So one answer to the question—why are third-world cities so big?
所以说，第三世界国家城市为何如此之大？
So one answer to the question-why are third-world cities so big? -is.
所以，关于这个问题——为什么第三世界的城市这么大？
Urban transportation in Third World cities shares four common characteristics.
第三世界城市的城市交通有四个共同特点。
The 21st century is the era of rivalry among world cities - a rivalry is based on culture.
21世纪是世界城市大竞争的时代，这种竞争是基于文化的一种博弈。
This year, 26 major world cities and more than 300 other cities and towns have signed up for the event.
今年，世界26个主要城市和300多个城镇加入了这次活动。
Although it dated and limited, it remains a useful pedagogical device against which to test real-world cities.
尽管它有些过时和带有局限性，但它仍然是一种有用的验证现实世界中的城市的教学法手段。
There have been an increasing number of complaints and lawsuits about noise pollution in some major world cities.
在世界的许多城市中，人们对噪音污染的抱怨越来越多。
Beijing wants to turn into the world cities, we must stress Beijing service features, establish Beijing service brand.
北京要进入世界城市行列，必须突出北京服务特点，打造北京服务名牌。
Many Argentines were pleased that they had pulled off what such first-world cities as Paris and San Francisco could not.
很多阿根廷人很高兴，他们摆脱了连巴黎、旧金山等发达国家城市都没有(摆脱的麻烦事)。
Since 1998, the GaWC at Loughborough has tried to define and refine a set of criteria that world cities have to correspond to.
从1998年开始，拉夫煲大学的GaWC就开始不断试图给世界级城市需要达到的标准给一个定义。
Travellers being used to the loveliness and charm of old world cities have long noted the sameness and ugliness of american cities .
看惯旧世界城市可爱迷人之处的旅客，早已看出美国城市的千篇一律和丑陋了。
Readers of Travel + Leisure were asked to rank 266 world cities on a range of categories including "the friendliness of their people".
旅游杂志《旅行+休闲》邀请读者对全球266个城市进行“城市居民的友好程度”等方面的排名。
Shanghai, with an elegant new skyline and balletic freeways that surpass even most First World cities, itself is far from environmentally shabby.
还有上海，一个拥有优美的城市轮廓线、优雅的高速公路，这一切甚至超过发达国家城市，完全不是想象中的破败景象。
In all, there are nine of these “regional world cities”: two “panregional centres”, three “major regional centres” and four “minor regional centres”.
总之，共有9个“区域级国际城市”：其中2个为“泛区域级中心”，3个“高级区域中心”和4个“低级区域中心”。
In most Third World cities, the low income level forbids a high car ownership ratio and, thus, the alternative to non-motorized modes is public transport.
在大多数第三世界城市中，低收入水平阻止了小汽车的高拥有率，使得公共交通成为非机动交通方式的替代。
With trans fats so out of favor, New York City recently banned them from restaurants, and other world cities may follow suit, the search for alternatives is on.
反式脂肪如此有害，纽约市已经禁止餐馆使用了，世界其他城市可能也会仿效。目前，人们正在寻找它的替代品。
German cities set a world record for collective hula hoops.
德国城市创下集体转呼拉圈世界纪录。
The restoration of old buildings in major cities in the world spends numerous government expenditures.
世界主要城市对旧建筑的修复花费了大量的政府开支。
My vote for the most important cities in the world in the period leading up to 2000 B.C. would be Ur, Iraq.
我认为在公元前2000年之前的世界上最重要的城市是伊拉克的乌尔。
My vote for the most important cities in the world in the period leading up to 2000 B.C. would be Ur, Iraq.
我认为在公元前2000年之前的世界上最重要的城市是伊拉克的乌尔。
A ubiquitous woodland mix of lawn grasses and trees has found its way throughout Europe and the United States, and it's now spread to other cities around the world.
一种无处不在的草地和树木混合的林地已经遍布欧洲和美国，现在已经蔓延到世界各地的其他城市。
He points out that both Hong Kong and Zurich have managed to make a success of their rail systems, heavy and light respectively, though there are few cities in the world as hilly.
他指出，尽管世界上很少有城市像香港和苏黎世那样多山，但香港和苏黎世都成功地建设了各自的轻铁和重铁系统。
New tools are arriving in cities and towns around the world.
新的工具仍在不停地进驻世界的众多城市和城镇。
Between 1920 and 1960, big cities in developed countries increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world, the growth was eight times their size.
1920年到1960年期间，发达国家大城市的面积增长了2.5倍，但在世界其他地区，城市的面积增长了8倍。
They take a similar toll of resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world.
他们采取与其他工业国家、发展中国家的城市相似的资源收费标准。
The study compared the proportion of wealth poured into transport by thirty-seven cities around the world.
这项研究比较了全世界37个城市投入交通运输的财富比例。
The study compared the proportion of wealth poured into transport by thirty-seven cities around the world.
这项研究比较了全世界37个城市投入交通运输的财富比例。
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