alton towers,中文名奥尔顿塔，它是英国最大主题公园及游乐场，也是世界十大游乐场之一。奥尔顿塔位于英国英格兰中部的斯塔福德郡，园中有各种刺激的游戏和优美的环境，更重要的是此园以奥尔顿塔得名。此塔为一座200多年前的城堡，后来传说拥有城堡的这个家族遭诅咒，成员相继死去。不过现在此塔允许游客入内，但有一部分塔内区域禁止入内，这给了游客想象的余地，或许是真的有玄机。

alton towers - curse

hidden away in the grounds of the uk's number 1 tourist attraction is a derelict gothic mansion, the original alton towers. very few visitors are actually aware of the buildings existence, or the haunted folklore which surrounds it.

alton towers was built in an area named bunbury hill. the land started out as an iron age fort in the years before 1000bc and remained that way till saxon king ceolred mercia made it his fortress in 700ad. right through to the 1100s ad, the fort had many uses and many owners, until it was given to a crusader bertram de verdan for his efforts during the holy land wars.

eventually it came to belong to the talbot family. the first earl of shrewsbury was john talbot who for most of his life fought alongside henry v. the family always remained close to the heart of the rulers of the country.

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• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律