Such was the fate of your fabled sister city.

传说中你的邻城就惨遭其毒手。

It became a sister city with the city of Toledo, Spain.

与西班牙托莱多市结为姐妹城市。

Anyway, it was established, this sister city relationship, in 1931.

无论如何，这种姐妹城市关系是在 1931 年建立的。

Our next topic is rather different; we're going to talk about something called the sister city program.

我们的下一个话题很不一样；我们将讨论一个叫做姐妹城市项目的项目。

7 For example, the first city, in the U.S. anyway, to become a sister city was Toledo, Ohio.

7 例如，美国第一个成为姐妹城市的城市是俄亥俄州的托莱多。

American cities often have many sister cities – lots of sisters.

美国城市通常有很多姐妹城市——很多姐妹。

It's difficult to measure the benefits of participating in a sister city program.

很难衡量参与姐妹城市计划的好处。

But many people think the sister city program leads to greater international understanding.

但许多人认为姐妹城市计划可以增进国际了解。

An American city might send businesspeople from their city to the sister city to learn how business works in that city.

一个美国城市可能会派商人从他们的城市到姊妹城市学习商业在该城市的运作方式。

Other people think the sister cities program just gives city officials – city leaders a chance, an excuse, to go to another country.

其他人认为姐妹城市计划只是给城市官员——城市领导一个机会，一个借口，去另一个国家。

We're also going to talk about something called the sister cities program, the way many American cities have sister cities that they are connected to in another country.

我们还将讨论所谓的姐妹城市计划，即许多美国城市拥有与另一个国家相连的姐妹城市的方式。

In a typical sister city relationship, an American city might celebrate important holidays that the other city celebrates, or it might organize a cultural festival related to the culture of the sister city.

在典型的姐妹城市关系中，一个美国城市可能会庆祝另一个城市庆祝的重要节日， 或者它可能会组织一个与姐妹城市文化相关的文化节。