The downtown area in Los Angeles is in fact the oldest part of the city.

洛杉矶市实际上是这座城市最古老部分。

A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities.

许多社会家将大城市市衰落归咎于汽车。

The conclusion that follows from these findings is that inner city schools need more investment, not less.

【follow】根据这些调研得出结论是，市要增加资金投入，而不是要减少。

Downtown districts are worst affected: some 32% of office space in San Francisco and 23% in Austin now sits empty.

市受到影响最为严重：旧金山约有 32% 办公空间和奥斯汀约有 23% 办公空间目前空置。

Though they tried not to believe, whole neighborhoods, swayed by panic, rushed to town, to the newspapers, to headquarters, pleading for news, any news, even bad news.

人们尽量不去信它，可是远远近近邻居都已惊惶万状，纷纷跑到市，跑到报馆和司令部去讨消息，讨任何消息，哪怕坏消息都行。

And if you look to the east you can see the downtown area of Los Angeles – so that's a beautiful view as well as a beautiful museum.

如果你向东看，你可以看到洛杉矶市——那是一个美丽景色，也是一个美丽博物馆。