Jean: 自從泰特現代美術館在2000年建館以來，已經有4百萬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 節目當中我們的熱點話題就是倫敦的一家廢舊發電廠是如何變成了著名的泰特現代美術館- Tate Modern.

Andrea: Did you say a power station?

Jean: 沒錯。Tate Modern 泰特現代美術館是泰晤士河畔一家破舊發電廠的廠房改建的。

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短語 - to strike me most. 最觸動我的。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代感的美術館。A gallery of its time. 既現代又富動感。

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. 一個隱喻比喻。她說現在在美術館里的美術作品等于取代了以前發電廠的熊熊動力。

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 – 我第一次走進泰特現代美術館的時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 達利 – 這些藝術巨匠的珍品都在 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計師 – the architect – 給我們講解為什么泰特現代美術館是如此重要的倫敦建筑景點。

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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，也是一個為不同人群提供的獨特場所。

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 也讓倫敦更具個性，因為它已經成為倫敦天際線不可缺少的一道風景了。

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.

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