Yangon had no "soul" either, when it became the capital of British Burma.

自从成了英属缅甸的首都，仰光也没有了“灵魂”。

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Philip Toosey was the senior British officer who commanded operations for building the Thai-Burma Railway, the inspiration for the movie.

电影的灵感来源是菲利普.图西，他是主持修建这条泰国-缅甸铁路的高级英国指挥官。

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The main character of Burmese Days is a minor administrator who seeks to escape from the dreary and narrow-minded chauvinism of his fellow British colonialists in Burma.

主人公想从缅甸的狭隘虚伪的英国同胞中逃脱。

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The new pipelines will follow the route of the old British-built Burma Road, which still carries timber, gold, gemstones and other Burmese raw materials north to China and brings in cheap manufactures.

ECONOMIST: China and Myanmar

Jane Heyn, the festival organiser and wife of the British ambassador to Burma, said she first had the idea for the event two years ago, but her plans lay dormant for more than a year, as until recently it would have been impossible for foreign writers to be granted visas to attend.

BBC: Burma holds its first global literary festival

British experts have begun work in Burma following a 17-year search for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in the country.

BBC: British team in Burma begin lost Spitfire hunt