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Situated in the High Street, Magdalen Great Tower is a bell tower in Oxford.
位于高街的莫德林高塔是牛津城的一座鐘塔。
Started to be built in 1492，it is one of the oldest parts of Magdalen College, the university of Oxford.
它始建于1492年，是牛津大學(xué)莫德林學(xué)院最古老的建筑之一。
It dominates the eastern entrance to the city, towering over Magdalen Bridge.
莫德林髙塔主宰著牛津城的東部人口，重要性遠(yuǎn)勝于莫德林橋。
Its pinnacles are about 44m (144ft) high to the top, so it is considered as the tallest building in Oxford.
它的塔尖高達(dá)44米(英尺）,因此被認(rèn)為是牛津城最高的建筑物。
The tower contains ten bells hung for English change ringing.
該塔包含10個(gè)懸掛鐘，用來演奏英國(guó)編鐘樂。
At the invitation of the college, the Oxford Society of Change Ringers will ring the bells on many occasions every year.
應(yīng)莫德林學(xué)院的邀請(qǐng)，牛津大學(xué)的編鐘演奏協(xié)會(huì)都會(huì)在每年的重大時(shí)節(jié)敲響這些鐘，
Such occasions include at significant royal and college anniversaries, as well as after some religious ceremonies in the College Chapel.
包括重要的皇家紀(jì)念日和學(xué)院紀(jì)念日，以及一些學(xué)院小教堂的宗教儀式結(jié)束后。
At 6 a.m. every 1st May, the choir of the college, together with boy choristers from nearby Magdalen College School,
每年的5月1日早晨6點(diǎn)，該學(xué)院的唱詩班，連同鄰近的莫德林學(xué)院學(xué)校的男唱詩班歌手們一起合唱
sings two traditional hymns to start the May Morning celebrations in Oxford.
兩首傳統(tǒng)的贊美詩，以此揭開牛津城5月清晨慶典的序幕。
Large crowds gather in the High Street and on Magdalen Bridge to listen the hymns, until they disperse for other activities.
人們聚集在高街和莫德林橋上聆聽贊美詩，直到他們?yōu)閯e的活動(dòng)而分散了注意力。
Founders Tower is also a tower in Magdalen College.
發(fā)現(xiàn)者塔也是莫德林學(xué)院的一座塔。
It is the second-highest tower in the college, after the Magdalen Great Tower.
它是該學(xué)院僅次于莫德林高塔的第二高塔。
Founders Tower houses the entrance to the Old Library, and also sits the main entrance to the Cloisters.
舊圖書館的人口就在發(fā)現(xiàn)者塔里，修道院博物館的主要人口也在此。
Despite the views of the college from the top of the tower, access is restricted.
盡管從這座塔的頂端可以看到該學(xué)院的全貌，但是這座塔是不能隨意進(jìn)出的。
Tom Tower is a bell tower in Christ Church College, the University of Oxford.
湯姆塔是牛津大學(xué)基督教堂學(xué)院的一座鐘塔。
It is named for its bell-Great Tom.
湯姆塔得名于塔內(nèi)的鐘——大湯姆。
The tower is over Tom Gate, and on the main entrance of Christ Church, which leads into Tom Quad.
這座塔穿過了湯姆門，位于基督教堂學(xué)院的正門處，直通湯姆方庭。
This square tower was designed by the 17th century famous architect Christopher Wren and built between 1681 and 1682.
該方塔是由17世紀(jì)的著名建筑師克里斯托夫.雷恩設(shè)計(jì)的，建于1681年-1682年間。
Wren made the tower in a late Gothic style,
雷恩把這座塔建成了晚期哥特式風(fēng)格建筑，
which had not been seen in a prominent building for a hundred and fifty years, making Tom Tower a lonely precursor of the Gothic Revival.
這種風(fēng)格在之后150年的主要建筑物上都沒有再出現(xiàn)，這使得湯姆塔成為了一座“孤獨(dú)”的哥特復(fù)興先驅(qū)。
The Gothic Revival didn't get underway until the mid-18th century.
哥特復(fù)興直到18世紀(jì)中期才開始嶄露頭角。
