The Three New Yorks(三個(gè)紐約)

There are roughly three New Yorks.There is， first，the New York of the man or woman who was born here，who takes the city for granted and accepts its size anO ItS turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second， there is the New York of the commuter the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third， there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last the city of final destination， the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York's high-strung disposition， its poetical deportment， its dedication to the arts， and its incomparable achievements.Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness， natives give it solidarity and continuity， but the settlers give it passion. And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum， or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors， or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart， it makes no difference； each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love， each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer， each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.
    三個(gè)紐約
    世上大致有三個(gè)紐約。首先，這是當(dāng)?shù)厝说募~約。生于此長(zhǎng)于此的紐約人對(duì)這個(gè)城市的一切都習(xí)以為常，并且自然而然地接受了這個(gè)城市龐大的面積和嘈雜的喧囂，并且認(rèn)為這是不可避免的。其次，這是通勤客的紐約。對(duì)奔波于兩地之間的上班族來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)城市就像每天被蝗蟲(chóng)吞食，晚上又被吐出來(lái)一樣。最后，這是生于異鄉(xiāng)、來(lái)此謀事的異鄉(xiāng)人的紐約。在這三個(gè)同樣令人焦慮的城市中，要數(shù)第三個(gè)最偉大，因?yàn)槟鞘亲鳛樽罱K目的地的城市，一個(gè)被當(dāng)作奮斗目標(biāo)的城市。只有這第三個(gè)紐約才能解釋這個(gè)城市緊張的生活節(jié)奏、富有詩(shī)意的行為，它對(duì)藝術(shù)的獻(xiàn)身精神以及它無(wú)與倫比的成就。通勤者給紐約帶來(lái)潮汐般的騷動(dòng)不安，本地人給紐約以整體性和連續(xù)性，但移民給紐約帶來(lái)的是激情。無(wú)論是來(lái)自意大利在貧民區(qū)開(kāi)小雜貨店的農(nóng)民，還是為了逃避鄰居無(wú)禮監(jiān)視而離開(kāi)密西西比河沿岸小鎮(zhèn)來(lái)此的年輕姑娘，又或者是來(lái)自玉米地帶，提箱里裝著手稿，心中充滿痛苦的男孩，他們都一樣。他們每個(gè)人都以初戀的狂熱擁抱紐約，每個(gè)人都以冒險(xiǎn)家的目光新奇地注視紐約。他們每個(gè)人發(fā)出的光和熱令愛(ài)迪生聯(lián)合電氣公司都相形見(jiàn)絀。