大城市,拼搏者的天下?_BEC初级作文

大城市,拼搏者的天下?

No wonder the three archetypes have tended to segregate themselves. In big cities, strivers gravitate to financial districts, whereas fantasists establish enclaves such as Greenwich Village in 1950s New York or Belleville in today's Paris. When strivers discover these enclaves and drive up prices, fantasists create more distant enclaves. Slackers generally avoid big cities, often preferring the parental home, writes Richards.

无怪乎这三类人会倾向于互相隔离。在大城市中，拼搏者向金融区聚集，幻想者则建立起像20世纪50年代纽约的格林威治村(Greenwich Village)和当今巴黎贝尔维尔(Belleville)这样的小天地。当拼搏者发现这些小天地，并推高物价后，幻想者就会在更偏远的地方建立小天地。理查兹写道，游手好闲者通常会避开大城市，更偏爱父母的家乡。

In the US, with its great geographic mobility, the separation of the three types was always marked. Strivers headed for Manhattan and Washington, whereas slackers preferred places such as Miami. You sense each city's dominant mode the minute you arrive: at JFK airport in New York, the lady running the cab rank bellows, "Move it along, people! You, sir, take this cab." She's on her way up. At Miami airport, you can't even find cabs.

在美国，由于地理上的巨大流动性，这三类人的分离一直十分明显。拼搏者向曼哈顿和华盛顿聚集，游手好闲者则偏爱迈阿密这样的地方。抵达每座城市的第一分钟，你就能感觉出它的主导类型：在纽约肯尼迪机场(JFK airport)，管理出租车站的女士喊着，“排队向前走，大家！你，先生，上这辆车”。她在她的拼搏路上。在迈阿密机场，你甚至找不到出租车。

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