VOA常速英语:Beleaguered Detroit Relying on Immigrants to Revitalize City

Detroit has earned the nickname America’s comeback city for a reason.
底特律因为某种原因赢得了“美国复兴城市”的头衔。

This is the main street of Bangla town. All the commercial districts are right here. This is where the revitalization is taking place.
这是Bangla镇的主要街道。 所有商业区都在这里。这就是振兴的地方。

During the Great Recession the Midwestern city suffered an unemployment rate of 28.4% .Business is closed and native-born residents left, but in recent years, immigrants have begun to replace them.In Bangla town a once poverty-stricken neighborhood shared by Detroit and Hamtramck Michigan.One entrepreneur is leading a movement to create a thriving cultural tourist destination.
在大萧条期间，中西部城市失业率为28.4％。许多企业相继倒闭，本地居民大量外出。但是近几年，大量移民取而代之。孟加拉镇，曾经是Detroit和Hamtramck Michigan的贫困社区。一个企业家正在领导运动，创造一个蓬勃发展的文化旅游目的地。

You will hardly find any vacant spot right now.The value of the homes had gone up since then businesses has been thriving and traffic has gone up tremendously.
你现在几乎找不到任何空店铺。自那时以来，房屋的价值一直在上升，业务蓬勃发展，交通量大幅上涨。

A study by Global Detroit and the New American Economy says the influx of immigrants has prevented further population declines.As responsible for increasing the total housing value and creating or preserving more than 1700 local manufacturing jobs.But the extent to which immigrants can be credited for the city’s recovery is up for debate.The city continues to face significant barriers. Political scientist Stanley Rin-chan says misleading to consider immigrants a magic bullet.
《底特律全球时报》和《美国新兴经济》的一项研究表明，移民涌入阻碍了人口进一步下降。随着移民人口增长，房价也持续上涨，也会为社会创造1700多个手工业工作岗位。但是，在多大程度上移民就等于城市复苏这个问题，是有争议的。城市继续面临重大障碍。 政治学家Stanley Rin-chan表示认为移民是一个神奇的子弹。

You increase the overall financial welfare numbers in the country but the people who benefit most from that are the immigrants themselves and that’s fine.You know we want them to prosper but please don’t tell me that what you’re doing is saving the country or the city or the town.
你提升了整个国家的财政福利，最受益的是移民本身这样最好。你知道我们希望他们繁荣，但请不要告诉我，你正在做的是拯救国家，城市或城镇。

The Trump administration argues that low-skilled immigrants takes away opportunities for native-born Americans but Global Detroit director Steven De Bachman says foreign-born residents are doing precisely the opposite.
特朗普政府认为，低技能移民抢走了美国本土人的机会，但《底特律全球时报》的主管Steven De Bachman表示，外国出生的居民正完全相反。

We see a hard-working yet very low-income community and what I expect to see is through more people moving into the city particularly because immigrants are driving that neighborhood stabilizing and those communities that stabilized will begin to retain and attract new businesses create more jobs. That is the pathway forward.
我们看到一个努力工作但非常低收入的群体，但我期望看到的是更多的人进到城市中，特别是因为移民正在推动邻里的稳定，那些稳定的社区将开始保留和吸引新的企业创造更多的就业机会。那就是前进的道路。

The positive impact of immigrant neighborhoods in Metro Detroit can be seen in long-established areas like Mexican town.Known for its vibrant restaurants. Jose De Jesus Lopez， its owner is one of the neighborhood’s longest-serving Mexican restaurants.A thriving business in a once abandoned lot. The secret to his business he says - his patients.
底特律大都市移民的积极影响可以在像墨西哥城这样的有长期居住民的地区看到。以其充满活力的餐厅而闻名。 Jose De Jesus Lopez这家老板经营着全社区最长时间服务的墨西哥餐馆之一。这家餐馆在一个废弃的路段。 他的生意繁荣的秘密据说是他的病人。

We need to think of Detroit as our home where people will feel safe and that’s happening little by little.The greatest changes won’t happen overnight they happen slowly and that’s part of believing in oneself believing in Detroit.
我们需要把底特律当成我们的家，人们就会慢慢的有了安全感。一夜之间不会发生巨变，一切都会慢慢的改变，这是对自己，对底特律信任的一部分。

In Lopez’s words the American Dream is about creating something that can outlive him and that will continue to provide for others.
Lopez’s认为，美国梦可以不断超越，并将继续为别人提供帮助。

Ramon Taylor VOA News Detroit.
美国之音，Ramon Taylor底特律报道。