But there are parts of the city where recovery is much slower, where empty concrete slabs in overgrown lots mark where houses once stood.

但是这城市仍有一些地区复苏的脚步缓慢。堆放在杂草中的预制板告诉人们，那里曾经有房屋。

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Spring is here already, and the abandoned city is overgrown with wild grass and trees.

春天也已来临，废弃的城池里荒草遍地、树木成荫。

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The structure is hidden behind a false facade of brick and overgrown ivy, but George plans to peel away these layers of disguise to make the bunker a focal point of the city.

建筑的真实结构隐藏在砖石表面和常春藤之后，建筑师George打算将掩饰性的表层剥离开来，并使地堡成为城市的焦点。

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Today, more than two decades later, the city's streets lie overgrown, and schools, apartments and shops crumble under the twin onslaught of time and the elements.

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Take the capital city of India's Tamil Nadu, Chennai, a festering, overgrown metropolis that is often hit by water shortages.

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The city council said notices had been handed out to people who had let their allotments become overgrown or had not grown enough produce.

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