Even as the setting sun silhouettes these gigantic structures against the great desert expanse, a call for prayer floats over semi-finished apartment blocks filled with the activity of city life.

在广阔的沙漠中，夕阳映照出这些巨大建筑的轮廓，但在充满城市生活活力的半成品公寓楼上空，传来了祈祷的召唤。

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Some jokingly call it the only Italian city north of the Alps, a reference to Munich's easygoing spirit that contrasts with the staid impression many foreigners have of Germany.

有些人戏称她是阿尔卑斯山以北唯一的意大利式城市，意味着慕尼黑随和亲切的气氛，这和许多外国人对德国严肃持重的印象，形成天壤之别。

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We can go years without chatting, then I'll pop back into the city and call them to meet up - that's sort of the way it's been for a long time now.

我们可以好多年不联系，然后我急匆匆的回到原来的城市时叫他们出来见面-这么多年来都这样。

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The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple.

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In particular, we're going to look at a particular version of this that we're going to call the linear city model.

我们来从一个特殊的角度看一下,我们称之为线性城市模型

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Even today many citizens of San Francisco warn visitors never to call the great city Frisco.

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The "urbs"- as Romans would call the physical form of the city - was nothing other than the result of the "civitas", the community of the citizen.

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This offered the advantage of a single port of call for the City's big financial conglomerates, but held the risk that they might get unduly caught up in rules to protect the individual consumer.

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"I loved the idea of a small part of the city that I call home coming together and using tattooing as the medium for the sake of a community art project, " said Josh Weinel, 36, a participant in the project.

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