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About 70 miles northeast of Vancouver is one of Canada's most beautiful tourist regions.
距离温哥华东北方向大约70英里的地方有一处加拿大最美丽的旅游胜地。
Visitors come to enjoy fishing, skiing or the splendid mountain scenery.
各路游客聚集于此，享受钓鱼、滑雪的乐趣，或欣赏壮丽的山景。
Over 20 years ago, Cursti Born, a successful businesswoman,
20多年前，一位名叫科斯提·博恩的成功女商人来到这里，
came here and founded Paradise Ridge, a cabin park.
建造了天堂岭——一座木屋公园。
She said, "I wanted to live somewhere where everybody knows everybody else and all your problems are shared."
她说：“我想住在一个人人彼此认识，遇到问题可以共同面对的地方。”
Paradise Ridge is now home to 25 families.
目前，天堂岭共有25户人家。
Each family owns their own small cabin.
每户人家都有自己独立的小木屋。
But they share ownership of the park and the common facilities.
但他们共同享有公园以及公共设施的使用权。
This is a real living community and residents aren't allowed to use their cabins as a holiday home.
这是一个真实的生活社区，居民们不能把木屋当做度假寓所使用。
The heart of the Paradise Ridge community is a large house.
天堂岭社区的中央有一所大房子。
Shared meals take place three times a week,
居民们每周在这里聚餐三次，
and once a month there's a meeting when important decisions are made.
居民们还会每月召开一次会议，并在会上做出重要的决定。
Families can sell their homes if they want to leave,
如果想要离开，住户可以卖掉他们的房子，
but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join.
但新住户入住之前，必须由社区全体成员进行投票，以决定其能否入住。
"Keeping the community together is hard work," says Cursti.
“保持社区的凝聚力并非易事，”科斯提说。
"Everybody has to take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the community,
“所以每个人都必须担起责任，以保证社区的日常运作，
but it seems that there is no shortage of families who want to join.
尽管如此，想要加入我们社区的家庭似乎仍然络绎不绝。
There are 75 on the waiting list."
如今还有75户人家排队等着进来呢。”
