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回复填空答案格式如下:1____2____3____...et.al.
Today we'll examine the role that private transportation,______, the______plays in city planning. A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950's and 1960's the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of______downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer to home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas became______. In recent years there's been a______of the downtown areas, as many______have moved back to the city. They've done this, of course, to avoid highways______with commuters from the suburbs. I've chosen this particular city planning problem—our dependence on private transportation to discuss in groups. I'm hoping you all will come up with some innovative solutions. Oh, and don't approach the problem from a purely sociological perspective; try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.
【填空答案】
namely: adv. used to introduce additional information which makes it clear exactly who or what you are talking about 即,也就是(说)
automobile: n. [C]AmEa car【美】汽车
patronize: v.formalto use or visit a shop, restaurant etc【正式】光顾,惠顾(商店、餐馆等)
desert: v. to leave someone alone and refuse to help or support them any more 遗弃,抛弃,离弃;to leave a place so that it is completely empty 舍弃,离开(某地)
rebirth: n.formala change by which an important idea, feeling, or organization becomes active again【正式】(思想、感情、组织的)再生,复兴
suburbanite: n.[C]someone who lives in a suburb 郊区居民,住在郊区的人
clog: v. if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly 阻塞,塞在
【听力原文】
Today we'll examine the role that private transportation ---namely, the automobile --- plays in city planning.
A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950's and 1960's the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of patronizing downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer to home. Merchants in the city failed; and their sores closed. Downtown shopping areas became deserted.
In recent years there's been a rebirth of the downtown areas, as many suburbanites have moved back to the city. They've done this, of course, to avoid highways clogged with commuters from the suburbs.
I've chosen this particular city planning problem --- our dependence on private transportation --- to discuss in groups. I'm hoping you all will come up with some innovative solutions. Oh, and don't approach the problem from a purely sociological perspective; try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.
【参考译文】
今天我们就来研究---即私人交通,汽车---在城市规划中扮演的角色。
一些社会学家指责下降的主要城市市区的汽车。在1950年和1960年的汽车,它可以工作在城市,但住在郊区的许多英里远。购物模式改变,而不是光顾市中心的商店,在郊区的人去城外和离家较近的大型购物商场。在全市招商失败;疮封闭的。市中心的购物区变得冷清。
在最近几年出现的是一个重生,市区许多郊区居民已搬回城市。他们已经这样做,当然,为了避免乘客从郊区堵塞的公路。
我选择了这个特殊的城市规划问题---我们对私人交通的依赖---分组讨论。我希望你会想出一些创新的解决方案。哦,不要从一个纯粹的社会学的角度接近问题;尽量考虑到环境和经济问题以及。
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