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找寻纽约以外“天堂” 　　电视剧《欲望都市》里有这样的一幕:女主角凯莉问她的男友――来自俄罗斯的艺术家亚历山大,为什么选择纽约为自己的定居地。亚历山大狡黠地一笑,说道:“因为纽约痛苦又黑暗。”――这是我听过的“为什么喜欢一个城市”最为诡异的理由。 　　纽约,这个世界上最繁华的都市,吸引了一批又一批怀着“淘金梦”、“自由梦”甚至“爱情梦”的人踏足这片“天堂”。你在这里可以看见意气风发的生意人,打扮低调的明星,或是行色匆匆的平凡人。而在金融危机的肆虐下,纽约也呈现出“天堂”以外的底色――不景气的经济和大批的失业人士。因此有人放眼于纽约以外的天地,甚至是美国以外的。但是,无论是亚历山大口中“痛苦又黑暗”的纽约还是其他人眼中不变的“伊甸园”,纽约都以一种冷冷的姿态,目送着离去的旧人,迎接到来的新人。 　　――Mac 　　 　　A baseball game was on television, the 1)mechanical bull was waiting to 2)thrash and dozens of women in business suits and heels were 3)partaking 4)liberally of after-work drink 5)specials at Johnny Utah’s, a bar in midtown Manhattan. 　　 　　On another night, Michael Chow might have 6)swaggered over to the 7)cluster of women doing 8)tequila shots in the corner, sat down and bought them another round. But on this particular Monday evening, Mr. Chow, 30, a commercial real estate broker, was looking to get out of there. In fact, he was looking to get out of Manhattan, out of New York, indeed, out of the country. 　　 　　With a nametag on his 9)lapel and hope in his handshake, Mr. Chow plunged into the crowd, exchanging business cards during the Chinese-themed happy hour, eager to try out his Mandarin as he prepared to move to Shanghai next year. “I’m learning the basic language now so I don’t feel totally lost when I get there,” he said. 　　 　　The gathering was organized by Golden Networking, an event-planning company that has been mining the city’s 10)kaleidoscopic ethnic 11)niches by organizing business receptions and after-work mixers in Manhattan. The events, started last year by an unemployed 12)Peruvian-born bank executive, 13)are geared toward Chinese, Chileans, Brazilians, Mexicans and those whose homelands were once part of the former Soviet Union. 　　 　　At a time when New York’s economy is14)teetering, Golden Networking is trying to exploit growing interest and opportunities in some of the world’s emerging economies. Many immigrants are 15)leveraging relationships back in their native lands, whi