Portobello Market 波多贝露二手市场

The script of this programme 本节目台词

	Stockings for sale in Portobello Market

Helen: This street is about a mile long.

Zoë: It’s full of stalls.

Helen: And it’s one of the best known street markets in the UK.

Zoë: 这条街就是伦敦的Portobello Market, 真正的street market. 市场。

Helen: Hello, I’m Helen. Welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English.

Zoë: 大家好，我是刘佳。在我们今天的BBC Learning English节目当中，我们回来给大家好好介绍一下伦敦市中心最有名的二手货市场Portobello Market 波多贝露市场。

Helen: What does Portobello Market mean to people? Here’s what one of them had to say.

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Portobello Road Market is a very lively, very vibrant¹, quite raw, quite over priced, very multi cultural, very ethnic², long winding³ road, where you can buy anything, providing it’s old and second hand.

Zoë+Helen: 这位先生说到点上了。他用了很多个非常来形容波多贝露市集的特点。非常热闹充满了生气 (very lively)，有着动感（very vibrant），比较原始 (quite raw), 多元文化 （multicultural ）, 民族色彩 (ethnic)。 不过他也觉得波多贝露市集上有的东西标价过高 (overpriced)。 最重要的特点是你在这儿什么东西都能买到 (you can buy anything)，只要是二手旧货 (that’s right, this is a market for old and second hand goods.)

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Portobello Road Market is a very lively, very vibrant, quite raw, quite over priced, very multi cultural, very ethnic, long winding road, where you can buy anything, providing it’s old and second hand.

Helen: The market has lots of stalls selling all kinds of things.

Zoë: Stall 就是小摊，这些小摊虽然地方不大，可能只有几平米，可是也都挂满了各种各样稀奇古怪的东西。

Helen: Jonathan has an antique map stall in the Portobello market. So what sort of unique interesting things can you find at the market? Jonathan gave us some ideas.

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Well, as I said, anything and everything. There are some shops stalls that are very expensive, and they have wonderful furniture, paintings, or pieces of pottery⁴ or porcelain⁵.

Zoë+Helen: 有些商店是古董专家，所以价格不便宜。像家具 (furniture), 画 (paintings), 陶瓷 (pottery and porcelain) 都有不少的选择。

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And then there’ll be a store selling what we call in this country bric-a-brac, and that can be anything from a little cup, to a tin, to a glass to an old game, to a toy, you name it. And that’s the great thing about going to Portobello Road, you are never sure what you are going to find.

Zoë+Helen: Jonathan 也提到很多小摊买的是二手杂货, 英语里有个特别的名字 (it’s called bric-a-brac) bric-a-brac 这类的东西一般都比较小，像杯子，小盒子，纪念品，玩具之类的。（You are never sure what you are going to find.）逛Portobello Market 的乐趣就是你永远不知道你会发现什么。

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It’s full of surprises. For a few pounds you’ll come away with a wonderful memento⁶ of London and something that’s probably unique.

Zoë: 大家都说伦敦消费贵，可是你到了Portobello, 没准就花几镑钱就能买到好东西。

Helen: That’s right, for a few pounds you could have something wonderful to remind you of London.

Zoë: 而且是独一无二的纪念品 a unique memento。这才是最有意思的。

Helen: A couple of other things about Portobello Market. Firstly, the main market is only open on Saturdays.

Zoë: 这个二手市集只有星期六才有。平时只有少数的商店才开门。

Helen: And secondly⁷, don’t be afraid to haggle⁸.

Zoë: haggle 就是讨价还价，只有在这种地方，才有机会和摊主谈谈价钱。不过可别杀价太狠了。

Helen: Well I hope you now know more about the famous second hand market in London -- Portobello Market.

Zoë: 波多贝露市集, 伦敦最有名的古董二手货市场。

Helen: So until the next time, it’s goodbye from both of us at BBC Learning English.

Zoë: Bye.

 

1 vibrant   

adj.震颤的，响亮的，充满活力的，精力充沛的，(色彩)鲜明的

参考例句：

• He always uses vibrant colours in his paintings. 他在画中总是使用鲜明的色彩。
• She gave a vibrant performance in the leading role in the school play.她在学校表演中生气盎然地扮演了主角。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

4 pottery   

n.陶器，陶器场

参考例句：

• My sister likes to learn art pottery in her spare time.我妹妹喜欢在空余时间学习陶艺。
• The pottery was left to bake in the hot sun.陶器放在外面让炎热的太阳烘晒焙干。

5 porcelain   

n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的

参考例句：

• These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
• The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。

6 memento   

n.纪念品，令人回忆的东西

参考例句：

• The photos will be a permanent memento of your wedding.这些照片会成为你婚礼的永久纪念。
• My friend gave me his picture as a memento before going away.我的朋友在离别前给我一张照片留作纪念品。

7 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

8 haggle   

vi.讨价还价，争论不休

参考例句：

• In many countries you have to haggle before you buy anything.在许多国家里买东西之前都得讨价还价。
• If you haggle over the price,they might give you discount.你讲讲价，他们可能会把价钱降低。