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He even built a giant wooden model to show the king and clergy just what they would be getting.
他建造了一個(gè)木制模型 向國王及教士 展示未來的大教堂
How could they not be awestruck by the huge dome
當(dāng)他們看到這個(gè)采用了類似顯微鏡的技術(shù)
that used the same technology as a microscope to flood the interior with light?
以便讓陽光灑進(jìn)教堂的巨大圓頂時(shí) 怎能不驚奇呢
But there was a problem.
然而還有一個(gè)問題
Wren had designed his cathedral as a Greek cross,
為在光學(xué)及聲學(xué)上求得完美
sacrificing the traditional floor plan of a Protestant church
雷恩按照希臘十字架的樣式設(shè)計(jì)這座教堂
in favour of perfect acoustics and light.
從而犧牲了傳統(tǒng)的新教教堂的結(jié)構(gòu)
You can almost hear the mystified, angry complaints of the reverends.
牧師們迷惑而憤怒的責(zé)怨 隨處可聽
Where exactly is the choir supposed to go?
唱詩班該站在哪里呢
How do we process up a nave which isn't there?
沒有中殿 還怎么上中殿布道呢
Mostly they said, "Call us old-fashioned,
大部分教士認(rèn)為 我們確實(shí)守舊
But this looks suspiciously to us like a Catholic basilica.
可我們很懷疑這是天主教教堂
We'll be, if your partner phrase, damned If we're going to let St Paul's turn into St Peter's.
我們會(huì)遭詛咒 如果我們?nèi)螒{圣保羅教堂變成圣彼得教堂
When the king joined the critics,he told him to go back to the drawing board,
國王聽到埋怨后 責(zé)令他重新設(shè)計(jì)
Wren's normally very dry eyes are said to have filled with tears.
雷恩熬夜干澀的眼睛禁不住涌出淚水
He would have his chance to build his dome cathedral,
他可以建造他夢想的圓頂教堂
but only when it was joined to a long nave,
但前提是必須加上長長的中殿
something resembling a traditional church.
而這與傳統(tǒng)的教堂大同小異
