疫情考驗下的唐人街

疫情考驗下的唐人街

唐人街、中國城一度被視作海外移民社群的文化符號，象征著華裔人群的身份認同。而隨著新一代移民的成長和涌入，唐人街的規(guī)模反而在縮減。保持傳統(tǒng)還是擁抱變革？這樣的代際沖突在疫情的打擊下進一步加深。唐人街作為一個歷史產(chǎn)物是否已經(jīng)落后？我們又該如何看待唐人街的文化身份？一起來聽今天的課程講解。

‘Who Are We For?’ How the Virus Is Testing the Identity of Chinatown

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By Nicole Hong and Elaine Chen

Hop Kee is a basement Cantonese eatery[廣州餐館 cantonese 粵語] offering $9.50 shrimp lo mein. Hwa Yuan Szechuan is a three-story, white-tablecloth restaurant where the whole fish with hot bean[豆瓣魚] sauce is $45.

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So, when the coronavirus pandemic shut down all on-site dining, almost no one was able to enjoy their food, forcing them to confront difficult questions about modernization and adaptation that may reshape businesses across the storied neighborhood.[歷史街區(qū)的商業(yè)改造]

Since its formation around the 1870s, Chinatown has managed to preserve its working-class immigrant character.[工薪階層移民特色，藍領勞工，餐廳，洗衣房] Now, the economic suffering has intensified[加劇，醞釀已久的兩代人的分歧] a long-simmering generational divide, between younger people who believe Chinatown must get with the times to survive, and older ones who worry about it becoming a theme park of Instagrammable desserts and $18 Asian-fusion cocktails.[亞洲融合雞尾酒，不倫不類]

Longtime residents say they understand when businesses try to survive by diversifying their clientele[顧客群 client ], especially if those customers explore other stores in the area. But they also worry about trendier establishments [更潮流的 caricature 漫畫 失真，荒誕]turning the neighborhood into a caricature of Chinatown.

“They do attract a crowd that’s less respectful of the culture or don’t appreciate it,” said Geoff Lee, 68, a lifelong Chinatown resident. “They look at Chinatown more as a novelty than a true identity.”

內(nèi)容拓展：

華埠，中國城、唐人街的別稱。（埠：碼頭）

1. identity UK /a??dent?ti/ US /a??dent?ti/ n. 身份（sb.’s identity is their name or who they are）；（區(qū)別于他人的）特質(zhì)，態(tài)度（the qualities and attitudes that a person or group of people have that make them different from other people）

2. Hop Kee 合記飯店

發(fā)音貼士：Hop在粵語中作姓氏時，p不發(fā)音

3. basement UK /?be?sm?nt/ US /?be?sm?nt/ n. 地下室

4. eatery UK /?i?t?ri/ US /?i?t?ri/ n. 餐館，小飯館（a restaurant or other place to eat）

5. Cantonese UK /k?nt??ni?z/ US /k?nt??ni?z/ adj. 廣東的 n. 粵語；廣東人

Canton （舊時稱呼）廣州

6. shrimp lo mein 蝦仁撈面

shrimp n. 蝦

lobster n. 龍蝦

dim sum 點心

chow mein 炒面

7. story UK /?st??ri/ US /?st??ri/ n. 樓層（a floor or level of a building）

英式拼寫：storey

8. hot UK /h?t/ US /hɑ?t/ adj. 辣的（spicy）

hot bean sauce 豆瓣醬

9. aversion UK /??v????n, ??v????n/ US /??v??r??n, ??v??r??n/ n. 厭惡，憎惡（a strong dislike of sth. or sb.）

近義詞：hatred n. 憎恨

aversion to sth. 對某物的反感

have an aversion to sth. 對某物反感

I have an aversion to housework.

我痛恨做家務。

10. delivery UK /d??l?v?ri/ US /d??l?v?ri/ n. 快遞，遞送

deliver vt. 送貨

delivery apps 送貨應用（此處指外賣應用）

11. coronavirus UK /k??r??n??va??r?s/ US /k??ro?n??va?r?s/ n. 冠狀病毒（當下專指新冠病毒）

12. pandemic UK /p?n?dem?k/ US /p?n?dem?k/ n. （重大）疫情

13. on-site 就地，現(xiàn)場的

14. force sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事

15. confront UK /k?n?fr?nt/ US /k?n?fr?nt/ vt. 面對（meet）

16. modernization UK /?m?d?na??ze???n/ US /?mɑ?d?rn??ze???n/ n. 現(xiàn)代化

17. adaptation UK /??d?p?te???n/ US /??d?p?te???n/ n. 適應，改造（the process of changing sth. to make it suitable for a new situation）

adaptation to the environment 對環(huán)境的適應

18. reshape UK /?ri???e?p/ US /?ri???e?p/ vt. 改變形狀；改造，重塑

19. storied UK /?st??rid/ US /?st??rid/ adj. 有故事的，傳奇的（being the subject of many stories）；有名的

20. neighborhood UK /?ne?b?h?d/ US /?ne?b?rh?d/ n. 街區(qū)（community）

21. formation UK /f???me???n/ US /f??r?me???n/ n. 形成（the action or process of forming sth.）

the formation of the valley 山谷的形成

22. manage to do sth. 設法做

23. preserve UK /pr??z??v/ US /pr??z??rv/ vt. 保留（maintain, keep），保護（文化，傳統(tǒng)）

All records of the past were preserved.

所有過去的歷史記錄都被保留了下來。

24. intensify UK /?n?tens?fa?/ US /?n?tens?fa?/ vt. 加?。╰o increase in degree or strength, or to make sth. do this）

intense adj. 緊張的

25. divide UK /d??va?d/ US /d??va?d/ n. 分歧（dispute）

26. long-simmering adj. 醞釀已久的

simmer

UK /?s?m?/ US /?s?m?r/

vt. 文火燉，煨/wēi/

27. theme park 主題樂園

28. Instagrammable UK /??nst?ɡr?m?b?l/ US /??nst?ɡr?m?b?l/ adj. 網(wǎng)紅打卡的

Instagram n. 圖片分享社交應用

29. fusion UK /?fju???n/ US /?fju???n/ n. 融合

30. clientele UK /?kli??n?tel/ US /?kli?ɑ?n?tel/ n. （總稱）顧客（all the people who regularly use a shop, restaurant etc.）

The restaurant attracts a young clientele.

這個飯店吸引的是年輕顧客。

31. trendy UK /?trendi/ US /?trendi/ adj. 時髦的

trend n. 潮流

32. establishment UK /??st?bl??m?nt/ US /??st?bl??m?nt/ n. 企業(yè)，機構（business），企業(yè)場地（building of that business）；建立，確立

33. caricature UK /?k?r?k?t???/ US /?ker?k?t??r/ n. 漫畫（a funny drawing of sb. that makes them look silly）