慢速英语短文听力 流浪汉

Homeless People

流浪汉

Los Angeles is a big city. There are millions of people here. But thousands of people have no home. They are homeless people. They live on the sidewalks. They sleep on the sidewalks. They are called street people. They don’t have cars. They have shopping carts. They fill the carts with their belongings¹. They put their extra clothes into the carts. They put their blankets into the carts. Many homeless people live downtown. They live near the newspaper building. They live near the courthouse. They live near fancy condos. They have no money. They sit on the sidewalk all day. People walk by them. They ask people for money. People say they don’t have any money. There are missions downtown. These missions feed homeless people. They give them free lunches. They feed them every day. Some missions have beds. Homeless people sleep in these beds. But there are more homeless people than beds. There are not enough beds for the homeless people. So most homeless people sleep on the sidewalk. They sleep next to their shopping carts.

洛杉矶是一座大城市。人口有数百万。但有数千人无处居住。他们无家可归。他们住在人行道上。睡在人行道上。他们被称之为流浪汉。他们没有汽车。他们有购物车。他们将购物车盛满了私人物品。将衣物放在车里。将篮子放在车里。许多无家可归者住在市中心。睡在新闻大楼旁边。睡在法院旁边。睡在奢华的公寓旁边。他们身无分文。整天坐在人行道上。人们从他们身边走过。他们向行人要钱。但他们说没有钱。市中心有布道所。它们为这些人提供吃食。为他们提供免费午餐。每天供他们吃饭。有些地方有床位。他们可以睡在床上。但流浪汉人数超过了床位数量。没有大量床位提供给他们。多数人不得不睡在人行道上。睡在购物车旁边。

1 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。