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He even built a giant wooden model to show the king and clergy just what they would be getting.
他建造了一个木制模型 向国王及教士 展示未来的大教堂
How could they not be awestruck by the huge dome
当他们看到这个采用了类似显微镜的技术
that used the same technology as a microscope to flood the interior with light?
以便让阳光洒进教堂的巨大圆顶时 怎能不惊奇呢
But there was a problem.
然而还有一个问题
Wren had designed his cathedral as a Greek cross,
为在光学及声学上求得完美
sacrificing the traditional floor plan of a Protestant church
雷恩按照希腊十字架的样式设计这座教堂
in favour of perfect acoustics and light.
从而牺牲了传统的新教教堂的结构
You can almost hear the mystified, angry complaints of the reverends.
牧师们迷惑而愤怒的责怨 随处可听
Where exactly is the choir supposed to go?
唱诗班该站在哪里呢
How do we process up a nave which isn't there?
没有中殿 还怎么上中殿布道呢
Mostly they said, "Call us old-fashioned,
大部分教士认为 我们确实守旧
But this looks suspiciously to us like a Catholic basilica.
可我们很怀疑这是天主教教堂
We'll be, if your partner phrase, damned If we're going to let St Paul's turn into St Peter's.
我们会遭诅咒 如果我们任凭圣保罗教堂变成圣彼得教堂
When the king joined the critics,he told him to go back to the drawing board,
国王听到埋怨后 责令他重新设计
Wren's normally very dry eyes are said to have filled with tears.
雷恩熬夜干涩的眼睛禁不住涌出泪水
He would have his chance to build his dome cathedral,
他可以建造他梦想的圆顶教堂
but only when it was joined to a long nave,
但前提是必须加上长长的中殿
something resembling a traditional church.
而这与传统的教堂大同小异
