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“不畏浮云遮望眼，只缘身在最高层”，今天为您介绍一下即将对公众开放的东京最高电视信号塔--天空树。
Hints:
Tokyo
Far East
Eiffel Tower
Parisian
Tokyo Tower
Sky Tree
Public Relations Chief Saeko Masuda
Mt. Fuji
Kanto
Tokyo Bay
Pacific Ocean
PS：最后一段被采访者口音较重，请大家不必过于纠结~ 其所说的mount Fuji请写成Mt. Fuji的形式~ 另外Pacific Ocean前面你也许会听到"a"的音频，这是受访者的口误，不必写出。
校对：丸子龙
翻译：凌辰凉凉
组长：xuanfeng630
答疑：xyfxyfxyf123For decades, visitors to Tokyo have admired this Far East tribute to the Eiffel Tower, 13 meters taller than its Parisian predecessor. But the Tokyo Tower is about to be upstaged by a downtown riverside rival, built at a cost of $800 million.
The Sky Tree, which will open to the public in about three months, soars to 634 meters above the ground, nearly twice as high as Tokyo Tower.
In this digital era, the older structure is just not high enough to host television stations' antennae - to effectively reach the millions of households in this sprawling urban area.
Leasing its steel perches to broadcasters will be the Sky Tree's primary revenue source. As is the case with Tokyo Tower, it also plans to collect admission fees from 2 million to 3 million visitors a year.
The price of a ride up the Sky Tree will take the breath away from some potential visitors - about $40. In exchange, they will see Tokyo from the upper observation deck at a height of 450 meters.
Public Relations Chief Saeko Masuda tells pre-opening visitors to a temporary souvenir shop that on a clear day they will be able to see as far as 75 kilometers. "So you can see, of course, Mt. Fuji and very big scenery from Kanto area. Kanto means surrounding Tokyo. And you can see the Tokyo Bay and Pacific Ocean and many mountains around Kanto. Very beautiful. Please come."几十年来，来东京的游客都仰望这座比其巴黎前辈高出13米的东京塔，觉得它是对艾菲尔铁塔致上深深敬意。然而如今一位耗资8亿美元的来自市区河畔的劲敌，又即将抢去东京塔的风头。
还有三个月就将公之于众的“天空树”-拔地而起634米，几乎是东京塔的两倍之高。
在当今的数字时代，这座老式建筑的高度再也无法使电视台天线达到向蔓延于城市的千家万户高效输送信号的高度了。
“天空树”的主要收入来源是将其钢轴租给广播公司。另外也如东京塔一样，“天空树”准备向每年的两三百万游客收取门票。
登上“天空树”的交通费高达40美元，这一天价会使一些可能前往参观的游客极为震惊。但是他们可以在450米高的观景台欣赏整个东京。
公关主管沙耶子告诉那些在试运营阶段前来的游客，在天气晴朗时可以在一家视野非常开阔的临时纪念品商店，看到75公里之外。“当然，你们可以看到富士山，以及关东地区的风貌。‘关东’的字面意思也就是在东京周围。也可以看到东京湾，太平洋，以及关东周围的许多山。景色非常美丽，请前往参观。” |
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发表于 2016-8-2 13:00:22