与纽约息息相关的九个词，你猜得到吗?_英美文化

与纽约息息相关的九个词，你猜得到吗?

5. Tin Pan Alley

5. 锡盘巷

Not actually referring to an alley or a street, Tin Pan Alley was the name given to a district in New York City, around Broadway and 28th Street, where many songwriters, arrangers, and music publishers were based. Some of the most noted composers of popular music during the first half of the 20th century worked here, including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. The term tin pan comes from slang referring to a cheap, 'tinny' piano, with reference to the constant piano-playing heard in the area.

Tin Pan Alley并非真的指一条小巷或街道，而是纽约城百老汇街道和第28号街附近区域的名字。那儿是众多歌曲作家、乐曲改编者和音乐版权管理人的聚集地。在20世纪上半叶，一些声名鼎沸的流行音乐作曲家都在这工作，其中包括欧文·柏林、杰罗姆·克恩、乔治·格什温、科尔·波特以及理查德·罗杰斯。“锡盘”原是指代廉价劣质钢琴的俗语，和这一区域中经常听到的钢琴演奏相关连。

6. Upstate

6. (美国一州远离大城市的)边远地区

In no US state does the word upstate carry so much of a connotation as in New York. In the state of New York, everything that is not New York City is sometimes referred to as upstate. In fact, quips about the Bronx being 'upstate' are heard so frequently as to count as a clichéd joke. The OED notes that the term is frequently used with reference to the New York state.