人教版英语选修第一册 unit 5 Reading and Writing

BETTER, GREENER LIVES AWAY FROM THE CITY

远离城市，拥有更美好、绿色的生活

While the dream of most university graduates is to start a successful career in a big city, more and more young people are choosing to stay in their own hometowns so they can stay with their family and friends.

大多数大学毕业生的梦想是在大城市开创一番成功的事业，但越来越多年轻人选择留在家乡，陪伴家人与朋友。

For some young people, it is also a matter of making the quality of life for other people in their hometowns better.

对部分年轻人而言，这同时也是为了改善家乡其他人的生活质量。

They also have a desire to improve and maintain the natural and economic environments in these places for generations to come.

他们也希望为子孙后代改善并守护当地的自然环境与经济环境。

Li Dan is a woman who has discovered that returning home to work in the field of agriculture could offer her both a meaningful challenge and a good standard of living.

李丹发现，返乡从事农业既能带来富有意义的挑战，也能保障不错的生活水平。

Born in a small village in Southwest China, she decided not to follow many of her former classmates to the city after getting her degree at university.

她生于中国西南的一座小村庄，大学毕业后，她没有像许多老同学那样前往城市。

Instead, she returned to her village and started her own fruit-growing business.

相反，她回到村里，创办了自己的水果种植产业。

Working hard over the last several years, and taking advantage of new technology and the Internet, she has expanded her business to include agritourism.

经过数年勤恳打拼，依托新技术与互联网，她拓展业务，开办了乡村旅游项目。

Moreover, her company’s annual income has reached six million yuan and more than 50 new jobs have been created.

此外，她公司年收入达到六百万元，创造了五十多个就业岗位。

As a result, her decision has also helped to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of many people in her village.

最终，她的选择助力当地脱贫，改善了村里许多人的生活。

With China’s population expected to continue rising in the coming years, the government understands the importance of agriculture.

未来数年中国人口预计持续增长，政府充分认识到农业的重要性。

It also understands that university graduates can help come up with better ways to grow crops, and develop new, creative ways of farming using modern technology.

政府也明白，大学毕业生能够探索更优良的作物种植方式，运用现代技术打造创新农业模式。

To help these young people with their bright and innovative ideas, the government is providing financial help.

为支持这些怀揣新颖想法的年轻人，政府提供资金扶持。

Business development loans are becoming easier for these young people to obtain, too.

创业发展贷款也变得更容易申请。

Government policies that aim to eliminate poverty are also having a beneficial effect.

旨在消除贫困的各项政策同样发挥着积极作用。

“Life in big cities is not all it’s cracked up to be,” said Zhang Tao, from Binchuan county in Yunnan Province, adding that the air was bad, transport was terrible, and it was hard to make a decent living.

来自云南宾川县的张涛说：“大城市的生活并没有传闻中那么美好。”他还提到，城市空气质量差、交通拥堵，想要体面谋生十分艰难。

What life in one’s hometown offers is a strong support network.

家乡生活能够提供稳固的帮扶人际网络。

More importantly, this network is also a good one for getting new agribusinesses up and running quite quickly.

更重要的是，依托这一环境，新型农业产业可以迅速落地运营。

Thus, it is no surprise that more new graduates are now attracted to life in the country, where they can fulfil personal goals and contribute to their local communities rather than just being white-collar professionals in big cities.

因此，越来越多应届毕业生向往乡村生活也就不足为奇。在乡村，他们能够实现个人理想、回馈家乡，而不只是在大城市做一名白领。

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