In Udon Thani, crowds attacked and burned government buildings, and the city, like many places in the country, has been under a state of emergency.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

That it is intended as a kind of joke to, in many ways, discredit the idea of the just city or at least to indicate its extreme implausibility.

目的是要用作戏谑，在很多方面，使人怀疑正义之城的概念,或至少是要指明其极难令人置信。

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I think that many years ago, in the early 90s or 80s, or the 70s even, it was a very dangerous city.

我想很多年以前的八九十年代或者甚至七十年代，它是一个非常危险的城市。

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Hundreds of dancers and singers, many of them dressed in traditional costumes, strutted behind a marching band to Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium for the dress rehearsal of Friday's World Cup opening ceremony.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10