美语听力素材:亚马逊将在西雅图市区设立流浪者临时避难所

Amazon.com, the online retailer know for selling nearly everything, is giving the homeless something very valuable, a place to live.
电商巨头亚马逊公司宣布将其所拥有的一幢位于西雅图市区的楼房提供给流浪者家庭，作为他们的临时避难所。

The company's offering a building it owns in downtown Seattle as a temporary shelter for more than 200 homeless people.
这家公司计划在未来一年在在西雅图市中心接纳200多名流浪者。

Amazon bought the building as part of its new corporate campus, but construction won't start for at least a year, so the company will let a non-profit operate it as a rent-free shelter until then.
亚马逊买下这幢楼房的目的是希望作为其新园区的一部分，但这块场地上的施工要到明年才开始，因此该公司希望通过以非盈利目的将它作为难民们的容身之所。

The building was originally a Travelodge Hotel, then a college dorm, so it'll be easy for families to move right in starting Monday.
这幢建筑曾是Travelodge酒店旧址，而最近被用作考尼什艺术学院的学生宿舍，因此从周一开始各个家庭会很方便的搬家到这里。

Carmen Roberts, FOX News.
福克斯新闻，卡门·罗伯茨报道。

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