异域文化 雾都漫步 02

You just can't win it in London. It's too big, too busy and too expensive. This is one place where you've got to get information and use it, but that's no problem here, because there's so much help. Of course, the best place to get guidebooks and maps is the Tourist Information Office. I've already been there. What we need now is a periodical entertainment guide and you get that at a newsstand. I wanna know what's going on this week.

Hello. (Hello) City Limits. It's1 pound? (Yep!) Good. Thanks a lot.

We are close to the Clarence Pub. Let's pop in for some pub grub and plan our strategy.

It's just up the street from Parliament. Pubs in Britain are like an extended living room, a basic part of the social scene. They are the next best thing to relatives.

Pub is short for public house. People come here to talk. We can get lots of advice on what's the best play, the most entertaining walking tour, how to get from here to there, as well as the latest on, who is angry with whom in the Royal Family.

Just for a couple of days, do you have a play that you'd recommend?

Here is where we get educated about British beers, bitters, ales and lagers. And teetotalers don't have to partake to be welcome, coffee, tea or soft drinks do just as well at breaking the ice.

Lots of pubs serve a terrific buffet meal, assorted meat pies, curry dishes, knish, vegetables and chips.

Well England doesn't exactly pop to mind when you say fine cuisine, I enjoy the straightforward English food in the fine Old-World settings.

Pub grub can be surprisingly good and is often the best hot food deal in town. This one advertises its food and lots of people are eating here. To me, that's the cue that is a good pub for a meal.

(You've ever taken the walking tours to instruct your walks? 100 blocks, pub grub, Shakespeare, Jack the Ripper…

I went the dungeons.)

Ok, we've filled ourselves with food and information, and according to our adviser, there's a good walking tour leaving in just a couple of minutes. We've still got time to make it. Let's go.

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teetotaler n. One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages.

绝对禁酒者,禁酒主义者

assorted Consisting of a number of different kinds a. 配合的,组合的,各色俱备的

Ex: a box of assorted chocolates 一盒什锦巧克力糖

knish n. A piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or cheese and baked or fried. 以肉,乳酪,水果为馅的炸饼