The Origin and Influences of Urbanization · 城市化的起源与影响因素
| English | 中文 | Pinyin · 拼音 |
|---|---|---|
| urbanization/ˌɜːbənaɪˈzeɪʃn/ | 城市化 | chéng shì huà |
| site/saɪt/ | 地点 | dì diǎn |
| situation/ˌsɪtʃuːˈeɪʃn/ | 区位 | qū wèi |
| suburb/ˈsʌbɜːb/ | 郊区 | jiāo qū |
| suburbanization/səˌbɜːbənaɪˈzeɪʃn/ | 郊区化 | jiāo qū huà |
| urban sprawl/ˈɜːbən sprɔːl/ | 城市蔓延 | chéng shì màn yán |
The growth of cities
- Urbanization 城市化 is the growth in the share of people living in cities.
- It began with the farming surplus that freed people from the land.
- It sped up hugely with the Industrial Revolution and its factories.
城市的增长
- 城市化(urbanization)是居住在城市的人口比例的增长。
- 它始于把人从土地上解放出来的农业剩余。
- 它随着工业革命及其工厂而大大加速。
Urbanization is best defined as... · 城市化最好定义为……
Urbanization = a rising percentage of people in cities. · 城市化 = 城市中人口比例的上升。
Site and situation
- Site 地点 is the physical features of a place (a hill, a harbour, a river).
- Situation 区位 is its location relative to other places (near trade routes).
- Both help explain why a city grew where it did.
地点与区位
- 地点(site)是一个地方的自然特征(山丘、港口、河流)。
- 区位(situation)是它相对于其他地方的位置(靠近贸易路线)。
- 两者都有助于解释一座城市为何在那里发展。
Site or situation? · 选址还是区位？
Sort each description as a site factor or a situation factor. · 将每个描述分类为选址因素或区位因素。
A city's site refers to its physical features, like a harbour or a hill. · 城市的选址指的是其物理特征，如港口或山丘。
Site = physical features; situation = relative location. · 选址 = 物理特征；区位 = 相对位置。
Select all · 所有 situation factors for a city. · 选择城市的所有区位因素。
Trade routes, markets, and convergence are situation; a cliff is a site feature. · 贸易路线、市场和交汇点是区位；悬崖是选址特征。
Match each term to its meaning. · 将下列术语与其含义匹配。
Site = features; situation = location; suburbanization = outward spread. · 选址 = 特征；区位 = 位置；郊区化 = 向外扩展。
Spreading outward
- A suburb 郊区 is a residential area on the edge of a city.
- Suburbanization 郊区化 and urban sprawl 城市蔓延 spread cities outward.
- Cars and cheap land at the edge drive this outward growth.
向外扩展
- 郊区(suburb)是城市边缘的住宅区。
- 郊区化(suburbanization)和城市蔓延(urban sprawl)使城市向外扩展。
- 汽车和边缘的便宜土地驱动这种向外增长。
The outward spread of a city into low-density edges is called urban . · 城市向低密度边缘向外扩展被称为城市。
Urban sprawl is car-driven low-density outward growth. · 城市蔓延是以汽车为导向的低密度向外增长。
Urbanization (a rising share of people in cities) is not the same as a city just getting bigger. A country urbanizes when the percentage living in cities rises — driven today mostly by rural-to-urban migration in the developing world.
城市化(城市人口比例上升)不等于城市单纯变大。当居住在城市的百分比上升时,一个国家才城市化——今天主要由发展中世界的乡村到城市迁移驱动。
A trading city grew at the mouth of a river: its site (a sheltered harbour) and its situation (where inland trade routes meet the sea) both made it a natural place for a port. Centuries later, cars let its people spread into suburbs at the edge.
一座贸易城市在河口发展起来:它的地点(避风港)和它的区位(内陆贸易路线与海洋交汇处)都使它成为天然的港口。几个世纪后,汽车让人们向边缘的郊区扩散。
Urbanization is the rising share of people in cities, begun by farming surplus and sped by industry. A city's site (physical features) and situation (relative location) explain where it grew. Suburbanization and sprawl spread cities outward.
城市化是城市人口比例的上升,始于农业剩余、由工业加速。一座城市的地点(自然特征)和区位(相对位置)解释它在哪里发展。郊区化和城市蔓延使城市向外扩展。