The mayor of a picturesque¹ Italian town has come up with a novel solution in tackling its dwindling² population figure - by paying people to move there.

意大利一个风景如画的小镇的镇长，为解决该镇人口日益减少的问题，提出了一个新颖的解决办法，即付钱请人们移居到这里。

Nicola Gatta wants to return Candela, a small medieval town in Puglia, to its former glories when there were more than 8,000 residents in its Nineties heyday³.

镇长尼古拉·加塔希望能重振小镇过去的辉煌，位于普列利亚区的坎德拉是一个中世纪小镇，在90年代鼎盛时期，居民曾多达8000余人。

Today, however, thanks to a troubled economy, there are just 2,700 people remaining in the town.

然而，因为经济不景气，如今小镇只有2700名居民。

Therefore, the mayor is offering up to 2,000 euros in an attempt to entice⁴ people to move to the area and boost population.

因此，镇长提供高达2000欧元的奖励，试图吸引人们搬到该地区并促进人口增长。

In order to qualify for the cash incentive⁵, new residents must move to Candela where they rent a house and have a job with a salary of at least 7,500 euros per year.

为符合获得现金奖励的资格，新居民必须搬到坎德拉小镇租房，拥有年薪至少7500欧元的工作。

According to the mayor, six families from northern Italy have already settled in and another five have applied⁶ to move.

据这位镇长表示，意大利北部的六个家庭已经搬来定居，另有五个家庭已申请移居。