Bournemouth 波恩茅斯
The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺(tái)詞
Neil: Feifei, do you know which is the happiest town in England?
Feifei: The happiest town in England? I am not sure, which one is it?
Neil: Listen to this description.
It’s a really, really beautiful town, and it’s the largest town in Dorset. It’s got seven miles of beautiful beach. It’s really, really close to other places of interest like Sandbanks which is great for watersports, or Christchurch which has hundreds of years of history and a beautiful priory. It has some beautiful gardens. It’s really, really nice for walking and it’s a nice small town. It has some great little shops and lovely people.
Debbie from Bournemouth
Feifei: Ah, I know the answer. It’s Bournemouth.
Neil: Well done, it is Bournemouth. Hello and welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil.
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Feifei: 大家好，我是馮菲菲。在今天的節(jié)目當(dāng)中我們要給大家介紹被評(píng)為英格蘭地區(qū)最快樂的城市，位于英格蘭西南海岸的著名旅游度假勝地波恩茅斯。
Neil: Debbie from Bournemouth says it is the largest town in Dorset.
Feifei: 波恩茅斯是多塞特郡最大的城市。
Neil: It’s got seven miles of beautiful beach.
Feifei: Beach 海灘，沙灘；著名的七英里金色沙灘是人們放松緊繃神經(jīng)的最佳去處。
Seven miles of sun, sand and fun
Neil: And it’s close to lots of places of interest like Sandbanks which is great for watersports and Christchurch which has hundreds of years of history and a beautiful priory.
Feifei: Places of interest 旅游景點(diǎn)，名勝古跡；sandbanks 沙堤，沙丘；watersports 水上運(yùn)動(dòng)；priory，小修道院。
Neil: Bournemouth also has beautiful gardens, interesting little shops and most importantly, lovely people.
Feifei: 在波恩茅斯除了可以看到七英里的金色沙灘和清澈蔚藍(lán)的海水之外，我們還可以在綠樹成蔭的公園和花園中散步，愛逛街的女同胞們?cè)谶@里還可以找到應(yīng)有盡有的大型百貨公司和獨(dú)特精致的小精品店。當(dāng)然最重要的還是波恩茅斯熱情好客的居民。
It’s got a really interesting history. It’s only about 200 years old, but it already has about 175,000 people living there. It’s famous for its really clean spa water, which made it very famous in the 1800s when kings and queens and really wealthy people would travel down and stay in hotels.
Debbie from Bournemouth
Feifei: Debbie says Bournemouth is only about 200 years old, but it already has about 175,000 people living there. So is that a lot of people Neil?
Neil: Well, yes. For a seaside town, that is a lot of people.
Feifei: 就英格蘭來說，有著17多萬人口的一個(gè)海濱城市已經(jīng)算是非常大了。
Neil: Kings and queens and really wealthy people used to travel down to Bournemouth for its clean spa water.
Feifei: 波恩茅斯早在19世紀(jì)的時(shí)候就憑借它干凈清澈的泉水吸引著皇室和極其富有的貴族來這里休閑度假。
It’s a lot more laid back. There's a lot slower pace of life, just generally being by the coast, it’s a much more relaxed place to go, there’s lots of things to do which involve outdoor sports.
Debbie from Bournemouth
Neil: There’re a lot of things to do which involve outdoor sports.
Feifei: Outdoor sports 戶外運(yùn)動(dòng)。
There are loads of boat sports; there’s football, volleyball, or just any kind of group activities people do on the beach, people just come down and do whatever they want and it’s just a really nice place to come any time of the day.
Person at Bournemouth beach
Neil: There’s football, volleyball, or just any kind of group activity people do on the beach.
Feifei: Volleyball 排球；group activity 團(tuán)體項(xiàng)目。在波恩茅斯金色的沙灘上除了可以看到躺在沙灘上做日光浴的朋友們之外，還經(jīng)常可以看到各種各樣的沙灘運(yùn)動(dòng)。
Neil: Well, if you fancy a trip to Bournemouth, make sure you check out the beautiful seven-mile beach.
Feifei: 大家來波恩茅斯的時(shí)候可別忘了一定要去七英里的金色沙灘瞧一瞧。
Neil: You’ve been listening to On the Town from BBC Learning English. You can learn about more places in London and around the UK if you log on to our website www.bbcchina.com.cn and then go to the On the Town section.
Feifei: 如果大家想了解更多倫敦和英國(guó)的景點(diǎn)和城市都可以登陸我們的網(wǎng)站www.bbcchina.com.cn. Thanks for listening and see you next time.
Neil: See you.
