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Have you ever played SimCity, Neil – the city-building computer game?
你有没有玩过模拟城市那个游戏？就是城市建设电子游戏。
Yes, but I wasn’t very good at it.I didn’t build enough houses, which created a lot of homeless Sims– those are the characters in the game.And then I didn’t deal effectively with a flood…
玩过，但是不太擅长。没有建足够的房子，容纳无家可归的人。游戏里的角色叫做Sim。然后我也未能有效处置洪水。
Really? Well, I suppose managing a city is quite a challenge– which is the subject of today’s show: cities of the future– an important subject as so many of us now live in urban areas.I want to start with our quiz question: What is the percentage of the world’s population that will be living in cities in 2050? We’re dealing with approximates here.Is it…a) 10%?b) 50%?Or c) 70%?
真的吗？我觉得管理一座城市真的是个挑战，这也是今天节目的主题，城市的未来这个话题很重要，因为大多数人都居住在城市。首先来看今天的问题：2050年世界将有多少人口居住在城市？我们只是说大概的数量。a) 10%?b) 50%?c) 70%?
I think that it’s a) 10%.
我觉得是a) 10%。
Well, we’ll find out if you’re right or wrong later on in the show.Now, you’ve encountered a couple of issues that might face urban planners when designing a city, Neil – housing and dealing with a flood. Can you think of any others?
好的，节目的最后我们再看你回答的是否正确。你遇到的那些问题，也许也是城市规划者规划城市时遇到的问题，如住房和洪水处理。你觉得还有其他的问题吗？
Yes. Having decent cycle lanes.Good transport networks are very important.
有。合理的自行车道。良好的交通网络是非常重要的。
Yes indeed, and if people could get around easily on foot, or by bike, or by public transport, roads would be less congested – or overcrowded – and less polluted.That sounds rather utopian to me though.
确实如此，如果人们能够方便得步行、骑自行车或乘坐公共交通，道路就不会那么拥挤，污染也会减少。但对我来说，这听上去太乌托邦了。
A utopia is an imaginary place where everything is perfect.But Copenhagen is pretty utopian, Alice - the air is clean, there are bike lanes everywhere.
乌托邦是指幻想中的地方，那里所有事物都很完美。但是哥本哈根就很理想国。那里空气清新，到处都有自行车道。
That sounds fantastic, but what about somewhere like Beijing with its constant smog – or air pollution – hanging over the city? A lot of people ride bikes there too. So which city is going to be the model for the future?
听上去很棒，但其他地方，如北京，经常有雾霾笼罩城市。那里也有很多人骑自行车。所以哪座城市能成为未来城市的模范呢？
Maybe like the future Los Angeles in the movie Blade Runner– you know, glittering high-rises, gigantic neon billboards, flying cars…
也许像电影《银翼杀手》中未来的洛杉矶——闪闪发光的高楼大厦，巨大的霓虹灯，气垫汽车……
Well, today’s Los Angeles has terrible urban sprawl and traffic problems.
如今的洛杉矶具有城市扩张，交通问题。
Urban sprawl is the way a city spreads into undeveloped land around it, often without planning permission.
城市扩张是指未经计划审批，城市向未开发的土地扩张。

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