我最近进出过这个地方，每次都只花费几秒钟的时间，而且我略感失望的发现常规过境服务台前已经没有长长的等待队伍了。

I recently swanned through immigration both ways in seconds and was only slightly disappointed to see that on neither occasion was there any line in front of the usual booths.

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但对于中国人来说，北京是一座这样的城市：冬天裹在棉袄里的人们排着长长的队伍等待公共汽车，等到车来了，却发现车上太挤了，上不去。

But for the Chinese of course Beijing was also a city of long lines of people huddled in their quilted coats in the winter waiting for buses too crowded to get on once they came.

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人们排着长长的队伍等待着商店开门，争着第一个进去买那些极难买到的商品。

Line by the store is waiting for opening to get inside first hoping to buy some hard-to-get goods.

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