牛津校园生活情景对话：浪漫塔城
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牛津校园生活情景对话：浪漫塔城
S： Vivian, you finally came. I had to coo] my heels for you.
S:薇薇安，你终于来了。我等你好一阵儿了!
V; I'm so sorry, Sara! I had an emergency this afternoon，and I came here as soon as I finished it.
V:真不好意思，萨姆!下午突然有点事，一忙完我就赶过来了。
S; It doesn’t matter! I have already copied all of the pictures to the computer, come and see!
S:没关系的!我已经把照片都拷到电脑里了，过来看吧!
V: Ok! What’s the folder name of your pictures?
V:好的!照片的文件夹名叫什么?
S： Er...Tower City!
S:哦..塔城!
V： Tower City? Are you sure?
V:塔城?你确定吗?
S: Of course! The Oxford city is commonly referred to as “Tower City”!
S:当然啦I塔城就是牛津城的俗称!
V: Let me guess.. .Is it the reason that there are many towers in the city?
V:让我猜猜……是不是因为牛津城的塔特别多啊?
S: Bingo! You are brilliant! There are really a great many towers in Oxford, such as Carfax Tower, Magdalen Great Tower, Founders Tower and Tom Tower. Moreover, a lot of buildings are built with spires, just like Ashmolean Museum.
S:答对了!你真行!牛津城确实有很多的塔，例如：卡法克斯塔、莫德林高塔、 发现者塔和汤姆塔。而且，有很多建筑物都像塔那样带有尖顶，比如艾什莫 林博物馆。
V： Hum, I see it. What’s the name of the square tower? It’s very special!
V:嗯，我看见了。这座方形的塔叫什么名字?它挺特别的!
S: Tom Tower! It is a bell tower in Christ Church College of the University of Oxford. The bell housed in the tower is named as Great Tom, which is the loudest bell in the whole Oxford. You may find that the tower is named for its bell!
S:汤姆塔!它是牛津大学基督教堂学院的一座钟塔。放置在这座塔里面的钟叫 作大汤姆，它是全牛津城声音最洪亮的一个钟。你应该发现这座塔的名字是 源于它的钟了吧!
V: Yeah! How big is Great Tom? Do you still remember?
V：是的!大汤姆有多大呢?你还记得吗?
S: Of course! I remember clearly that Great Tom weighs around seven tons. It was not so heavy originally, and only reached seven tons after recasting for many times. It was first recast in 1626 and 1654; then recast three times between 1678 and 1679 to increase its weight from two to over six tons; and finally recast in 1680 to Great Tom. Since then, it has been hung in Tom Tower.
S:当然!我记得很清楚，大汤姆的重量 约为7吨。它本来并设有那么重，只 是经过多次的重铸以后才达到7吨的。它于1626车和1654年首度被重铸;接 着在1678车和1679年间被重铸了三 次，使它的重量从2吨增加到6吨多;最后一次重铸是在1680年，这就有了 大汤姆。从此以后，大汤姆就被悬挂在汤姆塔中了。
V: Oh, where did it belong to before hung in Tom Tower?
V:哦，在被悬挂于汤姆塔中之前它被放置在哪呢?
S: It was originally called “Mary”，and belonged to Osney Abbey. In 1545，it was moved to St. Frideswide’s church, and renamed “Tom”.
S:它最初被称为"玛丽”，属于奧斯尼修道院。1545年，它被.迁到了圣弗莱滋 维德的教堂，并易名为“汤姆”。
V: Oh. What is the name of this architecturally splendid building?
V:哦。那这个建筑物又是什么呢?
S: It is Radcliffe Observatory, which was the astronomical observatory of Oxford University between 1773 and 1934. The 18th century building was modelled after the ancient Tower of the Winds in Athens. The observatory was founded by John Radcliffe, an English physician，so it was named after him. A number of landmark buildings in Oxford were also named after him, including the Radcliffe Camera in Radcliffe Square, the Radcliffe Infirmary, except the Radcliffe Observatory.
S:这是拉德克里夫天文台，是牛津大学1773年?1934年间的天文台。这个18 世纪的建筑物是以雅典古老的风之塔为模型建造的。这个天文台是由一位英 格兰内科医生约翰?拉德克里夫修建的，因此以他的名字命名。牛津城还有一 些标志性建筑物也是以他的名字命名的，包括拉德克里夫广场的拉德克里夫 图书馆、拉德克里夫医院、拉德克里夫天文台等。
V; John Radcliffe is really a remarkable figure! So what is the Radcliffe Observatory used for at the moment?
V:约翰拉德克里夫可真是个大人物!那么拉德克里夫天文台现在用来做什么 呢?
S: It is now used by Green Templeton College of the forms a centrepiece for the college. Having come into existence on 1st October 2008, Green Templeton College is the University^ newest college. It is merged from Green College and Templeton College, and is located on the previous Green College site and is centred around the Radcliffe Observation.
S:它现在被牛津大学格林坦普利顿学院所用，并成为了该学院最引人注目的建 筑。成立于2008年10月1日的格林坦普利顿学院是牛津大学最新的学院。 该学院是由格林学院和坦普利顿学院合并而成的，位于格林学院的旧址，学 院的中心是拉德克里夫天文台。
V: Owning so many splendid towers, the Oxford city deserves to be called as the “Tower City”!
V：拥有这么多壮观的塔，牛津城被称作“塔城”真是名副其实!
S: Thafs ture!
S:确实是这样!
相关阅读：牛津大学简介
牛津大学(University of Oxford)，简称牛津(Oxford)，是一所位于英国牛津市的世界著名公立研究型大学。实际创立日期仍不清楚，但有记录的授课历史可追溯到1096年，为英语世界中最古老的大学，也是世界上现存第二古老的高等教育机构，是世界著名研究型大学之一。牛津同时拥有全球最具规模的大学出版社，及全英最大型的大学图书馆系统。另外，牛津大学培养了众多社会名人，包括了26位英国首相、60位诺贝尔奖得主以及数十位世界各国的皇室成员和政治领袖。