美国2人衰败小镇 40万美元贱卖-英语课

时间：2019-02-18 作者：英语课 分类：阅读空间

英语课

　　A small town in rural South Dakota is now for sale at $400,000.

　　南达科他州边远的一座小镇现挂牌出售，标价40万美元。
　　The unincorporated hamlet called Swett comes with a bar, workshop, three trailers and single house all on 6.16 acres.
　　这座独立小镇叫做斯威特，镇上有一间酒吧、一家作坊、三座流动房屋和一栋独立屋，共占地6.16英亩。
　　Local businessman Lance Benson owns the town, and is selling to focus on his traveling concession 1 company.
　　该地商人兰斯本森是小镇的所有者，为了更加专心地经营自己的旅游优惠公司，他目前正打算售卖小镇。
　　美国2人衰败小镇 40万美元贱卖
　　'Like I say, I hate to get rid of it. If I don't sell it, if I don't sell it this first year, I would probably keep it,' Mr Benson told the Rapid City Journal.
　　“就像我说的，我不愿意失去它。如果我没有卖掉，没有在第一年卖掉它，也许我会一直留着它，” 本森在接受《拉皮特城日报》采访时这样表示。
　　Swett is two hours southeast of Rapid City and had a population of about 40 in the 1940s.
　　斯威特距拉皮特城有两个小时车程，20世纪40年代时人口为40人左右。
　　The town got its name from a local farmer who owned the grocery store. The post office was in the store so the town became known as Swett.
　　小镇名字来源于当地经营一家蔬菜店的农民的名字。邮局曾经设在他的蔬菜店里，小镇因此得名斯威特。
　　But the population dwindled 2 and today it's just Benson, his wife and their dog Daisy who live in the house next to the bar.
　　不过后来小镇的人口不断减少，时至今日，仅留本森夫妇以及他们的爱犬黛西住在酒吧旁的房子里。
　　Coldwell Banker broker 3 Stacie Montgomery is selling the property, and says she's never been given such an assignment before.
　　科威房产经纪人丝塔西·蒙哥马利负责出售这个小镇，她表示此前她从未接触过这种交易。
　　Ms Montgomery told MailOnline that the town is probably lucrative 4 for someone who wants to own and run a bar - since Swett Tavern 5 is successful and the only watering hole for 10 miles.
　　蒙哥马利告诉英国《每日邮报》网站邮报在线，想拥有并经营一家酒吧的人若是买下这座小镇，收益可能十分可观，因为斯威特酒馆经营得十分成功，而且是方圆10英里内唯一的酒吧。
　　The town could also go to a wealthy person who wants somewhere to stay during hunting season, she said, as Swett is a popular destination for pheasant hunting.
　　她表示，斯威特也是野鸡狩猎时节人们钟爱的去处，所以小镇也有可能被某个富豪买下，成为他在狩猎时的居所。