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Neil: Feifei, do you know which is the happiest town in England?

Feifei: The happiest town in England? I am not sure, which one is it?

Neil: Listen to this description.

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It’s a really really beautiful town, and it’s the largest town in Dorset. It’s got seven miles of beautiful beach; it’s really really close to other places of interests like Sandbanks which is great for watersport; or Christchurch which has hundreds of years of history and a beautiful priory. It has some beautiful gardens, it’s really really nice for walking and it’s a nice small town, it has some great little shops and lovely people.

Feifei: Ah, I know the answer. It’s Bournemouth.

Neil: Well done, it is Bournemouth. Hello and welcome to On the Town from BBC² Learning³ English. I’m Neil.

Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。在今天的节目当中我们要给大家介绍被评为英格兰地区最快乐的城市，位于英格兰西南海岸的著名旅游度假胜地波恩茅斯。

Neil: Debbie from Bournemouth says it is the largest town in Dorset.

Feifei: 波恩茅斯是多塞特郡最大的城市。

Neil: It’s got seven miles of beautiful beach.

Feifei: Beach 海滩，沙滩；著名的七英里金色沙滩是人们放松紧绷神经的最佳去处。

Neil: And it’s close to lots of places of interests like Sandbanks which is great for

watersport and Christchurch which has hundreds of years of history and

a beautiful priory.

Feifei: Places of interests 旅游景点，名胜古迹；Sandbanks 沙堤，沙丘；watersport

水上运动；priory，小修道院。

Neil: Bournemouth also has beautiful gardens, interesting little shops and most

importantly, lovely people.

Feifei: 在波恩茅斯除了可以看到七英里的金色沙滩和清澈蔚蓝的海水之外，我们还可以在绿树

成荫的公园和花园中散步，爱逛街的女同胞们在这里还可以找到应有尽有的大型百货公

司和独特精致的小精品店。当然最重要的还是波恩茅斯热情好客的居民。

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It’s got a really interesting history. It’s only about 200 years old, but it already has about 175,000 living there. It’s famous for its really clean spa water, which made it very famous in the 1800s when kings and queens and really wealthy people would travel down and stay in hotels.

Feifei: Debbie says Bournemouth is only about 200 years old, but it already has about 175,000 living there. So is that a lot of people Neil?

Neil: Well, yes. For a seaside town, that is a lot of people.

Feifei: 就英格兰来说，有着17多万人口的一个海滨城市已经算是非常大了。

Neil: Kings and queens and really wealthy people used to travel down to Bournemouth for its clean spa water.

Feifei: 波恩茅斯早在19世纪的时候就凭借它干净清澈的泉水吸引着皇室和极其富有的贵族来这里休闲度假。

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It’s a lot more laid back, it’s a lot slower pace of life, just generally being by the coast, it’s a much more relaxed place to go, there’s lots of things to do which involves outdoor sports.

Neil: There’re a lot of things to do which involve outdoor sports.

Feifei: Outdoor sports 户外运动。

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There are loads of boat sport; there’s football, volleyball, or just any kind of group activities people do on the beach, people just come down and do whatever they want and it’s just a really nice place to come any time of the day.

Neil: There’re loads of boat sport.

Feifei: 赛船运动 boat sports。

Neil: There’s football, volleyball, or just any kind of group activity people do on the beach.

Feifei: Volleyball 排球；group activity 团体项目。在波恩茅斯金色的沙滩上除了可以看到躺在沙滩上做日光浴的朋友们之外，还经常可以看到各种各样的沙滩运动。

Neil: Well, if you fancy⁴ a trip down to Bournemouth, make sure you check out the beautiful seven mile beach.

Feifei: 大家来波恩茅斯的时候可别忘了一定要去七英里的金色沙滩瞧一瞧。

Neil: You’ve been listening to On the Town from BBC Learning English.

Feifei: Thanks for listening and see you next time.

Neil: See you.

1 insert   

vt.插入，镶补；vi.附着；n.插入，插入物

参考例句：

• I wish to insert an advertisement in your newspaper.我想在贵报上登一则广告。
• The newspaper had an insert of pages of pictures.该报带有数页插图。

2 BBC   

abbr.（=British Broadcasting Corporation）英国广播公司

参考例句：

• She works for the BBC.她为英国广播公司工作。
• The BBC was founded in 1922.英国广播公司建于1922年。

3 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

4 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。