New Year Parade 2012倫敦新年游行
New Year Parade 2012倫敦新年游行
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Neil: Hello. Welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
Helen: 大家好，我是 Helen, 歡迎收聽都市掠影。祝大家新年愉快。
Neil: Yes, a big happy new year to everyone! Barely hours after the huge celebration on New Year's Eve, thousands lined the streets of central London to take part in the New Year's parade.
Helen: 新年游行，the London New Year's parade. 這是倫敦每個新年開始時最大的慶祝活動。
New year 123! Happy New Year! Give them a wave and a cheer as they go past.
Neil: This is the 25th anniversary of London's New Year Parade. It's bigger and brighter than ever.
Helen: 是的，今年的游行真的是氣勢蓬勃，熱鬧非凡。
Neil: To make a parade really stand out you need lots of people and great marching bands. And there were plenty of both on New Year's Day.
There were lots of marching bands at the parade
Helen: 倫敦市中心的道路上都站滿了人，而且游行隊伍中的行進樂隊 marching bands的 演奏特別鼓舞人心。BBC新聞記者 Ayesha Buksh 從現場報道：
10,000 people took part; performers represented every London borough and 20 countries. Many of the marching bands flew over from the United States of America.
Helen: Every London borough was represented in the parade. 倫敦的每一個區都有代表。Borough 就是一個地區。
Neil: And Helen, do you know how many boroughs there are in London?
10,000 people took part; performers represented every London borough and 20 countries.
Ayesha Buksh, BBC reporter
Helen: Oh, I'm terrible with general knowledge. I'm going to have to have a guess, maybe 30?
Neil: Well, that's nearly the correct answer. It's 33, although one of them, the City of London, isn't really counted as a borough.
Helen: Oh, thanks for the information. 在新年游行中，33個區都派代表隊參加。不過這可不僅僅是本地的表演者。有來自其他20多個國家的樂隊或者是歌舞團。
Neil: It really has become an international event; many of the marching bands and cheerleading teams are from the United States of America.
Lots of cheerleading teams from America took part in the parade
Helen: And they were fantastic. 今年的游行隊伍中有17支美國中學和大學的表演樂隊 marching bands 和拉拉隊 cheerleading teams.
Neil: These young Americans were full of enthusiasm and wowed the crowds with their music and energetic dance moves.
Helen: 這些美國學生們的出色表演充滿了生氣和色彩，贏得了路邊觀眾不停的掌聲和歡呼聲。能參加倫敦新年游行對他們來說也是一次難忘的經歷。
Every time I just look around and I'm like "Wow! I'm in London and I'm an international drum major". I keep saying that to my mum, "Mum, I'm a drum major in another country". It's fantastic!
Neil: This young lady is a drum major; she is the leader in the band.
Helen: Drum major 是樂隊的領隊，走在最前面，指揮樂隊的方向和行進速度。
Neil: She was very excited to be in London and very proud of her achievement. I am sure her mum is watching the parade like millions of other Americans at home.
Helen: That's right. 有很多國家都對今年的游行進行了實況轉播。Dan Kirkby 是游行組織人之一，他介紹說：
We're expecting half a million people on the streets today, and I think we've exceeded that already. And it's going live around the world. We are getting messages from Perth, western Australia, New Mexico, right across USA, and its been relayed to something like 600 TV stations.
Neil: My goodness! That is quite a lot of TV coverage then. 600 TV stations are relaying the parade.
Helen: 實況轉播就是 relay, 600 多家電視臺都轉播了游行。可想而知人們對這次活動的興趣很濃。
Neil: And for the spectators on the street, they had a visual feast and everyone was in high spirits.
Helen: 除了樂隊之外，我們還看到了各種浮動舞車 floats. 雙層公共汽車 double-decker bus.
The Pearly Kings and Queens wear clothes decorated with pearl buttons
Neil: There were Chinese fan dancers, horse riders, Pearly Queens and Kings, you name it, we've seen it.
Helen: Absolutely, there were all sorts of interesting things. 中國扇舞 fan dance, 不同的馬車 horse carriages, 還有倫敦特有的珍珠女王和國王 Pearly Queens and Kings, 他們的服裝好多都是祖傳下來的。
Neil: And it's great fun for the people in the parade.
Q: What is it like taking part in today's parade?
A: I haven't missed one. I was on the first one and I've been on every other one since.
Q: What do you enjoy about it?
A: Just being part of London.
Helen: 這位老先生是位珍珠國王，他參加過每一年的游行。
Neil: He is a veteran and to him the best thing about it is being part of London.
Helen: 對參觀的人來說，他們的感覺是什么呢？
Man 1: I think it's a great experience, showing London at its best.
Man 2: For everybody to get together. It's a day out, a family day out. It's getting over the New Year celebrations.
Woman: I'm a bit cold, but it's fun, I love the spirit, and that the fact that everybody here is mostly from other countries shows what a cosmopolitan city we're living in.
Helen: 有人說這是難忘的經歷 a great experience. 展示倫敦最美好的一面。
Neil: Getting people together, a great day out for a family.
Helen: 還有讓我們感受到倫敦是一個現代多元化的城市 a cosmopolitan city.
I love the spirit, and that the fact that everybody here is mostly from other countries shows what a cosmopolitan city we're living in.
A visitor to the New Year's Day parade
Neil: And best of all, in 2012, we have the Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration to look forward to.
Helen: 是啊，倫敦奧運馬上就要到了，還有今年也是英女王登基60年的鉆石紀念。We shall have a very busy year to look forward to.
Neil: And the London parade has to be the most positive way to start the New Year for all of us.
Helen: 希望將來大家也有機會來倫敦，感受英國首都特別的新年氣氛。再次祝大家新年快樂！謝謝收聽。
Neil: Bye.
Helen: Bye.
