BBC中国新年第三集欢庆 Part 2 香港的年味

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[00:01.98]In amongst the glazy buildings that line Victoria Harbour are older colonial buildings,在维多利亚港排成一线的玻璃建筑中，
[00:07.54]that were once the headquarters of the British administration that ran Hong Kong. 夹杂着老旧的殖民地建筑，他们曾是管理香港的英国政府总部。
[00:11.57]On the first of July 1997, Hong Kong was formally handed back to China ending 156 years of British rule and although it shares many cultural traits with China,在1997年7月1日，香港正式被交还给中国，结束了英国156年的统治，但他与中国有着许多共同的文化特征， 
[00:22.41]as a global centre of finance and with its international history Hong Kong has always maintained its own unique identity.作为全球金融中心，加上其国际历史血脉。
[00:32.67]The region of Hong Kong is on the southern coast of China at the Pearl River estuary.香港位于中国南部海岸的珠江口地区。
[00:44.83]An area composed of more than 250 islands, the urban core of Hong Kong is Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.这片区域由250多个岛屿组成，香港的市中心是香港岛和九龙。
[00:54.60]Kong is the Chinese word for Harbour and Hong means fragrant or picturesque and indeed before this came the metropolis it is today, “港”在中文是港口的意思，“香”的意思是芳香的或者风景如画的。确实，在香港成为如今的大都市之前，
[01:02.53]it would have been very picturesque, 的确是一个风景如画的
[01:04.59]a tiny little fishing community but now it is an entirely different sort of picturesque,小渔村，但现在的香港完全是另外一番景色， 
[01:09.41]this is one of the most recognised and photographed skylines in the world.这是世界上最容易识别上镜率最高的摩天城市之一。
[01:20.00]Hong Kong truly is a vertical city.香港的确是一个垂直城市。
[01:23.13]Because of its geography, space is at a premium which means it has one of the highest population densities in the world.由于其地理条件，香港的空间十分宝贵，这意味着香港的人口密度在全球名列前茅。
[01:32.46]There are over 7 million people here with 57,000 people per square kilometer in places.这里有七百多万人，基本上每平方公里达五万七千人。
[01:40.18]To house them all, the city has had to build upwards.为了安置所有人，城市必须向上建造。
[01:44.77]Today Hong Kong has over 460 skyscrapers 100 meters or taller.如今香港有460多座百米甚至更高的摩天大楼。
[01:50.23]London,just 49.伦敦只有49座。
[01:53.00]And its tallest is the international commerce center.香港最高的建筑是环球贸易广场。
[01:56.10]You can take the shard and put Nelson 's column on top three times and it will still be smaller.往夏德大厦上垒上3座纳尔逊纪念碑,仍然不及它高。
[02:06.15]Hong Kong is also one of the world's most important financial trading centers and is home to 55 billionaires.香港还是世界上最重要的金融贸易中心之一，有55个亿万富翁。
[02:14.70]There are more Rolls-Royces per person in Hong Kong than any other city in the world Plus,last year, 香港的人均劳斯莱斯拥有率远高于世界上任何其他城市
[02:20.80]one local businessman bought a diamond ring for 32 million pounds.It was for his seven-year-old daughter.此外，去年一位当地商人花了3200万英镑买了一枚钻戒，是给他7岁的女儿买的。
[02:28.55]Since 1997, Hong Kong has been run as a special administrative region of China but with its own government and law.自1997年以来，香港一直作为中国的一个特别行政区进行管理，但有着自己的政府何法律。

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BBC中国新年 第三集 欢庆 Part 2 香港的年味

BBC中国新年第三集欢庆 Part 2 香港的年味