Hotels in London, until recently one of the world's most expensive cities to visit, are slashing prices as they compete for a dwindling pool of overseas visitors.

直到最近，伦敦一直是世界上最昂贵的旅游城市之一，而现在，伦敦的酒店正开始全面降价，以争夺日益减少的的海外游客。

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The experience of the pool will be truly unique, it will feel like floating through the air in central London.

空中泳池的体验绝对是独一无二的，你会感觉就像漂浮在伦敦中央上空一样。

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Within days the friendly owner had found us a beautiful house to rent with a huge garden and pool, all for the price of a double bedroom in London.

在数天后，友好老板告诉我们，他发现了一个美丽的房子要出租，那有一个巨大的花园和游泳池，所有的价格都比伦敦便宜一半。

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The win, in front of over 20, 000 at the Madejski Stadium, sends London Irish top of the pool ahead of Jonny Wilkinson's Toulon, who needed a late Paul Sackey try to beat the Ospreys in the south of France.

BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

London (CNN) -- Young stars shone at the Olympic pool Monday as Yannick Agnel of France won his second gold medal of the London Games, American teen sensation Missy Franklin won her first and a 15-year-old Lithuanian stunned the women's 100-meter breaststroke field.

CNN: Olympics: Young stars winning swimming golds

The lead singer of the London pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool has died during a music festival in Belgium, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

BBC: The mast behind the festival venue in Belgium