Introduction to European Parks and Gardens

　　介绍欧洲公园和花园

　　I love European parks and gardens.

　　我喜爱欧洲的公园和花园。

　　Greenwich Park is lovely, but the observatory is really interesting. You can stand astride the Greenwich meridian 0°line and have one foot in the Western Hemisphere and one foot in the Eastern.

　　格林尼治公园很迷人，但天文台真有趣。您可以横跨在格林威治子午线零度线上，可以有一只脚在西半球，一只脚在东半球。

　　That’ll be fun. Must take a photo.

　　太有趣了。一定要照张相。

　　Look, everybody, have you noticed the Houses of Parliament behind us and Westminster Abbey?

　　大家瞧，你们注意到我们身后的议会大厦和西敏寺教堂了吗?

　　Yes, a most interesting place. Almost all the kings and queens of England have been crowned there.

　　是的。一个非常令人感兴趣的地方。几乎所有英国的国王和女王都在那里加冕，

　　Yes, except Edward Ⅴand Edward Ⅷ.

　　是的，除了爱德华五世和八世。

　　And many famous men are buried there including kings and poets.

　　并且很多著名人物包括国王和诗人等都安葬在这里。

　　Yes, indeed.

　　的确是这样。

　　Oh, we must be approaching the heart of the city now. There’s the Natwest Tower.

　　噢，我们现在一定是到了市中心。这里有国民西敏寺大楼。

　　Yes. It’s the tallest building in the U.K. now.

　　是的，它是英国现今最高的建筑物。

　　Now we are just coming up to London Bridge. Next, we’re coming to the Tower of London. What do you think has impressed you most in London?

　　现在我们将去伦敦桥，然后去伦敦塔。您觉得在伦敦给您印象最深刻的是什么?

　　I don’t think I can say for sure. There are so many things that have left a deep impression on me. Yes, there is one thing worth mentioning at least. Although the buildings here seem old-fashioned, they have a peculiar flavor of their own.

　　很难说，很多东西都给我留下来深刻的印象。至少有一件事值得一提，就是，虽然伦敦的建筑物看上去都是老式的，但他们都独具风格。

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