從磁懸浮到小籠包，“無處不優(yōu)越”的上海

Conquering High-Priced Shanghai,From Dumplings to Modern Art

LUCAS PETERSON

• Superlatives?are everywhere in Shanghai. I?forked over?my 50 yuan (about $7.90) and?boarded the maglev train?departing from Pudong International Airport.?My understanding?was that this was a high-speed train, like the one I’d recently taken from Chengdu to Xian. I didn’t realize that, operating by a giant set of magnets that caused it to levitate over the track (hence the name, maglev), it was the fastest commercially operating train in the world. After leaving precisely on time, our speed began to?build.?And build. Soon, we were?screaming through?a blur of new?housing developments?and farmland at 268 miles per hour as we?made our way?from the Pacific coast to the heart of Shanghai. The?ride, while not exactly smooth — you feel the speed — was?exhilarating. I?stepped off?19 miles and a few minutes later at Longyang Road,?slightly dazed.?

上海的高級(jí)感無處不在。我掏出50元錢，坐上了從浦東國際機(jī)場(chǎng)開出的磁懸浮列車。按我的理解，這就是一列高鐵，和我不久前從成都去西安時(shí)坐的那列一樣。我沒意識(shí)到的是，這列靠一組巨型磁鐵懸浮在鐵軌上運(yùn)行的列車（因此有了“磁懸浮”的名字），是世界上最快的商業(yè)列車。在準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)開車之后，速度就開始加快。再加快。不一會(huì)，我們就在一片新建住宅區(qū)和農(nóng)田的模糊風(fēng)景之中，以268英里時(shí)的速度呼嘯而過，從太平洋海岸線駛向了上海的中心。這段車程雖然不算特別平穩(wěn)——能感受到速度——但令人興奮。幾分鐘后，我在19英里（約合30公里）外的龍陽路下了車，腦子有些發(fā)蒙。

筆記:

Superlatives are everywhere in Shanghai.翻譯的時(shí)候選擇有生命力的詞語作為主語。

積極因素positives,? 消極因素negatives

發(fā)現(xiàn) findings

Readings 氣溫讀數(shù), 積累加復(fù)數(shù)的

I forked over my 50 yuan 掏錢,fork out/fork over ,掏錢

pump into/channel into：投入到什么項(xiàng)目, 正式用于，一般用于政府項(xiàng)目

boarded the maglev train ：上飛機(jī)，船, 登機(jī)牌 boarding pass

Press pass記者證

My understanding was that this was a high-speed train,我們認(rèn)為，=we believe，不僅僅是我們理解, As we understand that =as we see it 在我們看來

our speed began to build. And build.? ?Build：提，增, 能力建設(shè) capacity building

Build up.? Pressure is building /building up

Cloud is build 云越來越厚

housing developments：樓盤, development發(fā)展形勢(shì)，趨勢(shì)，得加復(fù)數(shù)；樓盤

farmland at 268 miles per hour as we made our way from the Pacific coast to the heart of Shanghai., mile英里(等于1,760 碼或約等于1.6公里)

Find one’s way into …指產(chǎn)品

Inroad :,make inroads into :進(jìn)軍，搶灘

ride：乘火車，地鐵, ridership乘客人數(shù), readership 讀者群

I stepped off=get off, Step up：加強(qiáng), Step up one’s effort to do sth

Be dazed.=be dizzy, Dazzle:眩暈? dazzling 眼花繚亂

• Despite this?high-tech arrival system, Shanghai is,?in a way, a late bloomer. Cities like Beijing and Xian have been political and commercial?powerhouses?for centuries. Heading into the 19th century, Shanghai was a?modest?trading port that exploded after?being “opened” to?the world by Western imperialism.?What became known as the Paris of the East?laid the?groundwork?for what Shanghai is today: an unparalleled economic powerhouse and?megacity of?24 million people.?

撇去這個(gè)高科技的到達(dá)系統(tǒng)不說，上海，在某種程度上，是一個(gè)后起之秀。如北京和西安這樣的城市，數(shù)個(gè)世紀(jì)以來都是政治和商業(yè)重鎮(zhèn)。而在邁入19世紀(jì)之時(shí)，上海還是一個(gè)被西方帝國主義“打開”了大門后突然出現(xiàn)的、不算太大的通商口岸。后來，東方巴黎的名聲奠定了今天的上海：無可比擬的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，有著2400萬人口的巨型都市。

筆記:

Despite this high-tech arrival system

Beijing welcome xxx tourists arrivals 人次

Shanghai is, in a way, a late bloomer.后起之秀

Largely

By some measures 衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，從某些方面看

In a way,大刀闊斧 in a big way, In a meaningful way/manner/fashion

a late bloomer A late comer/starter, the late comers out performs forerunner

powerhouse 動(dòng)力屋

Shanghai was a modest trading port that exploded迅速發(fā)展 after being “opened” to the world by Western imperialism.

modest不起眼的，一般的, exploded迅速發(fā)展，humble，flourish，boom同義詞

改革開放reform and opening up, 門戶開放forced and opening up

the Paris of the East東方巴黎????

laid the groundwork for what Shanghai is today, 奠定基礎(chǔ) ，不要只用foundation

an unparalleled無可比擬的 economic powerhouse and megacity of 24 million people.

Megacity特大城市

擁有多少人口的城市:A city of+人口數(shù)

總結(jié)：英語是立體，圖片，形象化的。今天這兩段內(nèi)容都特別好，多背背。