Schools were closed and the number of cars permitted to move around the city cut by half, while crop sprayers soared over the city centre in an effort to thin the aerial mush.
学校停课，一半的车辆不允许在城市行驶，城市中心激增了许多农作物喷雾器，为的是驱散弥漫在空中的黑色烟雾。
What was this classical pediment with a circle shape cut out of the centre?
从中心切除一个圆形的正统山形墙是什么？
In the centre of the capital and the neighbouring towns the buildings are too often made of weak concrete, cut with sand and lacking the steel rods that would fortify them against shocks.
首都中心以及周边城镇的建筑都由一些劣质的混凝土与沙混合组成，缺乏用来加固建筑以防地震的钢筋。
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