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我开始担心这可能是我呆在休斯敦的最后一天,如果火箭这场输掉,我只能立刻回国;如果赢了,还可以等待下一场比赛的结果。我真的不希望就这么离开这里,不仅是因为火箭和姚明,短短几天我开始喜欢这座城市。如果你置身此地,一定跟我的感觉相同。作为全世界经济增长最快的城市之一,在这里人们可以享受全年的户外活动;温和的气候为休斯教提供了每年长达三百天的生长季节。即使在冬季休斯敦仍然很暖和,气温一般在摄氏7-19度,每年只有少于20天的时间温度低于摄氏零度。而现在,每天22-23度的舒适感的确让人陶醉。更令人向往的地方是休斯顿的居住成本低,其房价比美国其他大城市的平均值低百分之二十八,而且,得克萨斯州没有州的入息税。休斯敦的主要城市人口有380万,包括八个都(县)的大体斯敦地区则有440万人。八分之一的休斯敦人是在外国出生的,难怪巴特尔远在圣安东尼奥也要把家安在这里。1969年7月20日,美国人阿姆斯特朗登上月球,他的出发地就是休斯敦。这里有世界闻名的美国太空总署(NASA)Johnson Space Center Houston——休斯敦太空中心,36年前阿姆斯特朗说出的第一个词儿就是Houston,使得体斯敦成为家喻户晓的城市。而大多数中国人了解休斯敦除了通过NASA,可能就是火箭队。11年前拥有奥拉朱旺的火箭队,拿走了乔丹之后的第一座总冠军奖杯。可惜这次来的晚,赶不上休斯敦每年二月在Astrodome举行的为期17天的牲畜与牛仔秀Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, 这是世界著名的牛仔盛会,每年吸引无数的游客前往感受得州牛仔豪迈的性情。好在2006年的全明星周末在休斯敦举行,到时候有机会故地重游的话想必又是另外一番滋味。我没有去Six Flags Astroworld——六旗主盟游乐园,尽管那里的木制云宵飞车是世界上最棒的;也没有去The Woodlands,尽管姚明的家就在这片面积21000英亩的Conroe湖畔,每年九月底至十一月初得州文艺复兴庆典Texas Renaissance Festival就在Conroe湖附近Plantersville举行;我甚至没有去The Gelleria、Rice Village或著Katy Mills 给家人和朋友买上几件礼物,只是在输了第二场球的晚上去市中心地下街的Downtown Tunnel转了一圈,由于是午夜时分,这里早已人去楼空。不过给我的感觉跟哈尔滨的地下国贸城差不多,唉,彼时的心情不提也罢。我不知道自己为什么会有这么强烈的遗憾的感觉,这就是那天去往丰田中心的路上的我。直到现在我仍确信,那天晚上我嘴里念叨的是许志摩的《再别康桥》。好在,那一天火箭赢了。
I started to worry that this may be the last day I was in Houston. If the Rockets lose, I can only return home immediately. If I win, I can wait for the next game. I really do not want to leave here, not only because of Rockets and Yao Ming, just a few days I began to like the city. If you stay here, it must be the same with me. As one of the fastest growing cities in the world, where people can enjoy year-round outdoor activities, the mild climate provides Hughes with a growing season of up to 300 days a year. Even though winter is still very warm in Houston, the temperature is generally 7-19 degrees Celsius, less than 20 days a year, the temperature is below zero degrees Celsius. And now, the comfort of 22-23 degrees per day is really intoxicating. More desirable is Houston’s low cost of living, which is 28% lower than the average U.S. metropolitan area, and Texas has no state income tax. The main urban population of Houston is 3.8 million, including 4.4 million in roughly all of the East Timor area, including the eight counties. One in eight Houston residents was born in a foreign country. No wonder Batter has to be home here in San Antonio. July 20, 1969, the American Armstrong ascend the moon, his starting place is Houston. Here is the world famous NASA Johnson Space Center Houston - the Houston Space Center. Armstrong first spoke 36 years ago as Houston, making Stilltown a household name. Most Chinese know Houston may be the Rockets in addition to NASA. 11 years ago with the Rockets Olajuwon, Jordan took away the first championship trophy. What a pity this evening, can not keep up with the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Houston’s 17-day show of livestock and denim, held in Astrodome each February in Houston, a world-famous cowboy event that attracts millions of visitors every year to feel Texas Cowboys temperament. Fortunately, the All-Star weekend in 2006 held in Houston, the time to have a chance to revisit it must have another taste. I did not go to Six Flags Astroworld - Six Flags Main League Amusement Park, though the wooden Skydiver there was the best in the world and did not go to The Woodlands despite Yao’s home on the 21,000-acre Lake Conroe At the Texas Renaissance Festival every year from late September to early November, the Texas Renaissance Festival took place at Plantersville near Lake Conroe. I did not even buy a few gifts for family and friends from The Gelleria, Rice Village or Katy Mills, The second night of the ball to the downtown Downtown Tunnel Tunnel turn around, because it is midnight, where people have long been empty. However, to give me the feeling of Harbin’s underground Trade City almost, alas, then did not mention the mood worth mentioning. I do not know why I felt so strongly regretted that this was the day I was on my way to Toyota Center. Until now I was still convinced that what I read in my mouth that night was Xu Zhimo’s “Farewell to Cambridge.” Fortunately, that day the Rockets won.