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In English, there is a well-known fairy story about a poor country boy, Dick Whittington, who

goes to London because he believes that the streets of that city are “paved（If a road or an area of ground has been paved, it has been covered with flat blocks of stone or concrete, so that it is suitable for walking or driving on. ） with gold”. The story

is a tale of “from rags to riches（You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.）”. Dick eventually becomes the Lord（In Britain, Lord is used in the titles of some officials of very high rank）Mayor of London. Like the

hero of that story, I always find wonder and adventure in cities.

由故事引入，表明城市的吸引力

Cities contain a great assortment of people. Whenever I walk around a shopping precinct（A shopping precinct is an area in the centre of a town in which cars are not allowed.） at

midday on a weekend, I am fascinated by all the different types of people hurrying around the

shops. Sometimes, I just sit on a public bench and simply watch the variegated （Something that is variegated consists of many different parts or types. (FORMAL)色彩斑斓 ）streams of

shoppers. Today, in the age of globe-trotting（If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps. ） transport and communications, city life is more

mixed than it has ever been. Capital cities are not cosmopolitan（A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures）, and eager to attract foreign trade

and currency. There is a contemporary （Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time. ）English joke which tells that “you can never find an

Englishman in London”.

城市中人们多种多样，也是全球化的需要（为什么说这个？请看下文）

Whether rightly or wrongly, governments and local authorities usually build public amenities（Amenities are things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people‘s convenience, enjoyment, or comfort. ） in

the big cities. Money is invested in transport, libraries, parks and museums. Often, countries will

compete with each other for the best “show-case” building. Malaysia has built a skyscraper that is

taller than is anything in New York. In large countries, region（A region is a large area of land that is different from other areas of land, for example because it is one of the different parts of a country with its own customs and characteristics, or because it has a particular geographical feature. ） will compete against region: New

York against Chicago, Shanghai against Hong Kong and Beijing.

城市之间，地域之间，互相竞争（为什么说这个？请看下文）

All of this is good for the citizen. The magic of the Dick Whittington story is rekindled（If something rekindles an interest, feeling, or thought that you used to have, it makes you think about it or feel it again. ） in me when I enter a library in a magnificent building. If a person is at university studying art or music, a large city usually offers galleries（A gallery is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it. ） and public performances. Even as a teenager, I appreciated the worth of living in a city because two or three times a year there was a rock concert by a favorite band.

城市的竞争提高人们的生活质量

Architecture is the urban landscape. If a person has an appreciation of architecture, a city can be

as visually exciting as the Himalayas. A modern metropolis（A metropolis is the largest, busiest, and most important city in a country or region. ） is a mountain range of height, light

and solidness. And then there are the old buildings: the quaint（Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old-fashioned.）, unspoiled side-street or shops and

homes from a distant age. If a person lived all of his life in one large city, he would continue to

discover its architectural secrets into his old age.

建筑是城市的景观，对学建筑的人来说别有意义

Man is a ‘social animal‘. He talks, mixes and creates. Cities offer the libraries, universities and cafe

bars for him to meet others of his kind.

人是社会动物，最好还是呆城市

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