With the success of the Olympic bid, Beijing will become a world-influential city ;

申奥成功，北京将成为一个有世界影响力的城市。

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Britain is a "second-rate power" which has been in decline for a century - yet London remains the most influential city in the world.

据英国《每日电讯报》报道，尽管大英帝国经过一个世纪的衰落，已沦为一个“二流强国”，但伦敦仍是全球最具影响力的城市。

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In the 19th century London was the largest and most influential city in the world, the center of a large and prosperous overseas empire.

世纪的伦敦是世界上最大同时也是最有影响力的城市，它是一个庞大繁荣的海外帝国的中心。

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