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It really gives us a huge opportunity to showcase all our most fantastic tennis objects.

Neil: So, Sun Chen, we're talking about tennis and London. Where do you think we are today?

Sun Chen: It must be Wimbledon. 温布尔登。But Wimbledon's in the summer...

Neil: Well the tennis championships are in the summer, but there's a museum which is open all year round. Welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.

Sun Chen: 还有我，孙晨。欢迎收听 On the Town from BBC Learning English.

Neil: This is the programme where we find out about interesting places to visit in London. Honor Godfrey is the curator of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. It means she's in charge of the museum.

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It really gives us a huge opportunity to showcase all our most fantastic tennis objects, but also to include lots and lots of film and photography and give people an opportunity to interact with the exhibits.

Neil: They showcase tennis objects. To showcase something.

Sun Chen: 就是展出什么东西。

Neil: And you can interact with the exhibits.

Sun Chen: 展品就是。Exhibits.

Neil: To interact.

Sun Chen: 就是互动。To interact.

Neil: And you can even get a tour in Mandarin... Well, if you don't want to practise your English that is.

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Clip of Mandarin audio guide.

Neil: The museum takes you through the history of the most famous tennis tournament in the world, using exhibits and interactive displays.

Sun Chen: 那我们能在这里见到什么呢?

Neil: There's a collection of tennis memorabilia.

Sun Chen: 记录重要事件的纪念品。Memorabilia.

Neil: So, you can see old tennis racquets and some of the clothes that tennis players have worn. It's funny to see how the fashions have changed – especially the women's clothes. Here's Honor talking about some outfits from over a hundred years ago.

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They're high-necked, they have long sleeves and it was obviously very hampering for people, for women, to play in these clothes and you've got to remember that underneath they were wearing corsets and layer upon layer of petticoats.

Sun Chen: They don’t sound like sports clothes. 不过听起来，这些可不像是比赛的时候，穿得衣服啊！

Neil: No, they were hampering.

Sun Chen: 特累赘。Hampering.

Neil: They wore corsets and layers of petticoats.

Sun Chen: 女性穿的胸衣就是。Corsets. 还有裙子。Petticoats.

Neil: There are also films and videos of some of the most famous matches in the tournament's history. There's also a two-hundred degree cinema which shows the science of tennis.

Sun Chen: 这里还有一个200度广角的电影院，从技术的角度，专门介绍网球的奥秘。

Neil: Do you know John McEnroe?

Sun Chen: Of course. He was one of the best players of all time. 没错，约翰?麦肯罗的确是网球历史上最出色的球员。不过他也有一个名声，就是老爱跟裁判吵架。在这里，你能见到他职业生涯当中，参加温布尔登的全息照片。

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I had some fantastic battles out there – and not just with the guys on the other side of the net. You cannot be serious!

Neil: But for me, Sun Chen, the highlight was seeing the trophies.

Sun Chen: 奖杯。Trophies. Not the real ones...

Neil: Yes you can see the actual Wimbledon trophies. Here's Honor describing them.

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Both of these are wonderful silver-gilt trophies. The men's singles trophy is a cup with two handles, very ornate floral decorations and it's topped with a pineapple; and the Ladies' plate again is very, very heavily embossed: you can see some of the names of the Ladies' Singles Champions around just inside the rim of the bowl.

Neil: They're silver-gilt.

Sun Chen: 镀银的。

Neil: The men's has ornate floral decorations. Ornate.

Sun Chen: 就是华美的。Ornate.

Neil: Floral decorations.

Sun Chen: 用雕花来装饰。Floral decorations.

Neil: And on the top there's a pineapple – well, not a real one.

Sun Chen: And the women's?

Neil: It's embossed with the names of the champions. Embossed.

Sun Chen: 就是浮雕。Embossed

Neil: Well, unfortunately, that's all we have time for today in On the Town.

Neil: See ya!

Sun Chen: Bye!