Good morning.

早上好。

I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to say a little about two exciting new developments in the city: the Brackenside Open-Air Swimming Pool and the children's Adventure Playground in Central Park.

我很高兴能有这个机会说一下城里两个令人振奋的新发展：布莱肯塞德的露天泳池和中央公园里的儿童游乐园。

As many of you may know, the idea for these initiatives came from you, the public, in the extensive consultation exercise which the City Council conducted last year.

正如你们很多人知道的，这两个想法来源于你们——广大公众在去年市政府安排的广泛征求意见时提出的。

And they have been realised using money from the SWRDC – the South West Regional Development Commission.

他们意识到可以利用SWRDC，也就是西南地区开发委员会的钱。

First of all, Brackenside Pool.

首先，布莱肯塞德泳池。

As many of the older members of the audience will remember, there used to be a wonderful open-air pool on the sea front 30 years ago but it had to close when it was judged to be unsafe.

正如听众中稍微年长些的人记忆中的那样，30年前在海边曾有个很棒的露天泳池。但是被认定为危险场所后，就被迫关闭了。

For the design of this new heated pool, we were very happy to secure the talents of internationally renowned architect Ellen Wendon, who has managed to combine a charming 1930s design, which fits in so well with many of the other buildings in the area, with up-to-the-minute features such as a recycling system – the only one of its kind in the world - which enables seawater to be used in the pool.

为了这个新的可加热的泳池的设计工作，很高兴我们锁定了享誉世界的建筑师艾伦·文登。他成功地将30年代的、和这一地区的其他建筑完美融合的迷人设计和最新的特色——比如回收系统结合起来，这是世界上这种唯一的设计，使得在泳池中使用海水成为可能。

Now, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the local press about whether there would be enough room for the number of visitors we're hoping to attract, but the design is deceptive and there have been rigorous checks about capacity.

现在，当地新闻还曾讨论我们是否有足够的空间来接待我们希望吸引到的来宾数量。但是这个设计是具有欺骗性的，而且关于容量问题已经进行了严格的检测。

Also, just in case you were wondering, we're on schedule for a June 15th opening date and well within budget: a testimony to the excellent work of local contractors Hickman's.

此外，如果你们还有人有疑虑，我们计划在6月15日开幕，并且完全符合预算，见证本地承包商希克曼的杰出作品。

We hope that as many people as possible will be there on June 15th.

我们希望6月15日能有尽可能多的人到现场。

We have engaged award-winning actress Coral White to declare the pool open and there'll be drinks and snacks available at the pool side.

我们已经邀请了获奖女演员卡洛儿·怀特宣布泳池开张。在泳池边会有饮料和小食提供。

There'll also be a competition for the public to decide on the sculpture we plan to have at the entrance: you will decide which famous historical figure from the city we should have.

到时还会有一个公众的比赛，用以决定我们计划在入口处放置的雕像。你们会来决定我们应该放置哪个著名的历史人物。