Detroit’s recovery

一些跟汽車道路有關(guān)的名詞：

1. petrol-powerded 汽油動(dòng)力的
2. ramp 支路（進(jìn)出高速公路）
3. boulevard n 要道，大街
4. ditch 溝，渠
5. internal-combustion-engine 內(nèi)燃機(jī)

一些固定搭配：

1. a huge chunk 相當(dāng)大量的 eg. a huge chunk of fedral funding
2. at the expense of sb/sth 在犧牲什么的情況下
3. bank on sb/sth 指望，依靠 eg, the city leadership is once again banking on the car industry to drive its economic revovery
4. tear down 拆除 eg. tear down some of the car-related infrastructure.
5. stride 進(jìn)展，發(fā)展 eg, make remarkable strides
6. dot 遍布 = spread things or people over an area
7. surplus 順差，盈余 eg, The city's finances are in surplus.
8. resurgence n 復(fù)蘇，復(fù)興
9. levy 征稅 levy sth( on sb/sth)
10. blue-collar jobs
11. under an agreement struck with the mayor 與市長(zhǎng)達(dá)成協(xié)議
12. long-derelict 長(zhǎng)期荒廢的
13. beaux Arts 古典風(fēng)格
14. capture a bigger share of new output
15. boosterish adj 過(guò)度興奮的
16. in the rude health 非常健康
17. chasing manufacturing jobs can help lift people into the middle class.追逐制造業(yè)的工作有助于將學(xué)歷有限的人提升到中產(chǎn)階級(jí)

一些好的句子：

1. This strectch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighbourhood.
2. The success of the Ford Model T helped a modest port town grow into American's fourth-biggest city.
3. The city is starting to undo some of its auto-centricity , by dotting streets with bike lanes and tearing down a freeway, is perfectly consistent wity this.
4. Homes being reoccupied, not abandoned
5. It's a vibrant and booming city.
6. There are
7. In the long run, the only way to fully reverse Detroit's decline is to diversify its economy.