全民情敵 第22期:神秘的牡蠣島

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(guī)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(shí)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(dāng)初只身飄洋過海…

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(qū)…

in Little Italys, Chinatowns and other ethnic enclaves.

小義大利、中國城 還有其他少數(shù)民族區(qū)

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

1.expand to

擴(kuò)大到

This requirement will gradually expand to includesmaller public companies in the future.

這一要求將在未來逐步擴(kuò)展到包含更小的國有公司。

2.immigrant

adj. 移民的;遷入的

n. 移民，僑民

Every immigrant can be fully and equally American because we’re one country.

每位移民都能成為完全和平等的美國人，因?yàn)槲覀兺且粐恕?/p>

劇情百科

圣泰帶莎拉來的島嶼原名叫牡蠣島，是在建地鐵期間挖出的廢土填充而成的……現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為了一個(gè)博物館式的參觀館……那么這里會(huì)有什么驚喜呢?……

考考你 Q&A

Please fill in the blanks with the proper words

1.You sense the negativity ______ ______.

你感覺到消極心態(tài)消失無蹤。

2.I was in love with you ______ ______ ______ moment I saw you.

第一次見你就喜歡你，被你吸引。

本期答案見下期

上期答案：

1.Soon you'll flow through your daily decisions with ease.

不久你就將每天輕松實(shí)踐日常的決策。

2.How do I prepare for the exams?

我要怎樣為這些考試做準(zhǔn)備?