你所在的城市是歷史悠久的地方嗎？你的城市是什么樣的

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論城市，

你所在的城市是歷史悠久的地方嗎？你的城市是什么樣的

來(lái)聽(tīng)今天的講解:

Beginner

A: is your city a historical place?

你的城市是歷史悠久的地方嗎？

B: not rally. 200 years ago, it was just a small insignificant village.

算不上。200年前，這里還只是一個(gè)微不足道的小村莊。

A: how did it grow into such a large place?

它是怎么長(zhǎng)成這么大的地方的？

B: large deposits of coal were found nearly and so many industries located themselves here. The village quickly grew into a key industrial centre.

附近發(fā)現(xiàn)了大量的煤礦，許多工業(yè)都坐落在這里。這個(gè)村莊很快發(fā)展成為一個(gè)重要的工業(yè)中心。

A: as the city grew, it must have absorbed many village nearby.

隨著城市的發(fā)展，它一定吸收了附近的許多村莊。

B: yes, it did. The names of those village survive as the names of parts of the city.

是的，確實(shí)如此。那些村莊的名字和城市部分地區(qū)的名字一樣保留了下來(lái)。

A: I see. Are there any building more than 200 years old in your city?

我明白了。你們城市有200多年的建筑嗎？

B: oh, yes. Several of the buildings from the villages still survive. Many of them were inns for travelers and today survive as pubs. There was a castle near one village, so our city has a castle too.

哦，是的。村莊里的幾棟建筑仍然存在。其中許多是旅行者的客棧，今天作為酒吧存在。一個(gè)村莊附近有一座城堡，所以我們的城市也有一座堡壘。

A: really? So your city does have some old history after all.

真正？所以你的城市畢竟有一些古老的歷史。

Intermediate

A: what’s your city like?

你的城市是什么樣的？

B: it’s quite an interesting place to live. The best thing to do in my city is go shopping. There are several indoor and outdoor markets, department stores and shopping malls.

這是一個(gè)非常有趣的地方。在我的城市里，最好的事情就是去購(gòu)物。這里有幾個(gè)室內(nèi)外市場(chǎng)、百貨公司和購(gòu)物中心。

A: is the traffic bad in the city centre?

市中心的交通不好嗎？

B: not really. Cars are not permitted in several parts of city centre, especially in the main shopping areas. The public transport system is pretty good.

不是的。市中心的幾個(gè)地方不允許有汽車，尤其是在主要的購(gòu)物區(qū)。公共交通系統(tǒng)很好。

A: what about restaurants and entertainment?

餐館和娛樂(lè)場(chǎng)所怎么樣？

B: there are restaurants with food from all over the world. We have a small china-town near the city centre. There are many Indian,thai, and Italian restaurants all over the city centre. There are many sports events in my city. We have several sports venues for football, rugby, and cricket-even ice-skating and ice hockey.

這里有來(lái)自世界各地的餐館。我們?cè)谑兄行母浇幸粋€(gè)中國(guó)小鎮(zhèn)。市中心有很多印度、泰國(guó)和意大利餐館。我所在的城市有很多體育賽事。我們有幾個(gè)足球、橄欖球、板球甚至滑冰和冰球的運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)。

A: is there a lot of nightlife in your city?

你所在的城市有很多夜生活嗎？

B: there are several good clubs near the city centre. Many people in my city prefer something more’cultural”, so we several theatres and venues for classical music concerts and operas.

市中心附近有幾個(gè)不錯(cuò)的俱樂(lè)部。我所在城市的許多人更喜歡“文化”的東西，所以我們有幾個(gè)劇院和古典音樂(lè)會(huì)和歌劇院。

A: it sounds like a really exciting city to live in.

聽(tīng)起來(lái)這是一個(gè)非常令人興奮的城市。

B: it is. I hope you’ll have time to come for a visit soon. You really should come during the summer, when the weather is better and there’s more happening outdoors.

是的。我希望你很快有時(shí)間來(lái)參觀。你真的應(yīng)該在夏天來(lái)，那時(shí)天氣更好，戶外活動(dòng)也更多。