The majority of the population live in massive towerblocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal.
大多数人住在高楼大厦里,那里嘈杂、肮脏、还没有人情味。
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The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new towerblocks.
这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。
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Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in towerblocks don't even say hello to each other.