St. Paul's Cathedral 圣保羅大教堂
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Yang Li: 大家好，我是楊莉，現在我爬上了倫敦著名的圣保羅大教堂。
Diarmuid: Hello I’m Diarmuid. Join us for a visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral with BBC Learning English.
Yang Li: St. Paul’s Cathedral. 圣保羅大教堂可是倫敦最重要的地標性建筑，是參觀者必游景點。
Diarmuid: Now, one of its most eye-catching features is this huge dome.
Yang Li: Eye-catching feature 最引人注目的特征就是它巨大的穹頂 huge dome. 下面是大教堂教會團成員馬丁的介紹：
Diarmuid: Here’s Canon Martin Warner:
I think the most significant feature of the cathedral, artistically and architecturally, is probably the dome. It's what everybody sees and of course it struck a whole new style of architecture when 300 years ago it was built here in London as the city rose from the destruction of the Great Fire of 1666.
Canon Martin Warner, St. Paul's Cathedral
Yang Li: 他說，從藝術和建筑學的角度來看， artistically and architecturally. 教堂的穹頂是最重要的，最突出的部分。 Most significant feature.
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Diarmuid: It was the masterpiece of the architect Sir Christopher Wren.
Yang Li: 雄偉的穹頂就是建筑師 Christopher Wren 的一部杰作。 A masterpiece.
Diarmuid: Wren’s design took 35 years to realise, and was the first cathedral to be completed within the lifetime of its architect.
Yang Li: It was rebuilt about 300 years ago after the Great Fire in 1666.
Diarmuid: And it struck a whole new style of architecture.
Yang Li: 它體現了一整套新型的建筑風格。
Diarmuid: Well, it certainly has the wow factor. Canon Warner again:
When you cross the threshold of St. Paul's and the vast interior opens up before you, there is something of a wow factor.
Canon Martin Warner, St. Paul's Cathedral
Yang Li: 跨進那氣勢宏偉，金壁輝煌的圣保羅大教堂，會讓你情不自禁的驚訝和贊嘆。 The wow factor 驚嘆地叫好。
Diarmuid: I think that the three galleries that visitors can climb up are equally amazing! Canon Warner again:
There are three galleries: the interior one, the whispering gallery, it actually has this capacity for a whisper to run all the way round inside the drum of the dome, and that in itself is an amazing experience; but it's also possible to go outside the dome and on the stone gallery to get a phenomenal view of the city of London; but then it’s also possible to climb up onto the top of the dome and from the golden gallery to see the whole of greater London. It’s a phenomenal view up there and certainly well worth exploring.
Canon Martin Warner, St. Paul's Cathedral
Yang Li: 教堂上端有三個畫廊，它們是：
Yang Li and Canon Martin Warner
Diarmuid: The whispering gallery.
Yang Li: 耳語畫廊。
Diarmuid: The stone gallery.
Yang Li: 石柱畫廊。
Diarmuid: And the golden gallery.
Yang Li: 和金色畫廊。從建筑結構看，耳語畫廊它很像北京天壇的回音壁。Have you been to The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Derm?
Diarmuid: Oh yes, it’s very impressive. But here in St. Paul’s Cathedral, you have more than 400 steps to climb, don't you, Yang Li?
Yang Li: Yes. 163 steps to the whispering gallery; 119 steps to the stone gallery; and a further 152 steps to the golden gallery at the top. So that’s 434 steps in total.
Diarmuid: You must get a phenomenal view of the City of London up there, mustn’t you?
Yang Li: A phenomenal view 驚人的視野。 Yes, of course.
Diarmuid: Apart from its architectural glamour, St. Paul’s Cathedral is a symbol of Britain’s history.
Yang Li: 英國歷史的象征。 It has hosted many important events.
Diarmuid: Yes, for instance, the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana; and the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Yang Li: 查爾斯和戴安娜的婚禮以及英國女王伊麗莎白二世登基50年的大慶。
Diarmuid: It has also hosted state funerals on several occasions.
Yang Li: 重大的國葬 state funerals. Here’s Canon Warner again:
It has also hosted three great state occasions which have been opportunities for the nation to mourn great leaders. First, with Lord Nelson, secondly, with the Duke of Wellington, and finally with Sir Winston Churchill.
Canon Martin Warner, St. Paul's Cathedral
Diarmuid: To mourn great leaders: to mourn.
Yang Li: 哀悼。
Diarmuid: Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill.
Yang Li: 納爾遜將軍，惠靈頓公爵和丘吉爾首相的葬禮都是在此舉行的。
Diarmuid: There is certainly a lot to see in St. Paul’s Cathedral if you are interested in British history and culture.
Yang Li: So do come for a visit when you are in London. Thanks for listening.
Diarmuid: See you next time.
Yang Li: Bye!
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