They live in high-rise blocks of flats on long, straight streets which channel the sound.

他们挤在高层住宅里，又长又直的街道能起到传声效果。

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But Beijing and Shanghai now have vast suburban areas filled with gated complexes of high-rise flats that look down on wide highways.

但现在，北京和上海拥有大面积的郊区，那里遍布着俯瞰高速路的高层住宅小区。

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They report online tomorrow in the Journal of Experimental Biology that the muscle fibers of the calves of women who wear high heels are 13% shorter than those of women who wear flats.

在《实验生物学杂志》明天的在线报道中，他们称穿高跟鞋的女性的小腿肌肉纤维比穿平底鞋女性短13%以上。

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In an industrial town cluttered with high rise flats, the two storey red brick house stands out - it even has its own gym.

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Professor Stead said a sense of community had been destroyed by factors such as the decline of pubs and churches, and the building of high-rise flats.

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These include, for instance, the ownership of parking spaces around high-rise flats: the draft says that the spaces belong to the flats' owners, not the developers.

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