It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.

对于年龄低于 40岁普通读者来讲，让他们想象一下当年可以在许多报纸上读到精品文艺评论简直几乎是天方夜谭。

Many protesters have defied a curfew in major cities.

许多抗议者已无视各宵禁。

The great cities have been built with no regard for us.

建设毫不关心我们。

This summer, it lost control of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, and this fall, it lost control of Raqqa, what ISIS called its capital in Syria.

今年夏天，其失去对伊拉克第二-摩苏尔制, 而这个秋天，其失去了拉制权，ISIS称拉为在叙利亚本。

Many of them settled in major housing developments just outside of the major cities.

他们主要定居在周边，从事房屋建设开发行业。

Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today.

来往之间将只会花如今一半时间。

Color is a theme that has long infused the story of France’s fourth-largest city.

色彩这个主题一直融入这座法国第四历史。

The lines it's built have drastically shortened journey times, improved safety, reduced carbon emissions, and allowed many Chinese people from rural or less developed areas to access to the country's massive cities.

高铁缩短了旅途时间，提高了安全性，减少了碳排放，方便许多来自农村或欠发达地区人口能够进入中国。

That layer of hazy air pollution above big cities?

那层笼罩在上空雾蒙蒙污染？

Shanghai is a large and modern city but it also has lots of historical places.

上海是一个现代化同时还有很多历史古迹。

Others prefer to live in a big city.

其他人更喜欢住在。

Among big cities, the sharpest jumps were in Phoenix and Los Angeles.

在中，凤凰和洛杉矶房价涨幅最。

Hadley was on a visit to the big city from St. Louis, having led a sheltered life under the influence of a domineering mother.

哈德利从圣路易斯来到这个玩，她衣食无忧，但有个专横母亲。

Visitors making their first trip to China usually stick to the larger cities.

首次去中国游客通常会选择。

You go to any major city right now, there's construction happening all over the place.

你现在去任何，到处都有施工。

But most of the biggest cities are actually built by the sea.

但是多数都是沿海而建。

Many of the top cities on the list are in India.

名单上许多都在印度。

For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town.

这时，在一个所有小巷里，家都听到类似教堂钟声奇异声音。

Experts say that China's slowing population growth is due to rising living costs in major cities and the fact that urban couples value their independence over having children.

专家称，中国人口增速放缓，一是由于生活成本升高，二是镇夫妇重视生活独立性而非养育孩子。

They have in Italy, I think it may be difficult in big cities in Europe to achieve anything like was achieved in China, I don't know how possible that will be, but at least, we have the information to show us.

意利也有疫情，可能欧洲要采取中国这样措施很难。我不知道他们有多几率能做到，但至少我们现在有信息可以作参考了。