一名建筑工人示意我,“想看看令人惊叹的东西吗?”他问。鉴于我们的位置——高出曼哈顿熙熙攘攘的第五大道10层的圣帕特里克大教堂的北塔——我做好了一切准备。他让我跟随他穿过一条狭窄的走廊,走上一段短坡。他在大教堂石墙的一个巨大的矩形开口处停住,向外凝视。开口外面,有一块窄木板挂在塔尖的外面。他告诉我,工休时他常坐在这里休息。四周是大教堂的石头尖顶,眼前就是一览无余的曼哈顿。“这 A construction worker showed me, ”Do you want to see amazing things?“ He asked. Given our location - the North Tower of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on the 10th floor of Manhattan, bustling up Fifth Avenue - I am well prepared. He let me follow him through a narrow corridor and onto a short slope. He stopped at a huge rectangular opening in the cathedral’s stone wall and stared out. Outside the opening there was a narrow wooden plank hanging outside the spire. He told me that he often sat here for rest during work breaks. Surrounded by the cathedral’s steeple, the front is sweeping Manhattan. ”This