美語情景對話 第1089期:New York Tips 紐約旅行小貼士

Warren: Hey, Antoinette, why don't you tell me about growing up in New York?

沃倫：嘿，安託萬內特，和我談談你在紐約的成長經歷吧。

Antoinette: New York. Warren, why do you want to know about that? Well, growing up in New York was lots of fun. I loved growing up in New York. I couldn't imagine growing up anywhere else.

安託萬內特：紐約。沃倫，你爲什麼想知道這個呢？在紐約成長很有趣。我喜歡在紐約長大。我無法想象在其他地方成長會怎樣。

Warren: Really?

沃倫：真的嗎？

Antoinette: Yeah, really. The fun things I did – well, lots of movies to go see but I guess you can see movies anywhere in the US. Anywhere in the world for that matter. I enjoyed being able to go to Lincoln Center for concerts or Carnegie Hall and even play in Carnegie Hall. So I did play in Carnegie Hall.

安託萬內特：對，真的。我做了很多有趣的事情，我去電影院看了很多電影，不過我想美國任何地方都可以看電影。就這點而言，世界任何地方都可以辦到。我喜歡去林肯中心和卡內基音樂廳看演出，我甚至還在卡內基音樂廳表演過。我真的在卡內基音樂廳表演過。

Warren: Wow. Well, that's exciting.

沃倫：哇哦。那真人興奮。

Antoinette: Have you ever been to New York?

安託萬內特：你去過紐約嗎？

Warren: I have.

沃倫：去過。

Antoinette: You have.

安託萬內特：你去過。

Warren: Yeah. I've been there twice.

沃倫：對，我去過紐約兩次。

Antoinette: Okay. What did you do when you were there?

安託萬內特：好。你去紐約哪些地方遊玩了？

Warren: The first time, I was with my mother. I was 12 years old. And we went to Central Park and we saw some museums around Central Park.

沃倫：我第一次去紐約是和我媽媽一起去的。當時我12歲。我們去了紐約中央公園，我看到紐約中央公園周邊有一些博物館。

Antoinette: You didn't go into the museums?

安託萬內特：你沒進博物館嗎？

Warren: Yes, we did go into the museums.

沃倫：進了，我們去博物館參觀了。

Antoinette: Oh, okay. Yeah. That's my park, Central Park. How did you find my park? Did you like my park?

安託萬內特：哦，好。紐約中央公園是我的公園。你是怎麼發現我的公園的？你喜歡我的公園嗎？

Warren: It was great. I was surprised how big it was.

沃倫：那裏非常棒。那裏的規模讓我非常吃驚。

Antoinette: It is a big park. That's what I like about it. You can get lost in the park and almost forget that you're in a city.

安託萬內特：那的確是一座大公園。所以我非常喜歡它。在紐約中央公園可能會迷路，幾乎會忘掉自己身處城市之中。

Warren: Yeah. That's what I found really neat about it is sometimes I felt like I was in the countryside. But then I would see large buildings.

沃倫：是的。我發現那裏非常整潔，有時我感覺我好像在鄉村。不過我能看到大型建築。

Antoinette: Yes. Yeah, I enjoy that, too. Did you know that you could ride horses in the park?

安託萬內特：對，沒錯。我也很喜歡這點。你知道可以在紐約中央公園騎馬嗎？

Warren: No, I didn't.

沃倫：我不知道。

Antoinette: Did you know about the skating rink in the park?

安託萬內特：你知道紐約中央公園裏有滑冰場嗎？

Warren: Yes. I've seen the skating rink on TV.

沃倫：我知道，我在電視上看到過那個滑冰場。

Antoinette: Okay. What time of year did you go? What season was it?

安託萬內特：好。你是什麼時候去的？什麼季節？

Warren: I've been there in the summer and in fall but not winter.

沃倫：我在夏天和秋天去過紐約中央公園，不過沒在冬天去過。

Antoinette: It's beautiful in any season, I think. I love Central Park.

安託萬內特：無論什麼季節，那裏都很漂亮。我愛紐約中央公園。

Warren: Yeah, me too. It was very – it was a memorable experience.

沃倫：我也是。那真的是一次令人難忘的經歷。

Antoinette: I'm glad to hear that. What other places did you go to?

安託萬內特：我很高興聽到你這麼說。你還去哪些地方遊玩了？

Warren: Well, when I was older, I went with my friend and we went on top of the Empire State Building.

沃倫：我長大以後，又和朋友去了紐約，我們登上了帝國大廈頂樓。

Antoinette: Okay. I'm not sure if they allow you to go up there now.

安託萬內特：好。我不確定現在還讓不讓上到頂樓了。

Warren: That was around 2004 that we went.

沃倫：我們是2004年去的。

Antoinette: Okay. Were you able to look over the edge?

安託萬內特：好。你能從頂樓往下看嗎？

Warren: I don't know if I was looking over the edge. I think it's inside but you're at the top.

沃倫：我不確定我有沒有往下看。我記得當時我們在裏面，不過那的確是頂層。

Antoinette: Okay. So yeah, things have changed a bit since I was a little girl.

安託萬內特：好。我小的時候去過，看來那裏變了。

Warren: Did it use to be outside that you could go?

沃倫：之前是能到外面去嗎？

Antoinette: You could go outside. There were these binoculars or I don't know what they're called but you put a little change in and you could see the city.

安託萬內特：可以去外面。外面有雙筒望遠鏡，我不確定是不是這樣叫，放些零錢進去，你就可以欣賞紐約的景色。

Warren: Yeah. They had those as well. Yeah.

沃倫：嗯。我也看到了那些望遠鏡。

Antoinette: Okay.

安託萬內特：好。

Warren: Yeah. We could see Central Park and you could even see the Statue of Liberty from there.

沃倫：嗯。用望遠鏡可以看到紐約中央公園，甚至還能看到自由女神像。

Antoinette: Oh well, I've been there.

安託萬內特：嗯，我去過那裏。

Warren: Yeah. Actually, I never got to go. Both times I went to New York, we wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty but we didn't have enough time.

沃倫：嗯，實際上，兩次我都沒能去自由女神像。我去了紐約兩次，每次我們都想去看看自由女神像，可是我們的時間不夠。

Antoinette: Oh well, you should plan another trip.

安託萬內特：哦，你應該再去一次紐約。

Warren: I'd like to, yeah. Sounds great.

沃倫：我很想去。聽起來太棒了。

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重點講解：
1. grow up 長大成人；成熟；
例句：When the children grow up, the parents grow old.
當孩子們長大時,父母們便老了。
2. for that matter 就此而言；
例句：For that matter, you are no better qualified than Mary.
就此而言，你並不比瑪麗更夠條件。
3. as well 也；還；
例句：All this leads to fewer cravings for sugar and the body's ability to handle it as well.
這些都有助於減少吃糖的慾望和提高身體的處理能力。
4. would like to do sth. （表示願意）想要；
例句：I would like to talk to you for a minute.
我想和你談一下。