I sincerely hope this World Expo will, as expected, facilitate the achievement of better cities and a happier life for people.

我衷心祝愿上海世博会能够如愿地推动城市更加美好，人们的生活更加幸福。

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The pavilion Meteoland illustrates how making use of weather and climate information brings about better life in better cities.

气象馆将向世人展示如何利用天气和气候信息，使城市让生活更美好。

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They also recognize that better cities can help to mitigate global challenges, such as climate change, by promoting energy conservation and environmental sustainability.

这些城市还认识到，城市的改善可以帮助缓解全球性的问题，例如通过促进节能和环境可持续性应对气候变化。

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They went to towns and cities to look for an easier and better way of life.

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The remake of traffic systems, rebuilding cities on smarter grid systems, synchronizing parking, possibly reinventing entire markets to reward drivers for sustainable activity, and actually re-imagining vehicles themselves will lead us not only to better cars, but possibly better cities and an easier way of living.

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But, in examining all the proposals one cannot help but think that perhaps Bloomberg has identified an emerging culture where people are trying too hard to make city governments work better, instead of making cities themselves better places to work.

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