2016-12-28

【Aiden in English】

        Today was the first day that the sun decided to actually do something. People always say the California coast is summer all year round. They are very wrong, as wintertime brings chilling winds and biting sun glare in Los Angeles. It literally takes a chunk out of your spirit if you stay out too long.

        Well, those days are over. Instead of a cruel glare freezing my soul, a brutal shine burns away hope piece by piece.

        So today, the sun was determined to show up. Great, just when we were leaving. But I'm sort of glad that we're leaving at around noon, and I won't be there to experience the full brutality of the heat. At early morning, the temperature was already a t-shirt condition. I still wore long pants and a jacket, prepping for the chilly 40-degree weather in Philadelphia. Thus it didn't take much to set me sweating.

        As for L.A, I must say, it did surprise me. I never thought about all the things to do. The Warner Brothers Studio was not known to me because of Universal Studios down in Florida, but no offense to them, I prefer the more educational studio to the amusement park. In this case, Warner Brothers have taught me a lot about movies, even if it does spoil some of my favorite ones.

        There's also the giant Griffith Observatory, dedicated to the sky, while simultaneously giving a great view of the Hollywood Sign. It tells its visitors how much they have no idea of and how much they have no idea that they have no idea of.

        L.A houses the Donald Reagan Presidential Library, where the life of Reagan was painted out year by year, achievement by achievement. Although in a few years, few will remember him in person, others can retrace his legacy at this library, and he can continue to be a role model for those interested in politics.

        And speaking of 'housing', Beverly Hills houses the richest of the social pyramid, and people like me simply go to see the fronts. If I had long term goals in my life, then this would be somewhere at the top of my list. Look out, L.A!

        So what's in L.A?

        I think you know.

【紅霞譯文】

        今兒算作頭一天太陽正式打個照面，人們總愛說加州沿岸四季如夏，那可是大錯特錯，其實冬天的洛杉磯要麼冷風吹得透心涼，要麼強光刺得眼難開，戶外呆久了還真有點吃不消。

        嗨！過去幾天，寒氣徹底凝固了我大腦思維，現在熱浪又把內心期盼一點一點地蒸發乾淨。

        正是今天太陽才決定湊份熱鬧，真夠賞臉的，恰好趕在我們離別之際，我禁不住慶幸全家老少將於中午時分開拔，至少能夠免遭整天烈日煎熬。清晨一大早，氣溫已高達足以穿T恤衫的程度，而我卻要將長褲外套武裝在身，以便返回費城迎接40^oF／4^oC嚴酷考驗，因此沒過多大工夫我便汗流浹背。

        我必須承認，洛杉磯讓我跌破眼鏡，之前全然不知這裡有啥好玩，因為南部佛羅里達州有座環球影城的緣故，所以我對華納兄弟工作室毫無概念。在此絲毫沒有冒犯之意，反正我比較偏愛啟蒙教育的工作室而非遊樂園，這麼說來，華納兄弟委實教我不少有關電影拍攝知識，儘管本人不得不割捨某些愛好。

        親臨巨型格里菲斯天文台不僅可以欣賞天體星空，而且近水樓台觀看“好萊塢”標誌，遊客們喜出望外，對眼前的一切難以置信。

        洛杉磯是唐納德·里根總統圖書館的大本營，它生動再現了里根非凡一生及其豐功偉績。儘管若干年後，只有少數人依舊銘記在心，但是人們能夠親臨此地緬懷這位傳奇人物，他將繼續成為熱衷政治之輩學習的榜樣。

        說到“大本營”，比佛利山莊無愧於社會金字塔最富有的根據地，像我這樣走馬觀花的人僅觀其外表而已，假如我胸懷大志，那麼比佛利山莊沒準兒將位居人生排行榜榜首。洛杉磯，等着瞧吧！

        洛杉磯到底有啥好玩？

        想必你知道答案。

相關博文：

Warner Bros. Studio, CA(加州華納兄弟工作室)

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library(加州里根總統圖書館)

Beverly Hills & Hollywood, CA(加州比佛利山莊與好萊塢)

L.A.—Griffith Observatory, CA(加州洛杉磯—格里菲斯天文台)

USA(出遊美國)