BBC都市掠影:Tate Modern泰特现代美术馆

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Andrea: Tate Modern is Britain’s national museum of modern art.
Jean: 自从泰特现代美术馆在2000年建馆以来，已经有4百万游客到这里游览观赏。

Andrea: Today we get artistic in London, as we explore this fascinating museum. Hello, I’m Andrea Rose.

Jean: 大家好，我是董征。在我们今天BBC Learning English节目当中我们的热点话题就是伦敦的一家废旧发电厂是如何变成了著名的泰特现代美术馆- Tate Modern.

Andrea: Did you say a power station?

Jean: 没错。Tate Modern泰特现代美术馆是泰晤士河畔一家破旧发电厂的厂房改建的。

Andrea: Now, of course, there are huge pieces of art there instead.

Jean: 让我们听听来这里参观的游客的感想。

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Man: What strikes me most about the museum is its monumental achievement. The scale, the spaces that I think enable the collection to come alive.

Woman 1: Well, I think it is fantastically exciting. It is a most exciting space to be in. I would sum it up by saying it is very much a gallery of its time and it’s dealing very much with the issues of now, nothing to do with what museums used to be yesterday.

Woman 2: I like the feeling that you’re not squeezed. In so many museums I feel squeezed – my elbows clinking into things. Here I could dance. I love dancing and I’ve always wanted to dance in a museum and I think this would be an ideal place to dance.

Andrea: All these people are really impressed by Tate Modern.

Jean: 第一位的那位男士用到了一个短语 - to strike me most. 最触动我的。What strikes him most is the size of the space in the museum.

Andrea: He thinks it’s a monumental achievement. The gallery is a huge achievement and success.

Jean: 还有一位女士说这是一所极具时代感的美术馆。A gallery of its time. 既现代又富动感。

Andrea: The final woman says that most times she feels squeezed in or squashed when she goes to museums. But in Tate Modern, it’s so airy and big – she feels like dancing.

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