Oliver: 是嗎？在倫敦？是不是名人們都喜歡去的什么飯店吧？

Jo: No, there's actually even more stars in this place – and you can have your picture taken with them – Brad Pitt, Beyonce, David Beckham, Johnny Depp.

Oliver: 哦，我非常喜歡 Beyonce，真希望能見到她。

Jo: Well there's just one thing though you need to know…the famous people are made from wax.

Oliver: 一說到能見到 Beyonce 我都有點(diǎn)興奮過頭了。不過你說，如果所有的名人都是用蠟 制造的，那我知道了，你說的一定是 Madame Tussauds，杜莎夫人蠟像館。

Jo: That's right Oliver. We'll be learning all about Madame Tussauds on BBC Learning English today!

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Now in lots of big cities there is a Madame Tussauds and it is a very popular tourist attraction. A tourist attraction.

Oliver: 旅游景點(diǎn)，為了了解蠟像館為什么這么吸引人，我們采訪了杜莎夫人蠟像館的公關(guān)經(jīng)理 Ben Lovett.

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We have wax figures – likenesses of famous people, particular to the UK market but also internationally well-known like Hollywood celebrities.

Jo: So there are lots of wax figures.

Oliver: 蠟像，按照名人樣子做的蠟像。

Jo: A likeness. So the figures are likenesses of famous people particular to the UK market. Particular to.

Oliver: 特別針對英國人喜好的名人。同時(shí)還有很多世界知名的名人蠟像。

Jo: Internationally well-known – like Hollywood celebrities. You're listening to On The Town from BBC Learning English and today we're finding out about Madame Tussauds – an attraction where you can see wax figures of lots of famous celebrities. This is a popular tourist attraction in London and we asked Ben why he thinks it's so popular.

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I think there's always been traditionally a frisson when people get near to a famous person they normally wouldn't be able to and I think we aim to tap into that.

Jo: So Ben used the word traditionally.

Oliver: 傳統(tǒng)的。

Jo: And a frisson.

Oliver: 因?yàn)榧佣澏叮琣nd Ben also used the expression to tap into something 是指借助什么事大做文章，借此發(fā)揮以達(dá)到預(yù)計(jì)的效果或目的。

Jo: To tap into something. Here's Ben again.

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I think there's always been traditionally a frisson when people get near to a famous person they normally wouldn't be able to and I think we aim to tap into that.

Jo: And we were wondering which celebrity is causing the most excitement at Madame Tussauds at the moment?

Oliver: 你猜猜會是誰呢？

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Johnny Depp's figure is absolutely spot on and this one just raises the bar in terms of likeness – and I think the whole experience around in the room – it's like a creaking pirate ship, the sights, the smells of a pirate ship I think that's definitely the most popular from guest feedback as well.

Jo: So Johnny Depp's figure is spot-on.

Oliver: 到位。Ben 還說了提高了水準(zhǔn)。

Jo: To raise the bar. It raises the bar in terms of likeness – so he thinks it really looks a lot like Johnny Depp.

Oliver: Ben 介紹說在杜莎夫人蠟像館陳列的加勒比海盜系列，就像一艘吱吱作響的海盜船。

Jo: A pirate ship. A creaking pirate ship. It feels like you're in a pirate ship and even tries to smell like one.

Oliver: 哇，就是說看起來完全像真的海盜船。Ben 說，從觀眾反饋來講，這個地方是現(xiàn)在在蠟像館里最受歡迎的展區(qū)。

Jo: Feedback. Feedback from the visitors or guests.

So that's Madame Tussauds for you.

Oliver: 我們會給大家聽一聽參觀蠟像館的觀眾自己是怎么評價(jià)這里的，聽起來他們對這里都是十二分的滿意，你會聽到一些用來描述“偉大”的不同的詞兒。比如 terrific, fabulous, awesome.

Jo: Terrific, fabulous, awesome. We spoke to people from Italy and the UK.

Oliver: 奧地利，對了，當(dāng)然少不了中國。這兒絕對是一個國際旅游勝地。

Jo: That's all from this week's On The Town. You can find out more on our website www.bbcchina.com.cn. Goodbye from us here at BBC Learning English.

Oliver: Bye for now.

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- I'm from Hunan. It's terrific fabulous – it really looks like real people and just great fun here.

- I love it because you can make photos with lots of famous persons (I love it because you can take photos with lots of famous people).

- A really good really interesting experience.

- It's a good place

- It's awesome