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One of the first events in the park took place 140 years ago almost to the day: a band concert.
公園里最初發生的重大事件之一大約發生在140年前的今天：一場音樂會。
The concert, pointedly, was held on a Saturday, still a working day, because the concert, like much of the Park then, was designed to keep the city's rougher elements out.
音樂會故意安排在一個星期六舉行，當時星期六仍然是工作日，因為它和公園的許多方面一樣，目的是排除這座城市里那些野蠻和缺乏教養的人。
The Park at night must have seemed luxurious and secluded—a giant evening garden party.
那時，夜晚的公園肯定是既豪華又幽靜——像一場規模盛大的花園晚會。
The Park was to be strolled through, enjoyed as an aesthetic experience, like a walk inside a painting.
當初，人們漫步穿過公園，欣賞公園美景，猶如在畫中散步。
George Templeton Strong, the indefatigable diarist, recognized, on his first visit on June 11, 1859, that the architects were building two different parks at once.
喬治·坦普爾頓·斯特朗是一位從不間斷寫日記的人，他在1859年6月11日首次造訪公園時承認，建筑師同時建造了兩座風格炯然的公園。
One was the Romantic park, which included the Ramble, the carefully "designed" wilderness, wild nature re-created in the middle of the city.
一座是浪漫主義的，包括漫步園，精心設計的荒野，在市內再造的野外自然風光。
The other, the southern end of the Park, was more French: ordered, and characterized by straight lines.
另一座在中央公園南端，更具法蘭西風格，井然有序，直線排列。
