Berlin 柏林之旅-8

Guests can enjoy real kirsch beer and culinary specialties¹ here at moderate prices, such as sauerbraten and Calpatrol of curry² sausage.

If you only have one day for visiting museums, you should confine yourself to just one of the five museums on the island in the Spree.
The Bermas have decided³ to visit the Pergamon Museum, which owes its name to an antique altar which is on display there in its original dimensions. But art and culture can really be found all over central Berlin.

No less than five different museums make Berlin's museum island one of the most varied⁴ and popular cultural offers in the world. However, two of them are currently closed for renovation⁵ work. The Old Museum focuses on ancient Greek and Roman art. The Old National Gallery contains sculptures, paintings and frescos, representing 19th century European art. An entire room is devoted⁶ to the painter Caspar David. Friedrich. The collection also includes masterpieces by Monet and Renoir. But there are also other exhibitions worth visiting in central Berlin. The gallery of the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz has one of the most comprehensive collections of European paintings and includes pictures by Durer, Rubens and Rembrandt.

Right next-door lies the New National Gallery built by Mies van der Rohe. This light temple of glass houses changing exhibitions of European painting and sculpture of the 20th century. For each of these three museums, addmission is 8 Euros for adults.

Back on the museum island the Bermas and Alexander Mazza have arrived at the Ischatta gate in the Pergamon museum.

It's terrible to think we never managed to come here in all the one and a half years we lived in Berlin, because this is really something."

The Pergamon Museum is considered one of the most important collections of oriental antiquity⁷ alongside the Louvre in Paris and London's British Museum. If you are interested in art and culture, then you should consider buying a three-day pass which is valid⁸ for virtually all of Berlin's renowned⁹ museums. It costs 15 Euros per person, so you can save quite a lot of money.

So with this little cultural excursion, our tour of central Berlin comes to a fascinating end. We had a really good time, thanks to your suggestions, so please keep on sending us your ideas for unforgettable holiday experiences in Germany or you can send us an application and maybe before long we will be visiting some beautiful corner of this country together, so join in and join us again in 4 weeks' time for the next edition of Discover Germany, see you then, bye-bye.

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kirsch: n. 樱桃酒
culinary: n. 烹调用的
sauerbraten: n. [烹]糖醋烤牛肉
curry: n. 咖哩粉
fresco:n. 壁画

1 specialties   

n.专门，特性，特别；专业( specialty的名词复数 )；特性；特制品；盖印的契约

参考例句：

• Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句

2 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

3 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。

4 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

5 renovation   

n.革新，整修

参考例句：

• The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
• The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

6 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

7 antiquity   

n.古老；高龄；古物，古迹

参考例句：

• The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
• There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。

8 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

9 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。