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London transport officials report a sharp drop-off in passenger numbers since the July 7 attacks, and a second wave of attempted bombings on the transit system that came two weeks later, on July 21.
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伦敦官方报道,自从7月7日的恐怖袭击以及7月21日,即2周后的第二波炸弹袭击后,乘客的数量急剧下滑。 |
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London used to be Britain's largest port.
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伦敦过去是英国最大的港口城市。 |
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London used to have bad fogs in winter.
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伦敦过去在冬季常有浓雾。 |
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London was a misty city many years ago.
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许多年前伦敦是一个被雾笼罩的城市。 |
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London was also called the modern Babylon.
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伦敦也被称为现代巴比伦。 |
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London was folded in fog.
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伦敦被雾所包住。 |
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London was one of first cities of modern times to seriously tackle the problem of poor sanitation after a British doctor, John Snow, discovered in 1854 that cholera was water-borne and not air-borne as had previously being thought.
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英国医生约翰.史诺在1854年发现霍乱其实是靠水散播,而非之前认为的空气传播;在此之后,伦敦成为第一批认真改进公共卫生问题的现代城市。 |
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London's Chinatown is one of the city's major tourist attractions.
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伦敦的唐人街是该市主要旅游景点之一。 |
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London's Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of Home Secretary.
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但伦敦警察署直接与内政大臣管辖。 |
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London's Metropolitan Police took possession of a pre-Inca headdress—estimated to be at least 1,300 years old—made by the Moche civilization of northern Peru .
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伦敦大都会警局保留了一个前印加文化的头饰(至少制造于1300年前),由北秘鲁的莫奇文明制造。 |
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London's Natural History Museum is reportedly to return human bones and teeth from its collection to an Aboriginal community in Australia.
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据报道,伦敦自然历史博物馆打算将一些人类骨骼和牙齿收藏品归还给澳大利亚的土著人团体。 |