2020年经济学人 美国梦--上帝与网格(2)

The form of the suburb encourages conformity¹ and repetition.

城郊的形式鼓励着遵从和重复。

Most streets adhere to a grid², running north-south and eastwest, which is linked to a grid that extends across southern California and indeed much of America.

大多数街道都遵循一个纵贯南北和东西的网格，这个网格连接着一个横跨南加州和美国大部分地区的网格。

Navigation is straightforward³.

导航十分的直截了当。

The ambulance that carries Mr Waldie and his dead father to the hospital turns left out of his road, then left onto a boulevard, then right.

那辆送沃尔迪先生和他死去的父亲去医院的救护车在路上左转，然后左转进入一条林荫大道，然后右转。

Those who live there do not find this stifling⁴.

住在那里的人并不觉得这令人窒息。

“The grid limited our choices, exactly as urban planners said it would. But the limits weren’t paralysing.”

“正如城市规划者所说的那样，网格限制了我们的选择。但只是限制并没有瘫痪。”

Yet, as in many locked-down homes, the impression of quiet and order is surface deep.

然而，和许多上锁的房子一样，人们对安静和秩序的印象是表面的。

The community relies on deep aquifers⁵, but the rocks could also transmit terrible seismic⁶ shocks to the surface.

该社区依赖于深层含水层，但岩石也可能向地表传递可怕的地震波。

During the second world war the nearby aircraft factory was disguised to look like a suburb: had the enemy bombers⁷ come, Lakewood could have been accidentally wiped out.

第二次世界大战期间，附近的飞机制造厂伪装成一个郊区：如果敌人的轰炸机来了，莱克伍德可能会被意外地消灭。

The buyer of one house discovers that the previous owner had excavated⁸ a large airraid shelter underneath⁹ his garage.

一栋房子的买家发现先前的主人在车库下面挖了一个大防空洞。

Above all, residents feel the presence of God.

最重要的是，居民感受到上帝的存在。

The developers boasted of Lakewood’s many churches, and funded a synagogue after the ban on Jews was lifted.

开发商夸耀莱克伍德有许多教堂，并在犹太人禁令解除后资助了一个犹太教堂。

Mr Waldie’s father, who had briefly¹⁰ joined a religious order, knows the Catholic liturgy¹¹ so well that he teaches newly ordained¹² priests.

沃尔迪的父亲曾短暂地加入了一个宗教组织，他对天主教的礼拜仪式非常了解，所以他教新任命的牧师。

As a boy, Mr Waldie carried the crucifix in his church on Good Friday, wiping lipstick¹³ off Jesus’s feet.

作为一个男孩，沃尔迪先生在耶稣受难日的时候在教堂里带着十字架，为耶稣擦干脚。

In the book of Revelation, the city of God is perfectly¹⁴ square.

在启示录中，上帝之城是完美的广场。

1 conformity   

n.一致，遵从，顺从

参考例句：

• Was his action in conformity with the law?他的行动是否合法？
• The plan was made in conformity with his views.计划仍按他的意见制定。

2 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

4 stifling   

a.令人窒息的

参考例句：

• The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。
• We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。

5 aquifers   

n.地下蓄水层，砂石含水层( aquifer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• And in Africa, the aquifers barely recharge at all. 非洲的地下水开采以后几乎得不到补充。 来自时文部分
• Aquifers have water contents over 30%. 含水层的水含过30％。 来自辞典例句

6 seismic   

a.地震的，地震强度的

参考例句：

• Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。
• The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。

7 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 excavated   

v.挖掘( excavate的过去式和过去分词 )；开凿；挖出；发掘

参考例句：

• The site has been excavated by archaeologists. 这个遗址已被考古学家发掘出来。
• The archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress. 考古学家们发掘出一个古堡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

10 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

11 liturgy   

n.礼拜仪式

参考例句：

• A clergyman read the liturgy from the prayer-book.一名牧师照着祈祷书念祷文。
• The mass is the church a kind of liturgy.弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。

12 ordained   

v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定

参考例句：

• He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句

13 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

14 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。