英语翻译
Life was pretty terrible for most people in London 100 years ago.They had to suffer from noise,smoke and dirt.The noise came from the railway,and the smoke and dirt came from the train and thousands of factories all around them.The smoke got together with fog and hung in the air for days.Diseases killed thousands of children.Families were large but often five out of seven children would die before they were five years old.Is life really better than it was 100 years ago?It is certainly true that people live longer than they used to,travel faster than they could and own more things than they did.But they still have to suffer from noise,overcrowding and bad air which are still a basic part of modern life.100 years ago there was a clear difference between town and country.But the motor car has changed all that.One motorway can take up a huge amount of land.Cars are also a basic part of modern life.But industry and modern life do not have to be enemies of beauty.We can have both beauty and progress.In fact,we need clean rivers and open countryside just as much as people did 100 years ago.But nowadays the problem is that it’s becoming more and more difficult to have open land,clean water and fresh air.