It's a longstanding American tradition. Around Easter-time each year, young people gather together from all over the country to get reckless and rowdy while schools and colleges are out.
But while these days Spring Breakers are most likely to be found in permissive Panama City, or way down in Mexico where drink and drugs are easily found, way back in the mists of time Fort Lauderdale was the place to be.
These pictures show students going wild Eighties-style in the city on Florida's Atlantic coast.
對於美國的大學生而言，每年的春假 (復活節假期) 都有一項傳統，他們來自全國四面八方，成群結隊的聚集到佛羅里達州，塞爆各大海邊城市，上演一齣齣瘋狂喧鬧的海灘派對戲碼。
不過隨著時光的推移，頭號春假勝地逐漸南移，從佛州羅德岱堡轉往毒品猖獗的墨西哥灣地帶，然而始終不變的是這些尋歡作樂的大學生。
這些照片展現出濃厚的八〇年代美式沙灘派對風。
- Longstanding (adj.) 存在已久的
- Easter (n.) 復活節
- Reckless (adj.) 魯莽的，不顧後果的
Some of these young motorcyclists are very reckless.
有些年輕的機車騎士很魯莽。
- Rowdy (adj.) 喧鬧的
- Permissive (adj.) 許可的，寬容的
- Way back 很久以前
I first met him way back in the fifties.
我和他初次見面是早在五〇年代的事。
By the early 1980s Fort Lauderdale was drawing upwards of 300,000 college students every year during Spring Break, attracted by the sun, the sex and the seriously skimpy Speedos.
But the city's Spring Break scene became a victim of its own success. Residents became so upset at the damage done by riotous students that local government passed laws restricting parties in 1985.
在1980年代，佛羅里達的羅德岱堡是大學生春假最喜歡聚集的勝地，每年春假吸引超過30萬名大學生前往享受陽光、沙灘和性感的人們。不過美國大學生的沙灘狂歡派對在1985年受挫，當地居民對於學生無節制的縱欲感到相當憤怒，當地政府最後發出限制令，不准大學生再繼續胡鬧亂搞。
- Upwards of 比...多
The repairs cost us upwards of two hundred dollars.
維修花了我們二百多塊錢。
- Skimpy (adj.) 布料少的
- Speedo (n.) 三角泳褲
(世界知名游泳用品品牌，後來直接被作為泳褲/泳裝代名詞，特指男性三角泳褲。)
- Riotous (adj.) 狂歡的
At the same time, the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed, forcing Florida to raise the minimum drinking age to 21 and inspiring many underage college vacationers to travel to other, more permissive locations.
By 1989, the number of college students travelling to Fort Lauderdale fell to 20,000, a far cry from the 350,000 who went four years prior.
同時，美國通過禁酒令，限制法定飲酒年齡，使佛羅里達州的標準調升至21歲，嚴格的法令迫使許多未成年的大學生移轉派對陣地。到了1989年，羅德岱堡的春假學生潮已降低至2萬人次，遠不及四年前30萬的爆滿人潮光景。
- Act (n.) 法案
- A far cry from【口】與...大不相同
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As these pictures of Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico, show, youngsters appear to have become a little more uninhibited with the passing years. Although the males are decidedly more coy about showing off their thighs.
如今的海邊派對比以往更加狂野豪放，美國女大生也更加性感火辣，不過男士們相較於以往，似乎不那麼熱愛穿著過短的露腿短褲。
照片於坎昆 (墨西哥東南部城市) 所攝。
- Appear to 似乎
He appeared to be talking to himself.
他似乎在自言自語。
- Uninhibited (adj.) 不受拘束的
- Coy (adj.) 害羞的，靦腆的
- Thigh (n.) 大腿
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