邊界
8級
2008-10-05 回答唐人街是美國最大的華人聚居地，也是舊金山最著名的街區。這裡安全、緊湊、五彩繽紛，充滿了生活的氣息。唐人街的入口是在布什大街上格蘭特街的南端，大門以綠瓦蓋頂，幾條生動的龍很有中國的味道。格蘭特街是社群內主要的街道，密佈著商店、餐館，絢麗的門面吸引著遊客和市民。中國文化中心舉辦華裔美國人的各種展覽，也安排唐人街歷史遊、唐人街美食遊。華人歷史會社講述著唐人街的歷史和華人在美國的艱難歲月，各種文獻記載也證明了華人社群對舊金山歷史的貢獻。唐人街最好玩的街區就是韋弗利廣場。這裡的許多建築都是由華人慈善組織捐助修建的。羅斯巷則是深藏在街區中狹窄弄巷的典型，不時有甜點心的香味從巷裡飄出。太平洋遺產博物館也是值得一看的。
紐約的唐人街英文介紹
On the surface， Chinatown is prosperous - a “model slum，” some have called it - with the lowest crime rate， highest employment and least juvenile delinquency of any city district。 Walk through its crowded streets at any time of day， and every shop is doing a brisk and businesslike trade： restaurant after restaurant is booming； there are storefront displays of shiny squids， clawing crabs and clambering lobster； and street markets offer overflowing piles of exotic green vegetables， garlic and ginger root。 Chinatown has the feel of a land of plenty， and the reason why lies with the Chinese themselves： even here， in the very core of downtown Manhattan， they have been careful to preserve their own way of dealing with things， preferring to keep affairs close to the bond of the family and allowing few intrusions into a still-insular culture。 There have been several concessions to Westerners - storefront signs now offer English translations， and Haagen Dazs and Baskin Robbins ice-cream stores have opened on lower Mott Street - but they can‘t help but seem incongruous。 The one time of the year when Chinatown bursts open is during the Chinese New Year festival， held each year on the first full moon after January 19， when a giant dragon runs down Mott Street to the accompaniment of firecrackers， and the gutters run with ceremonial dyes。
Beneath the neighborhood’s blithely prosperous facade， however， there is a darker underbelly。 Sharp practices continue to flourish， with traditional extortion and protection rackets still in business。 Non-union sweatshops - their assembly lines grinding from early morning to late into the evening - are still visited by the US Department of Labor， who come to investigate workers‘ testimonies of being paid below minimum wage for seventy-plus-hour work weeks。 Living conditions are abysmal for the poorer Chinese - mostly recent immigrants and the elderly - who reside in small rooms in overcrowded tenements ill-kept by landlords。 Yet， because the community has been cloistered for so long and has only just begun to seek help from city officials for its internal problems， you won’t detect any hint of difficulties unless you reside in Chinatown for a considerable length of time。
