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纜車(chē)荣赶，那個(gè)在空中滑來(lái)滑去的東西，怎么會(huì)和公交掛上鉤呢鸽斟？因?yàn)樵谟械牡胤桨未矗|車(chē)開(kāi)始扮演和公交一樣的角色。上下班的路程都是在天上富蓄，聽(tīng)起來(lái)是不是很奇妙呢剩燥，讓我們來(lái)看看吧~

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Subways in the sky

空中地鐵

Why politicians and commuters like cable cars

為什么政客和通勤家喜歡纜車(chē)

【1】MEXICABLE, a cable-car line 4.9km (three miles) long, soars above Ecatepec, a poor suburb of Mexico City. Open for just over a year, its 185?gondolas?carry 18,000 people a day between San Andrés de La Ca?ada, at the top of the hill, and Santa Clara Coatitla at the bottom. The trip makes five stops?en route?and takes 19 minutes, compared with the 80-minute bus trip residents previously?endured. The cable car is “super quick and much less stressful,” says Nelly Hernández, a passenger accompanied by her?awestruck?four-year-old daughter.

cable car：[?keibl kɑ:] n.<美>（電）纜車(chē)

gondola：[?gɑ:nd?l?] n.貢多拉，狹長(zhǎng)小船;貨架（一般指商店立倍，例如化妝品店）

en route：[en ru:t] 在途中

endure：[?n'dj??(r)] v.容忍灭红；忍耐；持久口注；持續(xù)

awestruck：[???str?k] adj.敬畏的变擒，肅然起敬的

Mexicable是一個(gè)4900米（三英里）長(zhǎng)的纜車(chē)，翱翔在墨西哥城的一個(gè)貧困山區(qū)敖迹卡特佩克上空赁项。這條纜車(chē)線路才開(kāi)放了一年多葛躏，它共有185個(gè)貢多拉纜車(chē)，每天能承載18000人往返于山頂和山腳間悠菜。以前居民不得不忍受80分鐘的巴士旅行舰攒，而如今纜車(chē)出行途中只有五站，只要19分鐘悔醋。耐莉?赫爾南德茲是一名乘客摩窃，身邊帶著一個(gè)四歲的女兒，她表示電纜車(chē)“超級(jí)快芬骄，壓力又要小得多”猾愿，她的女兒也十分驚嘆。

［2］In rich Western countries, cable cars are mainly for tourists. Latin America, in contrast, has adopted them as?mass transit?for the poor. They suit the region’s?mountainous?cities, many of which have expanded?chaotically, says Julio Dávila of University College London. Ecatepec’s population jumped after an earthquake hit Mexico City in 1985.

mass transit：公共交通账阻，公共交通工具（總稱(chēng)）蒂秘，大量客運(yùn)

mountainous：[?ma?nt?n?s] adj.多山的；巨大的淘太；山一般的

He lives in a mountainous district.

他住在山區(qū)姻僧。

chaotically：[ke???t?k(?)li] adv.?混亂地

在富裕的西方國(guó)家，纜車(chē)主要是為游客預(yù)備的蒲牧。相反的撇贺，拉丁美洲將纜車(chē)作為窮人的公共交通工具。倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院的胡里奧?達(dá)維拉認(rèn)為冰抢，這些纜車(chē)很適合該地區(qū)的山地城市松嘶，其中很多城市都已經(jīng)擴(kuò)張的十分混亂。在1985年墨西哥大地震后挎扰，按涠卡特佩克的人口激增。

［3］The pioneer was Medellín, Colombia’s second city.?Refugees?from the country’s long civil war had crowded into?hillside?districts. Widening streets to create new bus lanes or extending the?metro?would have been too costly. A cable car, opened in 2004, was the answer. Since then Cali, Caracas and Rio de Janeiro (as well as Mexico City) have built similar systems. In September Evo Morales, Bolivia’s president, opened La Paz’s fifth teleférico, extending the world’s longest and highest network with a link to the?clifftop?city of El Alto.

refugee：[?refju?d?i:]?n.避難者遵倦，難民

The refugees want to be resettled in London.

這些難民想在倫敦定居下來(lái)蕴轨。

hillside：[?h?l?sa?d] n.山腰；（小山的）山坡

metro：[?metr??] n.地下鐵道

clifftop：[?kl?ft?p] n.懸崖頂部

哥倫比亞第二大城市麥德林是這方面的先驅(qū)者骇吭。該國(guó)長(zhǎng)期內(nèi)戰(zhàn)帶來(lái)的難民涌入了山坡地區(qū)。拓寬街道來(lái)創(chuàng)造新的公交車(chē)車(chē)道或者是延伸地鐵線都太貴了歧寺，2004年開(kāi)放的電纜車(chē)才是答案燥狰。從那時(shí)起，卡利斜筐、加拉加斯和里約熱內(nèi)盧（還有墨西哥城）也建立了相似的系統(tǒng)龙致。九月，玻利維亞總統(tǒng)埃沃?莫拉萊斯開(kāi)放了拉巴斯的第五個(gè)纜車(chē)顷链。它是世界上最高最長(zhǎng)的城際纜車(chē)目代，坐著它可以到達(dá)埃爾阿爾托市懸崖頂上的城市。

［4］One reason cable cars are popular is that governments usually?subsidise?them in order to compete with private buses. Mexicable charges seven pesos (37 cents), less than half of its?break-even?price. Politicians like them because they can be built without?displacing?large groups of people; it often takes 18 months or less, in time for re-election. “Mayors think, ‘I’m going to be cutting the?ribbon’,” says Mr Dávila.

subsidise：[s?b's?da?s] vt.給…津貼或補(bǔ)貼，資助或補(bǔ)助…

The arts in Europe are heavily subsidised.

歐洲的藝術(shù)受到大量補(bǔ)貼榛了。

break-even：[bre?k 'i:vn] adj.收支平衡的

displace：[d?s'ple?s] v.取代在讶；置換；轉(zhuǎn)移霜大；替代

ribbon：['r?b?n] n.絲帶构哺；綬帶；勛帶战坤；（用于捆綁或裝飾的）帶子

She wore yellow ribbons in her hair.

她頭發(fā)上戴著黃色緞帶曙强。

纜車(chē)很受歡迎的一個(gè)原因是：政府通常會(huì)補(bǔ)貼它們?nèi)ズ退郊野褪扛?jìng)爭(zhēng)。Mexicable收費(fèi)是7比索（37美分）途茫，比保本價(jià)格的一半還少碟嘴。政客們喜歡纜車(chē)，因?yàn)樗鼈兛梢栽诓灰苿?dòng)大批民眾的情況下被建立起來(lái)囊卜。這種建立通常只要花18個(gè)月或更少的時(shí)間娜扇，能趕在換屆選舉前。達(dá)維拉先生說(shuō)：“市長(zhǎng)認(rèn)為‘我要去剪彩’边败「ぶ裕”

［5］The jury is out on?whether cable cars are worth the cost. In 2012 Mr Dávila and others conducted a study of Medellín’s system, which found that crime fell and jobs grew in areas the cars served. However, the city also made investments in policing and economic development?at the same time, which may have been responsible for these gains. The researchers did find that the cable car made residents prouder of their community. People in Ecatepec feel the same way.?Bandits?go after buses but leave the cable cars alone, says David Ramírez, a passenger. The gondolas'?cosy?interiors?include two facing metal benches, encouraging conversation.

The jury is (still) out on sth：（某事）仍未定奪，懸而未決

at the same time：同時(shí)

bandit：[?b?nd?t] n.土匪笑窜，強(qiáng)盜

cosy：['k??z?] adj.舒適的致燥，愜意的；暢快的排截；親切友好的 n.有遮蓋的雙人座椅嫌蚤；保暖罩

interior：[?n't?ri?r] adj. 內(nèi)地的；國(guó)內(nèi)的断傲；內(nèi)部的 n. 內(nèi)部脱吱；內(nèi)在

纜車(chē)的花費(fèi)是否值得還沒(méi)有定論。2012年认罩，達(dá)維拉先生和一些人進(jìn)行了一次關(guān)于麥德林纜車(chē)系統(tǒng)的研究箱蝠，發(fā)現(xiàn)纜車(chē)服務(wù)地區(qū)的犯罪率下降了，就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)增長(zhǎng)了垦垂。然而宦搬，這些收益可能是因?yàn)辂湹铝滞瑫r(shí)也對(duì)城市治安和經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)進(jìn)行了投資。研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)纜車(chē)使得居民對(duì)于他們的社區(qū)更為自豪劫拗。凹湫＃卡特佩克的人們有同樣的感受。乘客大衛(wèi)?拉米雷斯說(shuō)页慷，劫匪可能在公交車(chē)上犯案憔足，但會(huì)離電纜車(chē)遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)胁附。貢多拉內(nèi)部很舒適，有著兩張相對(duì)著的金屬長(zhǎng)椅滓彰，鼓勵(lì)乘客進(jìn)行談話控妻。

［6］Residents of Complexo de Alem?o, a?shantytown?in Rio de Janeiro, have no such cause for cheer. Rio’s state government paid 253m reais ($135m) to a?consortium?led by Odebrecht, a construction company, to build a cable car connecting the area to the city’s metro. That now looks?ill-advised. In a plea bargain, the former head of Odebrecht’s?infrastructure?arm?said it had paid 94m reais in?bribes?and donations to the state’s former governor, who was later convicted on?corruption?charges, to win a development deal that included the federally-funded cable-car project. For five years, residents rode the gondolas free of charge. But they have been?grounded?since September 2016, after the state stopped paying the firm that ran them.

shantytown：['??nt?ta?n] n.棚戶區(qū)；貧民窟

consortium：[k?n?s?:ti?m] n.財(cái)團(tuán)找蜜；組合饼暑，共同體

ill-advised：[?l ?d?va?zd] adj.沒(méi)腦筋的，無(wú)分別的洗做；不明智

infrastructure：[??nfr?str?kt??(r)] n.基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施弓叛；基礎(chǔ)建設(shè)

arm：[ɑrm] n.分部；職能部門(mén)

bribe：[bra?b] n. 賄賂诚纸；賄賂物 v. 賄賂

ground：[ɡra?nd] vi.擱淺撰筷，停飛；著陸

corruption：[k?'r?p?n] n. 貪污畦徘；墮落毕籽；腐敗

對(duì)于阿萊馬奧區(qū)——里約熱內(nèi)盧的一個(gè)貧民窟——的居民，卻沒(méi)有這樣的理由可以歡呼井辆。為了建設(shè)一個(gè)連接該區(qū)域和城市地鐵的纜車(chē)关筒，里約政府向奧迪布里切特建筑公司的一個(gè)財(cái)團(tuán)支付了2.53億雷亞爾（1.35億美元）。現(xiàn)在看來(lái)那個(gè)行為很不明智杯缺。奧迪布里切特基建部門(mén)前任負(fù)責(zé)人在認(rèn)罪協(xié)議中稱(chēng)蒸播，該公司為了贏得開(kāi)發(fā)協(xié)議（其中包括由聯(lián)邦政府資助的纜車(chē)項(xiàng)目），以賄賂和捐獻(xiàn)的方式給了前任州長(zhǎng)（此人不久后因貪污被判入獄）9400萬(wàn)雷亞爾萍肆。五年來(lái)袍榆，居民可以免費(fèi)乘坐貢多拉纜車(chē)。但是從2016年9月塘揣，州政府停止向運(yùn)營(yíng)纜車(chē)的公司付款后包雀，這些纜車(chē)就停飛了。

［7］Despite the Rio?fiasco, Latin American cities are still cabling up. Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, will open its first?commuter?cable car next year. The state of Mexico, which borders Mexico City, intends to build two new lines by 2023. In all, 20 projects are planned in the region. The sky, it seems, is the limit.

fiasco：[fi??sko?] n.徹底失敗亲铡，慘敗

commuter：[k??mjut?] n.（遠(yuǎn)距離）上下班往返的人

盡管里約慘敗了才写，拉丁美洲的城市仍然在布置纜車(chē)。哥倫比亞首都波哥大明年將開(kāi)放其第一列客運(yùn)纜車(chē)奖蔓。和墨西哥城接壤的墨西哥州打算在2023年建兩條電纜線琅摩。該地區(qū)總共有20個(gè)項(xiàng)目在策劃中。似乎天空才是盡頭锭硼。

從現(xiàn)實(shí)角度講，相對(duì)于其他公共交通工具蜕劝，纜車(chē)有很多優(yōu)點(diǎn)檀头，速度快轰异，視野好，更加環(huán)保暑始，而且絕對(duì)不會(huì)擁堵搭独。但是坐在空中總不如地面讓人安心，而且廊镜，有恐高癥的人們?cè)撛趺崔k呢牙肝？不過(guò)想想上班是坐纜車(chē)，感覺(jué)還是很刺激呢嗤朴。中國(guó)大城市的地面空間越來(lái)越珍貴了配椭，也許有一天也會(huì)向空中發(fā)展呢，讓我們期待著纜車(chē)的發(fā)展吧~

英文原文：

http://www.economist.com

講解：霞姐 / Tiassa / Angel

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