LONDON,England.A capital city full of art and history.An important political centre.A huge financial market place.
英國(guó),倫敦,一座藝術(shù)氣息和歷史氛圍濃郁的都城,一個(gè)重要的政治中心,一處巨大的金融市場(chǎng).
Whatever you think about London,visiting as a tourist is very different from living there.Each part of London has its own character.Some parts are richer than others,or more industrial,or have better housing.
不管你眼中的倫敦是什么樣子,以游客的身份去參觀旅游和居住在此有很大的不同.倫敦每個(gè)地方都各有千秋.有的地方富裕,有的地方偏工業(yè)化,有的地方則更適合居住.
Let's start with the centre,the "Square Mile".This is the oldest part of London.In the past,this is where all financial business was done.Not many people live here,but 300,000 people work here every day.
我們先從金融廣場(chǎng)啟程吧.這里是倫敦最古老的地方.以前,所有的金融交易都在這里進(jìn)行.居住在這里的人不是很多,但是,每天卻有30萬人工作在此.
Moving west,we come to the West End.This busy shopping and entertainment district is bursting with things to do.Take a walk down Oxford Street,past big department stores like Selfridges and Harrods.Rents here are very high,a one-bedroom apartment may cost around 1000 pounds (14,845 yuan) a week.
繼續(xù)西行,我們就來到了倫敦西區(qū).這里是日益繁忙的購(gòu)物和娛樂區(qū).沿牛津大街步行,會(huì)經(jīng)過六家大百貨商店,其中就有塞弗吉商店和哈羅德商店.這里的房子租金特別貴,一居室的公寓可能每周的租金大約有1000英磅（折合人民幣1萬4845元）左右.
Further away is West London.This area is more residential and very fashionable.Go see the home of Diana,the Princess of Wales:Kensington Palace.Notting Hill,made famous by the film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts,is here.
再遠(yuǎn)一些就是倫敦西部.這里大多是時(shí)尚的住宅區(qū).你可以去參觀威爾士王妃黛安娜亡故前的住所肯辛頓宮.因朱麗亞·羅伯茨和休·格蘭主演的電影《諾丁山》而一舉成名的諾丁山就在這里.
The East End contains the Port of London,which historically is where many immigrants first arrived.Waves of French,Belgians,Jews,Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have all lived here.This makes the area very diverse,but also quite poor.It has a reputation as being dangerous.Since London won the bid to hold the Olympics in 2012,many Londoners hope that housing,education and employment for many people in this area will improve.
倫敦東區(qū)有倫敦港,在歷史上,它曾經(jīng)是移民最先到達(dá)的地方.當(dāng)年,法國(guó)人、比利時(shí)人、猶太教徒、巴基斯坦人和孟加拉國(guó)人蜂擁而至,都曾居住在此.這些移民給這個(gè)地區(qū)帶來了豐富多彩的文化,同時(shí),也使之更貧窮.這個(gè)區(qū)聲名很差,被看作是危險(xiǎn)之地.由于倫敦成功申請(qǐng)到了2012年奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦權(quán),很多倫敦人希望這個(gè)區(qū)的住房、教育和工作機(jī)會(huì)能夠得到改善.
It is difficult to be general about London.The city is made up of a "collection of villages",each area with its own character and community.
要全面描述倫敦是很困難的.這個(gè)城市是一個(gè)“鄉(xiāng)村集散地”,每個(gè)地方都有自己的特色和自己的社區(qū).
Put them all together,and you have London,a cosmopolitan capital.
所有這一切,組成了倫敦,一個(gè)國(guó)際化大都市