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18. 散漫在英国的日子之最初的印象　Impressions of the Days in UK——Scotty

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　　那时候天总是很蓝，日子总过得太忙。我总说苦日子遥遥无期，转眼间就飞了回来......
　　从英国回来已有4年多的时间了，沉淀发酵也能够酿一瓶好酒，又加上近日闲散，欠了不少作业。于是，静下心来，爬爬格子。

At that time, the sky was always blue and every day was arranged fairly tight. I was always complaining the endless hard days, but in a wink it has all gone and I'm still in the original place back here...

      第一次坐超过10个小时的飞机，那个时候还没有psp这种可以打发时间的先进玩意儿，兜里也只有一本英汉字典可以翻看，感觉像熬了两天两夜。快到伦敦时，透过舷窗望下去，心马上凉了大半截——一排排低矮的红色房屋，整齐倒是整齐，却都一个模样，一点不见高楼大厦的踪影，像极了一个大农村。难道这就是世界经济排名前五的英国首都伦敦吗？大楼呢？汽车呢？那些西装笔挺的人群呢？......

It was the first time when I had to fly for more than ten hours from China to the UK, which was more like a torture to me for at that time there was no such advanced game machines like PSP. I only had an English-Chinese dictionary in my pocket to while away the time. When it was approaching London, I looked through the window and saw rows of small red houses. My heart sank. Though the houses were tidy, they were all small and red ones. There were no sign of tall buildings. The whole city was very much like a big village. Was this the London, capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which was one of top five economies? Where were the skyscrapers, the running autos and the people who were in trim suits?...

      到了英国，第一道考验人的手续就是过移民局，所有持学生签证的人都会被叫到一个小屋里盘查一番。我因为省钱，在国内没有做体检就走了。当着移民局大妈的面撒了个谎，说："我的体检证明忘带了。"那位大妈倒也不客气，回复我说："你怎么没忘带你的书包来呢？"然后把我带到后面的一个小黑屋里，又临时做了一番体检，之后才画押放行。

The first test I met on the land was going through the border agency. All the people with student visas were gathered to a small room and questioned. To save money, I hadn't taken the physicalexamination in China before coming here. I lied to the "auntie" with the Border Agency and said, "I forgot to bring the health certificate." However, the "auntie" was not so easy to be fooled and replied," Why didn't you forget to take your schoolbag with you?" Then I was taken to a back dark room for a provisional physicalexamination before I was finally let through.

伦敦街景
Street Scene of London

      最初的几天，寄住在伦敦父亲同事的家里。吃完黄油、面包加摊鸡蛋的早餐后，出门买了张地图，在地图上标注了想去的地点，研究好线路，再换些零钱就背着背包上路了。开始的时候，看见商品价格就不自觉换算成人民币，真是觉得什么都贵——坐一次地铁起价要20元，公车也要10块；一瓶水7、8元；最简单的饭也要合人民币50元以上。找了个公用电话，想给家里报个平安，一英镑硬币塞进去，没说上20秒钟，电话就被挂断了。合计了一下带来的盘缠，感觉照这个消费水平，顶多撑上三、四个月，我就要去沿街乞讨了，不禁眼前一阵发黑。

For the first few days, I stayed in my father's colleague's home. After the breakfast of butter, bread and omelet, I went out. I bought a map and highlighted the places I wanted to visit. Having studied the route carefully, I changed some money and set out. In the beginning, I couldn't help converting the price I saw to Renminbi, and I felt that everything was so expensive here: taking a subway would cost at least 20 yuan; even a bus ride would cost 10 yuan; a bottle of soda water was 7 to 8 yuan; the simplest meal would cost at least 50 yuan. When I called my home with a public phone, I only found that a coin of one pound could only buy about 20 seconds service of an international call. I figured that in line with the consumption level, and the little money I brought, I would have to be a begger on the street in at most 3 or 4 months. The thought made me dizzy.

威斯敏斯特大教堂和大本钟
Westminster Abby and Big Ben

      既然到了伦敦，高消费也就忍了，那些著名的景点总要去走走看看。伦敦是个很矛盾的城市——既古老、又时尚；既传统、又现代；既保守、又激进；既无法忘记历史，又很难面对现实。套用一句经典的话，"如果你爱一个人，送他去伦敦，如果你恨一个人，送他去伦敦"——天堂与地狱的距离其实很近。坐落在泰晤士河旁的威斯敏斯特大教堂和大本钟，沉稳而肃穆，仿佛回到了中世纪，周围的行人也显得匆忙冷漠；如博物馆一般富丽奢华的哈罗德商场前，人们会因为拎着一个哈罗德的购物袋而欣喜若狂；红色的双层巴士、红色的电话亭似乎已成了世人皆知的伦敦的标志之一，而知道鸽子广场上的特拉法加雕像为谁而修的又有几人；整齐划一的禁卫军在白金汉宫门口上演着无休止的"换岗游戏"，永远抬着那高傲的头，从来没有为大英博物馆中陈列的那些赤裸裸的殖民罪证低头忏悔。

Since I was in London, I could do with the high consumption level by living economically but the money for some world renowned places should not be spared. London itself was a city of contradiction, a combination of antiquity and fashion, tradition and modernity, conservativeness and extremism. It was hard for it to forget the history or to face the reality. A classicquotation went like this, "If you love someone, send him to London; if you hate someone, send him to London." —The heaven and the hell were in fact very close to each other. The Westminster Abbey and the Big Ben situated on the Thames appeared calm and solemn, which seemed to exist only in the middle age, and passengers around were hurry on their way to somewhere with blank faces. In front of the splendid museum-like Harrods Mall, people would be overjoyed for carrying a Harrods shopping bag. The red double-deck buses, and the red telephone boothes had already become one of the famous symbols of London, while how many people knew the creator of the Trafalgar statues on the square? The neat and handsome guards at the Buckingham were playing the endless game of  "changing guards". They always held their heads high, and never had the intention to bend for the crimes their colonial country had committed for collecting the exhibits stored in the British Museum now.

大英博物馆内--巴特侬神庙
The Parthenon Temple ------ Inside the British Museum

　　伦敦，只是英国的一个缩影。这个城市的性格，在我日后的学习和生活中不时领略到，它以更加具体、鲜活的形式为我展现了一个完整的英国。使得我终于在临走前，包容了它的缺点，喜欢上了这个地方。

London is the epitome of the UK. I knew more about its characters in my study and life afterwards, which helps me have a complete and vivid picture of the whole country. Before my departure with the country, I tolerated all its defects and finally took a liking to this place.

白金汉宫门口的换岗表演
Changing of Guards at Buckingham Palace


 

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