Lecture 8 From Re-imaging the Rust Belt to "Whose downtown is it, anyway?"

第八讲 从铁锈地带形象重塑到“这究竟是谁的市中心？”

That idea is just one of many to get the nation's Rust Belt out of its long slow industrial decline.

这个想法只是很多想使本国的铁锈地带走出长期工业减退状态的方法之一。

Today, Dongbei is a rust belt, its once muscular industries falling victim to poor state planning and inefficient operations.

如今，东北则是“铁锈地带”，曾经强有力的国企都成了计划经济和低效运作的牺牲品。

If Rust Belt residents notice the irony of inviting Japanese investors back to revive their former colony, they're not saying it out loud.

通过日本投资商来重振曾经被日本殖民过的土地，即便铁锈地带的居民意识到这里面的讽刺意味，也都避而不谈。

We might look upon the glory of our Rust Belt states, where there are hundreds of vast steel mills that are at least 40 years out of date and also spew smoke that causes acid rain.

我们可以看一下我们的铁锈带（）昔日的“荣耀”，那里有几百家落伍至少四十年的大型钢铁厂，至今还喷吐着能够引起酸雨的浓烟。