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艺术伦敦-- Charing Cross Road（查灵十字街）

Charing Cross Road is a street in central London running immediately north of St. Martin-in-the-Fields（圣马丁教堂） to the intersection with Oxford Street and then becomes Tottenham Court Road. It is so called because it serves Charing Cross railway station（查灵十字车站）.

Charing Cross Road is renowned for its specialist and second-hand bookshops. The section from Leicester Square（莱斯特广场，附近有著名的唐人街）tube station to Cambridge Circus（剑桥商圈）is home to specialist bookshops, and more general second-hand and antiquarian shops.

Most of these shops are located on the ground floor of a block owned by a housing association, which decided in 2001 to raise the rents sharply to bring them closer to the market level. Several of the bookshops closed nonetheless, including Silver Moon（银月书店）, apparently Europe's largest women's interest bookshop, which became part of Foyles（富瑶书店）. Other shops closed more recently, Zwemmers art bookshop（慈威玛艺术书店）, Shipley the art bookshop（希普利艺术书店）in December 2008 and Murder One（一级谋杀书店）in 2009. Smaller second-hand and specialist antiquarian bookshops can be found on the adjoining（邻接的）Cecil Court.

推荐理由：英国伦敦的查灵十字街是著名的书街，街上除了连锁书店外，还有多样化的主题书店。其中最让书迷津津乐道的，是一些专卖旧书的二手书店及古董书店。虽然如今由于书店租金的上涨以及电子书的兴起，一些经典的老牌书店都纷纷倒闭，而查灵十字街的风光也不复存在，但依然无法阻挡这条街散发出的浓浓的文化气息。

延伸阅读：《查灵十字街84号》被誉为"爱书人圣经"的书信集，记录了纽约女作家海莲・汉芙和伦敦马克斯与科恩书店的书商弗兰克・德尔之间的书缘情缘。它被译成数十种文字流传，广播、舞台和银幕也钟情它。那家书店的地址--查灵十字街84号已经成为全球爱书人之间的一个暗号。三十多年来，人们读它、写它、演它，在这段传奇里彼此问候，相互取暖。还有根据本书改编的同名电影。

小编评语：对一般人来说，伦敦的"查灵十字街84号"只是一个消逝的门牌号码。但是对爱书人来说，它却因一本薄薄的书信集、一出舞台剧、一部电影，变成了触手可及的现实记忆。

时尚伦敦--Savile Row（萨维尔街）

Savile Row is a shopping street in Mayfair（伦敦的上流住宅区）, central London, famous for its traditional men's bespoke（全定制的）tailoring. The term "bespoke" is understood to have originated in Savile Row. The short street is termed the "golden mile（黄金地段）of tailoring", where customers have included Winston Churchill（丘吉尔首相）, Lord Nelson（纳尔逊勋爵）and Napoleon III（拿破仑三世）, etc.

Savile Row was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate, and is named after Lady Dorothy Savile, wife of the 3rd Earl of Burlington.

During the 19th century, the gentry（上流社会人士）became concerned with neat dress, and Beau Brummell（博布・鲁梅尔，英国著名纨F子弟，以其时髦服装和举止闻名）epitomized the well-dressed man. He patronized（资助）the tailors congregated on the Burlington Estate, notably around Cork Street（库克街，全世界著名的高端艺术品街）, and by 1803 some were occupying premises in Savile Row. None of those original tailors survive today.

In 1846, Henry Poole is credited as being the "Founder of Savile Row" after opening a second entrance to his late（已故的）father's tailoring premises at No. 32 Savile Row; however, there were tailors on the Row long before Poole's.

推荐理由：萨维尔街位于伦敦中心位置的上流住宅区里的购物街，以传统的男士定制服装而闻名。"定制"一词就起源于萨维尔街，意思是为个别客户量身剪裁。短短的一条街被誉为"量身定制的黄金地段"。"全定制"是萨维尔街定制的精髓所在，也是其200年来长盛不衰的根本。

延伸阅读：

萨维尔街上的十大名店

1. Anderson & Sheppard (1873)：萨维尔街上最负盛名的裁缝店。

2. H-Huntsman (1849) ：萨维尔街上最昂贵的裁缝店。

3. Henry Poole (1806)：萨维尔街上的第一家裁缝店。

4. Dege & Skinner (1865) ：阿拉伯国家王室的最爱。

5. Kilgour's (1870) ：坚持传统裁剪的代表。

6. Ede & Ravenscroft (1689)：这是伦敦最古老的裁缝店。

7. Gieves & Hawkes (1785) ：英国军队军装的供货商。

8. Hardy Amies (1946) ：伊丽莎白女王御用的女装定制品牌。

9. Maurice Sedwell (1938) ：拥有无数种顶级面料。

10. Norton & Sons (1821) ：擅长制作猎装。

小编评语：尽管随着租金日益高涨等原因，萨维尔街的裁缝店数量逐年下降。但是无论如何，萨维尔街仍然是最好的男装剪裁圣地。毕竟，对传统的伦敦人来说，一套全定制的西服代表着他们心中永远的"绅士情结"。 也只有地处萨维尔街及附近街道的54家店，才可以称自己为"英国萨维尔街的裁缝店"。(钟鸣/选编)

生 词 表

Charing

intersection

serf n 农奴,奴隶

Leicester

Cambridge n 剑桥

locate v 查找...的地点,使 ...

坐落于,位于

Foyles

Shipley

Cecil

Mayfair

originate v/n (in/from)起源,发生,创造

Churchill

Nelson

III

estate n 地产,房地产

earl n 伯爵

gentry n 贵族,上层阶级

Brummell

patronize vt 庇护,赞助

notably

premise n 前提

Henry

Anderson

Huntsman

Skinner

Ede

Gieves

Amies

Sedwell