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Kennedy?Town?is?among?the?few?remaining?districts 少的可怜的仍然存在的街区on?Hong?Kong?island?where?hole-in-the-walladj. 简陋的；狭小的?noodle n. 面条；笨蛋joints?and?traditional?tea?houses?out number 比。。。多clothing?stores?and?US?coffee?shops. 少的可怜的仍然存在的街区 adj. 简陋的；狭小的 n. 面条；笨蛋 比。。。多 在坚尼地城(Kennedy?Town)，不起眼的面店和传统茶馆要多于服装店和美式咖啡馆，香港岛上这样的街区已经不多见了。 The?town,?named?after?Hong?Kong’s?seventh?British governor?Arthur?Edward?Kennedy,?was?for?many years?inhabited?by?a?working-class?community被工薪阶层居住.?Low-rise?apartment?blocks?and?industrial?buildings?dating back?to?the?1950s?have?yet?to?be?knocked?down?despite?planned?redevelopment. 被工薪阶层居住 坚尼地城是以英国派驻香港的第七任总督坚尼地(Arthur?Edward?Kennedy)的名字命名的，多年来一直是工薪阶层的聚居区。这里的低层公寓楼和工业建筑最早建于20世纪50年代，虽然有重新开发的计划，但至今那些老建筑仍未被推倒。 To?the?relief?of?many?locals,?few?mainland?Chinese?tourists?ventureventur?into?this?part?of?town.?No high-end?retail?storeshigh-end retail stores高端零售商店?are?here?to?sate?their?appetite?for?luxury?goods.?As?the?last?stop?on?the tram?line有轨电车行车路线,?Kennedy?Town?has?developed?far?more?slowly?than?other?areas?on?the?island. ventur high-end retail stores 高端零售商店 有轨电车行车路线 令许多当地人安心的是，还没有多少中国内地游客闯进这片区域。这里没有高端零售店，满足不了内地游客对奢侈品的欲望。作为有轨电车的终点站，坚尼地城的发展速度远远落后于香港其他片区。 However,?this?appears?to?be?changing.?A?new?subway?station?connecting?Kennedy?Town?to central?Hong?Kong?has?opened,?while?western-themed?restaurants?and?bars?are?replacing?local dinersn. 用餐者；路边小饭店；餐车式简便餐厅.?Developers?are?determined?to?revitalisevt. 使有新的活力；使新生（等于revitalize）?the?area?to?serve?a?growing?number?of wealthier?residents,?which?means?rents?and?property?prices?will?rise.?The?remaining?working-class?community?is?starting?to?shift?to?the?New?Territories?north?of?Hong?Kong?island. n. 用餐者；路边小饭店；餐车式简便餐厅 vt. 使有新的活力；使新生（等于revitalize） 然而，这一现状似乎正在改变。一个新地铁站已经开通，将坚尼地城与市中心连接起来。西式餐馆和酒吧正逐渐取代本地小饭馆。开发商决心要恢复这个片区的活力，adj. 模糊的n. 模糊 adj. 模糊的 n. 模糊 vi. 模糊（blur的现在分词） For?many?locals,?these?changes?are?yet?another?sign?that?Hong?Kong’s?local?culture?is?erodingv. 侵蚀；磨损（erode的ing形式）adj. 侵蚀的.At?street?level,?there?is?a?sens