Tokyo--a City Rebuilt
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is one of the world＇s most modern cities. Twice in the 20th century, the City was destroyed and rebuilt.
In 1923 a major earthquake struck the city. Thousands of people were killed and millions were left homeless as buildings collapsed and fires broke out throughout Tokyo. It took seven years to rebuild the city.
During World War 11 , Tokyo was destroyed once again.As a result of these disasters there was nothing of old Tokyo remaining in the downtown area.
After the war, the people of Tokyo began to rebuild their city. Buildings went up at a fantastic rate between 1945 and 1960, the city＇s population more than doubled. Because of the Olympic Games held in Tokyo in 1964, many new stadiums,parks and hotels were built to accomodate visitors from all over the world. As a result of this rapid development, however, many problems have arisen. Housing shortage, pollution,waste disposal have presented serious challenges to the city,but the government has begun several programs to answer them.
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這篇文章主要描述了東京是如何在20世紀兩次被毀，兩次得以重建。但是，第二次重建，由於1964年的奧運會，速度過快，帶來諸多社會問題。這也是中國目前城市建設中所存在的問題。讀者可以寫一篇關於自己所熟悉的城市的文章。
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東京——重建之城
日本首都東京是世界上最大的城市之一，也是最現代化的城市之一。在20世紀，這坐城市兩次被毀，兩次得以重建。
1923年，一場大地震襲擊了這座城市。樓房倒塌，大火燒遍整個東京，成千的人喪命，幾百萬人無家可歸。重建城市花了整整7年時間。
二戰期間，東京又一次被毀。災難過後，老東京的商業區沒有留下任何建築。
戰後，東京人開始重建家園。1945年到1960年間，高樓大廈以驚人的速度平地而起，人口也翻了一翻。為了1964年在東京舉辦奧運會，建起了許多新體育館、公園、飯店，為來自世界各地的客人提供足夠的食宿和娛樂場館。然而，這種快速發展的結果是社會問題大增。住房短缺，污染，垃圾處理等問題為這座城市提出了嚴峻的挑戰。不過，政府已經起動了好幾個項目來回應這些挑戰。