The narrow streets are crowded with smoke-belching old cars discarded from the US., the dilapidated wooden houses are gnawed by termites, and hurricanes are a source of constant trepidation (after Belize City was devastated by one in 1961, the government decided to build a new capital, Belmopan, in the center of the country).
而狹窄的街道上壅塞著許多從美國淘汰下來的老舊汽車；木造房子則飽受白蟻侵蝕，還得戰戰兢兢提防著強烈颶風。（一九六一年的颶風，將貝里斯市摧毀殆盡，政府才決定在國土中央的貝爾默邦另建新都。）