Tourist destinations normally heaving with
Chinese visitors have suddenly gone quiet as fears ramp up over the new
coronavirus outbreak.
隨著對新型冠狀病毒疫情的恐懼增溫，通常中國遊客人滿為患的觀光景點，突然變得安靜。
Japanese are also shunning areas that
traditionally attract large crowds for fear of becoming infected.
害怕被感染的日本人，也迴避那些傳統上吸引大批人群的區域。
On Feb. 11, a national holiday, tourists
were out and about in the narrow streets of the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo’s
Chuo Ward, but it was rare to hear Chinese being spoken. Usually, the area is
packed with tourists, but many restaurants had empty seats －
even at lunch time.
在（日本）國定假日2月11日，遊人穿梭於東京中央區築地場外市場的狹窄街道，但幾乎聽不到中文。該區通常擠滿遊客，但如今許多餐廳仍有空位—即使是在午餐時間。
Hiroshi Tanabe, manager of a seafood
barbeque restaurant, said sales are down by 60 percent compared with their
peak.
海鮮燒烤餐廳經理田邊寬說，相較於全盛時期，業績下滑達6成之多。
"I pray the situation will return to
normal by the cherry blossom viewing season," Tanabe, 39, said. "For
now, we just have to put up with it."
「我祈求到了賞櫻季會恢復正常」，39歲的田邊說。「目前我們只能忍耐。」
新聞辭典
ramp up：慣用語，（公司）擴大，增加，增多（業務等）；加快（速度）；增加（威力）；提高（費用）。例句：The
plant, owned by Canadian medical supplies group Medicom, already makes about
100 million masks per year, but soaring demand due to the coronavirus outbreak
means it is adding a third more staff and ramping up production to seven days a
week.（這家隸屬於加拿大醫療用品集團麥迪康的工廠，原本1年可以生產約1億個口罩，但冠狀病毒疫情導致需求一飛沖天，意味該廠增員超過3分之1，一週開工7天持續增產。）
out and about：慣用語，外出走動，活動。
put up with someone or something：慣用語，忍耐，忍受。例句：I
can put up with your excuses, but I hate it if you try to fool me.（我可以忍受你的藉口，但我討厭你企圖欺騙我。）
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