朦胧多雾的加州吸引游客

短语讲解：

1. What’s the attraction? Why did singer Tony Bennett, in his signature song, leave his heart in San Francisco, rather than, say, Boston or Cincinnati?

rather than而不是
例句：They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

2. Many of the densely-packed neighborhoods clinging to these hills are filled with ornate Victorian houses called “painted ladies.”

cling to紧抓, 紧附, 紧偎(某人)；挨着, 碰着(某物)
例句：The ship clung to the shore.
那条船靠着岸。
fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
His eyes filled with tears as he looked lovingly at her.
他深情地望着她, 眼里充满了泪水。

3. Add in its lively theater scene, the oldest ballet company in the United States, dozens of art galleries, and thousands of fine restaurants, and San Francisco exudes sophistication.

dozens of很多
例句：There are rumors in the air that dozens of people died in the fire.
有谣传许多人在那场大火中死亡。

4. In fact, there’s a delightful saying - incorrectly credited to humorist Mark Twain - that the natives enjoy:  “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

credit to把…归因于; 认为
例句：The shortage of wheat was credited to lack of rain.
小麦歉收被归因于缺雨。

5. In the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, you can still run into people who are trying to recapture the “hippie” experience of San Francisco’s 1967 “Summer of Love.”

run into偶然遇见
例句：I ran into Bob yesterday on main street.
昨天我在大街上偶然遇到了鲍勃。