新标准大学英语 - 视听说教程3原文及翻译(4)

Unit 2

Inside view Conversion 1

Janet Hey, look at that! It‘s just like I‘ve seen it in the films!

Andy Welcome to London, my hometown. We are in Shoutwark, south of the river. there‘s

London bridge off to your left, and there‘s Tower Bridge.

Janet I‘m really impressed. How old is it? Andy It‘s only about 120 years old. Janet well, that‘s quite old.

Andy the London Docks used to be around this area. What happened was that about three or

four times a day, they raised Tower Bridge, so the bigger ships could come right into London. But because they couldn‘t go under London bridge, they had to stop and unload here.

Janet Does Tower Bridge still open?

Andy well, not so often. When I was a kid, I think I saw tower bridge go up fairy often, all

the traffic had to wait for the ships to pass through the bridge. Anyway, just this side of London bridge were lots of warehouses, where they kept their cargo. But during the second world war, there was lots of bombing over London…

Janet yes, I read about that…the Blitz?

Andy that‘s right. And even when I was a kid, I remember that many of the buildings were

still damaged. But in the late 1980s and 90s, this whole area was redeveloped, you can see for yourself, it‘s a trendy place to live now.

Janet is the river thames still polluted?

Andy well, it certainly used to be polluted. I remember it had a very distinctive smell, if you

fell in, they used to take you to hospital.

Janet that‘s sounds revolting!

Andy yes, but in the 1960s, they cleaned it up, and in fact it‘s now one of the cleanest city

rivers in the world.

翻译：

珍妮特 嘿，看那！和我在电影里看到的一样啊 ！ 安迪 欢迎来到我的故乡伦敦。我们现在是在河的南边---southwark,在你的左边是伦敦大

桥，那边是伦敦塔桥。

珍妮特 真让人叹为观止啊！他有多长的历史了? 安迪 只有大概120年吧。 珍妮特 已经很久了。

安迪 轮的码头以前就在这附近，他们以前每天都会吧塔桥升起来三四次，以便让大船

进入伦敦，但船又不能通过伦敦大桥，所以只能在这停下来下货了。

珍妮特 塔桥现在还会开放吗？

安迪 嗯，偶尔吧。我小的时候经常看到塔桥升起来，当时所有的车都会停下来等桥下

的船通过。伦敦桥这边还有许多他们用来存放货物的仓库，但伦敦在二战期间遭到了许多轰炸。

珍妮特 是的，我在书上看到过，德国空袭，对吧？ 安迪 没错，甚至在我小的时候，还有许多遗留下来的被毁建筑，但在80年代后期到

90年代，这边整个区域都重建了。你看，现在这已经是一个很时髦的居住地了！

珍妮特 泰晤士河现在还是污染的吗？

安迪 以前是，记得以前这有股很特别的味道，你一旦掉下去，就会被送去医院。 珍妮特 听起来有点恶心。 安迪 是的，但60年代已经被清理干净了，实际上它现在已经是世界上最干净的河流之

一了。

Conversion 2

Janet It is very different from the parts of London I know.

Andy The thing about Southwark is that it‘s a typical suburb of London, full of old buildings and

shops. And this is where I grew up. I used to live in that building there.

Janet It‘s amazing. It looks very old. Andy Yes, it‘s about 80 years old

Janet And where did you go to school?

Andy Let me see. Yes , it was about a mile away from here. From about the age of eight, I used

to go by bike. We all made our way to school on our own, meeting up with friends along the way until there was a large gang of us kids as we got closer to school. These days parents are much more protective and take their kids to school by car. It‘s safer, but it‘s not as much fun. Anyway …where was I?

Janet You were telling me about your schooldays.

Andy That‘s right. Anyway, I stayed at school until I was 16,and then I went to a college of

further education, and did my A levels. And after that, I decided to go to university.

Janet Your parents must have been proud of you.

Andy Yes, I think so. I was the first person in my family to go to uni. Janet That‘s fascinating. Andy And what about you?

Janet Oh, it was a typical childhood in Anshan, nothing much to tell. Andy But I have no idea what a typical childhood is like in China. Janet OK, I will tell you. Let me think…

Andy Oh, hang on! Do you mind waiting here for a minute? Let me go up to my flat and get my

research, and then you can tell me about it while we‘re on our way back to the studio.

Janet OK

Andy Back in a minute…

珍妮特 这和我看到的伦敦的其他地方很不一样啊。

安迪 守特瓦是一个很典型的伦敦郊区，这有许多古老的建筑和商场。这是我长大的地方，

我以前就住在那栋楼里。

珍妮特 哇！看起来很古老。

安迪 是的，有大概80年了吧。 珍妮特 对了，你去哪上学的？

安迪 让我想想… 对了，离这大概一里远。八岁起我就开始骑车上学，我们都是自己去的。

一路上我们会碰到很多同学，到学校的时候已经是一大帮人了。而现在的父母过度的保护自己的孩子，每天送他们上学，这当然安全些，不过没有趣。而且……我说道哪了？

珍妮特 你在讲你的学生时代。

安迪 对了，而且我在学校呆到16岁后又进了进修学校，并且参加了大学入学考试。后来我

又决定上大学了。

珍妮特 你父母一定为你感到骄傲吧！

安迪 我想是吧，在家里我是第一个上大学的。 珍妮特 你太棒了。 安迪 你呢？你怎么样？

珍妮特 噢，那是在鞍山一个很典型的童年，没什么太多可讲。 安迪 但还不知道在中国典型的童年是什么样的啊！ 珍妮特 好吧，我来告诉你，让我想想……

安迪 噢，你先停下，在这等我一下好吗？我先回宿舍拿下调研资料，然后在回录音室的路上

你再慢慢讲给我听。

珍妮特 好吧。 安迪 我马上回来。

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