Bell-ringing is the work or hobby of making church bells sound, usually from a tower, by pulling ropes in a team. In Britain this is a real tradition, not a picture from a film: people practise patterns called change-ringing, and a village may still hear it before a Sunday service or a wedding.

Bell-ringing bell-ringing（敲鐘） is the work or hobby是一種工作或嗜好， of making church bells sound讓教堂的鐘發出聲音， usually from a tower通常是在鐘樓裡， by pulling ropes in a team一群人一起拉繩子完成的。In Britain this is a real tradition, not a picture from a film在英國這是真實存在的傳統，不是電影裡才有的畫面： people practise patterns called change-ringing人們會練習一種叫change-ringing（變化敲鐘法）的敲法， and a village may still hear it before a Sunday service or a wedding一個村子在主日禮拜或婚禮前，可能還聽得到鐘聲。

The person who does it is a bell-ringer; bell-ringing is what they do. You would not normally point at someone and say “a bell-ringing.” Though actually, learners’ notes sometimes gloss it as “someone who rings church bells,” because that is the world the word belongs to — the people, the tower, the ropes — not a hotel bell, a bicycle bell, or a school bell.

The person who does it做這件事的人 is a bell-ringer叫bell-ringer（敲鐘人）； bell-ringing is what they do bell-ringing就是他們在做的事。You would not normally point at someone and say "a bell-ringing."你通常不會指著一個人說「a bell-ringing」。Though actually, learners' notes sometimes gloss it as "someone who rings church bells,"不過事實上，學習者的筆記有時候會把它解釋成「敲教堂鐘的人」， because that is the world the word belongs to — the people, the tower, the ropes —因為這個字所屬的世界就是那些人、鐘樓、繩子— not a hotel bell, a bicycle bell, or a school bell而不是飯店的鈴、腳踏車的鈴，或學校的鐘。

It is mainly British church life. Younger people in cities may never have stood in a tower, but they still know the sound. It is not a fancy word; it is just a bit specialised.

It is mainly British church life這主要是英國教堂生活的一部分。Younger people in cities may never have stood in a tower住在城市裡的年輕人可能從沒站進過鐘樓， but they still know the sound但還是聽過那種鐘聲。It is not a fancy word這不是個花俏的字； it is just a bit specialised只是有點專業、比較特定領域。