今日在外灘這些百年大樓內(nèi)辦公的新一代白領(lǐng)，無(wú)疑是上海最上層最精英的白領(lǐng)一族，月入六、七千元以上的比比皆是，萬(wàn)元上下的也不足為奇。他們大多是年輕的俊男美女，加之上海人從來(lái)有講究生活質(zhì)素的傳統(tǒng)，這些人只要拿出一半的工資用來(lái)買(mǎi)衣服，再加現(xiàn)今上海人大多是獨(dú)生子女，毋需拿錢(qián)補(bǔ)貼家用，他們完全可以十分瀟灑地進(jìn)行高消費(fèi)……《香港人的上海外灘情結(jié)》

　　Today, a new generation of the white-collars in the age-old buildings on the Bund obviously belongs to the top elite with a salary of 6 to 7 thousand yuan, or even up to 10 thousand yuan. They can easily afford their high consumption with half of their salary because they, with most of them being the young, follow the tradition of the Shanghai people in striving for a quality life; and because they are the only children in their families and thus do not have to give money to their parents.

　　 外灘作為一個(gè)名稱，起源于1843年西方殖民者在上海黃浦江灘地修筑的馬路，稱為bund,中文翻譯即為外灘。其實(shí)，比上海外灘歷史更悠久的有寧波外灘，和上海類似的有武漢外灘，而承擔(dān)和上海外灘相同功能的地方更是不勝枚舉。但由于上海獨(dú)特的地理位置、經(jīng)濟(jì)地位和歷史背景，使上海外灘幾乎在相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間獨(dú)享了“外灘”所有的榮耀，其他的 小兄弟們皆被歷史所漸漸淡忘�！对鞛┻\(yùn)動(dòng)》

　　The name “waitan” came from the road called “bund” (“waitan” in Chinese) built by the westerner colonists on the bottomland along the Huangpu River in Shanghai in 1843. In fact, the Bund in Shanghai is no older than the Bund in Ninbo, has the same history with that in Wuhan, and is not distinctive from many other places functioning in the same way. However, it enjoys exclusively all the glamour associated with the name “waitan” for a long time and leaves all the other “Bund” far behind because of the unique geographical location, economic position and historical background.