1·First built by the Soviet Union in 1953, and upgraded by the Americans in 1975, the power station that provides most of southern Afghanistan's electricity gradually fell into disrepair.
该发电站由苏联于1953年首建，由美国于1975年升级，但这个为大多数阿富汗南方人提供电力的发电站渐渐失修了。
2·Underlying many of these tensions is a demand that southern Canadians acknowledge that life in the north is different.
要让加拿大的南方人切实了解了解北方艰难的生活是必要解释一下上述的紧张情形。
3·Yet that relatively modest death toll belies both the strength of southern feeling and its effect.
然而，对南方人自己感觉到的力量和其真正的影响来说，那相对适度的死亡数字都会使人误解。
4·Southern enthusiasm for the deal only raises suspicions in the north that Mr Bashir signed too much away.
南方人对和平协议的热情只是让北方人心存疑虑——巴希尔只是签了字，但不会履行。
5·“It's good to be back where people know how to cook green beans,” he said, referring to the Southern habit of boiling them to death.
他所说的就是南方人把豆子熬到糊烂的习惯。