SYLVIA: So, what do you
plan to do today?
你们今天打算做什么？
SHARON: There is a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Larry and I will go.
现代艺术博物馆现在展出法国画家马蒂斯的作品，赖瑞和我想去看看。
SYLVIA: Did you buy tickets already?
你们买票了吗？
SHARON: No. Do we need
tickets?
还没，需要门票吗？
SYLVIA: Well, probably. Probably you will have to wait in line if you don't have tickets.
可能要，没门票的话可能要排很久。
SHARON: Outside or inside?
在里面还是外面？
SYLVIA: Outside, on the sidewalk.
外面，在人行道上。
SHARON: Hmm. It's very cold today. But I brought my jacket. Maybe it will be alright to wait.
今天好冷，但是我有带夹克，排一下队还好。
SYLVIA: The MOMA is very
popular. There will be a lot of people.
MOMA 很受欢迎的，会有很多人。
SHAROM: "MOMA"? What's that?
MOMA 是什么？
SYLVIA: Oh, sorry. It stands for the Museum of Modern Art. It's an acronym. M O M A "MOMA."
喔！对不起，是现代艺术博物馆的缩写。
SHARON: I see. Do you have any suggestions for other things we should do?
原来是这样，你还有什么建议吗？
SYLVIA: I suggest you go to the Jewish
Museum. It's not far from the Guggenheim, near Central Park. It is really very interesting. Also, there is a great museum of medieval European art further up north. It's called the Cloisters.
我建议你们去犹太博物馆。离辜根汉基金会不远，靠近中央公园，很有意思的。
再往北一点，有欧洲中古世纪艺术的博物馆，叫做克劳斯特修道院。
SHARON: How can we get up there?
要怎么到那边呢？
SYLVIA: You can take a
bus.
可以搭公车。
SHARON: But Larry says the neighborhoods in the north are dangerous.
可是赖瑞说北部邻近地区很危险。
SYLVIA: Some places aren't good to go. But I can show you the right bus to take. It will be no problem.
有些地方最好不要去，但是我可以告诉你搭什么公车，不会有问题的。
SHARON: We want to see the Statue of Liberty too.
我们也想看自由女神像。
SYLVIA: I have never done that myself. But I hear it is very
interesting. You two should go.
我没去过，不过听说蛮有趣的，你们两个应该去看看。
SHARON: You have never gone to the Statue of Liberty?! I can't believe it! But you live here!
你没去过自由女神像那儿？真不敢相信，你住在这里耶！
SYLVIA: Yes, but I'm very busy with work. And you know how it is, sometimes people don't visit the tourist sites in their own country.
我工作很忙，而且通常人们不在自己的国家旅行是吧！
SHARON: I know. Are the
subway trains easy to take here?
我了解，这里的地铁好搭吗？
SYLVIA: Oh, yes. I recommend the subways. They are very fast, faster than taxis. And the maps are very clear. Just be careful you don't get off in the wrong place.
很方便，我建议搭地下铁，很快，比出租车还快，而且地图画得很清楚，只要注意别下错站就好了。
SHARON: Thank you for all this
advice, Sylvia. Let me pay for our breakfast today.
谢谢你的建议，思维亚。今天的早餐我请客。
SYLVIA: No, absolutely not. You are a visitor here. When I come to Illinois, then I will let you pay. But here, I think of you as my guest.
绝对不行。你是客人，下次我去台北时再让你请。在这里，你们是我的客人。
SHARON: You are treating us too well.
你对我们的招待太好了。
SYLVIA: I am
happy you decided to come. It gets cold here in winter, but there are many many things to do.
我很高兴你们来。虽然冬天很冷，但还是有很多事可以做。
