泰晤士北岸的静谧之境

• 作 者: Francesca Segal 小狐
• 出 处: 疯狂英语(阅读版)
• 发表日期: 2013年07期
• 关键词: 希斯 斯特德 everyone someone morning mother Heath river London writing

无论是在经济术语还是地理术语中,伦敦那颗黝黑而跃动的心脏永远都是泰晤士河,这条长河因沉淀着数百年来的污秽和秘密而变得粘滞不堪。最终,在维多利亚时代,伦敦装上了地下排水管以免伦敦人看到那幅自造的污水横流、臭气熏天的景象,此前,污水被随意排入河道;尽管如此,在我的童年时期,泰晤士河依然因其脏污而臭名昭著。

The dark and bubbling heart of London is always the Thames in both economic and geographical terms, a long river that has become stagnant by settling centuries-old filth and secrets. Eventually, in the Victorian era, London was fitted with underground drains to prevent Londoners from seeing the swirling, stench of self-made sewage that had previously been discharged into the waterways; nevertheless, during my childhood The Thames is still notorious for its dirtiness.