SYLVIA： So， what do you plan to do today？

SHARON： There is a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Larry and I will go.

SYLVIA： Did you buy tickets already？

SHARON： No. Do we need tickets？

SYLVIA： Well， probably. Probably you will have to wait in line if you don't have tickets.

SHARON： Outside or inside？

SYLVIA： Outside， on the sidewalk.

SHARON： Hmm. It's very cold today.

But I brought my jacket. Maybe it will be alright to wait.

SYLVIA： The MOMA is very popular. There will be a lot of people.

SHAROM： “MOMA”？ What's that？

SYLVIA： Oh， sorry.

It stands for the Museum of Modern Art. It's an acronym. M O M A “MOMA.”

SHARON： I see. Do you have any suggestions for other things we should do？

SYLVIA： I suggest you go to the Jewish Museum.

It's not far from the Guggenheim， near Central Park. It is really very interesting.

Also， there is a great museum of medieval European art further up north.

It's called the Cloisters.

SHARON： How can we get up there？

SYLVIA： You can take a bus.

SHARON： But Larry says the neighborhoods in the north are dangerous.

SYLVIA： Some places aren't good to go.

But I can show you the right bus to take. It will be no problem.

SHARON： We want to see the Statue of Liberty too.

SYLVIA： I have never done that myself. But I hear it is very interesting. You two should go.

SHARON： You have never gone to the Statue of Liberty？！

I can't believe it！ But you live here！

SYLVIA： Yes， but I'm very busy with work.

And you know how it is， sometimes people don't visit the tourist sites in their own country.

SHARON： I know. Are the subway trains easy to take here？

SYLVIA： Oh， yes. I recommend the subways. They are very fast， faster than taxis.

And the maps are very clear. Just be careful you don't get off in the wrong place.

SHARON： Thank you for all this advice， Sylvia. Let me pay for our breakfast today.

SYLVIA： No， absolutely not.

You are a visitor here. When I come to Illinois， then I will let you pay.

But here， I think of you as my guest.

SHARON： You are treating us too well.

SYLVIA： I am happy you decided to come.

It gets cold here in winter， but there are many many things to do.

思維亞：你們今天打算做什么？

雪倫：現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館現(xiàn)在展出法國(guó)畫(huà)家馬蒂斯的作品，賴瑞和我想去看看。

思維亞：你們買票了嗎？

雪倫：還沒(méi)，需要門票嗎？

思維亞：可能要，沒(méi)門票的話可能要排很久。

雪倫：在里面還是外面？

思維亞：外面，在人行道上。

雪倫：今天好冷。

但是我有帶夾克，排一下隊(duì)還好。

思維亞：MOMA 很受歡迎的，會(huì)有很多人。

雪倫：MOMA 是什么？

思維亞：喔！對(duì)不起。

是現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)博物館的縮寫(xiě)。

雪倫：原來(lái)是這樣。你還有什么建議嗎？

思維亞：我建議你們?nèi)オq太博物館。

離辜根漢基金會(huì)不遠(yuǎn)，靠近中央公園，很有意思的。

再往北一點(diǎn)，有歐洲中古世紀(jì)藝術(shù)的博物館。

叫做克勞斯特修道院。

雪倫：要怎么到那邊呢？

思維亞：可以搭公車。

雪倫：可是賴瑞說(shuō)北部鄰近地區(qū)很危險(xiǎn)。

思維亞：有些地方最好不要去。

但是我可以告訴你搭什么公車，不會(huì)有問(wèn)題的。

雪倫：我們也想看自由女神像。

思維亞：我沒(méi)去過(guò)，不過(guò)聽(tīng)說(shuō)蠻有趣的，你們兩個(gè)應(yīng)該去看看。

雪倫：你沒(méi)去過(guò)自由女神像那兒？

真不敢相信，你住在這里耶！

思維亞：我工作很忙。

而且通常人們不在自己的國(guó)家旅行是吧！

雪倫：我了解。這里的地下鐵好搭嗎？

思維亞：很方便，我建議搭地下鐵，很快，比出租車還快。

而且地圖畫(huà)得很清楚，只要注意別下錯(cuò)站就好了。

雪倫：謝謝你的建議，思維亞。今天的早餐我請(qǐng)客。

思維亞：絕對(duì)不行。

你是客人，下次我去臺(tái)北時(shí)再讓你請(qǐng)。

在這里，你們是我的客人。

雪倫：你對(duì)我們的招待太好了。

思維亞：我很高興你們來(lái)。

雖然冬天很冷，但還是有很多事可以做。

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