每日英語跟讀 Ep.K397: 這西班牙小村書店比學生多

<p>每日英語跟讀 Ep.K397: Bookstores Are Keeping This Tiny Spanish Village Alive</p> <p> </p> <p>Standing on a hilltop in northwestern Spain, Urueña overlooks a vast and windswept landscape of sunflower and barley fields, as well as a famous winery. The walls of some shops are built directly into the 12th-century ramparts of the village.</p> <p>位處西班牙西北部一座山頂上的烏魯艾尼亞村，俯瞰一片廣袤且常有強風侵襲的向日葵與大麥田，以及一家知名的釀酒廠。一些店家的牆壁直接建在這個村莊12世紀的防禦土牆裡。</p> <p>Despite its rugged beauty, Urueña, like many villages in the Spanish countryside, has struggled over recent decades with an aging and dwindling population that has left it stagnant at about only 100 full-time residents. There is no butcher and no baker; both retired in the past few months. The local school has just nine students.</p> <p>儘管烏魯艾尼亞有種粗獷的美，但就像西班牙鄉間許多村落一樣，近幾十年苦於人口老化與減少，這已使村莊停滯，常住居民僅約百人。沒有肉販和麵包師傅，這兩人都在過去數月...