London,the capital of Great Britain,is also one of the world's capitals of finance,fashion,arts and entertainment.
The city has a recorded history dating back to Roman times and encompassing the lives of such illustrious political figures as William the Conqueror,Thomas à Becket,and Queen Elizabeth I,as well as those of William Shakespeare,John Milton,and the other authors who created one of the world's great bodies of the heart of a vast empire,London was also a center of the Industrial Revolution () and a showcase for both the material progress and the dire social ills it the twentieth century,the city has rebuilt and renewed itself following the devastating bombing attacks of World War II (1939–1945) and discovered a new identity as a post-imperial,multi-ethnic metropolis.
It enters a new century (and the third millennium of its history) reinvigorated by a booming economy,as well as the inauguration of a new form of local government.
伦敦是英国的首都,也是世界金融、时尚、艺术和娱乐的首都之一。
这座城市的历史可以追溯到罗马时代,包括征服者威廉、托马斯·贝克特和伊丽莎白女王一世等著名政治人物的生活,以及威廉·莎士比亚、约翰·弥尔顿和其他作家的生活,他们创造了世界上最伟大的文学作品之一。伦敦曾是一个庞大帝国的中心,也是工业革命(约1750年)的中心,也是物质进步和它所造成的可怕社会弊病的展示地。在二十世纪,这座城市在第二次世界大战(1939-1945)的毁灭性轰炸袭击后重建和更新,并发现了后帝国时代多民族大都市的新身份。
它进入了一个新的世纪(以及它历史上的第三个千年),经济蓬勃发展,以及新形式的地方政府的成立为它注入了活力。