Jean: 自從泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館在2000年建館以來，已經(jīng)有4百萬(wàn)游客到這里游覽觀賞。

Andrea: Today we get artistic in London, as we explore this fascinating museum. Hello, I’m Andrea Rose.

Jean: 大家好，我是董征。在我們今天 BBC Learning English 節(jié)目當(dāng)中我們的熱點(diǎn)話題就是倫敦的一家廢舊發(fā)電廠是如何變成了著名的泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館- Tate Modern.

Andrea: Did you say a power station?

Jean: 沒錯(cuò)。Tate Modern 泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館是泰晤士河畔一家破舊發(fā)電廠的廠房改建的。

Andrea: Now, of course, there are huge pieces of art there instead.

Jean: 讓我們聽聽來這里參觀的游客的感想。

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Man: What strikes me most about the museum is its monumental achievement. The scale, the spaces that I think enable the collection to come alive.

Woman 1: Well, I think it is fantastically exciting. It is a most exciting space to be in. I would sum it up by saying it is very much a gallery of its time and it’s dealing very much with the issues of now, nothing to do with what museums used to be yesterday.

Woman 2: I like the feeling that you’re not squeezed. In so many museums I feel squeezed – my elbows clinking into things. Here I could dance. I love dancing and I’ve always wanted to dance in a museum and I think this would be an ideal place to dance.

Andrea: All these people are really impressed by Tate Modern.

Jean: 第一位的那位男士用到了一個(gè)短語(yǔ) - to strike me most. 最觸動(dòng)我的。What strikes him most is the size of the space in the museum.

Andrea: He thinks it’s a monumental achievement. The gallery is a huge achievement and success.

Jean: 還有一位女士說這是一所極具時(shí)代感的美術(shù)館。A gallery of its time. 既現(xiàn)代又富動(dòng)感。

Andrea: The final woman says that most times she feels squeezed in or squashed when she goes to museums. But in Tate Modern, it’s so airy and big – she feels like dancing.

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I love the metaphor of the power station. Almost like a luxury, replacing something like power - the sheer volume of space that you can fly an aeroplane through, and for the public to be able to come into it for free as well. So it’s a free public space.

Andrea: This woman explains how she thinks that Tate Modern is a metaphor.

Jean: A metaphor. 一個(gè)隱喻比喻。她說現(xiàn)在在美術(shù)館里的美術(shù)作品等于取代了以前發(fā)電廠的熊熊動(dòng)力。

Andrea: She talks about the sheer volume of space. It’s just huge, you can almost fly an aeroplane in it.

Jean: 我完全同意他的感覺 – 我第一次走進(jìn)泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館的時(shí)候也是完全不敢相信這里面的空間如此之大。

Andrea: But the other thing that’s wonderful about it is that it's a free public space. It is free for all visitors. You don’t pay to go in.

Jean: Picasso 畢加索， Matisse 馬蒂斯， Dali 達(dá)利 – 這些藝術(shù)巨匠的珍品都在 Tate Modern 共大家盡情欣賞。

Andrea: But for Jacques Hertzog, the architect of the museum – this is not just an art gallery.

Jean: 下面我們聽到的就是博物館的建筑設(shè)計(jì)師 – the architect – 給我們講解為什么泰特現(xiàn)代美術(shù)館是如此重要的倫敦建筑景點(diǎn)。

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A museum is not just a museum. It is many things. It is a place for people. That’s the most important thing. It should be a lively place and should be a place where people can find, maybe that sounds heroic, inspiration for their daily life. It should be a place for art, it should be a place for people just to meet other people. It should also be a place where a city finds some identity.

Jean: 他說 Tate Modern 不光是一座博物館，也是一個(gè)為不同人群提供的獨(dú)特場(chǎng)所。

Andrea: It’s lively and a place to find inspiration for one’s daily life.

Jean: To find inspiration for one’s daily life. 為人們的日常生活捕捉靈感。

Andrea: He also says that it has helped give London its identity.

Jean: Tate Modern 也讓倫敦更具個(gè)性，因?yàn)樗呀?jīng)成為倫敦天際線不可缺少的一道風(fēng)景了。

Andrea: And if you don’t feel like looking at the art, you can just have a picnic on the lawns in front of Tate Modern and admire St. Paul’s Cathedral and the river.

Jean: 所以大家下次來倫敦玩可千萬(wàn)別忘了到 the Tate Modern 來看看。 It’s a must.

Andrea: Until next time. It’s time to leave you. Bye bye from both of us at BBC Learning English.

Jean: Bye.