Finding Peace in 21st-Century Kyoto
When travelers arrive in Kyoto for the first time, they often are confused and disappointed.
Expecting a place that exudes timeless elegance and peace, they instead find a thoroughly modern city of traffic-clogged streets and blocky concrete buildings.
Looking at their faces, you know what they’re thinking: Where’s Kyoto?
exudes:to flow out slowly and steadily, or to make something do this
timeless:continuing for ever
blocky:块状的
当游客第一次到达京都时,他们常常感到困惑和失望。
他们期待的是一个散发着永恒优雅与和平气息的地方,结果却发现,这里是一个完全现代化的城市,到处是交通堵塞的街道和块状的混凝土建筑。
看着他们的脸,你知道他们在想什么:京都在哪里?