Chinese Help Rebuild New York
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：世界各地新闻集锦
The 9/11 terrorist 1 attack in New York not only killed people. It also killed local businesses, too, as many residents and companies moved out of the devastated 2 area. 10 years on things are finally recovering. One Chinese restaurant has been part of this regeneration. Dominic Swire recently visited and brings us this report.
Anna Lou and her mother show me around the kitchen of their Chinese restaurant in southwest Manhattan. The building's located in a classy area close to the World Trade Center. But just a few years ago the property lay derelict in an area still suffering from the 9/11 terrorist attack. Owner Marianna Lou explains.
"After 9/11 a lot of space downtown was closed. Because here was so much dust and dirt. A lot of people had to move out from here because the whole area here was empty, no one here. Many places downtown were closed, here, too."
The building's located in an area called Battery Park City. It used to be a Chinese restaurant before 9/11, catering 3 for many workers from the World Trade Centre. But after the terrorist attack it had to close. Anna Lou is the owner's daughter.
"A lot of their clientele came from the two buildings that came down, so a lot of people that worked there would come here for lunch. Then after 9/11 I think this whole Battery Park City was covered in dust and sediment 4 from the buildings. So a lot of people evacuated 5 the area and the government even had to pay subsidies 6 to persuade people to stay here in their apartments instead of moving away to another city or state."
These subsidies helped the current owners start their business. Now, several years on, the place is just one of several smart restaurants looking across the Hudson River towards the Statue of Liberty. But it shares another link with 9/11, as waiter Tony Tom used to serve food at the top of the World Trade Center in the 1970s. So, for him the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is even more poignant 7.
"I feel sad of course. I didn't expect to see anything like that in my life. I didn't expect to see anything like that in America. Impossible. I could find these things on the TV but not in reality. I didn't expect a plane to hit the World Trade Center. That was... I can't describe my feeling, you known what I'm saying?"
Just a few blocks away by the World Trade Center you can feel a resurgence 8 of energy as businesses return and new buildings are constructed. It's a recovery towards which the Chinese have also played their part.
Reporting for CRI in New York, I'm Dominic Swire.
- Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
- The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
- Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？
- The sediment settled and the water was clear.杂质沉淀后，水变清了。
- Sediment begins to choke the channel's opening.沉积物开始淤塞河道口。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
- Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
- It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。
- A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。
- Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。