双语发现：全球十佳城市新鲜出炉(组图)

http://www.sina.com.cn 2009年12月14日 14:04   沪江英语

　　全球十佳城市、最适合居住的城市，除了悉尼、奥克兰和温哥华，其余全在欧洲。

第十名颁给了澳洲悉尼

　　Australia's largest city, with a population of nearly four and a half million, Sydney's beaches, beautiful harbour and cultural attractions - including the Sydney Opera House - are itsbig draws, although, according to Mercer, it is the world's 15th most expensive city。

　　榜单第十名，颁给了澳洲悉尼。这个澳洲最大的城市拥有近450万人口，凭借其美丽的海滩、港口和文化名胜赢得了此项殊荣，尽管它同时也是全球排名第15位最昂贵的城市。

瑞士的伯恩排名第九

　　With a population of around 128,000, Bern is Switzerland's fifth most in habited city. The medieval centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while Albert Einstein once lived and worked in the city as a patent office clerk。

　　位于瑞士的伯恩排名第九。拥有12万8千人的城市已经是瑞士第五大人口重镇。这个中世纪的小城自身就是一座联合国教科文组织的世界遗产。此外，爱因斯坦也曾在这里生活和工作过。

第八位的是德国法兰克福

　　The largest financial centre on the continent, Frankfurt is the seat of the European Central Bank and the German Federal Bank. The city's keysights include its 14th-century Gothic cathedral and a host of futuristic skyscrapers。

　　第八位的，是德国法兰克福。它是全欧洲的金融中心，欧洲中央银行和德国联邦银行都座落于此。这座城市的看点在于它那座14世纪的哥特教堂、以及一系列未来主义风格的摩天楼。

慕尼黑在榜单上再进一名

　　Germany's third-largest city with around 1.36 million in habitants, the Bavarian capital also boasts plenty of Gothic architecture. Munich was heavily damaged by allied bombing during World War II, but recovered to host the Olympic Games in 1972.

　　同为德国城市，慕尼黑在榜单上再进一名。座位德国第三大城市、和136万居民的家，这座巴伐利亚首都以其众多的哥特式建筑著称。慕尼黑在二战期间曾严重被毁，1972年穆尼黑运动会时重新修复。第六名仍旧停留在日耳曼的土地上

　　Situated on the Rhine, the city is renowned as a centre for German fashion, advertising and telecommunications, while the Dusseldorf Karneval attracts millions of visitors each year. The city is twinned with Warsaw, Moscow, Cairo and Reading。

　　第六名仍旧停留在日耳曼的土地上。莱茵河畔的杜塞尔多夫是德国时尚、广告及电讯业的中心。这座城市每年都吸引上百万的旅行者前往，同时它也是华沙、莫斯科、开罗和雷丁的姐妹城市。

航海之城的奥克兰

　　Home to 31 per cent of New Zealand's population, Auckland boast two harbours - Waitemata to the north and Manukau to the south, helpingearn its nickname: the City of Sails。

　　榜单第五位，我们飞越大洋来到南半球的新西兰。别称航海之城的奥克兰拥有新西兰近三分之一的人口。

温哥华以其干净、最适宜居住的形象榜上有名

　　Consistently ranking among the cleanest, most livable cities in the world, Vancouver possesses an ethnically-diverse population, while ithas become a centre for shipping, film production and a popular tourist destination。

　　几乎在任何相关榜单上，你都能看到温哥华以其干净、最适宜居住的形象榜上有名。温哥华是一个多民族城市，它同时也是航行、电影制作和旅行胜地的热门城市。

瑞士日内瓦

　　With a population of around 185,000, Geneva is best known for diplomacy (it is home to various UN and Red Cross agencies)， finance and the CERN nuclear research facility - birthplace of the World Wide Web and the Large Hadron Collider。

　　只有18万人口的瑞士日内瓦是全球众多知名组织的所在地，其中包括联合国欧洲总部、红十字组织总部、欧洲核子研究中心、以及互联网和大型强子对撞器得发明地。

苏黎世排名第二

　　One of Europe's richest cities and home to a wealth of multilingual Europeans, Zurich has attracted the likes of IBM, UBS, Google and Microsoft - each of whom has offices in the city. Novelist James Joyce died and was buried in Zurich。

　　作为欧洲最富有的城市之一，苏黎世排名第二似乎不在意料之外。这座城市吸引了诸如IBM, UBS, Google和微软等多家世界知名企业落户。值得一提的是，作家詹姆斯乔伊斯(沪江小编按：著名意识流小说《尤利西斯》的作者)是在这里去世、并埋葬的。

第一名揭晓：奥地利首都维也纳

　　The world's best city in which to live, according to Mercer, Viennaboasts great economic, cultural and political strength, was thebirthplace of Marie Antoinette and Sigmund Freud and has been sungabout by Ultravox and Billy Joel。

　　榜单第一名揭晓：奥地利首都维也纳。维也纳良好的经济状况、文化风俗和社会秩序都是它赢得头筹的原因。同时，这里也是法国末代皇后玛丽安东尼特、以及弗洛伊德的出生地。

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