听一分钟英文：Parks-公园

There aren’t enough parks in my town. I don’t know why. I think it’s terrible. I think the biggest reason is greedy property¹ developers. People are more interested in making money from office buildings than making a nice town. We need parks. Our children need somewhere to play. Many people live in apartment buildings so they have no garden, which means² we need parks. City planners can’t be very good at their jobs if they don’t make parks. When I was younger, there were parks everywhere. Children could run and run and run. There were big areas of grass. We played football and other games. But they’ve all gone. Now there are shopping malls and car parks where the real parks used to be. Today, children play in the shopping malls. This is not good.

1 property   

n.财产，所有物，所有权，性质，特性，（小）道具

参考例句：

• He has made over his property to a hospital.他已将财产转交给了一家医院。
• Oil has the property of floating on water.油有浮在水上的特性。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。