Helen: This street is about a mile long.
Zo?: Its full of stalls.
Helen: And its one of the best known street markets in the UK.
Zo?: 这条街就是伦敦的Portobello Market, 真的的street market. 市场。
Helen: Hello, Im Helen. Welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English.
Zo?: 大伙好,我是刘佳。在大家今天的BBC Learning English节目当中,大家回来给大伙好好介绍一下伦敦市中心最有名的二手货市场Portobello Market 波多贝露市场。
Helen: What does Portobello Market mean to people? Heres what one of them had to say.
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Portobello Road Market is a very lively, very vibrant1, quite raw, quite over priced, very multi cultural, very ethnic2, long winding3 road, where you can buy anything, providing its old and second hand.
Zo?+Helen: 这位先生说到点上了。他用了不少个很来形容波多贝露市集的特征。很热闹充满了生气 ,有着动感(very vibrant),比较原始 , 多元文化 (multicultural4 ), 民族色彩 。 不过他也感觉波多贝露市集上有些东西标价过高 。 非常重要的特征是你在这儿什么东西都能买到 ,只须是二手旧货
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Portobello Road Market is a very lively, very vibrant, quite raw, quite over priced, very multi cultural, very ethnic, long winding road, where you can buy anything, providing its old and second hand.
Helen: The market has lots of stalls selling all kinds of things.
Zo?: Stall 就是小摊,这类小摊虽然地方不大,可能只有几平方米,可是也都挂满了各种各样稀奇古怪的东西。
Helen: Jonathan has an antique map stall in the Portobello market. So what sort of unique interesting things can you find at the market? Jonathan gave us some ideas.
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Well, as I said, anything and everything. There are some shops stalls that are very expensive, and they have wonderful furniture, paintings, or pieces of pottery5 or porcelain6.
Zo?+Helen: 有的商店是古董专家,所以价格不实惠。像家具 , 画 , 陶瓷 都有不少的选择。
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And then therell be a store selling what we call in this country bric-a-brac, and that can be anything from a little cup, to a tin, to a glass to an old game, to a toy, you name it. And thats the great thing about going to Portobello Road, you are never sure what you are going to find.
Zo?+Helen: Jonathan 也提到不少小摊买的是二手杂货, 英语里有个特别的名字 bric-a-brac 这种的东西一般都比较小,像杯子,小盒子,纪念品,玩具之类的。(You are never sure what you are going to find.)逛Portobello Market 的乐趣就是你永远不了解你会发现什么。
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Its full of surprises. For a few pounds youll come away with a wonderful memento7 of London and something thats probably unique.
Zo?: 大伙都说伦敦消费贵,可是你到了Portobello, 没准就花几镑钱就能买到好东西。
Helen: Thats right, for a few pounds you could have something wonderful to remind you of London.
Zo?: 而且是与众不同的纪念品 a unique memento。这才是最有意思的。
Helen: A couple of other things about Portobello Market. Firstly, the main market is only open on Saturdays.
Zo?: 这个二手市集只有星期六才有。平常只有少数的商店才开门。
Helen: And secondly8, dont be afraid to haggle9.
Zo?: haggle 就是讨价还价,只有在这种地方,才有机会和摊主谈谈价钱。不过可别砍价太狠了。
Helen: Well I hope you now know more about the famous second hand market in London -- Portobello Market.
Zo?: 波多贝露市集, 伦敦最有名的古董二手货市场。
Helen: So until the next time, its goodbye from both of us at BBC Learning English.
Zo?: Bye.