VOA常速英语:Small Businesses Hope Some in-Person Classes Return Will Help Them Bounce Back

When the pandemic sent many of Michigan universitys 40,000 plus students back home earlier this year,
今年早些时候，当疫情把4万多密歇根大学学生送回家时，
the college towns small business district felt it big time.
这对于大学城的小商务区来说是个大事。
It was like a three-foot blizzard without snow.
这就像没有雪的三英尺高的暴风雪。
So you know nobody walking on the sidewalks, nobody going up and down the street.
所以你知道没有人在人行道上行走，没有人在街上出行。
The fall term begins in september with at least some in-person classes on campus.
秋季学期从九月开始，校园里至少重开了一些面对面的课程。
Thats bringing both hope and anxiety to businesses which rely on the students to stay afloat.
这给那些依赖学生生存的企业带来了希望和焦虑。
Adam Lowenstein is a bar owner.Glad to see the students coming back like. The first probably emotion is relief, you know happiness.
亚当·洛温斯坦是酒吧老板。很高兴看到学生们像这样回来。第一种可能是松了一口气，你知道幸福的感觉。
Justin Herrick owns a restaurant.My gut feel is people are going to come back.Theres going to be a significant outbreak.
贾斯汀·赫里克开了家餐馆。我的直觉是人们会回来的。将会有一场大规模的疫情爆发。
And its either going to be managed um and contained.
要么被管理，要么被控制。
And or you know theyre gonna put up hit the pause button and go all online.
因此商业活动又会被按下暂停键，大家又重新回到线上。
And I think my gut feel is probably the latter.
我觉得我的直觉可能是后者。
Jeff Saunders, the owner of a piercing parlor says hes fought hard to keep his business going.
一家穿孔店的老板杰夫·桑德斯说，他一直在努力维持自己的业务。
The pandemics really thrown a lot at us you have to really run your business extraordinarily well to succeed.
这场大流行真的给我们带来了很多麻烦，你必须非常好地经营你的事业，才能取得成功。
Not all places are back up and running.
并不是所有的地方都恢复正常运行。
Espresso Royal Coffee, the once successful shop is not coming back due to the pandemic according to its website.
意式浓缩皇家咖啡，据其网站称，这家曾经成功的商店由于大流行而没能幸存。
Former customers like this Michigan youth student are disappointed.
像这位密歇根青年学生这样的前客户感到失望。
Yeah it kind of sucks that those places are not opening up especially Espresso Royal Coffee.
是啊，那些地方没有开放，特别是Espresso RoyalCoffee，真是糟透了。
Theres a lot of people in my house that like that.
我家里有很多这样的人。
Perry PerriKos sits in the street outside one of his businesses in a makeshift patio area
佩里·泊里科斯(PerryPerriKos)坐在他的一家公司外的街道上，那里是一个临时的露台区，
that didnt exist before the COVID 19 pandemic. Despite troubles, he remains optimistic.Im hoping, Im praying and I believe that were going to be ok. Its going to be ok.
在疫情之前并不存在。尽管困难重重，他仍然乐观。我希望，我在祈祷，我相信我们会没事的。一切都会好起来的。
Small business owners eager to see students and normalcy again.
小企业主渴望再次见到学生和正常的状态。
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