美語情景對話 第374期:Living in the Big Apple 在紐約生活

Todd: Now, Mike, you lived in New York City. That's really, really cool. I think New York's a fantastic city. I've never lived there, but I visited New York many times. What was it like living in New York City?

託德：邁克，你曾經在紐約市生活過。那真是太酷了。我認爲紐約是個夢幻般的城市。我從來沒在那裏生活過，不過我去過紐約很多次。生活在紐約感覺怎麼樣？

Mike: Uh, like you said, there's a lot of cool things to do and see in New York. One big difference, when you’re living there, compared to when you're visiting there, is that you start to feel like a New Yorker does, and it changes your sort of view point of the city and things to do there. Within the city, there's a lot of different, interesting places, and things to do, and of course, when you live there, you find out about more places that you normally wouldn't, either wouldn't know about or wouldn't have time to see if you were just visiting for a few days.

邁克：嗯，就像你說的，紐約有很多好玩的事情可以做、可以看。相比於去那裏遊玩，生活在那裏最大的一個不同就是，你會覺得自己像個紐約人，這會改變你對這個城市的看法，還有你在那裏做的事情。紐約市有各種有趣的地方，有許多事情可以做，當然，當你生活在那裏時，你會發現更多有意思的地方，而只去那裏遊玩幾天是不會知道那些地方的，而且也沒有時間去遊覽。

Todd: What did you do in New York city?

託德：你在紐約都做什麼？

Mike: Well, I was there during the height of the internet boom, so I was working for an internet based company that was doing broadband web casting. I won't go into details, but there was just an internet related company, and so I lived in Midtown Manhattan in an expensive apartment, with a few friends and it...

邁克：嗯，我在那裏的時候正趕上互聯網的繁榮時期，當時我爲一家以互聯網爲基礎的公司工作，那家公司是做寬帶業務的。我不會說得太詳細，那就是一家與互聯網相關的公司，當時我和一些朋友住在曼哈頓中城區一個非常昂貴的公寓……

Todd: Oh, you had roommates?

託德：哦，你有室友嗎？

Mike: Yes, I had three roommates, none of whom were from New York, which is very common in New York, I think. It's a city of people who come from elsewhere to live in and the people from New York tend to, I think, sound and act a bit differently than the rest.

邁克：對，我有三個室友，他們沒有一個人是來自紐約的，我想這在紐約非常常見。生活在紐約的人來自各地，而從紐約來的人聽起來或是他們的行動和其他人有些不同。

Todd: What was your favorite part of New York City?

託德：你最喜歡紐約市的哪個地方？

Mike: Well, as you may know, New York is divided into several sectors, and I'll stick to Manhattan though, one of the main boroughs in New York is Manhattan. In that borough, it's divided into several sections, several areas. One of my favorite was Greenwich Village, and in that area there's a lot of interesting clubs and bars and right next to there, in another area called the Bowery, which is right next to Greenwich Village there are some sort of old icons and places that I'd known from back in the seventies, that were sort of where Punk Rock started, for example, ah, those kind of places, were there.

邁克：嗯，你可能知道，紐約分爲多個區域，而我依然最喜歡曼哈頓，曼哈頓是紐約市主要的地區之一。這一區又被分爲多個區域。我最喜歡的地區之一就是格林尼治村，那裏有許多有意思的俱樂部和酒吧，而與該區相鄰的地區名爲波威裏街，這個區與格林尼治村相鄰，有許多古老的雕像和老地方，我知道那些可以追溯到上世紀70年代，那裏是朋克搖滾的發源地，就是那種地方。

Todd: You like Punk music?

託德：你喜歡朋克音樂嗎？

Mike: Yeah, I do. I'm a big fan. Old guy that I am. Yes.

邁克：我喜歡。我是朋克音樂的狂熱粉絲。當然我已經老了。

Todd: Oh, that's cool. Um, could you ever live in New York City again?

託德：哦，那真酷。嗯，你還會去紐約市生活嗎？

Mike: Absolutely. I would live in New York, but, again it's an expensive city to live in and I think it's a very competitive city, and, yeah, if I had, if I had the opportunity I'd definitely live there again. I wouldn't settle in New York, but I'd definitely live there for awhile.

邁克：當然會了。我還會去紐約市生活的，那裏的生活開銷很大，我認爲那是一個具有競爭力的城市，當然，如果有機會，我絕對會再去那裏生活的。我不會在紐約定居，但是我絕對會在那裏生活一段時間。

Todd: Oh, cool. Thanks, Mike.

託德：哦，真酷。謝謝你，邁克。

重點講解：
1. compared to
相對…而言；對照；
eg. Last year, the percentage of free legal hours slid noticeably compared to 2009.
去年，免費法律援助時間的比例較2009年顯著下降。
eg. It was nothing compared to what was still to come.
比起接下來要發生的，這都不算什麼。
2. go into details
詳細敘述；逐一說明；
eg. I propose to give only a general survey of the subject; I shall not go into details.
關於這一專題，我打算只講一個概況; 我不想詳談細節。
eg. It is unnecessary to go into details.
毋庸贅述。
3. divide into
（使）分開；（使）分散；（使）分裂；
eg. The physical benefits of exercise can be divided into three factors.
運動對身體的好處可以分爲3個方面。
eg. It will be easiest if we divide them into groups.
如果我們將他們分成小組將是最簡單的。
4. stick to
堅持不變；
eg. We don't want to hear your opinions; stick to the facts!
我們不想聽你的想法，只講事實！
eg. Stick to your principles, and you will win through.
堅持你的原則，就會勝利。