令人惊叹的是，这座超现代的电视塔将古老的概念，如球形的珍珠，与21世纪的技术、商业、娱乐、教育和会议设施相结合。
It is amazing that this ultra-modern TV tower combines ancient concepts such as the spherical pearls, with technology, commerce, recreation, educational and conference facilities of the 21st century.
澳大利亚曾经有过种族隔离的劳工政策，即非白人种将(或可能)是在不被白人默认的条件下工作的，例如在热带地区与珍珠捕捞业工作的苦役。
Australia had a racially segregated Labour policy, whereby non-white worked in conditions that would (or could) not be tolerated by whites - e.g. hard Labour in the tropics and pearl diving.
用文字将音乐描述得生动立体不是件容易事，但西卜林却做到了，比如他将巴赫的某个音乐段落描述成“萦绕在长条管风琴管和琴弦周围的被珍珠外壳包裹着的令人后背发抖的旋律”。
To vivify music in words is not easy. But Mr Siblin, who memorably describes one Bach passage as a “spine-shivering, jewel-encrusted melody on a swath of organ and strings”, rises to the task.
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