美国英语听力80篇2 Lesson29

[00:04.36]American officials are seeking ways for cities to grow without expanding into surrounding open space.
[00:14.00]They are trying to rebuild the centers of older industrial cities.
[00:19.91]And they want to help people use less resources such as fuel and water than are being used now.
[00:28.84]A new book tells about how some cities in Europe have found answers to these problems.
[00:37.25]The book is called, "Green Urbanism, Learning¹ from European Cities."
[00:43.76]Timothy Beatley wrote the book.
[00:46.52]He is professor of urban and environmental planning at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
[00:54.60]The book tells about the experiences of twenty-five cities in eleven European countries.
[01:02.46]Some of the cities in the study are large, such as Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden.
[01:10.61]Some are small, such as Freiburg, Germany and Leiden, the Netherlands.
[01:17.66]Cities have been described as organisms² that use up resources and produce wastes that pollute the environment.
[01:26.49]Sustainable cities try to restrict³ their use of resources such as energy and water
[01:33.47]and to pollute less so people in the future will be able to survive.
[01:39.19]Cities that were part of Mister⁴ Beatley's study have some things in common.
[01:45.43]Growth takes place within the city limits.
[01:49.71]This means the centers of these cities are fully⁵ developed, not left partly empty as in most American cities.
[01:58.94]Buildings are reused or taller ones are built as the city grows.
[02:04.11]This protects the open space or farmland outside the city.
[02:09.96]Sustainable cities try to make it possible for people to easily move around without using cars.
[02:18.55]Reducing the use of cars reduces the pollution produced by cars.
[02:24.35]Many cities support the use of bicycles to replace cars.
[02:30.23]Some cities build separate safe paths for bike riders within the city limits.
[02:36.97]Other cities like Copenhagen provide public bicycles.
[02:42.19]A bicycle can be used to ride from one place to another and left for someone else to ride.
[02:49.51]And sustainable cities are green. City officials keep open areas in the city for parks and children's playgrounds.
[02:58.86]Trees are planted along city streets.
[03:01.84]Some cities teach people how to plant on rooftops and in window boxes.
[03:07.01]Professor Beatley says American cities can learn from sustainable European cities about providing for people

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 organisms   

n.有机物( organism的名词复数 )；有机体；生物；有机体系

参考例句：

• The organisms can be divided into discrete categories. 有机体可分为许多互不相联的种类。
• The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed. 细胞是构成一切生物的单位。

3 restrict   

n./vt.限制，限定，约束

参考例句：

• He feels this new law will restrict his freedom. 他觉得这一新法律会限制他的自由。
• Don't restrict her proper activities.不要拘束她的正当活动。

4 mister   

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

• Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。
• He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。