It has a long boulevard, the Nevski Prospect, very important in 1917.

它拥有一条幽长的林荫大道,这便是有名的涅瓦大街,它见证了一九一七年的二月革命

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Or, if you go to Nimes in the south of France, you'll see boulevards that people race motorcycles around all the time and they keep you up all night.

或者去法国南部的尼姆,你会看到身边的林荫大道,总有人在进行摩托车比赛,让你整晚都不能入睡

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It is an example of what I call the imperialism of the straight line, where you have large boulevards that you can march armies down to, reviewing stands and all of that, totally different than Moscow.

我所称的帝国主义直线型风格的范本,有足以让军队列队通过的宽阔的林荫大道,还有阅兵台之类的设计,这些和莫斯科太不一样了

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