美語情景對話 第767期:Cool Spots 熱門景點

Mike: Hey, Mari, so you said New York was very diverse. What parts or neighborhoods do you like?

邁克：嗨，馬裏，你說過紐約是個多樣化的城市。你最喜歡紐約的哪個地區？

Mari: I really like Soho because there's lots of great shopping to do. Really small shops and really cute restaurants and cafes and then if I'm lucky sometimes when I'm walking around or eating I see like movie stars, so recently before I moved back to Japan I was shopping on Broadway and I saw Claire Danes with her boyfriend. It was pretty cool.

馬裏：我非常喜歡蘇豪區，因爲那裏是個非常棒的購物去處。蘇豪區有很多小店、不錯的餐廳和咖啡廳，如果幸運的話，在蘇豪區漫步或是吃飯還會看見電影明星，我回日本之前在百老匯大道購物時看到了克萊爾·丹尼斯和她男友。那真是太酷了。

Mike: So, I always hear about Central Park. Can you tell me about Central Park?

邁克：我經常聽人提到紐約中央公園。你能說下中央公園的情況嗎？

Mari: Yeah, Central Park is obviously in the middle of Manhattan. It's really big and people go and play sports or they just hang out and walk around. If you go there on the weekends, you see a lot of joggers because the roads are closed off, so there's no cars. Cars are not allowed, and in the summertime you see a lot of roller-bladers, and bikers.

馬裏：好，很顯然，紐約中央公園位於曼哈頓中心。中央公園非常大，人們會去那裏進行體育活動，或是隻是去那裏散步。如果週末去中央公園，你會看到很多人在那裏慢跑，因爲中央公園裏面的路是隔離的，所以沒有汽車。汽車不能進入中央公園，夏天有很多人在中央公園滑旱冰和騎自行車。

Mike: How big is the park?

邁克：中央公園有多大？

Mari: It's really big. It goes from I think 56th Street to 110th, so it's pretty large.

馬裏：非常大。我想面積大概有從紐約第56街到第110街那麼大，非常大。

Mike: So, what other parts?

邁克：那其他地方呢？

Mari: I went to grad school at Colombia so I lived right near Harlem and I actually really like Harlem because you get a very neighborhood feeling. You hear... You see people walking on the street talking to each other. You walk by the barbershop and you know that everyone knows each other. Everyone is interested in the other. They're gossiping about people in their neighborhood.

馬裏：我在哥倫比亞大學唸的研究生，當時我住在哈萊姆區附近，我非常喜歡哈萊姆區，因爲那裏讓人有親切感。那裏的人們在路上遇到都會互相聊天。去理髮店的話會發現人們之間互相都認識。所有人都對其他人的事情感興趣。他們會閒談社區裏發生的事。

Mike: Is there any area you don't really like?

邁克：有沒有你不喜歡的地區？

Mari: Because I am from New York City, I really don't like going to Times Square. I feel like it's very commercial and touristy, so I really don't like Times Square, but I guess for tourists it's very exciting. There's all these lights and, and I don't know, it's probably very exciting, the side street vendors, the musicians and all these things. It would be exciting for tourists, but I try to avoid it.

馬裏：我來自紐約市，所以我不喜歡時代廣場。我認爲時代廣場太商業化了，而且旅遊味道太濃，我非常不喜歡時代廣場，不過遊客很喜歡那裏。我認爲，時代廣場的燈光、街邊的商販還有音樂人都會讓遊客感覺興奮。時代廣場對遊客來說可能是個令人興奮的地方，但是我會盡量不去那裏。

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重點講解：
1. in the middle of 中部；中央；中間；
例句：Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee.
霍華德站在房間中央，小口抿着一杯咖啡。
2. hang out 閒逛，逗留；
例句：I often used to hang out in supermarkets.
我過去經常在超市裏逛個沒完。
3. close off 隔絕；封鎖；
例句：The workmen closed off the street for repairs.
工人們將大街封鎖進行翻修。
4. each other 彼此；互相；
例句：They took out their resentments on each other.
他們互相發泄怨氣。
5. be interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：He is not interested in second hand information.
他對間接的消息不感興趣。