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ROBIN ROBIN PAGE PAGE 1 The Royal Observatory 皇家格林尼治天文台 Neil:Its the Prime Meridian line. Yang Li:Its the centre of world time and space. Neil:Its the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Hello, welcome to On the Town fromBBC Learning English. Im Neil. Yang Li:大家好，我是杨莉，今天我们一起参观格林尼治天文台，它既是英国的骄傲，也是世界上著名的景观。 Neil:Definitely. Visitors to the Observatory can stand in both the eastern and western hemispheres simultaneously. Yang Li:游客可以跨在格林尼治子午线上 Greenwich Meridian, 体会一下，一只脚在东半球 eastern hemisphere, 另一只脚在西半球的感觉 western hemisphere. Neil:Eastern and western hemispheres simultaneously. Yang Li:Simultaneously 同时的，同步的。今天接待我们的是天文台馆员 David Rooney. Insert Im David Rooney and Im the Curator of timekeeping here at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. Well, the Royal Observatory has been here since 1675, its a very old scientific institution. And its known throughout the world as the home of time. In fact the Prime Meridian of the world, which is the line from which all time is measured, passes through our courtyard. So we are very much the home of Greenwich Mean Time which is the basic time for the world. Neil:With over 300 years history, the observatory is definitely a very old scientific institution. Yang Li:科学机构 scientific institution, 最为重要的是子午线就从这里通过，子午线就是。 Neil:The Prime Meridian of the world. Thats to say that all time is measured against the Greenwich Meridian, and the basic time for the world is Greenwich Mean Time. Yang Li:格林尼治标准时间 the Greenwich Mean Time. Neil:David told us that some of the most important clocks and watches that have ever been made are here on display at the Royal Observatory. Yang Li:接着 David 带着我们来到了钟表仪器馆。 Insert We are standing here at the heart of Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and we are surrounded by clocks and watches and telescopes. Its a fantastic site that we are on and it’s full of world history and it has been around here since 1675. Yang Li:这里的钟表和望远镜绝对都是古董，价值连城，所以都在玻璃橱窗内展示，样样展品都收藏完好。 Insert Yang Li: They are all in excellent condition, arent they?