All large and medium-sized Chinese cities will have greater air quality monitoring by 2010, says a government official.

一位政府官员表示，到2010年，中国所有大中型城市的空气质量监测都将得到加强。

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Some medium-sized cities—such as Curitiba and Florianópolis in Brazil, Toluca and Mérida in Mexico and Medellín in Colombia—are starting to show more dynamism than the urban behemoths.

一些中型城市——比如巴西的库里提巴和弗洛里亚诺波利斯，墨西哥的托卢卡和梅里达，哥伦比亚的麦德林——正在开启展示比那些大型城市更加活跃的经济。

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It seems just one of several pleasant, medium-sized cities—such as Knoxville, Richmond and Norfolk—between Washington, DC, and Atlanta.

夏洛特地处于华盛顿和亚特兰大州之间，看上去不过是一个怡人的、中等大小的城市，就像诺克斯维尔、里士满或诺福克这几个城市一样。

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But analysts say it is the smaller- and medium-sized cities that will fuel India's growth in the coming years.

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But other big and medium-sized cities will grow faster than the national average.

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