True indeed, New York is subject to all the defects of a big city: crime, traffic congestion, poverty, pollution and alienation... but the charm it offers combined with Columbia University is a call that many budding young scholars seeking a global perspective can't resist.
不錯，紐約有一切大都市的缺點：治安差、交通亂、貧富懸殊、空氣污染嚴重、人情味較淡… …，但它在與哥倫比亞大學結合之後所產生的魅力，卻是許多想培養國際觀的學子所不能拒絕的。