[00:02.72]第105课  演讲角
[00:05.43]Gretel thinks it's fun exploring London.
[00:07.54]格莱托感到了解伦敦是种乐趣.
[00:09.64]She's often pleasantly surprised.
[00:11.34]她常常愉快地感到吃惊.
[00:13.04]Yesterday she went shopping in Knights bridge
[00:14.98]昨天她去骑士桥街买东西
[00:16.93]and then she decided to walk through Hybe Park.
[00:19.02]后来她决定去海德公园逛逛,
[00:21.11]After she had been walking for some time
[00:23.56]走了不一会儿
[00:26.02]she saw a crowd of people and went towards them.
[00:28.21]就看到一群人,朝他们走去.
[00:30.41]She didn't realize it at the time,but she had come to Speakers' Corner.
[00:33.40]当时她还没意识到她己到了演讲角.
[00:36.39]Here people are free to express their opinions about any subject under the sun
[00:39.59]在这儿人们可以自由发表他们对任何事情的观点.
[00:42.79]and they can say just what they like.
[00:44.49]他们想说什么就说什么.
[00:46.18]It was interesting listening to the speakers.
[00:48.01]听演讲人发言非常有意思
[00:49.84]Gretel heard a man with a long red beard violently attacking the present government
[00:53.29]格莱托听到一个蓄长红胡须的人猛烈抨击现政府.
[00:56.74]She heard members of the audience interrupting the speaker and asking him questions.
[01:00.04]她听到听众中有人打断演讲人的发言向他提问.
[01:03.35]The man was very rude about the Prime Minister.
[01:05.40]他用很粗鲁的话攻击首相
[01:07.45]A policeman who happened to be walking past at the time
[01:09.85]一个碰巧路过的警察
[01:12.25]didn't pay the slightest attention.
[01:14.06]丝毫不在意.
[01:15.86]Nearby,another man was supporting the government
[01:18.76]旁边另外一位男子则是在支持政府的,
[01:21.66]and he,too,was being interrupted.
[01:23.46]他也被打断.
[01:25.26]Further away,a middle-aged lady was criticizing television programmes,
[01:28.50]再往前走,有一位中年妇女正在批评电视节目.
[01:31.74]which she claimed,did a lot of harm.
[01:33.58]她声称这些节目非常有害
[01:35.43]Meanwhile,an old man was singing hymns to himself.
[01:37.97]与此同时,有个老头在自唱着赞美诗.
[01:40.52]"Walking round London is really enjoyable,"Gretel told Sue later.
[01:43.71]"在伦敦到处走走真高兴,"后来格莱托告诉苏.
[01:46.89]"There's such a variety of things going on!"
[01:48.98]"什么事都有."