The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks.

这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

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Each new tower has redefined the much-photographed Shanghai skyline.

每座新大楼的落成都会重新勾画上海美不胜收的地平线。

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To prevent further ACTS of arson, the new tower is engineered completely from metal.

为了防止更糟糕的纵火行为，新塔完全使用金属材料。

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One World Trade Center tower in New York City was completed in nineteen seventy-two.

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The Twin Towers had the same function in New York that the Eiffel Tower has in Paris.

双子座对于纽约的作用,与埃菲尔铁塔对于巴黎的作用相同。

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Bill DeMong says that growing up in Lake Placid, New York,with the 26-story tall large hill jump tower on the horizon, he was always exposed to the sport.

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And the political climate is no longer conducive to building new tower blocks.

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New York City officials announced yesterday that the new tower will still rise 1, 776 feet into the New York skyline.

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There was a mix of somberness of and celebration near Ground Zero, where a new tower is rapidly becoming part of the city's skyline.

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