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London Bridge 倫敦到底有幾座橋？
On Southbank
Wang Fei: 大家好，歡迎收聽BBC Learning English 的英國問答節(jié)目，我是王飛。今天是我第一次為大家主持這個(gè)節(jié)目。不過… 哎，我第一次做節(jié)目就遇上了一個(gè)很棘手的問題。這個(gè)問題來自聽眾董才杰朋友。我們一起來聽一聽這位朋友的問題：
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Dong Cai Jie: My name is Donny, you can call me Donny. I'm a student in a college in Beijing. I learned about London Bridge in my English lesson. My teacher told me that this London Bridge is in a song – "London Bridge is falling down, is falling down". I want to know how many London Bridges [are] in London.
Wang Fei: How many London Bridges are there in London? 為了回答他的問題，我今天特地來到泰晤士河岸 the bank of the river Thames，給他數(shù)一數(shù)。1...2... 3... 數(shù)泰晤士河上的大橋，其實(shí)是一件非常困難的事情。首先呢，泰晤士河很長，要走很多路，另外呢，河上的橋?qū)嵲谔嗔?。我已?jīng)數(shù)了半天了，才數(shù)到第31座橋。哈，前面遇到一個(gè)熟人 William. 看看他能否幫我數(shù)一下？
Hello, William!
William: Hey Wang Fei! How are you?
Wang Fei: I'm very well. What are you doing here?
William: Well, what are you doing here?
Wang Fei: I'm counting bridges for a listener. But I'm totally exhausted. Can you just answer our listener's question for me?
William: Well I can try... I can try and answer our listener's question.
Wang Fei: So how many London Bridges are there in London?
William: Ah now actually I do know the answer to that question.
Wang Fei: So what's the answer then?
William: One.
Wang Fei: Eh? William 說 only one London Bridge? 怎么會(huì)只有一座橋？可是我剛才都已經(jīng)數(shù)到31座了!
William: Ah yes. There are 33 bridges in London. But there's only one London Bridge. London Bridge is the name of a bridge.
Wang Fei: 原來如此！在倫敦的泰晤士河上共有 33 座橋，但是只有一座橋叫 London Bridge. 倫敦橋只是這 33 座橋中的一座。
William: So London Bridge is actually bridge number 32 and it's the most interesting of all of London's Bridges. So shall we go and have a look at it now?
Wang Fei: All right.現(xiàn)在我們來到了倫敦橋上。William, 我記得你說倫敦橋是一座很有意思的大橋，但是看上去很平常?。〔痪褪且蛔炷链髽蚵?！
William: Well yes, that is what it is, but it has a very interesting history. Because you see, although there is only one London Bridge now, there have been many London Bridges throughout history.
Wang Fei: There have been many London Bridges throughout history. 倫敦橋在歷居然有好幾個(gè)版本！這里面一定有一些有趣的故事。
William: Let's find out more by speaking to James Kislingbury at the London Bridge Experience, which is a tourist attraction very near here.
Wang Fei: 我們將采訪一位專家 James Kislingbury. 他對倫敦橋的歷史非常了解。我們下面的節(jié)目將更多的使用英語。不過不要擔(dān)心，如果聽不懂，我和William 將回到我們的錄音室當(dāng)中，幫助你解釋有關(guān)倫敦橋的故事。
William: Ok, so we're now joined by James Kislingbury, the general manager of the London Bridge Experience. Hi James.
James: Hello there. Welcome.
William: So, I suppose the first question is, the bridge outside, as we noticed just now, was a little bit boring. A bit of a boring concrete bridge. So how come London Bridge is so famous?
James: Well the history of London Bridge goes back a very long way. Right the way back to the Roman period. We had originally a pontoon bridge which was very simple structure. Eventually that got destroyed in battle and a new bridge was built. A far more secure bridge, still built out of wood until good old King Olaf and the Vikings decided they were going to row up the river and pull it down. So unfortunately London Bridge was falling down, as the song comes from.
William: Oh is that where it comes from?
James: It's certainly believed to be where it comes from, yes. But certainly after we get rid of King Olaf's bridge they went away and designed what they call the Peter de Colechurch bridge, which is a very famous London Bridge, with all the houses upon it. There's a big model of it behind you in the museum here at the moment.
William: Yeah, let's just have a look at this model. I mean it's amazing for me to look at this because we don't really have any bridges with houses on them now. We can assume that if this bridge still existed in London it would be a pretty major tourist attraction, wouldn't it?
James: Absolutely. Well there has been talk in the past of actually trying to bring back the old London Bridge. The bridge itself, it was quite an interesting design; it was actually filled with flaws. First of all, the actual design of the bridge, the pillars at the base of it in the river were too close together. There's a very famous saying that 'Fools went under and wise men went over' because there were certainly rapids underneath the bridge and many people got killed.
William: Because the water was moving so fast between the arches of the bridge.
James: Absolutely.
William: Thank you very much James. That's been very very interesting. And I think I've learned a lot about London Bridge today.
James: Well thank you very much and please do come and see us when you're in London next.
Wang Fei: 現(xiàn)在我們回到了錄音間。 可能剛才的采訪內(nèi)容對大家來說有點(diǎn)難，不用擔(dān)心，William 和 James 說得實(shí)在是太快了。別忘了你可以下載我們的錄音材料，然后對照這我們的文字稿再聽一遍他們的對話，就容易多了。
William: Yes. But before finish today, let's listen again to some clips from my interview with James.
Wang Fei: 董才杰在問題中提到了 London Bridge Is Falling Down 這首歌。在剛才的采訪中，James解釋了寫這首歌的原因。你聽出來了嗎？
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James: We had originally a pontoon bridge which was very simple structure. Eventually that got destroyed in battle and a new bridge was built. A far more secure bridge, still built out of wood until good old King Olaf and the Vikings decided they were going to row up the river and pull it down. So unfortunately London Bridge was falling down, as the song comes from.
William: Oh is that where it comes from?
James: It's certainly believed to be where it comes from, yes.
William: So James thinks that the famous nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down comes from when King Olaf and the Vikings destroyed a very old version of London Bridge. That's about a thousand years ago!
Wang Fei: 如此看來，這首歌是一首很老的歌了。A nursery rhyme就是童謠的意思。 Nursery 是幼兒園的意思，rhyme 就是歌曲的意思。下一個(gè)版本的倫敦橋是一個(gè)很的建筑，橋兩邊都建滿了房屋。不過，James 說 “it was filled with flaws”. Flaw 就是缺點(diǎn)，弊端的意思。那么這座建筑的一個(gè)弊端是什么呢？我們再聽一遍。
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James: The bridge itself, it was quite an interesting design; it was actually filled with flaws. First of all, the actual design of the bridge, the pillars at the base of it in the river were too close together. There's a very famous saying that 'Fools went under and wise men went over' because there were certainly rapids underneath the bridge and many people got killed.
William: Because the water was moving so fast between the arches of the bridge.
James: Absolutely.
Wang Fei: The pillars at the base of the bridge 就是說支持大橋的柱子，也就是橋墩。它們之間的距離太近了，這造成了危險(xiǎn)的急流。
William: That's why it was said that 'Fools went under the bridge and wise men went over'.
William: Well, thanks Donny for your very interesting question this week! And remember that if you have a question you would like to ask us you can email us at chinaelt@bbc.co.uk.
Wang Fei: You know, William, there's one thing that we really need to do before we finish today.
William: Ah right, what's that?
Wang Fei: I think we really need to sing this song.
William: Sing the song? Oh I don't know about that, Wang Fei!
Wang Fei: Oh come on!
William: All right, all right, let's give it a go. Ready?
Both: London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.
William: That was pretty good!
London Bridge 倫敦到底有幾座橋？
On Southbank
Wang Fei: 大家好，歡迎收聽BBC Learning English 的英國問答節(jié)目，我是王飛。今天是我第一次為大家主持這個(gè)節(jié)目。不過… 哎，我第一次做節(jié)目就遇上了一個(gè)很棘手的問題。這個(gè)問題來自聽眾董才杰朋友。我們一起來聽一聽這位朋友的問題：
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Dong Cai Jie: My name is Donny, you can call me Donny. I'm a student in a college in Beijing. I learned about London Bridge in my English lesson. My teacher told me that this London Bridge is in a song – "London Bridge is falling down, is falling down". I want to know how many London Bridges [are] in London.
Wang Fei: How many London Bridges are there in London? 為了回答他的問題，我今天特地來到泰晤士河岸 the bank of the river Thames，給他數(shù)一數(shù)。1...2... 3... 數(shù)泰晤士河上的大橋，其實(shí)是一件非常困難的事情。首先呢，泰晤士河很長，要走很多路，另外呢，河上的橋?qū)嵲谔嗔?。我已?jīng)數(shù)了半天了，才數(shù)到第31座橋。哈，前面遇到一個(gè)熟人 William. 看看他能否幫我數(shù)一下？
Hello, William!
William: Hey Wang Fei! How are you?
Wang Fei: I'm very well. What are you doing here?
William: Well, what are you doing here?
Wang Fei: I'm counting bridges for a listener. But I'm totally exhausted. Can you just answer our listener's question for me?
William: Well I can try... I can try and answer our listener's question.
Wang Fei: So how many London Bridges are there in London?
William: Ah now actually I do know the answer to that question.
Wang Fei: So what's the answer then?
William: One.
Wang Fei: Eh? William 說 only one London Bridge? 怎么會(huì)只有一座橋？可是我剛才都已經(jīng)數(shù)到31座了!
William: Ah yes. There are 33 bridges in London. But there's only one London Bridge. London Bridge is the name of a bridge.
Wang Fei: 原來如此！在倫敦的泰晤士河上共有 33 座橋，但是只有一座橋叫 London Bridge. 倫敦橋只是這 33 座橋中的一座。
William: So London Bridge is actually bridge number 32 and it's the most interesting of all of London's Bridges. So shall we go and have a look at it now?
Wang Fei: All right.現(xiàn)在我們來到了倫敦橋上。William, 我記得你說倫敦橋是一座很有意思的大橋，但是看上去很平常?。〔痪褪且蛔炷链髽蚵?！
William: Well yes, that is what it is, but it has a very interesting history. Because you see, although there is only one London Bridge now, there have been many London Bridges throughout history.
Wang Fei: There have been many London Bridges throughout history. 倫敦橋在歷居然有好幾個(gè)版本！這里面一定有一些有趣的故事。
William: Let's find out more by speaking to James Kislingbury at the London Bridge Experience, which is a tourist attraction very near here.
Wang Fei: 我們將采訪一位專家 James Kislingbury. 他對倫敦橋的歷史非常了解。我們下面的節(jié)目將更多的使用英語。不過不要擔(dān)心，如果聽不懂，我和William 將回到我們的錄音室當(dāng)中，幫助你解釋有關(guān)倫敦橋的故事。
William: Ok, so we're now joined by James Kislingbury, the general manager of the London Bridge Experience. Hi James.
James: Hello there. Welcome.
William: So, I suppose the first question is, the bridge outside, as we noticed just now, was a little bit boring. A bit of a boring concrete bridge. So how come London Bridge is so famous?
James: Well the history of London Bridge goes back a very long way. Right the way back to the Roman period. We had originally a pontoon bridge which was very simple structure. Eventually that got destroyed in battle and a new bridge was built. A far more secure bridge, still built out of wood until good old King Olaf and the Vikings decided they were going to row up the river and pull it down. So unfortunately London Bridge was falling down, as the song comes from.
William: Oh is that where it comes from?
James: It's certainly believed to be where it comes from, yes. But certainly after we get rid of King Olaf's bridge they went away and designed what they call the Peter de Colechurch bridge, which is a very famous London Bridge, with all the houses upon it. There's a big model of it behind you in the museum here at the moment.
William: Yeah, let's just have a look at this model. I mean it's amazing for me to look at this because we don't really have any bridges with houses on them now. We can assume that if this bridge still existed in London it would be a pretty major tourist attraction, wouldn't it?
James: Absolutely. Well there has been talk in the past of actually trying to bring back the old London Bridge. The bridge itself, it was quite an interesting design; it was actually filled with flaws. First of all, the actual design of the bridge, the pillars at the base of it in the river were too close together. There's a very famous saying that 'Fools went under and wise men went over' because there were certainly rapids underneath the bridge and many people got killed.
William: Because the water was moving so fast between the arches of the bridge.
James: Absolutely.
William: Thank you very much James. That's been very very interesting. And I think I've learned a lot about London Bridge today.
James: Well thank you very much and please do come and see us when you're in London next.
Wang Fei: 現(xiàn)在我們回到了錄音間。 可能剛才的采訪內(nèi)容對大家來說有點(diǎn)難，不用擔(dān)心，William 和 James 說得實(shí)在是太快了。別忘了你可以下載我們的錄音材料，然后對照這我們的文字稿再聽一遍他們的對話，就容易多了。
William: Yes. But before finish today, let's listen again to some clips from my interview with James.
Wang Fei: 董才杰在問題中提到了 London Bridge Is Falling Down 這首歌。在剛才的采訪中，James解釋了寫這首歌的原因。你聽出來了嗎？
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James: We had originally a pontoon bridge which was very simple structure. Eventually that got destroyed in battle and a new bridge was built. A far more secure bridge, still built out of wood until good old King Olaf and the Vikings decided they were going to row up the river and pull it down. So unfortunately London Bridge was falling down, as the song comes from.
William: Oh is that where it comes from?
James: It's certainly believed to be where it comes from, yes.
William: So James thinks that the famous nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down comes from when King Olaf and the Vikings destroyed a very old version of London Bridge. That's about a thousand years ago!
Wang Fei: 如此看來，這首歌是一首很老的歌了。A nursery rhyme就是童謠的意思。 Nursery 是幼兒園的意思，rhyme 就是歌曲的意思。下一個(gè)版本的倫敦橋是一個(gè)很的建筑，橋兩邊都建滿了房屋。不過，James 說 “it was filled with flaws”. Flaw 就是缺點(diǎn)，弊端的意思。那么這座建筑的一個(gè)弊端是什么呢？我們再聽一遍。
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James: The bridge itself, it was quite an interesting design; it was actually filled with flaws. First of all, the actual design of the bridge, the pillars at the base of it in the river were too close together. There's a very famous saying that 'Fools went under and wise men went over' because there were certainly rapids underneath the bridge and many people got killed.
William: Because the water was moving so fast between the arches of the bridge.
James: Absolutely.
Wang Fei: The pillars at the base of the bridge 就是說支持大橋的柱子，也就是橋墩。它們之間的距離太近了，這造成了危險(xiǎn)的急流。
William: That's why it was said that 'Fools went under the bridge and wise men went over'.
William: Well, thanks Donny for your very interesting question this week! And remember that if you have a question you would like to ask us you can email us at chinaelt@bbc.co.uk.
Wang Fei: You know, William, there's one thing that we really need to do before we finish today.
William: Ah right, what's that?
Wang Fei: I think we really need to sing this song.
William: Sing the song? Oh I don't know about that, Wang Fei!
Wang Fei: Oh come on!
William: All right, all right, let's give it a go. Ready?
Both: London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.
William: That was pretty good!