1. Golf driving ranges layered four stories high in the heart of the city, with towering green nets to keep the balls from smashing windows in neighboring office buildings.
    高尔夫练球场，它位于市中心，高达四层楼，上罩绿色的网以防球砸坏周围办公大楼的窗户。

2. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops.
    公园里、大楼和商店外竖立着的奇形怪状的雕塑，

3. Rainwater cannot sink into the ground because of the buildings, roads, and parking lots.
    由于建筑物、道路和停车场, 雨水无法渗入地下。

4. Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings.
    当然，纽约是进行这种有趣的试验的一个理想的地方，因为那里根本不缺乏高楼大厦，

5. It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.
    它是有史以来最高大的建筑物之一，因此，人们从各个国家纷纷前来参观。

6. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
    在1936年被焚毁之前，它一直是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。

7. In cities, homes are built on top of one another -- in enormous apartment buildings.
    城里一幢幢巨大的公寓大楼里的每个家都建造在另一个家的顶上。

8. In Berkeley, California, the city's Community Memory Project has placed computer terminals in public buildings and subway stations, where a message can be sent for 25 cents.
    在加利福尼亚的伯克利，"社区存储器项目"已在公共建筑物和地铁站里安装了电脑终端，花25美分就可发送信息。