2024-02-18 The First Sunday of Lent

【Le Monocle de Mon Oncle-IV (1918)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         This luscious and impeccable fruit of life

         Falls, it appears, of its own weight to earth.

         When you were Eve, its acrid juice was sweet,

         Untasted, in its heavenly, orchard air.

         An apple serves as well as any skull

         To be the book in which to read a round,

         And is as excellent, in that it is composed

         Of what, like skulls, comes rotting back to ground.

         But it excels in this, that as the fruit

         Of love, it is a book too mad to read

         Before one merely reads to pass the time.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《我叔叔的單片眼鏡·之四》(1918)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            這甘美無瑕的生命之果

            似乎因其自身重力而落到地球。

            當你還是夏娃，再苦澀的漿汁依然甜蜜、

            清新，散發出神聖而馥郁的氣息。

            蘋果像任何腦仁一樣

            成為閱讀的書，

            而且同樣出色，畢竟也是由

            像腦仁一樣入土腐爛的東西組成。

            但遠非於此，那愛

            之果，就是令人痴狂卻無法

            只為打發光陰而閱讀的書。

【注】從44個站台數量和占地面積49英畝(=37個棒球場或28個足球場)來看，位於42街的紐約中央總站問鼎世界之最，1975年被納入《美國國家歷史遺蹟名錄》。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2024: Church of Our Saviour, NYC(紐約城·救世主羅馬天主教堂)

2024: St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, NYC(紐約城·農場街光輝聖徒教堂)

2024: Street Swimmers on Park Ave, NYC(紐約城·公園大道街頭游泳者)

2024: Shop for Mod Parka Post-Snow, NYC(紐約城·雪後選購棉猴大衣)

2024: Hutong in Awesome Setting, NYC(紐約城·非比尋常的“胡同”食府)

2024: 1-Michelin-Starred Estela, NYC(紐約城米其林一星·星辰現代餐廳)

2018 Teachers' Appreciation Dinner(2018年光華教師答謝晚宴)

2017 MathCounts Regional Competition(2017年初中數學分區賽)

2015: Chinese New Year Eve @ Lai Lai Garden(來來花園春節年夜飯)

Park Avenue Viaduct around 3 Bldgs of the Terminal, the MetLife Building, & the Helmsley

(公園大道高架橋·航站樓、大都會人壽和林地潔淨等3座大廈正對着公園大道 02-18-2024)

South Façade Featuring a Set of three Arched Windows w/ the Glory of Commerce Sculpture @ the Top Center & the Vanderbilt Statue at the Bottom Center

(南面設有三扇拱形窗戶，頂部中心為商業榮耀雕塑，底部中心則是山岡人雕像)

Glory of Commerce Sculptural Group above the Tiffany Clock, Including Representations of Minerva, Hercules, & Mercury

(神之證明時鐘之上包括智慧、榮耀和神使在內的《商業榮耀》雕塑群)

The Terminal (1913) | Hyatt Grand Central New York (1919) | Chrysler Bldg in Art Deco (1930)

(1913年修成的航站樓 | 1919年始建的紐約凱悅大酒店 | 1930年興造的陀螺大廈)

Grand Central Pershing Sq Plaza

(中央總站潘興“桃販”廣場)

Cast-Iron Eagle Decoration (鑄鐵鷹飾)

City Winery Grand Central

(中央總站城市酒莊 02-18-2024)

City Winery Grand Central, Importing Grapes from All Over the World to Create Unique Locally Made Wines

(中央總站城市酒莊·用世界各地進口的葡萄來釀造獨特的當地葡萄酒 02-18-2024)

The Touching 1913 Dedication over a Grand Central Terminal Entrance: To all those with head heart and hand toiled in the construction of this monument to the public service, this is inscribed

(1913年中央車站入口處感人獻詞：致所有那些用心靈和雙手辛勞為公共服務建造這座歷史性建築的人們)

Vanderbilt Hall (范德堡“山岡人”大廳)

Ticket Office (售票處)

Iconic Clock atop the Info Booth (問詢亭頂部的標誌性時鐘)

Main Concourse Eastward (主大廳東側 02-18-2024)

Constellation Ceiling (星座天花板 02-18-2024)

Constellation Ceiling in Detail (細觀星座天花板)

42^nd St Passage (42街通道)

Helmsley Bldg (1929) in Front of the MetLife Bldg as Part of Terminal City, a Commercial and Office District Created above the Tracks

(建於1929年的航站樓城之一——赫爾姆斯利“林間空地”大廈·位於大都會人壽大廈前，是在鐵軌上方創建的商業和辦公區)

Helmsley Bldg w/ Clock & Sculptures over the Entrance

(赫爾姆斯利大廈入口處的時鐘和雕塑)

Helmsley Bldg in Beaux-Arts (赫爾姆斯利大廈·藝術風格)

Interior of the Lobby inside Helmsley Bldg

(赫爾姆斯利大廈·門廳內部)

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