1.比萨
1.capital of Pisa Province, Tuscany Region, central Italy. It is known for its leaning bell tower.
1.Pisa was a republic in the middle ages, with a government of her own, armies and navies of her own, and a great commerce.
在中古时代，比萨是个共和国，有自己的政府，有自己的陆海军，还有很发达的商业。
2.On the highway to Pisa, I wondered how much longer Chinese tours at this pace might endure.
在去比萨的高速公路上，我不禁思考这般节奏的中国式旅行还能持续多久。
3.You see, Americans (me included) tend to be quite admiring, and Shanghai's success in the PISA tests would seem to ratify that.
因为包括我在内的许多美国人都十分羡慕而且认可上海在PISA（国际学生评估项目）上的成绩。
4.Asia-Pacific's strong showing was one of the clearest themes of the Pisa survey.
在此次Pisa调查中，一个最明显的主题就是亚太地区的强劲表现。
5.His father had a small business in the city of Pisa. This city is in the north of Italy near the sea.
他的父亲在意大利北部近海的比萨开小铺。
6.The Leaning Tower of Pisa may have an interesting history, but as a tourist attraction, there isn't much to say about it.
比萨斜塔也许有着一个很有趣的历史，但是作为旅游景点，没什么好说的。
7.And like America, Norway's PISA scores have been stalled in the middle ranges for the better part of a decade.
与美国一样，挪威的PISA分数10年里在中等水平止步不前，无法取得更好的成绩。
8.Education ministers are already anxiously awaiting the next issue of its PISA study, which is due to be published on December 7th.
教育部长已经焦急等待PISA正在研究的一个议题结果，而该项研究会在十二月七日发表。
9.If it were not for the learning tower, the city of Pisa wouldn't be so famous.
如果没有斜塔的话，比萨称也不会这么有名。
10.But Big Ben isn't alone; architects have been correcting the Leaning Tower of Pisa since the 1170s when it was still being built.
不过并非只有大本钟如此。比萨斜塔自12世纪70年代还在建造之时到现在一直不断得到建筑师们的矫正。