Inner-city names the part of a city near the middle, but not the shiny shopping streets. In schoolbooks it is the belt of old housing where buildings look tired and many people have little money.

Inner-city names Inner-city 指的是 near the middle靠近市中心 the part of a city的那部分城市，but not但不是 the shiny shopping streets亮晶晶的那幾條購物街。In schoolbooks在課本裡 it is它是 where buildings look tired房子看起來很疲倦、and many people have little money很多人手頭很緊 the belt of old housing的那一圈舊住宅帶。

Americans use it most; British English has it too. As a hyphenated word it is often an adjective: inner-city schools, inner-city kids.

Americans美國人 use it most用得最多；British English英式英文 has it too也有這個字。As a hyphenated word加了連字號的時候 it is often它常是 an adjective形容詞：inner-city schools舊市區的學校、inner-city kids舊市區的孩子。

Though actually, the tidy picture (middle equals poor) is tidier than life: some inner-city blocks are costly now, and some poor areas sit far from the middle. What the word still carries is a social smell — crowded schools, old flats, not the rich downtown. News English has also used it as a coded way to talk about race and crime; that is messy, and students deserve to hear that the word is not a neutral map label.

Though actually不過老實說，the tidy picture (middle equals poor)這幅整齊的圖（市中心＝窮） than life比真實生活 is tidier更整齊：some inner-city blocks有些 inner-city 的街區 now現在 are costly很貴，and some poor areas而有些窮的地區 sit far from the middle離市中心很遠。What the word still carries這個字仍然帶著的 is a social smell是一種社會的氣味——crowded schools擁擠的學校、old flats老舊的公寓，not the rich downtown不是有錢的市中心鬧區。News English新聞英文 has also used it也用過它 as a coded way當一種暗語 to talk about race and crime來談種族和犯罪；that is messy這一塊很亂，and students deserve to hear而學生值得聽到：the word這個字 is not a neutral map label不是一個中性的地圖標籤。