广播电视英语短句 第 284 课：居住在城市-3

Another issue is urban sprawl. This is where cities expand into rural areas, sometimes at a much faster rate than urban population growth. 另一个问题是逆城市化，即城市扩展到农村，其速度有时超过城市人口增长。

Sprawl is common in the United States. Americans move a lot. 这种逆城市化在美国普遍。美国人口流动大。

In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the major cities to smaller cities. 在近期的一份研究中， 堪萨斯大学的阿特 . 霍尔发现，人口正从大城市移居到更小的城市。

He sees a trend toward "de-urbanization" across America. 他发现全美的“逆城市化”趋势。

But urban economies still provide possibilities that rural areas do not. 但是，城市经济仍然提供农村地区无法提供的机会。