实战口语情景对话 第705期:Good Ole' England 英国

Todd: OK, Mark, we've been talking about places that you've traveled, things that you have done. What about people that go to your country, England? Can you recommend three or four good places to go to in England?
托德：马克，我们之前谈了你去过的地方，和你在旅行时做的事情。那如果人们去你的祖国英国旅游，你可以推荐三四个游览胜地吗？

Mark: Right. Well, obviously, most people should visit London. Personally, I don't like London. It's too busy and too expensive.
马克：好，显然大部分人都应该去伦敦旅行。我个人并不喜欢伦敦。那里太繁忙，而且物价也贵。

Todd: But, wait a minute, you're saying that people should visit it but you don't like it. Why?
托德：等一下，你说人们都应该去伦敦旅游，可是你并不喜欢那里。为什么？

Mark: They should visit it because you have to go once to see all the famous places such a Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, just to say you've been, but if you arrive in London, I'd say spend maybe one or two days there and then move and you can move to cheaper places. My favorite place in England is in the North of England. It's called the Lake District.
马克：人们应该去伦敦旅游的原因是，你要去一次那里看看那些著名的景点，比如大本钟、特拉法加广场、白金汉宫等等，你可以和别人说你去过这些地方，我建议在伦敦玩一两天就好，然后就可以去物价便宜些的地方继续游玩。英国我最喜欢的地方是英国北部称为湖区的地方。

Todd: The Lake District.
托德：湖区。

Mark: Yeah, it is very, very beautiful.
马克：对，那里非常非常漂亮。

Todd: So, I take it there's many lakes.
托德：我想那里一定有很多湖。

Mark: That's right. There's got to be about twenty or thirty lakes up there and the scenery's beautiful. Famous for Peter Rabbit. Do you know Peter Rabbit?
马克：没错。那里大概有二三十个湖，景色非常美。湖区以彼得兔闻名。你知道彼得兔吗？

Todd: Yeah, the fairy tale
.托德：知道，那个童话故事。

Mark: That's right. The children's character. Yeah. The writer, Beatrice Potter, she was born in the Lake District, so that's how she got her inspiration.
马克：对。那个儿童故事。作者碧雅翠丝·波特出生在湖区，那里是她的灵感来源。

Todd: So if you go the Lake District, now are you talking about camping or do you stay in a like a bed-and-breakfast, or?
托德：如果我们去湖区旅行，你是建议我们在那里露营，还是住家庭式旅馆？

Mark: Yeah, you can stay in a bed-and-breakfast. You can camp. You can stay in pubs or inns, or there are many hotels. It's very organized for the tourists in the Lake District. Yeah, and it's not such a big area, so you can travel around there by bus, or by car pretty easy. Yeah.
马克：你可以住家庭式旅馆，也可以露营，还可以住在小旅馆，那里有很多酒店。湖区组织完善，对游客来说很便利。湖区的面积并不大，你可以坐巴士在那附近游玩，开车也很方便。

Todd: OK, so that's two. Anymore?
托德：好，你推荐了两个地方。还有其他地方吗？

Mark: Actually, I've never been but I'd probably recommend Scotland, but I've never been. But Edinburgh Castle is very famous. Also, York. The city of York, in Yorkshire is very beautiful as well. That was famous for the Vikings in the olden days, so it has a beautiful big cathedral and all the old viking walls, so if you like history then England is a beautiful place to visit. There are many places. You have Stratford-upon-Avon for Shakespeare, Oxford which is a famous university city, so if you like history then England is great.
马克：虽然我从来没去过苏格兰，不过我还是要推荐一下这里，不过我没有去过。爱丁堡古堡非常出名。另外，约克郡的景色也很棒。约克郡在古代因海盗而出名，那里有又大又漂亮的天主教大教堂，还有古老的海盗墙，如果你对历史感兴趣，那英格兰是个不错的选择。英格兰有很多美丽的景点。比如莎士比亚的故乡斯特拉特福，还有著名大学牛津大学，如果你喜欢历史，那英格兰是非常适合游玩的地方。

Todd: OK, well, sounds good. Thanks, Mark.
托德：好，听起来很好。谢谢你，马克。