42. My Views on Skyscrapers 我對摩天大樓的看法
In modern cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, we can find skyscrapers all around us. The narrow streets and the shabby small houses are disappearing out of our sight. People's living standards are getting better and better.
在一些諸如北京、上海等的現(xiàn)代化的城市,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)周圍到處都是摩天大樓。窄小的街道和破舊的房子已從我們的視野中消失,人們的生活水平變得越來越好。
While we are enjoying the happiness and the convenience the new high buildings bring us, we find we are far away from nature, we are far away from our neighbors and we are becoming even more lonely. Skyscrapers make us unable to breathe fresh air, unable to enjoy the sunlight and unable to talk with our neighbors as we used to do.
當我們在享受這些高樓帶給我們的喜悅和方便之際,我們離自然越來越遠,離我們的鄰居越來越遠,我們也變得越來越孤單。摩天大樓使得我們無法呼吸到新鮮空氣,無法享受到陽光,無法再像從前一樣和我們的鄰居交談。
In some people's eyes, skyscrapers can be regarded as a symbol of social progress, but for me, I am still longing for the small house where I spent my happy childhood.
在某些人看來,摩天大樓被認為是社會進步的標志,但對于我來說,我仍然懷念童年住過的小房子。