Describe an open-air or street market which you enjoyed visiting. You should say:
- where the market is
- what the market sells
- how big the market is
- and explain why you enjoyed visiting it.
描述一個(gè)你喜歡參觀的露天或街頭市場。你應(yīng)該說:
-市場在哪里
-市場上賣什么
-市場有多大
-并解釋你為什么喜歡參觀它。
I’m going to describe a street market that I’ve enjoyed visiting many times in Manchester. It’s the Manchester Christmas Market, and it comes to the city for about a month from the end of November every year. The market stalls are spread across several sites in the city center, but the centerpiece is the large European market in Albert Square next to the Town Hall.
The Christmas Market stalls sell an array of Christmas gifts and mouth-watering food and drink from all over Europe. It’s a great place to find handmade crafts such as jewelry, ornaments, wooden toys and other souvenirs, but it’s the food and drink that seem to be most popular. Probably the biggest seller is the ‘Gluhwein’, a hot, sweet wine which is sold in a souvenir mug.
The market was originally quite small, occupying just one of the central squares in Manchester, but it’s grown quickly in recent years, spilling over into maybe five other pedestrian streets and a few other squares. Apparently there are over 200 stalls now, so it’s become a really big event attracting thousands of visitors.
The main reason I’ve always enjoyed visiting the Christmas Market is the fantastic atmosphere. When I went there last December, it didn’t matter how cold or wet the weather was, Manchester seemed to come alive when the market opened; the streets were bustling with people and there was a real festive feel to the city.
我要描述一個(gè)我在曼徹斯特去過很多次的街市。這是曼徹斯特圣誕集市,從每年11月底開始,它會在曼徹斯特市停留大約一個(gè)月。市場攤位分布在市中心的幾個(gè)地方,但中心是市政廳旁阿爾伯特廣場的大型歐洲市場。
圣誕集市的攤位上賣著一系列來自歐洲各地的圣誕禮物和令人垂涎欲滴的食品和飲料。這是一個(gè)很好的地方,可以找到手工制作的工藝品,如珠寶、裝飾品、木制玩具和其他紀(jì)念品,但它的食物和飲料似乎是最受歡迎的。最暢銷的可能是“Gluhwein”,一種熱的甜酒,裝在紀(jì)念杯里出售。
這個(gè)市場原本很小,只占據(jù)了曼徹斯特的一個(gè)中心廣場,但近年來發(fā)展迅速,可能蔓延到其他五條步行街和其他幾個(gè)廣場。很明顯現(xiàn)在有200多個(gè)攤位,所以它已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)吸引成千上萬游客的大型活動。
我一直喜歡逛圣誕集市的主要原因是那里的氣氛太棒了。去年12月我去那里的時(shí)候,不管天氣有多冷或多濕,當(dāng)市場開張時(shí),曼徹斯特似乎活了起來;街上熙熙攘攘,人來人往,這座城市給人一種真正的節(jié)日感覺。