【聽美文故事記六級單詞】聚焦圣彼得堡(2/4)
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2014-01-03 21:59
HINTS:
十以上數(shù)字、年份、百分率、金額等都用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字表示,數(shù)字采用千位逗號隔斷
St. PetersburgThen in 1991, Leningraders voted to restore the city's original name. Some people opposed the name change altogether. Others thought it was just too soon. Old, run-down Soviet Leningrad, they said, was not the St. Petersburg of 19th-century literature.
What, then, is St. Petersburg? In the confusing post-Communist world, no one really knows. The quiet, if Soviet-style, dignity is gone. The Communist sayings are down, and gaudy advertising up. Candy bars and cigarettes are sold from boxy, tasteless kiosks. And clothing? Well, anything goes. Everyone wants to be a little different. But many people do not know the true meaning of freedom. Personal crime has gone up, up, up in the past few years.
在1991年,列寧格勒市民想通過選舉恢復(fù)這座城市最早的名字。一些人完全反對變革城市的名字。另一些人認為名字更改的過快。他們認為,蘇維埃列寧格勒年邁而破舊,它已然不再是19世紀文學(xué)作品里的圣彼得堡。
那什么才是圣彼得堡呢?共產(chǎn)主義后期的世界中充斥著迷惑,真相無人知曉。蘇聯(lián)模式下的寧靜與尊嚴已經(jīng)蕩然無存。看不見了共產(chǎn)主義的標(biāo)語,浮夸的廣告卻四處張貼。庸俗的四方形報亭販賣著糖塊與香煙。至于服裝?也是無所不有。每個人都想有所改變。但是很多人并不明白何為真正的自由。個人犯罪案例在過去幾年也是居高不下。