埃及公布建设新首都计划
<p><span word="Forget">Forget</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pyramids">pyramids</span>, <span word="Tahrir">Tahrir</span> <span word="Square">Square</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nile">Nile</span>. <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ditch">ditch</span> <span word="Cairo">Cairo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shiny">shiny</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="way">way</span>.</p><p>先别想金字塔、解放广场还有尼罗河了。埃及准备抛弃开罗，建造一个闪亮新首都，如果埃及政府这一想法能顺利实施的话。</p><p><span word="Fed">Fed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span>, <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="gridlock">gridlock</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="packed">packed</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="soaring">soaring</span> <span word="rents">rents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="creaking">creaking</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span>, <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="teaming">teaming</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="developer">developer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Arab">Arab</span> <span word="Emirates">Emirates</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="ambitious">ambitious</span> <span word="infrastructure">infrastructure</span> <span word="programs">programs</span>.</p><p>由于原首都污染严重，交通拥堵，人口大爆炸，房屋租金高涨，以及跟不上时代的基础设施等诸多压力，埃及计划与阿拉伯联合酋长国的一个开发商合作，建设一个新首都。这个首都建设计划可能是世界上最宏伟的公共建设项目之一。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="yet">yet</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="be">be</span>-<span word="named">named</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="over">over</span> 150 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="miles">miles</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Denver">Denver</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> 7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="developers">developers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p>开发商和政府周五（3月13日）宣布，这个尚未被命名的城市将占地150平方英里（388平方公里），大概就是丹佛市（美国科罗拉多州最大的城市）的大小，大概能容纳700万名居民。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Cairo">Cairo</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="vibrant">vibrant</span> <span word="charm">charm</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 18 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="maddening">maddening</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="frustrating">frustrating</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="congestion">congestion</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cairo">Cairo</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="projected">projected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="double">double</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="decades">decades</span>.</p>
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