Tourists were not uncommon in the city but they usually kept to the old port with its rococo churches and stately customs house, or took the organized cruises along the reef.

游客在城里并不罕见，但他们通常局限在有洛可可式教堂和雄伟的海关大楼的旧港口，或者乘坐沿着礁石航行的游轮。

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Now with the old city of large-scale transformation, has become a dilapidated house in Shikumen left, pay close attention to what is disappearing old Shanghai public life.

如今随着老城区的大规模改造，已成危房的石库门所剩无几，抓紧时间，瞻仰一下正在消失的老上海市民生活。

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The old house in the city was bargained away by Tom's father.

城里的老屋被汤姆的爸爸廉价卖掉了。

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One night, he and Suzie went out together to a party at the house of some friends, beside the lake in one of the old city parks.

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In Philadelphia, it makes sense to buy an old house: The city's housing stock is venerable, with a median year of construction of 1925.

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