The script of this programme 本節目臺詞

Yang Li: 大家好我是楊莉， 歡迎收聽《都市掠影》節目。Preparation for 2012 London Olympics is soon to be completed, 倫敦奧運準備如火如荼，從三月份門票開始預售之后，很多人都紛紛訂購。那么住在奧運村周圍的居民們是不是也同樣興奮呢？Earlier on my colleague Steve Eggington went to Stratford 斯特拉特福德.

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Steve: I'm here at the construction site of the London 2012 Olympics in Stratford, East London. I can see the Olympic stadium in front of me, which is nearly finished, and also the swimming pool. The rest of the area is being dug up by diggers, and is full of lorries and construction workers trying to get the site ready for the Games next year.

Yang Li: Stratford 位于倫敦東區 East London. It's definitely all go in that part of London! Steve is keen to find out what the mood is among the people living locally:

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Steve: At the sight of all these, kind of, buildings and stadiums going up, do you feel proud to be a Londoner, living close by?

Man: Very much so. I think it's a brilliant idea. I mean, it's just going to bring so many people around here, which will reflect the people who live here. So, it's not going to be strange or anything, it's just going to be more people, and… and the atmosphere, I would imagine, would be brilliant.

Woman: I always love seeing big, very exciting sort of building projects, because I've worked in building.And this one, obviously, is the most ambitious one I've ever seen. And it always looks a total mess when it's at this stage, and then when the finished product arrives, you know, it's always a tremendous transformation, and we just can't wait now - because we know all the building's going to be finished by July – to see how it's going to be.

Yang Li: They both sounded very positive didn't they? The man said that it's a brilliant idea - a very good idea. The woman said that she can't wait to see the finished product which will be a tremendous transformation 巨大的變化。She can't wait; a similar expression would be to look forward to something. Listen to this:

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Man: Looking very, very much forward to it, yeah. Well, I think the whole thing, obviously, it's a great spectator sport. But the whole ambience and atmosphere that it's going to create, and, you know, not just in Stratford and London but throughout the whole country. There'll be that feel-good factor which is what's very much needed at the moment.

Yang Li: A great spectator sport 精彩的觀賞性運動，整個氣氛，氛圍就是 ambience and atmosphere, which will create a feel-good factor. 創造一種良好的感覺。However, not all local residents think the same. 接下來我們聽聽當地居民都有哪些抱怨。

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Man: Well, I just think, at the end of the day, the only thing it's there for is entrepreneurs to make money. To be honest with you I think (it's) going to be a real problem to us living there, with regards to traffic, and everything else that's happening round even now. I mean, for the last four years it's been absolute murder to live there because of digging up roads, and we're having to put up with all that. It's been like living in a building site, actually.

Yang Li: There are three phrases I'd like to highlight. ''It's been murder, murder ''這個詞的原意是殺人，此處是一種 夸張的用法，意思是住在工地附近非常遭殃。It has been absolute murder to live there. Why has it been so bad? Because they've had to put up with the transformation. ''To put up with something'' 意思是忍受。He sounded quite negative didn't he? 他說, at the end of the day 說到底，賺錢的還不是那些企業公司嗎？接下來我們聽聽同 Steve 交談的另一個人怎么說？

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Steve: Why are you particularly not looking forward to the Olympics, and what do you think is good or bad about the way it's been arranged?

Man: Well, the ticket pricing is bad. I mean, you're not there for a day pass like at Wimbledon where I go quite often and you get Centre Court for the day. It doesn't work like that. It just works… you've got two or three events, or one event, and you've got to go, oh…You've got to move to somewhere else, so I find it absolutely ridiculous. And it's well priced out of the area around here. You've got no chance – locals – of getting tickets..

Yang Li:This man complained about the ticket prices being too high. 票價太高，遠遠超出了當地人的支付能力 to price someone out of something. 他認為當地人花錢去看比賽是不可能的，not a chance, no possibility. 他說當地人承受了六年基本建設帶來的不便應該得到某種補貼才對 to be subsidised in some way. Well, whether you can't wait for the Olympics or whether you think it's absolutely ridiculous, London is certainly going to put on a show! Next week we are going to continue the topic of London 2012 by looking at the Torch Relay 火炬傳遞。What is it that British people want to shine a light on during the relay? Join me again next week. Bye bye.

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