DESCENDING INTO(走入，下行进入) the crypt(地下墓室，地窖) of St Mary-le-Bow church is akin to(类似于，相当于) stepping through a thousand years of history. The church was founded by the Normans(诺曼人（1066年征服英格兰）) in 1080, rebuilt by Christopher Wren(克里斯托弗·雷恩（英国建筑师）) after the Great Fire of London(1666年伦敦大火) in 1666, and again after the Luftwaffe(纳粹德国空军) bombed it in 1941. Anyone born within the sound of its famous bells is deemed(被视为，认为) "a true Londoner(真正的伦敦人（出身论）)". In those cellars today, though, you will find something reflecting a modern trend: cases of fine wine served in the church’s upmarket(高档的，高级的) bar.
走下圣玛丽勒布教堂的地下墓室，犹如穿越千年历史。这座教堂由诺曼人于1080年建立，1666年伦敦大火后由克里斯托弗·雷恩重建，1941年又遭纳粹空军轰炸后再次重建。在它著名的钟声范围内出生的任何人，都被认为是“真正的伦敦人”。然而，如今在这些地下室里，你会发现一些反映现代潮流的东西：教堂高档酒吧里供应的精品葡萄酒。
The City of London—the Square Mile(平方英里（伦敦金融城别称）) of the financial district—is changing. A decade or two ago it was strictly a weekday destination: pubs and restaurants, frequented(经常光顾的) mainly by financiers(金融家，金融业人士), would typically shut early on weekdays and be closed altogether at weekends. No longer. It now bustles with(充满（活力/人群）) nightlife all week, with 222 restaurants, 193 pubs and bars, 35 hotels and nine nightclubs. Weekend footfall(人流量) rose by 8% last year.
伦敦金融城——即金融区的平方英里——正在改变。一二十年前，这里严格来说是一个工作日目的地：主要由金融人士光顾的酒吧和餐馆，通常在工作日早早关门，周末则完全关闭。现在不再是这样了。如今这里整周都充满夜生活，拥有222家餐厅、193家酒馆酒吧、35家酒店和9家夜总会。去年的周末人流量增长了8%。
That is not by accident(偶然，意外地). Brexit(英国脱欧) and covid-19(新冠肺炎大流行) forced a strategy rethink(战略反思/重新思考) by the City of London Corporation(伦敦金融城政府), which runs the Square Mile. Chris Hayward, its policy chair, devised a plan that “reimagined, redesigned and revisualised(重新想象、设计、构想)” the City as a “seven-day-a-week destination(目的地，去处)”. Footfall on Saturday nights has risen by 20% in the first four months of this year compared with two years ago.
这并非偶然。英国脱欧和新冠疫情迫使负责管理平方英里的伦敦金融城政府重新思考战略。其政策主席克里斯·海沃德制定了一项计划，“重新想象、重新设计、重新构想”金融城，将其打造成“一周七天全天候目的地”。今年前四个月，周六晚上的客流量比两年前增长了20%。