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12 期 ) A couple of years ago I took the family on a winter vacation to New York City to experience the holiday longest lines that week weren’ t in the hall of the Empire State Building at the Statue of Liberty ferry or any of the Big Apple’ s other landmarks, but in the square at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, where the crowd to get into FAO Schwarz snaked around the block. It wasn’ t until I got inside that it became clear how a toy store could trump (勝過 ) everything else that Manhattan offers between Thanksgiving and more than a shopping experience, the hour we spent wandering along the passage at FAO Schwarz was more like visiting a museum of everything that children care for very for me— and all of the other bright eyed grown ups— it was a trip down memory lane to the toys we knew as kids. That’ s the thing about great toy stores: Much like the best children’ s films, they work on two levels, something for the kids and their wish I was still a kid parents. And FAO Schwarz is not ’ s most unique toy stores are found from coast to coast, in big cities and also in small more traditional toy store is Mile Zone, which sells model Russ Burke started the store ten years ago. “ It’ s such an addicting hobby, ” says Burke, who admits that he originally created the store as a means to feed his own toy car collection.“ Once you buy your first, you’ re hooked forever.” The store stocks around 30,000 vehicles. Mile Zone’ s customers range from kids with interest in speedy toys to grown ups who view the model cars as time travel back to their youth.“ Muscle cars are really big right now because most of the serious collectors are in their 30s,40s and find that most car collectors go for things that bring back their childhood, ” says Burke. 1. In the author mainly wants to tell us________in New York A. the distribution of people B. the poor traffic conditions C. the popularity of a toy store D. the nice holiday atmosphere 2. FAO Schwarz provides a chance for adult customers to_____