英文原本

As you leave the castle area, you can stroll through the Lesser Quarter tucked at the foot of the hill.

The neighborhood, one of the best preserved in the city, prospered when upper-class family settled here, hoping no doubt that a little of the royal flourish would rub off on them. Later most of the homes were abandoned when the ruling powers moved to Vienna. Thankfully, the area escaped any major restorations.

This is like a stroll through history down the ornate streets of baroque Europe. Mozart stayed in the neighborhood for a time and some scenes from the film Amadeus were shot here.

We are back in the old town square, just in time to hear the famous astronomical clock announce the hour. The square, an architectural showpiece lined with Romanesque and Gothic houses crowds with spectators awaiting the top of the hour. The five-hundred-year old wooden clock and the old town hall is a Mediaeval engineering marvel. Still in working order, the middle part is the actual clock, showing the movement of the sun and moon. Underneath is a calendar with signs of the zodiac. When death rings the death knell and the 12 Apostles proceed along the windows, we know our time has come.

词汇解释

tuck 塞进
例句： Please tuck your shirt into your trousers.
请把你的衬衫塞到裤腰里。

rub off on sb 因接触〔相处〕而对…产生影响
例句：Jimmy is very lucky; I wish some of his luck would rub off on me.
吉米非常幸运，我希望他的好运气能传给我一些。

ornate 装饰华丽的
例句：A large ornate exhibition hall
一个很大的华丽的展览厅。
zoidiac 黄道带（天球上黄道两边各8度的一条带）
Gothic houses哥特式建筑
knell 某事物结束的象征
例句：His decision sounded the death knell for all our hopes
他的决定预报我们的希望将全部破灭。
Apostle(基督教的)使徒;十二个门徒之一;传道先驱者