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Oxford Circus 牛津马戏团站 The oldest sense of circus is ‘a large building, surrounded with rising tiers of seats, for the exhibition of public spectacles’but, in this instance, it is simply a ‘circular open space at a street junction’. circus最古老的意思是“一幢大楼，由层层座椅围绕着，可以作展览和公开表演之用”。但这里就是“十字路口圆形空地”的意思。 King’s Cross St Pancras 国王的十字圣潘克洛斯站 This tube station services King’s Cross and St Pancras National Rail stations. The former is now perhaps best known for being Harry Potter’s entrance to Hogwarts, but the king in question is King George IV (who reigned 1820-1830), and the cross, a monument that was demolished in 1845. St Pancras was born around 289, and beheaded for his Christian faith when he was 14 years old. 这个地铁站监管国王的十字和圣潘克洛斯国家火车站。前者即哈利波特通往霍格沃茨的车站，广为人知;但引人热议的国王是指乔治四世(1820-1830执政);而十字毁于1845年。圣潘克洛斯出生于约莫289年，14岁时因其基督信仰而被斩首。 Angel 天使站 It’s named after a former coaching inn on the Great North Road called the Angel, dating from the 17th century. | 
