Applicants are now kept on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, about 5,000km (3,125 miles) from the big cities.

申请人现在被搁置在圣诞岛，印度洋上的一处澳大利亚领土，距大城市约5000 km(3,125英里)。

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During the annual Songkran holiday, thousands of Thais take to the road on motorbikes - often without helmets - to return to their home villages from the big cities to reunite with families.

每年泼水节(又称“宋干节”)，成千上万生活在大城市的泰国人都会骑摩托返乡，与家人团聚，他们通常不戴安全头盔。

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In many big cities around the world, it is not surprising that there is a mixture of people from different cultures and ethnic groups.

在世界各地的许多大都市中，来自不同文化和种族群体的人们混合在一起并不奇怪。

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Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities back east.

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The managing director of the World Gold Council in India,Ajay Mitra, says there is a move away from spending on gold in big cities, such as Mumbai and Delhi.

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For the best prices, head inland and away from the big cities and towns.

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You go instead to the small, ramshackle, often unregulated workshops, often away from the big cities, where conditions are as inefficient and sometimes as unsafe as they were when China was just beginning to industrialize.

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Fewer than 20% of SMS GupShup's users are from the big metro cities.

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