Nostalgia
2018/05/10 08:41:15 網誌分類: 生活
It is impossible to do that now because the morons (idiots) at the Transport Department care more about traffic than people. I had to walk through a maze of subways from the MTR station to reach the harbor-front. The word “maze” means a complicated system of passages. I had a bout of nostalgia when I saw a large picture of the old Tsim Sha Tsui at the K11 Atelier, a mixed-use new building by New World Development. It is part of the Victoria Dockside project. The word “bout” used this way means a short period of activity. For example, you can say you had a bout of flu. The word “nostalgia” means a mixed feeling of pleasure and sadness when thinking about something in the past.
I went through a short period (bout) of feeling pleasure and sadness (nostalgia) when I saw the picture of old Tsim Sha Tsui. Surprise replaced my bout of nostalgia during a tour of the K11 Atelier building. The word “atelier” means a studio or building used especially by artists or designers. The K11 Atelier has a very unusual architectural design. Its mixed use of offices, a hotel, and serviced apartments integrates (combines, joins) art, culture, and offices in one building. I am nostalgic about the old Tsim Sha Tsui but understand cities need to change. I hope all developers will care about art and culture when they replace the old with the new.
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上星期我發了一回思古之幽情(a bout of nostalgia)。我在尖沙咀長大,但現在已經很少到那裏了,因它總是人太多,亦再沒有我從前住在那兒時的感覺。當我還是小男孩時,不時會和朋友們去香港基督教青年會游泳。我們有時會穿過半島酒店那堂皇的(grand)大堂,看人們享用下午茶。當然,我們那時候是吃不起那裏的下午茶啦。我上星期就到尖沙咀海旁去看新世界發展的Victoria Dockside項目。當我還住在尖沙咀時,我可以橫越梳士巴利道輕易的來到海旁。
但現在要輕易的到海旁去已是不可能了,因為運輸署的笨蛋(morons)關心交通多於行人。我從港鐵站過去,得經過錯綜複雜(maze)的地下行人隧道才能到達海旁。Maze解作像迷宮般迂迴的通道。當我在K11 Atelier見到一幅舊尖沙咀大照片時,我心頭立即泛起了一陣(bout)懷舊之情(nostalgia)。K11 Atelier就是新世界發展新落成的綜合用途大樓,是Victoria Dockside 的一部份。Bout在這裏解作一回或一段短時期的活動。例如,你可以說你有 a bout of flu(一場流感)。Nostalgia就是懷念往昔時的那份悲喜交集之情。
當我看到那幀舊尖沙咀的老照片,心頭不禁泛起一股(bout)悲喜交集的懷舊之情(nostalgia);但在參觀K11 Atelier 大樓期間,那股(bout)懷舊之情(nostalgia)倒是被更多的驚喜取代了。Atelier是解工作室、畫室或工場,特別是藝術家或設計師所用的。K11 Atelier有着非常別樹一格的建築設計,集寫字樓、酒店和服務式住宅於一身,在同一大樓內融合了(integrates)藝術、文化與辦工室。我是有點懷念(nostalgia)舊尖沙咀,但也明白城市是需要轉變的。我希望所有發展商在以新代舊時,也能關心到藝術與文化。
中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
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