Crystal Palace 水晶宫

The script of this programme 本节目台词

	The Crystal Palace was a building made almost entirely1 of glass

John: Hi there! Welcome to On The Town from a very interesting part of south London. I'm John, with me Oliver. We're at Crystal Palace.

Oliver: 哦，水晶宫。

John: At Crystal Palace one of Britain's best loved football clubs used to play. It's home to major athletics² events, and there used to be an amazing palace!

Oliver: 不过，在我们开始今天节目之前要先澄清一件事，那就是现在的水晶宫根本就不是一座宫殿。 It isn't a palace at all.

John: But there used to be a palace here in south London.

Oliver: What did it look like John?

John: Well The Crystal Palace got its name because it was a building made almost entirely of glass.

Oliver: 一座玻璃造的建筑，真是太让人吃惊了。Tell us something about its history John。它是什么时候建造的，在这里又发生过什么事情呢？

John: Well, it was built for a very specific purpose. A great exhibition, in fact The Great Exhibition of 1851.

Oliver: It must have been quite a spectacle. 在玻璃和钢铁造就的宫殿里展出着最新的艺术作品和现代设计。那会是一个多么辉煌的景象啊！A glass and iron palace.

John: Well, we've been doing some research, and we've found an account written by a young woman who visited the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851. She was impressed too, and her name is Eloise.

Oliver: Eloise 是当时一个前去看展览的小姐，她震惊于水晶宫的壮丽。下面是她在1851年的描述。

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Crystal Palace 1851. Today must have been one of the most marvellous of my life! Mama and Papa took me to the most delightful³, beautiful, and simply thrilling buildings I have yet had cause to visit: 'The Crystal Palace'! It is the largest glass structure ever built in the world to this very date, and it houses the most prestigious⁴ spectacle of our age: 'The Great Exhibition'. Dear Queen Victoria herself decided⁵ upon its theme; the very latest modern artistic⁶ works and designs. Ah! This wonderful age in which we now live, one can but dream what the next excitement will be!

John: Amazing! Eloise was really impressed with the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition. She said the building was "delightful", "beautiful", and "thrilling".

Oliver: 令人愉快的, delightful; 美丽的，beautiful; 和让人震惊的，thrilling.

John: There was also another lovely phrase that Eloise used. She said the Great Exhibition of 1851 was "the most prestigious spectacle of our age!", meaning it was the most important event that was happening in her lifetime!

Oliver: A great way to describe it! Eloise 说这个1851年的展览是她那个年代最负盛名的展览，the most prestigious spectacle.

John: Now, in 1936 those wonderful buildings met a terrible fate.

Oliver: 水晶宫被烧毁了!这就是这座美丽建筑的命数。That was its fate. 真是太伤感了!

John: We've found this amazing recording⁷ from the archives.

Oliver: John 专门查看了它们的档案。The archives，而且找到了水晶宫被烧毁时的记录！

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The Crystal Palace is completely destroyed. In the most spectacular night fire in living memory, the world famous glass building that has dominated Sydenham Hill for 82 years is enveloped⁸ from end to end in a sea of flames. Sweeping⁹ along the inflammable wood flooring, the blaze soon had the middle transept in its grip. Inside half an hour it was clear that the Crystal Palace was doomed¹⁰.

John: What a tragedy. The palace was completely destroyed by fire!

Oliver: And it was the most spectacular fire in living memory. 这可能是某些人能够记住的最厉害的大火了。

John: So that was the end of the great Crystal Palace.

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Kennedy coming forward now for Palace, clean through into the penalty area left hand side, left hand side! Kennedy scores the goal! Crystal Palace 2 Derby County nil¹¹.

John: Well, after Crystal Palace burnt down, it became home to a great football club of the same name 'Crystal Palace', but it's also been the host of some great athletics events.

Oliver: 不少英国盛大的田径比赛都在亚历山大宫举行，这也是水晶宫足球俱乐部的主场。还记着范志毅和孙继海吗? 他们就是在水晶宫俱乐部开始他们的英国足球之旅的。

John: Well the Palace has got quite a history hasn't it – and if you're in London, it's worth a visit! Time to go now. Bye for now!

Oliver: 再见。

 

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

3 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。

4 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 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。

7 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

8 enveloped   

v.包围，笼罩，包住( envelop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。
• Smoke from the burning house enveloped the whole street. 燃烧着的房子冒出的浓烟笼罩了整条街。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

10 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。

11 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。