【胡敏讀故事背雅思單詞】49精英小鎮(zhèn)(2/2)
來(lái)源:滬江聽寫酷
2013-07-19 19:30
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Middleton
When news was spread of how good life was in Middleton, people who had been ejected from other towns began to relocate. They hoped to benefit from the elevated standards of Middleton and live a life of increased efficiency and orderliness. This had the opposite effect, however, and lowered the quality of people in Middleton. They did not have the elasticity of normal Middleton citizens and began to demand more say in how the town was run.The elite developed an elaborate plan to eliminate these newcomers from Middleton. They detailed that the only people that would be eligible to live in Middleton were those who had been born there. Heavy fines and taxes were placed on those that did not meet this standard. Soon the newcomers left and Middleton returned to normal, ruled by an elite, but happy.
有關(guān)米德爾頓的生活是如何之好的消息傳開之后,被其他城鎮(zhèn)驅(qū)逐的人開始遷移過(guò)來(lái)。他們希望能從米德爾頓提高了的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)中受益,過(guò)一種更有效率、更有秩序的,生活,可這樣做的效果卻適得其反,米德爾頓人的生活水平降低了。他們沒(méi)有普通米德爾頓居民的靈活性,并且開始要求在城鎮(zhèn)管理問(wèn)題上有更多的發(fā)言權(quán)。精英們想出了一個(gè)周密的計(jì)劃把這些新來(lái)者從米德爾頓趕走。他們?cè)敿?xì)說(shuō)明只有在米德爾頓出生的人才有資格在那里居住,對(duì)那些不符合標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的人要征收高額罰款和稅金。很快新來(lái)者都走了,米德爾頓恢復(fù)了正常,由精英領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著并快樂(lè)著。