口语进阶-叙事口语材料：浅游伦敦

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原文及翻译

The City of London is one of the most famous cities in the world, in previous centuries, London was the center of the British Empire. Today, it is one of the most important cities of the emerging European Union. London is located in southeastern England, on the Thames River. The Greater London area contains about 12 million people, and the surrounding areas contained several million more. 

伦敦市是世界上最著名的城市之一，在过去的几个世纪里，伦敦是大英帝国的中心。今天，它是新兴欧盟最重要的城市之一。伦敦位于英格兰东南部，泰晤士河畔。大伦敦地区约有 1200 万人口，周边地区还有数百万人口。

London was the first city in the modern world to have reached a population of 1 million people. London is a very old city, and many of its neighborhoods maintain their distinct character. One of the most famous parts of London is the East End, where people speak with an accent known as Cockney. One of the features of the Cockney accent is that the letter 'H' is often not pronounced. 

伦敦是现代世界第一个人口达到 100 万的城市。伦敦是一座非常古老的城市，它的许多街区都保留着自己独特的特色。伦敦最著名的地区之一是东区，那里的人说着一种被称为“伦敦土腔”的口音。伦敦土腔的一个特点是字母“H”经常不发音。

London's population is very cosmopolitan; the city contains, in addition to people of English background, large communities of South Asian, Chinese, African, and Caribbean people. Most of these people have their origins in countries that belong to the British Commonwealth of Nations.

伦敦的人口非常国际化；除了英国背景的人之外，这座城市还拥有大量南亚、中国、非洲和加勒比海人。这些人中的大多数来自英联邦国家。

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