Lesson 105 Speakers' Corner
第105課 演講角
Gretel thinks it's fun exploring London.
格萊托感到了解倫敦是種樂趣.
She's often pleasantly surprised.
她常常愉快地感到吃驚.
Yesterday she went shopping in Knights bridge
昨天她去騎士橋街買東西
and then she decided to walk through Hybe Park.
后來她決定去海德公園逛逛,
After she had been walking for some time
走了不一會(huì)兒
she saw a crowd of people and went towards them.
就看到一群人,朝他們走去.
She didn't realize it at the time,but she had come to Speakers' Corner.
當(dāng)時(shí)她還沒意識(shí)到她己到了演講角.
Here people are free to express their opinions about any subject under the sun
在這兒人們可以自由發(fā)表他們對(duì)任何事情的'觀點(diǎn).
and they can say just what they like.
他們想說什么就說什么.
It was interesting listening to the speakers.
聽演講人發(fā)言非常有意思
Gretel heard a man with a long red beard violently attacking the present government
格萊托聽到一個(gè)蓄長紅胡須的人猛烈抨擊現(xiàn)政府.
She heard members of the audience interrupting the speaker and asking him questions.
她聽到聽眾中有人打斷演講人的發(fā)言向他提問.
The man was very rude about the Prime Minister.
他用很粗魯?shù)脑捁�擊首�?
A policeman who happened to be walking past at the time
一個(gè)碰巧路過的警察
didn't pay the slightest attention.
絲毫不在意.
Nearby,another man was supporting the government
旁邊另外一位男子則是在支持政府的,
and he,too,was being interrupted.
他也被打斷.
Further away,a middle-aged lady was criticizing television programmes,
再往前走,有一位中年婦女正在批評(píng)電視節(jié)目.
which she claimed,did a lot of harm.
她聲稱這些節(jié)目非常有害
Meanwhile,an old man was singing hymns to himself.
與此同時(shí),有個(gè)老頭在自唱著贊美詩.
Walking round London is really enjoyable,Gretel told Sue later.
在倫敦到處走走真高興,后來格萊托告訴蘇.
There's such a variety of things going on!
什么事都有.