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Rick: Oh, yes! The tattoo-coated Allen Iverson is a local icon in a city of almost two million people-America's fifth largest.
　　Jin: That's big. And the buildings here look unique.
　　Rick: Yes, they are “purdy and be yoo dee full.” Philadelphia has been a great representative of American architecture since the 18th Century.
　　Jin: You just said “pretty and beautiful,” right?
　　Rick: Right. Way back when, Philly was America's first capital. It's been a leading cultural city ever since.
　　Jin: Now that's “innerestin’!”
　　(續上期，下期續) 　　瑞尅：對啊！那位身上一大堆刺青的亞倫艾彿遜是本市近兩百萬居民的偶像——我們的人口全美排名第五呢。
　　阿敬：真多。而且這裡的建築看起來很獨特。
　　瑞尅：沒錯。它們‘粉米麗’。費城從十八世紀起就是美國建築的代表。
　　阿敬：你剛剛說的是‘很美麗’，對吧？
　　瑞尅：對。那時費城是美國第一個首都。從那時候開始，它就是文化的首善之都了。
　　阿敬：還‘曾有意素’啊！
　　重點解說：
　　★ tattoo (n.) 刺青，tattoo-coated在對話中是指‘身上佈滿刺青的’，Allen Iverson（亞倫艾彿遜）則是美國職籃費城七六人隊(Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers)的明星球員
　　★ icon (n.) 偶像 　　★ representative (n.) 代表
　　★ architecture (n.) 建築