Module 9 Unit2 Arnwick was a city with 200000 people（在线收听）

[00:00.00]Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville.乔15岁，住在帕克维尔。

[00:03.98]When Jo's grandparents first came to Parkville,当乔的祖父母第一次来到帕克维尔的时候，

[00:07.12]it was a quiet village.这里还是一个宁静的村庄。

[00:09.08]They had a small house, close to fields and hills.他们有一个小房子,靠近田野和小山。

[00:13.10]Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people.帕克维尔靠近阿恩威克，一个拥有20万人口的城市。

[00:18.59]People from Parkville moved to Arnwick to find jobs, and they needed places to live.人们从帕克维尔到阿恩威克找工作，他们需要住的地方。

[00:24.44]However,it was expensive to live in the city centre,然而,住在市中心太贵，

[00:28.41]so the government built flats outside the centre.因此政府在市中心周边建了公寓。

[00:32.00]Soon,Parkville became part of Arnwick,很快，帕克维尔变成了阿恩威克的一部分，

[00:35.28]and Arnwick became a city with over a million people.阿恩威克也变成了一座拥有超过100万人口的城市。

[00:39.76]Jo's family lives in one of those flats.乔一家住在那些公寓中的一栋里。

[00:42.67]It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem.它很拥挤，垃圾也是一个问题。

[00:47.05]The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago,帕克维尔当地的小学校5年前关闭了，

[00:51.40]so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils.所以乔现在得去阿恩威克的一个有2，000名学生的学校了。

[00:56.90]It takes an hour to get there by bus.要花一个小时坐公共汽车去那儿。

[00:59.90]There is a lot of traffic and pollution.交通拥挤，污染也很严重。

[01:03.39]It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals.很明显，阿恩威克需要更多的学校、公交车和医院。

[01:08.68]It needs fresh air, clean water and better public services.它需要新鲜的空气、干净的水以及更好的公共服务。

[01:13.64]It also needs more police to protect its people.它还需要更多的警察来保护它的市民。

[01:17.58]But to do all these things,但要做所有这些事情,

[01:19.16]it needs more money.它需要更多的钱。

[01:21.59]However,can money help solve all these problems?然而,金钱能帮助解决所有这些问题呢?

[01:25.45]Do we need more big cities like this?我们需要更多像这样的大城市吗?

[01:28.18]In fact,this is just a story.事实上,这只是一个故事。

[01:31.19]But it describes what is happening all over the world.但它描述了世界各地正在发生的事情。

[01:34.83]Could it be your town some day?将来有一天这可能是你的城镇吗？