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Paris In Winter 冬天的巴黎 ? Paris is like pornography. You respond even if you don’t want to. You turn a corner and see a vista, and your imagination bolts away. Suddenly you are thinking about what it would be like to live in Paris, and then you think about all the lives you have not lived. Sometimes, though, when you are lucky, you only think about how many pleasures the day ahead holds. Then, you feel privileged ?巴黎像部色情作品。你会不由自主地产生反应。你转过街角，看到街景，你的想象力开始驰骋。突然间，你在想住在巴黎会是什么样，接着你又想自己没有活过的种种活法。不过有时，如果幸运的话，你只是在想即将到来的一天会有多少快乐。于是，你感到荣幸。 ?The lobby of the Plaza Athénée is a red-and-gold fantasia. It gives off a whiff of Moulin Rouge decadence. Probably as much as any hotel in Paris, the Plaza Athénée is sexy. I was standing facing the revolving doors and the driveway beyond. A Ducati with a woman on its back—a woman in a short skirt and black-leather jacket—pulled up before the hotel door. She swung off and she was wearing high heels. Normally, my mind would have leaped and imagined a story for this woman. Now it didn’t. I stood there and told myself: Cheer up. You’re in Paris. ?雅典广场旅馆的大堂是一部红色与金色交织的幻想曲。它带有些许红磨坊的放纵味道。也许和巴黎任何一家旅馆差不多的是，雅典广场旅馆是性感的。我正面向旅馆的旋转门和远处的车道站着。一辆杜卡迪摩托车载着一名女子----身穿短裙和黑色短款皮上衣----在旅馆门前停住。她跳下车，脚蹬高跟鞋。通常，这时我的脑子会飞快地转动，想象这名女子的故事。此刻我没有。我站在那对自己说：高兴点。你是在巴黎。 From the best new restaurants to “old friends” like the Louvre and La Tour Eiffel, Paris always enchants., David Sauveur / Agence VU-Aurora ?In many ways, Paris is best visited in winter. The tourist crowds are at a minimum, and one is not being jammed off the narrow sidewalks along the Rue Dauphine. More than this, Paris is like many other European cities in that the season of blockbuster cultural events tends to begin in mid- to late fall and so, by the time winter, bracing and demanding, appears, most of the cultural treasures of the city are laid out to be admired. ? 从许多方面来讲，最好在冬天去巴黎。那时游客最少，在多菲内街狭窄的人行道上不至于被挤到一旁。不仅如此，巴黎和欧洲其他许多城市相似的一点是，内容极具震撼力的文化活动季往往在仲秋或深秋拉开序幕，因此，冬季到来时，这座城市的大部分文化瑰宝都陈列出来供人赏鉴。 ? The other great rea