为了给我的报告收集数据，我需要和一个非常了解那个小城市的人谈谈。
To collect data for my report, I need to talk to someone who knows that small city very well.
有一次在瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条：“先生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。”
During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note in my car, "Sir, we welcome you to our city."
一场暴雨过后，我步行穿过湖边的中央公园，我想我从未见过一个如此可爱的城市。
After a quick rainstorm, I walked across Central Park near the lake and I thought I had never seen a city so lovely.
城市的居民总是说，如果可以选择，我们宁愿住在乡下，远离大城市的肮脏和噪音。我也是其中一个。
I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city.
我住在城市中心的一个现代酒店里。
I stay in a modern hotel which lies in the center of the city.
这是一个大城市，有很多车，但是无论去哪里我的狗特拉都跟着我，而且不让我被车撞。
It's a big city, and there are many cars, but my dog Terra goes everywhere with me and doesn't let me get hit by a car.
我十岁的时候，我妈妈给我看了一段视频，是两个来自另一个城市的男人在做铁人三项。
When I was ten, my mom showed me a video of two men from another city doing triathlons.
后来，我的一个儿子去了加拿大东海岸一个叫哈利法克斯的城市，另一个搬到了西海岸的温哥华。
Later, one of my sons went to Canada's east coast near a city called Halifax and the other moved to the west coast to Vancouver.
我遇见的人，我所拥有的机会让我可以从一个完全不同的角度来看这座城市。
The people I’ve met, the opportunities I’ve had to view the city from a very different perspective.
我应该冒着一切风险，在一个新的城市重新开始，还是留在这里窒息无聊？
Should I risk everything, start all over in a new city, or stay here where I’m stifled and bored?
我应该冒着一切风险，在一个新的城市重新开始，还是留在这里窒息无聊？
Should I risk everything, start all over in a new city, or stay here where I'm stifled and bored?
它让我开始思考一个我感兴趣的课题：非洲城市。
It gets me thinking about a favourite subject of mine: African cities.
我适应新环境相当容易，只要有空，我就愿意去探索一个城市新鲜有趣的地方。
I can adapt to new environment quite easily and I like to discover new and interesting aspects of a city whenever I can.
正如你所知，前几周我和我的家人处理了我们所有的财产，搬到了一个新的城市。
As you know, in the last few weeks my family and I cleared out our possessions, and moved to a new city.
我们的乐队第一次巡演时，到过中国南部沿海城市厦门，而在那里，最让我感到自豪的一个时刻并非出现在舞台上。
When our band did our first tour, we traveled to Xiamen on the southern coast and one of my proudest moments came far from the stage.
那是在圣安东尼奥的一个傍晚，我正在这座城市著名的河畔街喝着凉爽的啤酒。
It was early in the evening in San Antonio and I was having a cold lager in the city’s famous Riverwalk district.
我相信如果我去一个游客少的城市，这些将会改变。但是现在我住在马拉加。
I'm sure that would change if I would go to a city that was less touristy, but at the moment I really like living in malaga.
我想要一个高层的房间，这样我就可以鸟瞰城市的景象。
I'd love room on the higher floor so I can have a birds eye view of the city.
等待的时间不长，这个城市挤满了红色破旧的审美疲劳的汽车，我很快就开始和一个出租司机搭上了。
The wait was short; the city's full of red battered and tired-looking vehicles and I was soon negotiating with a driver.
我对这座城市的爱的另一个方面，就是我几乎不会说这儿的语言。
One important aspect of my love for this city, is that I hardly speak the language here.
我想是一个警察，因为我想要帮助使我们的城市为一个安全的地方。
I'd like to be a policeman because I want to help make our city a safe place.
虽然关于非洲城市的思考基本上处于稀缺状态，但有一个例外就是我最近读到的《变革的城市》。
One exception to the general dearth of thinking on the African city which I read recently is Cities of Change.
虽然关于非洲城市的思考基本上处于稀缺状态，但有一个例外就是我最近读到的《变革的城市》。
One exception to the general dearth of thinking on the African city which I read recently is Cities of Change.
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