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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There was a sense that the city was descending into a Hobbesian hell-although that impression was fed by misinformation, much of it spread by the police themselves.

由于警察们对失实信息的传播，当时人们感到整个城市正陷入到人间地狱。

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If you want to watch all the customs of the Greater Paris to top the best, here have more than one telescope, with the slide presentation, this city is on the left a deep and unforgettable impression.

如果想观赏整个大巴黎都会的风情，以顶层最佳，这里设有多台望远镜，配合幻灯片介绍，令人对这座大都会留下一个深刻而难忘的印象。

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In February Mr Bratton asked them, publicly, not to keep broadcasting live coverage of car chases, watched by too many people hoping to see crashes and violence. (They get alerts to their pagers when a chase starts.) The police reckon that such coverage encourages show-offs to embark on wild escapades, and gives the impression of a city rife with crime.

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The overwhelming impression is of a city with an apparently irrepressible ability to endure, adapt and expand.

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