Allison Singer 张宁编译
Have you ever watched the crowds walking through a downpour of colorfulpaper strips2 in the streets in New York City? It should be a ticker-tape parade.
Ticker tapes were long paper strips where messages were recorded on ticker -tape machines. The machines printed up-to-the-minute news and information aboutthe stock3 market. They made a tick-tick sound as they worked.
The used tapes were common things in the financial4 district5.
During early ticker -tape parades, people threw used ticker tapes out of theiroffice windows to celebrate as the parade passed by.
The first ticker-tape parade in New York took place on October 28, 1886, as acelebration of the new Statue of Liberty6. The event ran between Battery Park, atthe southern -most tip of Manhattan where the Statue is visible7, through thefinancial district and up to City Hall.
Ticker-tape parades celebrate heroes and important events. New York City hasheld more than 200 ticker -tape parades since the first one in 1886. Since then,ticker-tape parades have been thrown for astronauts, leaders, soldiers coming homefrom war and many other different reasons.
Ticker-tape parades have also taken place after athletic8 victories. These haveincluded the Olympics, the Super Bowl and so on.
The heyday9 of ticker -tape parades was in the 1950s , after World War II .In that decade10, there were 71 parades . The event has waned11 in recentyears , with only three ticker - tape parades in the 2010s , all celebrating sportswins for New York area teams or U . S .national teams. And two out of thethree ticker -tape parades were to celebrate the World Cup wins of the U.S.Women s soccer team .
Today, ticker-tape machines are no longer used and ticker tapes are replacedwith tons of confetti12 made from recycled paper.
Like ticker tapes, these bits of paper swirl13 through the air, adding to theexcitement of the parade.
And afterward? A second group of heroes appears, brooms14 in hand: theclean-up crew !
你看到過纽约市街道上在铺天盖地的彩色纸条中前进的人群吗?那应该是一次纸带游行。gzslib202204041633最初,纸带是在自动收报机上记录信息的一种长纸条。这些机器打印出关于股票市场的最新新闻和信息。它们在工作时发出滴答滴答的声音。
这些用过的纸带在金融区随处可见。
在早期的纸带游行中,当游行队伍经过时,人们将用过的纸带扔出办公室的窗户来庆贺。
1886年 10月 28日,纽约举行了第一次纸带游行,以庆祝新的自由女神像(的落成)。这场活动从曼哈顿最南端可以看到自由女神像的炮台公园起,经过金融区,再到市政厅。
纸带游行是为了庆祝英雄和重要事件的。纽约市自1886年的第一次纸带游行以来,已经举行了200多次纸带游行。从那时起,人们为了宇航员、领导人、从战争中归来的士兵以及其他许多不同的原因而举行纸带游行。
在体育赛事的胜利之后也举行了纸带游行。这些体育赛事包括奥运会、超级杯(美国职业橄榄球最高赛事)等。
纸带游行的鼎盛时期在20世纪50年代,即第二次世界大战后。在那十年里,共有71次游行。近年来,这个活动日渐式微。在2010年代,只有三次紙带游行,都是为了庆祝纽约地区的队伍或美国国家队体育赛事上的胜利。这三次纸带游行中有两次是为了庆祝美国女子足球队赢得世界杯。
今天,人们不再使用自动收报机了,而(自动收报机上的)纸带被成吨的由可再生纸制成的五彩纸屑所取代。
和(自动收报机上的)纸带一样,这些碎纸片在空中盘旋,增加了游行的兴奋感。
之后呢?第二批英雄出现了,手里拿着扫帚。他们就是清理队!
(英语原文选自:timeforkids.com)
1. parade [ ] 游行 2. strip [ ] . 条,带
3. stock [ ] . 股票 4. financial [ ] . 金融的
5. district [ ] . 地区 6. Statue of Liberty 自由女神像
7. visible [ ] 看得见的 8. athletic [ ] 体育的
9. heyday [ ] 全盛期 10. decade [ ] . 十年
11. wane [ ] 衰落 12. confetti [ ] 五彩纸屑
13. swirl [ ] 打旋 14. broom [ ] 扫帚