Glasgow was once revered as a leading centre of heavy engineering, most notably shipbuilding on the River Clyde.

往日的格拉斯哥，因其重型工程主要中心的地位，尤其是克莱德河上的造船业，而备受崇敬。

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WERE it not for several remarkable feats of civil engineering, the City of Angels would still be a sleepy town on the banks of a small, meandering river in southern California.

如果不是因为几个重大的土木工程，洛杉矶可能还是加利福利亚南部的某蜿蜒小河沿岸的一座沉睡的小镇。

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All this engineering was to the trees' advantage, the researchers say. Because river Banks provide trees with easy access to water, without the constant risk of flooding.

研究人员表示，对河流进行的这些工程学修饰是对树木有利的，因为河岸能向树木提供易于取得的水源，也没有发生洪水的经常性风险，而这几乎都是人类所需要的条件。

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"We are seeing an exciting shift in communities after businesses left and downtowns are looking to revitalize, " said Jason Carey, founder of River Restoration, a Colorado-based engineering firm working on the Grand River effort.

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