PART 2

As chair of the town council subcommittee on park facilities, I’d like to bring you up to date on some of the changes that have been made recently to the Croft Valley Park.

作为镇政会关于停车场的小组委员会的委员长，我想要带大家了解一下克罗夫特山谷公园的最近的变化。

So if you could just take a look at the map I handed out, let’s begin with a general overview.

请您看下我刚才发给您的地图，我先整体介绍一下概况。

So the basic arrangement of the park hasn’t changed - it still has two gates, north and south, and a lake in the middle.

关于公园的基本规划没有改变，公园里还是有两个入口，在北面和南面。公园的中间有个湖。

The café continues to serve an assortment of drinks and snacks and is still in the same place, looking out over the lake and next to the old museum.

咖啡店还会提供各种各样的小吃和饮品。还是在老位置，紧挨着老博物馆，俯瞰中心湖。

We’re hoping to change the location of the toilets, and bring them nearer to the centre of the park as they’re a bit out of the way at present, near the adventure playground, in the corner of your map.

我们希望能够改变洗手间的位置，挪到离着公园中心更近的位置来。它们现在离得有点远，在探险游乐场附近，就在你地图的角落里。

The formal gardens have been replanted and should be at their best in a month or two.

我们在规则式花园里重新种上了植物，一两个月之后正是长得好的时候。

They used to be behind the old museum, but we’ve now used the space near the south gate - between the park boundary and the path that goes past the lake towards the old museum.

这些花园原来在老博物馆后面，但是现在挪到靠近南门的地方了。在湖的一侧有一条通往老博物馆的小路。花园就在小路和公园外墙中间。

We have a new outdoor gym for adults and children, which is already proving very popular.

对大人和儿童新开放的户外健身馆已经很有人气了。

It’s by the glass houses, just to the right of the path from the south gate.

健身馆在玻璃房旁边，在从南门进来的小路的右边。

You have to look for it as it’s a bit hidden in the trees.

因为健身房前面有树遮挡，您需要特别找一下。

One very successful introduction has been our skateboard ramp.

初次投入使用的滑板坡道特别成功。

It’s in constant use during the evenings and holidays.

它在晚上和假日的时候经常被使用。

It’s near the old museum, at the end of a little path that leads off from the main path between the lake and the museum.

坡道靠近老博物馆。有条小径从博物馆和湖泊中间的主路中拐出来。坡道就在小路的尽头。

We’ve also introduced a new area for wild flowers, to attract bees and butterflies.

为了吸引蝴蝶和蜜蜂，我们还为野花开辟了一个新的区域。

It’s on a bend in the path that goes round the east side of the lake, just south of the adventure playground.

就在湖泊东侧小路的拐弯处，在探险游乐场的南侧。

Now let me tell you a bit more about some of the changes to Croft Valley Park.

现在让我为您介绍一些关于克罗夫特山谷公园的其它变化。

One of our most exciting developments has been the adventure playground.

最让人激动的改造之一就是探险游乐场了。

We were aware that we had nowhere for children to let off steam, and decided to use our available funds to set up a completely new facility in a large space to the north of the park.

我们意识到公园里没有地方能让孩子们来疯玩儿疯闹，所以决定使用现有资金在公园北侧的空地建造一个全新的场所。

It’s open year-round, though it closes early in the winter months, and entrance is completely free.

游乐场一整年都开放，但是在冬天的时候营业时间短。门票是完全免费的。

Children can choose whatever activities they want to do, irrespective of their age, but we do ask adults not to leave them on their own there.

不论什么年龄的孩子都可以选择想玩儿任何项目。但是我们要求家长们不要让孩子独自在那里玩耍。

There are plenty of seats where parents can relax and keep an eye on their children at the same time.

游乐场里有很多座椅，可以让家长休息的同时看护孩子。

Lastly, the glass houses.

最后，为您介绍玻璃房。

A huge amount of work has been done on them to repair the damage following the disastrous fire that recently destroyed their western side.

最近的一场灾难性的大火烧毁了玻璃房的西侧。为了修复被破坏的部分我们做了大量的工作。

Over ￡80,000 was spent on replacing the glass walls and the metal supports, as well as the plants that had been destroyed, although unfortunately the collection of tropical palm trees has proved too expensive to replace up to now.

我们更换玻璃墙面和金属支架，还有重新栽种被烧毁的植物，花费超过八万英镑。但是很不幸的是，被破坏的热带棕榈树因为价格昂贵现在也没有重新栽种。

At present the glass houses are open from 10am to 3pm Mondays to Thursdays, and it’s hoped to extend this to the weekend soon.

现在玻璃房每周一到周四上午十点到下午三点开放。希望不久之后营业时间可以延长到周末。

We’re grateful to all those who helped us by contributing their time and money to this achievement. The gardens have …

非常感谢为了这次修缮为我们提供了帮助、贡献了时间和资金的人们。花园有……