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Conversation Two
对话2
OK, Mark, we've been talking about places that you've travelled, things that you have done.
好的,马克,我们一直在谈论你去过的地方,你做过的事情。
What about people that go to your country, England?
不如我们聊聊去你的国家英国旅游的人?
Can you recommend three or four good places to go in England?
你能推荐三到四个去英国旅游的好地方吗?
Well, obviously, most people should visit London.
显然,大多数人都应该去伦敦旅游。
Personally, I don't like London.
就我个人而言,我不喜欢伦敦。
It's too busy and too expensive.
那里人太多了,物价也太高了。
But, wait a minute, you're saying that people should visit it but you don't like it. Why?
但是,等一下,你是说人们应该参观它,但你不喜欢它。为什么?
They should visit it because you have to go once to see all the famous places, such as Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, just to say you've been.
他们应该去伦敦旅游,是因为得去看看所有著名景点,比如大本钟、特拉法加广场、白金汉宫,只是为了以后可以说自己去过。
My favourite place is in the North of England.
我最喜欢的地方在英格兰北部。
It's called the Lake District.
叫作湖区。
The Lake District.
湖区。
Yeah, it's very, very beautiful.
是的,它非常非常漂亮。
Famous for Peter Rabbit.
因彼得兔而闻名。
Do you know Peter Rabbit?
你知道彼得兔吗?
Yeah, the fairy tale.
知道啊,那个童话故事嘛。
That's right. The children's character. Yeah.
没错。就是那个童话角色。
The writer, Beatrice Potter, was born in the Lake District, so that's how she got her inspiration.
创造它的作家比阿特丽斯·波特出生在湖区,所以她的灵感就是从这里获得的。
So if you go to the Lake District, now are you talking about camping or do you stay in a bed-and-breakfast?
那么,如果你去湖区,你现在是在谈论露营,还是住在提供住宿和早餐的地方?
Yeah, you can stay in a bed-and-breakfast. You can camp.
可以住在提供住宿和早餐的旅馆里。也可以去露营。
You can stay in pubs or inns, or there are many hotels.
你可以住在酒吧或客栈,或者有很多旅馆也能住。
It's very organised for the tourists in the Lake District.
对于湖区的游客来说,这都组织得非常好了。
And it's not such a big area, so you can travel around there by bus, or by car.
而且它不是一个很大的区域,所以你可以坐公共汽车或开车去那里。
Pretty easy.
很简单。
OK. Any more?
好的,还有别的推荐地点吗?
The city of York in Yorkshire is very beautiful.
约克郡的约克市非常美。
That was famous for the Vikings in the old days, so it has a beautiful big cathedral and all the old Viking walls.
过去它以维京人而闻名,所以它有一个美丽的大教堂和所有古老的维京墙壁。
So if you like history then England is a beautiful place to visit.
因此,如果你喜欢历史,那么英国是一个值得一游的美丽地方。
You have Stratford-upon-Avon for Shakespeare, and Oxford which is a famous old university city.
想了解莎士比亚的话可以去埃文河畔斯特拉特福,还有牛津这座著名的古老大学城。
OK, well. Sounds good. Thanks, Mark.
好的,听起来不错,谢谢,马克。
