BBC都市掠影:National Gallery 英国国家艺术画廊

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Zoë: 大家好，我是刘佳。
Helen: Hello, I’m Helen. Welcome to “On the Town” from BBC Learning English.

Zoë: 今天的BBC Learning English，我们会和大家一起来聊聊英国著名的国家美术馆。

Helen: The National Gallery. This wonderful place is very easy to find. It’s right behind the famous Trafalgar Square in the heart of London.

Zoë: 伦敦市的中心heart of London, 在这儿有着著名的特拉法加广场，在广场的正对面，有一幢庞大的老式建筑，这就是英国国家美术馆。

Helen: Gill Hart is a curator with the National Gallery and we asked her what we could see in this magnificent building.

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The National Gallery houses western European painting from about the year 1250, right up to 1900. 1900's our cut-off point although we do, of course, have the odd thing that dates from about 1904, 1905, but roughly, the beginning of the 20th century is our cut-off point.

Zoë: Gill 告诉我们，国家画廊里收集的画都来自欧洲

Helen: European paintings.

Zoë: 而且时间也有限制

Helen: That’s right, the collection starts from about the year 1250, and goes right up to the beginning of 20th century.

Zoë: 从1250 年开始，一直到20世纪初.

Helen: And the phrase "cut-off point", means no paintings collected are dated after 1900.

Zoë: 这里我们可以学到一个短语， a cut off point, 意思就是截至日期.

Helen: Now let’s listen to Gill again.

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The National Gallery houses western European painting from about the year 1250, right up to 1900. 1900's our cut-off point although we do, of course, have the odd thing that dates from about 1904, 1905, but roughly, the beginning of the 20th century is our cut-off point.

Zoë: 很多各个历史时期著名画家的经典作品都收藏在这里。

Helen: So, Gill gave us a run-down of the famous artists and their work on display here.