英语PK台 第496期:一起游走缤纷西班牙

 　　1. Barcelona is particularly beautiful

　　巴塞罗那尤其美丽

　　They have kept much of the old city—the architecture that made the city famous—they did not demolish¹ it

　　城市保留了很多古城的建筑，正是这些建筑使得这座城闻名于世，幸好古建筑没有被拆除

　　They have restored a lot of the buildings and created a very liveable city

　　他们翻修了大多数的建筑，使这座城市非常宜居

　　It was great for us to go there and see that they have retained the old buildings

　　对于我们来说，能够来到这并看到这些留存下来的古建筑是非常难得的

　　If the buildings are not used for what they were originally built for, they have been converted into shopping centres or into hotels

　　这些建筑并没有按照最初修建时的用途来投入使用，它们的功能被转化成了购物中心和酒店

　　But the atmosphere is still there—we could really enjoy the architecture there

　　但是这些建筑的风格依旧存在，我们很享受这些建筑带给我们的感受

　　The citizens of Barcelona are very proud of their city, very patriotic² to that city

　　巴塞罗那当地的居民很以他们的城市为傲，有很强烈的爱国情感

　　It is Catalonia—they are very proud people

　　在加泰罗尼亚——那里的人们都是很傲娇的

　　Around Spain there are so many different regions—some like semi-desert—very dry Other bits mountainous

　　在西班牙的周围有很多不同的地区地貌，有些地方是半沙漠，很干旱，另一些地方又群山起伏。

　　Did you go to Galicia? that was my very first moment in Spain when I was a school student and we went on a school cruise

　　你去过加利西亚省么？那是我人生中第一次西班牙之，我的学生时代参加了一个游学团去的那儿

　　We stopped in Vigo in the very far north near Corunna

　　我们是在比戈停下的，那是非常北边的一个地方，靠近科伦纳

　　Very beautiful but quite different to other parts

　　小而美，与其他地方不尽相同

　　What about Madrid? How did you find Madrid?

　　马德里怎么样？你觉得马德里怎么样？

　　Madrid being the capital—it is a very neat city

　　马德里作为首都，是一座非常整洁的城市

　　The culture is opera—you have the Prada, the National Gallery—there is a triangle of three famous galleries.

　　这里有浓重的歌剧文化——能买到普拉达，参观国家美术馆--这里有著名的“马德里金三角” （“马德里金三角”普拉多美术馆、提森?波尼米萨博物馆和索菲亚王后国家艺术中心。）

　　In Madrid you have the Palace. We went to Opera—absolutely fantastic

　　在马德里你能看到宫殿，我们去看了歌剧，欣赏了精彩绝伦的表演

　　Madrid—I enjoyed Madrid but it did not have the earthy culture that Barcelona has

　　It is more government, more capital, business whereas Barcelona is more cultural, artistic³

　　马德里——我喜欢马德里，但这里并没有太多像巴塞罗那那样保留下来的早期历史和文化——它更有政府的因素，首都该有的感觉，商业也很发达，然而巴塞罗那则具有文化性，艺术气息。

　　People just like to have this enjoyment⁴

　　人们生活在这里很享受

　　2. One of the things in Madrid that I really did love was the San Miguel market

　　在马德里，我尤为喜欢圣米格尔市场

　　A very famous market in Madrid—a food market—I am not sure how much weight I put on because I really ate my way around Spain

　　这是马德里非常出名的一个市场，食品大集市。我不知道在那里我增重了多少，因为西班牙的美食被我吃了个遍

　　San Miguel market is very famous for all sorts of food—we had lunch there one day—most enjoyable

　　圣米格尔市场以售卖食品种类繁多而著名，我们有一天在那吃过午餐，最愉快的经历

　　You make me quite envious—thinking back to my days of 'Viva Espana'—we used to sing that song 'Viva Espana'

　　你真的让我羡慕呢，想起了我那些“Viva Espana”的日子——我们曾经唱那首歌Viva Espana （西班牙万岁）

　　(Spain) was a major destination for people from Scotland—to escape the rain, escape the cold—go to Spain and enjoy the sunshine

　　（西班牙）是苏格兰人旅游的主要目的地，因为那里没有雨水，寒冷，取而代之的是西班牙温暖的阳光

　　But you were not just in these big cities like Madrid and Barcelona

　　但你不仅仅去了马德里和巴塞罗那这些大城市

　　You were doing a lot of travelling—right up to Bilbao

　　你旅游了好多地方，还有北部城市：毕尔巴鄂

　　From Madrid we headed out into a couple of ancient cities—Segovia was one of those.

　　从马德里出发我们逛了好几个古城，塞戈维亚就是其中一个

　　While we were there they were advertising⁵ a bullfight

　　当我们在那的时候，他们正在宣传一场斗牛比赛

　　Bullfighting in Madrid is generally a 'no-no' these days—but in Segovia they were going to have a bullfighting festival

　　斗牛比赛如今在马德里通常已被禁止了，但是这里将要进行一场斗牛狂欢节

　　From there we headed into the wine country—into dry areas—reminded me a lot of Mildura in Victoria (Australia) where you have a dry climate but they have canals and a lot of water and so it is very good for the wine

　　从那里我们又去了盛产葡萄酒圣地-非常干旱的地区-让我想起了澳大利亚维多利亚的米尔迪拉，那里的气候干燥，但建有运河，这种环境非常适宜制造葡萄酒

　　We went to a place called Penedes which is a wine district—many wineries in that area

　　我们去了一个叫做佩内德斯的地方，这里是葡萄酒的产地，很多葡萄酒酿造厂建在那里

　　The Bodegas—you go in—it is the big barrels of wine—you can sit there all day sampling until you decide which one to take a bottle back

　　进到酒窖里，有一个大的圆桶，里面满满的都是酒，你可以坐在这里一整天，直到尝试出哪种是你喜欢的，然后买走

　　A lot of these bodegas are underground—in naturally occurring caves or they dig down

　　大部分的酒窖都是在地下的，在天然的山洞或者人挖出来的地洞里

　　That is very good for wine to keep it cool

　　酒窖里的凉爽对于葡萄酒的保存来说是极好的

　　They also make cheeses which Denise loved!

　　他们同样也做Denise很喜欢的芝士哦！

1 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

2 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

3 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

4 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。