25 Fascinating Facts About New York City And Why It Is Called The Big Apple 25個關於紐約的奇聞逸事還有為什麼紐約叫做大蘋果。
1. Although
for a long time many people considered the origin of the term Big Apple to be a
mystery, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology managed
to determine the probably etymology.
1.雖然已經有很長一段時間許多人們都認為「大蘋果」這個詞的起源是一個謎，但密蘇里科技大學的學者想方設法的訂出了其最有可能的詞源。
"Apple" referred to many of the big
horse racing courses around NYC (possibly due to the fact that horses liked
apples). Smaller tracks were often called "bull rings". The term was
popularized for the first time by John J. Fitz Gerald in The New York Morning
Telegraph when he mentioned going to the "Big Apple" as in going to
the "big time"
「蘋果」指的是紐約許多大型馬的賽跑路線（可能是因為馬喜歡蘋果的緣故），小的賽道常常被叫做「鬥牛場」，這個詞最初會流行起來是因為約翰.費茲.葛瑞德（John J. Fitz Gerald）在《紐約晨遞報》（The New York Morning Telegraph）形容去「大蘋果」就是往「一流、成功」邁進的意思。
2. With
over 800 languages spoken by a significant portion of the population, New York
City is the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
紐約市內有超國800種語言被一定數量的人口使用著，紐約市是世界上語言最多元化的城市。
3. The
Empire State Building has its own zip code.
3. 帝國大夏有自己的郵遞區號。
4. Einstein's
eyes are locked in a safe deposit box somewhere in the city
4. 愛因斯坦的眼睛被鎖在這個城市某處的保險箱裡。
5. The
city gets about 15 times more snow than the South Pole every year (this
shouldn't be too surprising though because Antarctica is a desert and therefore
receives very little precipitation)
5. 這個城市每年的下雪量大約是南極的15倍。（這應該沒有什麼好吃驚的，因為南極洲是沙漠，因此南極洲的下雨量非常小）
6. Invisible,
harmless shrimp called copepods live in New York City's water supply.
6. 一種名叫橈腳類(copepods)看不見而且有害的蝦子住在紐約市的供水系統裡。
7. 1 out
of every 21 New Yorkers is a millionaire.
7. 每21個紐約人當中就有一個是百萬富翁。
8. 25% of
the world's gold bullion is stored in vaults under Wall Street (the federal
reserve bank)
8. 世界上有百分之25的金條儲藏在華爾街地下的保險庫裡。（美國聯邦準備銀行）
9. New
Yorkers drink 7 times more coffee than people in the rest of America
9. 紐約人喝的咖啡量是其他美國人的7倍。
10. 1 in
every 38 Americans live in NYC
10. 每38個美國人就有一個住在紐約。
11. More
Chinese people live in New York City than any other city outside of Asia. And
more Jewish people live there than any other city outside of Israel.
11. 住在紐約市的中國人數比其他非亞洲的城市都還多；住在紐約市的猶太人比以色列以外的城市都還多。
12. New
York City doesn't have any Walmarts.
12. 紐約沒有任何一間沃爾瑪。
13. Roughly
half of the population speaks a language other than English at home.
13. 居住人口中大約有一半的人在家不是講英語。
14. New
York City is the city with the largest Polish population after Warsaw.
14. 紐約是在華沙（波蘭首都）之後擁有最多波蘭人口的都市。
15. Manhattan
comes from a Lenape word meaning "island of many hills" (mostly
flattened by now to provide room for urban development)
15. 曼哈頓這個名字是來自于德拉瓦語的單字，意思是「有很多山丘的島嶼」。（為了為都市發展提供更多居住的地方，現在大多的山丘都已經被夷平）
16. It can cost nearly $300,000 to
operate a hot dog stand around Central Park
16. 要在中央公園周圍經營一個熱狗餐車需要花將近30萬美金。
17. More
people in New York die of suicide than murder
17. 在紐約，死於自殺的人比死於謀殺的人更多。
18. New
York sets train tracks on fire to keep them free of ice in the winter
18. 在紐約，冬天人們會在火車鐵軌上放火，讓他不會結冰。
19. New
Yorkers bite 10 times more people per year than sharks do
19. 每年紐約人咬的次數是鯊魚的10倍。
20. Manhattan
was purchased from the native people in 1626 for the modern equivalent of US
$1000
20. 曼哈頓是1626年從當地人們手中以現在價值相當於1000美元買來的。
21. There
is a skyscraper with no windows
21. 有一棟摩天大厦完全沒有窗戶。
22. In
2018 NYC will open the world's first underground park
22. 2018年紐約將會開世界第一座的地下公園。
23. In
1789 it became the first capital of the United States. This only lasted for one
year though.
23. 在1789年紐約成為美國的第一個首都，然而這樣的情況只維持了一年而已。
24. Except
for emergencies, honking your car horn is actually illegal in New York City.
And yes, we know, everybody does it anyway.
24. 在紐約，除非緊急狀況發生，否則按你車子的喇叭事實上是違法的。但是，是的，我們都知道，大家都還是按喇叭。
25. 15,152
forms of life have been found in the New York Subway system (these include
insects and bacteria)
25. 有15,152種生命形態在紐約的地下鐵系統中被發現。（這包括昆蟲跟細菌）
