Travels in Europe: London 雾都漫步 - 11

The town center is a fun wonder. Over the centuries, it's modernized¹ in a kind of architectural jumble², but it maintains a lot of its mediaeval character.

The town and the Cathedral both originated in 1220, when Old Sarum, just one and a half miles north of here was abandoned and a new city built here. Tuesdays and Saturdays are market days, with the town center throb³bing with venders. 70 pubs guarantee a good time and good food. Salisbury is a fun getaway from London.

These day trips out of London are a snap. The big tour companies offer them, they'll take you to places like Cambridge, Windsor and Hampton Court. But you don't need to rely on them. You can do it on your own. We're doing it by train, out this morning, home tonight. Travelling on a ticket that lets you go a round trip for just a little more than what you spend one way as long as you complete the journey in one day. This is cheaper than the tours. You get to set your own tempo⁵, see just what you want to see and surround youself with locals rather than other tourists.

Home-basing and day tripping is a good way to go in London. They've made it so easy for us. In fact the logistics of travel in general are getting easier all the time. For those of you who have yet to try an independent travel, confidence is half the battle. For you seasoned globetrotters, I hope you've enjoyed a few memories and picked up a few new ideas.

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jumble n. A disordered state , disordered mass 混乱

throb vi To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; .悸动, 充满活力

round trip n. 往返旅行

logistics n. 后勤

globetrotter n. 世界观光旅行家

1 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。

2 jumble   

vt.使混乱，混杂；n.混乱；杂乱的一堆

参考例句：

• Even the furniture remained the same jumble that it had always been.甚至家具还是象过去一样杂乱无章。
• The things in the drawer were all in a jumble.抽屉里的东西很杂乱。

3 throb   

v.震颤，颤动；(急速强烈地)跳动，搏动

参考例句：

• She felt her heart give a great throb.她感到自己的心怦地跳了一下。
• The drums seemed to throb in his ears.阵阵鼓声彷佛在他耳边震响。

4 throbbing   

a. 跳动的,悸动的

参考例句：

• My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。
• There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

5 tempo   

n.(音乐的)速度；节奏，行进速度

参考例句：

• The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
• They waltz to the tempo of the music.他们跟着音乐的节奏跳华尔兹舞。