Vocabulary:
詞匯:
a handful of
少量的,寥寥無幾
no wonder
難怪
a needle in a haystack
大海撈針
residents
居民
boost
推動作用,注強心劑
A city of three million people, with only of a handful of street names.
一個三百萬人口的城市卻只有屈指可數的幾條街有街名。
No wonder trying to deliver a letter here is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
難怪郵遞員到這里來送信就如同大海撈針。
But this is changing, as the city of Cotonou, in Benin, is starting to name its streets and paint numbers on each house.
不過現在這種狀況正在改變,貝寧城市科托努已經著手開始給街道取名并將給每家每戶的房子外都刷上門牌號碼。
Residents hope this will help the city become better connected to the world and provide a boost for local businesses.
當地的居民希望此舉將有助于該城與外部世界建立更好的聯系并能助推當地企業的發展。
A city of three million people, with only of a handful of street names.
一個三百萬人口的城市卻只有屈指可數的幾條街有街名。
No wonder trying to deliver a letter here is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
難怪郵遞員到這里來送信就如同大海撈針。
But this is changing, as the city of Cotonou, in Benin, is starting to name its streets and paint numbers on each house.
不過現在這種狀況正在改變,貝寧城市科托努已經著手開始給街道取名并將給每家每戶的房子外都刷上門牌號碼。
Residents hope this will help the city become better connected to the world and provide a boost for local businesses.
當地的居民希望此舉將有助于該城與外部世界建立更好的聯系并能助推當地企業的發展。