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　　</SPAN>The Lake District</SPAN>（湖区）</SPAN>, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its mountains (or fells). With more than 3,500 kilometers of rights of way, visitors can walk, cycle and ride around the beautiful Lake District countryside to their heart's content. And of course they can also get on the water of our lakes and coastline</SPAN>。</SPAN> </SPAN>
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　　</SPAN>The Lake District is intimately associated with English literature in the 18th and 19th centuries. Thomas Gray was the first to bring the region to attention, when he wrote a journal of his Grand Tour in 1769, but it was William Wordsworth whose poems were most famous and influential. Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", inspired by the sight of daffodils(</SPAN>黄水仙</SPAN>) on the shores of Ulls water, remains one of the most famous in the English language. During the early 20th century, the children's author Beatrix Potter was in residence at Hill Top Farm, setting many of her famous Peter Rabbit books in the Lake District. Her life was made into a biopic film, starring Ren</SPAN>é</SPAN>e Zellweger and Ewan McGregor</SPAN>。</SPAN> </SPAN>
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　　英国乡村那些质朴美丽的景致，相信大家在无数名著中都有所耳闻。而湖区</SPAN>(The Lake District)</SPAN>就是其中的代表。这里可谓是英国人的“后花园”，是本地人心中乡村中的乡村，最能体现纯本土化的英国式生活。住在城市里的人们总是一有假期就往这里钻，有钱人都爱这里置业，安排自己的度假别墅。也难怪，此地青山秀水，无论是家庭聚会还是情侣约会，或者你只是想自己待着，到湖边转上一圈，亦是好的。无数名人都曾在这里留下过他们的足迹，包括华兹华斯</SPAN>(William Wordsworth)</SPAN>，和画兔子的波特小姐</SPAN>(Miss Potter)</SPAN>。如果你也是他们的粉丝，不妨在湖边漫步的时候顺带瞻仰。</SPAN>
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