纽约——大都会，大苹果

New York City--- Bigalopolis, the Big Apple
纽约——大都会，大苹果

No place else is quite like New York. Simply stated, we have more of the best to delight and entertain than anywhere in the world: 150 world-class museums, 18,000 restaurants of all types and price ranges, scores of Broadway theaters, and an unbelievable array of shopping. And no other city has such a diversity of people and cultures. Where else can you see Chinese dragon dancers, Caribbean stilt dancers, and Moroccan belly dancers in the same day? Where else can you hurl darts in an Irish pub and then try your skill on a Neapolitan bocce court right down the street? Are there other places where you can’t way to a reggae beat on your way to hear a German opera? Or go from a room full of Dutch Old Master paintings to one filled with cutting-edge fashion? And where else in the world can you lunch on Japanese sushi and enjoy hearty Brazilian feijoada for dinner? Welcome to New York, where the only limit is your imagination.

纽约，美国第一大都市，全世界人民都想潇洒走一回的地方。对大多数中国人来说，曼哈顿、布鲁克林、布朗克斯、昆斯和里士满五个区虽然不像北京的朝阳、海淀那样耳熟能详，至少不会没听说过。自由女神像、第五大道、曼哈顿的夜景、华尔街的金融……没有意外的话早已成为各个城市竞相模仿的旗舰建筑。那就这样吧，我们来观摩一下大都会的风范，感受一下大城市的魅力。

Seasons New York City
四季景，纽约城

Winter
New York City is magical in winter: Midtown turns into a wonderland of skaters making figure eights, the towering tree sparkles with thousands of lights in Rockefeller Center, the world’s largest menorah lights up Central Park South at Fifth Avenue, Rocketed kick up their heels at Radio City, Sugar Plum Fairies dance across stages, store windows create magical worlds of their own, and holiday lights, music, and decorations spread joy and peace.
If you’re lucky enough to be here for a big snowfall, there’s nothing like strolling through Central Park surrounded by quiet broken only by the sounds of children laughing as they sled down hills. Just try to resist making snow angels.

Spring
Springtime in New York City marks the return of championship baseball to Yankee and Shea stadiums and the start of a second season for their A teams the Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones. The parks and botanical gardens in every borough burst into bloom. Daffodils and azaleas crowd Central Park, tulips parade up Park Avenue’s center mall, and there are glorious flower shows such as Macy’s Flower Show, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens? Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Greater New York Orchid Show.

Summer
Summer brings New Yorkers and visitors outdoors to enjoy free outdoor film festivals, opera and popular music performances, and the many parades, parks, gardens, and beaches throughout the five boroughs. Many of New York’s finest restaurants offer discounted three-course prix-fixe lunches and dinners throughout the summer as an extension of our popular Summer Restaurant Week. The baseball season continues; tennis fans cheer at the U.S. Open Tournament in Queens. Summer fun also includes Midsummer Night Swing at Lincoln Center, a citywide beach volleyball tournament, Harlem Week, the Taste of Times Square, food festivals, crafts fairs, street fairs, and much, much more.

Fall
New York City bursts with blockbuster exhibits, world-class music and Broadway shows not to mention great sightseeing, shopping, and special events. Opening nights for the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera are in September, and October brings such highlights as the Columbus Day Parade, Belmont Park’s Breeder’s Cup, and the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular kicks off November, followed by the New York City Marathon, the New York Chocolate Show, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Garden Train Show, and the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Center.

City Look
城市一瞥

New York is one of the most famous cities in the world, probably due to the huge number of landmarks, museums, shops and entertainment there is on offer. If you didn't quite believe that Americans always have to be that bit bigger and better than the rest of the world, after a visit here, you will understand.

Times Square（时代广场） is packed full of enough dazzling entertainment to amuse you for hours. Home to the famous flashing advertisements and millions of other bright lights, it is not surprising that this is where the action is. There are a variety of restaurants, cinemas and nightclubs.

Theatre district Broadway（百老汇戏剧中心） is just around the corner, which of course offers the biggest and best shows. These come at a hefty price, but are well worth it. The shows get less expensive as you move further out, but they are obviously not running on a budget quite as spectacular as the more famous musicals.

For even more entertainment, Radio City Music Hall（剧院无线电音乐城） is the largest movie theatre in the world. It has a capacity for over 6000 people and offers stage shows, which change their themes seasonally.

For shopping funs, Fifth Avenue（第五大道） is a must. Mansions were built by the newly rich in the late nineteenth century along this avenue. After World War 1, the section opposite Central Park became more popular. Quality department stores such as Macy's, which is the largest in the world, sprung up here to feed the shopping funs of the twentieth century. If you've got any money left, over on the East Side is Bloomingdales

From Battery Park（巴特里公园）, take the ferry over to the Statue of Liberty（自由女神像）. The 15 minute crossing leaves every half hour and is well worth the trip, especially as you can even explore inside the statue as well as admire it. You can then move on to Ellis Island where you can visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum（艾利斯岛移民博物馆）.

Museum Mile
艺术馆大道

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (82nd Street) has more than 3.3 million priceless ancient and modern treasures from all over the world.

The Goethe Institut New York/German Cultural Center (83rd Street) organizes and supports a wide range of international cultural exchange programs ranging from the arts and humanities through science and technology and including exhibits, films, concerts, and lectures. The information center and library provide comprehensive information about contemporary Germany.

The Neue Galerie New York (86th Street) is a new museum devoted to German and Austrian art, especially that of the early 20th century.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (89th Street) displays mostly modern art in the unique ramped building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Alumni of the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts (89th Street) include John Singer Sargent, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Thomas Eakins. It specializes in American art, in its permanent collection and in traveling shows.

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (91st Street), a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, focuses on the decorative arts. Its setting is a splendid Beaux-Arts mansion, with garden, built by Andrew Carnegie.

The Jewish Museum (92nd Street) has one of the largest and most beautiful collections of Judaica - including paintings, photographs, manuscripts, and antiquities - in the country. (If you're interested in Jewish history, you should also visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust downtown.

The Museum of the City of New York (103rd Street) is a wonderful local-history museum. It includes exhibits of theatrical memorabilia, period toys and dollhouses, volunteer firefighters, and the original Dutch settlement.

The New York City You Did Not Know
你所不知道的纽约

Why is NYC Called the Big Apple?
In the 1920s, a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph named John Fitzgerald overheard stable hands in New Orleans refer to NYC's racetracks as "the Big Apple." He named his column "Around the Big Apple." A decade later, jazz musicians adopted the term to refer to New York City, and especially Harlem, as the jazz capital of the world. There are many apples on the trees of success, they were saying, but when you pick New York City, you pick the big apple.

The Bronx: How Swede It is
The Bronx was settled in 1639 and is named for the Swedish settler Jonas Bronck. There are more than 60 landmarks and historic districts in the Bronx, including the Edgar Allen Poe Cottage on the Grand Concourse and the stately Van Cortland House Museum in Van Cortlandt Park.

Why Cabs Are Yellow
John Hertz, who founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1907, chose yellow because he had read a study conducted by the University of Chicago that indicated it was the easiest color to spot.

Where the Famous Go to Rest
Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, is one of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries. With a spectacular harbor view and 478 acres filled with trees and flowering shrubs, Green-Wood is the eternal resting place of a who’s who of famous folks, including Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Morse, F.A.O Schwartz, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charles Tiffany, and "Boss" Tweed.

Looking for Main Street?
You won’t find it in Manhattan. There is, however, a Main Street in each of the other boroughs and on Roosevelt Island.

A City of Islands
Manhattan and Staten Island are islands; Queens and Brooklyn are on the western tip of Long Island. So, of New York City’s five boroughs, only the Bronx is part of the mainland. However, there is an island that’s part of the Bronx and yet feels like a New England fishing village: City Island, a marine-related community offering fishing, boating, and a wide range of restaurants and snack bars.

Statue of Liberty Stats
The Lady in the Harbor is 101 feet tall from base to torch, 305 feet tall from pedestal foundation to torch. She has a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger, and she weighs 450,000 pounds.

City Guide
城市资讯
Restaurateur

Lucky Chengs
24 First Avenue
Phone: (212) 473-0516
Website: www.planetluckychengs.com
For a special night out in New York, whether to shock your "wild" friends from Des Moines, or to host a birthday party, a bachelorette party, even an office party, try Lucky Cheng's, the original drag queen restaurant, or its sister restaurant, Waikiki Wally's, a 50's 60's Hawaiian restaurant and tiki bar, with tropical birds and a waterfall, it is truly an escape from the mundane.

Umberto’s Clam House
178 Mulberry Street (& Broome Street)
Phone: (212) 431-7545
Website: www.umbertosclamhouse.com
Fax: (212) 343-0197
It's synonymous with legendary Little Italy: Umberto's Clam House. It offers flavors and ambience of old world Italy. The easy-going atmosphere, combined with the freshest seafood, has attracted clientele for the past thirty years - including a roster of celebrities. Umberto's has been open since 1972, and the only thing that has changed is the location.

Shopping
Christo Fifth Avenue
574 Fifth Avenue
Cross Street: 5th Floor
Phone: (212) 997-8800
Website: www.curlisto.com
In 2002, Christo opened his first salon on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. All guests receive individualized and specialized services upon their visits. Christo has formed an international team of hair designers who continuously share ideas and revolutionary techniques. Inspired by the different textures of curly hair, Christo and his team provide clients with creative haircuts, beautiful colors and necessary treatments that support the texture of their hair. The staff of Christo Fifth Avenue salon is dedicated in servicing clients. Working together as a team, they take the time to listen and provide guests with excellent service.

Ella Bache Spa
8 West 36th Street, off 5th Avenue
Phone: 212.279.8562
Website: www.ellabache.com
Gentle, personalized, non-invasive treatments--just as it has always been--with an emphasis on French techniques and ingredients. Facials aim to balance the skin, body peels and scrubs soften and five types of body massage relax and treat, as does the reflexology session with foot bath. Waxing is followed by a special Modulating Gel to help prevent ingrown hairs.

Theater
All Shook Up
Palace Theatre
Cross Street: 1564 Broadway
Phone: 212-307-4100
Website: http://www.broadway.com
All Shook Up is a Broadway phenomenon: Get ready to rock to the music of The King at this brand-new romantic musical comedy. All Shook Up tells the all-new story of a square little town in the middle of a square state in the middle of a square decade where a lonely young girl dreams of hitting the open road. Into her life rides a guitar-playing roustabout who changes everything and kick-starts a hip-swiveling, lip-curling' musical fantasy that will have you jumping' out of your blue suede shoes.

Avenue Q
Golden Theatre
Cross Street: 252 West 45th St.
Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice.

Words
词汇
bigalopolis: n. 大都市
reggae: n. 雷鬼乐
feijoada n. 费约果（植物）
menorah n. 犹太宗教仪式所用的烛台之一种
Shea n.非洲酪脂树
cyclone n. 旋风
daffodil n. 水仙花
prix-fixe 客饭或客饭的定价
Botanical Garden 植物园
hefty adj. 重的
racetrack n. 赛马, 赛狗的)跑道
bachelorette n. 未婚女子
ingredient n. 成分
reflexology n. 反射论
elusive adj. 难懂的