Although they were out in the burbs, they wanted to keep a measure of the sheen of their downtown life - martinis on the veranda, not tea parties in the garden.

尽管在芳邻，他们想要保留城市生活的闪光的方法——在游廊上放马丁尼酒，而不是在花园里开茶宴。

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Do you ever miss the city all the way out there in the "burbs"?

一直住在上海的郊区会不会想念城市生活？

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Back outside, the streets were mobbed, mostly with college-aged and young professional women plus some in from the burbs.

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