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 the summer of 1862, John White found gold by Grasshopper Creek in what is now southern Montana.
16 A 沙漠城镇 1862年夏天,约翰·怀特(John White)在现在的蒙大拿州南部的草hopper溪(Grassphopper Creek)发现了黄金.
News of his discovery spread quickly.
他被发现的消息迅速传开.
Within a few months, hundreds of prospectors had arrived at Grasshopper Creek in hopes of striking it rich.
在几个月内,数百名探矿者已经到达了草坪溪,希望它能够富足。
By the following year, about three thousand people lived in the town, known as Bannack.
至次年,该镇约有三千人居住,取名"班纳克".
Millions of dollars’ worth of gold was found in the area over the next few years.
未来几年,该地区发现价值数百万美元的黄金。
However, once gold became hard to find, Bannack turned into a ghost town.
然而,一旦黄金变得难以找回,班纳克就变成了鬼城.
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 human settlements where people no longer live.
鬼城是人们不再居住的人类住区.
As shown on the map above, these empty towns are found around the world, and each one has a story to tell.
如上图所显示,这些空城遍布世界各地,每个城镇都有故事要讲述.
Residents often leave a town because of some kind of threat or because their work disappeared.
居民往往因为某种威胁或工作消失而离开城镇.
Visitors walk among the empty buildings and imagine what life was like for the people who once called these places home.
游客在空地中走来走去, 想象那些曾经称这些地方为家的人的生活是什么样子。
Ghost Towns Around the World Kayakoy, Turkey, page 3 Bannack, Montana, page 4 Kolmanskop, Namibia, page 6 Grytviken, South Georgia, page 7 Plymouth, Montserrat, page 8 Craco, Italy, page 9 Centralia, Pennsylvania, page 0 Okuma, Japan, page b (main) Pripyat, Ukraine, page b (sidebar) St.
土耳其克亚科一带的鬼城 第3页 蒙大拿州的班纳克 第4页 纳米比亚克爾曼斯克普 第6页 南乔治亚州的克来特维肯 第7页 普利茅斯 蒙特塞拉特 第8页 意大利克来科 第9页 宾夕法尼亚州克来特里亚 第0页 Okuma 日本 第2页 b (主) 乌克兰克来特(Pripyat) 第2页 B (侧巴) St.
Kilda, Scotland, page c Ordos, China, page d Villa Epecuen, Argentina, page e ATLANTIC OCEAN AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN Resources Vanish Many ghost towns, like Bannack, are abandoned after a resource runs out.
Kilda, Scotland, page c. Ordos, 中国, page d Villa Epecuen, 阿根廷, page e Atlantic OCEAN Africa AUSTRALIA EUROPE Europe Europe Europe Europe Entherian North ASCIFIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN (英语) 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2014-12-27., 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2014-12-12.,. 资源消失 许多鬼城,如班纳克等,在资源耗尽后被废弃.
In 1908, a railroad worker found a sparkly gem in southern Africa’s Namib Desert.
1908年,一名铁路工人在南部非洲的纳米布沙漠中发现了一颗闪闪发光的宝石.
When word got out that his find was a diamond, people flocked to the region.
当消息传出他的发现是一颗钻石时,人们纷纷涌向该地区.
Soon after, the town of Kolmanskop (KOHL-mun-skop) grew.
不久后,科尔曼斯科普镇(KOHL-mun-skop)逐渐壮大.
Eventually, after diamonds became harder to find there, a better supply was discovered several hours to the south, and people moved away.
最终,在钻石更难在那里找到之后,南方发现了更好的供应,人们搬走。
Germans built Kolmanskop after discovering diamonds there (top).
德国人在那里发现钻石后建造了科尔曼斯科普(Top).
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).
A former settlement at the end of the world is now a haunting ghost town.
前世界末日的定居点现在是一个被鬼魂包围的城镇。
Grytviken (GRIT-vee-kuhn) was once a busy whaling port on South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Grytviken(GRIT-vee-kuhn)曾是南大西洋边远岛屿南乔治亚岛上繁忙的捕鲸港口.
For close to sixty years beginning in 1904, dozens of companies on South Georgia hunted whales for meat and blubber.
1904年开始的近六十年间,南乔治亚州的数十家公司为取取肉和取脂而猎取鲸鱼.
More than 175,000 whales were killed there.
那里有超过175,000只鲸鱼被杀死.
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 gone by 1965, and everyone left.
捕鲸公司到1965年就消失了,所有人都离开了.
Buildings, boats, and equipment remain in Grytviken.
建筑物、船只和设备仍留在Grytviken。
Today, Grytviken, South Georgia, is home to wildlife such as penguins and seals.
今天,南乔治亚州格里特维肯是企鹅和海豹等野生动物的家园.
A research station is South Georgia’s only settlement.
一个研究站是南乔治亚州唯一的定居点。
Forces of Nature Events in nature can cause settlements to become ghost towns.
自然事件的力量可以使定居点成为鬼城.
Before 1995, the Caribbean island of Montserrat (mon-sur-RAT) was home to more than ten thousand people.
1995年以前,加勒比蒙特塞拉特岛(南大西洋大西洋岛)有一万多人。
A volcano on the island had not been active for more than three hundred years.
岛上的一座火山已有三百多年没有活动.
In July 1995, the volcano erupted, and it’s been erupting ever since.
火山于1995年7月爆发,
Lava, gases, and dangerous clouds of hot ash spill out of the volcano.
熔岩,气体,和危险的云 热火山外溢出。
The south half of Montserrat is now deserted, and the capital, Plymouth, was destroyed by an eruption.
蒙特塞拉特的南半部现已荒废,首都普利茅斯被一次爆发所摧毁.
More than half of the island’s residents have moved away for good.
岛上一半以上的居民已经永远搬走。
Eruptions continue to happen on Montserrat (left).
蒙特塞拉特继续发生厄运(左)。
Once-thriving areas of the island are now buried in ash (right).
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Craco, Italy, also became a ghost town because of natural events.
意大利克拉克也因为自然事件而成为了鬼城.
The village sits on a steep cliff more than 1,300 feet (400 m) above the surrounding land.
该村坐落于周边地上1300多英尺(400米)的陡峭悬崖上.
Over the years, people faced many problems.
多年来,人们面临许多问题。
Along with illness, crime, and poor farming conditions, local people dealt with earthquakes and landslides.
加上疾病、犯罪和恶劣的耕作条件,当地人民还应对了地震和山体滑坡。
More than two thousand people once lived in Craco.
曾有两千多人居住在克拉可.
Between 1892 and 1922, over one thousand of them left to seek an easier way of life.
1892至1922年间,他们中出走的有一千多人去寻求更轻松的生活方式.
Craco was almost totally destroyed by landslides between 1959 and 1972.
1959至1972年间克拉克被山体滑坡几乎完全摧毁.
The remaining residents were moved to a valley area about 5 miles (8 km) away.
其余居民被迁移到相距约5英里(8公里)外的一个山谷地区.
Because of Craco’s unusual beauty, the empty village has been featured in several movies.
由于克拉克的异乎寻常的美丽,"空地"村落在多部电影中被取景.
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。
Centralia, Pennsylvania, is a coal-mining town in the mountains.
宾夕法尼亚州Centralia是一座山区采煤镇.
The town had about two thousand residents in the mid-1900s.
19世纪中叶该镇约有两千名居民.
Life in Centralia changed forever on May 27, 1962.
1962年5月27日,Centralia的生活永久地发生了变化.
Firefighters set fire to the town’s trash dump to clean up for a holiday.
消防员放火烧了小镇的垃圾堆,
The dump was located on top of an old mining pit on the outskirts of town.
垃圾场位于镇郊一旧矿坑上方.
The fire was not put out properly, and it spread into the abandoned mines around the pit.
火没有被妥善扑灭,并蔓延到坑周围被废弃的矿山.
No one could stop it.
没有人能阻止它。
In 1983, people still lived in Centralia, Pennsylvania.
1983年,人们仍然居住在宾夕法尼亚州的Centralia.
The town’s main street looked the same as before the accident.
该镇的主要街道看起来与事故发生前相同.
After burning for years, the fire began to burn underneath the town.
燃烧多年后,火开始从镇下燃烧.
Carbon monoxide, a deadly gas, leaked into people’s homes, and holes opened up in the ground.
一氧化碳是一种致命的气体,它渗入了人们的家中,并打开了地上的洞.
Many people moved away, and houses were torn down.
许多人搬走,房屋被拆除。
A few residents who refused to leave fought in court for the right to stay.
少数拒绝离开的居民在法庭上争取居留权.
In 2013, Centralia’s eight remaining residents were given permission to stay for the rest of their lives.
2013年,Centralia剩下的8名居民获得终生居留许可.
Only a few buildings are still standing in Centralia.
只有几所建筑仍在Centralia站立.
The fire is likely to burn for many more years.
火灾很可能会再燃烧多年.
By 2000, Centralia’s main street looked very different.
到2000年,Centria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
Okuma, Japan, was a peaceful coastal town before March 2011.
2011年3月前,日本冈上是一个和平的沿海城镇.
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Japan.
日本近海发生强烈地震.
The earthquake caused huge tsunami waves that hit a nuclear power plant.
地震引发了巨大的海啸波来冲击核电站.
As a result, a huge amount of harmful radiation was released into the air.
因此,大量有害辐射被放入了空气.
People living near the plant, including thousands from Okuma, had to move away.
住在工厂附近的人们,包括来自奥库马的数千人,不得不搬走.
Several years later, radiation remains high in Okuma.
几年后,奥库马的辐射仍然很高.
No one knows when—or if— residents will be allowed to return.
没有人知道何时或何时允许居民返回。
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。
The city of Pripyat, Ukraine, was home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s workers and their families.
乌克兰普里皮亚特市是切尔诺贝利核电站工人及其家人的家园。
Pripyat was abandoned after a deadly nuclear accident in 1986.
1986年发生致命核事故后,普里皮亚特被废弃.
A shopping area in Okuma is one of the town’s “no-entry zones” after the nuclear accident.
奥库马的一个购物区是核事故后该镇的"禁入区"之一.
A Hard Way of Life Towns are sometimes abandoned because they are too remote.
生活镇的艰难道路有时被抛弃,因为它们太遥远。
St.
圣会.
Kilda, Scotland, is a group of small islands 110 miles (177 km) off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.
苏格兰基尔达(Kilda)是苏格兰本土西海岸外110英里(177公里)的一群小岛.
Fewer than two hundred people lived on the islands for more than two thousand years.
岛上只有不到200人居住了两千多年。
Over time, the islands had too few resources for residents, including the means to grow enough food or heat their homes.
随着时间的推移,群岛的居民资源太少,包括种植足够食物或供暖住房的手段。
Also, many young people moved away, and others were lost to illness.
此外,许多年轻人搬走,其他人则因病丧命。
Life in such a remote place simply became too difficult.
在如此遥远的地方生活实在太困难了。
The last thirty-six St.
后三十六圣会.
Kildans were taken to larger islands in 1930.
1930年基尔丹人被送往更大的岛屿.
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 Most ghost towns were once lived in, but the world’s largest ghost town—actually a ghost city—has always been empty.
一个品牌-新鬼城 大多数鬼城曾经住过,但世界上最大的鬼城——实际上是一个鬼城——始终是空地.
In the early 2000s, a huge coalfield was discovered in Ordos, in northern China.
2000年代初,在中国北部的鄂尔多斯发现了一个巨大的煤田.
Kangbashi New Area was built to house hundreds of thousands of people.
康桥新区建成后居住数十万人.
However, it was poorly planned.
然而,计划不周.
Kangbashi is too large and too expensive.
姜桥太高而贵.
The brand-new city stands mostly empty.
全新的城市大多为空地.
Homes, office towers, and other buildings in Ordos, China, stand empty.
中国鄂尔多斯的故居,办公楼等建筑站入空地.
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 may remain.
学习他们的故事将生命带到只有影子和记忆可能留下的地方.
Villa Epecuen (VEE-yuh e-pe-KWEN) is a ghost town located on a salty lake in Argentina.
比利亚埃佩昆(法語:VEE-yuh e-pe-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?