Plans to redevelop a sprawling old police and prison complex in the heart of Hong Kong has touched off the latest historical preservation debate. 日前香港政府计划重新开发市区中心由旧警署和监狱组成的一个建筑群,这在香港社会再次引发了一场关于历史保护问题的大讨论。
He also took that old lawyer out of prison and remitted his fine. 他还把那个老律师从监狱里释放出来并退还了他的罚金。
Remember that letter my old man wrote from prison. 还记得我老爸从狱中写信告诫我。
An old turnkey of the prison, who is now nearly eighty years old, still recalls perfectly that unfortunate wretch who was chained to the end of the fourth line, in the north angle of the courtyard. 当时的一个禁子,现在已年近九十了,还记得非常清楚,那天,那个可怜人待在院子的北角上,被锁在第四条链子的末尾。
New facilities sprout like weeds as the old prisons fill up, and prison management is the new growth in-dustry. 随着老监狱(OP)人满为患,新监狱像杂草般繁生,监狱管理成了新兴的行业。