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1. Let's Visit New York!
拜訪紐約
New York, New York. The city so nice They named it twice.
紐約州的紐約市，這城市好得人們稱呼它兩次。
These words were used to describe New York when it was by far the largest, richest, and most developed city in the United States.
過去人們總是用這些字眼來描述紐約，當時她是美國最大、最富有和最繁華的城市。
New York still remains the largest and most famous city in the U.S. today,
今天紐約仍然是美國最大和最有名的城市，
but some of its "nice" reputation has fallen over the past thirty years with stories of rampant crime making headlines around the world.
但是過去30年來，由于犯罪猖獗的報道在世界各地成為頭條新聞，使得它的一些“好”名聲直線下降。
How true are these stories?
這些報道究竟真相如何？
Is New York still a "nice" place to visit?
紐約仍是觀光的“好”地方嗎?
If so, what can a tourist do in New York?
如果是的話，觀光客在紐約能做什么呢？
Let's take a closer look at America's premier city.
咱們這就仔細來探訪一下這個美國首屈一指的城市吧。
First, as personal and social security are always uppermost in the minds of travelers, just how "dangerous" a city is New York?
首先，個人和社會安全向來是游客心中最關切的事，那么紐約到底有多“危險”呢？
Despite the glaring headlines, New York, located in the northeastern U.S., is one of the safest cities in the U.S.
盡管有那么多觸目驚心的頭條新聞，位于美國東北部的紐約仍是美國最安全的城市之一。
In fact, New York state (which includes New York city —— thus, "New York, New York, the city so nice they named it twice") ranks below other big-population states like California in both violent crime (of much concern to the tourist) and property crime.
事實上，紐約州(包括紐約市——于是有“紐約州的紐約市，這城市好得人們稱呼它兩次”)在暴力犯罪(這是觀光客很關心的)和財物犯罪上的排名比其它人口眾多的州——如加州，還來得低.
Other major cities have higher crime rates, too.
其它主要城市的犯罪率也比它高。
Thus, the foreign traveler to New York city can feel more secure here than in most other large metropolitan areas of the U.S.
因此，比起大部分其它的美國都會區，來紐約市的外國游客在此地能夠覺得比較安全。
Besides safety, why do more foreigners visit New York than any other American city?
除了安全外，到紐約的外國人為何比到美國任何其它城市多呢？
The answer lies in the character of New York itself.
答案在于紐約本身的特色。
No other city in the world is more cosmopolitan.
世界上沒有任何一個城市比它更國際化。
A walk through its hundreds of residential neighborhoods is like walking around the world itself.
走一趟它數以百計的住宅區就像走過全世界一樣。
Place names like Chinatown and Little Italy can be found on any map of New York, but smaller ethnic neighborhoods also abound.
諸如“中國城”和“小意大利”等地名在紐約市的任何地圖上都找得到，但較小的種族小區也有很多。
Also, all these groups sponsor annual or seasonal festivals,
此外，所有這些族群團體每年或每季都會贊助舉行慶典活動，
so that nearly every week one or more of these peoples will share their cultural experiences (and food!) with other New Yorkers.
因此幾乎每個禮拜都會有一個或多個民族和其它紐約人共同分享他們的文化經驗（和食物！）。
Because of this unsurpassed ethnic diversity, the restaurant goer will feel that he has died and gone to heaven while in New York.
由于這種無與倫比的種族多樣性，經常上餐廳的人到了紐約會覺得仿佛死后上了天堂一般。
There is hardly a cuisine on the planet that is not represented here.
地球上幾乎沒有一道菜在這里找不到。
Even better, many of these exotic restaurants are reasonably priced.
更棒的是，許多這些異國風味的餐廳消費價格都很公道。
One is never far from a restaurant in New York. There are thousands of Chinese restaurants alone.
在紐約到處都是餐廳，而光是中國餐廳就有幾千家之多。
Besides the internationally famous sight-seeing attractions —— mostly in the borough (district) of Manhattan ——
除了國際聞名的觀光勝地——大部分在曼哈頓區——
such as the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center with its two 110-story towers, Wall Street, the United Nations, and Broadway, many other interesting places await the curious traveler.
例如自由女神像、由兩座110層大樓組成的世貿中心、華爾街、聯合國總部和百老匯等，還有其它許多有趣的地方等著好奇的游客去參觀。
The Bronx Zoo in the northern borough of the Bronx is one of the world's best.
位于東北部布朗克斯區的布朗克斯動物園是世界上最棒的動物園之一。
The borough of Queens offers a great variety of ethnic residential neighborhoods.
皇后區則有各個不同種族的住宅區。
Brooklyn contains the Botanical Gardens, Coney Island (a beach with an amusement park), and J.F.K. International Airport.
布魯克林區則包含植物園、科尼島(一座有游樂場的海灘)和約翰.肯尼廸國際機場。
Finally, Staten Island, the smallest borough, still affords a look at what New York used to be like, including a farm!
最后還有史坦登島，這最小的行政區仍保有紐約市往昔的風貌，包括一座農場在內！
For culture lovers, New York has more museums than any other city, but some of these are not internationally known.
對愛好文化的人來說，紐約的博物館比其它任何城市都來得多，但有些并非國際知名的。
A visit to any of these historical, technical, ethnic, or academic museums is well worth the time.
不管是參觀歷史、科技、種族或是學術博物館所花的時間都很值得。
New York's art, music, dance, and fashion scenes are a mecca for the young and professional alike.
紐約的藝術、音樂、舞蹈和流行服飾圈對年輕人和專業人士同樣都是心所向往之處。
The Internet website for specific information on New York city and state tourism is www.iloveny.state.ny.us.
有關紐約市的詳細信息和紐約州的觀光旅游可在下列網址找到：www.iloveny.state.ny.us。
A toll-free number for tourists already in the U.S. or Canada is also available at 1-800-CALL-NYS.
而人已經在美國或加拿大的游客則可打免付費電話，號碼是1-880-CALL-NYS。
No matter what your interest is, if it can be found in an urban environment, it can be found in New York.
不論你的興趣為何，只要是在都市環境中可以找到的，在紐約就一定找得到。
Its eight million citizens hail from every corner of the globe, but they are united in the love of their challenging but rewarding city.
它的800萬市民來自全球各個角落，因為愛上這個要拼才會贏的城市而相聚在一起。
As the locals there say,
正如那兒的當地人所說：
"Sure, you have to be a little crazy to live in New York, but you'd be nuts to live anywhere else!"
“當然，居住在紐約你必須有點瘋狂，但除非發瘋了，否則你不會搬到其它任何地方去住！”
