英語聽力小短文走遍全世界72: 維也納

The Austrian capital of Vienna (Wien) is a city forever implanted into the international imagination as a dreamy place of cream-filled pastries and angelic choir boys, of prancing white horses and swirling Strauss waltzes.

在世人眼中，奧地利首都維也納永遠是一座不僅有著奶油餡餅和天使般男孩組成的唱詩班，而且還有著歡騰的白馬和回旋著施特勞斯的華爾茲的夢幻城市。

It is a city where legend overrules reality - the Danube River, which flows through Vienna, may not be true blue, yet, the "Blue Danube" waltz has permanently painted the waterway that hue in the mind's eye.

在這座城市里，傳說支配著現(xiàn)實，橫穿維也納的多瑙河，也許并不真的是藍色的，然而，在人們的心中華爾茲舞曲“藍色多瑙河”把多瑙河永久地描繪成了藍色。

Music is the soul of Vienna - the great composers of Europe, from Mozart to Beethoven, Haydn to Schubert, Strauss to Mahler, called the city home.

音樂是維也納的靈魂——歐洲著名的作曲家，從莫扎特到貝多芬，從海頓到舒伯特，從施特勞斯到馬勒，都稱維也納為家鄉(xiāng)。

And at every opportunity, from the grand Opera Ball to the smallest of musical gatherings, Viennese swoontogether in the city's famously romantic waltz. Or they gather for dramatic musical stagings at the Staatsoper (State Opera House), one of the world's great opera venues.

只要有機會，不管是在壯觀的歌劇院還是最小的音樂廳，維也納人一起陶醉在這座城市浪漫的華爾茲舞曲里，或者一起聚集到世界最著名的歌劇院之一——國家歌劇院里，欣賞生動的音樂節(jié)目。

Vienna celebrates its well-composed heritage with numerous festivals and concerts, as well as well-preserved landmarks such as Schubert's birthplace and the homes of Mozart and Beethoven.

維也納通過各種節(jié)日和音樂會來慶祝它繼承下來的遺產(chǎn)和保留完好的景點，比如舒伯特的出生地以及莫扎特和貝多芬的家鄉(xiāng)。

Art and architecture are also Viennese trademarks, and with 90 museums, many devoted to art, the city is awash in great works. Art Nouveau (known locally as "Jungendstill", or Young Style) took hold here, born of the Vienna Secession which straddled the turn of the 20th century.

藝術(shù)和建筑也是維也納的標志。城市里共有90家博物館，大多數(shù)都具有藝術(shù)特性，這讓維也納沉浸在偉大的作品中。新藝術(shù)(在當?shù)亟凶?ldquo;Jungendstil”，或年輕風格)在這里得到融會貫通，還形成了跨越20世紀之初的維也納分離派。

The movement's most famous member was Viennese painter Gustav Klimt, and his work, as well as that of other secessionists, is showcased at the Secession Pavilion, desighed by Josef Maria Olbrich. Vienna's most famous art museum, however, is the Kunsthistorisches Museum, housing works by such greats as the Dutch master Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

這次運動最有名的成員是維也納畫家古斯塔夫·克里姆特，他和其他分離派成員的作品都被陳列在約瑟夫·瑪麗亞·奧爾布里希設(shè)計的分離派展覽館里。然而，最著名的藝術(shù)博物館是維也納藝術(shù)史博物館，荷蘭大師老皮特·布勒哲爾等一些人的作品都被收藏在這里。