户外游泳池英语文摘.doc

Lidos 户外游泳池John: Hi there, this is BBC Learning English. Were out On The Town again and today were talking about lidos! (嗨，大家好，这里是bbc英语学习。我们城市栏目有何您见面了，今天我们的话题是“户外游泳池”！)Feifei: Lidos? Whats a lido?（户外游泳池？什么是“Iido”）John: Its a very special kind of open-air swimming pool. Im John.（是一个很特别的户外游泳池。我是John）。Feifei: And Im Feifei. 在今天的城市掠影节目中我们要给大家介绍的是伦敦的户外游泳池，在英语中我们我们称它们为lidos. Can I just check something out John?John: Sure.Feifei: Isnt a lido just another word for an open-air swimming pool?John: Well, no, they are a little more special than that. A lido is normally large, alarge pool, with generous seating and sunbathing areas around the poolitself, with changing rooms and perhaps a small cafe around the edge of thepool as well.Feifei: OK, so lidos in London seem to follow the same format. 伦敦户外游泳池的格局大体都是一样的，首先游泳池本身会很大，it will be large, 游泳池的四周非常宽敞，会有很多座位和大面积用来晒太阳的区域。Generous, 这个词本身是大方的意思，这里我们用它就来表示很大。在游泳池的周围我们还可以看到更衣室和咖啡馆。John: OK, lets hear from some people who have been to a lido. Listen to Amber,she goes to the lido at Parliament Hill in north London, shes a regularswimmer there. Its part of a large park in north London. Heres herexplanation of what a lido is.InsertI think a lido is an outdoor swimming pool, usually huge and they are something thatbelonged to the past, perhaps the 1940s and 50s, I think of them, or 20s and 30s even.Feifei: Right, Amber says pools at Lidos are huge 巨大的， and they would be old 年代久远的。And there havent been new lidos built since the 1940s and 50s or20s and 30s. 40 年代和50 年代或 20 年代和30 年代。Whats the attractionof lidos today, though, John?Page 2 of 2John: Well we caught up with another enthusiastic lido swimmer, Callum. Did hehave an answer? What reason could he give? What is the attraction of a lidotoday?InsertIm not quite sure what the attraction of lidos are, but they are incredibly popular. Theyare swarming with families, young children screaming and shouting, jumping andsplashing in. Its slightly different from a swimming pool, in that people might takepicnics there or whatever, so they are eating on the side, on the grass or on the concretesurround, its a very different atmosphere because people arent going there just toswim, they are going there for a relaxing afternoon, or to spend an afternoon in the sunand to have a chat with their friends, but theres also a swimming pool there.Feifei: OK, so Im getting the picture now. If you go to a lido in London, then you areprobably going for the social experience as much as for the exercise andhealth. Sounds quite a noisy experience, John.John: Yes, fairly, as Callum said, theres shouting, jumping, and splashing.Feifei: 大声叫喊shouting, jumping 蹦蹦跳跳，and splashing 水花四溅。John: And there are some other social aspects, people often take picnics with them.Feifei: Picnics 野餐。Now John, tell me, weve heard from some fans of lidos, butthere must be some people who dont like them, not everyone can like them,surely.John: Well, Feifei, you are right. Some of the lidos in London have had their fundingcut. So the money they need to remain an attractive venue has been reducedfor some of them. This means some of the lidos are a little run down.Feifei: OK, 下面我们要听另外一位游泳爱好者Cath 是怎么评价她去过的两个户外游泳池。注意听这些词语grubby 脏的，not terribly nice 不是非常好，not quite the reality 和现实有差异。InsertThe reality in my experience is usually that the water is so cold that you cant stay inthere for terribly long. Well, the two that I have been to, were a bit grubby, actually, sothe changing rooms werent terribly nice, round the swimming pool area itself wasn