Graveyards in Pakistan—Hold your

Lahore’s new “silent city”, as it is known, aims to lighten the burden on grieving families. The project’s director has urged other provinces to replicate his good work. But even with its swanky golf-carts for the elderly and mechanical diggers it may be less effective than it claims. When the government of Punjab bought the land, it planned to build a cemetery about 20 times the size. The facility that opened last month has space for only 8,000 graves.

单词注解

grieve 英 / ɡriːv /

1 [I,T] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has died 〔尤指因所爱之人去世而〕感到悲痛
People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one.
人们在所爱之人去世后会有一段悲伤期。
She grieved the loss of her only son.
她因为失去唯一的儿子而悲痛。
[+ over/for ]
He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him.
他死了，从此我没有一天不在悲痛。
2 [T] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy 使伤心 同义词 upset
My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.
我的姑妈，说起来我很难过，她有点颠三倒四的。

swanky / 'swæŋki /

very fashionable and expensive 非常时髦的；奢华的 【非正式】
eating meals at swanky hotels在豪华酒店吃饭

cart /kɑ:rt/ n.运货马车，手推车

put the cart before the horse
to do the things in the wrong order 本末倒置，前后颠倒

cemetery /ˈseməteri/ n.墓地，公墓

翻译

众所周知，拉合尔新的“沉默之城”目的在于减轻悲痛家庭的负担。该项目的负责人力劝其他省份复制他的优秀成果。但是即使有着奢华的高尔夫马车服务老年人和机械挖掘机，这个项目也不像声称的那么有效。当旁遮普政府买下这块地时i，它计划将它建成一个大约20倍大的公墓。上个月建成的设施中只有8000个坟墓。