走遍全世界71：最具情调的城市—巴黎

（单词翻译）

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。