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.

对于龄低于 40岁的普通读者来讲，让他们想象一下以在许多大城市报纸上读到精品的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大城市的宵禁。

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

大城市的建设毫不关心我们。

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.

今夏天，其失去对伊拉克第二大城市-摩苏尔的控制, 而这个秋天，其失去了拉卡的控制权，ISIS称拉卡为在叙利亚的大本。

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

他们主要定居在大城市的周边，从事房屋建设开发行业。

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

来往大城市之间将只会花如今一半的时间。

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这座法第四大城市的历史。

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.

高铁大大缩短了旅途时间，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的人口能够进的大城市。

That layer of hazy air pollution above big cities?

那层笼罩在大城市上空雾蒙蒙的污染？

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

上海是一个现代化大城市同时还有很多历史古迹。

Others prefer to live in a big city.

其他人更喜欢住在大城市。

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

在大城市，凤凰城和洛杉矶的房价涨幅最大。

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大城市玩，她衣食无忧，但有个专横的母亲。

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

首次去的游客通常会选择大城市。

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

你现在去任何大城市，到处都有施工。

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

但是大多数大城市都是沿海而建的。

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

名单上的许多大城市都在印度。

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

这时，在一个大城市的所有小巷里，大家都听到类似教堂钟声的奇异声音。

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，人口增速放缓，一是由于大城市的生活成本升高，二是城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.

意大利也有疫情，能欧洲大城市要采取这样的措施很难。我不知道他们有多大的几率能做到，但至少我们现在有信息以作参考了。