Lesson 105 Speakers' Corner
第105课 演讲角
Gretel thinks it's fun exploring London.
格莱托感到了解伦敦是种乐趣.
She's often pleasantly surprised.
她常常愉快地感到吃惊.
Yesterday she went shopping in Knights bridge
昨天她去骑士桥街买东西
and then she decided to walk through Hybe Park.
后来她决定去海德公园逛逛,
After she had been walking for some time
走了不一会儿
she saw a crowd of people and went towards them.
就看到一群人,朝他们走去.
She didn't realize it at the time,but she had come to Speakers' Corner.
当时她还没意识到她己到了演讲角.
Here people are free to express their opinions about any subject under the sun
在这儿人们可以自由发表他们对任何事情的观点.
and they can say just what they like.
他们想说什么就说什么.
It was interesting listening to the speakers.
听演讲人发言非常有意思
Gretel heard a man with a long red beard violently attacking the present government
格莱托听到一个蓄长红胡须的人猛烈抨击现政府.
She heard members of the audience interrupting the speaker and asking him questions.
她听到听众中有人打断演讲人的发言向他提问.
The man was very rude about the Prime Minister.
他用很粗鲁的话攻击首相
A policeman who happened to be walking past at the time
一个碰巧路过的警察
didn't pay the slightest attention.
丝毫不在意.
Nearby,another man was supporting the government
旁边另外一位男子则是在支持政府的,
and he,too,was being interrupted.
他也被打断.
Further away,a middle-aged lady was criticizing television programmes,
再往前走,有一位中年妇女正在批评电视节目.
which she claimed,did a lot of harm.
她声称这些节目非常有害
Meanwhile,an old man was singing hymns to himself.
与此同时,有个老头在自唱着赞美诗.
Walking round London is really enjoyable,Gretel told Sue later.
在伦敦到处走走真高兴,后来格莱托告诉苏.
There's such a variety of things going on!
什么事都有.