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CCTV9英语新闻:北京批发市场外迁计划

时间:2014-01-09 08:53:51

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The Beijing Zoo is perhaps better known for the sprawling1 garment wholesale2 markets nearby than its animals. But now the city's officials are pledging to relocate the markets out of the area to ease overcrowding and optimize3 urban planning.

The Beijing Zoo is perhaps better known for the sprawling garment wholesale markets 

nearby than its animals. But now the city's officials are pledging to relocate the 

markets out of the area to ease overcrowding and optimize urban planning.

A place in the capital to make your yuan go further.

Everyday, the wholesale markets near the Beijing Zoo are jam packed with textiles, fashion accessories, and people betting their money on these merchandise.

But the hustle4 and bustle5 of daily business will one day be water under the bridge.

"Growing numbers of visitors and vehicles in recent years have brought huge impacts on the traffic and living conditions around the wholesale market area." Sun Shuo, deputy district mayor of Beijing’s Xicheng District, said.

What’s worse, the area overlaps6 with one of the biggest and most perplexing transportation hubs in the city. It’s prompted the decision to move the precinct out. For many, this is a long due announcement.

"Loud and noisy all day, it’s impossible to live here."

Originally built in the 1980s, the clothing hub near Beijing Zoo covers 300,000 square meters, including at least 10 clothing wholesale markets, around 13,000 stalls, 30,000 employees, and more than 20 logistics companies.

Having been home to thirty years of private business boom, it now sees an average of 100,000 customers a day and an annual trading volume of over 20 billion yuan.

These numbers don’t necessarily mean problems.

"People gather around a certain area for a reason. So I think what the government should do is to maintain the benefits, and bring them along with better urban planning." Zhang Wenqi, senior city planner of China Academy Of Urban Planning & Design, said.

Beijing city officials have borne this in mind.

"We’re doing more than simply moving markets out of downtown areas. It’s not just relocation, but also readjusting the business model of the garment markets and many more similar ones in the city." Sun said.

The details are still up in the air, as is a timetable for the move. But as Sun says, in the future, when people talk about the new garment wholesale market, it would be an entirely7 different image that springs to mind.


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1 sprawling 3ff3e560ffc2f12f222ef624d5807902     
adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着)
参考例句:
  • He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
  • a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇
2 wholesale Ig9wL     
n.批发;adv.以批发方式;vt.批发,成批出售
参考例句:
  • The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出。
  • Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。
3 optimize WIoxY     
v.使优化 [=optimise]
参考例句:
  • We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
  • We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构,着重引进先进技术和关键设备。
4 hustle McSzv     
v.推搡;竭力兜售或获取;催促;n.奔忙(碌)
参考例句:
  • It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
  • I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。
5 bustle esazC     
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹
参考例句:
  • The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
  • There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station.火车站里非常拥挤。
6 overlaps d113557f17c9d775ab67146e39187d41     
v.部分重叠( overlap的第三人称单数 );(物体)部份重叠;交叠;(时间上)部份重叠
参考例句:
  • The style in these two books largely overlaps. 这两本书的文体有许多处是一致的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The new office overlaps the functions of the one already in existence. 新机构的职能与那个现存机构的职能部分重叠。 来自辞典例句
7 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。