VOA慢速英語(yǔ): 印度計(jì)劃建立100個(gè)“智能”城市

India Plans to Build 100 'Smart' Cities

印度計(jì)劃建立100個(gè)“智能”城市

Many of India’s biggest cities are struggling. They have too many people and not enough places for them to work, live and play. They often lack services, including effective public transportation and recreational areas, like parks.

許多印度大城市的人都活得很掙扎。人太多了，以至于沒(méi)有足夠的地方供所有的人工作，生活和娛樂(lè)。他們往往缺少服務(wù)，包括有效的公共交通和休閑區(qū)，比如公園。

The number of people living in cities in the fast-growing nation is expected to rise to 814 million by 2050. This kind of sharp growth is known as “mass urbanization.” It has happened before only in China.

在這個(gè)人口快速增長(zhǎng)的國(guó)家，城市人口的數(shù)量到2050年會(huì)增加到8.14億。這種急劇增長(zhǎng)被稱為“大規(guī)模的城市化”。這之前只在中國(guó)發(fā)生過(guò)。

To deal with the predicted growth, India will build many “smart cities.” These cities will have clean water, waste collection and a power center. These are luxuries for many Indians.

為了處理預(yù)測(cè)到的人口增長(zhǎng)，印度將建立許多的“智能城市”。這些城市會(huì)提供干凈的水，廢物收集和權(quán)利中心。這些對(duì)于許多印度人來(lái)說(shuō)很奢侈。

A year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a plan to build 100smart cities by 2022, at a cost of one trillion dollars. He hopes the construction of the cities will provide jobs for the one million Indians who join the work force every month.

一年前，首相Narendra Modi宣布到2022年印度將花費(fèi)1萬(wàn)億美元建立100個(gè)智能城市的計(jì)劃。他希望城市的建設(shè)可以每個(gè)月使100萬(wàn)印度人有工作。

The first smart city is near Gandhinagar, the capital of the state of Gujarat. It is called Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT. The Indian government hopes it will be a model for future Indian cities.

第一個(gè)智能城市位于古吉拉特邦的首府甘地納格爾附近。被稱為“古吉拉特邦國(guó)際科技金融中心”或者“GIFT”印度政府希望這個(gè)城市成為以后建設(shè)城市的典范。

Officials hope to persuade banks and other businesses to open in GIFT. To do that, the government is reducing their taxes and giving them other financial benefits.

官方希望說(shuō)服更多的銀行和工商業(yè)入住GIFT。為此，政府會(huì)減少稅收給他們很多經(jīng)濟(jì)利益。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

我是Jonathan Evans。