10 Downing Street 唐寧街10號
The script of this programme 本節目臺詞
Feifei: Hello and welcome to On the Town, I'm Feifei. We're here in central London at the end of Downing Street talking to people who are here to see the Prime Minister.
Man: My name's John and I'm from Liverpool. We've come to see Downing Street. Unfortunately we can't.
Woman: I thought we might be able to get closer but we can't. I was hoping to actually see the house but we can't see that either.
Man: Pretty much the same really, just to get a picture of Downing Street, come down to see the area, but a lot more security than I thought there'd be. It's good, we're just doing a grand tour at the moment, so this is one of the places we want to come to.
Woman: Well I suppose it's quite famous for, obviously for the Prime Minister et cetera. We've actually just seen the Prime Minister down there in a car, so we took a picture of him so we just walked up to see where he actually lives.
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Feifei: John I just saw the Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
John: Really? Where did you see him?
Feifei: At the end of Downing Street where he lives.
John: So in today's On the Town we are taking you to Number 10 Downing Street in London. I'm John.
Feifei: 是的，今天我們來到了位于倫敦市中心的唐寧街，眾所周知著名的唐寧街十號是英國首相的官邸。But John, I'm really disappointed that we can't go into the house to see what it is really like inside.
John: Well Feifei, Number 10 is also the place where the Prime Minister works, so it's not open to the public.
Feifei: But I really want to know if the inside of Number 10 is bigger than it looks from the outside.
John: Well BBC presenter Konnie Huq had the chance to visit Number 10 last year and met Tony Blair. Here's Mr. Blair's answer to your question.
Yes, a lot bigger. We call it like the Tardis, what happens is you come in and you think you're just coming into a house, and then it's actually, there are several flats, and there're about 250 or 300 people that work here.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Feifei: Tardis? What is that?
John: The Tardis is a spaceship that looks bigger on the inside than the outside, and this word comes from a very popular British science fiction programme.
The home of the British Prime Minister
Feifei: 原來 the Tardis 指的是一個里面比外面看上去大很多的宇宙飛船。這個詞來自于英國一個非常受歡迎的科幻節目。
John: Mr. Blair says you think you just come into a house, but there are actually several flats and there are about 250 to 300 people working there.
Feifei: 唐寧街 10 號從外面看上去就像一個普通的房子，可是這里的前主人布萊爾先生說這個房子里面其實非常大有好幾套獨立的公寓，有250到300人在這里工作。
John: Let's listen to two former special advisors to Tony Blair. How do they feel about working in Number 10?
The most surprising thing about going into Number 10 is it's very quiet.
It was a wonderful environment to work because it was relaxed and energetic; it was a very creative, friendly place to work.
Two former special advisors to Tony Blair
John: So they think Number 10 is very quiet, relaxed and energetic, a wonderful place to work in.
Feifei: 曾經在唐寧街十號工作過的顧問們說這里非常安靜，放松，但是同時還很有活力 energetic.
John: They say it's also a very creative and friendly place to work.
Feifei: Creative 有創造性的。Here is another special advisor to Tony Blair that has worked at Number 10.
These are buildings with soft carpets, 18th century paintings on the walls, and almost a hushed atmosphere like libraries, yet you expect they should be like a newsroom with people frantically running around with bits of papers, decisions to be made.
Former special advisor to Tony Blair
John: So he says these are buildings with soft carpets, 18th century paintings on the walls and almost a hushed atmosphere inside like libraries.
Feifei: 唐寧街十號里面鋪著 soft carpets 長毛地毯，墻上掛著 18 世紀的油畫，hushed atmosphere 非常安靜的環境。
John: He says we might expect it to be like a newsroom with people frantically running around with bits of paper.
Feifei: Frantically 瘋狂的。這位顧問說人們都會覺得唐寧街10號里面應該是有很多人手里拿著各種文件瘋狂地跑來跑去，其實這里很安靜像圖書館一樣。Even if you can't get into the house, Downing Street is still worth visiting. You might just be very lucky like me to see the Prime Minister.
John: Well, join us again next time for another On the Town, and don't forget you can visit our website at www.bbcukchina.com. See you!
Feifei: Bye!
