Category: City Guide

Located in the center of Hankou District, Jianghan stretches from Yanjiang Avenue in the south to Jiefang Avenue in the north for a total 1,600 meters. The 100-year-old street boasts various kinds of architecture, including Roman, Byzantine, Europe and classic styles. Its night market, which is lined with booths selling local snacks, clothes and pets, is also extremely popular.
 

If you visit Tianducheng, a day trip from Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.如果你从上海出发去浙江省天都城一日游，你会看到一座貌似埃菲尔铁塔的354英尺高建筑。
Development on this Paris replica in China began in 2007, but local media say it is a ghost town now.中国巴黎始建于2007年，但当地媒体现在把它形容成鬼城。
Everyone points to China's ghost towns as proof of a malaise in China's property sector.所有人都把鬼城看做中国房地产行业萎靡不振的产物。
But some, like Stephen Roach, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia have argued that these cities will become "thriving metropolitan areas" as China continues to urbanize.但有些人，比如摩根士丹利亚洲前任主席斯蒂芬-罗奇就表示，随着中国的进一步城市化，这些城市将成为“蓬勃发展的大都市区”。
What's truly quirky about these ghost towns though is that some of them have been designed as replicas of Italian, German, English, and French towns.真正诡异的是这些鬼城还山寨了一些意大利、德国、英国、法国小镇。

China’s Meteorological Agency has issued its second highest alert over high temperatures.中国气象局发出全国高温橙色预警。
Weather authorities say, on Sunday most areas in northern, central, and southern China are expected to see temperatures of more than 35 degrees Celsius. In east China’s Zhejiang Province, the thermometer may hit 41 degrees Celsius.气象部门表示，中国北部、中部和南部大部分地区气温将超过35摄氏度。中国东部浙江省温度将达到41摄氏度。
Its capital, Hangzhou has issued the highest red alert. Shanghai had its 21st hot day of the month on Saturday. The city is suffering medium-level air pollution, with high ozone levels.浙江省首府杭州市发出最高红色高温警报。上海在周六也迎来本月第21个高温日，中度污染的空气中还含有高臭氧量。
In neighboring Jiangsu Province, a five-decade record in terms of the number of hot days in July has been made. Hot weather has persisted in southern and eastern China since early July. Forecasters say the high temperatures will continue for another ten days.附近的江苏省同样热浪袭人，打破了五十年来七月高温天数的最高记录。自七月初中国南部、东部就一直遭受高温天气侵袭。气象预报员预计接下来十天仍会持续高温。

There's strictly no diving and not a hope of doing any lengths, but the crowded conditions have not put off over a million people from heading to this giant Chinese swimming pool.别说跳水，在这么拥挤的环境下想做什么都不可能。但即使这样，成千上万人还是蜂拥涌入位于四川的大型游泳池避暑。
The saltwater pool, known as China's 'Dead Sea' is located in Daying county, Sichuan province, and was a riot of colour as the masses grabbed their rubber rings and descended upon it yesterday.这一盐水泳池位于四川省大英县，享有“中国死海”的盛名。昨日大批游客带着游泳圈下水，泳池也因此变得绚烂多彩。
The indoor water park is said to be the largest in China and covers 30,000 square meters.据说这是中国最大的室内水上公园，占地面积3万平方米。
It can accommodate up to ten thousand visitors at once and over a million people have visited the resort this summer, claim the operators.公园运营商说，这个泳池可一次性容纳一万名游客，每年夏天都有超过百万人次来此度假。
The man-made 'sea' was created using rich salt resources in the region and contains 43 different minerals and microelements.游泳池中人工加入当地特产盐资源，其中包括43种不同的矿物质和微量元素，从而形成“人造死海”。
Due to its salinity of over 22 per cent, swimmers float freely on the surface – much as they do in the Dead Sea in the Middle East.游泳池中含盐量超过22%，游客可以轻易浮在水面上漂来漂去——就像在中东死海里那样。

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The constant delays have seen mobs of angry passengers mount at least eight large protests at departure gates in the last two months, two of which saw staff physically beaten. There is even a new Chinese phrase for the rampaging hordes: the "kong nu zu", or "air rage tribe".飞机频繁晚点造成乘客不满。仅上两月，登机口就发生了至少八起大规模抗议事件，其中两起事件中的工作人员还遭到了攻击。如今这些愤怒乘客甚至有了专门称谓——“空怒族”。
China has spent billions on building some of the largest and most modern airports in the world. But much to everyone's embarrassment, it seems unable to get planes to fly between them on schedule.中国花了数十亿资金建造了世界最大最现代化的几座机场。但极为尴尬的是，中国的飞机貌似总也不能准时起飞降落。
Last month, only 18 per cent of the 22,000 flights out of Beijing's Capital airport departed on time, according to the aviation research company FlightStats, making it the worst major airport in the world in terms of punctuality.航空研究公司FlightStats报道，上月北京首都机场共有2.2万航班出港，但仅有18%准时起飞，成为全世界准点率最差的大型机场。
Shanghai was scarcely any better, with only 24 per cent of flights from Hongqiao airport leaving on time. Indeed, not a single Chinese airport managed to get even half their flights to leave on time.上海的情况也不容乐观，虹桥机场航班起飞准点率只有24%。事实上，全中国没有一家航空公司的出港准点率能达到50%。
The weekend before, passengers in Shanghai tried to rip off an attendant's name badge before hitting her in the head. In the subsequent fracas, two airport staff were hospitalised and three passengers arrested.在此前一周，上海一位乘客试图扯下工作人员的姓名牌，之后又打了她的头部。随后的混乱中又有两名工作人员被送入医院，三名乘客被捕。

What you are looking at is Beijing Subway’s Line 13 on the morning of Thursday, July 18, around 7:30. It’s likely the Xierqi station which is a transfer station.你现在看到的就是北京13号地铁的西二旗中转站在7月18日周四早上7：30左右时的状况。
It has, like other stations in Beijing’s vast underground transportation network, built-in artificial bottlenecks intended to relieve congestion in the form of gates and narrow staircases. On some occasions, however, those fail.同北京许多大型地下交通网一样，这里的大门和狭窄楼梯都设有内置人工障碍，以缓解拥堵现象。但在某些情况下，这并不起作用。
You can see the ridiculous process of people fighting their way off the train as a horde barely waits to fight their way on, and then the train can hardly get moving because of all the people crammed in and blocking doors, which is helped by subway attendants (in yellow) who shove the last people onto the train.照片里展现的是一段不可思议的上下车过程：车里一群人像是打仗一样争着下车，同时车外一群人几乎都等不及要急着挤进车厢里。随后由于太多人都拥堵在车门口，穿黄色制服的人还需要帮忙把人推进车里才能保证列车安全启动。

Pity the nouveau riche Russians who missed last week's bargain on Japanese-grown, cube-shaped watermelons at high-end Moscow markets: just $700.上周没去买方形西瓜的俄罗斯暴发户们真是太可惜了，当时这种日本种植的西瓜在高端市场上仅售700美元（约合人民币4300元）。
But news of the novelty, a couple of weeks before the start of Russia's watermelon season, has boosted the price in recent days to around $860. That's more than 300 times the price of your standard melon.但是对于这种新奇玩意儿的各种新闻报道让方形西瓜的价格一下涨到了近860美元（约合人民币5300元），这可比普通西瓜价格的300倍还多。再过两周，俄罗斯自产的西瓜就要开始上市了。
How are square watermelons grown? 如何种植方形西瓜？
While the watermelon is still small on the vine, a square, tempered glass box is placed around it. When the watermelon gets bigger, it assumes the shape of the box! Just remember to use a glass or transparent mold so the sunlight can reach the watermelon on all sides.当藤上的西瓜还小的时候，就用一个方形的钢化玻璃盒将它罩住。西瓜长大后就成了盒子的形状了。记得要用玻璃或者其他透明的模具，那样阳光才能照射到整只西瓜。
Why are square watermelons grown? 为何种植方形西瓜？
First, the square watermelons are easier to stack, which makes them easier to ship. Second, with space being an issue in crowded areas of Japan, the square watermelon is designed to fit perfectly inside smaller Japanese refrigerators.首先，方形西瓜易于堆放，运输起来更方便。另外，在日本一些拥挤的场所，空间就成了一个重要问题，而方形西瓜正好能放进日本的小型冰箱，完美贴合不占空间。

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced.肯辛顿宫宣布，凯特王妃顺利产下一个男婴。
The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.小王子在当地时间16点24分出生在伦敦西部帕丁顿圣玛丽医院，体重8磅6盎司（7.6斤）。
The Duke of Cambridge said in a statement the couple "could not be happier". He and the duchess will remain in the hospital overnight.剑桥公爵在一份声明中说他“从未如此幸福”。他和凯特王妃将一起在留在医院过夜。
The news has been displayed on an easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in line with tradition.遵循皇室传统，这一消息现已公布在白金汉宫前院的画架展板上。
A bulletin – signed by the Queen's gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who led the medical team that delivered the baby – was taken by a royal aide from St Mary's to the palace under police escort.这一公告由凯特王妃的接产医师马库斯·塞切尔签署，他负责王妃分娩及孕期保健的医疗小组。在警方护送下他随皇家助手从圣玛丽医院转移到肯辛顿宫。
The document said: "Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 4.24pm today.这份布告称：“尊敬的凯特王妃在今日下午4点24分顺利诞下一个男婴。”
"Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well."“现在母子二人状态良好。”
When the news was announced, a large cheer went up from well-wishers and journalists outside the hospital while a large crowd greeted the posting of the bulletin outside Buckingham Palace.当消息传出时，医院外面的祝福者和记者爆发出巨大欢呼声，还有一大群人则从白金汉宫外的布告板上得知喜讯。
The Kensington Palace press release said the Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth of his son, who will be known as the Prince of Cambridge and who is third in line to the throne.肯辛顿新闻稿称孩子出生时威廉王子就在现场，这位王室宝宝的封号是“剑桥王子”，是英国王位的第三顺位继承人。

Tiny Times, a Chinese feature film set in contemporary Shanghai, made headline news on its opening day in late June by knocking the Hollywood blockbuster Man of Steel from its perch atop the domestic box-office and breaking the opening-day record for a Chinese-language 2D release.中国描述现代上海生活的电影《小时代》6月底上映当天就登上新闻头条，击败好莱坞大片《超人：钢铁之躯》跃居国内票房榜首，并打破中文2D电影上映首日的票房纪录。
Positioned in the market by Le Vision Pictures of Beijing as a coming of age story, the rite of passage for one dazed girl in the film is to grow into a competent personal assistant to her oh-so-handsome male boss whose aloof demeanor and penetrating gaze constantly destabilizes her. Another girl from a nouveau riche family, showers her boyfriend with expensive clothes and accessories.本片由北京乐视影视发行，并将其定位为“成长故事”系列，讲的还是常见的老一套：一个懵懂女孩成长为老板的得力私人助理的故事。冷漠清高却又帅气逼人的老板有着洞察人心的深邃眼神，常把女主角迷得神魂颠倒。另一个女孩出身暴发户家庭，将她的男友用名贵的服装配饰包裹得严严实实。
The third girl — chubby, suffering from stereotypically low self-esteem and emotional eating — is made fun of throughout the movie as she obsesses over young tennis player, the one man in the movie who actually possesses something resembling muscle. The fourth girl, a budding fashion designer from a humble background, is trapped in an abusive relationship with yet another good-looking boy.第三个女孩儿胖嘟嘟的，她很容易自卑，情绪不好时就特别能吃，在整部电影里一直都被别人取笑，因为她暗恋上一位年轻的网球运动员。影片中这个运动员实际上代表着传统类型的肌肉男。第四个女孩是个刚崭露头角的时尚设计师，她出身卑微，和另外一位长得好看的男孩陷入纠缠不清的感情关系之中。
We were caught completely off guard, stupefied by the film's unabashed flaunting of wealth, glamor, and male power passed off as "what women want." Its vulgar and utter lack of self-awareness is astonishing, but perhaps not too surprising.这部电影明目张胆地将财富、魅力和男权主义标榜为“女人最想要的东西”，境界之低俗，自大之程度令人猝不及防瞠目结舌，但这也许又不那么令人意外。
It appears to be the product of full-blown materialism in modern, urban society. The film speaks to the male fantasy of a world of female yearnings, which revolve around men and the goods men are best equipped to deliver, whether materially or bodily. It betrays a twisted male narcissism and a male desire for patriarchal power and control over female bodies and emotions misconstrued as female longing.这就是现代社会全面物质化发展的后果。电影描述的是男性想象当中女性所渴望的世界：一切都以男人为主体，好男人就是那些装备齐全、能让女性精神和身体都得到满足的人。电影表达的是扭曲的男性自恋思想、对男权主义的渴望和控制女性身体及情感的欲望，自以为女性最想要的就是这些。
In Tiny Times Chinese society has regressed to an earlier era. Years of accelerating economic growth have brought unprecedented social and geographic mobility, and increased pressure on Chinese men to succeed, to follow the trail of power and money, leaving their women behind.《小时代》中的中国社会已经倒退到更早的时代。多年来的经济加速增长造成空前的社会、地理流动性，中国男性的压力越来越大，他们为了成功为了金钱名利不惜抛弃妻子爱人。
Economic growth has exacerbated the gender gap, often reviving cultural traditions that reduce women to a sub-human status. The male chauvinism in the film is symptomatic of a society where the choices for women are severely limited.经济增长加剧了性别差距，复辟了文化传统，将女性降格至低人一等的地位。电影中的男权至上主义就是现实社会中女性权利严重受限的表现形式之一。
The ones with bodies are enticed to become material girls under the thumb of men, the ones with brains who dare to use their thinking faculties are condemned to eternal loneliness, and the ones possessing neither are banished to a corner.漂亮有身材的女孩儿被诱惑变为物质女性，被男人玩弄于股掌之间；有思想敢于学以致用的女生却被诅咒孤单一辈子；而那些既不聪明又不漂亮的则被人永远遗忘到墙角。
Director Guo said that Tiny Times allowed its viewers to dream about a future with "a great career, great friends, and a handsome boyfriend." We're not at all sure if this is what the "Chinese Dream" is all about. But we sure hope that both Chinese cinema and Chinese women can envision their own alternatives.导演郭敬明说《小时代》让观众敢于梦想 “有光明前途、知心朋友和帅气男友” 的美好未来。我们不知道这是不是就是“中国梦”的含义，但我们的确希望，中国电影和中国女性都能设想出属于自己的远大前程。