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New York City Culture
紐約文化
New York City, in the state of New York,is the largest city in the United States.
位于紐約州的紐約市是全美最大的城市，
More than 8,000,000 people live there.
有著800多萬的人口，
That is more than 2 times the number of people in Los Angeles, California, America's second largest city.
這個數字是美國第二大城市洛杉磯的兩倍多。
New York City is the cultural capital of America.
紐約是美國的文化之都，
It is an important center for art, architecture,theater, music, dance and film.
它是藝術，建筑，戲劇，音樂，舞蹈和電影的重要中心。
New York is also known for its cultural diversity.
紐約也以其文化的多樣性而聞名。
About 36 percent of the people were born in a foreign country.
約有36%的居民來自國外。
If you asked those people where they are from,they would probably say: The Dominican Republic,China, Jamaica, Guyana, Mexico, Ecuador, Haiti,Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia or Russia.
如果你問他們來自哪里，他們則可能這樣回答你:來自多米尼加共和國，中國，牙買加，圭亞那，墨西哥，厄瓜多爾，海地，特立尼達和多巴哥，哥倫比亞或俄羅斯。
Most new immigrants come from those 10 countries.
大多數新移民來自這10個國家。
However, about 170 languages are spoken in America's largest city.
然而，在美國第一大城市里的人們使用的語言竟達170種之多。
Many Europeans moved to New York about 100 years ago.
大約100年前，很多歐洲人遷移至紐約。
They came mostly from Italy, Ireland,Germany, Russia and Poland.
這些歐洲人主要來自意大利，愛爾蘭，德國，俄羅斯和波蘭。
Today, the New York City area has the largest number of Jews outside of Israel.
如今，除以色列外，紐約市已成為最多猶太人聚居之地；
It is also home to more African-Americans than any other American city.
它也是全美國內最多非裔美國人居住的城市；
Except for Puerto Rico itself,more Puerto Ricans live in New York City than in any other place in the world.
此外，除了波多黎各本地之外，紐約市就是世界上最多波多黎各人居住的地方了。
Immigrants often live in communities with other people from their countries.
移民通常居住在同鄉們聚居的社區里，
These include communities of Italians, Russians,Chinese, Koreans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans.
諸如意大利人社區，俄羅斯人社區，中國人社區，韓國人社區，多米尼加人社區和波多黎各人社區等。
About 44 percent of all New Yorkers are white.
紐約人中白人約占44%，
A little over one-fourth are African-American.
非裔美國人所占比例則略多與四分之一，
About one-fourth are Hispanic or Latino.
西班牙裔或拉美裔的美國人約占四分之一，
Nearly 12 percent have Asian ancestors.
而亞裔美國人則幾乎占了12%。
One thing that all New Yorkers have in common is the density of their city.
對美國居住在紐約的人來說，這個城市有個公認的特點，那就是城市人口密集，
Millions of people live in a small place.
上百萬人住在一個小地方里。
New York City has 5 boroughs.
紐約市有5個區，
They are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island,Queens, and Manhattan.
分別是:布朗克斯區，布魯克林區，斯丹登島，皇后區及曼哈頓島。
The island of Manhattan has almost 26,000 people per square kilometer of land.
曼哈頓島每平方公里有將近2.6萬人。
The streets of Manhattan are very crowded because so many people live and work in there.
由于很多人在曼哈頓生活和工作，所以那里的街道擁擠不堪。
Most people travel in buses, taxi cabs,or underground in the subway instead of owning cars.
大多數人出行時沒有開私家車，而是乘坐公交，出租車或地鐵，
Most live in tall apartment buildings.
而且他們都住在公寓大樓里。
Manhattan is home to some of the wealthiest as well as the poorest people in the city.
曼哈頓同時聚集著這個城市里最富有的人和最貧窮的人。
