Often they are jobs at a second - or third-tier city, where the presence of pale-faced foreigners is needed to impress local officials.

他们的工作范围通常集中在二线或者三线城市，在这种城市中一个外表堂堂的外国人会给当地官员留下比较好的印象。

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The two architects were tasked with creating the residential building in the west of the historic Iranian city, in a neighbourhood dominated by pale yellow brickwork and dark red detailing.

这两位建筑师被委托在历史悠久的伊朗城市西部创建一栋住宅建筑，邻近的建筑主体是淡黄色的砖墙和红色的细部装饰。

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The white city faintly shimmered in the pale sunshine.

这座洁白的城市在朦胧的曙色中闪耀着微光。

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But the demographic challenges of the Big Orange and the Windy City pale compared to those faced by many cities in the old industrial Rust Belt, which have either lost population or posted only weak increases.

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Although, investment banks post reports on the net, Mr Yearsley argues that the information available to private investors is a pale shadow of that which reaches the desks of City professionals.

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