城市和世界

After the hymn had been sung, the Rev. Mr. Sprague turned himself into a bulletin-board, and read off "notices" of meetings and societies and things till it seemed that the list would stretch out to the crack of doom -- a queer custom which is still kept up in America, even in cities, away here in this age of abundant newspapers.

唱完颂主歌之后，牧师斯普拉格先生就把自己变成了一块布告牌，开始宣布一些集会和团体的通知之类的事情，他一直说个没完，似乎他要宣布事情就得讲个不停直到世界末日霹雳声响时才停止——这是一种很奇怪的习惯，至今在美国还保留着，甚至在当今新闻报纸很多的城市里还没有改变这种习惯。

Sprague turned himself into a bulletin-board, and read off "notices" of meetings and societies and things till it seemed that the list would stretch out to the crack of doom -- a queer custom which is still kept up in America, even in cities, away here in this age of abundant newspapers.

唱完颂主歌之后，牧师斯普拉格先生就把自己变成了一块布告牌，开始宣布一些集会和团体的通知之类的事情，他一直说个没完，似乎他要宣布事情就得讲个不停直到世界末日霹雳声响时才停止――这是一种很奇怪的习惯，至今在美国还保留着，甚至在当今新闻报纸很多的城市里还没有改变这种习惯。

His driver shows up with a Mercedes when required, anywhere in the world from Bamako to Salt Lake City.

无论在世界的任何地方，不管是在巴马科（非洲马里共和国的首都和最大城市——译者注还是在盐湖城，只要他需要，配备有司机的奔驰轿车会随叫随到。

Johannesburg was the least equal in the world, only marginally ahead of East London, Bloemfontein, and Pretoria.

约翰尼斯堡被认为是世界上最不平衡的城市，但仅仅以微弱优势战胜了东伦敦、布隆方丹和比勒陀利亚。

E:Well, the World Court is here, and the city has always been an international center, playing a leading role in law and trade in Europe and, today, for the world.

艾凡：嗯，国际法庭在这儿，而且这个城市一直是个国际中心，在欧洲以及当今世界的法律和贸易上都扮演领导的角色。

The new network links two cities in South Australia, Adelaide and Whyalla.

Net公司开通了世界上最早的3G移动网络之该网络把澳大利亚南部两个城市阿德莱德和维亚拉联结在一起。

His installations have been featured internationally, such as the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ircam - Centre Pompidou in Paris, Musee des Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing, La Laiterie in Strasbourg, France, City Sonics Festival in Mons, Belgium, Fabrica Research Centre in Treviso, Italy and Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto, Canada.

他的作品曾於世界各地展出，包括香港艺术馆、法国庞比度中心的IRCAM音乐研究所、法国图尔昆美术馆、法国史特拉斯堡La Laiterie、比利时城市音乐节、意大利Fabrica研究中心和加拿大多伦多Interaccess 电子媒体艺术中心等。

Writing this column from Wenzhou , a small town in southeastChina probably the size of Sialkot or Quetta , you can't ignore how the world around us has made leaps forward while we have wasted precious time in political experimentations.

我在位于中国东南部的温州写下这篇稿子。那座城市的面积很可能和巴基斯坦的锡亚尔科特或基达差不多。我们周围的世界飞跃向前，但我们却把宝贵的时间浪费在政治实验上，我们无法忽视这一点。

Just as the 8th century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home town, and just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to practically every hamlet and city of the Graeco-Roman world, I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular home town....

正如八世纪的先知们离开他们的小小村落，把「上帝是这麼说的」一话传到远离他们故乡的地方，正如使徒保罗离开他在塔尔苏斯的小村，把耶稣基督的福音带到希腊─罗马世界的几乎每一村庄和城市，我也被迫把自由的福音带到我自己故乡以外的地方。

Just as the 8th century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home town, and just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to practically every hamlet and city of the Graeco-Roman world, I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular home town....

正如八世纪的先知们离开他们的小小村落，把&上帝是这麽说的&一话传到远离他们故乡的地方，正如使徒保罗离开他在塔尔苏斯的小村，把耶稣基督的福音带到希腊─罗马世界的几乎每一村庄和城市，我也被迫把自由的福音带到我自己故乡以外的地方。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。