电城镇地处茂名市电白区东南沿海,是座人杰地灵、历史悠久的文化名城。从南北朝梁起,它就是百越之南的政治、文化、经济活动中心。在温长的历史长河中,它一直以其地理优越,山川秀丽,物产丰富,交通方便著称于世,一直以其迷人的魅力吸引着海内外的骚人墨客和政要商贾,在历史上写下过辉煌的一页。
他飞快地说出了原因:更便宜的货物;更快地到达医院;能够更好地和城镇联系起来;为了有一天能够用上电和手机服务的机会更大。
He rattled off the reasons: cheaper goods; getting to the hospital faster; being better connected to towns; and having a higher chance of someday getting electricity and cellphone service.
大约有18000名黑人居住在名叫辛巴·莱尔(Thembalihle)的破旧小镇中,像大多数黑人城镇一样,这里没有电、管道设施和自来水。
About 18, 000 blacks lived blocks away in the ramshackle township of Thembalihle, which, like most black townships then, existed without electricity, plumbing, or running water.
这个小镇只是日本东北海岸上几近消失的城镇之一,那里水和电供应、通讯几乎瘫痪。
The town is just one of many nearly erased from Japan's northeastern coast, where water, electricity, and telecommunications are largely unavailable.
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