Welcome to all of you ... can everybody see and hear me? ... Good ...

欢迎你们……大家都能看见我吗？能听见吗？……好极了……

I'm Sally, your guide for this tour of the Bicentennial Park ...

我叫萨利，我将带着各位游览百年纪念公园。

I hope that you're all wearing your most comfortable shoes and that you can keep up the pace.

希望大家都穿了舒适的鞋子，好跟上我们的步伐。

So let's get under way on our tour around this wonderful park.

好的，让我们开始启程来欣赏这个美丽的公园吧。

I'll start today with some general background information.

首先我要给大家介绍一些背景知识。

There used to be a lot of factories in this area until the 1960s.

在1960年之前这片地区有很多工厂。

Creating the park required the demolition of lots of derelict buildings on the site, so most of the exciting park space all around you was originally warehouses and storehouses.

为了兴建这个公园很多被遗弃的建筑都被拆除了，所以你们周围这些地方曾经都是仓库。

The idea of building a public park here was first discussed when a property developer proposed a high-rise housing development, but the local community wasn't happy.

在这儿建公园的想法最早是由一名房地产开发商在提交一份高层楼盘规划的时候引起的，但是当地社区对这个提案并不赞同。

If the land was to be cleaned up, they wanted to use the site for recreation.

他们希望把这块土地开发出来作为娱乐休闲用。

Residents wanted open space for outdoor activities, rather than housing or even an indoor sports complex.

当地居民希望把这里变成开放式的户外活动场地，而不是开发房地产或建室内体育场馆。

Now to the Bicentennial Park itself.

现在我来介绍一下百年纪念公园。

It has two areas, a nature reserve and a formal park with man-made features and gardens.

这片公园包含两个区域，一块是自然保护区，另一块是有人造景观的规则式公园。

The tall blue-and-white building in front of us is called The Tower and is the centre point for the formal gardens.

我们正前方那个很高的蓝白相间的建筑叫做“塔楼”，那是公园的中心。

It stands twelve metres high, so follow me up the stairs to where we can take advantage of the fantastic views.

它高12米，我会带你们沿楼梯走上去，上面是欣赏到公园美景的绝佳位置。