And Loc from Vietnam has this to say about her wavy skyscraper in Chicago: "If I have a chance, I would lean from one of its balconies. "
来自越南的Loc对她所设计的芝加哥波浪形摩天大楼,是这样形容的:“有机会的话,我真想倚靠在这栋楼的某个阳台上。”He wanted a city to "rival London, New York, Tokyo or Shanghai" . He did not rule out the construction of more skyscrapers.
他想要一个能够和伦敦、纽约、东京或上海匹敌的城市,而且不排除建设更多的摩天大楼来实现它。Each rise of a skyscraper breaking the world record tends to be followed by an economic downturn.
每一幢刷新世界纪录的摩天大楼的崛起,往往都伴随着经济的衰退。The nine-story building was built in 1923, and its neoclassical arches and columns make it stand out in a city dominated by skyscrapers.
毕打行建于1923年,是一座九层高的建筑,新古典主义的拱门和石柱让它在摩天大楼林立的香港十分引人注目。But as my eye drifted just to the left of that mountain, I saw Macau, with its rising skyline of casino skyscrapers.
但是当我的眼睛扫向那座山的左边,我看到了澳门,有着越来越多的赌场摩天大楼的澳门。However, once the city of skyscrapers rise building under construction, as if sitting on top of a pile of firewood.
但是,一旦城市摩天大楼高层建筑正在施工,就仿佛坐在一堆干柴之上了。Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky --fancy is a ballon that soars at the wind's will .
想像有如一幢高耸入云的摩天大楼--臆想则是一只随风飘荡的气球。Skyscrapers and public constructions are built in a year, and haste appears to be the key word. then there is a veritable army of cleaners.
摩天大楼和公共机构都可以在一年内完工,匆忙是他们生活的主旋律。这也催生了大量的清洁工。In the early morning the sun threw my shadow westward as I hurried down the white chasms of lower New York to the Probity Trust.
每天清早太阳把我的影子投向西边时,我沿着纽约南部摩天大楼之间的白色裂口匆匆走向正诚信托公司。