I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the land called Parson's Place by the football ground. Few people know about this new plan to increase the size of our town. For me，Parson's Place is special because it is a beautiful natural area where local people can relax - the small wood has many unusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers. It's very quiet because there are few houses or roads nearby. I think that losing this area will be terrible because we have no other similar facilities in the neighbourhood.

　　我聽(tīng)說(shuō)了一個(gè)要在叫Parson公園上建造三百所房子的計(jì)劃。沒(méi)有幾個(gè)人知道這個(gè)打算將我們的城鎮(zhèn)擴(kuò)大的計(jì)劃。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，Parson公園是非常特別的，因?yàn)樗�是一個(gè)美麗的天然公園，當(dāng)?shù)厝丝梢栽诖朔潘尚菹�。這片小樹林里有許多獨(dú)特的樹木并且這里的小溪受到了漁夫和野鳥觀察者的歡迎。這里很安靜因?yàn)楦浇�只有幾所房子和幾條公路。我認(rèn)為失去這片公園會(huì)很糟糕，因?yàn)樵谶@附近我們沒(méi)有其他與其相似的公園了。

　　I am also against this plan because it will cause traffic problems. How will the people from the new houses travel to work? The motorway and the railway station are on the other side of town.

　　我反對(duì)這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃也是因?yàn)樗鼘��?huì)引起交通問(wèn)題。住在新房子的人們將如何去工作呢?高速公路和地鐵站在城鎮(zhèn)的另一端。

　　Therefore，these people will have to drive through the town centre every time they go anywhere.

　　因此，這些人每次出行的時(shí)候?qū)⒉坏貌或?qū)車穿越城鎮(zhèn)中心。

　　The roads will always be full of traffic，there will be nowhere to park and the tourists who come to see our lovely old buildings will leave. Shops and hotels will lose business. If the town really needs more homes，the empty ground beside the railway station is a more suitable place.

　　公路上將總是有很多車輛，沒(méi)有地方停車，并且來(lái)參觀我們這兒可愛(ài)的老式建筑物的觀光者將會(huì)離開(kāi)這里。商店和旅館將賠錢。如果這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)真的需要更多的房子，那片在地鐵站附近的空地是一個(gè)更合適的地方。

　　No doubt the builders will make a lot of money by selling these houses. But，in my opinion，the average person will quickly be made poorer by this plan. As well as this，we will lose a very special place and our town will be much less pleasant.

　　毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，通過(guò)出售這些房子建筑商們會(huì)賺很多錢。但是，在我看來(lái)，每個(gè)人將會(huì)因這個(gè)計(jì)劃的實(shí)施而快速地變窮。不但如此，我們將失去一個(gè)非常特別的地方，并且我們的城鎮(zhèn)將會(huì)失去很多快樂(lè)。

　　I am going to the local government offices on Monday morning to protest about this plan and I hope that your readers will join me there. We must make them stop this plan before it is too late.

　　我將在周一早上到當(dāng)?shù)卣�府辦公室抗議這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，并且我希望你們這些讀者將會(huì)和我一起去那里。我們必須讓他們停止這項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，否則就來(lái)不及了。

　　詞匯:

　　facility /fə’siləti/ n. 場(chǎng)所，設(shè)施 protest /prəu’test/ v. 抗議

　　motorway / ‘məutəwei / n. 高速公路

　　注釋:

　　1. For me，Parson's Place is special because it is a beautiful natural area where local people can

　　relax—the small wood has many unusual trees and the stream is popular with fishermen and bird-watchers. 對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，帕森場(chǎng)是非常特別的，因?yàn)樗�是一個(gè)美麗的天然場(chǎng)地并且當(dāng)?shù)厝丝梢栽诖朔潘尚菹�。這片小樹林里有許多獨(dú)特的樹木并且這里的小溪受到了漁夫和野鳥觀察 者的歡迎。

　　2. The roads will always be full of traffic，there will be nowhere to park and the tourists who come to see our lovely old buildings will leave. 公路上將總是有很多車輛，卻沒(méi)有地方停車，并且來(lái)參觀我們這兒可愛(ài)的老式建筑物的觀光者將會(huì)離開(kāi)這里。

　　3. As well as this，we will lose a very special place and our town will be much less pleasant.不但

　　如此，我們將失去一個(gè)非常特別的地方并且我們的城鎮(zhèn)將會(huì)失去很多快樂(lè)。