Health officials are warning that a surge in COVID-19 cases could swamp hospitals in the Sunbelt.

卫生官员警告说，COVID-19病例的激增可能会让阳光地带的医院不堪重负。

And then we have now seen more cases and transmission at the exact same time that the rest of the Sunbelt is.

现在我们已经看到了更多的新增病例，同时美国南方一带的其他地区也是这样的情况。

In addition, labor costs are lower in the Sunbelt, and labor unions are not as strong as in the north. So many companies moved their factories to the Sunbelt. Workers followed.

另外，阳光地带的劳动力成本较低，工会也不像北方那么强势，所以很多公司把工厂搬到阳光地带，工人们也跟着搬了过去。

By 1990, the Sunbelt cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio were among the ten largest cities in the United States.

到1990年，阳光地带的洛杉矶、圣地亚哥、凤凰城、休斯顿、达拉斯和圣安东尼奥进入美国十大城市行列。

The warmer weather in the Sunbelt causes many people to move there. They move from the Frostbelt, the colder northern states, and the Rustbelt, the older industrial states.

阳光地带的温暖气候吸引很多人搬到那里，他们从寒冷的北方霜冻地带和老旧工业州铁锈地带搬到加州去。