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.

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。

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This was also bad, but (arguably) has to be done, too. No, the worst thing by a very, very long way was a compulsory visit to the neighbourhood bowling alley.

这件事也挺糟糕，但也(可以说)是不得不做。而最、最糟糕透顶的事，莫过于必须得去附近的保龄球馆。

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Their morality campaign has other motives too. Its promoters fear exclusion not only from the Israel-Palestine peace talks but also from Gaza’s long-awaited reconstruction.

哈马斯的“道德运动”还有其他的动机：他们不仅害怕被排除在巴以和谈之外，也害怕将无法参与到加沙盼望已久的重建之中。

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But I'm also clear about something else: for too long, immigration has been too high.

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But it also has, by a long way, the most people too.

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