The modern city consists of monstrous edifices and of dark, narrow streets full of petrol fumes and toxic gases, torn by the noise of the taxicabs, lorries and buses, and thronged ceaselessly by great crowds.

大得吓人的高楼和阴暗狭窄的街道组成了今日现代化的城市。街道上充斥着汽油味和有毒气体，出租汽车、卡车、公共汽车的噪音刺耳难忍，络绎不绝的人群挤来挤去。

Whole skylines, including Dallas's, went dark to conserve power.

所有的高楼大厦暗以节省电力，达拉斯地区也未能幸免于难。

Think of a 14-story building moving faster than a kilometer per second.

想象一下一个14层的高楼时速每秒1公里移动的情景。

At the same time, we have these assets in place, and the question is, what do we do with that?

overbuilt many times in the best locations.所以迈入21世纪今天的我们所继承的概念是一系列的高楼大厦及在市中心过度造的高大筑物。同时，我们在这片土地上也拥有自己的资产，但问题是，我们该拿它如何是好?

The reason that high buildings make it windier at ground level is that, as the wind goes higher and higher, it goes faster and faster.

之所以高楼的底层风力更大是因为随着风向增高，风速会越来越快。

Yes, there is a white, tall building called Art Tower on your left.

是的，在你的左边有一座叫的白色高楼。

At night, these tall buildings light up the sky in every direction.

到了晚上，这些高楼大厦的灯光照亮了每一片天空。

A few minutes later the spaceship was falling towards a planet covered with tall buildings.

几分钟后，飞船朝一个高楼林立的行星降落。

Today we are giving a 10 out of 10 to a high-rise window washer rescue.

今天的满分故事讲的是一场高楼玻璃清洁工的救援行动。

They could do dangerous jobs like putting out fires or working on high buildings.

它们可以从事像灭火或修高楼这样的危险工作。

Midtown Manhattan's tall buildings, or skyscrapers, are largely built on rock, which compresses very little.

曼哈顿中城的高楼大厦或摩天大楼，大分都在岩石上，这种地质很少发生压缩。

The wind travels down the streets between tall buildings in the center of the city.

冷风在市中心高楼筑之间的街道呼啸而过。

Joe got out onto a ledge of a tall building.

乔爬到一栋高楼的天台上。

In Esenyurt danger lurks in a high-voltage line near a cluster of new high-rise blocks.

在Esenyurt，危险潜伏在一根靠近集群的新高楼街区的高压线中。

This densely built-up landscape is as unnatural as anywhere on Earth.

这座高楼林立的城市与地球上许多地方一样远离自然。

I did not expect this huge, monstrous, like just towering building with this Gothic architecture.

我没想到会是这么巨大、狰狞，就像一座哥特式筑风格的高楼拔地而起。

" Tall buildings in a single bound" kinda stuff.

能纵身跃过高楼大厦的那种弹跳力。

Asked about the new skyscraper, he was unsure, but not completely opposed to it. I'm not against big buildings, big towers in Paris, he said, but you have to be careful.

当被问及对新摩天大楼的看法时，他并不确定，但也不是完反对。" 我并不反对巴黎的高楼大厦，" 他说，" 但是毕竟要慎重一些。"

For the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, a tower with a pyramid protruding and a wedge driven through it, he prepared his mind by venturing, for the first time, to rock concerts.

为了设计克利夫兰的摇滚名人堂筑，他让自己的头脑做好了准备，第一次冒险去听摇滚音乐会。这个筑是由一座高楼，一个凸出的金字，还有穿过高楼的一个楔形筑组成的。

Anyone who's ever climbed a tall building, for example, the Eiffel Tower, very calm at the bottom, but the higher up you go, the windier it gets, and that increase in wind speed with heights is what's called wind shear.

任何曾经攀爬过高楼的人，例如埃菲尔铁，底的气流非常平静，但是你爬得越高，风就越大，风速随高度的增加就是所谓的风切。