Christmas Street Decorations 迷人的街頭圣誕裝飾

The script of this programme 本節(jié)目臺詞

Vicki: Hello and welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. I’m Vicki.

Oliver: 大家好，我是 Oliver.《城市掠影》是一個為您介紹英國城市的節(jié)目，這個星期我們要帶您去看看遍布在倫敦各條商業(yè)街上漂亮的圣誕裝飾。讓我們一起感受一下節(jié)日的氣氛吧。

Vicki: Christmas decorations – we’ll be talking to a designer who has created some of London’s street decorations.

Oliver: 另外，我們還要聊一聊人們是怎么讓圣誕燈飾變得更加綠色環(huán)保的。

Vicki: Every year, London’s shopping streets are decorated for Christmas, and the Oxford Street lights are switched on in a big ceremony with pop stars and other celebrities.

Oliver: 在亮燈儀式上為圣誕燈飾亮燈的通常都是名人 celebrities. 牛津街是倫敦最著名的商業(yè)街之一，而牛津街上的圣誕燈飾通常也是最漂亮的。

Vicki: This year, the mile-long Oxford Street lights have a theme connected to the Disney movie 'Enchanted'.

Oliver: 在長達(dá)一英里的牛津街上，掛滿了圣誕燈飾，今年的燈飾主題是和一部迪斯尼電影有關(guān)，電影的名字叫做 《魔法情緣》。

Vicki: Last year, some politicians complained that the Christmas lights were not eco-friendly because they use so much energy.

Oliver: 去年有些政客抱怨圣誕燈飾不環(huán)保，因為太浪費(fèi)電了。

Vicki: So this year, the lights are using LED bulbs which are more eco-friendly, or ‘greener’.

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Oliver: Greenest – 字面上講就是最綠的，實際的就是最不妨害生態(tài)環(huán)境的。

Vicki: Energy efficient. In the programme today we’ve heard about the Oxford Street Christmas lights.

Oliver: 實際上，今年倫敦其它很多街道的圣誕燈飾也相當(dāng)漂亮，甚至比牛津街的還有意思呢。

Vicki: In Regent Street this year, the lights are quite unusual – they are contemporary 3D light clusters, made up of several sphere shapes.

Oliver: Contemporary 現(xiàn)代的，3D 3D, spheres 圓球型。

Vicki: The lights constantly change colour.

Oliver: 他們可以不斷地變換顏色。

Vicki: You can see a picture of the Regent Street lights on our website - www.bbcchina.com.cn . The lights are quite attractive and very unusual, but some people think they are not very Christmassy.

Oliver: Christmassy 我喜歡這個詞， 這個詞兒的意思是有圣誕氣氛的。

Vicki: In other parts of London, the decorations are not just based around lights.

Oliver: 我們特別采訪了專門做圣誕裝飾設(shè)計的 Paul Dart, 他象我們介紹了他為倫敦南部 Lewisham 地區(qū)的購物中心所做的圣誕裝飾和他的設(shè)計思路。

Vicki: He describes the decorations as ‘period’.

Oliver: Period 的意思就是時期，在這里的意思就是說他作品的風(fēng)格是在表現(xiàn)過去。 Paul 的作品呈現(xiàn)出上個世紀(jì)五六十年代的感覺。

Vicki: The decorations there are old-fashioned ones made of shiny foil.

Oliver: Foil 閃亮的金屬片兒。

Vicki: He wanted to introduce a party atmosphere. Paul also designed the decorations in Carnaby Street in central London. He told us about them. Listen out for the phrase ‘paper chains’.

Oliver: Paper chains 是孩子們喜歡做的一種手工裝飾物。就是用膠水把彩色紙條紙條粘成圓環(huán)，并且連成長條。我們在中國說拉花。

Vicki: Here’s Paul.

Vicki: So these decorations are huge, giant, colourful paper chains, hanging across the street. He describes them as ironic and modernist.

Oliver: Ironic 本身的意思是諷刺，在這里的意思是設(shè)計師是故意做成這個樣子的。 Modernist 現(xiàn)代主義的。

Vicki: In designing these decorations, Paul wanted to invoke the childishness of Christmas.

Oliver: Invoke 借用，借鑒。他希望借用有點兒孩子氣的感覺來設(shè)計他的圣誕裝飾。

Vicki: He says it reminds people of when they made decorations at nursery school.

Oliver: Nursery school 幼兒園。

Vicki: But by making them huge, they’re going into the realm of sculpture and art.

Oliver: Going into the realm of 步入了什么樣的領(lǐng)域，sculpture 雕塑，還有藝術(shù) art.

Vicki: Before we go, let’s remember some of the words and phrases we’ve heard in this programme. Eco-friendly or greenest.

Oliver: 環(huán)保的。

Vicki: Contemporary.

Oliver: 現(xiàn)代的。

Vicki: Period.

Oliver: 過去的、老式的。

Vicki: Modernist.

Oliver: 現(xiàn)代主義的。

Vicki: Childishness.

Oliver: 幼稚地、孩子氣的。

Vicki: Traditional.

Oliver: 傳統(tǒng)的。

Vicki: Anyway, that’s all about the Christmas decorations for now, we’re off to finish our Christmas shopping.

Oliver: 謝謝收聽，下次再見。

Vicki: Bye!