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A bum rap in the Big Apple

机译:大苹果的流氓说唱

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This is not the weather to be down and out in New York. Yet, compared with the complaining commuters, the homeless people bedding down on the church steps in the most luxurious stretch of Fifth Avenue are admirably stoical. A young black couple erecting a cardboard barricade against the snow say they will be warm enough, and would rather sleep rough together than be apart in the city's single-sex shelters for childless adults. On another step, Dave, a middle-aged white man homeless since his divorce, lies wrapped in blankets, reading Stephen King's death-row novel, "The Green Mile". He says he will get a job, and a home, once his teeth are fixed. Meanwhile, he would rather brave the elements than go to the city's shelters, which he doesn't like for reasons he is too embarrassed to describe.
机译:在纽约,这不是天气不佳的时候。然而,与抱怨通勤的通勤者相比,在第五大道最豪华的一段教堂的台阶上落下的无家可归的人是通情达理的。一对年轻的黑人夫妇在雪地上架设硬纸板路障,说他们会足够温暖,宁愿在一起睡得粗糙,也不愿在城市的无孩成人单性别收容所中分开。下一步,戴夫(Dave)自离婚以来已无家可归,他被毛毯包裹着,读着斯蒂芬·金(Stephen King)的死行小说《绿色英里》(The Green Mile)。他说,一旦牙齿固定好,他将找到一份工作和一个住所。同时,他宁愿勇敢地尝试元素,也不愿去城市的庇护所。出于他太尴尬而无法描述的原因,他不喜欢这种庇护所。

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