外刊听读| 经济学人 底特律复兴

Detroit’s recovery

一些跟汽车道路有关的名词：

1. petrol-powerded 汽油动力的
2. ramp 支路（进出高速公路）
3. boulevard n 要道，大街
4. ditch 沟，渠
5. internal-combustion-engine 内燃机

一些固定搭配：

1. a huge chunk 相当大量的 eg. a huge chunk of fedral funding
2. at the expense of sb/sth 在牺牲什么的情况下
3. bank on sb/sth 指望，依靠 eg, the city leadership is once again banking on the car industry to drive its economic revovery
4. tear down 拆除 eg. tear down some of the car-related infrastructure.
5. stride 进展，发展 eg, make remarkable strides
6. dot 遍布 = spread things or people over an area
7. surplus 顺差，盈余 eg, The city's finances are in surplus.
8. resurgence n 复苏，复兴
9. levy 征税 levy sth( on sb/sth)
10. blue-collar jobs
11. under an agreement struck with the mayor 与市长达成协议
12. long-derelict 长期荒废的
13. beaux Arts 古典风格
14. capture a bigger share of new output
15. boosterish adj 过度兴奋的
16. in the rude health 非常健康
17. chasing manufacturing jobs can help lift people into the middle class.追逐制造业的工作有助于将学历有限的人提升到中产阶级

一些好的句子：

1. This strectch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighbourhood.
2. The success of the Ford Model T helped a modest port town grow into American's fourth-biggest city.
3. The city is starting to undo some of its auto-centricity , by dotting streets with bike lanes and tearing down a freeway, is perfectly consistent wity this.
4. Homes being reoccupied, not abandoned
5. It's a vibrant and booming city.
6. There are
7. In the long run, the only way to fully reverse Detroit's decline is to diversify its economy.