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But on the streets the women are dressed in bright colors, and many carry several shopping bags, especially on the Nanjing Road, which is lined with boutiques and malls. In its first two weeks of business the Gucci store took in a surprising $100,000.
然而，走在街上，尤其在兩邊布滿精品店和各種購物廣場的南京路上，婦女衣著艷麗，很多人拎著幾個采購的商品。古馳專賣店剛剛開業兩周營業額就達到十萬美元，實在令人吃驚。
"Maybe young women today don't know what it was like," says Wu Ying, editor-in-chief of the Chinese edition of the French fashion magazine Elle. "But ten years ago I wouldn't have imagined myself wearing this blouse." It was red, with white polka dots. "When people bought clothes, they thought ‘How long will it last?’ A housewife knew that most of the monthly salary would be spent on food, and now it's just a small part, so she can think about what to wear or where to travel. And now with refrigerators, we don't have to buy food every day."
中國版法國時裝雜志《百麗》總編吳穎說：“也許現在的年輕女性不知道過去的情形，但10年前我絕不會想到我會穿這樣的寬松襯衫。這是件襯有白圓點圖案的紅色襯衫。那時，買衣服時人們會考慮‘能穿多久’，家庭主婦知道她們每月的大部分工資都要用來購買食品，而現在食品消費只占工資的一小部分，所以她會去想穿什么，去哪兒旅游?，F在有了電冰箱，人們不必每天都購買食品?！?/div>
As for the cultural dislocation this might bring: "People in Shanghai don't see it as a problem," said a young German businessman. "The Chinese are very good at dealing with ambiguity. It's accepted—It's very different, but it's OK, so, so what?"
談及由此可能帶來的文化錯位問題，一位年輕的德國商人說：“上海人認為這不是問題。中國人長于應變。接受就是了。‘這與眾不同，但還可以。能怎么樣？’”
Potential: This is largely a Western concept. Set aside the Gucci store and skyscrapers, and it's clear that the truly great leap forward here is at the level of ideas. To really grasp this, I had only to witness the local performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth by the Hiu Kok Drama Association from Macau.
潛力：這多半是個西方觀念。拋開古馳專賣店和摩天大廈不談，上海真正的飛躍表現在觀念上?？纯窗拈THiu Kok戲劇協會上演的莎士比亞戲劇《麥克白》就足以說明問題。
There we were at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, some 30 professors and students of literature and drama from all over china and I, on folding chairs around a space ont alike half of a basketball court."
在上海戲劇學院，我和大約30名來自全中國文學與戲劇專業的教授和學生坐在折疊椅上觀看演出。演出的場地大約有半個籃球場大小。
