留下了他们的印记。

Whatever happened to Paul Bunyan? There are lots of stories.

保罗·班扬到底发生了什么？众说纷纭。

It originally advertised the Paul Bunyan Cafe on Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona.

这个雕塑最早是66号公路上的保罗·班杨咖啡店广告，在亚利桑那州的弗拉格斯塔夫市。

Early in the twentieth century, a writer prepared a collection of Paul Bunyan stories.

20世纪初，一位作家搜集了许多关于保罗·班扬的故事。

Many years ago, Paul Bunyan was born in the northeastern American state of Maine.

许多年前，保罗·班扬出生于美国东北部的缅因州。

He used the giant Paul Bunyan to advertise his restaurant in Cicero, Illinois.

他把这个雕像用来给他的餐厅做广告。

The first fiberglass giant was a “Paul Bunyan” figure, built in the early 1960s.

第一个巨人是“保罗·班杨”，在上世纪六十年代初做的。

Paul Bunyan was a hero of North America's lumberjacks, the workers who cut down trees.

保罗·班扬就是北美伐木工人中的英雄。

Paul Bunyan still stands there today, nearly six meters tall, with one giant hot dog in hand.

时至今日，近六米高的保罗·班杨还站在那里，手里捧着个热狗。

Actually my hometown in the United States happens to be known as one of the hometowns for Paul Bunyan.

在我的家乡美国有一个英雄——保罗·班扬。

Others say Paul Bunyan and Babe cleared the trees from the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

其他人说，保罗·班扬和巴比清除了北达科他州和南达科塔的树木。

Some people say Paul Bunyan was the creation of storytellers from the middle western Great Lakes area of the United States.

一些人说保罗·班扬这个人物是由美国五大湖地区中西部的故事讲述者创造出来的。

I'm sure there are but unfortunately we choose to talk about the Paul Bunyan story more for one reason or another.

肯定有，不过因为一些原因，我们选择以保罗·班扬的故事来解释。

So about when did this story start? When did Paul Bunyan become famous? Or when did people know about that story?

那这个故事是什么时候开始流传的？保罗·班扬是什么时候开始出名的？或者说人们是什么时候知道的这个故事？

Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack. Like, he would cut down trees and he was supposedly a very giant man. He was huge.

保罗·班扬是名伐木工。他的工作是伐木，他是一名巨人。他非常高大。

Paul Bunyan's strength – his talent – was chopping down trees.

保罗班扬的力量——他的天赋——是砍树。