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1、1Moderntechnologyandahastenedlifestyleareseeingmanyoldtraditionsworldwidecometoanend,butintheU.S.cityofBaltimore,onetraditionisfightingtosurvive,andperhapsevengrow.Streetmerchantswhosellfruitsandvegetablesfromcolorfulhorse-drawncartshavedisappearedfro
2、mmostU.S.cities,butstillcanbefoundinBaltimore.Soon,thecity’sstreetsmaybehometoevenmore.ResidentsofBaltimorearefamiliarwiththetraditionalcallofwhatareknownasarabbers--streetvendorswhosellfruitsandvegetablesfromhorse-drawncarts.Twenty-five-year-oldBJAbd
3、ullahhasbeenarabbingmostofhislife.Hestartshisdaybyloadinghiscartwithlocal,freshlyboughtproduce."Igotcabbage,Igotcollardgreens,Igotstringbeans,"callsoutAbdullah.Customerscanhavethegoodsdeliveredattheirdoorsteporgotothecartwhentheyhearthedistinctsound.M
4、anyoftheregularcustomersareelderlypeoplewhocannotwalktothemarket,whileothersjustfindthemconvenient."It'sconvenient,theycometoyou.Youdon'thavetogooutandgetit,"explainslocalarabberpatronVeronicaCunningham.Theoriginofthewordarabberscouldhavederivedfromth
5、e19thcenturyexpression"streetarabs",referringtopeople,mostlyAfrican-Americanmen,whohadaccesstotheportandhorsesandcouldstartarabbingasasmallbusiness.Inrecentyears,thetraditionbegantodeclineandsomestableshavebeenshutdownforbuildingcodeviolations.Animalr
6、ightsactivistsalsohavecomplainedthatthehorsesarepoorlytreated.In1994,apreservationsocietywasformedtoaddresstheseissuesandpreservethetradition.PresidentDanielVanAllensaidrecentyearshaveseenarevivalofthehistorictrade."We'vegone,inthepastfewyears,fromone
7、totwowagonsafteroneofthestableswasshutdownforurbanrenewal,andbackuptoeightwagonsoutonthestreet,andhopefullywe'llhavefourmorewagonsoutonthestreetnextyear,"saidVanAllen.BJAbdullahsaidhedoesnotplantogiveuphisjobinanycase."OhI'mgoingtokeepongoinguntilIcan
8、'twalknomore.We'regonnabearound,weain'tgoingnowhere.It'sbeenaroundoverahundredyears,this[tradebusiness]ain'tgoingnowhere,"saidAbdullah.LonghoursatworkformanyAmericansandagrowingdemandforwholesomelocalproducemayputtheoldBaltimoretradeontheroadt
