路易斯安那州的新奥尔良市可能比其它任何美国城市拥有更多别名。有家网站列出了该市20多个别名,其中最有名的是大快活。这个别名描述了新奥尔良温和、缓慢及悠闲的生活方式。
So how did the city get this nickname? In the early nineteen hundreds, there was a dance hall in New Orleans called The Big Easy. But the nickname did not become famous until the early nineteen seventies. That was when a Louisiana newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City.
那么此别名是因何而得呢?20世纪早期,新奥尔良有家歌舞厅名为The Big Easy。但直到20世纪70年代这个别名才开始流传开来,当时路易斯安那州一位资讯撰稿人开始用这个名字称呼新奥尔良市。她将这里悠闲的生活方式与纽约的匆忙人生做了一个对比。
In nineteen seventy, James Conaway wrote a crime novel called The Big Easy. The story was set in New Orleans. In nineteen eighty-seven, that book was made into a film which made the nickname even more popular.
20世纪70年代,詹姆斯科纳韦写了一本名为The Big Easy的犯罪小说,故事发生地被设定在新奥尔良。1987年,这本书被拍成电影,使得这个别名更受欢迎。
New Orleans has other nicknames. One of them is The Crescent City. During the nineteenth century, new neighborhoods expanded out from what is now known as the French Quarter. These areas followed the great curve of the Mississippi River, giving New Orleans the shape of a crescent.
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