“鬼城”ghost town
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要是你看过美国的西部电影的话,你很可能看到过那种被遗弃的城镇。美国人把它们叫做:ghost town。Ghost town就是一些被遗弃的城镇,也被称作“鬼城”。一百多年前,成千上万的人都争先恐后到美国西部去淘金,想一夜就变成富翁。当时那里的小城镇都很繁荣,后来,随着淘金活动的结束,人们也就逐个地离开了那里到别处去谋生,这些城镇也就没有生命了。下面的例句是一个人在形容ghost town的凄凉情景:

"These old ghost towns can give you a scary1 feeling, with the buildings falling apart and the only sound is the moaning2 of the wind blowing through the deserted3 streets." 被遗弃的城镇真让你感到害怕。那里的房子东倒西歪,唯一能听到的声音就是在那没有人的街道上风吹的呜呜响声。

就是在现代的美国社会中,有些城镇由于经济条件的变化仍然会被遗弃。

I come from a city in Illinois which used to have three big steel plants. But these factories closed twenty years ago and the city has almost become a ghost town with most of the people gone and most of the stores and houses boarded up like a mining town out West." 我的老家是在伊利诺伊州的一个城市。那里原来有三个大钢铁厂。但是,二十年前这些厂就关闭了,那里的大多数人也都搬走了,商店和房屋都钉上了木板,就像西部那些开矿的城镇一样。所以我的老家也几乎成了一个被遗弃的地方。



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1 scary cjNzKW     
a.引起惊慌的;害怕的
参考例句:
  • What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕?
  • Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗?
2 moaning bcdcbd6f6f39a498e7d57dedfe958b52     
v.呻吟,悲叹( moan的现在分词 );抱怨;发出萧萧声
参考例句:
  • They were moaning over the death of their father. 他们正在哀悼他们的父亲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She's always moaning that she has too much work to do. 她总是抱怨她有太多的事要做。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 deserted GukzoL     
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的
参考例句:
  • The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
  • The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。
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