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New York City's iconic Grand Central Terminal turns 100 today.
紐約市代表性的中央車站今天一百歲了。

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With its vaulted halls and beaux arts architecture, it's far from being a simple train station.
擁有圓頂大廳和藝術感建築的中央車站絕不只是簡單的火車站而已，

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It's also the Big Apple's second-most popular tourist destination. Richard Roth went to celebrate there.
它也是大蘋果（註：紐約市的別稱）第二大熱門的觀光景點。理查．羅斯要前往那裡慶祝一番。

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What time is the next train?
下一班火車是幾點？

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In North by Northwest, Cary Grant asked the question millions of passengers have posed since the majestic Grant Central Terminal opened 100 years ago.
在電影《北西北》中，卡萊．葛倫問了從一百年前宏偉的中央車站啟用以來數百萬乘客都問過的這個問題。

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Each day, 750,000 people pour through Grand Central.
每天有七十五萬人湧進中央車站。

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What do you think, Grand Central, 100 years old?
中央車站一百年了，你覺得如何呢？

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I think it's fantastic.
我認為棒透了。

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We love Grand Central. It never looked better.
我們愛中央車站，它看起來總是這麼美。

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There is poetry in this place. It is a warm, inviting place for something as large and cathedral-like.
這個地方頗具詩意，它的規模龐大，外型像座教堂，卻是個溫暖又吸引人的地方。

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The construction of Grand Central paved the way for multi-levels of track service.
中央車站的建造工程就已為多樓層的軌道設施鋪了路。

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And soon the era of luxury train travel arrived.
很快地，豪華火車旅遊的時代來臨，

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But as plane travel soared and the railways ran into bankruptcy, Grand Central was nearly demolished.
但隨著航空業起飛、火車公司遭逢破產，中央車站差點被拆毀。

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A civic fight led by a former U.S. first lady helped save Grand Central.
一位前美國第一夫人帶領了一場公民抗爭保住了中央車站。

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If you destroy your past, something in people dies.
如果摧毀了過去，那麼人們內心的一部分也隨之而亡。

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Now, in a New York minute, you can spot a wedding, a modeling shoot...
如今，在紐約的一分鐘裡，你可以看到婚禮、模特兒拍照……

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It's absolutely stunning.
真是令人驚豔不已。

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...and a squash tournament.
……還有壁球錦標賽。

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You know, with these mysteries and things...
有這些不可思議的地方……

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Tour guide Dan Brucker revealed the secrets of Grand Central.
導遊丹恩．布拉克揭露了中央車站的秘密。

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Look up, people don't even notice a ceiling to mirror the constellation[s].
抬頭看，人們甚至都沒注意到天花板反映著星座圖。

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Move, move, chop, chop, in the corner, let's go!
移動，移動，快，快，到角落去，快點！

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Another secret is the whispering gallery on a lower level.
另一個秘密是低樓層的迴音廊。

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Even though I am standing 30 feet away from you, speaking in a low voice, you can probably hear every word I'm saying.
即使我站在離你三十英尺遠的地方低聲說話，你可能還是可以聽見我說的每一個字。

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We are now descending into the deepest basement in New York City.
我們現在要往下走到紐約市深底最深的地下室了。

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This sub-basement is not even on Grand Central maps and it hums with history.
這個地底地下室甚至不在中央車站的地圖上，伴隨著歷史嗡嗡作響。

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This is the most top-secret location inside Grand Central Terminal, the M42. More than decades ago, troops stood guard to prevent attacks on the power system.
這裡是中央車站最機密的地點，M42 區。數十年前這裡有軍隊鎮守以防電力系統遭受攻擊。

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During the Second World War, there was a great fear,
在二次世界大戰期間存在著一股極大的恐懼，

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well-founded that saboteurs, that Nazi spies, Nazi agents, would make their way down here.
有充分理由相信有破壞份子、納粹間諜、納粹情報員會想辦法找到下面這裡來。

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Out front, the clock face has the world's largest example of Tiffany glass.
外頭前門的鐘面是全世界最大的第凡內玻璃。

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Though, people throughout history have told loved ones, "Meet me at the clock indoors, above the information booth."
不過，自古至今人們都是和心愛的人說：「和我在室內那座鐘前見，就在服務台上頭。」

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During the last a hundred years, what's the most frequent question you get from passengers?
在過去一百年間，你最常聽到乘客問的問題是什麼？

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Oh, my God. Where's the Apple store?
老天！蘋果專賣店在哪裡啊？

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The terminal can't run without train engineers.
若沒有列車駕駛員，車站就無法運作。

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Congratulations.
恭喜！

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A smaller celebration for a veteran railman who guided his last train, concluding 36 years of service.
一場祝賀一名退休站務人員的小型慶祝會，他要最後一次開火車進站，結束為期三十六年的服務。

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Today is my last day, but, yes, 100 years is really something.
今天是我工作的最後一天，不過，是啊，一百年真是了不起！