During the Depression a shantytown was known by the designation “Hooverville.”

在萧条时期，贫民区以“胡佛村”而闻名。

The President's visit to the slums was a mere pose.

总统到贫民区去访问只不过是做做样子罢了。

The townn is one vast slumland.

这市镇是个广大的贫民区。

The policemen who patrolled the big city slum area that summer were sitting on a volcano.

那年夏天, 在城市大贫民区巡逻的同置身火山口。

When he went bankrupt he lost everything, and ended up living on skid row for a few years.

后他一无所有，最后沦落到在贫民区住了几年。

Muhammad Babul Hossain, one of the slum's three compost collectors, didn't have a job before the barrel program began, but now he's one of the slum's high-income earners at 4,000 taka ($58) per month.

贫民区三个肥料收集者之一的MuhammadBabulHossain在这个桶计划开始前并没有工作。但是现在他成为了贫民区月收入4000塔卡（合58美金）的高收入者。