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San Francisco dreadful 可怕的 pagoda 宝塔 turntable 转盘 San Francisco San Francisco, open your Golden Gate, sang the girl in the theatre. She never1 finished her song. That date was 18th April, 1906. The earth shook and the roof suddenly divided, buildings crashed2 to the ground and people rushed out into the streets. The dreadful earthquake destroyed the city that had grown up when men discovered gold in the deserts of California. The best way to see this splendid city, where Spanish people were the first to make their homes, is to take one of the old cable cars which run along the nine main avenues. Fares are cheap; they have not risen, I’m told, for almost a hundred years.4 You leave5 the palm trees in Union Square --- the heart of San Francisco --- and from the shop signs and the faces around you, you will notice that in the city live people from many nations --- Austrians, Italians, Chinese and others6 --- giving each part a special character. More Chinese live in China Town than in any other part of the world outside China.7 Here, with Chinese restaurants, Chinese post-boxes, and even odd telephone-boxes that look like pagodas, it is easy8 to feel you are in China itself. Fisherman’s Wharf, a place all foreigners want to see, is at the end of the ride. You get out, pause perhaps to help the other travelers to swing the cable car on its turntable (a city custom), and then set out to find a table in one of9 the gay little restaurants beside the harbor. As you enjoy the fresh Pacific seafood you can admire the bright red paint of the Golden Gate Bridge in the harbor and watch the traffic crossing beneath the tall towers on its way to the pretty village of Tiberon. 译文 漫步旧金山 “旧金山，敞开你的金门吧!”剧院里女歌手唱道，可惜她再也没能唱完1。这一天是1906年4月18日，大地震动，屋顶猛地开裂，楼房轰然2倒塌，人们纷纷从屋里逃出，冲上街头。这座城市早在人们于加州沙漠发现金矿起，就兴盛起来，却遭此可怕的地震，毁于一旦（却毁于这场可怕的地震）3。然而，时至今日，旧金山的街道四处延伸（四通八达），遍布四十多座陡峭的小山。那些小山像悬崖峭壁般高耸于太平洋蓝色的海域之上。 要游览这座西班牙人最早在此落户的绚丽城市，最好的办法是乘坐旧式缆车。缆车穿越九条主大街，收费低廉，据说近百年来一直没涨过价4。 联合广场是旧金山的中心。你从广场棕榈树下