A small city in the middle of Germany, famous far beyond its size because so many great writers and thinkers lived there. In the late 1700s and early 1800s the poets Goethe and Schiller both settled in Weimar, and the town became the centre of German literature — people still visit their houses today. Later, the Bauhaus art and design school started there.

A small city in the middle of Germany是德國中部的一座小城市 famous far beyond its size名氣遠遠超過它的規模 because so many great writers and thinkers lived there因為有很多偉大的作家和思想家曾住在那裡 In the late 1700s and early 1800s在十八世紀末、十九世紀初 the poets Goethe and Schiller both settled in Weimar詩人歌德和席勒都定居在威瑪 and the town became the centre of German literature這座城鎮就成了德國文學的中心 people still visit their houses today人們今天還是會去參觀他們的故居 Later後來 the Bauhaus art and design school started there包浩斯這所藝術設計學校也是從那裡開始的

The name comes up in history class most often in "the Weimar Republic": that was the German government from 1919 to 1933, named Weimar because the new constitution was written in this town, in the calm countryside, away from the fighting in Berlin. So when a history book says "Weimar Germany", it means the whole country in those years, not the little city.

The name comes up in history class most often in 'the Weimar Republic'這個名字在歷史課上最常出現在'the Weimar Republic'（威瑪共和）裡 that was the German government from 1919 to 1933那是1919年到1933年的德國政府 named Weimar被稱作威瑪 because the new constitution was written in this town因為新憲法就是在這座城鎮寫成的 in the calm countryside在寧靜的鄉間 away from the fighting in Berlin遠離柏林的戰亂 So when a history book says 'Weimar Germany'所以當歷史書說'Weimar Germany'（威瑪德國）時 it means the whole country in those years它指的是那些年整個國家 not the little city而不是那座小城市

In English it is said roughly VY-mar, with the German w sounding like our v.

In English it is said roughly VY-mar英文大概唸成VY-mar with the German w sounding like our v德文的w發音像我們的v