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 In 1862, John White found gold by a creek in what is now Montana.
16 A Deserted Town 1862年,约翰·怀特(John White)在一条小溪边发现了金子,位于现在的蒙大拿州.
Soon after, many people went there in hopes of finding more gold.
不久之后,许多人前往那里,希望能找到更多的黄金.
By the next year, about three thousand people lived in the nearby town.
到来年,附近镇上约有三千人.
Millions of dollars’ worth of gold was found there.
在那里发现了价值数百万美元的黄金。
Once gold became hard to find, the town turned into a ghost town.
黄金一旦变得难以找寻,小镇就变成了鬼城.
Bannack, Montana, is now a state park and a National Historic Landmark.
蒙大拿州的班纳克现在是一个州立公园和国家历史地标.
Ghost towns are places where people no longer live.
鬼城是人们不再生活的地方.
As shown on the map above, these empty towns are found around the world.
如上图所示,这些空城遍布世界各地.
People often leave a town because of some threat or because they can no longer find work.
人们常常因为某种威胁或因为再也找不到工作而离开城镇.
Visitors imagine what life was like for the people who once called these places home.
游客们想象那些曾经称这里为家的人的生活是什么样子.
Ghost Towns Around the World ATLANTIC OCEAN AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN 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.
《环绕世界的鬼城》,非洲的亚洲,欧洲,北美,北美,北美,北美,OCCIFIC,OCIAN INDIAN Kayakoy,土耳其,第3页 Bannack,蒙大拿州,第4页 Kolmanskop (KOHL-mun-skop),纳米比亚,第6页 Grytviken (GRIT-vee-kuhn),南乔治亚州,第7页 Plymouth,蒙特塞拉特,Craco,意大利,第9页 Centralia,宾夕法尼亚,第0页 Okuma,日本,第b页(主要)Pripyat,乌克兰,第b页(侧边)St.
Kilda, Scotland, page c Ordos, China, page d Villa Epecuen (VEE-yuh e-pe- KWEN), Argentina, page e Resources Vanish Many ghost towns, like the one in Montana, are left after a resource runs out.
Kilda, Scotland, page c Ordos, China, page d Villa Epecuen (VEE-yuh e-pe-KWEN), 阿根廷, page e 资源消失 许多鬼城,如蒙大拿州的鬼城,在资源耗尽后被留下.
In 1908, a railroad worker found a diamond in an African desert.
1908年,一名铁路工人在非洲沙漠中发现了一颗钻石.
People moved to the area, and soon a new town was born.
人们搬到了该地区,很快又诞生了一个新的城镇.
After diamonds became hard to find there, everyone left.
在钻石很难在那里找到之后,所有人都离开了。
Germans built Kolmanskop after someone found a diamond there (top).
德国人在那里(上部)发现钻石后,建立了科尔曼斯科普.
Today, tourists walk through knee-deep sand to explore the buildings (bottom).
今天,游客走过膝盖-深沙去探索建筑物(下方).
An animal can also be an important resource.
动物也可以是重要的资源.
An island in the Atlantic Ocean is home to a haunting ghost town that was once a busy whaling port.
大西洋的一座岛屿 是一个幽灵之地 曾经是一个繁忙的捕鲸港口
In the 1900s, many companies on the island hunted whales.
1900年代,岛上多家公司打猎鲸鱼.
Over time, there were fewer whales around the island.
随着时间的推移,岛上周围的鲸鱼减少.
Whaling companies were soon gone, and everyone left the island.
捕鲸公司很快就消失了,所有人都离开了小岛.
Buildings, boats, and equipment can still be found in this deserted town.
在这个荒芜的小镇里仍然能找到建筑物、船只和设备。
Today, the island is home to wildlife such as penguins and seals.
今天,该岛是企鹅和海豹等野生动物的家园.
A research station is the only place where people live.
研究站是人们唯一居住的地方.
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。
More than ten thousand people used to live on an island in the Caribbean Sea.
超过一万人曾经生活在加勒比海上的一个岛上.
A volcano on the island had not been active for many years.
岛上的一座火山已有多年没有活动.
In 1995, the volcano erupted, and it has been active ever since.
1995年,火山爆发,此后一直活跃.
The capital city was left in ruins.
都城被废.
More than half the people who lived on the island have moved away.
岛上居住着一半以上的人已经搬走.
The volcano on the island still erupts (top).
岛上的火山仍然爆发(上).
Many areas are now buried in ash (bottom).
现在许多地区被埋入了灰烬(下方).
A ghost town in southern Italy sits on a steep cliff far above the rest of the land.
意大利南部的一个鬼城坐落在地上最远的陡峭悬崖上.
Natural events caused people in the village to leave.
自然事件使村里的人离开.
They had to deal with earthquakes, landslides, poor health, crime, and many other problems.
他们不得不处理地震,山体滑坡,健康状况差,犯罪,以及许多其他问题.
Over half the people left to find an easier way of life.
超过一半的人为了找到更轻松的生活方式而离开.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the village was almost totally ruined by landslides.
1960至1970年代,该村几乎被山体滑坡所完全摧毁.
The people who still lived there were moved to a valley area nearby.
仍然住在那里的人们被迁移到附近的一个山谷地区.
Because of the village’s unusual beauty, it has been used in several movies.
由于该村不寻常的美丽,它被多部电影所使用.
Deadly Land Some places are almost impossible to live in after the land turns deadly.
致命之地 有些地方几乎不可能在土地变成致命后居住。
A mining town in the mountains of Pennsylvania is now almost completely deserted.
宾夕法尼亚州山区的一个采矿城镇现在几乎完全被废弃.
One day in 1962, the town’s trash dump was set on fire to clean up for a holiday.
1962年的一天,该镇的垃圾堆放被放火焚烧来清理假期.
The dump sat on top of an old mining pit just outside the town.
垃圾场坐落在镇外一个旧矿坑上
The fire was not put out right, and it spread into the mines around the pit.
火没有被扑出,并蔓延到矿坑周围的地上.
No one could stop it.
没有人能阻止它。
In 1983, people still lived in the Pennsylvania mining town.
1983年,人们仍然居住在宾夕法尼亚州矿业镇.
The main street looked the same as before the accident.
主街外观与事故前相同.
After many years, the fire began to burn under the town.
多年后,起火起于镇下.
Deadly gas came into people’s homes, and holes opened up in the ground.
致命的毒气进入人们的家中,地上开出洞来。
Many people moved away, and houses were torn down.
许多人搬走,房屋被拆除。
Only eight people were allowed to stay for the rest of their lives.
只有8人被允许留下余生.
The fire is likely to burn for many more years.
火灾很可能会再燃烧多年.
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 had been torn down.
大多数人已经搬走,该镇的许多建筑物被拆除。
Water can be just as deadly as fire.
水可以和火一样致命
In March 2011, a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Japan.
2011年3月,日本近海发生强烈地震.
The earthquake caused huge waves that hit a nuclear power plant near a quiet town.
地震引发了巨浪袭击了静镇附近的核电站.
As a result, harmful radiation was released into the air.
因此,有害辐射被释放出空气.
Thousands of people living near the plant had to move away.
住在工厂附近的上千人不得不搬走.
No one knows when—or if—anyone will be allowed to 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。
The city has been empty since a deadly nuclear accident in 1986.
自1986年发生致命核事故后,该市已空出.
A shopping area is one of the town’s “no-entry zones” after the nuclear accident.
在核事故发生后,购物区是该镇的 " 禁入区 " 之一。
A Hard Way of Life Towns are sometimes left because they are too remote.
生活之道有时会因为太遥远而被留下。
St.
圣会.
Kilda is a group of small islands that are part of Scotland.
基尔达岛(Kilda)是属于苏格兰的一个小岛群.
For a long time, fewer than two hundred people lived there.
长久以来,那里居住着不到200人.
However, people had a hard time living on the remote islands.
然而,人们在偏远岛屿上生活艰难。
They couldn’t grow enough food or heat their homes.
他们不能种足够的食物,
Many young people moved away, and others died because of poor health.
许多年轻人搬走,其他人因健康状况不佳而死亡。
The last thirty-six people from St.
最后三十六从圣.
Kilda were taken to bigger islands in 1930.
1930年基尔达被送往更大的岛屿.
St.
圣会.
Kilda is now a nature area that is home to about 680,000 seabirds.
基尔达现在是一个自然区,有约68万只海鸟栖息.
A Brand-New Ghost Town Many ghost towns were once lived in.
一个品牌-新鬼城 许多鬼城曾经住过.
However, the world’s largest ghost town has always been empty.
然而,世界上最大的鬼城始终是空地.
In the early 2000s, a coal-rich area was found in northern China.
2000年代初,在中国北部发现了一富含煤的地区.
A city was built nearby to house hundreds of thousands of people.
附近建有一座城市,容纳了数十万人.
However, it was poorly planned.
然而,计划不周.
It is too big and too expensive.
它太大了,太贵了。
The brand-new city stands mostly empty.
全新的城市大多为空地.
Homes, office towers, and other buildings stand empty.
故居,办公楼等建筑空出.
New buildings are still being built, even though no one is moving there.
新的建筑仍在建造中,尽管没有人在那里移动.
Empty Places Ghost towns can be old or new, and they exist for many different reasons.
空位 鬼城可以是老城或新城,它们存在的原因很多不同.
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。
Learning their stories brings life to places where only shadows and memories are left.
学习他们的故事会把生命带到只剩下影子和记忆的地方去.
Villa Epecuen (VEE-yah eh-peh-KWEN) is a ghost town located on a salty lake in Argentina.
比利亚埃佩昆(法語:Vee-yah eh-peh-KWEN)是位于阿根廷咸水湖上的一个鬼城.
After a bad storm that caused a nearby dam to break, the town was underwater for many years.
一场由来已久的暴风雨导致附近一水坝被冲出后,该镇被水下多年.
Think About It Which cities and towns have you lived in or visited?
想想看,你们曾住过还是去过哪个城市?
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 cause people to move away?
怎么会有人搬走?