A Sculpture That Stands High Above 高聳參天的紅色螺旋塔
精英翻譯社轉自http://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/304652/web/
A tower in London that is truly one-of-a-kind.
倫敦有一座非常獨特的塔。
Near London's Olympic Stadium▼ stands a tall sculpture that looks like a picture out of a high school science textbook. The twisting red tower also looks a bit like some frightening roller coaster ride. However, it is really Britain's largest piece of public art complete with an observation tower▼ — the ArcelorMittal Orbit▼.
倫敦奧林匹克體育館附近，聳立著一座看起來就像高中自然科學課本圖片裡的高大雕刻品。這座螺旋狀的紅塔也看起來有點像某個嚇人的雲霄飛車遊樂設施。然而，它事實上是英國最大的一件配有瞭望塔的公共藝術品 —— 阿塞洛米塔爾軌道塔。
The Orbit Tower, as it is also known, was designed in honor of the 2012 Olympics being held in London. Its designers, Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, won a competition▼ to design an Olympic tower in 2009. They wanted the tower to appear somewhat unstable and never straight up and down, making it look like it was defying▼ gravity▼. It was a grand and odd design, to be sure.
這座軌道塔，正如人們所知的，是被設計來紀念 2012 年在倫敦舉辦的奧運。它的設計者 —— 阿尼西‧卡普爾和西塞爾‧貝爾蒙德 —— 於 2009 年一場設計奧運塔的比賽中獲得優勝。他們想要這座塔看起來有點不穩又絕對不會從上到下筆直挺立，使它看起來能抵抗地心引力。不能否認的是，它是一個宏偉且奇特的設計。
When the tower was finally finished, the reviews were mixed. Though some people's thoughts on the tower are up in the air, most agree that the view from the top can't be beat. The observation deck is reached by a huge winding stairway▼. The structure also includes the world's longest and tallest tunnel slide. Who could give that a negative review as they slide to the bottom?
這座塔最終完成後，得到了褒貶不一的評論。雖然有些人對這座塔的想法懸而未定，但是大部分的人都同意由上往下看到的景色是勝過一切的。有一個大型螺旋狀的樓梯通往它的瞭望台。這個建築物也包含了世上最長且最高的隧道溜滑梯。誰從上面滑下來後會給它負面評論呢？
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