英语听力精选进阶版 7839

Wang Fei: 大家好，欢迎收听《都市掠影》节目。我是王飞。我今天要给大家介绍伦敦的圣诞市场。我们的导游正在伦敦南岸的一个圣诞市场呢？我们欢迎她。

Alice: Hi! 大家好！ I’m Alice, and I’m going to be your tour guide today. I’m at Cologne Christmas Market, on the Southbank in London. You can see the London Eye, Big Ben’s over there, and of course the River Thames just in front of us, and it’s quite cold!

Wang Fei: Cologne Christmas Market, 科隆圣诞市场，听名字就是一个传统的德国风格的圣诞市场。它位于 the Southbank, 也就是泰晤士河南岸。我们听一听这个圣诞市场有什么特色？

Alice: So, there are about 60 different little wooden huts, sometimes called chalets – that’s a French word – here in the Cologne Christmas Market. People are selling food, nice warm drinks, and a large variety of handcrafts. So little wooden toys and Christmas gifts in these wooden chalets – they look really pretty.

Wang Fei: Chalet 是一个法语词，意思是小木屋。在科隆圣诞市场有很多的 wooden chalet 小木屋，市场上可以买到吃的、喝的还有各种漂亮的手工艺品 handcrafts. 我们听一听 Alice 在那里找到了什么乐趣。

Alice: It’s such a cold evening, and I can’t think of anything nicer than a really warm, cheese flammkuchen. It’s a kind of German pizza. Mmm! This is lovely! It’s like a very thin pizza base, with cheese on the top. So there’s crème fraiche, Gouda cheese, which is a Dutch cheese, and onions. It’s really nice - thank you!

Wang Fei: Alice 品尝到了正宗的德国pizza 饼，flammkuchen. It has a very thin pizza base. 它的面饼很薄，上面有crème fraiche 这是个法语词，意思是鲜奶油, Gouda cheese 荷兰著名的高达奶酪， 还有 onion 洋葱。除了吃到了热腾腾的 flammkuchen pizza, Alice 还发现了一个木制的手工艺品，我们听一听这个手工艺品是做什么用的？

Alice: This is a beautiful soldier, made of wood. There’s a little handle on the back, and when you pick it up it opens and makes a big space to put a nut in, and then you put the handle down and it cracks the nut. But it looks like the soldier's mouth.

Stall¹ holder²: Exactly!

Alice: Thank you so much - that’s lovely!

Stall holder: Thank you!

Alice: Bye-bye!

Wang Fei: 原来这个小木兵是用来夹碎坚果的， crack the nuts. 它的机关就在于它背后的一个 little handle, 一个小的把柄。除了吃的东西和手工艺品，我们听一听 Alice 在市场上发现了什么好喝的东西。

Alice: So, now we’re standing³ at another wooden chalet in the Christmas Market, and you can’t have a German Christmas Market without having glühwein – that’s German mulled wine. So it’s usually red wine, flavoured with cinnamon, cloves⁵, orange peels, and it gives it a really warm, Christmassy flavour.

Alice: Can we taste a tiny little bit please?

Stall holder: Course you can!

Alice: Thank you! Ooh, this is lovely, spicy⁶, hot glühwein. You can taste a little bit of red wine, but it’s not really super-alcoholic. Erm… and it’s got some lovely flavours of cinnamon, cloves, vanilla⁷, I’d guess?

Stall holder: And oranges, and any other fruit you can think of. It’s just a matter of preference, really.

Alice: Just wondering – have you had many interests from Chinese tourists, trying glühwein?

Stall holder: They’re very keen and interested, and they sometimes try to pronounce the German way as well. And they’re ordering glühwein, which is very sweet. But they’re interested, yes, definitely.

Wang Fei: Alice 在市场上发现了德国的 glühwein, 在英国人们称它为 mulled wine, 就是加入了香料的热葡萄酒。里面的香料有 cinnamon 肉桂，clove⁴ 丁香，orange peel 橙子皮。Alice 说 -

Alice: This is lovely, spicy, hot glühwein.

Wang Fei: 好喝、香料味浓并且很热。并且 not super-alcoholic, 酒劲儿不大。卖酒的人说中国游客来这里喝酒的时候，他们也用德语说 glühwein, 德国人听起来感觉非常舒服，非常亲切。今天在德国圣诞市场，Alice 帮我们介绍了吃的 flammkuchen pizza, 喝的 glühwein 还有德国的手工艺品。Thank you Alice.

Alice: Well, I hope you’ve enjoyed our visit to the Christmas Market at London’s Southbank. Join us for more next time!

Wang Fei: 听众朋友，通过我们的节目，希望你更多地了解了伦敦的德国风情圣诞市场，也希望你们圣诞节快乐。 再会！

1 stall   

n.摊位，铺子，售货亭

参考例句：

• She sells fruits at a market stall.她在市场的货摊上卖水果。
• He has a stall that sells designer ripoffs.他开了个铺子卖仿冒设计师品牌衣服。

2 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 clove   

n.丁香味

参考例句：

• If tired,smell a whiff of clove oil and it will wake you up.如果疲倦，闻上一点丁香油将令人清醒。
• A sweet-smell comes from roses and clove trees.丁香与玫瑰的香味扑鼻而来。

5 cloves   

n.丁香（热带树木的干花，形似小钉子，用作调味品，尤用作甜食的香料）( clove的名词复数 )；蒜瓣(a garlic ~|a ~of garlic)

参考例句：

• My country is rich in cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. 我国盛产肉桂、丁香、生姜、胡椒和宝石。 来自辞典例句
• Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and cloves are common spices. 姜、肉豆蔻、肉桂、胡椒、丁香都是常用的香料。 来自辞典例句

6 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

7 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。