Oxford is a city in South East England.
牛津城是英格蘭東南部的一個城市。
The city is world famous for Its medieval university, the University of Oxford,
這座城市因擁有牛津大學這個成立于中世紀的大學而聞名遐邇。
which is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, as well as the academic leading university across the world.
牛津大學是英語世界歷史最悠久的大學,也是世界上學術研究名列前茅的大學。
Oxford is regarded by the poet Matthew Arnold as the city of “dreaming spires”,
牛津城被詩人馬修.阿諾德稱為“夢想之巔”,
demonstrating the harmonious architecture of Oxford's university buildings.
這揭示了牛津城大學建筑物和諧的建筑風格。
Oxford has buildings of every British architectual period, including the iconic building. Radcliffe Camera of the mid-18th century.
牛津城有著英國各種建筑風格時代的建筑物,包括18世紀中期的拉德克里夫圖書館,它是牛津的標志性建筑。
Two rivers, Cherwell and Thames, run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre.
査威爾河和泰晤士河兩條河流經牛津城,并在市中心南部相匯。
Centred on Carfax, the Oxford city centre is relatively small.
牛津市中心位于卡法克斯十字路口,規模較小。
Carfax is a cross-road on which a clocktower stands, and which is the junction of Com-market Street, Queen Street, St. Aldate's and The High.
卡法克斯十字路口是一個立著鐘塔的十字路口,它是玉米市場街、皇后街、圣奧爾代茨路和高街的交匯處。
Pedestrianised Commarket Street and semi-pedes-trianised Queen Street are home to Oxford's various chain stores, as well as a small number of independent retailers.
步行的玉米市場街和半步行的皇后街擁有牛津城的各種連鎖店,以及為數不多的獨立零售商。
St. Aldate's is the location of a number of local-govemment buildings, including the Town Hall, the city police station and local council offices.
不少當地政府的建筑都座落于圣奧爾代茨路,包括市政廳、牛津城 警察局和當地議會辦事處。
However, there are still few shops on St. Aldate's.
但是,在圣奧爾代茨路上仍然有一些商店。
There are a large number of independent and high-end chain stores on the High.
在高街上有大量獨立的高檔連鎖店。
Furthermore, two small shopping centres are in the city centre: the Clarendon Centre and the Westgate Centre.
此外,在市中心還有兩個小的購物中心:克拉倫登商場和西門購物中心。
The Clarendon Shopping Centre is located to the west of Commarket Street and to the north of Queen Street,
克拉倫登商場位于玉米市場街的西部和皇后街的北部,
while the Westgate Shopping Centre is located at the west end of Queen Street, where the west gate of the city of Oxford used to be situated.
而西門購物中心在皇后街西部的末端,那里曾經是牛津城西門的舊址。
In addition, to a great many shops, there are also several theatres and cinemas in the city centre,
除了大量的商店,牛津市中心還有很多劇場和電影院,
such as the Burton Taylor Theatre, the Oxford Playhouse, the New Theatre, the Old Fire Station Theatre and the Odeon Cinema.
如:伯頓.泰勒劇場、牛津劇場、新劇場、老消防站劇場和安迪劇院。