走遍全世界71：最具情调的城市—巴黎

Paris intrigues¹, astonishes, provokes, overwhelms... and gets under your skin. The City of Light is the apex² of architectural beauty, artistic³ expression, and culinary delight. As drop-dead arrogant⁴ as the Arc de Triomphe, as disarmingly quaint⁵ as a lac-curtain bistro, it seduces⁶ newcomers with a Latin-lover style and its subtle siren song invites unhurried exploration of its picture-perfect streets.

巴黎既令人着迷，又让人惊叹。它引人入胜，令人无法抗拒，难以忘怀。建筑之美、艺术之语和烹饪之乐都在这座“灯火之城”里达到了顶峰。像凯旋门一样引人注目的高傲，像饰有蕾丝窗帘的小酒吧一样令人放松的优雅，巴黎以其“拉丁恋人”般的情调吸引着新来的游客，它深奥动人的歌声召唤着人们慢慢欣赏它如画的街景。

Paris is a city of vast, noble perspectives and intimate, ramashackle streets, of formal espaces vertes (green open spaces) and of quiet squares. This combination of the pompous⁷ and the private is one of the secrets of its perennial⁸ pull. Another is its size. Paris is relatively⁹ small as capitals go, with distances between many of its major sights and museums invariably walkable.

巴黎既有宏伟高贵的景观，也有让人倍感亲切的破旧老街；既有规整开阔的绿地，也有幽静的广场。这种恢弘与静谧的融合是巴黎能永远吸引世人的奥秘之一。另外一点是它的面积。作为首都，巴黎相对来说面积不大。许多主要景点和博物馆之间都相距不远，步行即至。

A visit to Paris will never be quite as simple as a quick look at Notre-Dame, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower. You'll discover that around every corner, down every ruelle (little street) lies a resonance-in-wait.

巴黎之行绝不只是到巴黎圣母院、卢浮宫和埃菲尔铁塔这些地方走马观花般地看看那么简单。几乎在每一个角落附近，每一条小路上，你都能体会到那等待已久了的身心的共鸣。

You can stand on the rue¹⁰ du Faubourg St. Honore at the very spot Edmond Rostand set Ragueneau's pastry¹¹ shop in Cyrano de Bergerac. You can read the letters of Madame de Sevigne in her actual hotel particulier, or private mansion¹², now the Musee Carnavalet. You can breathe in the fumes¹³ of hubris¹⁴ before the extravagant¹⁵ onyx tomb Napoleon designed for himself. You can gaze through the gates at the school where Voltaire honed his wit and lay a garland on Oscar Wilde's poignant¹⁶ grave at pere Lachaise.

你可以驻足于福布·圣奥诺雷街上的拉格诺点心店，它曾是埃德蒙·罗思丹的戏剧《西哈诺·德·贝热拉克》中的主要场景；你可以在塞维尼夫人的故居中阅读她的书信，如今这里已是卡纳瓦莱博物馆；你可以在拿破仑为自己设计的奢华的缟玛瑙墓前感受他的盛气凌人；你可以在路过伏尔泰曾经埋头苦读的学校时，从大门向里张望；你还可以到拉雪兹神父公墓，在令人唏嘘的奥斯卡·王尔德的墓前献上一个花环。

1 intrigues   

n.密谋策划( intrigue的名词复数 )；神秘气氛；引人入胜的复杂情节v.搞阴谋诡计( intrigue的第三人称单数 )；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• He was made king as a result of various intrigues. 由于搞了各种各样的阴谋，他当上了国王。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Those who go in for intrigues and conspiracy are doomed to failure. 搞阴谋诡计的人注定要失败。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 apex   

n.顶点，最高点

参考例句：

• He reached the apex of power in the early 1930s.他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰。
• His election to the presidency was the apex of his career.当选总统是他一生事业的顶峰。

3 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

4 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

5 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

6 seduces   

诱奸( seduce的第三人称单数 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The city seduces visitors with its natural beauty. 这个城市以其自然美吸引着游客。
• Dilettante: a philanderer who seduces the several arts and letters each in turn for another. 业余艺术爱好者——是轮流引诱文学与艺术的不专一者。

7 pompous   

adj.傲慢的，自大的；夸大的；豪华的

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.他有点自大，自视甚高。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance. 他的外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。

8 perennial   

adj.终年的；长久的

参考例句：

• I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
• There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。

9 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

10 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

11 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

12 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

13 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

14 hubris   

n.傲慢，骄傲

参考例句：

• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
• The very hubris of French claims alarmed the other powers.法国贪婪的胃口使其他大国惊恐不安。

15 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

16 poignant   

adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的

参考例句：

• His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
• It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。