Ghost Towns
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents A Deserted Town.
内容列表 A 被抛弃的城镇.
4 Resources Vanish.
4 资源消失。
6 Forces of Nature.
6 自然力量。
8 Deadly Land.
8"致命之地".
10 A Hard Way of Life.
10 一个艰难的生活方式。
13 A Brand-New Ghost Town.
13 一个品牌-新鬼城.
14 Empty Places.
14个空地.
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 A Deserted Town Ghost towns are empty places where people once lived.
16 A 沙漠城镇 鬼城是人们曾经居住的空地.
People often leave these towns because of some threat or because they can no longer find work.
人们往往因为某种威胁或因为找不到工作而离开这些城镇.
Each town has a story to tell.
每个城镇都有故事要讲
Bannack, Montana, is a ghost town and a state park that people can visit.
蒙大拿州的班纳克是一个鬼城和人们可以参观的州立公园.
As shown on the map above, empty towns are found around the world.
如上图所显示,世界各地都有空城.
Imagine what life was like for the people who lived in these places.
想象一下生活在这些地方的人们的生活是什么样子.
Why do people leave these towns?
为什么人们离开这些城镇?
Ghost Towns Around the World Kayakoy, Turkey, page 3 Bannack, Montana, page 4 Kolmanskop (KOHL-mun-skop), Namibia, page 6 Grytviken (GRIT-vee-kuhn), South Georgia, page 7 Plymouth, Montserrat (mon-sur-RAT), page 8 Craco, Italy, page 9 Centralia, Pennsylvania, page 0 Okuma, Japan, page b (main) Pripyat, Ukraine, page b (sidebar) St.
土耳其克雅科一带的"鬼城"(Ghost Towns Around the World Kayakoy, Turkey, page 3 Bannack, Montana, page 4 Kolmanskop (KOHL-mun-skop)),纳米比亚克雅特维肯(Grytviken (GRIT-vee-kuhn)), page 7 Plymouth, 蒙特塞拉特 (Mon-sur-RAT), page 8 Craco, 意大利克雅克, page 9 Centria, Pennsylia, page 0 Okuma, 日本, page b (ma) Pripyat, 乌克兰克雅特, page b (sidebar) St.
Kilda, Scotland, page c Ordos, China, page d Villa Epecuen (VEE-yuh e-pe- KWEN), Argentina, page e ATLANTIC OCEAN AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN Resources Vanish Sometimes people leave a town after they run out of a resource.
Kilda, Scotland, page c Ordos, China, page d Villa Epecuen (VEE-yuh e-pe-KWEN), 阿根廷, page e Atlantic OCEAN ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE EUROPE ESTERE ESTERA ESTERA NESTERA NESTERA OCCIAIN INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN (英语) 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期:2008-12-02., p. 资源消失 有时人们会在资源用完后离开一个小镇.
In 1908, a diamond was found in a desert in Africa.
1908年,在非洲沙漠中发现了一钻石.
Soon after, a new town was born.
不久后又诞生了新城.
Everyone left when the diamonds became hard to find.
钻石难找的时候大家都走了
Germans built the town after someone found a diamond (top).
德国人在有人发现钻石(上部)后建造了这座城镇.
Today, the buildings are full of sand (bottom).
如今,建筑多为沙地(地底).
In the 1900s, many people hunted whales around this island.
1900年代,许多人在这座岛屿周围打猎鲸鱼.
Whales became harder to find over time.
鲸鱼越来越难找到
Then people stopped hunting whales.
后来人们停止了捕鲸.
People left the town.
众人出道.
Old buildings and boats are still there.
旧建筑和船只仍然在那里.
Penguins, seals, and other animals now live on the island.
企鹅,海豹等动物现在都生活在岛上.
Forces of Nature Some places become ghost towns because of natural events.
有些地方因为自然事件而变成鬼城。
In 1995, a volcano erupted on this Caribbean island.
1995年,这个加勒比海岛国爆发了一座火山.
The capital city was almost destroyed.
都城几乎被摧毁.
Over half the people who lived on the island have left.
岛上有一半以上的人已经离开。
The volcano is still active today.
火山今天仍然活跃.
Eruptions still happen on the island (top).
岛上(上层)仍然有厄普提斯.
Many areas are now covered in ash (bottom).
许多地区现在被灰所覆盖(下方).
A ghost town in Italy sits on a tall cliff.
意大利一鬼城坐高悬崖.
People in the village left because of earthquakes and landslides.
村里的人因为地震和山体滑坡而离开.
In the 1960s and 1970s, landslides almost destroyed the whole village.
1960至1970年代,山体滑坡几乎摧毁了整个村庄.
The people who still lived there moved away.
仍然住在那里的人们搬走了。
This amazing, empty village has been used in a few movies.
这个惊人的,空旷的村庄被用在了几部电影中.
Deadly Land People leave some places after the land turns deadly.
致命之地 人们离开一些地方 土地变成致命。
A town in Pennsylvania is almost completely empty.
宾夕法尼亚州的一个城镇几乎完全空出.
One day in 1962, the town dump was set on fire to clean up for a holiday.
1962年一日,镇海垃圾场被放火焚烧,为放假打扫.
The fire spread into the old mines below the dump, and no one could stop it.
大火蔓延到垃圾场下方的老矿井中,无人能阻挡.
In 1983, people still lived in the Pennsylvania town.
1983年,人们仍然居住在宾夕法尼亚镇.
The main street looked the same as before the fire.
主街外观与火灾前相同.
After many years, the fire started to burn under the town.
多年后,火起于镇下.
Deadly gas went into people’s homes, and holes opened up in the ground.
致命的毒气进入了人们的家中,地上开出洞来.
Almost everyone left.
几乎所有人都离开了。
The fire will burn for a long time.
火会相去相去久.
By 2000, the town’s main street looked very different.
到2000年,该镇的主要街道看起来非常不同.
Most people had moved away and many of the town’s buildings were gone.
大多数人已经搬走,该镇的许多建筑物也不见了。
Water can be as deadly as fire.
水能同火相克而为致命.
A large earthquake hit off the coast of Japan in March 2011.
2011年3月日本近海发生大地震.
The earthquake caused huge waves that hit a nuclear power plant.
地震引发了巨大的波浪袭击了核电站.
Harmful radiation filled the air.
有害的辐射充满了空气。
Thousands of people had to move away.
成千上万的人不得不搬走。
No one knows when—or if— anyone can go back.
没有人知道谁何时可以回去。
Chernobyl Disaster Japan isn’t the only country with a ghost town caused by a nuclear accident.
切尔诺贝利灾难 日本并非唯一一个核事故造成鬼城的国家。
A city in Ukraine was home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s workers and their families.
乌克兰的一个城市是切尔诺贝利核电站工人及其家属的家园。
People left the city after a deadly nuclear accident in 1986.
1986年发生致命核事故后人们出城.
This area of the town is still filled with radiation.
该镇的这一地区仍然充满了辐射.
People cannot go there.
人们不能去那里。
A Hard Way of Life People leave some places because they are too hard to get to.
生活艰难的人离开一些地方 因为他们太难去。
In this group of small islands, people couldn’t grow enough food or heat their homes.
在这片小岛上,
Young people moved away.
年轻人搬走了。
Others died because of poor health or old age.
其他人因健康状况不佳或年老而死亡。
The last people moved away in 1930.
最后一批人于1930年迁出.
This group of islands is now home to about 680,000 seabirds.
这组岛屿现在约有68万只海鸟。
A Brand-New Ghost Town Most ghost towns are not empty from the start.
一个品牌-新鬼城 多数鬼城从来不空.
People found coal in an area of China in the early 2000s.
2000年代初人们在中国的一个地区发现了煤.
A city was built nearby, and people were expected to move there.
附近建起一座城市,人们预计会搬到那里去.
The new city has always been empty.
新城从来一空.
It is the world’s largest ghost town.
它是世界上最大的鬼城。
This city is still being built, even though no one is moving there.
这座城市仍在建设中,尽管没有人在那里移动.
Empty Places Ghost towns can be old or new, and they are created in many different ways.
空位 鬼城可以是新旧的,也可以是不同的创造方式.
However, they all have one thing in common: they are lonely places with secrets to share.
然而,它们都有一个共同点:它们是孤独的地方,有秘密可以分享。
After a bad storm and a flood, a town in Argentina was underwater for years.
在一场恶劣的风暴和洪水后,阿根廷的一个城镇被水淹没了多年.
It is now a ghost town.
它现在是一个鬼城。
Think About It Think about cities and towns you have lived in or visited.
考虑 想想你住过或访问过的城镇
Hundreds of years from now, some of these places may be ghost towns.
几百年后,有些地方可能是鬼城.
What might happen to make people leave?
怎样才能让人们离开?