托福听力荟萃 66（在线收听）

Today we'll examine the role that private transportation,_______, the________plays in city planning. A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950's and 1960's the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of________downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer to home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas became______. In recent years there's been a_______of the downtown areas, as many_________have moved back to the city. They've done this, of course, to avoid highways______with commuters from the suburbs. I've chosen this particular city planning problem—our dependence on private transportation to discuss in groups. I'm hoping you all will come up with some innovative solutions. Oh, and don't approach the problem from a purely sociological perspective; try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.

【填空答案】

namely: adv. used to introduce additional information which makes it clear exactly who or what you are talking about 即，也就是（说）

automobile: n. ［C］AmEa car【美】汽车

patronize: v.formalto use or visit a shop, restaurant etc【正式】光顾，惠顾（商店、餐馆等）

desert: v. to leave someone alone and refuse to help or support them any more 遗弃，抛弃，离弃；to leave a place so that it is completely empty 舍弃，离开（某地）

rebirth: n.formala change by which an important idea, feeling, or organization becomes active again【正式】（思想、感情、组织的）再生，复兴

suburbanite: n.［C］someone who lives in a suburb 郊区居民，住在郊区的人

clog: v. if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly 阻塞，塞在

【听力原文】

Today we'll examine the role that private transportation,namely, theautomobileplays in city planning. A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950's and 1960's the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead ofpatronizingdowntown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer to home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas becamedeserted. In recent years there's been arebirthof the downtown areas, as manysuburbaniteshave moved back to the city. They've done this, of course, to avoid highwayscloggedwith commuters from the suburbs. I've chosen this particular city planning problem—our dependence on private transportation to discuss in groups. I'm hoping you all will come up with some innovative solutions. Oh, and don't approach the problem from a purely sociological perspective; try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well.

【参考译文】

今天我们就来检查，即私人交通，汽车在城市规划中发挥的作用。许多社会学家怪的下降主要城市的中心城区的汽车。在1950年和1960年的汽车可以在城里工作，但住在几英里外的郊区。购物模式的改变，而不是光顾市中心的商店，在郊区的人去城外离家较近的大型购物商场。在城市的商人失败，并关闭他们的商店。市中心购物区变得冷清。在最近几年出现的是一个重生的中心城区，，许多郊区居民回城。他们已经做到了这一点，当然，以避免与乘客从郊区公路堵塞。我选择了这个特殊的城市规划问题，我们的依赖私人交通工具分组讨论的。我希望你会想出一些创新的解决方案。哦，不解决此问题，从一个纯粹社会学的角度，以及尽量考虑到环境和经济问题。