走进牛津大学 第54期:牛津城有很多夜总会

 There are four cinemas in the city for film fans to choose, including the Oxford¹ Playhouse, the New Theatre, the Pegasus Theatre and the Burton Taylor Theatre.

市内有四个剧院可供影迷们选择，包括牛津剧场、新剧场、珀加索斯剧场和伯顿.泰勒剧场。

The Oxford Playhouse is one of Britain's leading theatres and a key stop on national tours.

牛津剧场是英国最好的剧院之一，也是国际巡演的主要场所。

The New Theatre stages a variety of performances, like drama, comedy, opera, ballet and pop.

新剧场上演各种类型的演出，像戏剧、喜剧、歌剧、芭蕾舞剧和流行音乐。

The Pegasus Theatre specialises in contemporary performing arts from all over the world.

珀加索斯剧场专注于世界各地的当代艺术表演。

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The Burton Taylor Theatre is home to Oxford University Dramatic Society.

伯顿.泰勒剧场是牛津大学戏剧协会的会址。

As for shopping, you will find all the main stores in the area around Queen Street and the High Street, or in the Westgate and Clarendon shopping centres.

至于购物，你可以发现所有主要的商店都在皇后街和高街附近，或者是在西门商场和克拉伦登购物中心。

The famous Covered Market has many small, specialist outlets², sandwich bars and cafes.

著名的室内市场有很多颇有特色的小店、三明治吧和咖啡馆。

The Cowley Road is the place for every kind of delicatessen, as well as a great many restaurants.

考利路有各种熟食店，也有很多饭店。

Oxford's restaurants cater³ for all tastes, such as Jamaican, Thai, Polish, Kurdish, French, Lebanese and more.

牛津的饭店迎合各种口味，如牙买加口味、泰国口味、波兰口味、库尔德口味、法国口味、黎巴嫩口味等等。

In addition, there are pubs and taverns⁵ too, from the 14-century Turf Tavern⁴ to contemporary cocktail⁶ bars.

另外，还有酒吧和酒馆，从14世纪的草坪酒馆到当代的鸡尾酒吧都可以在这里找到。

There are many nightclubs in the city.

牛津城有很多夜总会。

At The Bridge, Lava⁷ & Ignite and The Studio, R&B, hip-hop and classic "cheese" dominate the playlist;

在The Bridge lava & Ignite和The Studio里,节奏蓝调、嘻哈乐和传统的“cheese”是主打乐曲;

the Purple Turtle offers free entry every night and cheap drinks for members of the Oxford University Student Union;

Purple Turtle为牛津大学学生会的成员提供每晚免费人场券和廉价饮品;

at the 02 Academy you can enjoy alternative, indie and hard rock; and Po Na Na is for fans of funk and chillout music.

在02 Academy里你可以选择听独立音乐或者硬摇滚;Po NaNa专为放克音乐和休闲音乐迷们开放。

Furthermore, there are also many special events in Oxford city.

另外,牛津城还有很多特殊活动，

Summer events include Party in the Park, Cowley Road Carnival⁸, the Jericho Street Fair and so on.

夏季的活动包括公园派对、考利路嘉年华、耶利哥街展览会等。

There are many events rooted in Oxford's history,

还有很多从历史上流传至今的活动，

for example, on 1 May crowds gather on the High Street and Magdalen Bridge at sunrise to listen to choristers sing an invocation to summer.

例如，在5月1日那天人们在日出时聚集到高街和莫德林桥聆听唱诗班歌手对夏天唱一首赞歌。

1 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

2 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 cater   

vi.(for/to)满足，迎合；(for)提供饮食及服务

参考例句：

• I expect he will be able to cater for your particular needs.我预计他能满足你的特殊需要。
• Most schools cater for children of different abilities.大多数学校能够满足具有不同天资的儿童的需要。

4 tavern   

n.小旅馆，客栈；小酒店

参考例句：

• There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
• Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。

5 taverns   

n.小旅馆，客栈，酒馆( tavern的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They ain't only two taverns. We can find out quick." 这儿只有两家客栈，会弄明白的。” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• Maybe ALL the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck?" 也许所有的禁酒客栈都有个闹鬼的房间，喂，哈克，你说是不是？” 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

6 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

7 lava   

n.熔岩，火山岩

参考例句：

• The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。
• His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

8 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。