On one significant definition of a global financial centre – being a place where foreigners choose to do deals with other foreigners – Shanghai is still on the starting blocks.

按照全球金融中心的一个重要定义——外国人选择与其他外国人进行交易的地方——来评判，上海仍处于起点。

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Supermarkets in big cities are starting to put blocks of cheese on display.

大城市中的超市开始陈列大块奶酪。

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Bolt's charisma on the starting blocks sets him apart from previous generations of sprinters, who would take a far more serious approach to race preparations.

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Swansea East AM Mike Hedges asked Mr Lewis to look at the provision of co-operative housing as an affordable model of home ownership and Mr Lewis confirmed that various schemes were "on the starting blocks".

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As in Jamaica and other Caribbean ports, sprinting is a popular pastime in Grenada but James and Bartholomew explained that it's nearly impossible to post blazing 100- or 200-meter times on grass, which is too slippery from the starting blocks.

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