"This is hard work, but people give freely of themselves because they know it's for them," said one mayor in Agadez.

“这项工作着实不易，但人们不计报酬地付出，因为他们知道这样做是为了他们自己。” 阿加德兹市的一位市长说。

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Mr Daley’s odd dialogue with reporters (one calls him “the Jackson Pollock of the English language”) grew strained as scandals felled allies but never reached the mayor himself.

戴利先生和记者们的谈话总是很古怪，以致有人称他为“英格兰语言的杰克逊•波洛克（美国抽象派表现主义艺术家）”。 虽然他自己从未受到诋毁，但是当他的团队受到丑闻攻击时，他和媒体的关系日益紧张。

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Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu, deputy mayor of Buluan, whose wife, Genalyn, was one of the victims, angrily pointed at Ampatuan and had to be restrained by those around him.

布卢安镇副镇长伊斯梅尔·托托•曼古达达图的妻子吉娜林就是受害者之一，他愤怒地指着安帕图恩，他周围的人不得不阻止他。

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After the mayor's death, a mob went to the hotel where one of Brown's men had been held since he was seized earlier in the day.

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The mayor hopes to make London one of the greatest cycling cities in the world, even so,riding a bike through the capital has its challenges.

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After one mayor in Caqueta was killed, 22 others fled to Florencia.

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One mayor's decision to evacuate a town centre on 31 January spread fear to the surrounding municipalities, where thousands of residents ended up being advised to sleep in their cars or in schools transformed into emergency shelters.

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So I think you know, I think people are beginning to see sense but it's, it's, you know what it's like in London, I mean in New York, you know you've got one Mayor who's got huge power and can bulldoze things through, it's much more difficult here.

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