The story is that PERT was a Potemkin Village kind of thing.
故事是关于PERT图这种类似于‘波将金村庄’(Potemkin Village)之流用来充门面的东西的。
It was a Potemkin village of a museum: an authentic, long "gallery".
这是博物馆版的“波特金村”：一座真正的“长”馆。
OK, maybe you are thinking: a) he's easily fooled, it was a "Potemkin village" presentation event (see here);
你可能会这么想：a）他真好骗，这是一个空洞无物的活动；
AMERICA’S system of elections for the boards of companies has long been a sort of Potemkin village: impressive, until you lean on it.
长期以来，美国公司的董事选举都是波将金村式的，直到你切身的了解了，才会发现这是让人感受深刻的。
If Shi Lang is anything like her sister, she could turn out to be a naval version of the mythical "Potemkin village" - an impressive facade over a rickety interior.
如果“施琅号”和她姐妹情况相同，她将是海军版的“波将金村庄”，只不过是虚有其表的绣花枕头而已。
Some Germans now say the old East Germany is the equivalent of a Potemkin village: the buildings have been given a makeover but the mass exodus of the young means there is no one living in them.
有的德国人现在说，老东德就是个伪居民区：建筑物已经换上新颜，但是大量年轻人的迁出意味着东德的房屋中无人居住。
Some Germans now say the old East Germany is the equivalent of a Potemkin village: the buildings have been given a makeover but the mass exodus of the young means there is no one living in them.
有的德国人现在说，老东德就是个伪居民区：建筑物已经换上新颜，但是大量年轻人的迁出意味着东德的房屋中无人居住。
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