Gentrification is the slow change that happens when people with more money move into a poor or run-down area, fix up the buildings, and open new shops. Rents rise. Old neighbours may have to leave. The streets look cleaner, and the area is called 'improved' — though actually, who it is better for is the fight inside the word.

Gentrificationgentrification， is the slow change that happens指的是一種慢慢發生的變化： when people with more money move into a poor or run-down area當比較有錢的人搬進一個貧窮或破舊的地區， fix up the buildings把建築整修好， and open new shops並開起新的店。Rents rise房租跟著上漲。 Old neighbours may have to leave老鄰居可能不得不搬走。The streets look cleaner街道看起來變乾淨了， and the area is called這個地區也被稱為 'improved'『改善』—— though actually, who it is better for is the fight inside the word不過其實，這對誰比較好，正是這個字裡爭論的地方。

Some people hear a success story: safer streets, nicer cafés. Others hear a loss: the people who made the place cannot stay.

Some people hear a success story有些人聽到的是一個成功的故事： safer streets, nicer cafés更安全的街道、更好的咖啡廳。Others hear a loss有些人聽到的卻是失去： the people who made the place cannot stay讓這個地方有味道的那些人，反而留不下來。

It is a city-planning and newspaper word, a little formal, and often political.

It is a city-planning and newspaper word這是個都市規劃和新聞常用的字， a little formal, and often political有點正式，也常常帶政治意味。

A German-born British thinker, Ruth Glass, coined it in 1964, from gentry, the class with land and manners. The verb is gentrify; a gentrified street is one this has already happened to.

A German-born British thinker, Ruth Glass一位在德國出生的英國學者Ruth Glass， coined it in 1964在1964年創造了這個字， from gentry, the class with land and manners來自gentry（仕紳），也就是有土地、講究禮儀的那個階級。The verb is gentrify動詞是gentrify； a gentrified street is one this has already happened to而a gentrified street指的就是已經發生過這個變化的街道。