【滬江小異旅游日志】我眼中的曼哈頓（組圖）
Times square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The extended Times Square area, also called the Theatre District, consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.
時報廣場，自稱為“世界的十字路口”，Times square 常錯譯為“時代廣場”，其實得名于《紐約時報》早期在此設立的總部大樓，是美國紐約市曼哈頓的一塊街區(qū)，中心位于西42街與百老匯大道交會處，構(gòu)成曼哈頓中城商業(yè)區(qū)的西部。這也是紐約劇院最密集的區(qū)域，被稱為Theater District。1920年開始是時報廣場最五光十色的年代，以時代廣場大廈為中心，附近聚集了近40家商場和劇院，是繁盛的娛樂及購物中心。
Broadway
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.037 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2010, compared to $1.004 billion for 2009.
百老匯上的劇院、大量耀眼的霓虹光管廣告、以及電視式的宣傳版，已經(jīng)深入成為象征紐約的標志。2004年4月7日時，“時報廣場”迎來了它的百年華誕。在百年大慶的開幕式上，紐約億萬富翁市長彭博曾自豪地說“當你同國內(nèi)或世界上任何人談起什么是紐約的時候，你可以說百老匯和時報廣場就是紐約?！保銢]看錯，丹尼爾雖然長殘了依然在百老匯混的開，在"How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying"中飾演J.Pierrepont Finch）
Nasdaq
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of January 13, 2011, there are 2,872 listings. The NASDAQ has more trading volume than any other electronic stock exchange in the world.
納斯達克（Nasdaq）是全美證券商協(xié)會自動報價系統(tǒng)（National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations）英文縮寫，目前已成為納斯達克股票市場的代稱。它是一個電子化的證券交易市場，這里僅是代表性的交易中心。其內(nèi)并沒有一般證券交易所常有的各種硬件設施，而是一個大型攝影棚，歐美各國主要財經(jīng)新聞電視臺的記者派駐進行即時行情報道。
villa
Manhattan's workforce is overwhelmingly focused on white collar professions, with manufacturing (39,800 workers) and construction (31,600) accounting for a small fraction of the borough's employment.
曼哈頓中城物價好高，午飯依然是快餐，飲料是root beer。villa餐廳看名字就知道是意大利菜，但做的意面還沒有送的小面包好吃。
hello kitty
"The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, known now as NYC & Company.
Hello Kitty身著星條旗，手捧象征紐約的大蘋果。為什么紐約昵稱是Big Apple？據(jù)說常見的就有四種說法，感興趣的可以百度之。
Morgan Stanley
Theatres did not arrive in the Times Square area until the early 1900s, and the Broadway theatres did not consolidate there until a large number of theatres were built around the square in the 1920s and 1930s. Broadway's first "long-run" musical was a 50-performance hit called The Elves in 1857.
百老匯的歷史可追溯至公元19 世紀初。當時的百老匯大道就已經(jīng)成為美國戲劇藝術的活動中心。這里的公司和企業(yè)主要分為三種：第一是劇院經(jīng)營商，第二是制作商，第三是節(jié)目經(jīng)紀商。劇院往往數(shù)十年如一日地表演同一劇目，比如票房最好的《獅子王》就在且永遠在這里。
Chicago
Although there are now more exceptions than previously, generally shows with open-ended runs have evening performances Tuesday through Saturday with a 7pm or 8pm "curtain" and afternoon "matinée" performances on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays, making an eight performance week. On this schedule, shows do not play on Monday, and the shows and theatres are said to be "dark" on that day.
百老匯大街兩旁分布著幾十家劇院，在百老匯大街44街至53街的劇院稱為內(nèi)百老匯，而百老匯大街41街和56街上的劇院則稱為外百老匯，還有外外百老匯（外百老匯的場子比較小，但也比較新）。而內(nèi)百老匯多為經(jīng)典劇目，票價自然不菲。如果想省錢，最簡便的方法就是在時報廣場的tkts這里買當天各劇院的剩余折扣票，一般能拿到40%~60%的discount。小異就是在這里買的《芝加哥》。
Forever 21
《芝加哥》于1975年在百老匯上映后，贏得了巨大的成功。在同年戲劇界最重要的托尼獎（Tony Price）評選中，贏得11個獎項提名，最后卻令人驚奇的一無所獲，被很多人認為是托尼獎的一個恥辱。好在1997年《芝加哥》在百老匯復演時，托尼獎終于承認了它的價值，授予了它六個獎項?？上U勃·福斯已經(jīng)在10年前的1987年故去了，遺憾的沒有看到這一幕。（類似的遺憾太多了，比如諾貝爾各種獎）
