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— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 英语演讲介绍伦敦的 介绍伦敦的，你自己再改改吧，用别人的说起来别扭。翻译没好好弄，大体看看吧。  With a population of just under eight million, London is Europes largest city, spreading across an area of more than 620 square miles from its core on the River Thames. Ethnically its also Europes most diverse metropolis: around two hundred languages are spoken within its confines, and more than thirty percent of the population is made up of first-, second- and third-generation immigrants. Despite Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish devolution, London still dominates the national horizon, too: this is where the countrys news and money are made, its where the central government resides and, as far as its inhabitants are concerned, provincial life begins beyond the circuit of the citys orbital motorway. Londoners sense of superiority causes enormous resentment in the regions, yet its undeniable that the capital has a unique aura of excitement and success – in most walks of British life, if you want to get on youve got to do it in London.  For the visitor, too, London is a thrilling place – and in the last few years, the city has been in a relatively buoyant mood. Thanks to the national lottery and the millennium-oriented funding frenzy, virtually every one of Londons  world-class museums, galleries and institutions has been reinvented, from the Royal Opera House to the British Museum. In the Tate Modern and the London Eye, the city can now boast the worlds largest modern art gallery and Ferris wheel, and the first new bridge to cross the Thames for over a hundred years. Furthermore, following sixteen years of being the only major city in the world not to have its own governing body, London finally acquired its own elected assembly in 2000, along with a mayor whos determined to try and solve one of Londons biggest problems: transport.  In the meantime, Londons traditional sights – Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, St Pauls Cathedral and the Tower of London – continu