英语课件--伦敦.ppt

London London, England. A capital city full of art and history. An important political centre. A huge financial market place. 英国，伦敦，一座艺术气息和历史氛围浓郁的都城，一个重要的政治中心，一处巨大的金融市场。 Whatever you think about London, visiting as a tourist is very different from living there. Each part of London has its own character. Some parts are richer than others, or more industrial, or have better housing. 不管你眼中的伦敦是什么样子，以游客的身份去参观旅游和居住在此有很大的不同。伦敦每个地方都各有千秋。有的地方富裕，有的地方偏工业化，有的地方则更适合居住。 Put them all together, and you have London, a cosmopolitan capital.  所有这一切，组成了伦敦，一个国际化大都市。 Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and Downing Street. 威斯敏斯特宫，又称国会大厦，位于英国伦敦威斯敏斯特城，是英国国会的所在地。威斯敏斯特宫坐落在泰晤士河西岸，接近白厅范围内的其他政府建筑物。 London Eye The London Eye, which is 450 feet in height above the Thames River, is the world’s biggest spinning structure. It is one hundred feet taller than Big Ben, and weighing 1,600 tons. It was built to celebrate the year 2000. Possibly building such a big spinning structure suggested that people longed for bigger and better things in the future. 伦敦眼位于高450英尺的地方，坐落于泰晤士河畔,是世界上最大的旋转结构。它比大本钟高一百英尺,重1600吨。这是为了庆祝2000年建造的。可能建立这样一个大的旋转结构表示人们渴望在未来更大更好的东西。 The?Big?Ben? A?famous?antique?clock?in?London,England?is?called?Big?Ben,which?is?the?clock?of?Westminster?palace.Its?the?traditional?London?landmark.?In?June?2012,?Britain?announced?that?the?Big?Ben?clock?tower?would?been?renamed?to?Elizabeth?tower?The?Big?Ben?is?located?in?the?north?of?the?river?Thames?on?the?tall?tower.In?another?way?to?say?its?a?building?studded?with?a?clock,?which?called?the?Big?Ben.? 英国伦敦著名的古董时钟被称为大本钟,这是威斯敏斯特时钟街道的传统的伦敦地标。2012年6月,英国宣布