课文翻译 英美报刊阅读教程中级本 第五版 端木义万 Lesson 7.docxVIP

— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 课文翻译 英美报刊阅读教程中级本 第五版 端木义万 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 ：Cities and Suburbs Are Trading Places  远程办公  Young Singles, Other ‘Non-Families’ Taking Over Outer Areas, Study Shows  研究显示，单身青年和其他“非家庭成员”占据了周边地区  By D’Vera Cohn.  A role reversal between cities and suburbs is rewriting a demographic script that has dominated American life for decades.  城市和郊区之间的角色转换正在改写几十年来主导美国生活的人口统计学脚本。Young singles, elderly widows and other such “non-family households”now outnumber married-with-children homes in the nation’s suburbs, creating changes in demand for housing, entertainment and services in the communities where most Americans live.  在美国的郊区，年轻的单身人士、年老的寡妇和其他类似的“无家庭家庭”现在的数量超过了结婚带孩子的家庭，这就改变了大多数美国人居住的社区对住房、娱乐和服务的需求。  At the same time, the married-with-children families often thought of as typically suburban are increasing in many growing cities of the South and West, according to a study based on the 2000 Census to be released today by the Brookings Institution.  与此同时，布鲁金斯学会(Brookings Institution)今天发布的一项基于2000年人口普查的研究显示，在美国南部和西部许多发展中城市，通常被认为是典型的郊区已婚带孩子家庭的人数正在增加。  In suburbs, the demand for social services is rising even as nightclubs are springing up in shopping malls to serve affluent singles.  在郊区，对社会服务的需求正在上升，尽管为富裕单身人士服务的购物中心里的夜总会如雨后春笋般涌现。  In some cities, school buildings are crowded again, and small commercial districts are rising from the dead.  在一些城市，学校建筑再次拥挤起来，小型商业区死而复生。  In the Washington area, non-families have outnumbered married-with-children households in most of the region’s biggest suburbs for more than a decade, and the trend intensified in the 1990s, hi the region’s outer suburbs, married couples with children still dominate.  在华盛顿地区，十多年来，在该地区大部分最大的郊区，非家庭家庭的数量超过了已婚带孩子的家庭，这一趋势在20世纪90年代加剧，在该地区的远郊，已婚带孩子的家庭仍然占主导地位。  The transformation of the suburbs reflects the arrival of a more diverse population and changes in the lives of people already living there.  郊区的转变反映了人口多样化的到来，以及已经生活在那里的人们的生活