VOA常速英语:Empty streets of NYC during Covid crisis

At the Museum of the city of New York, we think a lot about what makes New York New York
在纽约市博物馆，我们对纽约的构成进行了很多思考
and when we bring it down to just four ideas, money, density, diversity and creativity.
当我们把它归结为四个概念，金钱、密度、多样性和创造力。
They are all rooted in and felt in the vibrant street life of New York,
它们都植根于充满活力的纽约街头生活，
and that energy of New Yorks street life is what I find most viscerally absence during this strange and quiet time of sheltering
而纽约街头生活的活力，正是我在这段奇怪而安静的隔离时光中最能体会到的
in place staying at home social distancing and quarantine.
呆在家里，远离社会，隔离。
Use hand sanitizer. Please cover your nose and mouth at your elbow when you cough and sneeze. Lets work together to keep healthy.
使用洗手液。当你咳嗽或打喷嚏时，请用手肘捂住口鼻。让我们一起努力保持健康。
The streets are dense, theyre diverse full of creative people.
街道很密集，有多样性，到处都是有创意的人。
People from all over the world,
来自世界各地的人，
the crowds that jostling, people bumping up against strangers and hearing all the languages of the globe.
拥挤的人群，撞到陌生人，听到世界上所有的语言。
Thats typically the experience of moving through the streets of New York.
这是典型的在纽约街道上活动的经历。
So much of the way the city was organized and the systems that were built were designed
城市的大部分组织方式和建造系统都是为了对抗不健康的环境，
to fight the unhealthy environment that was understood to be the sources of disease.
与被认为是疾病来源的不健康环境作斗争。
And so, big pieces of infrastructure were created like the water system, the very existence of the sanitation system
因此，大量的基础设施被创造出来，比如水系统，卫生系统，
the housing codes that shaped the way the buildings were built.
影响建筑物建造方式的住房法规。
But as you get into the 20th century, the changes that you see as a result of infectious disease are more metaphorical.
但是当你进入20世纪的时候，你所看到的传染病所带来的变化更具有隐喻性。
Theyre about human behavior shaping how people relate to each other and how we think about certain spaces.
它们是关于人类的行为，塑造人们之间的联系，以及我们如何看待特定的空间。
Its going to be interesting to see the aftermath of this,
看到这件事的后果会很有趣的，
really historic period and whether it changes the direction or the slope of New Yorks development.
真正的具有历史性和它是否改变了纽约的发展方向或坡度。
New York has a lot of monikers and nicknames. One is famously the city that never sleeps.
纽约有很多的绰号，其中一个著名的就是纽约不夜城。
Yet right now people are feeling that the city that never sleeps is at least napping,
然而，现在人们感觉到，这座从来不睡觉的城市至少是在打瞌睡，
and yet when you look closer at what it takes to keep the city moving
然而，当你仔细观察如何才能让这座城市继续前进的时候
and all the people putting their lives on the front lines whether literally in hospitals
所有奋战在前线的人们，不管是在医院里
or just keeping the subways and buses moving, deliveries coming and food on the shelves.
或者开动地铁或公交，运送货物的人。
There is still a lot of people not sleeping in New York.
还有很多在纽约的人在奋战。