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It was originally known as Oyster Island.
這里原名牡蠣島
The island was expanded to its present size...
是在建地鐵期間以挖出的廢土…
with dirt removed during the construction of the New York subway system.
填充而成今日的規模
Are you serious? - Yes.
真的？ 是啊
Did you know this? - Yeah. That's why I brought you here.
你知道嗎？ 知道，所以我才帶你來啊
In fact, over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry...
事實上，超過一億美國人 都可以在旅客名冊上…
back to a single man, woman, or child on the ship's manifest...
查到他們的祖先 當初只身飄洋過?！?/div>
to an inspector's ledger.
移民來此
By 1910, 75%% of the residents of New York...
在1910年 紐約、芝加哥、底特律…
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Boston...
克里夫蘭、波士頓的居民…
were immigrants, or the children of immigrants.
有七成五都是移民或移民后裔
They generally lived in the poorest sections of the cities...
他們大多住在城里的貧民區…
in Little Italys, Chinatowns and other ethnic enclaves.
小義大利、中國城 還有其他少數民族區
It's called The Kissing Post.
這叫親吻柱
The plaque explains how different cultures kiss after long absences.
這碑文解釋了不同文化的人 在長久分離后如何親吻愛人
Now, what exactly would qualify as a long absence?
怎樣才叫長久分離？
That count? - No.
那樣算嗎？ 不算
