2015考研英语阅读商业天堂还是贼窝
<p> <span word="Business">Business</span> <span word="paradise">paradise</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="den">den</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thieves">thieves</span>?</p><p> 商业天堂还是贼窝?</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="abolish">abolish</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="Californian">Californian</span> <span word="city">city</span></p><p> 消除一座特别另类之加州城市的努力</p><p> <span word="EVEN">EVEN</span> <span word="Vernons">Vernons</span> <span word="logo">logo</span> <span word="proclaims">proclaims</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="isexclusively">isexclusively</span> <span word="industrial">industrial</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="noexaggeration">noexaggeration</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1905 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="railwaycrossing">railwaycrossing</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Eden">Eden</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="business">business</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smelly">smelly</span>, <span word="dirtyand">dirtyand</span> <span word="blue">blue</span>-<span word="collar">collar</span> <span word="manufacturing">manufacturing</span> <span word="sort">sort</span>. <span word="An">An</span> <span word="aerial">aerial</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="neat">neat</span> <span word="boundaries">boundaries</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="its">its</span> 5.2 <span word="squaremiles">squaremiles</span> , <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="residential">residential</span> <span word="neighbourhoods">neighbourhoods</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span> <span word="Countysuddenly">Countysuddenly</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="blocks">blocks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="warehouses">warehouses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="factories">factories</span>. <span word="Lorries">Lorries</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="outnumber">outnumber</span> <span word="carson">carson</span> <span word="Vernons">Vernons</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="whiff">whiff</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pigs">pigs</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="slaughtered">slaughtered</span> <span word="hangs">hangs</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="bythe">bythe</span> <span word="aroma">aroma</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="processed">processed</span>.</p><p> 即便弗农市的标志上宣称本市专事工业，这种说法也并未言过其实。1905年，该市创建于洛杉矶河沿岸的一处铁路线交汇处，人们将此地作为某种商业的乐园。从空中俯瞰可以发现，随着洛杉矶县的住宅街区突然被大片仓库和工厂所取代，弗农市5.2平方英里的土地周围呈现着整齐的界线。在弗农街头，卡车看起来比轿车还要多。在没有被正在加工的咖啡香气所覆盖的区域，飘荡着被屠宰的猪的气息。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="inconceivable">inconceivable</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Vernon">Vernon</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="city">city</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="hasabout">hasabout</span> 1,800 <span word="businesses">businesses</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="employ">employ</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50,000 <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="LosAngeles">LosAngeles</span> <span word="County">County</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="only">only</span> 96 <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="residents">residents</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="tuckedimprobably">tuckedimprobably</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="warehouses">warehouses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p>
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