pisa

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Galileo had tried to return a two candles dumped from the leaning tower of Pisa to measure the speed of light, the result was a failure.

伽利略不曾试图堵住把一不小一小两个烛炬扔下比萨斜塔来丈量平的速率，甘休败北了。

Though Brazil is not a member of the OECD he entered it in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Brazil came last.

虽然巴西不是经合组织的成员国，但他决定加入国际学生评量计画（PISA），结果巴西最后一名。

Thirty-four countries were assessed in all by the PISA test, considered to be the most comprehensive of its type.

三十四个国家参与了这一评估项目，是同类型测试中涵盖面最大的。

Pisa but in ancient times used Gregorian calendar than a year earlier, so the campanile di pisa of Pisa was founded in 1173 .

但实际上比萨古时所使用的历法比公历早一年，所以比萨斜塔的始建年为1173年。

If hehad captured Pisa, no one would deny that the Florentines would have had to become his ally.

假如他占领了比萨，那没人会否认佛罗伦萨将不得不成为他的同盟。

We were about to reboard the bus for another ninety minutes, to snatch a photo of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

我们接下来要再回到巴士上呆个90分钟，为了去比萨斜塔拍个照。

Today, millions of people visit Pisa every year. They go just to see the Leaning Tower. Will the tower ever fall? No one knows.

今天，每年有数以百万的人来到比萨，来参观比萨斜塔，未来这座塔会倒掉吗？谁知道

Also near the top on PISA were five countries that should come as no surprise: Singapore, Taipei, Finland, South Korea and Japan.

在PISA考试中接近第一的另外五个国家和地区应该不会让人意外，它们分别是新加坡、台北、芬兰、韩国和日本。

In education we are equally far away from the most economically advanced countries in the EU, as shown in the Pisa Report.

正如PisaReport所显示的，我们的教育支出同样远远落后于欧盟中经济最发达的国家。

Leaning Tower of Pisa is said to have pizza delivered to the fleet of six into the spoils of war.

据说比萨斜塔是用比萨舰队运来的六艘战利品建成的。