It’s in Central London, it’s, the streets near to Oxford street, Regent street – so it’s sort of in between there - lots and lots of small streets in that area with loads of bars, cafes, restaurants, pubs, clubs – so it’s a really happening place, loads going on.

Jo: There certainly is a lot going on in this part of London. Yes, in today’s On The Town from BBC Learning English we’ve come to one of the liveliest areas of England’s capital city – Soho. I’m Jo and with me today is Oliver.

Oliver: Jo, 你好。

Jo: So let’s have a closer look at what that man said there – he said Soho is in central London.

Oliver: Soho 這個(gè)區(qū)坐落在倫敦中心的中心，是位于倫敦兩個(gè)著名的商業(yè)街，牛津街和攝政街之間的區(qū)域。

Jo: And Soho is basically lots and lots of small streets in that area with loads of bars, cafes, restaurants, pubs and clubs.

Oliver: Loads of 很多的，很多條布滿(mǎn)酒吧的小街。

Jo: Bars.

Oliver: 酒吧。

Jo: Cafes.

Oliver: 咖啡店。

Jo: Restaurants.

Oliver: 餐館。

Jo: Pubs and clubs.

Oliver: 酒吧和俱樂(lè)部。如果你喜歡交際的話(huà)，那這可是一個(gè)好地方，是吧，Jo？

Jo: It certainly sounds like it Oliver. The man there described Soho as a really happening place with loads going on. Happening.

Oliver: 嗯， happening 是一個(gè)在現(xiàn)在的年輕人當(dāng)中非常流行的非正式的單詞在這兒，假如用 happening 來(lái)形容一個(gè)地方的話(huà)，意思是說(shuō)是很酷，很好玩。 A happening place. Loads of 的意思呢，就是很多的，大量的。

Jo: And loads going on – and as we heard there "loads" means lots – going on.

Oliver: Going on 的意思是正在發(fā)生的。

Oliver: 那么你是否已經(jīng)喜歡 Soho 的感覺(jué)了呢？

Jo: Well let’s find out more. We’ve been walking around the streets of Soho talking to people – and we met this man in a cafe who knows Soho very well.

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I came here as a student and I found it a very attractive place to be – very diverse day life, nightlife, food, jazz, all sorts of things.

Jo: So this man came to Soho when he was a student and he found it a very attractive place to be.

Oliver: 他發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)地方很有魅力，相當(dāng)有吸引力，而且 Soho 白天的生活和夜生活都是非常多元化的。

Jo: Diverse – it has a diverse day life and nightlife.

Oliver: 我們經(jīng)?？梢月?tīng)到 nightlife 這個(gè)詞兒，意思是夜生活。但是有意思的是這個(gè)人還提到了 day life，你可能不經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到，在這兒，他的本意是說(shuō)一天一天的日常生活。

Jo: So we have heard that Soho is very diverse.

Oliver: 一個(gè)和我們交談的路人形容為什么 Soho 是怎么樣多元化的，仔細(xì)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)，看看你能不能聽(tīng)到他是怎么說(shuō)外賣(mài)這個(gè)詞兒的。

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Well I’m just looking down the street now and I can see an Italian restaurant – I can see a Chinese restaurant, I can see a take-away sandwich bar – there’s just loads of different kinds of bars, cafes, take-away places – a whole range.

Jo: Did you catch that word? Take-away. A take-away sandwich bar.

Oliver: 外賣(mài)，一個(gè)外賣(mài)的三明治店。外賣(mài)的地方。

Jo: Yes, Soho is diverse because even just on one street you will see a whole range of things. So we get the image that Soho is a really lively place in central London with lots of things to do – and the people we met on the streets today gave us their reasons why you might visit this part of London. Here’s some language to help you understand what they said. To go out.

Oliver: 出去玩。

Jo: A mix. A good mix of people.

Oliver: 和不同的人交往，接觸。

Jo: It’s buzzing.

Oliver: Buzzing 的意思是這兒有很多充滿(mǎn)活力、讓人激動(dòng)的事情發(fā)生。

Jo: A vibe – there’s a really good vibe to the place.

Oliver: 一個(gè)很棒的氣氛。 Let’s listen to those people we met.

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I think Soho’s a really good place to go out – it’s a really good mix of people and there’s always something to do, everything stays open really late, it’s just a great area of London. It’s just buzzing – there’s a really good vibe to the place.

Jo: Well Soho is just so exciting, I think we should go and experience this diverse place Oliver. What shall we do? Eat Italian food? Chinese? Mexican? Go for a coffee perhaps? Or maybe a beer?

Oliver: Wow Jo – there are too many choices!! 這兒有太多的選擇了。

Jo: Well you think about it and I’ll say goodbye. We’ll see you next time!

Oliver: How about a beer, Jo? Actually no, I think I prefer a coffee – and Greek food – how about Greek food?