Edinburgh Summer Festivals愛丁堡夏日節日

李明娟

Edinburgh is the worlds festival city. There are twelve festivals all year， halfof which are celebrated during the months of July and August. Hundreds ofthousands of people visit the Scottish capital1 during the summer. Here are some ofthe events they can enjoy.

愛丁堡是世界上的節日之都。全年共有十二個節日，其中一半在七月和八月慶祝。成千上萬的人在夏季來游覽蘇格蘭首都。以下是他們可以享受的一些活動。

The Edinburgh International Festival

愛丁堡國際藝術節

This is the original2 Edinburgh festival which began in 1947.Actors， musicians， dancers and opera singers from all over the worldperform3 to a large number of people. You need tickets for most eventswhich take place in theatres around the city.

這是最早的愛丁堡藝術節，始于1947 年。來自世界各地的演員、音樂家、舞者和歌劇演唱者為大量觀眾表演。你需要門票才能參與城市周圍劇院舉行的大多數活動。

The Edinburgh Art Festival

愛丁堡藝術節

This festival is modern and has been celebrated for around ten years.It is a great time to see some of the citys best visual4 art in art galleries5and museums. Most events are free and include events such as fashion6shows and art exhibitions7.

這個節日很現代，已經慶祝了大約十年。這是在美術館和博物館里欣賞這座城市最佳視覺藝術的好時機。大多數活動都是免費的，其中包括時裝秀和藝術展覽等活動。

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe8

愛丁堡藝穗節

This is the largest art festival in the world with thousands of showswhich take place across the city. Anyone can perform in the festival andover 20，000 artists take part， so there are always many different kinds ofacts to choose from. Go to the Royal Mile， one of Edinburghs highstreets， to watch performers such as magicians9， acrobats10 andcomedians11 for free. However， it can get very busy as thousands of tourists andlocal people fill the city streets to enjoy the shows.

這是世界上最大的藝術節，有數千場演出在全市各地舉行。任何人都可以在音樂節上表演，有超過20000 名演員參加，所以總是有許多不同類型的表演可供選擇。前往愛丁堡其中一條大街皇家大道，可以免費觀看魔術師、雜技演員和喜劇演員等表演者的演出。然而，隨著成千上萬的游客和當地人擠滿城市街道欣賞演出，這里可能會變得非常熱鬧。

The Edinburgh International Book Festival

愛丁堡國際圖書節

The largest book festival in the world began in 1983 and takesplace every year in Charlotte Square Gardens in the centre ofEdinburgh. There are over 700 events for people who love books. Youcan meet many writers， talk to them， ask them to sign a book or listen tothem talk about their stories. Children can listen to stories and watchartists draw pictures of the stories.

世界上最大的圖書節始于1983 年，每年都在愛丁堡市中心的夏洛特廣場花園舉行。有700 多個活動是為愛書的人舉辦的。你可以遇見許多作家，與他們交談，請他們在書上簽名，或者聽他們談論自己的故事。孩子們可以聽故事，也可以觀看美術家們把這些故事畫出來。

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

愛丁堡爵士藍調音樂節

Music lovers come to this festival to enjoy music shows aroundthe city. One of the best things of this musical festival is the streetcarnival12 which is free to all. Artists perform street theatre， danceand circus13 shows in nice costumes14 and everyone can enjoy themusic and join in the dancing.

音樂愛好者可以到這個音樂節欣賞城市里的音樂表演。這個音樂節最棒的事情之一是街頭狂歡節對所有人免費。演員們穿著漂亮的服裝表演街頭戲劇、跳舞和馬戲表演，每個人都可以欣賞音樂并一起跳舞。

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo15

愛丁堡軍樂節

This show is 65 years old and takes place every evening during thefestival outside Edinburgh Castle. You can listen to pipers16 anddrummers17 in military bands18， watch traditional Scottish dancing andenjoy a firework in the Edinburgh night sky. More than 200，000 peoplebuy tickets to watch the show live and around 100 million people watch iton TV all over the world.

這場演出已有65 年歷史，節日期間每天晚上有表演在愛丁堡城堡外舉行。你可以聆聽軍樂隊中風笛手和鼓手的演奏，觀看傳統的蘇格蘭舞蹈，并欣賞愛丁堡夜空中的煙花。超過20 萬人購買了現場觀看該場演出的門票，而全世界約有1 億人在電視上觀看演出。

Notes

1. capital 首都；首府；省會

2. original 起初的；原先的

3. perform 演出；表演

4. visual 視覺的；視力的；栩栩如生的

5. gallery 美術館；畫廊

6. fashion 時裝領域；時尚界

7. exhibition 展覽；展出

8. fringe 穗；流蘇；邊緣；外圍

9. magician? 魔術師；變戲法的人

10. acrobat? 雜技演員

11. comedian 喜劇演員；滑稽演員

12. carnival 狂歡節；嘉年華會

13. circus 馬戲團；馬戲演員；馬戲表演

14. costume 服裝；裝束；戲服；表演服裝

15. military tattoo 軍樂節

16. piper 管樂器吹奏者；風笛吹奏者

17. drummer 鼓手

18. band 樂隊