2. Centuries ago, this deserted place was a
flourishing town, but a tornado is said to have wiped it out.
几个世纪前,这片荒芜的地方曾是一座繁荣的小镇,可据说一场龙卷风扫平了它。
3. To such a party it must be an ideological embarrassment that China has such a large and
flourishing private sector, accounting for some two-thirds of GDP.
中国有这么一个巨大而又繁荣的私有部门,占到GDP的三分之二,这一定会使这样一个党存在意识形态上的困窘。