New York's famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro

New York's famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro

Transcript¹

Skaters are ditching their blades — and putting on wheels. The last time the rink welcomed roller skaters was in the 1940s.

A MARTÍNEZ: New York's famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro. Skaters are ditching their blades and putting on wheels.

(SOUNDBITE OF GLENN MILLER'S "AMERICAN PATROL")

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

I hope they're playing music like that if they do it. The last time the Rockefeller Center rink welcomed roller skaters was in the 1940s. Now they're back.

LIBERTY ROSS: The beauty of roller skating is that the minute you strap² on the wheels, everything goes out of the window.

A MARTÍNEZ: Liberty Ross came up with the idea to transform the Rockefeller Center rink for roller skating.

(SOUNDBITE OF BEE GEES³ SONG, "NIGHT FEVER")

A MARTÍNEZ: In the late 1970s, her father owned one of the hottest spots in Los Angeles, the famous Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace.

ROSS: People that went to the original Flipper's, they all say, like, yeah, you know, I was, like, holding hands with Cher while I was skating around the rink. You know, it was like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jane Fonda, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Herbie Hancock. Everybody was there.

INSKEEP: She wanted to recreate that magic of that attraction that closed in 1981. And for its debut⁴ in New York, the stars came out to roll.

ROSS: There's Usher⁵. There's Floyd Mayweather. There's, you know, Meek⁶ Mill. There's Mary J. Blige. But they're skating with everyone.

INSKEEP: Ross promotes roller skating as an alternative to getting lost online - less scroll⁷, more roll.

ROSS: Put the phones down, you know, and just be in your body. Feel the wind in your hair, hear that music and just let go and enjoy the feeling of freedom.

A MARTÍNEZ: Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace at Rockefeller Center is open through October.

INSKEEP: Bellbottoms not required.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STAYIN' ALIVE")

BEE GEES: (Singing) Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive, ah, ah, ah...

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 strap   

n.皮带，带子；v.用带扣住，束牢；用绷带包扎

参考例句：

• She held onto a strap to steady herself.她抓住拉手吊带以便站稳。
• The nurse will strap up your wound.护士会绑扎你的伤口。

3 gees   

n.（美俚）一千元（gee的复数形式）v.驭马快走或向右（gee的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• When the lunch bell rang, she peeled the gees and ate them. 中午吃饭铃响时她就剥开鸡蛋吃起来。 来自互联网
• How do you want you gees? 你要怎么样的蛋呢？ 来自互联网

4 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

5 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

6 meek   

adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的

参考例句：

• He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
• The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。

7 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。