Speed《生死时速》精讲之二
文化面面观
Pacoima 洛杉矶柏科马市
这里是Harry为了说明罪犯不在大楼内而举的一个例子。
Pacoima is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles,
California.
It is bordered by the Los Angeles districts of Mission Hills on the west, Arleta on the
south, Sun Valley on the southeast, Lake View Terrace on the northeast, and by the
city of San Fernando on the north. Major thoroughfares include San Fernando Road
and Laurel Canyon and Van Nuys Boulevards. The Golden State and Ronald Reagan
freeways run through the district.
Pacoima's first inhabitants were the semi-nomadic Tongva and Tataviam Native
American tribes; the name Pacoima in fact comes from the Tataviam language and
translates to "the entrance". In 1797, Spanish colonists built the nearby Mission San
Fernando Rey, but the Pacoima area remained without permanent settlement until
1887. In that year, former Republican California State Assemblyman and California
State Senator Charles MacLay purchased 56,000 acres (227 km²) in the area with a
loan of $117,500 from a friend, U.S. Senator Leland Stanford (president of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, former Governor of California, and founder of Stanford
University). MacLay proceeded to subdivide the tract into agricultural parcels, most of
which were used for the production of Southern California staples such as citrus, nuts,
beans, wheat, and vegetables. As was the case in most of the San Fernando Valley, the
lure of plentiful, cheap water from the Los Angeles Aqueduct proved irresistible to
Pacoima's farmers, and the district was annexed by Los Angeles in 1921. (wikipedia)
考考你
用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。
1. 我今天早晨又迟到了，因为表慢了。
2. 他给自己和妻子登记了一下。
3. 我们在三月份天气一暖就把冬天的衣服给收起来了。这实在是过于早了
一点，因为两天后天气突然又变冷，还下了六寸雪。我们不得不再把衣服
拿出来。
最后由 leilaxu 于 2008-04-21 12:25:47编辑 |
